Card Development Questions

[ArsenalNut]

Do I need a full blown development environment to add a new card, or is it simply a matter of correctly formatting a .txt file in the cardsfolder tree?

If it's the second, then when I run Forge I cannot get it to recognize the following attempt to half-implement Searing Blaze.

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Name:Searing Blaze
ManaCost:2 R
Types:Instant
Text:no text
A:SP$ DealDamage | Cost$ 2 R | Tgt$ TgtC | numDmg$ X | SubAbility$ SVar=Targetplayer | SpellDescription$ CARDNAME deals 1 damage to target creature or 3 damage to target creature if a land was played this turn.
SVar:Targetplayer | SP$ DealDamage | Cost$ 2 R | Tgt$ TgtP | numDmg$ X | SpellDescription$ CARDNAME deals 1 damage to target creature's controller or 3 damage to creature's controller if a land was played this turn.
SVar:X:Count$Landfall.3.1
SVar:RemAIDeck:True
SVar:Rarity:Common
SVar:Picture:http://www.wizards.com/global/images/magic/general/searing_blaze.jpg
SetInfo:WWK|Common|http://magiccards.info/scans/en/wwk/90.jpg
End

Do you have cardsfolder.zip in the the cardsfolder directory? If so, move it somewhere else. Forge reads the cards from the zip file and ignores the directories if the zip file is there. Been there, done that

You have a syntax problem with your subability. It should be

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SVar:Targetplayer:DB$ DealDamage ...


Also the order of the targeting should be reversed. Target the player first then the creature. Order will matter when there's a way to filter the target creature list by targeted controller.

There's another gotcha that I just noticed. TgtP will let you target a planeswalker which is not a valid target for the spell.

Eventually I think the snippet for the spell ability should look like

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A:SP$ DealDamage | Cost$ 2 R | VaildTgts$ Player | TgtPrompt$ Choose target player | numDmg$ X | SubAbility$ SVar=TargetCreature | SpellDescription$ CARDNAME deals 1 damage to target player or 3 damage to target player if a land was played this turn.
SVar:TargetCreature:DB$ DealDamage | Cost$ 2 R | ValidTgts$ Creature.TargetedCtrl| TgtPrompt$ Choose a creature the targeted player controls | numDmg$ X | SpellDescription$ CARDNAME deals 1 damage to creature targeted player controls or 3 damage to targeted player controls if a land was played this turn.

Right now "TargetedCtrl" isn't a supported property, so you could just use "Creature" for a partially implemented card. I am going to look at what it would take to add the TargetedCtrl property.

I like the way Landfall is handled. I hadn't seen that before.

[ArsenalNut]

Right now "TargetedCtrl" isn't a supported property, so you could just use "Creature" for a partially implemented card. I am going to look at what it would take to add the TargetedCtrl property.

It doesn't look like there's simple way to add the property because of the way targeting is handled.

[Ivalen]

Thanks for checking ArsenalNut - I'll test out the card along with the changes you stated.

It seems that for the first two cards I need I picked doozies. My second one I wanted it Staggershock, it's one of the few Rebound cards out there. I haven't found any of them to be implemented so I was wondering if it's even possible?

Staggershock deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

[ArsenalNut]

It seems that for the first two cards I need I picked doozies. My second one I wanted it Staggershock, it's one of the few Rebound cards out there. I haven't found any of them to be implemented so I was wondering if it's even possible?

It's not surprising that you picked some tough ones, that's about all that's left.

I tried to script rebound. I could do everything except cast the card from exile. Apparently moving a card from exile to the stack doesn't actually cast it I also tried faking it with CopySpell but it doesn't work quite according to the card rulings on Rebound. It looks like Rebound would need to be hard coded like Flashback.

[ArsenalNut]

Working on Molten Sentry. I have everything working but I have a rules question before I check it in.

Molten Sentry has types Creature and Elemental but the card text only mentions Creature when talks about entering the battlefield. Does Molten Sentry keep its Elemental creature type when it enters the battlefield? I tried to find this in the comprehensive rules without luck. A pointer to a section that covers this would be appreciated.

[friarsol]

It looks like Rebound would need to be hard coded like Flashback.

Funnily enough, Flashback doesn't need to be hardcoded, but Rebound needs two primary additions. Checking that a Spell was cast from the hand (which doesn't really exist right now), and a Cast/Play AbilityFactory. This AF is one of the last major ones I'd think we have left, and it's a bit tricky due to some older code in this section of the engine.

Occasionally I go through sets and try to find cards I think are Scriptable. If people have sets they'd prefer to see cards from I can do a few of those as possible Scriptables as my next few.

[Hellfish]

A few cards off the "Not quite scriptable" list that I think are doable now.

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Dermoplasm
Dusk Urchins
Grief Tyrant
Kinsbaile Borderguard
Private Research
Revered Unicorn


[jeffwadsworth]

A few cards off the "Not quite scriptable" list that I think are doable now.

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Dermoplasm
Dusk Urchins
Grief Tyrant
Kinsbaile Borderguard
Private Research
Revered Unicorn


If Revered Unicorn is doable, there are quite a few on that list with the same tech.

[Hellfish]

I'm pretty sure it's doable.The recent LKI-related commits should see to that.

