Deadly Filcher

Another go-around on the straight up reason-to-be-a-wedge commons. This time with a little less respect for New World Order.

Thomas Baker · 2014-04-08 05:47:52

For a power boost this could be you choose. Or less powerful could be mill 1, draw 1.

Thomas Baker · 2014-04-08 05:50:26

Damn, it's BWG that wants to mill itself! GUB wants its creatures still in its library. And this was the easiest wedge! More thinking required ...

Thomas Baker · 2014-04-08 05:52:54

Was always meant to have deathtouch. This is now a functional reprint of Ohran Viper but it does work perfectly in these colors and I think it works as a common. I'd love to give it a little something to differentiate it from Ohran Viper. Maybe some trinket text or maybe another ability. Flying/Ledgewalking/Shroud/Hexproof seem too strong without adding more mana and I really want a 3 drop cycle to reward full commitment to wedge rather than splashing a third color. Could give it Intimidate as a little extra boost. It's possibly more confusing than useful on a tricolored creature. This would be the best Ophidian printed at common but not by a huge margin which seems a reasonable upgrade for the intense mana cost. Compare Scroll Thief (Common, U), Stealer of Secrets (Common, U), Ophidian (Common, U), Dimir Cutpurse (Rare, UB), Ohran Viper (Rare, G), Thieving Magpie (Uncommon, U), Tandem Lookout (Uncommon, U), Vedalken Heretic (Rare, UG), Shadowmage Infiltrator (Rare UB), Cold-Eyed Selkie (Rare, UG hybrid), Fungal Shambler (GUB, Rare), Garza Zol, Plague Queen (Rare, UBR), Glint-Eye Nephilim (Rare, UBRG), Hystrodon (G, Rare), Looter il-Kor (U, Common), Lu Xun, Scholar General (U, Rare), Neurok Commando (U, Uncommon), Ninja of the Deep Hours (U, Common), Shoreline Salvager ((U)B, Uncommon), Sturmgeist (U, Rare), Sakashiro the Annointed (G, Rare), Surrakar Spellblade (U, Rare), Synapse Sliver (U, Rare), Thassa's Emissary (U, Uncommon)

Thomas Baker · 2014-04-08 16:06:43

Get rid of that Intimidate! This card is sweet because you're basically forced to block it with something more expensive to trade with it and creatures with low power but high toughness just die. Yet you have to block with something or they draw a card. Removing blocking options reduces the fun factor.

Kieran Symington · 2014-04-09 17:48:34

I think he is a pretty cool common with just the deathtouch. If we really wanted to push it I could potentially see it as a 1/4 or a 2/3 but you lose a life with the card draw.

Simon O'Keeffe · 2014-04-09 19:24:31

I think this card is awesome and fits its wedge exactly perfectly. Unfortunately it might be too good for common. Seems like it should either be a 1/2 or be bumped in rarity. You're going to see a lot of it whatever we do because the 2 drop Emerge creatures are going to become this guy a LOT. What do we think about a 1/2?

Thomas Baker · 2014-05-21 18:33:52

What about if this guy is LOOT instead of DRAW?

Thomas Baker · 2014-05-22 14:52:59

Then it would be a bit rubbish. Nothing really needs to change about this other than the rarity. It us a cool creature but way too oppressive in multiples since it beats basically can't be effectively blocked.

Kieran Symington · 2014-05-22 15:25:27

But then we still need our "reason to be BGW wedge" card at common!

Thomas Baker · 2014-05-23 13:30:18

I think Grafted Behemoth is reason enough at common to be in this wedge.

Kieran Symington · 2014-05-23 13:42:10