The Seedcore

Ability Word Explanation

New 02 Dec 2023 Asked by jimharbor 40 Comments

Why was corrupted made an ability word instead of a keyword? For example why was the seedcore given it's current wording rather than "Target 1/1 creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn. Activate only if an opponent is corrupted. (A player is corrupted if they have three or more poison counters.)"


Usually the difference between a keyword and an ability word is the former replaces an exact string of text that has to be the same on every card.

Raising Power Levels

New 04 Jul 2023 Asked by cordiallupine 71 Comments

What would happen if the average card in a set was raised to a more competitive power level for constructed? I keep seeing people talk about cards like Storm the Seedcore where a lot of work was put into the art of a beautiful card that doesn't really get played because it was 'made for draft' and deliberately undertuned because of that. Do you think there's a solution to that?


There’s cap of how many cards can be constructed relevant. Making one card better might change that card’s chances of being constructed, but it will also result in another card or cards being less likely to be played. In addition, there are power creep issues. We aim to have every card have great art. That combined with the fact that there’s an upper limit of how many cards can be constructed means there will always be cards with great art that aren’t tournament worthy.


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