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[Ulka]

Glen Gnarr 3G
Creature - Beast (U)
Cleave 5G You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.
Whenever a player casts a [blue or black] spell, Glen Gnarr gets +2/+2 until the end of turn.
Long thought merely a legend, the appearance of the gnarr was seen by the defenders as a sign of good luck.
3/3

IIW: Draft matters Cards

[Juancu]

Cleave the Atom 1R
Instant
Cleave 6RR
Cleave the Atom deals 10 divided by [1]0 damage to each creature and planeswalker. Exile all [mono] artifacts.

[void_nothing]

Glen Gnarr 5G
Creature - Beast (U)
Cleave 3G
Whenever a player casts a [blue or black] spell, Glen Gnarr gets +2/+2 until the end of turn.
Long thought merely a legend, the appearance of the gnarr was seen by the defenders as a sign of good luck.
3/3

IIW: Draft matters Cards

Hey, uh, why is the stronger version cheaper

[chetoos]

Swing the Mighty Axe 1G
Sorcery
Cleave 3RG
Target creature [you control] fights another target creature you don't control. [Put a +1/+1 counter on the creature you control at the beginning of the next end step.]
"My axe can be used to defend against invading beasts, but it can just as well be used to cut down a usurper." Garruk Wildspeaker

IIW: Draft a card from this card's spellbook.

[Ulka]

Glen Gnarr 5G
Creature - Beast (U)
Cleave 3G
Whenever a player casts a [blue or black] spell, Glen Gnarr gets +2/+2 until the end of turn.
Long thought merely a legend, the appearance of the gnarr was seen by the defenders as a sign of good luck.
3/3

IIW: Draft matters Cards

Hey, uh, why is the stronger version cheaper

because I'm an idiot and was formatting quickly on a break at work

[Cythare]

Ritual of Myrrh 1R
Sorcery (U)
Cleave R
Add RR[RR].

IIW: A signal flare

[void_nothing]

Niblis's Revelation 4WW
Instant (M)
Cleave 5WWUU
You gain 13 life[, then you lose 7 life].
You [and each opponent] draw four cards.

IIW: Gold tokens (not Treasures)

[Megiddo]

Sparse Insight U
Instant {R}
Cleave XUUU
[Repeat the following process X times.] Draw a card.

IIW: create two of those tokens instead

[Juancu]

Sparse Insight U
Instant {R}
Cleave XUUU
[Repeat the following process X times.] Draw a card.

1 mana draw 50 cards (or 3+ mana to draw 1.)

[NinjaCaterpie]

Entwine with Extra Steps 2UB
Sorcery (R)
[Put target creature on top of its owner's library.]
{Target player mills eleven cards}.
Cleave 2U
Curlcleave 2U

IIW: Entwine with extra steps

[Cythare]

Botfly Infestation BB
Sorcery (R)
Cleave—1BB, Sacrifice a creature.
Put two -1/-1 counters on each [of up to two target] creatures.

IIW: A kitsune retirement party

[Sporegorger_Dragon]

A pretty good haul this round, so let's get going.

My metric will be mostly how unorthodox the usage of cleave is, based on my own highly subjective opinion.

Rend Matter 1G
Sorcery (R)
Destroy target [nonland] {noncreature} permanent.
Cleave 1RG (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.)
Curlcleave 1BG (As above, but curly braces)
Megacleave BRG (All brackets)

IIW: A card from the next Modern Horizons, Modern Horizons: What If...?, where Wizards explores alternative timelines like "What if Ugin beat Bolas?" or "What if Liliana became cursed instead of Josu?"

I was expecting some sort of cleave card that cleaved separate subsets of brackets, but I didn't expect it to be the very first submission. This is a good and playable card, a delightful card for Mels and color philosophers.

Kekora, Mechanic of Unification WU
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer (M)
Each spell you cast cleaved, entwined, mutated, awoken, bestowed, conspired, evoked, fused, overloaded, or replicated, is kicked.
Cleave UWBRG
When Kekora enters the battlefield, kicked spells you cast [this turn] cost 1 less.
1/5

IIW: surprise mechanics

Interesting! Instead of inventing a new grouping, you made it so that the card labelled additional/alternative costs as kicked, then gave them all the bonus.

Although this works as written, I would've also put the ETB trigger between brackets as well.

Swapped my first submission for the more fun one.

Wracked by the Storm 1G
Instant (U)
Cleave 2U (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.)
[Put a +1/+1] counter [on] target creature [for each] spell [that has been cast this turn].

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[Jace,] Mirrored Planeswalker 2U
[Legendary] Planeswalker- [Jace] (R)
Cleave UU (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.)
0: Scry 1, then put a loyalty counter on each blue planesalker you control.
[-2: Return target creature or planeswalker to its owner's hand.
-4: Draw four cards.]
2

Remade by the Moon 5
Sorcery (R)
Cleave 1U
Exile target creature. It's controller creates a 3/2 colorless Eldrazi creature token [with "Colored spells cost you 1 more to cast. Colorless spells cost you 1 less to cast." You may put a +1/+1 counter on that creature].

