Welcome! Here "borrowing" is allowed! Have fun and when you have questions about your cards/customs feel free to ask in the respective threads. (Or in true riptide style, deride a random thread!)
out of curiosity, what was your search query?
"Ravnica booster giveaway"
Something in the realm of 'Good Custom Cards for Cube'. The first thing I found was a riptide thread about specifically Graveyard themed custom cards (which is perfect for my cube) so then I started searching for "custom cards in cube - riptide", and ended up spending 3 hours on this website
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| Orzhov Loan Officer Creature - Human Advisor Entry— , Pay 1 life.As Orzhov Loan Officer enters the battlefield choose a player. When Orzhov Loan Officer enters the battlefield, the chosen player creates a Treasure token. At the beginning of the chosen players upkeep, that player pays or 1 life.1/3 | Phyrexian Nighthawk Creature- Phyrexian Vampire Entry— , Pay 3 life.Flying, deathtouch, lifelink. If Phyrexian Nighthawk would die, exile it instead. 2/2 | Orzhov Arena Enchantment When Orzhov Arena enters the battlefield, each player creates two Treasure tokens. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player loses 1 life unless they pay .At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top two cards of your library, exile a card from a graveyard, and you lose 1 life. |
It might not seem like it, but I hugely appreciate every submission to this contest a lot, including yours! Entry might not be a keyword I would personally pursue, but I think the Loan Officer has potential as an interesting custom!| Common | Uncommon | Rare |
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| Automated Intellectual Artifact Creature - Wizard Construct Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost less to cast.Scrutinize .2/3 | Statuesque Maiden Creature - Elemental Merfolk Haste : Draw a card, then discard a card.Scrutinize 2/1 | Scrutinized Experiment Sorcery As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact. Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield, except it's an artifact and it loses all other card types. |
, Tap another untapped creature you control: Put N +1/+1 counters on this creature and it goes on strike. Activate only once and only as a sorcery.)| Common | Uncommon | Rare |
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| Picket Enforcer Creature - Gorgon Citizen Strike 1 Picket Enforcer has deathtouch if it's on strike. 2/2 | Drudge's Education Enchantment - Aura Enchant creature Enchanted creature has ward and strike 2. | Svogthos, Shelter of the Gateless Legendary Creature - Plant Zombie Vigilance Undergrowth - Svogthos enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each creature card in your graveyard. Whenever another nontoken creature you control with a counter on it dies, create a 1/1 Plant Zombie creature token. 3/3 |
is useful immediately, and represents an impactful cost for dealing with the enchanted creature. That said, I have to, again, ask if two +2/+2 counters are worth tapping a creature at sorcery speed for. When commons like Bestial Bloodline exist, I'm not sure this offers enough value as an uncommon. The rare, finally, features a surprise return of the non-evergreen undergrowth keyword. It does synergize well with strike in two ways, both because it has vigilance, and because it makes additional bodies. It's not a hugely innovative or powerful design, but I definitely have a Commander deck or two where this would slot right in, and in the right environment it hits like an absolute brick! Great in limited at the very least!| Common | Uncommon | Rare |
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| Spell Silence Instant Commit subterfuge. Counter Target spell unless an opponent pays . If you hit your mark, counter that spell instead. | Sneaky Scoundrel Creature– Vampire Rogue Whenever you commit subterfuge, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. You may have that player mill a card. 2/2 | Patrol Thoughts Sorcery As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 2 life. Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. Commit subterfuge. If you hit your mark, that player discards the chosen card. Otherwise, that player puts it on top of their library. |
