Dismal Failure

Blue Discard Cards Examples

New • 01 Sep 2020 • Asked by tbjanowski • 43 Comments

Dear Mark Note Blue has Amnesia, Dismal Failure, Forget Minamos Meddling, Piracy Charm, (my favorite)Probe with Kicker, Riptide Pilferer. Venarian Glimmer potentially Apathy, Coral Net, Mind Bomb and Trapfinder's Trick are all examples of Blue Discard so, no Black does not have a monopoly on Discard.

You can do the same with non-blue counterspells. Note both lists lean pretty heavily on early Magic.
Amnesia Apathy Black Blue Coral Net Discard Dismal Failure Kicker Mind Bomb Piracy Piracy Charm Riptide Pilferer Trapfinder's Trick Venarian Glimmer

Werewolves Design Choice

New • 28 Mar 2014 • Asked by bass-borot • 11 Comments

Finished the podcast on Innistrad today, and you don't mention it at all. Were flip cards ever considered for werewolves? I know they weren't a success or anything, but they fulfill a similar purpose in-game, although the psychological effect is obviously much smaller.

Flip cards were a dismal failure so no I never considered them as a choice for werewolves. The only thing flip cards did do was make me doubt a little if double-faced cards would work. But they avoided a lot of the problems with flip cards (muddy image, confusion on tapped state, etc.) so we gave them a try.
Dismal Failure Drive to Work Flip Cards Innistrad

Commons with Different Arts

New • 24 Aug 2012 • Asked by alphasquid • 0 Comments

Do you think it would be too daunting for commons in a set to have 2 different arts per card?

We tried it in Fallen Empires (where every common on the sheet had its own unique picture) and it was a dismal failure. Players need a single art that they can learn so they know what card is on the table without having to read it.
Art Commons Dismal Failure Fallen Empires

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