Card Challenge: Double Iconic creatures

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Post by spacemonaut » 4 years ago

Magic has five special “iconic” creature types, one for each color: Angel (white), Sphinx (blue), Demon (black), Dragon (red), and Hydra (green). Wizards tries to fit a card for each of them into each set as a splashy rare. Sometimes there's more than one, but there's at least one.

Your challenge is to make a creature card that is exactly two iconic creature types. It should “feel” like both types; use your judgement. It should be both types' colors, whether in color or color identity (but should not be 3+ color). Your card will be Rare or Mythic Rare so you are allowed a higher level of power or complexity.
The ten possible combinations
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  • wu Angel Sphinx
  • wb Angel Demon
  • ub Sphinx Demon
  • ur Sphinx Dragon
  • br Demon Dragon
  • bg Demon Hydra
  • rg Dragon Hydra
  • rw Dragon Angel
  • gw Hydra Angel
  • gu Hydra Sphinx
(You don't have to list the types in that order on the card.)
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Post by folding_music » 4 years ago

Tatzelwurm,
Creature - Hydra Sphinx
When Tatzelwurm enters the battlefield, choose a type of permanent. Target opponent reveals the top card of their library. If that card bears the type of permanent you named, exile it and put a +1/+1 counter on Tatzelwurm, then repeat this process.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from Tatzelwurm: Return Tatzelwurm to its owner's hand.
4/4
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(Was aiming for a pesky, mischevious design rather than a big beater to represents Sphinx-like riddle stuff, and Hydras have long been associated with +1/+1 counters!)

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Post by RainyDay » 4 years ago

Guardian of Tomorrows 2wwuu
Creature - Angel Sphinx
Flying
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
Guardian of Tomorrows has protection from the colors of the top card of your library.
You may play the top card of your library.
4/5

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Post by void_nothing » 4 years ago

Oh man, I'd like to do one of each of these. Let's start with just one.

Seraphkite 6RW
Creature - Dragon Angel
Flash
Flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, menace, haste, protection from green
Seraphkite costs 3 less to cast if you control two or more red enchantments and 3 less to cast if you control two or more white enchantments.
5/5
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Post by Dusk » 4 years ago

Shrouded Mischief 5UB
Creature - Sphinx Demon
Hexproof, Flying
When Shrouded Mischief enters the battlefield, exile your hand and draw that many cards.
Pay X life: Copy target instant or sorcery exiled with Shrouded Mischief, where X is that card's converted mana cost.
6/7
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Post by Juancu » 4 years ago

Riddlehead Tangler 3GU
Creature - Hydra Sphinx
Whenever Riddlehead Tangler enters the battlefield or attacks, exile the top card of your library.
Riddlehead Tangler has +2/+2 for each converted mana cost among cards exiled by it.
4: Put a card exiled by Riddlehead Tangler into its owner's hand.
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Post by Cardz5000 » 4 years ago

Afezroden, The Unheard
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Legendary Creature — Demon Sphinx
Flying
Whenever you lose life, surveil X, where X is the amount of life you lost. (To surveil X look at the top X cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top in any order.)
Whenever a card is put into your graveyard from your library, gain 1 life.
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Post by barbecube » 4 years ago

Nikumbha the Four-Faced 4GW
Legendary Creature — Angel Hydra (M)
Flying, vigilance
Whenever damage is dealt to Nikumbha the Four-Faced, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
For each +1/+1 counter on it, Nikumbha can block an additional creature.
4/4
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Post by HugSeal » 4 years ago

folding_music wrote:
4 years ago
Tatzelwurm,
Creature - Hydra Sphinx
When Tatzelwurm enters the battlefield, choose a type of permanent. Target opponent reveals the top card of their library. If that card bears the type of permanent you named, exile it and put a +1/+1 counter on Tatzelwurm, then repeat this process.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from Tatzelwurm: Return Tatzelwurm to its owner's hand.
4/4
rare

(Was aiming for a pesky, mischevious design rather than a big beater to represents Sphinx-like riddle stuff, and Hydras have long been associated with +1/+1 counters!)
I wanna make a Lantern of Insight-deck with that thing ^^

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Post by ForestsCarl » 4 years ago

Nimatowa of the Sun 2RW
Creature - Dragon Angel (MR)
Flying, haste
Whenever Nimatowa of the Sun attacks, return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking, Exile it when Nimatowa of the Sun leaves the battlefield.
At the end of your turn, return Nimatowa of the Sun to your hand.
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Post by Henlock » 4 years ago

Bayshwa, the Celestial Hunger XGGWW
Legendary Creature - Hydra Angel (r)
Flying, lifelink
Bayshwa, the Celestial Hunger enters tbe battlefield with two times X +1/+1 counters on it.
When Bayshwa, the Celestial Hunger enters the battlefield, you may have it fight each creature your opponents control.
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Post by void_nothing » 4 years ago

Viperskull Terror 2BG
Creature - Demon Hydra
Protection from instants and from sorceries
At the beginning of your upkeep, Viperskull Terror deals 2 damage to you. Then you may put a +1/+1 counter on Viperskull Terror. If you don't, draw a card.
4: The active player takes an additional upkeep step after this one. Any player may activate this ability but only during a player's upkeep.
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Post by Subject16 » 4 years ago

Shepherd of the Pit 3WBB
Creature - Demon Angel (Mythic Rare)
Flying, trample
When Shepherd of the Pit enters the battlefield, exile all creature cards from your graveyard, then create that many 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a Spirit. If you can't, tap Shepherd of the Pit and each opponent creates a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying and vigilance.
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Post by void_nothing » 4 years ago

Hierophant Benefactors 2WUU
Creature - Angel Sphinx
Flying, vigilance
If you would gain 1 or more life or draw one or more cards, instead you gain that much life and draw that many cards.
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Post by BOVINE » 4 years ago

These designs are fantastic!
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Post by Katamari » 4 years ago

Gemini Dragon RRRGGG
Creature - Dragon Hydra
Flying, Haste.
As long as your devotion to red is six or more, Gemini Dragon has double strike.
As long as your devotion to green is six or more, Gemini Dragon has trample.
6/6

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