ICYD 48 - The Rule of Duel

[wizyard]

Week 47 entries for the poll

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1. wizyard vs Indighost

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Surveil and/or cipher (Interplanar Agents set).

Cryptography Charm U
Instant (U)
Choose one —
• Surveil 3. If you put any cards with cipher into your graveyard this way, put those cards into your hand.
• Encode target exiled card with cipher onto target creature.
• Target spell can't be countered.

Espionage Charm ub
Instant
Cipher
Choose one -
• Surveil 3.
• Untap up to two target permanents.
• Create a 1/1 blue and black horror creature token.

2. LandellXil0cent vs folding_music

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A hydra, with a new keyworded ability that makes sense on hydras

Scarscale Hydra 1gggg
Creature - Hydra
Regrow (When this creature is dealt combat damage and survives, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Creature enters with seven +1/+1 counters on it.
0/0

Tyrant of the Lavabasin 2RRR
Creature -- Hydra
Spitfire 1 (At the end of each opponent's turn, this creature deals 1 damage to each untapped creature that player controls.)
Escape -- 4RRR, Exile four other cards from your graveyard.
4/4

3. wizyard vs JessWill

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Basic lands matter (Rebellion on Murganda set).

Geosaur RG
Creature — Elemental Dinosaur (U)
Primordial — This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each mana produced by a basic land spent to cast it.
2/2

Worldly Sprite
Creature - Dryad (U)
Domain - For each basic land type among lands you control, this creature is a land of that type in addition to other types.
"The world is will and representation."
1/1

4. netn10 vs wizyard

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A Vehicle or Equipment that would appear in Interplanar Agents.

Surveillance Van 3
Artifact - Vehicle (Rare)
When this Vehicle enters, choose a creature.
Whenever this Vehicle attacks, you may choose a different creature.
Whenever the chosen creature commits a crime or attacks, surveil 1, then investigate.
Crew 1
2/4

Umbral Cloak UB
Kindred Artifact — Spy Equipment (U)
Equipped creature can't be blocked except by Spies.
Whenever equipped creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, surveil 1. If you put a nonland card into your graveyard this way, counter that spell or ability.
Equip 1

5. marioguy3 vs bravelion83

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Design a non-white Angel creature card with mana value 4 or less.

Oceanic Armored Angel
Creature - Angel (Uncommon)
Flying
This creature gets +0/+1 for each Island you control.
Whenever this creature attacks, tap target creature defending player controls and put a stun counter on it.
2/3

Ayel, Sigarda's Ground Guard 2GG
Legendary Creature — Angel (R)
Reach
At the beginning of your first main phase, you may pay 2. If you do, Ayel gains flying until end of turn.
Whenever Ayel attacks, another target attacking creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is one plus the number of different mana values among Humans you control.
She doesn't actually like to fly, but she still likes protecting the humans of Innistrad.
4/4

6. folding_music vs wizyard

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A blue Spy (Interplanar Agents set).

Detachable Remote
Artifact Creature -- Equipment Spy
Whenever an opponent casts an instant or sorcery spell, that player reveals their hand. Equipped creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each instant or sorcery card revealed this way.
Reconfigure
1/1

Aether Hacker XU
Creature — Human Spy (U)
Skulk
When this creature enters, search your library for a card with cipher and mana value X or less, exile that card encoded onto this creature, then shuffle.
1/1

7. Alchemist vs wizyard

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"Patchwork archetype." Some toys in Toy World are cobbled together from multiple broken toys. Design a blue and/or black card around this concept.

Cobblecloth Poppet XUB
Artifact Creature - Toy (R)
When this creature enters, exile up to X target artifact cards from graveyards and put X +1/+1 counters on this creature.
When this creature enters and at the beginning of each upkeep, choose a card from among cards exiled with this creature. This creature gains all abiltities of the chosen card until end of turn.
1/1

Patchwork Teddy 1B
Artifact Creature — Toy Bear (C)
At the beginning of your upkeep, mill a card.
Patch 3U (3U, Exile this card from your graveyard: Patch this card onto target artifact creature. That creature gets +P/+T and has this card's other abilities. P is this card's power and T is its toughness. Patch only as a sorcery.)
2/2

8. Rithaniel vs bravelion83

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A card with flashback where the mana cost and the flashback cost are both colored but share no colors of mana. The card must be set on a Magic IP plane.

