New Challenge Every Day - November 9th: Cumulative upkeep

[void_nothing]

Today's Challenge:
Cumulative upkeep

.::To Enter::.
In a single post:

• Name exactly two other players to vote for their entries for the previous challenge. (In the event that there are two or fewer entries that you are allowed to vote for, you may vote for only one.)

• Make a card that fits the current challenge.

• Include an "If I Win" (IIW) for tomorrow's challenge if you win.

Each day we use the challenge of the previous day's winner. In the case of a tie, we'll use the IIW of the tied player who has least overall points. In case of a further tie, the IIW of the earlier poster will be used.

.::Scoring::.

slimytrout 29 (+2)
dyd 19 (+2)
void_nothing 19 (+5)
netn10 18 (+3)
Riria 12 (+3)
JovialJovian 11 (+2)
kwanyeegor-ii 4
Pygyzy 3 (+2)
OneAndOnly 3 (+1)
Lorn Asbord Schutta 1
FoilSquared 1
Oskeo 0

.::Note of the Day::.

.::Yesterday's Submissions::.
Portals

Votes: void_nothing, slimytrout


Push Through the Portal 1r
Sorcery
Target opponent gains control of target artifact or creature you control. When they do, that permanent deals damage equal to its converted mana cost to target creature or planeswalker they control.
Zugbaz was going to show them that the cake was not a lie.


IIW: removal and democracy

Votes: JovialJovian, void_nothing

Aperture Weft 2u

Sorcery

Put target creature into its owner's library third from the top.

Rebound

IIW: Stylish artifact/enchantment removal

Votes: netn10, void_nothing

Cognitive Perpendicularity XUUU
Enchantment (MR)
When Cognitive Perpendicularity enters the battlefield, exile the top X cards of your library face down.
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library face down.
You may look at and play cards exiled with Cognitive Perpendicularity, but you cannot play cards from your hand and cards exiled this way on the same turn.

IIW: Black landfall

void_nothing, dyd

Profusion of Portals 2W
Enchantment (R)
When Profusion of Portals enters the battlefield, target creature phases out.
Whenever a creature phases in, another target creature phases out.
'Portal madness' was a confusing time -- one wrong step could land you in next week.

IIW: Unfinished business

Alternate Reality uuuu
Enchantment (MR)
Spells resolve in first in, last out order.
The nonactive player is treated as the active player and vice versa.
The ending phase occurs in place of the beginning phase and vice versa.

Riria, Jovialjovian
IIW: Onomatopoeia

Votes: Riria, Pygyzy

Portal of Tomorrows 2UU
Artifact (Rare)
U, T: Exile target nontoken creature with one, two or three time counters on it. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend.

IIW: Nephilim

Votes: slimytrout, netn10
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Tournament Gate -- 6
Legendary Artifact - Portal
Creatures you control have haste.
At the beginning of each teammate's upkeep, that player gains control of all creatures controlled by your team. Untap those creatures.
When Tournament Gate leaves the battlefield, each player on your team gains control of each creature he or she owns.
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IIW: Unlikely defenses

oneandonly void_nothing

pygyzy, dyd

Gitaxian Gate 3UUUU
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top two cards of your library. Put any number of artifact, creature, and/or enchantment cards exiled this way onto the battlefield. If no cards are put onto the battlefield this way, exile Gitaxian Gate.

IIW: Encore (Commander Legends mechanic)

Votes: Riria, netn10

Tsabo's Portal 5
Artifact (R)
Tsabo's Portal enters the battlefield tapped.
When Tsabo's Portal enters the battlefield, choose two colors.
3, T: You may put a permanent card that's exactly the chosen colors from your hand onto the battlefield. (For example, if you chose white and blue, you can't put onto the battlefield a card that's only white or that's white, blue, and black.)

IIW: Traitors

[Riria]

Votes: JovialJovian, void_nothing

Fine Wine Automaton 1
Artifact Creature - Food Construct (R)
Cumulative upkeep 1
Fine Wine Automaton's power and toughness are each equal to 1 plus the number of age counters on it.
2, T, Sacrifice Fine Wine Automaton: You gain 3 life.
1+*/1+*

IIW: Dolphins

[Oskeo]

votes: slimytrout, netn10

Shrieking Ghoul 2b

Creature - Zombie

~ enters the battlefield tapped.

Cumulative upkeep: Sacrifice a non-zombie creature

At the beginning of your precombat main phase, each player mills cards equal to the number of zombies you control.

Every once in a while, something goes wrong, and one of these poor saps realizes just what I've done to them.

2/2

IIW: 2 cmc creature bombs (feel free to take that literally)

[netn10]

Votes: Pygyzy, dyd

Winter is Over 1R
Enchantment (Rare)
Cumulative upkeep: Target snow permanent becomes nonsnow.
Sacrifice a snow permanent: Winter is Over deals 3 damage to any target. Add R.

IIW: Three color equipment

[dyd]

Votes: slimytrout, netn10

Ugin's Expertise
Enchantment
Cumulative upkeep—Manifest a card at random from an opponent's graveyard under your control.
When Ugin's Expertise leaves the battlefield, exile all permanents put onto the battlefield with it and you lose that much life.

IIW:

[slimytrout]

JovialJovian, void_nothing

Inexorable Rot B
Enchantment - Aura (C)
Enchant creature
Cumulative upkeep — Put a -1/-1 counter on enchanted creature. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
When enchanted creature dies, you lose life equal to the number of age counters on Inexorable Rot.

IIW: Catacombs

[JovialJovian]

void_nothing, oskeo

Lichdom BBB
Enchantment
Cumulative Upkeep - Sacrifice a permanent
You can't lose the game.
Skip your draw step.
Sacrifice a permanent: Draw a card.
When you sacrifice Lichdom, you lose the game.

IIW: Encore

[OneAndOnly]

Votes: Riria, dyd
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Interdimensional Gateway -- 7
Legendary Artifact
Cumulative Upkeep - Roll the planar die
Whenever you roll , populate, then proliferate.
Tyddek discovered that the further he traveled, the more he appreciated standing still.
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IIW: Cards based off of lyrics to songs

[Pygyzy]

Real-Time Travel Machine U
Artifact (R)
Cumulative Upkeep u
When you don't pay Real-Time Travel Machine's cumulative upkeep cost, if it had five or more age counters on it, take an extra turn.

Riria, Oneandonly
IIW: Retcon a significant event

[void_nothing]

Votes: slimytrout, JovialJovian

Boreal Dominion 1GG
Snow Enchantment (M)
Cumulative upkeep SS
Lands you control enter the battlefield tapped.
You may play any number of additional snow lands on each of your turns.
When Boreal Dominion leaves the battlefield, destroy up to X target nonsnow artifacts and/or enchantments, where X is the number of age counters on Boreal Dominion.

IIW: "Soft" harmful effects (removal, counterspells, etc.)