BadAtMagic

What is this stuff?

BadAtMagic is a Magic: The Gathering set being created by /tg/, the objective is to make 300 cards and balance them in a single set, what will be done with the set when its over, no one knows.

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Information on the Set

This set is a Pirate Themed Set, not much about the story itself is known, so just go hog wild with piracy.

Feel free to use any Mechanic you wish, even ones that don't exist already, but remember, if they're shit, you'll be called on.

At the end, there will be 40 cards for each Color, including Gold (Multi-Color). Furthermore, there will be 60 Colorless Cards.

In each 40-card category (White, Black, Red, Green, Blue, Gold), there will be 2 Mythic Cards, 6 Rare Cards, 12 Uncommon Cards and 20 Common Cards

Regarding the 60-card category (Colorless), there will be 3 Mythic Cards, 9 Rare Cards, 18 Uncommon Cards and 30 Common Cards.

Another thing to take into account is that, for the total 300 Cards, 150 of them will be Creatures, 40 will be Sorceries, 35 will be Instants, 30 will be Enchantments/Auras/Curses, 20 will be Artifacts and 25 will be Lands (Including the 5 Basic Lands)

Mechanic Concepts

New Mechanics

• Plunder: Whenever this card deals combat damage to a player, untap target land that player controls and gain control of it until end of turn.
• Loot X: Draw X cards, then discard X cards.
• Armada: Whenever this creature attacks with <number> or more other creatures, <effect>. Note: pseudo-keyword. Need to discuss if we want to standardize the number of creatures (like Threshold).
• Voyage X At the beginning of your upkeep you may group this creature with X pirates or X sailors until your next turn. Grouped creatures can only attack or block as one, with this creature. You divide how combat damage is dealt to the group.
  • All creatures in the group are blocked when the creature with voyage is blocked.
  • If the creature with voyage is destroyed, the creatures in the group cant attack or block. they are still considered in the group until your next turn.
  • Only the creature with voyage is tapped when attacking.

Sub-themes

• Land: In order to convey the feeling of 'unique islands' and such, we'll be using Land Auras. This should also make Plunder more relevant in Limited.
• Graveyard: As a very minor subtheme (akin to auras in Ravnica). This should help make Loot effects more interesting.

Card Concepts

ATTENTION: EVEN THOUGH THERE WILL ONLY BE A X NUMBER OF CARDS IN EACH CATEGORY WHEN THE SET IS DONE, YOU ARE FREE TO PUT AS MANY CARDS AS YOU WANT IN EACH CATEGORY

White

Name: Enforce Royal Law Cost: 5WWW Types: Enchantment Text: White creatures you control have +1/+0. 2W, T: Destroy target creature with power 3 or less. Flavor: '“ In the name of the queen, hang em high!”' Rarity: Uncommon

Name: Emperor Kraken Cost: 5WWW Types: Creature - Kraken Text: Vigilance, Lifelink, protection from Humans Flavor: People often ask what exactly an Emperor Kraken rules over. Then they get devoured and realize it was a silly question. P/T: 5/8 Rarity: Rare

Name: Royal Cannons Cost: 3W Types: Creature - Sailor Text: Royal Cannons cannot attack unless grouped with a creature. First strike. Flavor: Their piles of gunpowder are their upside... but also their downside. P/T: 3/1 Rarity: Uncommon

Black

Name: Walk the Plank Cost: 1KK Types: Enchantment - Aura Text: Sorcery Destroy target pirate or sailor creature. Flavor: '“ You’ve got the captain really pissed, and so it’s time you were dismissed...”' Rarity: common

Name: Crippling Addiction Cost: 1K Types: Enchantment - Aura Text: Enchant creatur When Crippling Addiction enters the battlefield, place two -1/-1 counters on the enchanted creature. It becomes Sober 2 ( You may pay 1 to remove one counter, play this only when you may play a sorcery.) When Drunken Captain has no -1/-1 counters on it ships you control get +1/+0, as long as Drunken Captain is under your control. Flavor: - Rarity: common

