New Challenge Every Day - December 21st: Paradox

[void_nothing]

Today's Challenge:
Paradox

.::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 41 (+4)
JovialJovian 41 (+2)
netn10 37 (+2)
dyd 36 (+4)
void_nothing 35 (+2)
Riria 34 (+1)
Raptorchan 24
caulkwrangler 22
Pygyzy 21 (+1)
OneAndOnly 17
FoilSquared 3
MonoRedMage 3

.::Note of the Day::.

.::Yesterday's Submissions::.
Runes

Votes: slimytrout, JovialJovian

Mindflare Rune 2ur
Instant - Rune
Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard. When you do, Mindflare Rune deals damage to any target equal to the converted mana cost of the card you put into your graveyard.
Inscribe (u/r){U/R} ((u/r)(u/r): Exile this Rune card from your graveyard inscribed on target artifact or creature. That permanent gains ", Pay the mana cost of an inscribed Rune: Copy that Rune and you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.")

IIW: MaRo's Kaldheim teaser

Votes: dyd, slimytrout

Rune of Knowledge 2U
Enchantment - Rune (Common)
At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1.
2UU, Sacrifice a Rune: Draw two cards.

IIW: Kaldheim

Explosive Runes
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Flash
Whenever enchanted creature is dealt combat damage, sacrifice Explosive Runes. If you do, Explosive Runes deals 3 damage to enchanted creature and 1 damage to each creature it is blocking or being blocked by.
I prepared Explosive Runes this morning.

Votes: Riria, dyd
IIW: Add mana that can only be spent on a specific thing.

Votes: slimytrout, JovialJovian

Runic Sequencer U
Creature - Human Wizard (MR)
Runes you cast cost X less to cast, where X is the number of Rune spells you've cast this turn.
Whenever you cast your third Rune spell in a turn, transform Runic Sequencer.
1/1

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Awakened Thane
Creature - Giant Wizard (Color Indicator: blue)
Hexproof, indestructible
Whenever you cast a Rune spell, copy it.
1/1

IIW: Circle

dyd, netn10

Rune of Growth G
Artifact - Rune (U)
When Rune of Growth enters the battlefield, target creature gets +1/+1 for each Rune you control and gains trample until end of turn.
2G, T, Sacrifice Rune of Growth: Search your library for a basic land card and put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.

IIW: Planar chaos alternate timeline legends

Votes Pygyzy, void_nothing

Jarul Runecrafter -- 1UR
Creature - Dwarf Artificer
T: Create an Artifact - Rune token.
Runes you control have ", Sacrifice this Rune: This Rune deals one damage to any target."
1/1

IIW: December 20, 2020

Votes: slimytrout, void_nothing

Tutorial Island
Plane - Gielinor
At the beginning of your end step, choose white Cleric, blue Wizard, black Rogue, red Warrior, or green Archer. Create a token of the chosen color and type.
: Whenever you roll , put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

IIW: Really Big Shoes

Votes: dyd, netn10

Nameless Runes 4B
Enchantment (R)
At the beginning of each player's end step, that player discards a card for each artifact they control.
Compleat or not, Ertai still could not bring himself to enjoy the sight of the portal-ships.

IIW: Signpost uncommons

[dyd]

Votes: slimytrout, netn10

Buttered Cat
Artifact Creature - Food Cat
Flying
Buttered Cat can block only creatures with flying.
2, t, : You gain 3 life. Buttered Cat loses all abilities and becomes a Cat creature. (It stops being a Food artifact.)
"Given that cats always land on their feet and buttered toast always lands buttered side down, the experiment had only one possible outcome.
...Until the cat got hungry and managed to eat the toast."
2/2

IIW: festive food

[Riria]

Votes: netn10, void_nothing

Snapping Greatshell 2RW
Creature - Turtle (R)
First strike, haste
If anything other than a player would receive combat damage from Snapping Greatshell, the damage dealt will be equal to either Snapping Greatshell's power or toughness, chosen at random.
2/7

IIW: The oldest custom card you remember personally designing.

[netn10]

Votes: dyd, Riria

Almost U
Sorcery (Rare)
Counter target spell.
The dean of Tolaria have banned the phrase "This statement is false" as magic words for counterspells, deemed it too powerful for humans to grasp.

IIW: Kaldheim Vehicle

[slimytrout]

void_nothing, BaconCatBug

The Impossibility of Motion 4UU
Legendary Enchantment (R)
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player mills half their library, rounded down. When a player mills no cards this way, that player wins the game.
When Olexa presented her paradox to the rest of the Twelve, there were ten minutes of complete silence as they digested its implications.

IIW: Synergistic mechanics

[JovialJovian]

votes: dyd, OneAndOnly

Death and the Immortal B
Enchantment - Saga
0 - You win the game.
I, II - The game can't be won this turn.
III - You lose the game.

IIW: Quite large shoes

[OneAndOnly]

Votes: netn10, slimytrout
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Thoughtknot -- XU
Sorcery
Counter this spell.
Any number of target players draw X cards.
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IIW: December 20, 2020

[Pygyzy]

riria,oneandonly

Everywhere and Nowhere 2UB
Enchantment (R)
Everywhere and Nowhere is simultaneously in all other zones in addition to the battlefield.
If a spell or ability would cause a player to choose a card in any zone, that player chooses Everywhere and Nowhere as part of the resolution of that spell or ability instead.

IIW: Mix two types not yet mixed (ex: Arcane Trap, Food Treasure, Shrine Curse)

[void_nothing]

Votes: Riria, slimytrout

Self-Refuting One WU
Creature - Illusion Monk (R)
Indestructible
When Self-Refuting One enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature and scry 2.
While choosing targets, players must choose Self-Refuting One if able.
When a spell or ability that targets Self-Refuting One resolves, sacrifice Self-Refuting One.
4/4

IIW: Small, pushed Djinn or Efreet

[kwanyeegor-ii]

slimytrout jovialjovian