Bad Moon (Magic: The Gathering)

Bad Moon

◊Descriptors – Black, enchantment, magic, spell, visual

◊Effect – Enhanced Traits 3 • 6 points

Bad Moon Enchantment (perception area, perception range, limited Enhanced Traits 3 which affects only others)

◊Modifiers – affects only others: +0/rank, area: +1/rank, increased range: +2/rank, limited: -1/rank, uncontrolled: -1/rank

◊Action – standard

◊Range/Area – any moon you are able to perceive with an accurate sense; all creatures able to perceive the moon with a visual sense

◊Duration – sustained

◊Results – creatures associated with Black mana able to perceive the moon with a visual sense gain +1 to attack checks and Toughness

Description

This spell allows you to enchant the moon (or a local moon if the world you are on has more than one) to grant creatures associated with Black mana enhanced traits. You must be able to perceive the moon with an accurate sense (otherwise, you can’t enchant it).

Creatures associated with Black mana gain a +1 bonus to attack checks (1 rank of both the Close Attack and Ranged Attack advantages) and +1 to Toughness defense as long as they are able to perceive the moon with a visual sense. If they lose sight of the moon (due to cover or concealment) they also lose these bonuses until reestablishing visual perception of it.

This power has the Uncontrolled modifier due to the fact that you (presumably) cannot control the enchanted moon’s visibility or the ability of Black (mana associated) creatures to perceive it. If you can control this somehow, then remove the Uncontrolled modifier from the effect’s cost.

The above version of this spell should be sufficient for the needs of most planeswalkers as it allows them to affect large numbers of creatures at once, however to affect all Black creatures (on an Earth-sized world), the version below could be used instead:

Bad Moon

◊Descriptors – Black, enchantment, magic, spell

◊Effect – Enhanced Traits 3 • 60 points

Bad Moon Enchantment (close, burst area 22, limited Enhanced Traits 3 which affects only others)

◊Modifiers – affects only others: +0/rank, area: +22/rank, limited: -2/rank, reduced range: -1/rank

◊Action – standard

◊Range/Area – close 32,000 mile burst

◊Duration – sustained

◊Results – creatures associated with Black mana gain +1 to attack checks and Toughness

Description

Creatures associated with Black mana gain a +1 bonus to attack checks (1 rank of both the Close Attack and Ranged Attack advantages) and +1 to Toughness defense.

This spell can only be cast if the moon is full or gibbous (whether or not it is visible).