Moral Extortion
Sorcery R
Gain control of target creature that dealt combat damage to you during its controller's last combat phase.
Flashback , Pay 5 life.
"Work for me and you will be forgiven."

History Repeating 1W
Sorcery (U)
Choose one —
• Create a 2/2 red and white Spirit creature token.
• Target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains first strike until end of turn.
• This spell deals damage equal to the number of creatures you control to target creature an opponent controls.
Flashback 4R
(Lorehold watermark)

9. wizyard vs Rithaniel

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Color-shifted version of an existing legendary creature or planeswalker (Future Visions set).

Nicol Bolas, Noble Champion 2CCGGWW
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon (M)
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Nicol Bolas unless you pay CGW.
The base power and toughness of each creature you control is 7/7.
7/7

Karador, Meat Chieftan
Legendary Creature - Centaur Zombie M
This spell costs less to cast for each creature card in your opponents' graveyards.
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent sacrifices a creature and then exiles two creature cards from their graveyard.
"Death tried to uncrown me. But I will never vacate this seat."
6/8

10. LandellXil0cent vs wizyard

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w Toy Soldiers

Army Men 2w
Artifact Creature - Toy Soldier
Vigilance
Squad w (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay w any number of times. When this creature enters, create that many tokens that are copies of it.)
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 white Toy Soldier artifact creature token.
2/2

Infantry Factory w
Artifact (U)
1, T: Choose one —
• Create a tapped 1/1 white Toy Soldier artifact creature token with "This creature doesn't untap during your untap step."
• Untap all Toys you control.

11. LandellXil0cent vs Rithaniel

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Design a card with Flamewake N (This creature gets +N/+N for each tapped permanent you control with flamewake.)

Fire Spitter 1r
Creature - Human Wizard
Flamewake 1 (This creature gets +1/+1 for each tapped permanent you control with flamewake.)
At the end of combat on your turn, if this creature dealt 5 or more damage this turn, create a 0/1 red Elemental creature token with flamewake 1.
2/1

Flame-Jet Patrolbot
Artifact - Vehicle U
Defender
Flamewake 3 (This permanent gets +3/+3 for each tapped permanent you control with flamewake.)
Whenever a creature crews this vehicle, it gains flamewake 0 until end of turn.
Crew 2
0/3

no entries from Ulka is auto-win for wizyard, folding_music and bravelion83

wizyard vs Ulka

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Blue card with Ooze type + another creature type (Rebellion on Murganda set).

Elvish Mass 1U
Creature — Elf Ooze (U)
Untap all Elves and Oozes you control during each player's untap step.
1/3

the role of Oozes in this set

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all the Oozes in Rebellion on Murganda have one or more additional creature types, to support tribal synergies

"Masses" are lords with the Ooze type that provide buffs to both fellow Oozes and creatures of their other type(s).

folding_music vs Ulka

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Krosan Brave 1GG
Creature -- Centaur Sorceror
Trample
Gallop (As long as this creature is attacking, each player may cast spells from their hand as thought they had flash.)
4/5

bravelion83 vs Ulka

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Design a Mouse from Bloomburrow with a mono-red color identity.

Heartfire Descendant 1R
Creature — Mouse Warrior (R)
Haste
Valiant — Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability you control for the first time each turn, until end of turn, this creature gets +2/+0 and "Whenever this creature dies, it deals damage equal to its power to any target that's not a player."
1/2

no entries from archemediesx is auto-win for LandellXil0cent and wizyard

LandellXil0cent vs archemediesx

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REBELLION ON MURAGANDA
4. creatures with no abilities matter
a.) Build/draft around uncommon

Primordial Plasm 1wu
Creature - Elemental Ooze
Whenever one or more Elementals or Oozes you control attack, gain 1 life. Then each creature you control with no abilities gets+1/+1 until end of turn for each life you've gained this turn.
1wu: Create a 1/1 blue Elemental Ooze creature token.
2/3

wizyard vs archemediesx

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Magic subgames (Future Visions set).

