My original concept would actually have been better as an Aura, probably along the lines of
Honorary Yakhood (W)
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant Creature
Enchanted creature is an Ox in addition to its other types and cannot attack if its power is 3 or less.
The problem with this was 1) I wanted it to be an equipment; 2) my wife took one look at my card and mentioned the Horny Helmet from Munchkin, and so I was drawn to a parallel; 3) my original Pinkie Pie was 5/1, so it the “heaviness” needed to be based on toughness.
Then when I hit 2, it was a problem of finding a way to give natural yaks the extra bonus, while giving non-yaks a smaller bonus and making them yaks without also getting the yak issue.
I almost didn’t post it because of whay @The Hittite says, it is too complex. In the end, though, I was so moved to make this into a card when I saw the episode that I didn’t want to back down. I really like the @FaustXXXVII idea, though!
Yeah, dropping the yakification would probably be a wise move. I suppose it’d be something like this…
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
As long as equipped creature is an Ox, it gets an additional +2/+2.
Equipped creature can’t attack unless its toughness is 4 or greater.
Equip 3
Not that good, honestly; practically dead outside of dedicated yak tribal. Maybe 2 to cast, 3 to equip, +2/+2 with a bonus +1/+1 for Oxen?
Honorary Yakhood (W)
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant Creature
Enchanted creature is an Ox in addition to its other types and cannot attack if its power is 3 or less.
The problem with this was 1) I wanted it to be an equipment; 2) my wife took one look at my card and mentioned the Horny Helmet from Munchkin, and so I was drawn to a parallel; 3) my original Pinkie Pie was 5/1, so it the “heaviness” needed to be based on toughness.
Then when I hit 2, it was a problem of finding a way to give natural yaks the extra bonus, while giving non-yaks a smaller bonus and making them yaks without also getting the yak issue.
I almost didn’t post it because of whay @The Hittite says, it is too complex. In the end, though, I was so moved to make this into a card when I saw the episode that I didn’t want to back down. I really like the @FaustXXXVII idea, though!
Makes sense. Only prince yak can give honorary yak horns!
“When NAME enters the battlefield you become the monarch. Equipped creature is an Ox in addition to its other types and has +1/+1”
Edited
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
As long as equipped creature is an Ox, it gets an additional +2/+2.
Equipped creature can’t attack unless its toughness is 4 or greater.
Equip 3
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