MTG Salvation

According to my sources, black has won the YMtC 4 color vote. Stay tuned for the next phase of the process (Aura vs. non-Aura) on Monday.

Update:

Now it's official, here's a link to the latest poll: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/242c

See how MTGS has voted in previous weeks below.

Week 1: Card Type
Week 2: Card Type Run Off
Weeks 3 & 4: Color

I voted White, but at this point, anything but Red is good. I swear, I've read so many posts about people wanting a red enchantment to do un-Red things, like card advantage and even countering, it was making me sick...

Black definitely has a lot of potential for a powerful build-around-me enchantment!

Quote from Tackman

I voted White, but at this point, anything but Red is good. I swear, I've read so many posts about people wanting a red enchantment to do un-Red things, like card advantage and even countering, it was making me sick...

My feelings exactly.
I like Red and agree it needs a power-up,
but *not* at the expense of the Color Pie.

I was wanting U, but B is fine with me... lots of design space.

Next step would be Aura vs Global.

http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29847129/482013_Feature:_You_Make_the_Card_%E2%80%93_Aura

what about shrines?

Quote from kerwinray

Next step would be Aura vs Global.

http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29847129/482013_Feature:_You_Make_the_Card_%E2%80%93_Aura

Good catch. Added a poll.

Auras always suck. Theres no way that it should win.

Honestly, I was hoping for Blue or White just to play nice with cards that care about the number of enchants your playing right now.

Would have been happy with Green too.

Black would be my fourth choice, and although I've liked some red enchants in the past(Favorite is Form of Dragon), I'm kind of happy we didn't get a red enchant.

I want Curse.

If you don't vote Curse, you don't love MTGS. (See what I did there? We're owned by Curse)

Quote from gereffi

Auras always suck. Theres no way that it should win.

nope

But I do agree, that I prefer my black enchantments as globals. Black auras generally aren't great, except for things like Dead Weight in limited.

Regardless of color, we need to go for non-aura.

World is the only choice.

Quote from TK-421

I want Curse.

If you don't vote Curse, you don't love MTGS. (See what I did there? We're owned by Curse)

Curses are Auras, so....

It will be fun to see just how one-sided this next vote will be!

Quote from fnord

Curses are Auras, so....

Curse is a subtype. It doesn't have to be an Aura. In my Egyptian Custom set, you cast Curses like normal enchantments, and if your opponent triggers it, it does bad stuff.

Wizards seems to want to push/redeme Auras, so I'll give them a shot to give us something interesting.

Your source? Do we have a confirmation from a WOTC source that Black has won? I mean I hope Black won but I want some undeniable confirmation.

As for a topic at hand, an Aura would have to be at a Rancor-esque power level to not be a COMPLETE embarrassment. I'm not sure WOTC would push the card that hard so I vote against Aura.

Excellent. My vote counts.

hell no to aura. historically awful card type with the exception of hexproof-auras.dec

which is a really lame archetype for sure

I think it has to be a non-aura enchantment for it to be useful in the long run or a re-occurring aura (which I doubt we'd get the option for that). I'd love to see a fantastic control related black enchantment.

To Aura, or not to Aura, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer like black offers seem to be
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune of Reds ominous triggers,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles like Blue makes its waves,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; In whites embrace a safe place we shall sleep. No more; and by a sleep to say we end.

And green just gets straight up shafted! lol

Quote from fnord

Curses are Auras, so....

And also, Curses are block-specific.
Voted for non-aura. I guess it will be the first one that I'll choose the one the majority wants.

Quote from Subbak

Aura just because otherwise we'll get Yet Another "life for CA" boring enchantment.

we could turn that aura into such a life for CA as well.

Bob's Aura
enchanted creature gets "At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its converted mana cost."

I generally like auras and think they should be used more... but I can't even think of a good black one. That isn't a form of creature kill.

There's enchant players and stuff like Underworld Connections, but in black those effects could be handled real easily by a regular enchantment.

You know, I'd be curious as to how much this website actually influences the opinions and votes of their polls. Almost every poll here has been spot on in terms of the likeness of the polls wotc puts up.

In any case, I voted for a non-aura enchantment because I feel there's a lot more design space there.