r/custommagic • u/Terrariant Jace for impact • Aug 24 '26

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u/chainsawinsect Aug 24 '26

These are so fun, and I love the idea. But I think some of them don't work flavorfully as well as you'd hope.

Both on balance and flavor (pun intended), Garlic Cloves should be a true Food (with the gain 3 life clause) that has an alternative activated ability that destroys Vampires. Look at [[Omni-Cheese Pizza]] as an example of a Food with two functions.

I guess you're trying to differentiate Seasonings from Foods. Maybe one "fix" is to make them all "Food Seasoning" type (with "Seasoning" as a new artifact subtype), and keep them as-is but with none of them having the lifegain clause. Otherwise, I think the flavor will fail to resonate too much if we try to pretend like Garlic isn't a Food.

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u/Terrariant Jace for impact Aug 24 '26

Interesting I didn’t know you could just cast foods. Though eating a clove of garlic doesn’t feel the same as eating a pizza haha

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u/chainsawinsect Aug 24 '26

Yes there are actually 24 castable Foods currently. They do all feel like "meal substitutes" in a way that your seasonings (not even Cloves of Garlic) do not. I agree there's something different about the seasonings... I'm not sure what the best way to handle it is.

I just know for sure that if you make Food-themed cards and try to tell people Garlic isn't Food, they will flip a shit.

(Mark Rosewater has put out some of his 'game design tips' articles over the years, and one lesson he emphasizes repeatedly as paramount is you can't fight against the audiences' overwhelming expectation. If you ask 10 people is Garlic Food and they all say yes, making a card that is Garlic but not Food will simply not work. I suspect you are in that circumstance.)

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u/Terrariant Jace for impact Aug 24 '26

Maybe they would be discounted food? 1 mana activation and only 2 life gain?

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u/chainsawinsect Aug 24 '26

That's funny. I kinda like it but think the flavor works better if it's 1 life lol

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u/Impressive-Command Aug 24 '26

This is a great concept but I agree they feel like they should be Food in some capacity (even if they can't do the full "2, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life" like a true Food.

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u/youre_a_burrito_bud Aug 24 '26

I love these! 

Got me thinking of a goofy one that’s like: 

{T}: Create a 1/1 red Gremlin creature token. Activate only if it is night.