Friendship is Card Games: d20 Pony, Ch. 4

It’s time for more from Trailblazer, and this time the story’s really getting into high gear.

While the early bits in Ponyville are fun (and also helpfully set a point in the timeline; Twillight has both her wings and her castle) the meat of the story begins with the Oracle of Starfalls Town calling in both Trailblazer and Moonflower, the latter of whom is said Oracle’s chosen successor.

(Also, I do appreciate a bat pony oracle saying “A new dusk is on the horizon.” As with Moonflower having to remember to see “good morning” rather than “good evening,” it’s a lovely little reminder of how a nocturnal society flips some things on their heads.)

But this isn’t one of those cushy inexorable destinies. No, Moonflower may have the potential to be the next Oracle of her clan, but she has to prove her worth first. And that requires her to venture to Yggdrasil.

As a side note, this Equestria has a Yggdrasil. And is apparently on a post-Ragnarok Midgard. Well, it is according to Discord, anyway. In any case, it’s off to an epic quest!

… Right after a round of Temples & Titans, and hanging out at the beach with newfound friends. But the latter’s in Chapter 5. For now, let’s see what I can make of this installment.

Bonds of Destiny 1W
Instant
Up to two target creatures each get +1/+0 and gain indestructible until end of turn.
Fate has its favorites, both individuals and groups.

Celestial Supplicant 1W
Creature — Unicorn Cleric
Whenever you gain life, venture into the dungeon. This ability triggers only once each turn. (To venture into the dungeon, enter the first room or advance to the next room.)
“Now that you’re patched up, let’s keep going.”
2/2

Shared Inspiration 1W
Sorcery
Join forces — Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of mana. Each player searches their library for any number of artifact and/or enchantment cards with total mana value X or less, where X is the total amount of mana paid this way, reveals them, puts them into their hand, then shuffles.

Rune of Binding 2WW
Enchantment — Aura Rune
Enchant permanent
When Rune of Binding enters the battlefield, draw a card.
Enchanted permanent’s activated abilities can’t be activated
As long as enchanted permanent is a creature or is attached to a creature, that creature can’t attack or block.

Miniaturization U
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 1/1.
“Shouldn’t the leader of little ponies better represent her subjects?”
—Discord

Rune of Return 1U
Enchantment — Aura Rune
Flash
Enchant permanent you control
When Rune of Return enters the battlefield, scry 1.
U: Return enchanted permanent and all permanents attached to it to their owners’ hands. If enchanted permanent is an Equipment, return the creature it’s attached to to its owner’s hand.

Canopy Convoy 2U
Creature — Bat Pegasus Scout
Flying
Canopy Convoy can’t be blocked by creatures with reach.
Flying over the Everfree is a death sentence for most ponies and a routine trip for a select few.
2/2

Invasion Photographer 2U
Creature — Pony Scout
Whenever an opponent casts their first creature spell each turn, you may draw a card unless that player pays 1.
“I’ve covered wars, you know.”
1/3

Twilight’s Insight 2U
Sorcery
Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal up to two noncreature, nonland cards from among them and put the revealed card into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.
Twilight knows everything you were afraid to ask.

Scavenging Slime 1B
Creature — Ooze
Lifelink
Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Scavenging Slime.
Even the Titans’ least creations steal the strength of those who can’t defend themselves.
1/1

Dayglider Courier 2B
Creature — Bat Pegasus Scout
Flying
Protection from white (This creature can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything white.)
Enchanted blindfolds make the sunlit world just another delivery route.
2/1

Harsh Isolation 2B
Enchantment
All creatures have “Ward—Pay 2 life.” (Whenever a creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent of its controller controls, counter it unless that opponent pays 2 life.)
Forced into hiding by the diurnal tribes centuries ago, chiroptera still mostly keep to themselves.