Name: Drunken Captain Cost: 2K Types: Creature - Human Pirate Text: Sober 2 (This creature enters the game with two -1/-1 counters on it, you may pay 1 to remove one counter, play this only when you may play a sorcery.) When Drunken Captain has no -1/-1 counters on it ships you control get +1/+0, as long as Drunken Captain is under your control. Flavor: '“Ahh, a fine pint!”' P/T: 3/4 Rarity: uncommon

Name: Kep'jos the Tide Scourge Cost: 4KKK Types: Legendary Creature - Zombie Kraken Text: Kep'jos doesn't untape during your untap step. Sacrifice a Pirate: Untap Kep'jos. Play this abilty only any time you could play a sorcery and only once per turn When Kep'jos attacks, untap all Pirates and gain control of them until end of turn. They have haste. Flavor: Every Pirate has made a bargain with Kep'jos. And when the time comes, he will call. (or some other epic/cheesy quote) -- Random Legendary Pirate from set P/T: 7/5 Rarity: mythic

WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS. Cool art though.

I can't think of any way to make it less wordy. I like the abilities, but what could some changes be that kept its flavor. It's analogous to Davy Jones, sort of.

One could try designing bottom up or at least a far less slavish version of top down (a la Innistrad). Or designing with a cohesive set goal in mind, but god knows that's asking too much of /tg/.

Name: Flying Dutchman Cost: 4KK Types: Legendary Creature - Ghost Ship Text: Flying Dutchman gets +1/+1 for every Pirate and Sailor Creature in a Graveyard Tap: Put a 4/4 Legendary blue Kraken token into play Flavor: Part of the crew, part of the ship P/T: 5/5 Rarity: Rare Artist: LAzy Necromancer

Why is this a colored artifact?

It seemed like a good Idea at the time, my logic was that a ship being a made thing should be an Artifact, I'll change it

Add costs to the tap, how about KK

Name: Swamp Kraken Cost: 5KK Types: Creature - Kraken Text: Swampwalk, Islandwalk Sacrifice a creature: Swamp Kraken gets +4/-4 until end of turn. Flavor: Where there is any water at all, the kraken lurks. P/T: 4/8 Rarity: Rare

Name: Deep Sea Dweller Cost: 2K Types: Creature - Fish Horror Text: Intimidate Flavor: "You think it's foolish to believe in them? It's only foolish not to." P/T: 2/3 Rarity: common

Name: Cursed Pirate Cost: 1KK Types: Creature - Pirate Zombie Text: Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters) 1K: Regenerate Cursed Pirate Flavor: "I saw that guy take a sword in the stomach, 3 bullets in the chest, and a cannon ball. So you go fight him Captain, I'd rather walk the plank." P/T: 1/4 Rarity: common

"cannon" not "canon"

Name: Man Overboard Cost: 2K Types: Instant - Trap Text: Target player sacrifices a creature. If you're attacked by a group with Voyage, you may cast Man Overboard for K. If you do then effect changes to "Player sacrifices Target non-ship creature of an attacking group." Rarity: common

Red

Name: Land Kraken Cost: 5RRR Types: Creature - Kraken Text: Mountainwalk, Double-strike Flavor: Pirates once whispered that a kraken's weakness was luring it from the water. P/T: 6/8 Rarity: Rare

Name: Remmakon Knife-Tooth Cost: 3RR Types: Legendary Creature - Shark Pirate Text: Haste Shark creature spells you play have Bloodthirst 1 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.) P/T: 4/3 Rarity: Rare

Name: Feeding Frenzy Cost: RR Types: Tribal Sorcery - Shark Text: Feeding Frenzy does 1 damage to up to three target creatures or players The next Shark spell you play this turn has Bloodthirst 1 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.) Rarity: Rare

Name: Plundering Shark Cost: 1R Types: Creature - Shark Pirate Text: Haste Plunder: If Plundering Shark deals combat damage to a player, you may pay 2. If you do, untap Plundering Shark. P/T: 2/1 Rarity: Rare

Name: Shark Attack Cost: R Types: Tribal Instant - Shark Text: Target Shark you control fights target creature an opponent controls. If that creature dies, Shark Attack deals 1 damage to that creature's controller. Rarity: Rare

Upon posting, I realized how OP this is. It's basically hard removal for R. With an added effect! Ideas to balance it besides just ramping the cost up?