Orim's Genius 3U
Instant (R)
Cleave 2w
Target player [draws three cards. That player] can't cast play lands or spells this turn.

IIW: Non-traditional planeswalkers

Hah! These are certainly unusual uses of cleave. The green counterspell is great, but I have to admit the no-name blue planeswalker is my favorite of the the bonus cards. Remade by the Moon seems a bit too strong, and I think modern design philosophy is moving from allowing blue to "transform" things like that. Orim's Genius also seems powerful with the options provided, the land denial seems too strong.

Invisible Ink (Uncommon)
W
Instant
Cleave 0
[Target permanent loses all abilities until end of turn.]
Scry 1.

IIW: What if two existing legendary creatures had a custom legendary baby? (Races, genders, and lore don't necessarily matter.)

Hah! Not much to say about it (double hah!)

Glen Gnarr 3G
Creature - Beast (U)
Cleave 5G You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.
Whenever a player casts a [blue or black] spell, Glen Gnarr gets +2/+2 until the end of turn.
Long thought merely a legend, the appearance of the gnarr was seen by the defenders as a sign of good luck.
3/3

IIW: Draft matters Cards

This is a perfectly good cleave card, but it's pretty straightforward.

Cleave the Atom 1R
Instant
Cleave 6RR
Cleave the Atom deals 10 divided by [1]0 damage to each creature and planeswalker. Exile all [mono] artifacts.

You've just dealt infinite damage to everybody! But what does "mono" means here? Permanents that are only artifacts?

Swing the Mighty Axe 1G
Sorcery
Cleave 3RG
Target creature [you control] fights another target creature you don't control. [Put a +1/+1 counter on the creature you control at the beginning of the next end step.]
"My axe can be used to defend against invading beasts, but it can just as well be used to cut down a usurper." Garruk Wildspeaker

IIW: Draft a card from this card's spellbook.

Again this is a great card, but the cleave usage here is straightforward.

Ritual of Myrrh 1R
Sorcery (U)
Cleave R
Add RR[RR].

IIW: A signal flare

Same as above, but at least this time we got a unique set of brackets.

Niblis's Revelation 4WW
Instant (M)
Cleave 5WWUU
You gain 13 life[, then you lose 7 life].
You [and each opponent] draw four cards.

IIW: Gold tokens (not Treasures)

Hmm, while mechanically this works perfectly fine, philosophically the life-loss seems a bit out of place. The second part of the card is spot on though.

Sparse Insight U
Instant {R}
Cleave XUUU
[Repeat the following process X times.] Draw a card.

IIW: create two of those tokens instead

Oh.

Oh dear.

Entwine with Extra Steps 2UB
Sorcery (R)
[Put target creature on top of its owner's library.]
{Target player mills eleven cards}.
Cleave 2U
Curlcleave 2U

IIW: Entwine with extra steps

lol.

Botfly Infestation BB
Sorcery (R)
Cleave—1BB, Sacrifice a creature.
Put two -1/-1 counters on each [of up to two target] creatures.

IIW: A kitsune retirement party

Cythare screeching in at the very last minute possible! Again, although a good card, not that unusual. I would also put brackets around the "s" in "creatures", just to make it proper.


So tallying up the score and awarding bonus points, it's very close between Juancu wiping the slate clean with nuclear fire and Mergatroid_Jones' planeswalker part-timer. So, just based on a whim, I award the win to:

Mergatoid_Jones!

2nd place: Juancu
3rd place: NinjaCaterpie

Next:
Non-traditional planeswalkers

[Ulka]

Tibalt, Chaos Drafter 1RR
Legendary Planeswalker - Tibalt
Draft Tibalt, Chaos Drafter faceup.
As you draft a card, you may remove it from the draft face up.
Tibalt, Chaos Drafter's starting loyalty is equal to the amount of cards removed from the draft by cards named Tibalt, Chaos Drafter.
+2: Create a 1/1 red Devil creature tokens with "When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."
-1: Draft a card from among the cards removed by cards named Tibalt, Chaos Drafter. Until end of turn, you may cast that card.
-4: Discard your hand and draw cards equal to the number of cards removed by cards named Tibalt, Chaos Drafter.
Starting Loyalty: X

IIW: Draft Matters Cards

[NinjaCaterpie]

Soulcraft Mowu GG
Legendary Artifact - Mowu Vehicle (M)
+3 Put a +1/+1 counter on Mowu and each creature you control. Those creatures gain trample until end of turn.
0 Soulcraft Mowu becomes a 5/5 with Crew 1 until end of turn (It's no longer a planeswalker)
-6 Put an indestructible counter on each permanent you control with a counter on it.
Planecrew 1 (Remove 1 loyalty counter from among planeswalkers you control: This Vehicle becomes an artifact planeswalker until end of turn. Those planeswalkers can't activate their abilities this turn.)
4

IIW: A card from the next Modern Horizons, Modern Horizons: What If...?, where Wizards explores alternative timelines like "What if Ugin beat Bolas?" or "What if Liliana became cursed instead of Josu?"

