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[Trogdor the Burninator]

I decided to make a card that would be like a Coppersmith, but for Silver. That would turn Silver into Gold for a turn like Coppersmith turns Copper into Silver. Then I eventually realized that that would be kinda broken, so then I changed it into a sort of cross between Jack of All Trades and Trading Post. (Disclaimer: I have yet to playtest this card, but am planning on doing it soon, I don't sleeve my cards, so that does create some difficulty with playtesting as you might imagine)

The card text is as follows:
+1 Card
Trash a card from your hand that is not a treasure card and
gain a Silver, putting it into your hand.

(The cost of Silversmith is $4)

Thoughts?

[KingZog3]

There is already a thread about a card is Coppersmith for silvers. The consensus is that it would not be overpowered.

As for your card, I think it`s fairly weak. I guess $4 is ok. It's trashing is limited, it seems like a good card fro BM. I do think that it's sort of the same as Jack though. Yeah the Silver goes into your hand, but it's not anymore interesting.

[Trogdor the Burninator]

That's what I realized just this evening looking at it more closely, what sort of edits would you recommend to make it more interesting and unique?

[LastFootnote]

I disagree that a card that makes Silver produce $1 more would be broken. If anything, I expect it to be weaker than Coppersmith because your deck starts out with seven Coppers, but zero Silvers. That makes a big difference. So even if the effect can be more powerful than Coppersmith's effect, you have to work harder to get there.

For what it's worth, I have a card that raises Silver's value, trashes cards, and gains Silver. So it's sort of a combination of your original idea and your revised version.



It hasn't gotten much playtesting yet unfortunately, but my mock games haven't shown it to be a powerhouse card by itself. Like Coppersmith, it needs increased hand size to be strong.

[Trogdor the Burninator]

Very nice. I'm sure his has been asked before, but where did you get the template for the nice card art?

[Awaclus]

I disagree that a card that makes Silver produce $1 more would be broken.

On the MTG Salvation fan card creation forums, the word "broken" was (is? Haven't been there for a while) used to describe any cards that weren't balanced - including those that were way too weak. That meaning would be appropriate for this situation.

[sudgy]

Just a random point for playtesting, you can use the blank cards and pretend that they are the card you are playtesting.

[eHalcyon]

Very nice. I'm sure his has been asked before, but where did you get the template for the nice card art?

There are a few floating around.  I think there is one on BGG, and I think one of the better ones I've seen is this one by Showdown35.  IIRC, LastFootnote has a template he made (or tweaked) on his own that he said he planned to share eventually.

[LastFootnote]

Very nice. I'm sure his has been asked before, but where did you get the template for the nice card art?

There are a few floating around.  I think there is one on BGG, and I think one of the better ones I've seen is this one by Showdown35.  IIRC, LastFootnote has a template he made (or tweaked) on his own that he said he planned to share eventually.

Yeah, I gotta remember to post that here sometime when I'm using the computer that it's on.