Parallel Play 4U
Sorcery (M)
Players play a subgame between the turns of the main game, starting at 10 life. Each player's library is retained between the subgame and the main game. If a player wins the subgame, they win the main game. (After each player's turn in the main game, that player takes a turn in the subgame, then the next player in turn order takes a turn in the main game.)
Exile this spell.

Results from week 46
wizyard beats JessWill
Ink-Treader beats bravelion83
Indighost beats bravelion83
JessWill beats Indighost

Results from week 45
Alchemist beats bravelion83
bravelion83 beats JessWill and Rithaniel
Ink-Treader beats Rithaniel
Alchemist beats wizyard


"I Challenge You to a Duel!"

overall duels won

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Alchemist 25 of 36
archemediesx 1 of 3
Arksight101 1 of 4
BatBite 1 of 11
bravelion83 95 of 155
Discobolos 2 of 10
EsperCormorant 3 of 4
folding_music 2 of 4
GavMan15 0 of 2
gilroygilgalahad 1 of 5
Indighost 9 of 17
Ink-Treader 10 of 18
JessWill 18 of 34
JovialJovian 0 of 1
Juancu 1 of 1
KB52665 0 of 1
Komandon 10 of 25
kwanyeegor-ii 3 of 7
LandellXil0cent 7 of 9
marioguy3 2 of 8
MonoRedMage 7 of 11
netn10 16 of 22
Raptorchan 0 of 1
Rithaniel 32 of 48
Rocco 3 of 7
ryder 3 of 5
Sagharri 17 of 29
slimytrout 15 of 15
somedue1019 0 of 1
Sporegorger_Dragon 3 of 4
wizyard 60 of 114
Ulka 7 of 22
void_nothing 40 of 53