I know the art on these is pretty meh, but shark art is hard to find!

I'm also trying to get a little cohesiveness going to this set. So, I'm gonna make more sharks!

Name: Remmakon's Raiders Cost: 3R Types: Creature - Shark Pirate Text: Haste. Bloodthirst 2 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.) Flavor: No bark. ALL bite. P/T: 3/1 Rarity: uncommon

Name: Pirate Elder Cost: 3R Types: Creature - Human Pirate Text: First Strike. When Pirate Elder enters the battlefield you may search your library for any number of Pirate cards and reveal those cards. Shuffle your library, the put those cards on top in any order. Flavor: I've met many good men in my days. P/T: 2/1 Rarity: uncommon

I like it verry much, but I think adding a limet to the number of pirates the player may take. Maybe make it 3.

Name: Pirate Ship Cost: 4RR Types: Creature - Ship Pirate Text: Voyage 2 (At the beginning of your upkeep you may group this creature with 2 pirates or 2 sailors until your next turn. Grouped creatures can only attack or block as one, with this creature. You divide how combat damage is dealt to the group.) Trample Flavor: Land HO! P/T: 3/4 Rarity: uncommon

Name: Pirate Raid Cost: 3RR Types: Sorcery Text: When a pirate attacks this turn it deals 2 damage to the player it's attacking. If player is dealt combat damage this turn, tap target land that player controls, it doesn't untap on their next upkeep. Rarity: uncommon

Name: Bolster Cost: 2R Types: Enchantment - Aura Text: Enchant Creature. Enchanted creature gets +3/+0 and has Intimidate. Rarity: common

Suggestions for flavor text would be nice. I can't think of anything. It's an enchantment that makes things big.

Green

Name: Savage Tribesman Cost: 2G Types: Creature - Humans, Tribesman Text: Bloodthirst 2 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.) Flavor: He hungers for the next carnage! P/T: 2/2 Rarity: common

Name: Sha'Ku Ruh the Butcher Cost: 3GGGG Types: Legendary Creture - Naga Text: Deathtouch, Protection from Red, Protection from Black, Trample Sacrifice two creatures: Untap Sha'Ku Ruh Flavor: Her blades thirst even for the blood of her own kind. P/T: 4/7 Rarity: mythic

Messed up the rarity, supposed to be Mythic

Name: Naga Queen Cost: 3GG Types: Creature - Naga Text: Deathtouch. Other Naga you control get +1/+1 P/T: 2/5 Rarity: rare

Shouldn't this be "other Naga you control get +1/+1"? I think that's the common lord ability nowadays. Then again a 3/6 for 5 that buffs itself when it attacks might be fine.

Name: Armored Kraken Cost: 5GGG Types: Creature - Kraken Text: Trample, Shroud Armored Kraken enters the battlefield with four Armor counters on it. Remove an armor counter: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to Armored Kraken. P/T: 6/8 Rarity: rare

Name: Naga Medicine Man Cost: 3G Types: Creature - Naga Text: Islandwalk Tap: Prevent the next 3 damage done to target creature or player. P/T: 3/4 Rarity: common

either increase his cmc and make him a rare, or add a mana cost to that tap or he will be really broken.

Name: Naga Zealot Cost: 1G Types: Creature - Naga Flavor: "One for the living, three for the dead, one for the Naga before he steals you from bed." - children's rhyme P/T: 2/2 Rarity: common

You can go beyond Grizzly Bears for 1G; look at Dark Ascension, where for 1G commons there's a 2/2 with Forestwalk and a 2/2 with "G, sac it: Rampant Growth".

