How do we feel about hybrid in our wedges set? We had some in the old version.
Simon O'Keeffe · 2014-03-19 23:39:47
Gulfweed Barrier
Retired 2014-06-26 22:06:37
YMTS 8 · U
- Mana cost
- 1G
- Type
- Creature - Wall
- Rules
- Defender Emerge 1U (1U, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a creature card with converted mana cost equal to 1 plus the sacrificed creature's converted mana cost, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.)
- Power / toughness
- 0 / 4
- Latest votes
- +1 / −0
Comments (15)
I love this card, but I'm not sure we want straight hybrid cards because they fit in so many decks. We might want more of a 'Reborn' style Hybrid where you have one main colour then a hybrid for the two enemy colours.
Kieran Symington · 2014-03-20 09:55:51
Hmm true, I guess we want to focus more on the Wedge aspect of our set. Hybrid actually works against that by being better than mono-colour. I'm not sure this card in its current form will fit into that mould. We have Wall of Blossoms/Carven Carytid in G, Wall of Omens in W, and Jungle Barrier/Dormant Sliver in GU. I think green has to be the base colour as creature based card drawing is green. Basically means (U/B)G is the only option, but there is nothing black about this creature. Back to the drawing board.
Simon O'Keeffe · 2014-03-20 10:31:29
Black gets card draw on creatures by paying life. Green gets creatures that gain life. Technically it works if you could consider the Black part as 'pay 2 life and draw a card' and the Green part as 'gain 2 life'.
Kieran Symington · 2014-03-20 10:35:24
Could potentially be an uncommon with the colour bleed: Gulfweed Barrier - 1G Defender When ~ enters the battlefield, if U was spent to cast it, draw a card. When ~ enters the battlefield, if B was spent to cast it, lose 2 life and draw 2 cards. 0/4 Hmm, not ever being able to play both bleeds may be a feel bad, and having both of them be straight card drawing is probably a waste too.
Simon O'Keeffe · 2014-03-20 10:35:44
Kieran continues to love this card.
Simon O'Keeffe · 2014-03-26 13:29:30
This is good but Hybrid is an issue. I'd be happy to up the toughness and make this a GU card though.
Kieran Symington · 2014-03-26 13:58:14
Well enemy pair cards may not even make it in with our current design skeleton. Could just as easily make it: Gulfweed Barrier - 1G Creature - Wall Defender Experiment--1G 0/2 Massive card advantage at common, yay!
Simon O'Keeffe · 2014-03-26 14:50:37
I like this with Emerge, make it 1G cast, Emerge 1U and have the card draw be a leave the battlefield trigger?
Paul Hodgson · 2014-03-31 23:03:11
Probably too good for a common. Not as good as Wall of Blossoms but still a pain to bash through early game
Simon O'Keeffe · 2014-04-02 09:24:03
This is just all kinds of value at common. Hold off early beatdown then turn into a flier AND cantrip. Insane.
Kieran Symington · 2014-04-02 09:36:01
The dies trigger on this doesn't really fit to well in a Wedge world as good triggers when something dies is a WBR wedge thing. Going to remove the card draw for now and increase the toughness.
Simon O'Keeffe · 2014-04-03 09:42:48
updating tempalting
Simon O'Keeffe · 2014-05-26 15:57:34
This should probably be retired or reworked. We have way too many 2 drops, and there are already another 2 at uncommon in G.
Simon O'Keeffe · 2014-06-06 10:59:34
Make it a mnemonic wall variant?
Paul Hodgson · 2014-06-06 12:12:19
Revision history (7)
| Date | Person | Name | Cost | Type | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-26 15:57:34 | Simon O'Keeffe | Gulfweed Barrier | 1G | Creature - Wall | Defender Emerge 1U (1U, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a creature card with converted mana cost equal to 1 plus the sacrificed creature's converted mana cost, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.) |
| 2014-04-03 09:42:48 | Simon O'Keeffe | Gulfweed Barrier | 1G | Creature - Wall | Defender Emerge 1U (1U, Sacrifice ~: Search your library for a creature card with converted mana cost equal to 1 plus the sacrificed creature's converted mana cost, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.) |
| 2014-04-02 09:39:10 | Simon O'Keeffe | Gulfweed Barrier | 1G | Creature - Wall | Defender When ~ dies, draw a card. Emerge 1U (1U, Sacrifice ~: Search your library for a creature card with converted mana cost equal to 1 plus the sacrificed creature's converted mana cost, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.) |
| 2014-04-01 08:31:36 | Simon O'Keeffe | Gulfweed Barrier | 1G | Creature - Wall | Defender When ~ dies, draw a card. Emerge 1U (1U, Sacrifice ~: Search your library for a creature card with converted mana cost equal to 1 plus the sacrificed creature's converted mana cost, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.) |
| 2014-03-19 23:40:19 | Simon O'Keeffe | Gulfweed Barrier | 1(g/u) | Creature - Wall | Defender When ~ enters the battlefield, draw a card. |
| 2014-03-19 23:40:10 | Simon O'Keeffe | Gulfweed Barrier | 1(g/u) | Creature - Wall | Defender When ~ enters the battlefield, draw a card |
| 2014-03-19 23:39:47 | Simon O'Keeffe | Gulfweed Barrier | 1(g/u) | Creature - Wall | When ~ enters the battlefield, draw a card |