Brushhopper Control

[Shiro, Time Devourer]

Antilife Shell
3BB
Enchantment
Non-artifact creatures can't be played. If a non-artifact creature would come into play, it instead remains in its original zone (hint hint). If a creature would be put into a graveyard from play, remove it from the game instead.

 

[Spiderman]

I'm comparing this to Aether Storm(?), where the cost is 3U... so perhaps this needs to be upped to 3B.

 

[FoundationOfRancor]

Well, the Storm had a clause to destroy it....hmmm...maybe this should be cc'ed at 4BB? It's very powerful.

 

[Shiro, Time Devourer]

3BB sounds good, and I'll have artifact creatures excluded from the enchantment.

 

[train]

Doesn't hunting gorunds and sneak attack still get around this...

I think you need to word it differently...

Put into play is not the same as playing... comes into play is a statement used to determine "when" a trigger event occurs, so putting them into play would happen before any comes into play effects could trigger or check...

maybe something like...

Non-Artifact Creatures can't be played. Abilities that would put a non-artifact creature into play cannot be played. Non-Artifact creature abilities cannot be played.

That should cover all the bases...

 

[Jigglypuff]

I'm rather confused by your statement. This is not a triggered ability. It is a replacement ability that replaces the act of "a non-artifact creature coming into play" with "instead it doesn't". Hunting Grounds and Sneak Attack do not get around this card by any means. If you tried to put a non-artifact creature into play by one of these cards, it would remain in your hand instead.

By current templating, the card would read like this:

Antilife Shell
3BB
Enchantment
Players may not play non-artifact creature spells.
If a non-artifact creature would come into play, instead it doesn't.
If a non-artifact creature would be put into a graveyard from play, remove it from the game instead. (Though I don't understand why this is necessary)

(- Steve -)

 

[Shiro, Time Devourer]

The Planar Void thing is meant to hose incarnations and cycling creatures. Perhaps I should Planar Void opponents' creatures only?

 

[Jigglypuff]

Makes sense.

Antilife Shell
3BB
Enchantment
Players may not play non-artifact creature spells.
If a non-artifact creature would come into play, instead it doesn't.
If a non-artifact creature card would be put into a graveyard, remove it from the game instead.

The change makes sure that a creature card will be removed from the game, no matter how it reaches the graveyard.

(- Steve -)

 

[FoundationOfRancor]

"If a non-artifact creature comes into, it doesent"?

Then what happens to it?

 

[Jigglypuff]

It remains where it was. Pretty much the same thing as the original post, just tightened up a bit to fit within current templating.

(- Steve -)

 

[Zero T Katama]

How about:

Antilife Shell
3BB
Enchantment
Players may not play non-artifact creature spells.
Spells or abilites that would put a creature into play cannot be played.
If a non-artifact creature card would be put into a graveyard, remove it from the game instead.

 

[Jigglypuff]

Our two versions are similar, but they aren't quite the same thing, though the difference is extremely subtle. Take this sequence of events:

1) Play a Saber Ants
2) Play Antilife Shell
3) Bolt my Saber Ants

The difference between our versions is at step 3. With your version, I would get the tokens because I didn't play the ability that put them into play. Rather, a triggered ability put the tokens into play.

404.2. Triggered abilities aren't played. Instead, a triggered ability automatically "triggers" each time its trigger event occurs. Once an ability has triggered, it goes on the stack the next time a player would receive priority.

It's a minor nitpicky thing, but it changes how the card works and how it interacts with other cards.

(- Steve -)

 

[Thallid Ice Cream Man]

Originally posted by Jigglypuff
It remains where it was.

Namely the stack?
That won't work.
Phase it out or something.

 

[Jigglypuff]

That's covered by the first sentence. Nobody can play non-artifact creature spells, so none of them can get stuck on the stack. The "If a non-artifact creature would come into play, instead it doesn't." clause is to make sure creatures can't be put into play by Sneak Attack or Living Death or one of a hundred other cards.

(- Steve -)

 

[Thallid Ice Cream Man]

But Vernal Equinox whine whine whine...