Thoughts on Alara Reborn from a Designer and Developer
May 5, 2009 | Posted by Dee
I don’t usually talk about MTG design but this article by Alexis Janson gave a great look at the design process of Alara Reborn.
Check it out. You might even find some info that can help you with your game.
For example, I didn’t know that Intimidation Bolt allowed the targeted creature to still attack. This info might prove valuable if you have a pump spell for the creature.
Alexis writes, “The team decided it was fine that the targeted creature could attack if it survived the 3 damage—after all, if you just shrugged off a bolt of lightning, what’s left to be scared of?”
Also, I didn’t realize that you could get a land with Wargate. Sure, it costs you GWU but if you need a Mountain badly, then Wargate can function as an overcosted Rampant Growth.
Alexis writes, “It’s easy to miss that you can cast this with X = 0 and fetch a land—at one point, this spell only cost XGW making it, in Ken Nagle’s (another designer) words, ‘The sickest Rampant Growth!’ Too sick, actually, which is why it had to be costed at XGWU.”
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