available, and in the mid to late game, where they would, you probably have most (relevant) card types in your graveyard if you build your deck around it. Heck, even with fetchlands in the format this is going to be a hard counter 40% of the time right out of the gates. I think this pushes power a bit too hard if you hit your mark. Your uncommon, on the other hand, is wonderful! You staple together a black and a blue effect, and it feels so perfect! Not only do you get to peek at their top card whenever you commit subterfuge, you also get to bin it if it's too good, and while you deploy your slow information gathering tactics, you gain some extra health to keep peeking. Lovely! The rare, finally, clearly is a "fixed" Thoughtseize. I honestly have nothing negative to say about this design. Thoughtseize is a known and format-warping quantity, so having a (slightly?) weaker version available is pretty sweet. It's funny that with Sneaky Scoundrel out, you can choose to mill the card you just put on top, because the triggered ability will only resolve after you finished resolving the entire effect of Patrol Thoughts. I don't know if that was intended, but yeah, Thoughtseize at home it is! Another solid submission in this group!I just wanted to take a moment to commend you for taking the time to do such a thorough job with Judging. I know this is a lot of effort on your part, and I think you deserve recognition for that!INTRODUCTION
Hello everyone! Welcome to part 1 of the contest results! 17 users submitted 26 different designs, way too many for me to easily pick a winner, so I decided to use sort of a tournament setup to narrow my options. Presenting to you, the eight groups for the Ravnica Reimagined group stage! (As randomly generated by https://www.randomlists.com/team-generator; though, full disclosure, I did sort the entries in alphabetical order within each group
Group A
Entry (Orzhov variant; by Rusje)
Scrutinize (by Brad)
Strike (landofMordor)
Subterfuge (by TrainmasterGT)
Group B
Brutality (by Kirblinx)
Consume (by Ravnic)
Genome (by TrainmasterGT)
Veil (by Ravnic)
Group C
Eclipse (by Nanonox)
Entry (Gruul variant; by Rusje)
Levy (by MilesOfficial)
Group D
Collection (by ellogeyen)
Flourishing (by MurphysHuman)
Decompose (by Modin)
Group E
Arise (by Brad)
Impart (by Mown)
Uproot (by PyreDream)
Group F
Experiment with (by LadyMapi)
Linger (by Tavakha)
Proficient (by Strionic Adventurer)
Group G
Empowered (by ellogeyen)
Galvanize (by Gamusino)
Thrive (by StrionicAdventurer)
Group H
Graverob (by Nanonox)
Hiding (by Mown)
Worldsoul (by LadyMapi)
You're welcome to speculate on which group is the group of death in this tournament. Since only the winner of the contest will receive eternal glory (and a Ravnica Remastered card), I'm only interested in my favorite design from each group. Sorry in advance to the number two in the group of death! Since all the pods are random, and only the winners advance, I will keep pairings for the round of 8 and the semis easy.
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With that out of the way, we're on to the group stages! This will take some time, as apparently I have a lot of thoughts I want to write down. At the speed I judged group A, it will take at least two weeks to get through the entire contest, sorry for slow-rolling you all!
GROUP A
Rusje (Orzhov variant)
Entry M (You may cast CARDNAME for its entry cost from exile as though it was in your hand.)
Common Uncommon Rare Orzhov Loan Officer
Creature - Human Advisor
Entry—
As Orzhov Loan Officer enters the battlefield choose a player.
When Orzhov Loan Officer enters the battlefield, the chosen player creates a Treasure token.
At the beginning of the chosen players upkeep, that player pays
1/3Phyrexian Nighthawk
Creature- Phyrexian Vampire
Entry—
Flying, deathtouch, lifelink.
If Phyrexian Nighthawk would die, exile it instead.
2/2Orzhov Arena
Enchantment
When Orzhov Arena enters the battlefield, each player creates two Treasure tokens.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player loses 1 life unless they pay
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top two cards of your library, exile a card from a graveyard, and you lose 1 life.For my second guild I want to use the same mechanic but then with a phyrexian twist. To show the inevitability of them. Yeah I know that they died for the trillionth time but hey, they always come back.
