Planeswalker LCG #009 - Baseline Single-Target Interaction
>Planeswalker LCG is a fanmade set of Magic cards, selected, created and/or modified to create a Commander-like experience that is (hopefully) able to provide an enjoyable and somewhat balanced experience for any players who decide to print-and-play it. It mostly follows the same rules as Magic proper, with a number of differences that I will lay out as they become relevant throughout (what I'm intending to be) each series of cards that I present to you for feedback. Every chosen design takes place in Universes Within the Magic canon, but may of course adopt designs from official Universes Beyond materials. Presented for your enjoyment and perhaps eventually your pods:
As I am wont to do, I present you with another PLCG cycle! These there the baseline single-target interaction spells for each of the five colors, and they all have kicker! My design goal was to do removal 'their way' for each color, and provide an option for a stronger effect to increase their flexibility. I was able to use the Mythos spell cycle's phrasing with the kickers which I think is pretty nice to boot. What do you think of them?
You'll notice the Memory subtype; a new subtype that I'm also retroactively applying to most of the colorless baseline spells. It's more or less PLCG's version of Lessons, but way more consistently designed. Memories are the kinds of spells that any fledgling mage has probably learned at some point in their early career, and 'recalling a memory' is a mechanism that you will be seeing quite a bit of, especially as I start introducing the format's five-card sideboard--called the Reserve--from which you can cast Memory spells, grant Wishes, and the like.
Stay tuned for more! Next up (still): a few more (and more complicated) Myr, then a few Wish and Ritual spells.
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