[spacemonaut]

cleave is really confusing to read because we always expect that the additional cost ADDS the fun additional text.

it's interesting to see several of these designs also fell into that trap.

[Sporegorger_Dragon]

cleave is really confusing to read because we always expect that the additional cost ADDS the fun additional text.

it's interesting to see several of these designs also fell into that trap.

I won't lie, I was really hoping Megiddo didn't correct their entry before judging so it would forever be immortalized for all to see.

Nothing more hilarious than to pay 10+ mana to draw a single card.

[chetoos]

Memnarch, Ascendant 4UU
Legendary Artifact Creature - Wizard
Memnarch, Ascendant has all loyalty abilities of all planeswalkers you control.
Whenever a planeswalker enters the battlefield under your control, put a loyalty counter on Memnarch.
1 - Scry 1
"With these new powers, I will spread Mirrodin's glory to the multiverse."
4/6

[Legend]

Oko, Shiftshaper (Rare)
XGU
Legendary Planeswalker - Oko
[X]
You may have Oko, Shiftshaper enter the battlefield as a copy of any planeswalker on the battlefield except he's Oko, he's green and blue, and he enters the battlefield with X loyalty counters on him.

IIW: a blue planeswalker that can become a creature

[Cythare]

Botfly Infestation BB
Sorcery (R)
Cleave—1BB, Sacrifice a creature.
Put two -1/-1 counters on each [of up to two target] creatures.

IIW: A kitsune retirement party

Cythare screeching in at the very last minute possible! Again, although a good card, not that unusual. I would also put brackets around the "s" in "creatures", just to make it proper.

I'm a bit embarrassed that I missed the bracket at the end of the word "creatures" there, but the part that I thought would be seen as "nontraditional" was the non-mana cost, since that hadn't been done yet, but it isn't exactly innovative.

Astray in the Marsh UB
Instant (M)
Choose one —
• Counter target instant or sorcery spell.
• Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
Then, if there are seven or more cards in that spell's or creature's controller's graveyard, exile Astray in the Marsh, then put it onto the battlefield transformed.
Flashback 3UB
//
Guardian of Westmarsh
() Legendary Planeswalker
[-2]: Put a -1/-1 counter on each creature.
[-3]: Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. For as long as it remains exiled, you may cast it, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast it.
[5]

IIW: A kitsune retirement party

[Juancu]

Thesk, the Tormented 2BB
Planeswalker - Thesk
Your opponents may activate an ability from Thesk once on each of their turns.
+1: Draw a card and lose 2 life. Thesk's owner gains 1 life.
-1: Thresk's owner and up to one other target player create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
-6: Draw a card and lose 3 life. Thesk's owner draws three cards and loses 1 life.
3

IIW: surprise mechanics

[Megiddo]

cleave is really confusing to read because we always expect that the additional cost ADDS the fun additional text.

it's interesting to see several of these designs also fell into that trap.

I won't lie, I was really hoping Megiddo didn't correct their entry before judging so it would forever be immortalized for all to see.

Nothing more hilarious than to pay 10+ mana to draw a single card.

lol

[vishamon]

The Adventurer
Instant (M)
Create a colorless legendary planeswalker token with "You have hexproof." and "[-1]: Learn." It enters the battefield with 5 loyalty counters on it.

IIW: Doing things the hard way.

[Megiddo]

Jace, Who Sees Beyond 2UU
Legendary Planeswalker - Jace {M}
As an additional cost to activate Jace, Who Sees Beyond's loyalty abilities, exile the top card of your library face down. You may look at cards exiled this way.
[+1]: Draw a card. You may put a card exiled with Jace on top of its owner's library.
[-2]: Manifest a card exiled with Jace.
[-7]: Manifest any number of cards exiled with Jace. Put the rest into your hand.
{3}

IIW: repeat this process

[Juancu]

alimaC, Backwards in Time 4UU
Legendary Planeswalker - alimaC
You may activate loyalty abilities of alimaC taking her loyalty to a negative value once, then her condition to die becomes having 0 or more loyalty.
-6: Gain control of target creature with converted mana cost 4 or less.
+1: You may tap or untap target permanent.
+2: Draw a card.
2

Jiang Yanggu, Nexus of Strength 2GG
Legendary Planeswalker - Yanguu
You may remove counters from among creatures you control in place of removing loyalty counters from Yanggu.
+1: Put a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
-2: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
-5: Draw cards equal to the highest power among creatures you control.
3

[Megiddo]

Saltarus the Petulant 1BB
Legendary Planeswalker - Saltarus {M}
[+1]: Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
[-2]: Each player sacrifices a creature. Each player who didn't sacrifice a creature this way discards a card.
[0]: You lose the game. Bank Saltarus. (Exile Saltarus until the end of the match. You may cast it from exile during another game this match. It still counts toward your deck minimum.)
{3}

IIW: Telepathy