Battle for Zendikar spoiler season

[Agetian]

1. basic effect will return the card to hand, and it will be conditional on the land NOT being Plains.
2. second effect, conditional on the land being a Plains, will be GenericChoice effect that will the player choice between returning card to battlefield or to hand.

Yes, I agree that a GenericChoice implementation would be good here, but I can't produce a working version... do you know how to properly implement a GenericChoice for a conditional effect like that? :/

- Agetian

[Marek14]

1. basic effect will return the card to hand, and it will be conditional on the land NOT being Plains.
2. second effect, conditional on the land being a Plains, will be GenericChoice effect that will the player choice between returning card to battlefield or to hand.

Yes, I agree that a GenericChoice implementation would be good here, but I can't produce a working version... do you know how to properly implement a GenericChoice for a conditional effect like that? :/

- Agetian

Ether Well seems closest to what you need...

BTW, when looking, I noticed a slight problem in Catastrophe. If you choose to destroy lands, any animated lands destroyed should still be unable to regenerate (but not normal lands).

[Marek14]

Token update:

Battle for Zendikar will add the following tokens:

New tokens
c_10_10_eldrazi: for Desolation Twin
c_1_1_eldrazi_scion, c_1_1_eldrazi_scion2, c_1_1_eldrazi_scion3 (exact assignment to cards unclear for now): for Adverse Conditions, Blight Herder, Blisterpod, Brood Butcher, Brood Monitor, Call the Scions, Carrier Thrall, Catacomb Sifter, Drowner of Hope, Eldrazi Skyspawner, Eyeless Watcher, From Beyond, Grave Birthing, Incubator Drone, Spawning Bed and Void Attendant
g_1_1_plant: for Grovetender Druids
rg_5_5_elemental: for Omnath, Locus of Rage
u_8_8_octopus: for Kiora, Master of the Depths
w_1_1_kor_ally: for Retreat to Emeria and Unified Front
w_2_2_knight_ally: for Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Tokens with new pictures:
r_3_1_elemental_bfz: for Akoum Stonewaker (actually different from other existing red 3/1 Elementals, as it has trample)

The dragon token is only made by reprinted Dragonmaster Outcast.

[friarsol]

Partial implementation of Quarantine Field:

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Name:Quarantine Field
ManaCost:X X W W
Types:Enchantment
K:etbCounter:ISOLATION:X
SVar:X:Count$xPaid
T:Mode$ ChangesZone | Origin$ Any | Destination$ Battlefield | ValidCard$ Card.Self | Execute$ TrigExile | TriggerDescription$ When CARDNAME enters the battlefield, for each isolation counter on it, exile up to one target nonland permanent an opponent controls until CARDNAME leaves the battlefield.
SVar:TrigExile:AB$ ChangeZone | Cost$ 0 | Origin$ Battlefield | Destination$ Exile | RememberChanged$ True | ValidTgts$ Permanent.nonLand+OppCtrl | TargetMin$ 0 | TargetMax$ Y | References$ Y | TgtPrompt$ Select target nonland permanent an opponent controls | ConditionPresent$ Card.Self | SubAbility$ DBEffect
SVar:DBEffect:DB$ Effect | Triggers$ ComeBack | RememberObjects$ Targeted | ImprintCards$ Self | SVars$ TrigReturn,ExileSelf | ConditionPresent$ Card.Self | Duration$ Permanent
SVar:ComeBack:Mode$ ChangesZone | Origin$ Battlefield | Destination$ Any | ValidCard$ Card.IsImprinted | Execute$ TrigReturn | TriggerZones$ Command | TriggerController$ TriggeredCardController | Static$ True | TriggerDescription$ That permanent is exiled until CARDNAME leaves the battlefield.
SVar:TrigReturn:AB$ ChangeZoneAll | Cost$ 0 | Origin$ Exile | Destination$ Battlefield | ChangeType$ Card.IsRemembered | SubAbility$ ExileSelf
SVar:ExileSelf:DB$ ChangeZone | Origin$ Command | Destination$ Exile | Defined$ Self
SVar:Y:Count$CardCounters.ISOLATION
SVar:PlayMain1:TRUE
SVar:OblivionRing:TRUE
SVar:Picture:http://www.wizards.com/global/images/magic/general/quarantine_field.jpg
Oracle:Quarantine Field enters the battlefield with X isolation counters on it.\nWhen Quarantine Field enters the battlefield, for each isolation counter on it, exile up to one target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Quarantine Field leaves the battlefield.