Orzhov: a religious cult that desires wealth (which they think means power) above anything else. They do this partly by being the loanshark. The other parts of having people indebted after dead, making them into thralls, the self-sacrifice of their followers to get to their goal fits quite well with phyrexia. Let's focus on loanshark and the endless phyrexian wave...
The flavours: loans which have to be paid back. These loans slow the game down or whittle the life totals, which is in favor of the phyrexians since they play the long game. The entry costs are often more expensive and require life, but some, especially the phyrexian exile themselves when they die.First off, it feels unnecessary and strange to me that you're pulling the Phyrexians into this design. Not only because the Phyrexian Invasion has been halted, but also because the Orzhov already deal with the afterlife, so pulling back souls for a price should be right up their alley anyway. Then there is the fact that both cards with Nighthawk in their name were cards from Zendikar. All in all a curious decision that doesn't really resonate with me. That said, if any guild represents cards coming back from the beyond, and this is a bit of foreshadowing, Orzhov is the place, so I won't hold your Phyrexian flavoring against you.
From a mechanical point of view, black and white are the two colors that deal in reanimation effects, which this sort of is. Black is easily the color most in tune with exiling as a cost, and white has various exile effects as well, though those typically aren't used on your own resources. That said, this feels like a very hard mechanic to get the numbers right on for a few reasons. First, this is a classic A + B mechanic. You need exile effects, or this will do absolutely do nothing. This means you need to devote quite a bit of design space to support entry. Second, this mechanic runs the risk of creating repetitive board states. Phyrexian Nighthawk is a prime example, due to the self-exile clause. This card is a nightmare to get rid of, and I don't think it creates a desirable play pattern. Even other cards easily run into this problem if you have permanents that exile cards, like your rare Orzhov Arena. Third, these creatures almost by necessity need to be sub-par for the cost, simply because they keep coming back. How exciting is a whole guild full of Persistent Specimens going to be? While that may be an extreme example, it's going to be hard to justify putting too much oomph into creatures with entry. Fourth, this mechanic is potentially really dangerous to print. Cards like Food Chain do exist after all. I think you might have (consciously or subconsciously) realized this, since you put a life payment and higher mana cost on both your entry costs.
Going into the individual designs, I'm sorry to say that I've got additional gripes with all three of them. Starting with the uncommon, I think I've said almost everything I wanted to say about Phyrexian Nighthawk. The only thing left is that I don't feel like this is an uncommon. Since this self-exiles, you can always put it back onto the battlefield (provided you have mana). Because entry has no timing restriction, this means you can plop down a deathtouch, lifelink, flying blocker at instant speed, making combat extremely frustrating for your opponent. This design definitely does not feel like an uncommon, and I'm unsure it should exist even as a (mythic) rare without further tweaks. On the other side of the medallion we have Orzhov Arena. After reading the name, I was expecting a cool Phyrexian Arena variant, but for a gold card, and a rare at that, it feels like the card does a whole lot of nothing. Yes it consistently fuels your entry game plan, but in a fairly lackluster and wordy way. In general, giving your opponent a choice makes cards worse than they read (see Browbeat), and this symmetrical too, so you end up losing life or paying extra mana as well. And that is after you gave away two Treasure tokens for free to your opponent. I'm sure this design gets some Johnny's gears turning, but for the average player it would be quite an unexciting rare to open. Your best design, by far, is your common. I'm not quite sure how often this offers a real choice, but accellerating you (at the cost of some life) or irritating your opponent is a cute choice. That said, with all of the life payment involved (both in the entry cost, and the upkeep trigger), this is certainly not a mono-white card. Unfortunately, it feels too wordy and too impactful for a common as well. I definitely would have bumped this up to uncommon.
I feel a bit bad devoting so many words to basically burning your designs down
Brad
Scrutinize M (M: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield, except it's an artifact and it loses all other card types. Exile it if it would leave the battlefield. Scrutinize only as a sorcery.)