I know I could. But if ever card in the set is something special that's "just a little bit better" we get a snow-flaky Mary Sue set. I thing a re-skinned grizzly bears is fine. if there's going to be 150 creatures, they don't *all* have to have an ability.

This is absolutely true. And what's most important is that they go towards making the set play well, I think. While this particular incarnation may not make it (really depends on what the set needs), we will want vanillas in our set for limited and such.

Blue

Name: Megalodon Cost: 5UU Types: Creature - Fish, Shark Text: Hast Bloodthirst 2 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.) Flavor: 'Without doubt, the biggest fish in the lake!' P/T: 6/6 Rarity: rare

I would like to give it a better name. Any ideas?

Name: Rum Smugglers Cost: 1U Types: Creature - Human, Pirate Text: Sober 1 (This creature enters the game with one -1/-1 counters on it, you may pay 1 to remove one counter, play this only when you may play a sorcery.) Flavor: '“Where has our cargo gone?”' P/T: 2/3 Rarity: common

Name: Sea Kraken Cost: 5UUU Types: Creature - Kraken Text: Sea Kraken is unblockable Flavor: For when terrorizing lakes isn't enough P/T: 5/8 Rarity: rare

Name: Island Retreat Cost: 3UU Types: Enchantment - Aura Text: Enchant Island You can not attack or be attacked unless the creature is a ship, has island walk, or has flying. If enchanted island is destroyed you may pay U to put Island Retreat on top of your library. Flavor: Finding safety in the sea. Rarity: rare

Name: Whalerider Cost: 4UU Types: Creature - Whale Text: Islandwalk When Whalerider enters the battlefield, untap up to four islands you control. U: Whalerider gains flying until end of turn P/T: 4/5 Rarity: uncommon

GO BACK TO URZA'S SAGA AND STAY THERE

I can't help but agree that the untapping lands effect is a bad idea.

Name: Eroding Shores Cost: UUUU Types: Sorcery Text: Destroy target Land Flavor: In time, the tide will consume everything. Even you. - Kep'jos, the Tide Scourge Rarity: uncommon

This is a very odd card for blue.

To put it less politely: This is in no way blue at all whatsoever and should not be here.

Yeah, remember, the whole set is based around water. Just because something has to do with water, doesn't make it blue.

I know land destruction has never been in Blue's slice of the pie, but I figured UUUU was a difficult cost. Stone rain is only 2R. I also really liked the flavor, and the cost, I feel balances it. (I mean for 1 more mana, and a less tight mana cost you can take an extra turn!) So, whats the verdict? Remove it? Change it? It stays?

Acid Rain would like to have a word with anyone who thinks land destruction is not blue. Still, UUUU isn't that hard to cast for mono blue (read, not at all) and that might be a viable deck to play, and land destruction is usually either green, black or red. I'd say make it at least partially red, and only to a small part blue if you really want that in, like 2RU or something.

Don't be stupid. Acid Rain is a color hoser, pure and simple. Furthermore, Acid Rain would never be printed under modern design rules. Furthermore, under our current design proposal, this set should have NO land destruction.

Name: Treasure Trove Cost: 2UU Types: Enchantment Text: 2UU: Draw a card Flavor: Greed in its simplest form. Rarity: common

(This is a reprint)

Love the reprint. Not sure about the flavor text, but it's passable.

Name: From the Depths Cost: 2U Types: Enchantment - Aura Text: Enchant Creature Enchanted creature gets +3/+0 and has Islandwalk Rarity: common Artist: Gensoman

I like the idea of the mirrored auras, but I think they need a bit more thought put into them. +x/+0 is not very blue. Also maybe a full cycle?

