First stab at an Obelisk of Alara analogue
Paul Hodgson · 2012-06-29 10:46:30
Staff of the Towers
Towerfall · R
- Mana cost
- 4
- Type
- Artifact
- Rules
- 1W, T : Target player gains 2 life. 1U, T : Scry 2, then reveal the top card of your library until end of turn. 1B, T : Target player puts the top 2 cards of their library into their graveyard. 1R, T : Discard a card, then draw a card. 1G, T : Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- Power / toughness
- /
- Latest votes
- +0 / −1
Comments (10)
I don't think it needs the untap ability at all. Obelisk of Alara could only do one and it was still pretty nuts! You'd need 8 mana to do two in a turn anyway.
Kieran Symington · 2012-06-29 12:35:42
was thinking about having a WUBRG ability as well WUBRG, exile ~ : for each permanent type on the battlefield exile up to one target permanent of that type
Paul Hodgson · 2012-06-29 12:51:39
I don't think more than five abilities would actually fit on the card! Obelisk of Alara was barely readable. This has some really good abilities as it is, and it's going to be pretty hard to play all five colours in this format anyway.
Kieran Symington · 2012-06-29 14:51:48
Yeah true, I wanted something to represent breaking the staff and making everything go kaboom, I'll have a think...
Paul Hodgson · 2012-06-29 14:55:15
Tidying the templating up a little
Kieran Symington · 2012-07-01 10:06:52
Further templating fixes, moving to WUBRG order
Simon O'Keeffe · 2012-07-02 09:58:21
Blue ability seems pretty strong, maybe make it scry 2 instead, and it fits nicely with the number 2.
Allan Chong · 2012-07-03 14:57:24
Scry 2 is probably a good fix, I'll change it
Paul Hodgson · 2012-07-03 16:42:30
changed to scry for U ability, made it play better with portent as well
Paul Hodgson · 2012-07-03 16:43:09
Revision history (6)
| Date | Person | Name | Cost | Type | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-07-03 16:43:09 | Paul Hodgson | Staff of the Towers | 4 | Artifact | 1W, T : Target player gains 2 life. 1U, T : Scry 2, then reveal the top card of your library until end of turn. 1B, T : Target player puts the top 2 cards of their library into their graveyard. 1R, T : Discard a card, then draw a card. 1G, T : Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. |
| 2012-07-02 09:58:21 | Simon O'Keeffe | Staff of the Towers | 4 | Artifact | 1W, T : Target player gains 2 life. 1U, T : Reveal the top card of your library until end of turn. Until end of turn, you may play the revealed card as though it was in your hand. 1B, T : Target player puts the top 2 cards of their library into their graveyard. 1R, T : Discard a card, then draw a card. 1G, T : Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. |
| 2012-07-01 10:07:26 | Kieran Symington | Staff of the Towers | 4 | Artifact | 1R, T : Discard a card, then draw a card 1G, T : Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn 1W, T : Target player gains 2 life 1U, T : Reveal the top card of your library until end of turn. Until end of turn, you may play the revealed card as though it was in your hand. 1B, T : Target player puts the top 2 cards of their library into their graveyard |
| 2012-07-01 10:06:52 | Kieran Symington | Staff of the Towers | 4 | Artifact | 1R, T : Discard a card, then draw a card 1G, T : Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn 1W, T : Target player gains 2 life 1U, T : Reveal the top card of your library until end of turn. You may play the revealed card as though it was in your hand until end of turn. 1B, T : Target player puts the top 2 cards of their library into their graveyard |
| 2012-06-29 15:27:20 | Paul Hodgson | Staff of the Towers | 4 | Artifact | 1R, T : discard a card, then draw a card 1G, T : target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn 1W, T : target player gains 2 life 1U, T : reveal the top card of your library until the end of turn, you may play that card as if it was in your hand 1B, T : target player puts the top 2 cards of their library into their graveyard |
| 2012-06-29 10:46:30 | Paul Hodgson | Staff of the Towers | 4 | Artifact | 1R, T : discard a card, then draw a card 1G, T : target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn 1W, T : target player gains 2 life 1U, T : reveal the top card of your library until the end of turn, you may play that card as if it was in your hand 1B, T : target player puts the top 2 cards of their library into their graveyard 4 : untap ~ |