Common Uncommon Rare Automated Intellectual
Artifact Creature - Wizard Construct
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost
Scrutinize
2/3Statuesque Maiden
Creature - Elemental Merfolk
Haste
Scrutinize
2/1Scrutinized Experiment
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact.
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield, except it's an artifact and it loses all other card types.Strangely, I like the rare the most. It feels like the kind of red rare that we always get and never really want.
I wanted to make it come back as a Clue in addition to its other types, but the reminder text got excessive.It's funny that we get another "reanimation" mechanic right after entry, but I have to say this one feels a lot more balanced and design-friendly. I'm not quite sure how I feel about Izzet creatures turning into a lifeless artifact, but with the right flavoring this should work, and you're tapping into a very established Izzet identity here.
From a mechanical point of view, I like that the reanimation cycle is contained. This takes a page from unearth by including the exile clause to prevent cards from getting recast over and over again. There are some memory issues to overcome, but that didn't stop protoype from seeing print, so I don't think that should be too big a strike against scrutinize. I imagine this is quite a fun and intuitive mechanic to play with, so good job!
Going into the individual designs, these definitely feel pretty solid. Your common has the right power level and simplicity for a common. While it's no Goblin Electromancer, it's got decent stats for limited, and a nice rider if the environment had some more expensive spells. Your uncommon is actively exciting to play. It attacks well at two mana, but the haste also makes it a great looter. In fact, I think this is one of the best looters ever printed, especially because it comes back as an artifact at a cheap cost after it is killed. You can even loot away a copy of the card and scrutinize the copy. How's that for internal synergy? Get out of here Bonded Fetch! Looking at it like that, it might actually be a bit too pushed, but I sure like the concept! Your rare is a real Johnny rare, and I can see why you like it the most. Scrutinized Experiment basically gives scrutinize to any creature in your graveyard, which definitely makes for some delicious scenarios. Arcanis the Omnipotent, Leonin Abunas, Phage the Untouchable, the list of creatures you want to craft into a lifeless statue goes on and on. All in all a very solid submission!
landofMordor
Strike N (
Common Uncommon Rare Picket Enforcer
Creature - Gorgon Citizen
Strike 1
Picket Enforcer has deathtouch if it's on strike.
2/2Drudge's Education
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has wardSvogthos, Shelter of the Gateless
Legendary Creature - Plant Zombie
Vigilance
Undergrowth - Svogthos enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each creature card in your graveyard.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control with a counter on it dies, create a 1/1 Plant Zombie creature token.
3/3The Golgari as we knew it is no more. Betrayed by their queen, the lowliest laborers of the Swarm suffered immensely at the frontlines of the Phyrexian invasion. Their efforts to rebuild are obstructed at every turn -- the unending tariffs of the Orzhov, the brutal policing of the Boros, and the Guildpact's newly interplanar ambitions. The guilds have failed the Golgari, and now they turn to each other for strength...From what I know, this flavor fits the aftermath of the Phyrexian invasion (through Realmbreaker) pretty well. As a mechanic, strike feels like the spiritual baby of monstrous and outlast, except that it requires two creatures to go on strike. While Selesnya Evangel was quite the bomb common in its day, needing a second creature to activate strike feels like a pretty heavy burden. In addition, you can strike only as a sorcery, which means that after playing a creature, you have to wait a full turn cycle, and then tap it down on your turn, together with another creature. You best get a big reward for leaving yourself wide open for a full turn! As a minor nitpick, I misread strike as first strike several times while reading these designs, which is especially unfortunate for your common, because having first strike or not makes a world of difference for a deathtouch creature.
Speaking of which, at first blush, Picket Enforcer is a simple common that illustrates the mechanic well. That said, deathtouch feel like a weird reward for growing a creature. Drudge's Eductation is a cute uncommon. The ward
In conclusion, I think your strongest submission is the rare. While your common and uncommon are fair representations of your mechanic, I fear it's simply too cumbersome to help the Golgari get back on top (or is it bottom, eh?) of the world again!