Name: Stir the Sea Cost: 1UU Types: Instant Text: Prevent all combat damage from creatures with Islandwalk this turn. Flavor: If they are to stir in the sea and attack from behind, just simply stir the sea and watch what happens. Rarity: common

Name: Rising Sea Cost: 1U Types: Enchantment - Aura Text: Enchant land Enchanted land is an Island Flavor: Every drop rises the sea. "Well then, that is A LOT of drops." Rarity: common

Gold (Multi-Color)

Name: Flag ship Cost: 2(RUW)(RUW)(RUW)(RUW) Types: Legendary Creature - Ship Text: Voyage 3, Vigilance When Flag ship attacks, all other creatures you control cannot be blocked unless Flag ship is blocked by enough creatures to destroy Flag ship and its entire group. P/T: 0/6 Rarity: mythic

Name: Rallioc, The Unspoken Cost: (GK)(GK)(GK)(GK) Types: Creature - Nightmare Text: Islandwalk, Mountainwalk Pirates get -1/-1. Sailors get -1/-1 Your opponents can Voyage with pirates nd sailors together Flavor: "HA! That will be the day, when sailors sand pirates work together. That's something of tales." P/T: 7/4 Rarity: mythic

thought something was needed as a common enemy for pirates and sailors, something of superstition.

Name: Captain Kida of the Junkun Cost: 2UR Types: Legendary Creature - Human Pirate Text: 3UU:Gain control of target artifact for as long as you control Captain Kida of the Junkun. R,Tap:Captain Kida of the Junkun deals 3 damage to target creature or player. P/T: 2/3 Rarity: rare

Name: Admiral Wells Cost: 2WU Types: Legendary Creature - Human Sailor Text: Sailors you control get +1/+1 (WU),Tap:Tap target creature. If it is a pirate, destroy it. P/T: 3/3 Rarity: rare

Needs flavor text.

Debating changing to a soldier. That way we don't have too many new creature types.

If you leave as is, then we will have added two creature types (Sailor and Ship)

And Shark, Naga, Pirate...

I hadn't seen those, although pirate is already a type according to the card editor

Name: Boarding Action Cost: 4WU Types: Sorcery Text: Sacrifice a Soldier or Sailor: take control of target Ship or Boat creature Flavor: Sinking a ship denies your enemy, Boarding it humiliates them. Rarity: uncommon

a. "Boarding Action", note the spelling. b. "As an additional cost to cast Boarding Action, sacrifice a Sailor or Pirate creature you control." "Gain control of target Ship creature." c. We should have Ship creatures or Boat creatures, but not both. I see Ship types, so I went with that. d. The cost seems off. Blue makes sense, but the additional cost makes me think black, not white. Could also be red, as red has sorceries that steal creatures (though usually for a turn).

Name: Sail boat Cost: WU Types: Creature - Ship Text: Islandwalk, Voyage 1 (At the beginning of your upkeep you may group this creature with 1 pirate or sailor until your next turn. Grouped creatures can only attack or block as one, with this creatures. You divide how combat damage is dealt to the group.) P/T: 0/2 Rarity: common

Just a thought for a new ability for this set. might make colorless. works with red pirates then

Colorless

Name: Skull Hideout Cost: - Types: Land Text: Skull Hideout enters the game tapped. T: Add R or G to your mana pool. 2 ,T: Put a 1/1 red green Pirate creature token into play. Flavor: 'There is always a keg of rum in the right eye!' Rarity: uncommon

Name: Swamp Village Cost: - Types: Land Text: Swamp Village enters the game tapped. T: Add B or G to your mana pool. 2 ,T: Put a 1/1 green black Tribesman Token Flavor: 'You are to near when you hear the drums!' Rarity: uncommon

Name: Pirate Cove Cost: - Types: Land Text: Pirate Cove enters the game tapped. T: Add U or R to your mana pool. 2, T: Put a 1/1 blue red Ship creature token into play. Flavor: 'Water and fire formed this place for us, to find shelter from both.' Rarity: uncommon

Name: Drunkards Treasure Chamber Cost: 4 Types: Artifact Text: All creatures you control with Sober, have +1/+1. T: Remove a -1/-1 counter from a creature with Sober. Flavor: '“Oh, Dear Grog , Drunken Santa, Drunken Sailor ...”' Rarity: uncommon

Name: Clockwork Kraken Cost: 8 Types: Artifact Creature - Kraken Construct Text: Cumulative upkeep - Tap an untapped creature Flavor: Its heart is worth a fortune, though attempting to obtain it would likely lead to diminishing returns P/T: 4/8 Rarity: rare

And now we have random cumulative upkeep effects. /tg/, are you even trying?

