Formal Request Thread

[NEMESiS]

I would like to personally request Cogwork Librarian.

[sumomole]

I would like to personally request Cogwork Librarian.

this card can only be used in draft mode that doesn't exist in dotp.

[thefiremind]

It's quite clear that he was joking...

...but sumomole's answer was probably aimed at other people who aren't aware of that.

OK, I'll joke too. Anybody can code that card: since there's no draft mode, just make all dummy abilities with no code inside. The card will work flawlessly.

Anyway, a little off-topic: I think they pushed too far in making such a card a common... people who buy booster packs not for drafting, but for other formats, will often find themselves with a vanilla 3/3 for 4. Luckily I quit paper Magic a long time ago (but not soon enough to avoid opening a Steamflogger Boss... ).

EDIT: Now my comment doesn't make much sense: I didn't expect the Conspiracy expansion to be so heavily focused on drafting. A single card at common would have been "pushing too far" according to me, but now that I see a bunch of draft-oriented cards at different rarities, it's absolutely fine: people will know the purpose of the expansion before attempting to get boosters.

[Hacker85]

trying to do the Deceiver Exarch copied the ability from Pestermite what i need to change to make the ability correct from Exarch

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<SFX text="TARGET_PLASMA_PLAY" />
<TRIGGER value="ZONECHANGE_END" simple_qualifier="self" to_zone="ZONE_BATTLEFIELD" />
<TARGET tag="CARD_QUERY_CHOOSE_PERMANENT_TO_TAP_OR_UNTAP" definition="0" compartment="0" count="1" />
<TARGET_DEFINITION id="0">
local filter = ClearFilter()
filter:Add( FE_IS_PERMANENT, true )
</TARGET_DEFINITION>
<RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
local effectController = EffectController()
local card = EffectDC():Get_Targets(0):Get_CardPtr(0)
if card~= nil then
if effectController ~= nil then
effectController:BeginNewMultipleChoice()
effectController:AddMultipleChoiceAnswer( "CARD_QUERY_MC_ANSWER_TAP" )
effectController:AddMultipleChoiceAnswer( "CARD_QUERY_MC_ANSWER_UNTAP" )
effectController:AskMultipleChoiceQuestion( "CARD_QUERY_MC_TAP_OR_UNTAP", card )
end
end
</RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
<RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
local questionResult = EffectController():GetMultipleChoiceResult()
local target = EffectDC():Get_Targets(0):Get_CardPtr(0)
if target ~= nil then
if questionResult == 0 then
target:Tap()
elseif questionResult == 1 then
target:Untap()
end
end

</RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>

[sumomole]

Anyway, a little off-topic: I think they pushed too far in making such a card a common... people who buy booster packs not for drafting, but for other formats, will often find themselves with a vanilla 3/3 for 4. Luckily I quit paper Magic a long time ago (but not soon enough to avoid opening a Steamflogger Boss... ).

a 3/3 artifact creature with 4 cmc is not so difficult to accept, Magic never lacks of worse cards.

trying to do the Deceiver Exarch copied the ability from Pestermite what i need to change to make the ability correct from Exarch

yes, they are similar, but there is a small difference, Exarch's ability is a modal ability that uses "choose one", which means that it includes two targets, you can refer Betrayal of Flesh, and you can find more info about Modal here.
the following is Deceiver Exarch ability(untested), for reference only when you have other problems.

