[Card Design] Small / Medium / Big

[safra]

Inspired by a thread on the riplab discord

Contest: create a three-card spread, one of which is an actual first-party WotC card. The other two cards are development tweaks to the original design. The original card can be the smallest, mediumest, or biggest version. You can develop the custom versions to whatever power level you see fit - Foundations, Modern Horizons, OG Ravnica block, whatever. Some examples:

Spoiler: Mesmeric Fiend / Big Mes Fiend / Bigger Mes Fiend

Mesmeric Fiend
When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner’s hand.
1/1

Big Mes Fiend
When this creature enters, look at target opponent’s hand. You may exile a nonland card from it until this creature leaves the battlefield.
3/3

Bigger Mes Fiend
Flying, trample
When this creature enters, look at target opponent’s hand. You may exile a nonland card from it until this creature leaves the battlefield.
You can’t win the game and your opponents can’t lose the game.
6/6

Spoiler: Small Watchwolf / Watchwolf / Big Watchwolf

Small Watchwolf
2/2

Watchwolf
3/3

Big Watchwolf
4/5

 

[Onderzeeboot]

Watchcub*

I think the Big Watchwolf is begging to be a 4/4 for 1GW, but that’s no longer special. So maybe a 5/5 for GG/WW? I know that steps on Woolly Thoctar’s toes, but in this day and age, a vanilla 5/5 for three almost seems appropriate. That mana cost also ties together the other two Watchwolf versions nicely. Big Watchwolf is just the other two combined

 

[PyreDream]

Watchwolf and Watchcub
When Watchwolf and Watchcub enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 green Wolf creature token.
3/3

 

[Zoss]

Spoiler: Scores

First Score
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw a card and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with “, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.”)
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Big Score
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They’re artifacts with “, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.”)
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Score of a Lifetime
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw three cards and create three Treasure tokens. (They’re artifacts with “, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.”)

Spoiler: Baloths

Suspiciously Quiet Baloths
Creature
Trample
Landfall--Whenever a land enters, create a 4/4 green Beast creature token.
2/2
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Rampaging Baloths
Creature
Trample
Landfall--Whenever a land enters, create a 4/4 green Beast creature token.
6/6
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Herd Of Rampaging Baloths
Creature
Trample, haste
Landfall--Whenever a land enters, create a 4/4 green Beast creature token and creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.
6/6

Spoiler: Elas

Elas Il-Kor
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Kor Cleric
Deathtouch
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Whenever another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
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Elas Il--Kor
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Kor Cleric
Deathtouch
Whenever another creature you control enters or dies, you gain 1 life and each opponent loses 1 life.
2/3
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Elas Sick-Nasty Kor
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Kor Cleric
Deathtouch
Whenever another creature enters or dies, you gain 1 life and each opponent loses 1 life.
2/2