David McLeish has gotten into the act and put monkeys in the draft.
There is a five-colour cycle of Monkeys. This is one of them. You may infer or assume whatever else you please about it. :)
This is one set of cards where I consciously made the cost cheap enough that this would be broken if it was actually a legal Constructed card. 3 mana for a 2/2 creature with an effect is based on the Zubera cycle, but this is more like a 2/2/ creature with four effects. If you actually went to the effort of creating a Monkey deck with this cycle, it would be uber-powerful - especially if you used colour-replacement effects (Laces, Sleight of Mind, Alter Reality et al) as well. However, it seems fair to make it cheaper in this format, when there will only be a handful of Monkeys swinging around.
Andrew Coker has invented a keyword called Focus, which all of his creatures have.
Here's some more info about the "Focus" keyword:
- The cards are face-down to keep them secret from your opponent. You may look at focus cards on your own creatures any time you want - just like you can look at your own Morph creatures.
- Putting focus cards "on" a creature is not the same as attaching an Aura or Enchantment. The focus cards are not actually in play. Protection does not prevent a card having focus cards on it. When creatures refer to cards that are "on" them, it does not include Auras or Equipment - only focus cards.
- Focus cards are considered "removed from the game". If a creature's ability asks you to remove a focus card from the game, then you have formally severed the link that ties that card to being focussed on that creature.
- Transferring cards when a creature dies is optional ("you may..."). If you choose not to, then the focus cards remain removed from the game (they don't go into a graveyard).
- There is the possibility of having focus cards from your opponent on your own creature, or a mix of both your cards and the opponent's. In cases of multiple ownership, keep the focus cards face-down in seperate piles, remembering who owns what.
- ALL of my invented creatures in the draft have Focus, as this keyword needs a certain critical mass to be playable. Feel free to invent some of your own.
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