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[cephalonsark]

I think timestream accelerator is accelerating the life of the creature, aging them super quickly, hence why they "die of age counters" in a few turns.

[YoonnsAvecN]

I really liked the discussion about Learn From The Enemy because it's exactly everything that went through my mind when i designed it

[isaknilsson]

My suggestion for "make the checkmate harder to set up and more flavorful" - isn't "being the Monarch" a pre-existing mechanic? If so, to use the Pawn/Queen you would have to build a deck such that you could make your opponent the Monarch (i.e. the king) and change the Queen's text to "When this creature deals damage to a player, if that player is the Monarch, they lose the game"? XD

[Kopynator]

I interpreted the Timestream Accelerator as 'aging' all creatures, thus costing mana to keep them alive and going.

[elleeVee]

they gave us time in the beginning to think about life

[whaleofdarkness]

Actually, there is a magic card that works similarly to Xero, Failed Lich: B.O.B. (Bevy of Beebles). It says "the loyalty of Bob is equal to the number of beebles you control (Create or sacrifice a beeble whenever it gains or loses loyalty.)" It's a silver-bordered card so the rules are a bit wonky but they actually made rules for the card.

[MandelTräd]

23:33 Shrödingers box having hideaway I think is very flavourful. Just because we usually see a mechanic used in a cycle doesn't mean it can't be changed. Also, there are 2 cards with Hideaway that aren't part of any cycles. Smugglers Buggy from the New Capenna Commander decks and the blue 2-mana wizard from Modern Horizons 1.

[shireon]

I think the pawn/queen is actually a lot cooler than was given credit. The Queen doesn't say "when The Queen deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game" but "if the defending player cannot block". Unlike Phage, you could let the queen get through with no issue as long as you *could* block it. The card itself is still a miss to me, but that line of text would be very interesting to see printed, especially on something whos combat damage is not much of a threat on its own.

[DrCoolGuy]

For Awaited Arrival, what if it transformed instead of saccing? Cast what you wanted to cast, then it flips into some aide/lieutenant/bodyguard to the card you wanted to cast, since it telegraphs what that card is. Maybe a 2/2 vigilance that draws on etb or something (instead of the sac/draw), so it can always defend the walker etc.

[bricelory]

The last stand makes sense as mono-red because its a legendary sorcery and has more opportunity to flex the color pie and its really an iconic plot-point card.

Edit: also looking at the original card, which was a 4/4, I think the +4/+4 is in homage to Mr. Minotaur's stats....maybe change the mana cost?

[WebSpyder]

One thing you overlooked with Awaited Arrival - What if your opponent is playing the card you name? It says "Spells with the chosen name cost 1 less to cast for each wait counter..." So your opponent could take advantage of the discount.

[dismasthepenitent]

Glad you liked the card!

Some additional design notes:
I wanted to make a card designed for commander that works both "face-up" if you play it on a big stompy creature, or as a really mean finisher when combined with deathtouch + an indestructible/protection effect. However, there are no legendary creatures in RG that have deathtouch, so the RG color identity means you have to put in a bit of extra work to get there. Also, if you want to save your creature, you could target one of your opponents' creatures that has high toughness or indestructible so that your creature stops fighting.

I like that Thoralf caught the reference to the old Tahngarth card with the fight effect. iirc we don't get to see Tahngarth die in the story, but if Tahngarth did die I imagine he would go down swinging.

[anathemareno]

Ive got a fix for the pawn. Its a Battle called the chessboard. When it enters make a pawn token. When the Battle loses all its counters, you transform it into the queen, but when you cast the queen you have to sacrifice a creature token.

[fjshdf]

8:15 I think the intent is more 'time's speeding up so they age super quickly'

[joellafleur]

I could also definitely see the pawn and queen card being printed with some minor adjustments in an Eldraine set as a magically animated chess piece. Or maybe an artifact that makes chess piece tokens. A very Eldraine-y design 19:10

[dylbarton]

The Queen card is interesting because it doesn't win on damage, only if it can't be blocked. Even if you can block, you don't have too. Which they didn't touch on, but makes it not as strong as phage.

[bricelory]

I think Awaited Arrival is a cool card. It feels like it blurs the colorpie a fair amount, but if it is a high profile Rare, I couls see it working well as a riff on both that old Azorius mechanic that revealed your cards for benefits (letting people know your plans), as well as an opposite of the Elite Spellbinder effect: instead of causing one of their cards to cost more, you make one of yours cheaper.

I could see it also gaining 1 life per Waiting Counter on it as well - amplifying the benefit of having to wait a long time, just like how much relief you feel when the one you're waiting for *finally* arrives.

[JWorthy]

I would love if this became a weekly series, this is awesome! It would also be cool if down the road there was a gameplay video somehow playing with the custom cards reviewed so far.

[lanychabot-laroche]

Awaited Arrival is a reversed Curse of Silence that is nicely balance. Well done card.

[GreenMonkeySam]

10:00 - It me!
Hahaha, yeah, all of your comments are the same that I received when I posted it on /r/custommagic. I have since improved the card, but I wanted to submit the original design because I thought it would be better for the video. The challenge was to design a 1-MV Planeswalker. The flavour is that she sparked trying to become a Lich.
Thanks for featuring my card!