Unstable spoiler season

by **Marek14** » 14 Nov 2017, 16:10

Well, maybe. While some Unstable cards that were previewed care about things like presence flavor text or number of capital letters in the text box, there are some that are just completely passable, like this one:

Code: Select all: Name:Crow Storm ManaCost:2 U Types:Sorcery A:SP$ Token | Cost$ 2 U | TokenAmount$ 1 | TokenName$ Storm Crow | TokenTypes$ Creature,Bird | TokenOwner$ You | TokenColors$ Blue | TokenPower$ 1 | TokenToughness$ 2 | TokenKeywords$ Flying | SpellDescription$ Create a 1/2 blue Bird creature token with flying named Storm Crow. K:Storm SVar:Picture:http://www.wizards.com/global/images/magic/general/crow_storm.jpg Oracle:Create a 1/2 blue Bird creature token with flying named Storm Crow.\nStorm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)

Perhaps more importantly, what do you think about Contraptions? They are weird and they would probably require lots of work, but they seem to work...

by **Agetian** » 15 Nov 2017, 05:52

Thanks for your effort, Marek!

I agree that some cards are workable!
Contraptions are interesting, though not sure if there will be someone who would be willing to code the relevant mechanics when it comes to contraption deck and all (but lol, finally there's that one card from Magic history that will now at least make some sense in the context of Unstable - Steamflogger Boss or whatever it was called

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- Agetian

by **Aquillion** » 03 Dec 2017, 08:45

Marek14 wrote:Perhaps more importantly, what do you think about Contraptions? They are weird and they would probably require lots of work, but they seem to work...

IMHO it's worth adding contraptions to Forge; it's been heavily hinted that they're going to end up in black-border land eventually, and according to MaRo the existing contraptions will be black-border legal when that happens (they lack a border and were intentionally designed to all be viable in black-border sets; the only reason they're illegal at the moment is because of their card back.)

by **ShivaFang** » 27 Dec 2017, 17:58

(most) Silver Bordered cards are now legal in Commander. So, yes, it's probably a good idea to write the code required for Contraptions.

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/si ... -commander

by **friarsol** » 27 Dec 2017, 21:27

ShivaFang wrote:(most) Silver Bordered cards are now legal in Commander. So, yes, it's probably a good idea to write the code required for Contraptions.

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/si ... -commander

Until the next banned list comes out.

by **torridus** » 14 Jul 2018, 16:45

Started coding some cards from Unstable even though I'm late to the party here.

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Earl of Squirrel: http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/ ... eid=439497

Earl of Squirrel | Open

Code: Select all: Name:Earl of Squirrel ManaCost:4 G G Types:Creature Squirrel Advisor PT:4/4 T:Mode$ DamageDone | ValidSource$ Card.Self | ValidTgts$ Creature,Player,Planeswalker | TriggerZones$ Battlefield | Execute$ TrigToken | TriggerDescription$ Whenever CARDNAME deals damage, create that many 1/1 green Squirrel creature token. SVar:TrigToken:DB$ Token | TokenAmount$ X | References$ X | TokenName$ Squirrel | TokenColors$ Green | TokenTypes$ Creature,Squirrel | TokenPower$ 1 | TokenToughness$ 1 | TokenOwner$ You | TokenImage$ g 1 1 squirrel SVar:X:TriggerCount$DamageAmount DeckHas:Ability$Token S:Mode$ Continuous | Affected$ Creature.token+YouCtrl | AddType$ Squirrel | Description$ Creature tokens you control are Squirrels in addition to their other creature types. SVar:NonStackingEffect:True SVar:RemRandomDeck:True S:Mode$ Continuous | Affected$ Creature.Squirrel+Other | AddPower$ 1 | AddToughness$ 1 | Description$ Other Squirrels you control get +1/+1. SVar:PlayMain1:TRUE SVar:Picture:http://www.wizards.com/global/images/magic/general/earl_of_squirrel.jpg Oracle:Squirrellink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to create that many 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens.)\nCreature tokens you control are Squirrels in addition to their other creature types.\nOther Squirrels you control get +1/+1.

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Squirrel Dealer http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/ ... eid=439512
It's impossible to code this 100% so I made the ETB ability a coin flip instead.

Squirrel Dealer | Open

Code: Select all: Name:Squirrel Dealer ManaCost:G Types:Creature Raccoon Lizard Bird PT:1/1 T:Mode$ ChangesZone | Origin$ Any | Destination$ Battlefield | ValidCard$ Card.Self | Execute$ TrigFlipACoin | TriggerDescription$ When CARDNAME enters the battlefield, flip a coin. If you win the flip, create a 1/1 green Squirrel creature token. SVar:TrigFlipACoin:AB$FlipACoin | Cost$ 0 | WinSubAbility$ DBToken SVar:DBToken:DB$Token | TokenAmount$ 1 | TokenName$ Squirrel | TokenColors$ Green | TokenTypes$ Creature,Squirrel | TokenPower$ 1 | TokenToughness$ 1 | TokenOwner$ You | TokenImage$ g 1 1 squirrel SVar:PlayMain1:TRUE SVar:Picture:http://www.wizards.com/global/images/magic/general/squirrel_dealer.jpg Oracle:When Squirrel Dealer enters the battlefield, ask a person outside the game "Do you like Squirrels?" If they do, create a 1/1 green Squirrel creature token.

Then, editions file modification:

res/editions file updated | Open

Code: Select all: [metadata] Code=UST Date=2017-12-08 Name=Unstable MciCode=ust Type=Other [cards] 31 U Crow Storm 93 R Steamflogger Boss 108 R Earl of Squirrel 123 C Squirrel Dealer 212 L Plains 213 L Island 214 L Swamp 215 L Mountain 216 L Forest