[Iran]

I Tried to scripting Blowfly Infestation and Incremental Blight I make these scripts =>

Name:Blowfly Infestation
ManaCost:2 B
Types:Enchantment
Text:no text
T:Mode$ ChangesZone | Origin$ Battlefield | Destination$ Graveyard | ValidCard$ Creature.countersGE1M1M1| Execute$ TrigPutCounter | TriggerDescription$ Whenever a creature dies, if it had a -1/-1 counter on it, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
SVar:TrigPutCounter:DB$PutCounter | ValidTgts$ Creature | TgtPrompt$ Select target creature | CounterType$ M1M1 | CounterNum$ 1 | IsCurse$ True
End

Name:Incremental Blight
ManaCost:3 B B
Types:Sorcery
Text:no text
A:SP$ PutCounter | Cost$ 3 B B | ValidTgts$ Creature | TgtPrompt$ Select target creature (one -1/-1) | CounterType$ M1M1 | CounterNum$ 1 | IsCurse$ True | SubAbility$ SVar=DBPutCounter | SpellDescription$ Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature,
SVar:DBPutCounter:DB$PutCounter | ValidTgts$ Creature | TgtPrompt$ Select target creature (two -1/-1) | CounterType$ M1M1 | CounterNum$ 2 | IsCurse$ True | SubAbility$ SVar=DBPutCounter1 | SpellDescription$ two -1/-1 counters on another target creature,
SVar:DBPutCounter1:DB$PutCounter | ValidTgts$ Creature | TgtPrompt$ Select target creature (three -1/-1) | CounterType$ M1M1 | CounterNum$ 3 | IsCurse$ True | SpellDescription$ and three -1/-1 counters on a third creature.
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Are these scripts correct?

thanks

[Sloth]

I Tried to scripting Blowfly Infestation and Incremental Blight I make these scripts =>

Name:Blowfly Infestation
ManaCost:2 B
Types:Enchantment
Text:no text
T:Mode$ ChangesZone | Origin$ Battlefield | Destination$ Graveyard | ValidCard$ Creature.countersGE1M1M1| Execute$ TrigPutCounter | TriggerDescription$ Whenever a creature dies, if it had a -1/-1 counter on it, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
SVar:TrigPutCounter:DB$PutCounter | ValidTgts$ Creature | TgtPrompt$ Select target creature | CounterType$ M1M1 | CounterNum$ 1 | IsCurse$ True
End

Name:Incremental Blight
ManaCost:3 B B
Types:Sorcery
Text:no text
A:SP$ PutCounter | Cost$ 3 B B | ValidTgts$ Creature | TgtPrompt$ Select target creature (one -1/-1) | CounterType$ M1M1 | CounterNum$ 1 | IsCurse$ True | SubAbility$ SVar=DBPutCounter | SpellDescription$ Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature,
SVar:DBPutCounter:DB$PutCounter | ValidTgts$ Creature | TgtPrompt$ Select target creature (two -1/-1) | CounterType$ M1M1 | CounterNum$ 2 | IsCurse$ True | SubAbility$ SVar=DBPutCounter1 | SpellDescription$ two -1/-1 counters on another target creature,
SVar:DBPutCounter1:DB$PutCounter | ValidTgts$ Creature | TgtPrompt$ Select target creature (three -1/-1) | CounterType$ M1M1 | CounterNum$ 3 | IsCurse$ True | SpellDescription$ and three -1/-1 counters on a third creature.
End

Are these scripts correct?

thanks

Blowfly Infestation was almost correct: the trigger was missing "TriggerZones$ Battlefield" (without this it would trigger from your library). I've added it to the SVN. Thank you Iran.

Incremental Blight is not scriptable at the moment, because currently you could target the same creature again (and it's not supposed to be castable if only one target is available).

[Iran]

Incremental Blight is not scriptable at the moment, because currently you could target the same creature again (and it's not supposed to be castable if only one target is available).

I have some ideas to script Incremental Blight:
1) I verified if exists three or more creatures on the battlefield when the Incremental is resolve (if not exists the spell doesn't work)
2) I stored the card id of the first creature when i choose the second creature i compare: card id of the second creature is diferent of card id of the second creature and i stored the card id of the second creature, when i choose the third creature i compare: card id of the third creature is diferent of the card id of the first creature and is diferent of the card id of the second creature.

Choose the first creature (stored id)
second creature id <> first creature id (To choose the second creature) (stored id second creature)
third creature id is <> first creature id and is <> second creature id (To Choose the third creature)

Is this possible to work?

[friarsol]

I'm pretty sure Incremental Blight needs changes in the Targeting code, not additions to the script.

[ArsenalNut]

I'm pretty sure Incremental Blight needs changes in the Targeting code, not additions to the script.

I agree with Friarsol. You definitely can't use the IsRemembered property because objects are not added to the "remembered" list until the spell resolution process. I looked at adding an IsTargeted property for a similar situation. There wasn't an easy way to do it because of the way targeting is currently handled.

[friarsol]

I'm pretty sure Incremental Blight needs changes in the Targeting code, not additions to the script.

I agree with Friarsol. You definitely can't use the IsRemembered property because objects are not added to the "remembered" list until the spell resolution process. I looked at adding an IsTargeted property for a similar situation. There wasn't an easy way to do it because of the way targeting is currently handled.

I'll take a look at it, since Target is one of mine. Does an Issue already exist for this?