The above card has an error, but otherwise appears to work correctly:

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SVar 'Y' not found in ability, fallback to Card (Quarantine Field). Ability is (When Quarantine Field enters the battlefield, for each isolation counter on it, exile up to one target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Quarantine Field leaves the battlefield. (Targeting ERROR) )

Ah the Quarantine Field warning is just because the "References" isn't being recognized. Not sure how references is setup with Triggers, but it's not really a big deal, a fair amount of cards actually throw that warning (while it would be good to fix them, it mostly only matters for cards that mirror abilities like Necrotic Ooze). The "Targeting error" part is probably just because it spit out the message before targets were determined, and that's what Trigger.toStrings() look like at that step.

[friarsol]

Also what's up with this "HasSubType" property? You should be able to just do Land.Plains like in Bant Panorama.

[Agetian]

My latest attempt with GenericChoice:

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Name:Emeria Shepherd
ManaCost:5 W W
Types:Creature Angel
PT:4/4
K:Flying
T:Mode$ ChangesZone | Origin$ Any | Destination$ Battlefield | ValidCard$ Land.YouCtrl+HasNoSubtype Plains | Execute$ TrigChangeHand | OptionalDecider$ You | TriggerDescription$ Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield, you may return target nonland permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

T:Mode$ ChangesZone | Origin$ Any | Destination$ Battlefield | ValidCard$ Land.YouCtrl+HasSubtype Plains | Execute$ DBChoose | OptionalDecider$ You | TriggerDescription$ Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield, you may return target nonland permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. If that land is a Plains, you may return that nonland permanent card to the battlefield instead.

SVar:DBChoose:DB$ GenericChoice | Cost$ 0 | ValidTgts$ Permanent.YouCtrl+nonLand+inZoneGraveyard | TgtPrompt$ Select target nonland permanent. | Choices$ TrigChangeHand,TrigChangeBattlefield | Defined$ You

SVar:TrigChangeHand:DB$ChangeZone | Origin$ Graveyard | Destination$ Hand | ValidTgts$ Permanent.YouCtrl+nonLand | Cost$ 0 | Defined$ Targered | SpellDescription$ HAND
SVar:TrigChangeBattlefield:DB$ChangeZone | Origin$ Graveyard | Destination$ Battlefield | ValidTgts$ Permanent.YouCtrl+nonLand | Cost$ 0 | Defined$ Targeted | SpellDescription$ BATTLEFIELD

SVar:Picture:http://www.wizards.com/global/images/magic/general/emeria_shepherd.jpg


This doesn't work because it doesn't allow to actually choose the freaking card to move to battlefield/hand when a Plains enters the battlefield. I do get the prompt as to where to move something to, but I don't get prompted as to *WHAT* I want to move there. I tried changing DB$ to AB$ feeling that that's exactly why it won't let me target, but then I got the "no API in ...." exception, so obviously abilities can't be run in that way. Tried some shamanism with RunSVar and stuff like that, but that wasn't of much help either and either does nothing or crashes...

- Agetian

[friarsol]

Agetian, Empty Pump with a Target into a Generic Choice? I think it's not asking you for a target because Generic Choice builds the SubAbility on runtime, so it's not available to choose a target when it's added to the stack.

[Agetian]

Ahh, yeah I was thinking about those Pump abilities, but thought it'd not be viable (the word "Pump" confused me, I thought it's only for the actual pump spells/abilities).
Here's what I came up with though, it doesn't use Pump but seems to work:

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Name:Emeria Shepherd
ManaCost:5 W W
Types:Creature Angel
PT:4/4
K:Flying
T:Mode$ ChangesZone | Origin$ Any | Destination$ Battlefield | ValidCard$ Land.YouCtrl+HasSubtype Plains | Execute$ DBChoose | OptionalDecider$ You | TriggerDescription$ Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield, you may return target nonland permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. If that land is a Plains, you may return that nonland permanent card to the battlefield instead.
T:Mode$ ChangesZone | Secondary$ True | Origin$ Any | Destination$ Battlefield | ValidCard$ Land.YouCtrl+HasNoSubtype Plains | Execute$ TrigChangeHand | OptionalDecider$ You | TriggerDescription$ Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield, you may return target nonland permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

