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[NinjaCaterpie]

Honorable Duelist 2W
Creature - Human Knight (U)
First strike
Honorable Duelist has hexproof from creatures during combat.
"Weapons where I can see them."
3/1

IIW: Acceptable crossovers

[chetoos]

Lan Fan, Prince's Guard 1wr
Legendary Creature - Human Ninja
Hexproof from Homunculus, First strike.
Whenever Lan Fan becomes blocked by a Homunculus, she gets +3/+0 until end of turn.
"We can read the dragon's pulse, and can feel the powerful mass of souls within those creatures."
3/2

IIW: The dark souls of MTG

[Ulka]

Unenchanted Guard 1W
Creature - Human Soldier (R)
Hexproof from Sorceries
Protection from Enchantments
: Players can only cast spells at sorcery speed until the end of turn.
1/1


IIW: White Card Advantage

[mellifluoresce]

Stormweft Orchestrator
Creature - Elemental Wizard (R)
Hexproof from spells named Lightning Bolt
, Discard a nonland card: Target instant or sorcery spell that targets a creature or player becomes a red instant spell named Lightning Bolt with "Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target."
A concert that fills the sky needs the right conductor,
2/1

IIW: A broken clock

[Mergatroid_Jones]

Hidden Hotsprings
Land- Island Mountain (U)
Hexproof from lands
Hidden Hotsprings enters the battlefield tapped.
T: Add R or U.

IIW: A riff on one of the following randomly generated cards: Drakewing Krasis, Omnath, Locus of Mana, or Zephyr Spirit.

[Cythare]

Meddling Inquisitor WU
Creature - Human Cleric (R)
As Meddling Inquisitor enters the battlefield, name a card.
Meddling Inquisitor has hexproof from cards and permanents with the chosen name. Cards with the chosen name cost 2 more to cast.
2/2

IIW: Zagoth

[Megiddo]

Goldenhide Barkripper 1GG
Creature — Frog Beast {R}
Goldenhide Barkripper can't be countered.
Hexproof from instants.
4/3

IIW: "wordy" cards (Frazzled Editor)

[spacemonaut]

Warded Paragon 1WW
(A proud leonin champion with a hand outstretched, shielding it from a fiery blast.)
Creature — Cat Knight (R)
First strike
Hexproof from spells and permanents with converted mana cost 2 or less.
3/3


IIW: Squirrellink but with another kind of token.

[Togs]

Ib Halfheart, Gobrigadier 1BR
Legendary Creature - Goblin (R)
Hexproof from Goblins.
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player creates a 1/1 red Goblin creature token with "Sacrifice this creature: This creature deals 1 damage to any target."
3/2

IIW: An empty typeline (like The Wanderer)

[cadp_]

And now, for something mildly different.

Honorable Duelist 2W
Creature - Human Knight (U)
First strike
Honorable Duelist has hexproof from creatures during combat.
"Weapons where I can see them."
3/1

IIW: Acceptable crossovers

Seems about right... although it'd require a set heavy on creature abilities.

Lan Fan, Prince's Guard 1wr
Legendary Creature - Human Ninja
Hexproof from Homunculus, First strike.
Whenever Lan Fan becomes blocked by a Homunculus, she gets +3/+0 until end of turn.
"We can read the dragon's pulse, and can feel the powerful mass of souls within those creatures."
3/2

IIW: The dark souls of MTG

Something feels off here. I'm not sure if it's the cost itself or just the weird internal balance, though.

Unenchanted Guard 1W
Creature - Human Soldier (R)
Hexproof from Sorceries
Protection from Enchantments
: Players can only cast spells at sorcery speed until the end of turn.
1/1


IIW: White Card Advantage

This guy feels solidly uncommon to me. On top of that, the activated ability doesn't interact well with the hexproof, but the fix for that is messy.

Stormweft Orchestrator
Creature - Elemental Wizard (R)
Hexproof from spells named Lightning Bolt
, Discard a nonland card: Target instant or sorcery spell that targets a creature or player becomes a red instant spell named Lightning Bolt with "Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target."
A concert that fills the sky needs the right conductor,
2/1

IIW: A broken clock

There's just one point of disappointment here: you can't change a spell that's targeting a planeswalker why?

Hidden Hotsprings
Land- Island Mountain (U)
Hexproof from lands
Hidden Hotsprings enters the battlefield tapped.
T: Add R or U.

IIW: A riff on one of the following randomly generated cards: Drakewing Krasis, Omnath, Locus of Mana, or Zephyr Spirit.

The mana ability should be reminder text; otherwise, I assume a set with at least Strip Mine or something similar.

Meddling Inquisitor WU
Creature - Human Cleric (R)
As Meddling Inquisitor enters the battlefield, name a card.
Meddling Inquisitor has hexproof from cards and permanents with the chosen name. Cards with the chosen name cost 2 more to cast.
2/2

IIW: Zagoth

That last line should be two lines, but again, I can get behind this.

