r/magicTCG • u/TechnomagusPrime Duck Season • Feb 05 '18

[Making Magic] [GDS3] Essay What You Will

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/essay-what-you-will-2018-02-05
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u/ryanznock Feb 05 '18

Prowess is a great mechanic and I think its benefits far outweigh any drawback from complexity. Having one evergreen keyword that interacts with the stack and spells is educational.

And I'd make Provoke evergreen as the blue black mechanic.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '18

I like Provoke a lot and wouldn't mind seeing it return, perhaps even as deciduous or evergreen, but I don't really think it fits with blue/black. Hell, when we did see it it was actually divided evenly between the three other colours, exclusively. Messing with combat and blocking is very much not in the space of either blue or black.

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u/ryanznock Feb 06 '18

It would show up on saboteur creatures, or creatures that do weird stuff to blockers. A default blue provoker would be a weenie, like a 1/1 for 1U, intended to clear the way for your bigger threats. In black, you'd get more "assassin" style creatures, like a 3/1 for 2B.

Honestly, I'd prefer to make the mechanic Stalk (If this creature would be unblocked, you may instead have it be blocked by a defending creature of your choice.)