SVar:DBChoose:DB$ ChooseCard | Defined$ You | Cost$ 0 | Choices$ Permanent.YouCtrl+nonLand | ChoiceZone$ Graveyard | SubAbility$ DBChooseDest
SVar:DBChooseDest:DB$ GenericChoice | Cost$ 0 | Choices$ TrigChangeHand2,TrigChangeBattlefield | Defined$ You

SVar:TrigChangeHand:DB$ChangeZone | Origin$ Graveyard | Destination$ Hand | ValidTgts$ Permanent.YouCtrl+nonLand | Cost$ 0 | Defined$ ChosenCard | SpellDescription$ Return to Hand
SVar:TrigChangeHand2:DB$ChangeZone | Origin$ Graveyard | Destination$ Hand | Defined$ ChosenCard | SpellDescription$ Return to Hand | SubAbility$ DBCleanup
SVar:TrigChangeBattlefield:DB$ChangeZone | Origin$ Graveyard | Destination$ Battlefield | Defined$ ChosenCard | SpellDescription$ Return to Battlefield | SubAbility$ DBCleanup
SVar:DBCleanup:DB$ Cleanup | CleanRemembered$ True

SVar:Picture:http://www.wizards.com/global/images/magic/general/emeria_shepherd.jpg


Seems to work, but I'm not sure... is this OK, or should we change it into an empty Pump implementation?

EDIT: Added the "Cleanup" function to forget a remembered card. Added "Secondary$ True" to one of the triggers to avoid duplicate description.

Known issues with this implementation:
- if a Plains enters the battlefield, the user is asked if he wants to return something from the graveyard even if the graveyard is empty (but even if the user says "yes, I want to" and chooses "hand/battlefield", nothing happens, which is good).
- once a creature is returned to the battlefield/hand after a Plains ETBs, Emeria Shepherd receives a "chosen colors: <chosen_card_name>" text in its description that does not disappear even after running DB Cleanup. This issue is not unique, the same happens with the Bound part of Bound // Determined which utilizes a similar mechanism of asking for a card. This issue appears to be purely graphical, it does not seem to cause any functional issues.

- Agetian

[friarsol]

ChooseCard works, and is probably better than an empty pump, which I'm not really a fan of. Also, we have DestinationAlternative as seen in Caravan Vigil. So you don't actually need the GenericChoice in there.

[friarsol]

Aligned Hedron Network - Doesn't target, should Remember in the ChangeZone ability, and then RememberObjects$ Remembered

SVar:DBEffect:DB$ Effect | Triggers$ ComeBack | RememberObjects$ Targeted | ImprintCards$ Self | SVars$ TrigReturn,ExileSelf | ConditionPresent$ Card.Self | Duration$ Permanent


Bane of Bala Ged - Since origin is a known Origin, need to add "Hidden$ True". Might also need DefinedPlayer instead of Chooser, and potentially Permanent.YouCtrl

SVar:TrigExile:AB$ ChangeZone | Cost$ T | Origin$ Battlefield | Destination$ Exile | Defined$ DefendingPlayer | Mandatory$ True | ChangeType$ Permanent | ChangeNum$ 2 | IsCurse$ True | Chooser$ DefendingPlayer


(Will post more as I check them out)

[Hanmac]

apropos token:
Phyrexian Swarmlord makes token that images doesnt have infect (but the tokens have)
maybe the image can be fixed too?

as for the r_3_1_elemental_bfz token image, maybe trample and haste does need to add into the name too?

PS: when can we hope for a snapshot where the BFZ cards are added? there are many of them i want to try in many decks

[Marek14]

apropos token:
Phyrexian Swarmlord makes token that images doesnt have infect (but the tokens have)
maybe the image can be fixed too?

as for the r_3_1_elemental_bfz token image, maybe trample and haste does need to add into the name too?

