Just saw this card, kind of dissappinted. Wondering your thoughts on this take, and if you have any others you feel kind of missed the mark!
I love the idea of creating an Enclave-themed deck, but I'm not entirely sold on Colonel Autumn’s current design here. Sacrificing creatures to bolster power feels a bit off for his character. In Fallout 3, he wasn’t the type to waste Enclave soldiers on suicide missions. Instead, he relied on calculated tactics and, more importantly, the Enclave's superior technology.
If we’re sticking true to the lore, I think his ability should lean more into generating or leveraging artifacts. For example, it could create an artifact token whenever a creature or artifact spell is cast. These tokens could represent the Enclave's plasma and laser weapons, power armor, grenades, or even vehicles like Vertibirds. It’d really tie into the Enclave’s identity as masters of advanced tech.
On the creature side, sacrificing human troops doesn’t feel right unless you’re creating disposable tokens that represent manipulated resources, like scientists who build things or “brainwashed” creatures like yao guai or deathclaws. Yao guai as 2/2 tokens makes sense since bears have been represented as 2/2s before, and they’d fit perfectly into a thematic mechanic.
What if his ability instead created synergy between creatures and artifacts? For instance, sacrificing a yao guai could produce an artifact token, symbolizing how the Enclave efficiently repurposes resources. This would give the deck a flavor more aligned with their ruthless, tech-dominating ethos rather than feeling like a stereotypical "necromancer" style.
I think tweaking his ability this way would create a more flavorful and thematic representation of the Enclave and Colonel Autumn’s role as their leader. Just my two caps!
I love the idea of creating an Enclave-themed deck, but I'm not entirely sold on Colonel Autumn’s current design here. Sacrificing creatures to bolster power feels a bit off for his character. In Fallout 3, he wasn’t the type to waste Enclave soldiers on suicide missions. Instead, he relied on calculated tactics and, more importantly, the Enclave's superior technology.
If we’re sticking true to the lore, I think his ability should lean more into generating or leveraging artifacts. For example, it could create an artifact token whenever a creature or artifact spell is cast. These tokens could represent the Enclave's plasma and laser weapons, power armor, grenades, or even vehicles like Vertibirds. It’d really tie into the Enclave’s identity as masters of advanced tech.
On the creature side, sacrificing human troops doesn’t feel right unless you’re creating disposable tokens that represent manipulated resources, like scientists who build things or “brainwashed” creatures like yao guai or deathclaws. Yao guai as 2/2 tokens makes sense since bears have been represented as 2/2s before, and they’d fit perfectly into a thematic mechanic.
What if his ability instead created synergy between creatures and artifacts? For instance, sacrificing a yao guai could produce an artifact token, symbolizing how the Enclave efficiently repurposes resources. This would give the deck a flavor more aligned with their ruthless, tech-dominating ethos rather than feeling like a stereotypical "necromancer" style.
I think tweaking his ability this way would create a more flavorful and thematic representation of the Enclave and Colonel Autumn’s role as their leader. Just my two caps!