Gavin Verhey, one of the lead designers at Wizards, posted an interesting question on Twitter:
"You get to pick one Magic keyword mechanic to return in 2024. What is it?"
What are we bringing back?!
Gavin Verhey (Principal Magic Designer at WotC): "You get to pick one Magic keyword mechanic to return in 2024. What is it?"
https://twitter.com/GavinVerhey/status/1742092442755621319
15 Comments
andrew@mtgzone.com · 10 pts · 2y
My crazy long shot that’s never coming back as is, sadly: Dredge. I think it’s such a fun and unique mechanic, and cards like Life from the Loam are excellent examples of how it can be done well.
More realistically: I’d love to see Buyback again, an old one I loved from Exodus. Capsize every turn!
nickhammes@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Dredge is really hard to do well though, in that it makes a card playable no matter what else is written on it, and making a card too playable, then adding dredge onto it can easily make it broken enough to pick up bans in eternal formats. It's such a small design space, but I'd also love to see a few cards try to thread that needle.
Buyback is fun, Clockspinning in particular stands out as a fun card to play, even if it's not amazing. Expanding it to creatures would be a fun twist to see it come back with.
lovestha@mtgjudge.social · 6 pts · 2y
andrew@mtgzone.com · 4 pts · 2y
Yeah probably so difficult that even in the 0% chance it does come back the cards would be so neutered that what’s point.
A low dredge value helps though and even a few that are quirky would be cool. Like a recurring ETB effect on a cheap artifact with dredge 2 that’s heavy on the lore. Something!
chemslayer@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
We did get a dredge card fairly recently in [[Shenanigans]], the key here was a niche (but okay priced) effect + a low dredge number. Brings it more in line with the original "fair" use of dredge (re buying useful cards)
cardbot@mtgzone.com · 1 pts · 2y
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lovestha@mtgjudge.social · 3 pts · 2y
MysticKetchup@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
A weird one, but Provoke. Green has been pretty bad in terms of creature combat lately, and fight spells are basically useless in constructed. I think Provoke is pretty balanced nowadays, given that it's dependent on attacking and there are already so many value engine permanents that killing 1 creature a turn (excluding the turn it comes down) is strong but not unbalanced. Tacking on a condition or mana cost could also tone it down for lower rarities/mana values).
My more conventional pick would be Persist, lots of design space and it's fun to get extra use out of your creatures.
andrew@mtgzone.com · 4 pts · 2y
Wow I completely forgot about this ability! Kind of like a mini [[Lure]]. There seem to be only 9 cards with it too. I think this could be a great ability for green to get more of and makes total sense color-wise.
cardbot@mtgzone.com · 1 pts · 2y
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lovestha@mtgjudge.social · 8 pts · 2y
andrew@mtgzone.com · 3 pts · 2y
Yeah this would be a great one to see again, I love Convoke too. I just looked it up and I’m surprised there are so few legendary creatures with it, and none that would enable a GW commander deck 😮 Would love to build that one day.
lovestha@mtgjudge.social · 4 pts · 2y
v4ld1z@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y
That new Jeskai legend is pretty fun and a slightly different twist on the generic regular convoke colours and strategies. But that's commander, of course
ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 2y
Banding!
rigatti@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
How about "Bands with..."
We can now do such fun things as "Bands with planeswalkers", "Bands with melded creatures", and "Bands with vehicles".
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 2y
Benalish hero crew!
mike@mtgzone.com · 7 pts · 2y
inb4 "All abilities are just kicker" 😛 (TCC vid)
but seriously, I would love to see Buyback as well, I loved Whispers of the Muse and Forbid. Other than Buyback I would also love to see Spectacle come back. I feel like we don't have enough good Spectacle cards.
match@pawb.social · 6 pts · 2y
bestow :3