Horobi, Death’s Wail (Champions of Kamigawa)
A big part of Magic design comes from the inspiration of older cards. The key is finding something you liked from the past and figuring out how to use it in a new way. Horobi, Death’s Wail was the result of such an exercise. You see, ever since I first laid eyes on Skulking Ghost, I’ve been a fan. In fact, he’s the star of one of my favorite Magic memories.
I was visiting my old stomping grounds in Costa Mesa down in Southern California. Mirage had just come out so I was playing a game of Mirage sealed. I got my opponent down to 6 life when the ground stalemated. And then what did I draw? Yes, a Skulking Ghost. (Okay, that wasn’t so hard to figure out.) The problem was that my opponent had a Dwarven Nomad in play (aka Dwarven Warriors). If I played the Skulking Ghost, he could simply give it unblockablity with the Nomad and destroy it.
As I played the next few turns, I came to an interesting conclusion: My opponent wasn’t going to catch that he could destroy my Skulking Ghost with his Dwarven Nomad. So I played my Ghost. My opponent did nothing. I attacked for two. Nothing. Next turn, for two more. Nothing. Finally, I attacked for two and won the game. There is a lot of talk of being able to play not just against the opponent’s cards but against the opponent. I was proud that I was able to see this very delicate road to victory.
But let’s get back to designing Horobi. So, I wanted to find a way to use the “skulking” ability. I thought of new creatures that could have the ability. But then I thought about using it offensively rather than being a drawback. What if, I thought, I gave the ability to others? Then I came up with the idea of a skulking creature that granted the skulking ability onto all other creatures. And voila, Horobi, Death’s Wail was born.
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THAT’S THE SPIRIT Posted in Making Magic on October 11, 2004
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/%E2%80%99s-spirit-2004-10-11
この週はスピリット特集だったようです。この記事は歴代のスピリット・カードを取り上げています。
当日記では、神河のカードが関係したものをピックアップします。
まずは《死者の嘆き、崩老卑/Horobi, Death’s Wail》です。
これの元になったのは、《卑屈な幽霊/Skulking Ghost》の「対象になるたび生け贄に捧げる」能力でした。
これだと単なるペナルティ能力ですが、それを相手にも与えることで攻撃的に使おう、という逆転の発想により、崩老卑が誕生しました。
このような発想は、他のペナルティ能力にも応用が出来そうです。
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