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  <TRIGGERED_ABILITY>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="en-US"><![CDATA[When Deceiver Exarch enters the battlefield, choose one — Untap target permanent you control; or tap target permanent an opponent controls.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="fr-FR"><![CDATA[Quand l'Exarque fourbe arrive sur le champ de bataille, choisissez l’un — Dégagez un permanent ciblé que vous contrôlez ; ou engagez un permanent ciblé qu'un adversaire contrôle.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="es-ES"><![CDATA[Cuando el Exarca impostor entre al campo de batalla, elige uno: Endereza el permanente objetivo que controlas; o gira el permanente objetivo que controla un oponente.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="de-DE"><![CDATA[Wenn der Täuscher-Exarch ins Spiel kommt, bestimme eines — Enttappe eine bleibende Karte deiner Wahl, die du kontrollierst; oder tappe eine bleibende Karte deiner Wahl, die ein Gegner kontrolliert.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="it-IT"><![CDATA[Quando l'Esarca Ingannatore entra nel campo di battaglia, scegli uno — STAPpa un permanente bersaglio che controlli; oppure TAPpa un permanente bersaglio controllato da un avversario.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="jp-JA"><![CDATA[詐欺師の総督が戦場に出たとき、以下の２つから１つを選ぶ。「あなたがコントロールするパーマネント１つを対象とし、それをアンタップする。」「対戦相手がコントロールするパーマネント１つを対象とし、それをタップする。」]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="ko-KR"><![CDATA[When Deceiver Exarch enters the battlefield, choose one — Untap target permanent you control; or tap target permanent an opponent controls.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="ru-RU"><![CDATA[Когда Экзарх-Обманщик выходит на поле битвы, выберите одно — разверните целевой перманент под вашим контролем; или поверните целевой перманент под контролем оппонента.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="pt-BR"><![CDATA[Quando Exarca Enganador entrar no campo de batalha, escolha um — Desvire a permanente alvo que você controla; ou vire a permanente alvo que um oponente controla.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="zh-CN"><![CDATA[当欺瞒督教进战场时，选择一项～重置目标由你操控的永久物；或横置目标由对手操控的永久物。]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="zh-HK"><![CDATA[當欺瞞督教進戰場時，選擇一項～重置目標由你操控的永久物；或橫置目標由對手操控的永久物。]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <SFX text="TARGET_PLASMA_PLAY" />
    <TRIGGER value="ZONECHANGE_END" simple_qualifier="self" to_zone="ZONE_BATTLEFIELD" />
    <MODE_SELECT tag="MODE_CHOOSE_ONE">
      <MODE tag="CARD_QUERY_OPTION_UNTAP_PERMANENT_YOU_CONTROL" index="1" />
      <MODE tag="CARD_QUERY_OPTION_TAP_PERMANENT_YOU_DONT_CONTROL" index="2" />
    </MODE_SELECT>
    <TARGET tag="CARD_QUERY_CHOOSE_PERMANENT_TO_UNTAP" definition="0" compartment="0" mode="1" count="1" />
    <TARGET_DEFINITION id="0">
    local filter = ClearFilter()
    filter:Add( FE_IS_PERMANENT, true )
    filter:Add( FE_CONTROLLER, OP_IS, EffectController() )
    </TARGET_DEFINITION>
    <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION mode="1">
    local target = EffectDC():Get_Targets(0):Get_CardPtr(0)
    if target ~= nil then
       target:Untap()
    end
    </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    <TARGET tag="CARD_QUERY_CHOOSE_PERMANENT_TO_TAP" definition="1" compartment="1" mode="2" count="1" />
    <TARGET_DEFINITION id="1">
    local filter = ClearFilter()
    filter:Add( FE_IS_PERMANENT, true )
    filter:Add( FE_TEAM, OP_NOT, EffectController():GetTeam() )
    </TARGET_DEFINITION>
    <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION mode="2">
    local target = EffectDC():Get_Targets(1):Get_CardPtr(0)
    if target ~= nil then
       target:Tap()
    end
    </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
  </TRIGGERED_ABILITY>

[RiiakShiNal]

a 3/3 artifact creature with 4 cmc is not so difficult to accept, Magic never lacks of worse cards.

Steamflogger Boss isn't an Artifact Creature though, it's basically just a Red 3/3 Goblin who can give +1/+0 and haste to other Riggers (of which there is only 1). Though it is true that there are worse cards (for example Hill Giant, only slightly).

For an even worse card try Wood Elemental.

[loookaz]

I have searched the forum for Overgrown Battlement, Mercy Killing, Batwing Brume and Forbidden Orchard, but i cannot find them. Can someone help?

[RiiakShiNal]

I have searched the forum for Overgrown Battlement, Mercy Killing, Batwing Brume and Forbidden Orchard, but i cannot find them. Can someone help?

Overgrown Battlement is pretty easy to code as you can take the mana ability from Cloudpost (in my mod) and modify the filter to look for the Type Creature and Characteristic Defender instead of the Subtype Locus and produce instead of . You can even fairly easily change the backup abilities by changing the filter and the mana colour there as well.

Forbidden Orchard can be fairly easily created by taking the mana ability from Birds of Paradise (also in my mod) for the first ability. For the second ability you make a TRIGGERED_ABILITY that selects a target opponent and puts a 1/1 colourless spirit on the battlefield (token would probably have to be made, but is extremely simple). The trigger for the second ability would be like this (adapted from Mana Flare, also from my mod):

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      <TRIGGER value="BECAME_TAPPED_FOR_MANA" simple_qualifier="self">
         local oCard = TriggerObject()
         if (oCard ~= nil) then
            if (RSN_UsedManaAbility( oCard )) then
               return true
            end
         end

         -- If we don't have the TriggerObject then we don't know if it was a mana ability or not.
         return false
      </TRIGGER>

[loookaz]

I am terribly sorry and I don't want to sound ungrateful, but it's just beyond my coding skills to do that, I can only make a tdx file, coding abilities is not my forte i am afraid...
can someone post the codes for the cards?

thank you in advance

lucas

[NEMESiS]

Hello, can I ask you folks for some help? I am trying to code Exploding Borders but I am having problem making the Domain part of it. It was a no brainer to use Rampant Growth and then I grabbed Corrupt for the 2nd part but it fizzles out when doing the damage. I think its because it wont use the supertype basic and type land. If I tell it to count each type of land it will simply deal damage equal to all the land I have.

[sumomole]

Hello, can I ask you folks for some help? I am trying to code Exploding Borders but I am having problem making the Domain part of it. It was a no brainer to use Rampant Growth and then I grabbed Corrupt for the 2nd part but it fizzles out when doing the damage. I think its because it wont use the supertype basic and type land. If I tell it to count each type of land it will simply deal damage equal to all the land I have.