It makes sense to me. It has tentacles. They tap things. Leave it out for longer, and they tap more things. Leave it out for too long, and they run out of juice.

Maybe it makes sense on that specific card, but we're not building cards, we're building a set...

Pretty sure cumulative upkeep is still evergreen. It's alright for a set to have diversity.

Cumulative upkeep has NEVER been evergreen, jesus christ /tg/.

Name: Submarine Foundry Cost: 4 Types: Artifact Text: Creatures you control may block creatures with Islandwalk as though they didn't have Islandwalk. Tap: Target creature you control has Islandwalk until end of turn. Rarity: uncommon

Seems very out of place.

Mabye thematically, but mechanically, there are lot of islandwalkers in the set already we need counters.

I love the concept, but change it to "Creatures you control with islandwalk may block creatures with islandwalk, as though they didn't have islandwalk." I think thats better because its more of an underwater fight thats going on so your creatures have to have the able to dive down and stop them. With that tap ability, then a pirate or whatever can hop into a sub to block.

Name: Ghost Ship Cost: 4 Types: Creature - Ship Text: When Ghost Ship dies, return it to the battlefield at the beginning of your next upkeep P/T: 2/3 Rarity: uncommon

Needs flavor text about it drifting on its own or something.

Decent concept. Feels like it should be black, though, why artifact?

Name: Rigid Treasure Cost: none Types: Artifact Creature - Construct Text: (Rigid Treasure cannot be cast) Shroud, Defender Rigid Treasure is indestructible and cannot be sacrificed P/T: 0/1 Rarity: uncommon

Needs some flavor text about pirates finding it but not being able to lift it up. I'm not a good writer.

It has no mana cost. Plus, it'd just be an awful idea to print this card. 'lolunkillable' does not a good card/fun make.

It can be killed with -1/-1 counters, exiled, or bounced back to its owner's hand, as long as it's not targeted.

Global variants of those things are pretty fucking hard to come by. Can you imagine how stupid this thing would be in draft? Maybe unkillable might be cool in concept, but do you really think it'd be fun to play with?

It's pretty much worthless in draft unless someone is lucky enough to be able to force it onto the battlefield somehow.

Okay why would you even include an uncastable card in the set? Let alone an UNCOMMMON one? Yes I know that there are ways it can be put into play, but seriously the fuck? Besides, this shit is nothing but unfun if someone manages to get it on the field. The more I think about this card the more shit it seems.

It's for people who like weird cards that are hard to use. The Johnnys out there. Wizards always panders to them in some weird way. Look at One with Nothing. The reason it's uncommon is so that it doesn't show up too often, and it's not rare, because it would piss most people off getting that as their rare.

One with Nothing was a rare, not an uncommon. It was also not this retarded. I'm fine with Johnny cards, but this is just obnoxious at best.

As far as I can tell, this basically comes down to whether or not the set ends up with a way to cheat the thing out.

Even if there is a way, it's not really very interesting even if it gets on the field. It's pretty much a trashy top down.

Name: Abandoned ship Cost: 3 Types: Artifact - Equipment Text: Equip only to a non-ship and not grouped creature. Equipped creature becomes a ship in addition to its other types, gains Voyage 1, and gets +0/+1. Equip 2 Flavor: I'm on a boat! Rarity: common

Name: Dry docks Cost: 2 Types: Artifact Text: Ships you control get +0/+1 When a ship with Voyage enters the battlefield under your control, they can voyage with untapped creatures you control. Rarity: common