duelist scores

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Alchemist vs bravelion83 6-4 (1 tie)
Alchemist vs Discobolos 1-0
Alchemist vs EsperCormorant 1-1
Alchemist vs JessWill 2-1
Alchemist vs Komandon 0-1
Alchemist vs Rithaniel 1-1
Alchemist vs Rocco 2-0
Alchemist vs void_nothing 2-1
Alchemist vs wizyard 8-3 (2 tie)
archemediesx vs wizyard 1-0
Arksight101 vs BatBite 0-1
Arksight101 vs bravelion83 0-1
Arksight101 vs wizyard 1-1
BatBite vs bravelion83 0-3
BatBite vs Komandon 0-1
BatBite vs Rithaniel 0-1
BatBite vs Sagharri 0-1
BatBite vs void_nothing 0-3
BatBite vs wizyard 0-2
bravelion83 vs Discobolos 1-0
bravelion83 vs EsperCormorant 1-0
bravelion83 vs gilroygilgalahad 1-0
bravelion83 vs Indighost 6-3 (2 tie)
bravelion83 vs Ink-Treader 3-4 (1 tie)
bravelion83 vs JessWill 3-5
bravelion83 vs KB52665 1-0
bravelion83 vs Komandon 8-1 (2 ties)
bravelion83 vs kwanyeegor-ii 3-1 (1 tie)
bravelion83 vs LandellXil0cent 1-0
bravelion83 vs marioguy3 4-0
bravelion83 vs MonoRedMage 2-3 (2 tie)
bravelion83 vs netn10 2-6 (1 tie)
bravelion83 vs Raptorchan 1-1
bravelion83 vs Rithaniel 3-6 (2 tiea)
bravelion83 vs Rocco 1-0
bravelion83 vs Sagharri 3-7 (4 ties)
bravelion83 vs slimytrout 0-7
bravelion83 vs Sporegorger_Dragon 0-0 (1 tie)
bravelion83 vs ryder 1-2
bravelion83 vs Ulka 3-1
bravelion83 vs void_nothing 4-8 (4 tie)
bravelion83 vs wizyard 8-2 (1 tie)
Discobolos vs gilroygilgalahad 0-1
Discobolos vs Indighost 0-2
Discobolos vs netn10 1-0
Discobolos vs Sporegorger_Dragon 0-1
Discobolos vs wizyard 0-3
EsperCormorant vs ryder 1-1
EsperCormorant vs wizyard 0-0 (1 tie)
folding_music vs JessWill 1-0
folding_music vs wizyard 0-1
folding_music vs LandellXil0cent 0-1
gilroygilgalahad vs JessWill 0-1
gilroygilgalahad vs void_nothing 0-1
gilroygilgalahad vs wizyard 0-1
Indighost vs JessWill 1-1
Indighost vs Rithaniel 0-1
Indighost vs wizyard 1-1
Ink-Treader vs Komandon 1-0
Ink-Treader vs Rithaniel 1-0
Ink-Treader vs wizyard 3-2
Ink-Treader vs void_nothing 0-2
JessWill vs netn10 0-1
JessWill vs Rithaniel 1-1
JessWill vs Rocco 0-1 (1 tie)
JessWill vs Ulka 1-0
JessWill vs wizyard 6-6 (1 tie)
JovialJovian vs void_nothing 0-1
Juancu vs void_nothing 1-0
Komandon vs marioguy3 3-0
Komandon vs MonoRedMage 0-1
Komandon vs netn10 0-1
Komandon vs Rithaniel 1-0
Komandon vs slimytrout 0-1
Komandon vs void_nothing 0-2
Komandon vs wizyard 0-0 (1 tie)
Kwanyeegor-ii vs Rithaniel 0-2
LandellXil0cent vs Rithaniel (1 tie)
LandellXil0cent vs wizyard 1-2 (1 tie)
marioguy3 vs Rithaniel 1-1
MonoRedMage vs Rithaniel 0-0 (1 tie)
MonoRedMage vs wizyard 0-1
netn10 vs Rithaniel 0-2 (1 tie)
netn10 vs void_nothing 0-1
netn10 vs wizyard 4-2
Rithaniel vs Sagharri 0-1
Rithaniel vs slimytrout 0-1
Rithaniel vs Sporegorger_Dragon 0-0 (1 tie)
Rithaniel vs Ulka 3-0
Rithaniel vs void_nothing 1-2
Rithaniel vs wizyard 4-6 (3 ties)
Rocco vs Ulka 0-1
Rocco vs wizyard 1-0
ryder vs wizyard 0-1
Sagharri vs slimytrout 0-1
Sagharri vs Ulka 2-0 (1 tie)
Sagharri vs void_nothing 1-3 (1 tie)
Sagharri vs wizyard 1-4 (2 tie)
slimytrout vs Ulka 0-0 (1 tie)
slimytrout vs void_nothing 1-0
slimytrout vs wizyard 4-0
somedue1019 vs wizyard 0-1
Sporegorger_Dragon vs wizyard 0-1
Ulka vs void_nothing 0-2 (1 tie)
Ulka vs wizyard 2-1
void_nothing vs wizyard 9-3 (2 tie)

This weekly contest is broken up into two phases--

1. Monday-Thursday is the "throwing down the gauntlet" phase:

During this phase, you can enter the contest by challenging up to three other people to a duel. To challenge another person, you can use the following format: "I challenge @[username] to a duel!"

Once someone has been challenged, they can enter the contest before 11:59p on Thursday PST by accepting the challenge. To accept a challenge, reply with a design prompt that both duelists will follow in the next phase.

Each participant can accept multiple duels, but can only be involved in one duel per person per week.

2. Thursday-Sunday is the "challenge accepted" phase:

For each challenge that was accepted, the duelists must each post a single card that fulfills the prompt. Designs are due before 11:59p PST on Sunday.