Domain counts the number of basic land types, not the number of lands, you should use player:CountBasicLandTypes().

[NEMESiS]

Hello, can I ask you folks for some help? I am trying to code Exploding Borders but I am having problem making the Domain part of it. It was a no brainer to use Rampant Growth and then I grabbed Corrupt for the 2nd part but it fizzles out when doing the damage. I think its because it wont use the supertype basic and type land. If I tell it to count each type of land it will simply deal damage equal to all the land I have.

Domain counts the number of basic land types, not the number of lands, you should use player:CountBasicLandTypes().

Thanks, unfortunately I seem to be a little then dense then that...
This is what I have but unfortunately I am sure that the code probably looks nothing like it actually should.

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    <TARGET tag="CARD_QUERY_CHOOSE_DEAL_DOMAIN_DAMAGE" definition="0" compartment="0" count="1" />
    <TARGET_DEFINITION id="0">
    local filter = ClearFilter()
    filter:SetFilterType( FILTER_TYPE_PLAYERS )
    </TARGET_DEFINITION>
    <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    local target_player = EffectDC():Get_Targets(0):Get_PlayerPtr(0)
    filter:Add( FE_IS_LAND, true )
    filter:Add( FE_CONTROLLER, OP_IS, EffectController() )
    local damage = filter:CountBasicLandTypes()
    if ( target_player ~= nil ) then   
       EffectSourceLKI():DealDamageTo( damage, target_player )
    end
    </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>

At least I gave it a good try. lol

[RiiakShiNal]

Thanks, unfortunately I seem to be a little then dense then that...
This is what I have but unfortunately I am sure that the code probably looks nothing like it actually should.

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    <TARGET tag="CARD_QUERY_CHOOSE_DEAL_DOMAIN_DAMAGE" definition="0" compartment="0" count="1" />
    <TARGET_DEFINITION id="0">
    local filter = ClearFilter()
    filter:SetFilterType( FILTER_TYPE_PLAYERS )
    </TARGET_DEFINITION>
    <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    local target_player = EffectDC():Get_Targets(0):Get_PlayerPtr(0)
    filter:Add( FE_IS_LAND, true )
    filter:Add( FE_CONTROLLER, OP_IS, EffectController() )
    local damage = filter:CountBasicLandTypes()
    if ( target_player ~= nil ) then   
       EffectSourceLKI():DealDamageTo( damage, target_player )
    end
    </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>

At least I gave it a good try. lol

CountBasicLandTypes() is a player function not a filter function.

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   <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
      local target_player = EffectDC():Get_Targets(0):Get_PlayerPtr(0)
      local damage = EffectController():CountBasicLandTypes()
      if ( target_player ~= nil ) then   
         EffectSourceLKI():DealDamageTo( damage, target_player )
      end
   </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>

[NEMESiS]

Thanks, I had actually tried something similar to that but used filter instead of EffectController() .....

EDIT: Well, this still does no damage....

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  <SPELL_ABILITY filter_zone="ZONE_IN_PLAY">
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="en-US"><![CDATA[Domain — Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library. Exploding Borders deals X damage to target player, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    local filter = ClearFilter()
    local effectController = EffectController()
    filter:Add( FE_SUPERTYPE, OP_IS, SUPERTYPE_BASIC )
    filter:Add( FE_TYPE, OP_IS, CARD_TYPE_LAND )
    filter:SetZone( ZONE_LIBRARY, effectController )
    effectController:ChooseItem( "CARD_QUERY_CHOOSE_LAND_TO_PUT_ONTO_THE_BATTLEFIELD_TAPPED", EffectDC():Make_Targets(0) )
    </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    local target = EffectDC():Get_Targets(0):Get_CardPtr(0)
    if  target ~= nil then
       target:PutOntoBattlefieldTapped( EffectController() )
    end 
    </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    EffectController():ShuffleLibrary()
    </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    <MAY />
    <SFX text="TARGET_BLUNT_PLAY" />
    <TARGET tag="CARD_QUERY_CHOOSE_DEAL_DOMAIN_DAMAGE" definition="0" compartment="0" count="1" />
    <TARGET_DEFINITION id="0">
    local filter = ClearFilter()
    filter:SetFilterType( FILTER_TYPE_PLAYERS )
    </TARGET_DEFINITION>
    <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
      local target_player = EffectDC():Get_Targets(0):Get_PlayerPtr(0)
      local damage = EffectController():CountBasicLandTypes()
      if ( target_player ~= nil ) then   
         EffectSourceLKI():DealDamageTo( damage, target_player )
      end
    </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    <AI_SIMPLIFIED_TARGETING compartment="0" hint="HINT_ENEMY_ONLY" />
  </SPELL_ABILITY>

So what is going on there? I tried to separate them as 2 spells too and still no damage. What is wrong with it?

[sumomole]

Well, this still does no damage....

compartment="0" in target block means EffectDC():Make_Targets(0), so you should use EffectDC():Make_Targets(1) for land.