Blade-Pact Bloodseeker 3B
Creature — Unicorn Warlock
Thirsting Blade — At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay 3 life. If you do, Blade-Pact Bloodseeker get +3/+0 and gains menace until end of turn.
He considers “edgelord” a compliment.
3/2

Starfalls Oracle 3BB
Creature — Bat Pegasus Shaman
Flying
Other Bats you control have lifelink.
Whenever another Bat you control dies, you draw a card and lose 1 life.
The oracles’ wisdom pierces darkness sonar cannot hope to.
3/3

Oracle’s Heir 4B
Creature — Bat Pegasus Shaman
Flying
When Oracle’s Heir enters the battlefield, reveal the top card of your library, then put it into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.
Foretell 2B (During your turn, you may pay 2 and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
3/1

Tormenting Titan 4BB
Creature — Giant
Menace
Whenever Tormenting Titan enters the battlefield or attacks, each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent or discards a card.
A vicious tyrant that never relents.
6/6

Blazing Shortsword R
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature has first strike and “R: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.”
Equip R
Few weapons can’t be improved by setting them on fire.

Discord’s Whimsy 1R
Sorcery
Exile the top two cards of your library, then roll a d20.
1-9 | You may play those cards this turn.
10-19 | You may play those cards until the end of your next turn.
20 | You may play those cards without paying their mana costs this turn.

Ponyville Odd-Jobber 2R
Creature — Pony Citizen
Haste
At the beginning of each player’s upkeep, that player untaps and gains control of Ponyville Odd-Jobber.
Ponyville Odd-Jobber attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than its owner if able.
3/3

Yak Merchant 3R
Creature — Ox Citizen
Whenever Yak Merchant or another Citizen enters the battlefield under your control, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
“Greetings, pony! Come, shop. Yak goods best there are.”
3/3

Twisted Bounty 1G
Enchantment
You may play any number of lands on each of your turns.
Whenever you play a land, you get X poison counters, where X is the number of other lands you played this turn. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)

Lore of the Realms 3G
Sorcery
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Foretell 1G

Form of the Timberwolf 3GGG
Enchantment
When Form of the Timberwolf enters the battlefield or at the beginning of your upkeep, create an X/X green Elemental Wolf creature token, where X is the number of Forests you control.
At the beginning of each end step, your life total becomes equal to the number of Forests you control.

Royal Token 2
Artifact — Treasure
At the beginning of your precombat main phase, if you’re the monarch, add one mana of any color.
T, Sacrifice Royal Token: Add one mana of any color.
3, T, Sacrifice Royal Token: You become the monarch.

Titan-Crafted Golem 6
Artifact Creature — Golem
Trample
Titan-Crafted Golem enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of tapped lands controlled by the opponent who controls the most tapped lands.
The Titans used their stolen power to make enforcers and shock troops.
0/0

Archer Class RW
Enchantment — Class
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Creatures you control have reach.
1RW: Level 2
Creatures you control have vigilance and “(rw), T: This creature deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.”
3RW: Level 3
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, Archer Class deals 2 damage to that creature.

Entangling Shrubbery 1GW
Instant
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by creatures target player controls this turn. Entangling Shrubbery deals 1 damage to each of those creatures that’s attacking or blocking.
Not all heroes meet noble ends.

Midgard Ablaze 3RW
Sorcery
Each player exiles a nonland permanent they own face down. Each of those cards becomes foretold. Its foretell cost is its mana cost reduced by 2. Then destroy all nonland permanents.

Sudden Rainboom 6
(WUBRG) Instant
Sudden Rainboom deals X damage to target creature and target player. You gain X life, scry X, and create an X/X Avatar creature token that’s all colors. X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell.

Comments

[DannyJ]

As a side note, this Equestria has a Yggdrasil. And is apparently on a post-Ragnarok Midgard. Well, it is according to Discord, anyway.

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[FanOfMostEverything]

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If it's any consolation, there's zero indication that the royal sisters are literal children of the Norse pantheon, and the realms are divided along CRPG elemental lines rather than a D&D alignment axis. (Plus Harmony, not Law, opposes Chaos.)

Ratatoskr did manage to survive the war, though.