TrainmasterGT
Subterfuge (To commit subterfuge, look at the top card of an opponent's library. If a card type among cards in your graveyard or permanents you control matches one of that card’s types, you may reveal it and hit your mark.)
Common Uncommon Rare Spell Silence
Instant
Commit subterfuge. Counter Target spell unless an opponent paysSneaky Scoundrel
Creature– Vampire Rogue
Whenever you commit subterfuge, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. You may have that player mill a card.
2/2Patrol Thoughts
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 2 life.
Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. Commit subterfuge. If you hit your mark, that player discards the chosen card. Otherwise, that player puts it on top of their library.The idea here is that you become a better spy as the game goes on. As you gain more knowledge by playing more permanents and casting more spells, you're better able to hit your mark consistently. This mechanic also provides a nice reward for playing a wide range of card types without explicitly counting.This... is quite original! It does require rifling quite a bit through your graveyard, but that argument applies to certain other mechanics (*cough* reanimation *cough*) as well. If the number of subterfuge cards is balanced well, the incidental peeking to piece together what your opponent has in hand, definitely feels very Dimir in flavor.
Going into the individual designs, your common is an elegant amalgamation of Mana Leak and various more specific spells like Remove Soul and Negate, but I do wonder if it's not too easy to make it a full on two-mana Counterspell. In the early game, your opponent is not going to have an additional
GROUP A WINNER
If you've read my (long and winding) thoughts, you know what's up. This group is a fight between Brad's scrutinize, and TrainmasterGT's subterfuge. Thanks to both Rusje and landofMordor for your submissions! As for deciding the winner, it's a tough choice, as both mechanics honestly appeal to me, and the card designs are solid. Both players have a card that probably overshoots the desired power level for their rarity a bit (Statuesque Maiden for Brad, and Spell Silence for TrainmasterGT), so in the end it comes down to my gut feeling. For me, Scrutinized Experiment is a more exciting rare than Patrol Thoughts, which is really good, but also just very functional, and not that interesting in application. Train, congratulations on an exciting submission, sorry to see you go. Brad, congratulations, by the narrowest of margins you are through to the next round!
Definitely expected to have it be "Thanks for all the entries. _____ won, but A B C did a great job, too!"
Woof! Sorry I missed that! That does make the Nighthawk less egregious. I still think it would be very frustrating to play against though. I’ll add a bit of errata to my review when I have the time!
Do not worry about it. It is an frustrating card to play against, that was also my intention with the phyrexians.
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| Scab-Clan Grunt Creature - Human Warrior Brutality — Whenever Scab-Clan Grunt would deal excess damage to a permanent an opponent controls, you may put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. 3/3 | Brutal Ambush Instant Target creature you control gets +3/+0 until end of turn. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. | Ruric Thar, Taught by Giants Legendary Creature - Ogre Warrior Vigilance, reach Brutality — Whenever a permanent an opponent controls is dealt excess damage by a creature you control, you may draw two cards. If you do, discard a card at random. 6/6 |
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| Reassembling Swarm Creature - Insect Zombie When Reassembling Swarm enters the battlefield, it consumes. : Return Reassembling Swarm from your graveyard to your hand.1/1 | Consumption Shaman Creature - Elf Shaman If you would mill one or more cards, you mill that many cards plus one instead. If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on that creature instead. 2/3 | Putrefication Intensifier Creature - Plant Horror At the beginning of combat on your turn, target creature you control consumes. , Exile three creature cards from your graveyard: Return Putrefication Intensifier from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.3/2 |
at common? Maybe, but cards like Court Homunculus and Wild Nacatl exist and feel easier to turn on, so I think we're okay. Your uncommon is quite a savage Winding Constrictor sidegrade. Increasing self-mill effects by 1 is probably a fair trade for not affecting you or artifacts you control, and only boosting +1/+1 (instead of any type of) counters. Very strong though, especially with consume! Your rare too, is a strong design. Nothing that seems egregious at first glance, but you again managed to design a card that feels appropriate for its power level and highlights your mechanic very well. The only negative thing I can say about your submission is that your rare basically does the same thing as your common, except stronger. It almost feels like you submitted just two cards, because your rare and common don't go in different directions, which is a real pity. All in all a strong submission still!| Common | Uncommon | Rare |