Goldenhide Barkripper 1GG
Creature — Frog Beast {R}
Goldenhide Barkripper can't be countered.
Hexproof from instants.
4/3

IIW: "wordy" cards (Frazzled Editor)

Also a very nice design that might work at uncommon (barely - think the border between good uncommon and semi-junk rare).

Warded Paragon 1WW
(A proud leonin champion with a hand outstretched, shielding it from a fiery blast.)
Creature — Cat Knight (R)
First strike
Hexproof from spells and permanents with converted mana cost 2 or less.
3/3


IIW: Squirrellink but with another kind of token.

Coming to stores Q3 2021: Cats vs. Kithkin?

Ib Halfheart, Gobrigadier 1BR
Legendary Creature - Goblin (R)
Hexproof from Goblins.
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player creates a 1/1 red Goblin creature token with "Sacrifice this creature: This creature deals 1 damage to any target."
3/2

IIW: An empty typeline (like The Wanderer)

I almost want to see that last ability split into giving all Goblins, not just the tokens, that ability (and then just having the upkeep trigger give everyone Goblins).

Missed opportunities: "hexproof from odd converted mana cost"

Final Four: NinjaCaterpie, Cythare, Megiddo, Togs

The envelope, please

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As much as I loathe control decks, I have to give the win to Cythare for a card that we're likely to actually see in print not too far down the line.


So our new challenge: ZAGOTH

[spacemonaut]

Coming to stores Q3 2021: Cats vs. Kithkin?

I was thinking it'd dodge a lot of efficient removal: lightning bolt, doom blade, fatal push, abrupt decay, etc. You gotta spend at least 3 mana to remove Warded Paragon. (Nekrataal could do it though.)

[chetoos]

Brokkos, the forever beast 3BGU
Legendary Creature - Nightmare Beast Elemental
Mutate 3(u/b)gg
Trample
Each creature you control gets +1/+1 for each time it has mutated.
Each creature you control that has mutated at least twice has hexproof and deathtouch.
6/6

IIW: The dark souls of MTG

[Ulka]

The Evershifting Plasm
Legendary Creature - Ooze Horror(M)
Mutate
The Evershifting Plasm can only have cards mutated underneath it.
Whenever The Evershifting Ooze enters the battlefield or attacks, exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, it mutates under The Evershifting Ooze.
Whenever The Evershifting Ooze mutates, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
"Stories are told of a shapeless horror in the Zagoth that will shape the world" Jerzu, Zagothan Guide
2/2

IIW: Oozes

[Megiddo]

Ascendancy of Brokkos BGU
Enchantment {R}
During each of your turns, you may cast up to one permanent spell from your graveyard.

IIW: Sports you might play on a Magic plane.

[mellifluoresce]

Ken Nagoth
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman (M)
, , Sacrifice a creature: Search your library for up to two creature cards with total converted mana cost equal to the sacrificed creature's converted mana cost and exile them. Put one onto the battlefield, then put the rest onto the battlefield merged with that permanent.
1/1

IIW: Dora the Explorer

[Flatline]

Thing of Nightmares bg
Creature — Nightmare Beast Illusion (R)
You may cast Thing of Nightmares for its Mutate cost as though it has flash.
Mutate gu (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Exile a card underneath this creature: This creature gains indestructible and hexproof until end of turn.
3/2

IIW: Green Goblins

[Megiddo]

Ken Nagoth
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman (M)
, , Sacrifice a creature: Search your library for up to two creature cards with total converted mana cost equal to the sacrificed creature's converted mana cost and exile them. Put one onto the battlefield, then put the rest onto the battlefield merged with that permanent.
1/1

IIW: Dora the Explorer

[void_nothing]

Sheesh that hexproof one was...... fast

[cadp_]

Sheesh that hexproof one was...... fast

Remember when not having the judging happen within 24 hours was considered cause to wonder if the judge had wandered off for lunch?

Pepperidge Farm Disappointing Signets remembers.

[void_nothing]

That was also a time in which every challenge would get 20 entries within those 24 hours without fail

[Ulka]

Well that's our mission: 20 submissions in 24 hours!

[lookingupanddown]

Zagoth Pollinator G(u/b)
Creature - Nightmare Insect Elemental
Flying
1G, : Choose a kind of counter on target creature. Put a counter of that kind on Zagoth Pollinator.
X(u/b)(u/b), Remove a counter from Zagoth Pollinator: Put a counter of the kind removed from Zagoth Pollinator on up to X target creatures.
0/2

[mellifluoresce]

already ushering back in the era of troll entries

[Megiddo]

It's in our DNA.

Related, I just got hit with the " You cannot make another post so soon after your last." lol

[mellifluoresce]

thank you for thnaking