New Challenge Every Day - February 13th: Folklore

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Post by void_nothing » 3 years ago

Today's Challenge:
Folklore

.::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::.
JovialJovian 32 (+5)
void_nothing 25 (+0)
dyd 24 (+2)
netn10 22 (+3)
Ink-Treader 20
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Riria 12 (+2)
Daylit 7 (+1)
FoilSquared 5
bravelion83 1 (+1)
.::Note of the Day::.

.::Yesterday's Submissions::.
Cryptids
dyd wrote:
3 years ago
Votes: JovialJovian, netn10

Mothman 2bb
Legendary Creature - Human Insect
Flash
Flying
When another creature enters the battlefield, if Mothman entered the battlefield this turn and was cast, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Foretell 2b
2/2

IIW: ocean
bravelion83 wrote:
3 years ago
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I thought Cryptids were things like Worms and such in real Magic, not what I've discovered them to be when I read the linked Wikipedia page, so thanks to void_nothing for posting that link. Otherwise, my mind would have been taken in a completely different and wrong way. And I only knew about five of those monsters in that huge list. Let's go with one I didn't know before but that immediately caught my attention. I thought about making it a Viashino, but a Lizard Man being a Lizard Human just feels right to me.
Votes: JovialJovian, dyd

Lizard Man of the Swamp 1BR
Legendary Creature — Lizard Human (R)
Morph 1BR (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 3. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
Foretell 2BR (During your turn, you may pay 2 and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
Whenever Lizard Man of the Swamp enters the battlefield or is turned face up, if it was morphed, manifested, or foretold, destroy up to one target artifact, up to one target creature, and up to one target land.
3/3

IIW: Wizards (the creature type)

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JovialJovian wrote:
3 years ago
I guess I assumed most people knew what cryptids were from the popularity of Bigfoot.
I knew some of them but didn't know they had a collective name. And anyway, here in Italy only the Loch Ness monster and the yeti are very well known. All the others I knew were from other sources: the chupacabra from Magic itself (if it weren't for Ravenous Chupacabra in RIX I wouldn't know what a chupacabra is), the Kraken too (I know it became famous thanks to some movies, though don't ask me what those movies are, I'm not a movie fan. I mostly know what a Kraken is thanks to Theros), or even LoadingReadyRun (them mentioning Bigfoot and Ogopogo in some streams, I had heard of Bigfoot before but not Ogopogo, and from what I got from them I thought that Bigfoot and the Ogopogo were the same thing. I guess they aren't.) Now that I think of it, I think playing GTA, the original San Andreas from early 2000s with the hidden Bigfoot in the country near Mount Chilliad at the southwest of the map might have been the first time I heard of Bigfoot ever. All of this just to show you how different the American and European pop cultures are. I've seen it multiple times by now.
void_nothing wrote:
3 years ago
@bravelion83 You may have thought of annelids.
Yes, probably. I was remembering the first half of the name and not the second. That's very probably it.
Riria wrote:
3 years ago
Votes: JovialJovian, dyd

Nesting Thunderbird 3RW
Creature - Bird Elemental (MR)
Flying, first strike
If an instant or sorcery you control would deal damage to a single target, it deals that much damage to up to two targets instead.
At the beginning of your end step, if Nesting Thunderbird neither entered the battlefield nor attacked this turn, create a white 0/1 Thunderbird Egg creature token. It has "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature and create a token that's a copy of Nesting Thunderbird."
3/3

IIW: Army in a can
JovialJovian wrote:
3 years ago
votes: bravelion83, netn10
I guess I assumed most people knew what cryptids were from the popularity of Bigfoot. Thanks for the reference, void_nothing, though that list is not fully comprehensive.
Case in point:

Hodag of the Rhineland 3BG
Legendary Snow Creature - Beast
Deathtouch
SS: Hodag of the Rhineland gains Trample or Indestructible until end of turn. Activate this ability no more than once each turn.
6/6

IIW: Peanuts
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@void_nothing Bah, that's just because Hodag has been "officially" debunked.
netn10 wrote:
3 years ago
Votes: JovialJovian, Riria

Call the Cryptids 4BUG
Sorcery (Rare)
Reveal your hand and library. Put any number of creature cards you didn't revealed this way from outside the game onto the battlefield tapped.
You won't believe it until it's too late.

IIW: Card advantage in white.
void_nothing wrote:
3 years ago
Votes: JovialJovian, netn10

Elusive Yeti GG
Snow Creature - Yeti (R)
When Elusive Yeti enters the battlefield and at the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Elusive Yeti unless you return another creature you control to its owner's hand.
Elusive Yeti can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
3S: Return Elusive Yeti to its owner's hand. If you do, scry 2. You can't cast spells named Elusive Yeti this turn.
3/3

IIW: Heraldry
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Post by dyd » 3 years ago

Votes: void_nothing, bravelion83 (go team Italy! 🇮🇹)

Pureheart Princess w
Creature - Human Noble
Vigilance
Whenever a player attacks you with creatures, you gain 1 life.
1/1

Enamoured Farmer 1r
Creature - Human Peasant
Haste
If you both control and own Enamoured Farmer and a permanent named Pureheart Princess, when one of them would leave the battlefield, instead exile both of them, then meld them into Reunited Lovers.
2/2

Reunited Lovers
(r/w) Creature - Spirit
Haste, flying, vigilance, lifelink
2rw: Put Reunited Lovers into your library third from the top. (Put the two cards in the order you like.)
2/2
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This is the local take on the forbidden love trope.
In the zone where I live, there is a lake, with a few medieval castles near its shores. The legend says that the daughter of one of the castle lords fell in love with a humble peasant, but she was destined to marry another noble man. The two lovers decided to run away, and were leaving on a boat, but a storm caused the boat to sink and they drowned. From that fateful night, the spirits of the two lovers can sometimes be seen dancing together over the lake.
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Post by netn10 » 3 years ago

Vote: bravelion83, dyd

Witch of the Hut 2B
Creature - Spirit Warlock (Uncommon)
Flash
When Witch of the Hut enters the battlefield, destroy target tapped creature. If you do, create a food token.
1/3

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Post by bravelion83 » 3 years ago

Votes: void_nothing, dyd
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I'm always happy to find a fellow Italian! You're actually the second one I meet here. Let's go, team!
What in the US is known as the Bogeyman, here in Italy is called "l'uomo nero", literally "the black man". So:

The Black Man BBB
Legendary Creature — Human Horror (R)
Menace
During each combat, exactly one creature must attack you if able.
Whenever a creature attacks you, its controller loses 2 life.
Spending a night with him is the proper punishment for misbehaving.
3/3

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Post by JovialJovian » 3 years ago

votes: dyd, Riria

Paul Bunyan 4RRGG
Legendary Creature - Giant Human
When Paul Bunyan enters the battlefield, create Babe, a legendary 4/4 blue Ox creature token with trample.
When Paul Bunyan attacks, you and defending player each sacrifice a forest.
Whenever a forest is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, add R and create a tapped colorless Island land token.
5/5

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Post by void_nothing » 3 years ago

Votes: Riria, netn10

Selkie Skins WU
Enchantment (R)
Creature tokens you control get +1/+1.
1WU: Exile target nontoken creature you control. If you do, create a 1/1 white and blue Merfolk Scout creature token with "This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with defender." When that token leaves the battlefield, return up to one creature card exiled with Selkie Skins to the battlefield under its owner's control.
When Selkie Skins leaves the battlefield, return each creature card exiled with it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

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