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| Aerial Adaptation Instant Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying until end of turn. Flying genome | Smartscale Genomancer Creature— Crab Lizard Wizard Whenever one or more counters are put on another creature you control, put a counter of that kind on Smartscale Genomancer. 2/2 | Vorel, Hull Clade Champion Legendary Creature– Human Merfolk Mutant (R) Flying, vigilance, trample Flying genome Vigilance genome Trample genome 3/3 |
, Reveal this permanent and return it to its owner's hand.")| Common | Uncommon | Rare |
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| Novice Conceiler Creature - Human Rogue When Novice Conceiler enters the battlefield, veil the top card of your library. 1/2 | Hidden Guildmage Creature - Human Wizard : For each player, return target nonland permanent that player controls to its owner's hand. Activate only as a sorcery.: Each player discards a card. Activate only as a sorcery.2/2 | Disguising House Guard Creature - Skeleton Wizard Menace When Disguising House Guard deals combat damage to a player, you may return it to its owner's hand. If you do, veil any number of cards from your hand, then each player discards three cards. 2/3 |
: Reveal this permanent and return it it's owner's hand." I added the reveal clause to make sure people who haven't bounced a morph before would play it incorrectly. for each one to return it. Your opponent might be down 3 cards, but the spells they did keep in hand aren't taxed. And if they cast something, your interaction costs more to play. A difficult card to evaluate, but it does show off what how versatile your mechanic is very well.
Thanks for the kind words!
Truth be told, while time consuming, forcing myself to write down my thoughts on each design really helps me figure out which design I like best.
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| Rebirth to Darkness Instant Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then eclipse it. | Shadow Collector Creature - Human Warlock When Shadow Collector enters the battlefield, create a 0/0 white and black Shadow creature token. Shadows you control get +1/+1 2/2 | Occult Lumimancer Creature - Human Warlock At the beginning of your end step, eclipse target creature you control. 0/1 |
Anyway, Rebirth to Darkness is a really nice way to show off the possibilities of this keyword right away, but there is no way that this design is appropriate for a common. Zombify is the base vanilla effect for reanimation, and while cards like Return Triumphant show that you can return smaller things at two mana, all of these are sorceries, and the small reanimation effects can not return something broken like Atraxa, Grand Unifier! You can do reanimation at common, e.g. Rise Again, but not at this rate. Other than that, very interesting design though! Occult Lumimancer is a very cute and elegant design. At the bare minimum it's a nonlegendary Isamaru, Hound of Konda, which is pretty exciting, but you can use it to eclipse other stuff as well. Super sweet design, and a worthy rare. While those two ideas are very cool, even though the common needs some serious rebalancing, I think your uncommon offers a good rate, but forgive me for saying it does feel a bit uninspired. It's definitely synergystic, but also a bit bland for my taste. Despite some flaws, I still really like your idea!| Common | Uncommon | Rare |
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| Freed Centaur Creature - Mutant Centaur Entry When Freed Centaur enters the battlefield, destroy target artifact or enchantment. If you do, create a Treasure token. 3/5 | Impulsive Thoughts Instant As an additional cost to cast Impulsive Thoughts, exile a card from your hand. Exile the top three cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. At the beginning of the end step of that turn, put any cards exiled with Impulsive Thoughts that you didn’t play this way on the bottom of your library. (This includes the card exiled when casting this spell.) | Raidfire Sorcery Entry— , Exile a card from your hand.Each player sacrifices four lands, sacrifices two artifacts, then sacrifices two enchantments. Raidfire deals 4 damage to each battle, creature, and planeswalker. You create two Treasure tokens. At the beginning of the end step of your next turn, put all cards exiled with Raidfire on the bottom of your library. |
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| Passive Income Enchantment Whenever a creature you control becomes blocked, create a Treasure token. This ability only activates once per turn. | Obliging Sycophant Creature - Spirit Levy 3/1 | Relentless Parishioner Creature - Human Cleric Levy Whenever a creature you control deals damage to a player, you may pay . If you do, return Relentless Parishioner from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped unless an opponent pays .2/1 |
and (which you did pick for your second submission) being more logical homes for this effect. That leaves Nanonox's eclipse, a very flavorful mechanic. I do think that, like morph, it places some restrictions on its environment, but your individual designs showed there are some great directions you can take eclipse in. Congratulations Nanonox, you are through to the next round!