If one duelist posts a design for a duel and the other does not, the one who did automatically wins that duel.

The contest thread for each week shall be posted with a public poll to decide winning duelists of the previous week. The poll runs three days.

Ties count as 1 win for each duelist.

[bravelion83]

I challenge @LandellXil0cent and @folding_music, kindly reminding both of them to put a rarity on their cards. I've seen too many missing rarities in the poll from last week. I never vote for a card with no rarity, as rarity is a fundamental part of the card. There are things that you'd only do on a rare but never on a common for example. As soon as I realize rarity is missing, I stop reading the card and just move on, not only here but in any contest. For these challenges, I feel it wouldn't be a completely fair challenge if my opponent puts no rarity in their card while I always do. That's why I wanted to write this reminder.

I keep the third challenge for later.

I have my d20 with me as usual.

[BatBite]

I challenge @bravelion83 and @wizyard for the unique challenge gimmicks.

[wizyard]

@wizyard for the unique challenge gimmicks.

accepted- were you wanting to do a Duel PortalTM?

[folding_music]

I challenge @LandellXil0cent and @folding_music, kindly reminding both of them to put a rarity on their cards. I've seen too many missing rarities in the poll from last week. I never vote for a card with no rarity, as rarity is a fundamental part of the card. There are things that you'd only do on a rare but never on a common for example. As soon as I realize rarity is missing, I stop reading the card and just move on, not only here but in any contest. For these challenges, I feel it wouldn't be a completely fair challenge if my opponent puts no rarity in their card while I always do. That's why I wanted to write this reminder.

I honestly don't know about this! we're designing single cards here and imho rarity matters most when you're making an entire limited environment. At all other times I just think of rarity as a disagreeable part of selling the cards as products and don't *want* it to factor into the design

[bravelion83]

I challenge @bravelion83 and @wizyard for the unique challenge gimmicks.

@BatBite Congratulations! You got a natural 20! That's the boss fight! But who's the boss we're going to fight?

Boss fight! Your opponent controls an Emrakul, the Aeons Torn and no other nonland permanents. Design a card set on either Zendikar or Innistrad that can exile Emrakul for good without returning it. (Notice: original Emrakul has protection from spells that are one or more colors, you will have to find a way to get around that...)

[BatBite]

@wizyard for the unique challenge gimmicks.

accepted- were you wanting to do a Duel PortalTM?

Yeah, I choose Roshambo.

[wizyard]

@BatBite

roll is 1. design for the Rock faction

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(BRG) aggro focused. a loose band of Dwarves, Elementals and Beasts
mechanics-
Smash - [Trigger condition], if an opponent has been dealt damage this turn, [effect].
Stone tokens (They're artifacts with "1, Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 1 damage to any target that has been dealt damage this turn.")

we are not required to use the rock mechanics as long as our card designs feel like they would fit the vibe of the rock faction. we may of course create new mechanics for rock

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..rarity is a fundamental part of the card.

I honestly don't know about this! we're designing single cards here and imho rarity matters most when you're making an entire limited environment. At all other times I just think of rarity as a disagreeable part of selling the cards as products and don't *want* it to factor into the design

i tend to agree with folding_music. rarity is a construct designed to move product. yes, it is the nature of the game, and feels ingrained, but if folks want to design for rarity-less environments that's their prerogative.

ive had long phases where i didnt put rarities on any of my designs. especially when i was designing for my custom cube, where technically every card was the same rarity.

i acquiesce in card contests because i know it affects the evaluations of many judges and voters.

one point towards rarity is the power level diversity has been good for the game actually, because it assures a range that allows for the curation of different environments at different power levels. power creep has been depressing over the years, but the bulk of most cards are still closer to the arbitrary level i deem to be correct

[JessWill]

I somewhat get where Bravelion is coming from though - it's hard for me to evaluate a card with no rarity because rarity relates to balance in how the game normally operates. I've posted cards where the critique was less of the card of itself than the fact that the rarity was too high or low for what it was. And when I'm evaluating other people's cards, the rarity can be a clue as to where the designer themselves intends the card to sit balance-wise. Like would this be a prize powerhouse card to draw in a pack or would it just be a well designed casual decent card?

