Okay, I can understand the confusion for you, if you do not understand English well especially.the swiss wrote:My english is not very good and I am not a player:
2 Questions:
ARMOUR R: Witch card Alpha or not released for the set ?
STARBURST 2R: You called this one "Red Time Walk"
Opponent loses next turn
Blue Time Walk Alpha:
Take an extra turn
Is this the same ?
Thanks for the answer and compliment for your work.
First part- Armour. Armour is not any card for alpha. The closest thing to it is the card Holy Armor, which is a white card. However, I have a Holy Armor playtest card, so it may have been made into the card "Web", a green card that is also similar (that I do NOT have a playtest version of). What makes Armour so unusual, is that red is all fire, destruction, burning. It just does not "fit" the color. Defense is something you see in white, not red. So, it makes sense that this card did not actually get made in Alpha in its original form.
This may be hard to understand if you only collect, & do not play. But each color has a "theme", with advantages & disadvantages applied to playing each color.
Second question, about Starburst. The "red Time Walk".
Starburst reads "opponent loses next turn". When people in the playtest stages saw this, it was often misunderstood. What it was meant to be interpereted as was more like "opponent does not take their next turn". (Magic was originally only a game for 2 players, also). However, a lot of players saw the "opponent loses next turn" as "opponent loses THE GAME on their next turn".
So, the card was fixed, using a more clear understanding. Also, at the last minute, Starburst was changed to a blue card. I've heard stories why, that may or may not be true. The most reasonable story I have heard is that Peter Adkinson (or someone else) loved the Merfolk cards. Notice, that all of the creature lords- like Goblin King & Zombie Master- all cost one more mana than the Lord of Atlantis. A bit of favoritism, perhaps?
I actually played Starburst against Richard Garfield, when I met him a few years ago. Before I met him, I allowed (against better judgement) people to win the game by playing Starburst. Mostly due to the fact that the other deck I owned was better However, since he & I have played, & explained that indeed this was a common mistake I should not do this. So, since then I have not allowed this to happen.
I would have won the game had he let me do this my way. However, I did get to play the card "Goblins", which is a photocopy of his face on the card. I would say "I'll attack with YOU for one damage" to him. Stupid, yes. But amusing.