PS: when can we hope for a snapshot where the BFZ cards are added? there are many of them i want to try in many decks

Phyrexian Swarmlord is missing the token image code. The token is currently called "g_1_1_insect_infect.jpg" (so the bfz elemental should probably be called r_3_1_elemental_trample?) Here's the corrected version:

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Name:Phyrexian Swarmlord
ManaCost:4 G G
Types:Creature Insect Horror
PT:4/4
K:Infect
T:Mode$ Phase | Phase$ Upkeep | ValidPlayer$ You | TriggerZones$ Battlefield | Execute$ TrigToken | TriggerDescription$ At the beginning of your upkeep, put a 1/1 green Insect creature token with infect onto the battlefield for each poison counter your opponents have.
SVar:TrigToken:AB$Token | Cost$ 0 | TokenAmount$ X | References$ X | TokenName$ Insect | TokenTypes$ Creature,Insect | TokenOwner$ You | TokenColors$ Green | TokenPower$ 1 | TokenToughness$ 1 | TokenKeywords$ Infect | TokenImage$ g 1 1 insect infect
SVar:X:Count$TotalOppPoisonCounters
SVar:Picture:http://www.wizards.com/global/images/magic/general/phyrexian_swarmlord.jpg
Oracle:Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)\nAt the beginning of your upkeep, put a 1/1 green Insect creature token with infect onto the battlefield for each poison counter your opponents have.


Actually, this code is also missing from the other two cards that should produce this token: Carrion Call and Trigon of Infestation:

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Name:Carrion Call
ManaCost:3 G
Types:Instant
A:SP$ Token | Cost$ 3 G | TokenImage$ G 1 1 Insect Infect | TokenAmount$ 2 | TokenName$ Insect | TokenTypes$ Creature,Insect | TokenOwner$ You | TokenColors$ Green | TokenPower$ 1 | TokenToughness$ 1 | TokenKeywords$ Infect | TokenImage$ g 1 1 insect infect | SpellDescription$ Put two 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with infect onto the battlefield.
SVar:Picture:http://www.wizards.com/global/images/magic/general/carrion_call.jpg
Oracle:Put two 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with infect onto the battlefield. (They deal damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)


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Name:Trigon of Infestation
ManaCost:4
Types:Artifact
K:etbCounter:CHARGE:3
A:AB$ PutCounter | Cost$ G G T | CounterType$ CHARGE | CounterNum$ 1 | SpellDescription$ Put a charge counter on CARDNAME.
A:AB$ Token | Cost$ 2 T SubCounter<1/CHARGE> | TokenImage$ G 1 1 Insect Infect | TokenAmount$ 1 | TokenName$ Insect | TokenTypes$ Creature,Insect | TokenOwner$ You | TokenColors$ Green | TokenPower$ 1 | TokenToughness$ 1 | TokenKeywords$ Infect | TokenImage$ g 1 1 insect infect | SpellDescription$ Put a 1/1 green Insect creature token with infect onto the battlefield.
SVar:Picture:http://www.wizards.com/global/images/magic/general/trigon_of_infestation.jpg
Oracle:Trigon of Infestation enters the battlefield with three charge counters on it.\n{G}{G}, {T}: Put a charge counter on Trigon of Infestation.\n{2}, {T}, Remove a charge counter from Trigon of Infestation: Put a 1/1 green Insect creature token with infect onto the battlefield.


[friarsol]

Guul Draz Overseer - Valid parameter is wrong. Needs to be "Other" not "other"
SVar:TrigPumpAll:AB$PumpAll | Cost$ 0 | ValidCards$ Creature.other+YouCtrl | NumAtt$ X | References$ X

Noyan Dar - I think the SubAbility needs to be "ParentTarget" not just Targeted. Or you can remember the card you put counters on use Remembered
SVar:DBAnimate:DB$Animate | Defined$ Targeted | Power$ 0 | Toughness$ 0 | Types$ Creature,Elemental | Keywords$ Haste | Permanent$ True

[Agetian]

ChooseCard works, and is probably better than an empty pump, which I'm not really a fan of. Also, we have DestinationAlternative as seen in Caravan Vigil. So you don't actually need the GenericChoice in there.

Interestingly, Alternative Destination only works if either Hidden is set to True (for the SA) or if the Origin is a hidden zone (e.g. Hand), so it doesn't work for moving cards out of the Graveyard :/

- Agetian

[Agetian]

Ok, I added support for alternative destinations to Known zones in ChangeZone and committed the implementation of Emeria Shepherd based on it. My tests indicated that it works fine (tried non-Plains + say no, Plains + say no, non-Plains + say yes, Plains + say yes and return to Hand/Battlefield afterwards, non-Plains/Plains with empty Graveyard, looks like it functions correctly).

Known issues:
- If a Plains enters the battlefield when the Graveyard is empty, then the player is still asked if he wants to return a card to the battlefield/hand. :/ Not sure how to fix yet... this is annoying but at least it doesn't cause a crash or rule-breaking behavior. - corrected in r30057.

- Agetian