It's true though that outside the normal monetized context of MTG packs/boxes, rarity is also a financial limitation or something related to the gambling and collecting aspect of the game that has considerations of the monetary value of the cards built into it. In a purely homebrewed context, I can see rarity not mattering and just designing sets where balance is a more general matter of designing smartly.

I feel like I have a degree of trouble designing commons partly because, in the context of a whole set, it seems that to a certain extent commons is significantly just filler / chaff to justify the set's themes and mechanics. There can of course be some stand-out 1-2 mana commons that are technically powerful cards too. But commons inherently is significantly about filling a space for cards that would best fit a casual format, Pauper, or cheap weenie strategies, etc. Otherwise, MTG inherently has a financial buy-in barrier based on the combination of rarity and the potentially quite pricey market for cards, and a competitive format where one could easily have a deck worth 500+ bucks.

[Rithaniel]

My stance on rarity is based around the idea of rarity as a game mechanic. And this is totally a thing - many games have item rarities. It is also often tied to money or "shininess," yes, and things in those games are created with the idea in mind of draining money from people's pockets. However, there are games that have rarities without these trappings. For an older example, Diablo 2 had normal items, blue items, yellow items, green items, and gold items. For a more recent example, Slay the Spire 2 has common cards, uncommon cards, and rare cards.

In terms of a mechanic, rarity exists to separate things out into different categories based on power, and then to control the likelihood of the player getting particular cards. In MtG specifically, it's meaningless in constructed environments, but very meaningful in limited environments. This can be a reason why commons would all be more or less worthless compared to the higher rarities, as splitting things out like that creates a power curve for draft. But I've always felt that the disparity is too great between commons and rares in MtG, particularly with there being weaker rares and stronger rares. A pack in draft can have a bomb that could win you an entire tournament, or it could have nothing worth looking at.

As far as cube design goes, you can still design with rarity in mind, even if you don't put little gold or silver symbols on them. Or you can design a cube with all cards being at roughly the same power level, to avoid the "I got a card that wins me the whole tournament" problem.

These are both design choices that can fit perfectly fine within the scope of designing cards for MtG. So, I take a fully neutral stance on the presence of rarities - if it's not listed, I just toss the card in the S category.

[JessWill]

I challenge @netn10, @Rithaniel and @archemediesx

Foit foit foit
Foobaw foobaw foobaw

[Rithaniel]

I challenge @Rithaniel

Accepted. The challenge shall be: "If was spent to cast this spell,"

[bravelion83]

@wizyard How about a host fight for my final challenge this week?

[wizyard]

@wizyard How about a host fight for my final challenge this week?

challenge accepted!

let's each design a card that uses the Illusion type somehow and involves piles

[barbecube]

I challenge @bravelion83 and @Rithaniel to duels!

[netn10]

I challenge @netn10, @Rithaniel and @archemediesx

Foit foit foit
Foobaw foobaw foobaw

I accept! Design a mono blue common with vigilance or a mono black common that destroys an enchantment.

[bravelion83]

I challenge @bravelion83 and @Rithaniel to duels!

@barbecube Accepted, roll is 13 which means the following.

A 1/3 common creature card set on either Innistrad or Duskmourn.

[wizyard]

it's thursday- duelist entries can be posted thru sunday

challenges can be made/ accepted until end of the day

[BatBite]

vs. bravelion83: Kill Emrakul

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Roil's Remains
Legendary Land - Desert (M)
Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, put a Roil counter on Roil's Remains.
, : Put a Roil counter on Roil's Remains.
, Remove X Roil counters from Roil's Remains: Exile target colorless creature with mana value X or less.
(Note: Since this is a land, it doesn't count as a spell, and thus Emrakul doesn't have protection from it)

vs. wizyard: Rock Faction

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Rockmine Flinger
Creature - Dwarf Miner (C)
: Deal 1 damage to target undamaged opponent.
Its dwarven nature to mine, and its rock faction nature to kill bugs. Now they killed two bugs with one stone.
1/2
(Note: This is meant for you to use the ability, then send a bunch of Stone tokens at the same target.)