Hehe, it was my fault for not paying attention, but I did have to rewrite my entire review of your cards because I had evaluated everything at a different rarity XD
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| Escape the Vat Sorcery Create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token and a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying | Winged Behemoth Creature - Crab Bird This spell cost less to cast for each creature in your collection.Flying 4/4 | Incubation Chamber Artifact , : Create an X/X green and blue creature token without any creature types, where X is the number of creatures in your collection. Activate only as a sorcery. |
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| Selesnya Grovetender Creature - Elf Druid When Selesnya Grovetender enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 green Saproling token. 1/1 | Dawn's Light Sorcery Create 2 2/2 green and white Plant Druid tokens. Then, if you are flourishing, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. | Thrix, Mindful Cultivator Creature - Insect Druid Vigilance At the beginning of your upkeep, if you are flourishing, search your library for a basic Forest or Plains card and put it onto the battlefield. If you aren't flourishing, create 2 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying instead. 4/5 |
. This character feels more like the Nantuko from Dominaria. Second, I don't know that ramping from four mana is actually better than creating two flyers, to me it looks like you get a better reward if you're not flourishing. All in all, this too is an exciting submission!| Common | Uncommon | Rare |
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| Shambling Compost Creature - Plant Zombie Decompose 2 2/2 | Resourcefulness Enchantment When Resourcefulness enters the battlefield you may sacrifice another permanent. If you do, draw two cards. Whenever a card leaves your graveyard, you may have target creature get -1/-1 until end of turn. | Moldervine Goliath Creature - Plant Giant Decompose 2 When you exile Moldervine Goliath from your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. 5/3 |
It actually won its last match on the back of an army of Desecrated Tomb bats Oh right, contest! Focus Onder! Decompose looks like a useful mechanic, but to be honest, I'm a bit apprehensive about an army-in-a-can mechanic. That said, the flavor is super spot on, and the balance looks to be there at first glance. Your common is very decent. Obviously 0/1's don't have as much value... usually... as 1/1's, but creating three bodies for sacrifice shenanigans with one spell is very useful. I can definitely see this being a desireable pick in limited for the deck. If nothing else, it stalls a big attacker for multiple turns, which buys you the time to get your engine online. Your uncommon is a very exciting buildaround, though not having a limit on the -1/-1 ability is a power level concern for me. Bonkers with delve spells, for example. I would reword this to "Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard" at the very least. Also, the second Resourcefulness can sacrifice the first, though you may not want to do that because stacking -1/-1 triggers is pretty powerful. Your rare, finally, is very cute, but it does run into the "this is just an upgrade of one of your other cards" issue I took with some earlier entries. Creating two 1/2's is just different enough from creating two 0/1's that I can sort of let it slide here, but at the same time I don't have much else to say. Solid entry!Thanks a lot for the nice words. Also... Do you have a deck list? I'd love to take a look.I've got a Tormod, the Desecrator + Ghost of Ramirez DePietro deck, and it is super fun to play
I do! It was built as a budget deck, but it won a game at a regular commander table