[wizyard]

bravelion83

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design a card that uses the Illusion type somehow and involves piles

Teferi's Mirage 2UU
Kindred Sorcery - Illusion (R)
Put a phasing counter on each creature target opponent controls. Separate those creatures into two piles. Then that player chooses one of those piles and all creatures in that pile phase out.

BatBite

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design for the

Rock faction

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(BRG) aggro focused. a loose band of Dwarves, Elementals and Beasts
mechanics-
Smash - [Trigger condition], if an opponent has been dealt damage this turn, [effect].
Stone tokens (They're artifacts with "1, Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 1 damage to any target that has been dealt damage this turn.")

we are not required to use the rock mechanics as long as our card designs feel like they would fit the vibe of the rock faction. we may of course create new mechanics for rock

Rubble Rouser RG
Creature - Dwarf Artificer (U)
When this creature enters, create a Stone token. (It's an artifact with "1, Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 1 damage to any target that has been dealt damage this turn.")
1: Target Stone you control becomes a 3/3 artifact creature and gains haste and trample until end of turn.
2/1

[netn10]

VS JessWill

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Design a mono blue common with vigilance or a mono black common that destroys an enchantment.

Faerie Guide 1UU
Creature - Faerie Wizard (Common)
Flying, vigilance
Discard this card: Target creature you control gains flying and vigilance until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
"The line between the worlds is hazy. Lucky for you, I know a thing or two about breaking boundaries."
2/2

[bravelion83]

vs wizyard

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design a card that uses the Illusion type somehow and involves piles

Sneaky Illusionist U
Creature — Human Wizard (R)
Multikicker 1U (You may pay an additional 1U any number of times as you cast this spell.)
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 blue Illusion creature token for each time it was kicked, then target opponent looks at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of Illusions you control, and separates them into a face-up pile and a face-down pile. (Piles can be empty.) You choose one of the piles. Put the chosen pile into your hand and exile the other.
1/2

vs BatBite

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Boss fight! Your opponent controls an Emrakul, the Aeons Torn and no other nonland permanents. Design a card set on either Zendikar or Innistrad that can exile Emrakul for good without returning it. (Notice: original Emrakul has protection from spells that are one or more colors, you will have to find a way to get around that...)

Adventurer's Dagger 1WB
Artifact (R)
{W/B}, T: Target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
{W/B}{W/B}{W/B}, T, Exile this artifact: Exile target nonland permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.
"The Eldrazi have left Zendikar, but you never know if they might have left some leftovers... always bring one of these with you just in case."

(Emrakul's protection doesn't work as an activated ability is not a spell.)

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A 1/3 common creature card set on either Innistrad or Duskmourn.

Nephalia Deathtrader 2B
Creature — Vampire (C)
Morbid — This creature gets +2/+0 as long as a creature died this turn.
When this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice it. If you do, draw a card.
1/3

[Rithaniel]

Oh, shoot, I forgot to reply to this

I challenge @Rithaniel!

If it's not too late, I do accept - the challenge would be "make a card that has both kicker and convoke."

[barbecube]

bravelion83

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Heron of Heartbreak 1B
Creature — Spirit Bird {C}
Flying
Whenever a creature dies, switch this creature's power and toughness until end of turn, This ability triggers only once each turn.
2b, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
1/3

Rathaniel

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Cemetery Starlings 4U
Creature — Bird {R}
Multikicker — , Exile a creature card from your graveyard. (You may pay this cost any number of times as you cast this spell.
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color. You can convoke to pay kicker costs.)
Flying
When this creature enters, create X 2/1 blue Bird creature tokens with flying, where X is the number of times it has been kicked, then surveil X plus one.
2/1

[JessWill]

Im a little rushed but i should be able to still post my entries before sunday is over.