The Great Creature Type Challenge, Day 23 - Basilisk

[void_nothing]

Type of the Day: Basilisk

Over 280 creature types exist in Magic. Some of them have been more prominent than others. All of them deserve some time in the sun. That's where this daily contest thread comes in. The rules are detailed below:

To Enter:

• Note the type for the day, which will be the creature type directly after the previous day's in alphabetical order.
• Design a creature (or tribal) card that has the day's specified creature type. This is the only restriction - as long as you have the right typeline, you can design any card you want. You can include any other types you like, as long as you have the specified one for the day.
• Vote for two of the other entrants from the previous day. (In the event that there are two or fewer entries that you are allowed to vote for, you may vote for only one.)

Scoring:

A running score tally will be kept for all players' totals throughout the length of this contest. In addition, an honor roll of the winners of each day (the champions of that day's creature type) will also be maintained in spoilered form in each day's thread. Once all the creature types have been cycled through, and voting for the final alphabetical type (presently Zubera) is done, there will be a highly prestigious overall winner as well!

Other Rules:

Just like any other daily contests, anyone is free to enter as many or as few days as they like and begin entering at any time.

The list of creature types that will be used in this contest is the Comprehensive Rules list, which includes "canon" creature types, those which are only used on tokens at this time, ones only used in Universes Beyond or D&D crossover products, and ones only used in Unfinity, the most recent acorn set. If new types are added to the Comprehensive Rules list during the run of this contest, they will be included in a thread if and only if they are alphabetically later than the current day's type.

The penalty for entering without exactly two votes for the previous day's cards will be 7 days probation, during which there will be no restrictions on continuing to enter the contest or score points. However, if a player fails to vote properly again during probation, their card will not be eligible for voting the next day.

Threads will be archived by letter: Once the first day with a type starting with B is posted, for example, all threads for types starting with A will be sent to the Contest Archives.

Scores:

slimytrout 55 (+2)
Ink-Treader 52 (+1)
ApocalypseChive 46 (+4)
Henlock 45 (+5)
Subject16 43 (+2)
netn10 37 (+1)
void_nothing 37 (+1)
OneAndOnly 27 (+2)
lookingupanddown 21 (+3)
kwanyeegor-ii 14 (+1)
MonoRedMage 12
JovialJovian 0 (+0)

Past Champions

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Advisor: slimytrout, Ink-Treader, ApocalypseChive, Henlock
Aetherborn: Ink-Treader
Alien: Ink-Treader
Ally: slimytrout
Angel: Ink-Treader
Antelope: ApocalypseChive, Henlock, Subject16
Ape: slimytrout, Subject16, netn10
Archer: Ink-Treader, Henlock, ApocalypseChive, netn10
Archon: slimytrout
Army: OneAndOnly
Artificer: slimytrout, Subject16
Assassin: Henlock, Subject16
Assembly-Worker: slimytrout
Astartes: ApocalypseChive
Atog: void_nothing
Aurochs: netn10, void_nothing, Ink-Treader
Avatar: Subject16
Azra: MonoRedMage
Badger: Subject16, OneAndOnly
Balloon: Subject16
Barbarian: Henlock

Note of the Day:

lookingupanddown is on probation (6 days left) for failing to vote. They may still enter during their probation and their cards can still earn points.

Yesterday's Submissions:

(Yesterday's Type: Bard)

slimytrout, Henlock

Grim Wakechanter 2BR
Creature — Zombie Bard (R)
Zombies your opponents control are goaded. (They attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)
At the beginning of combat on each player's turn, you may return a creature card from that player's graveyard to the battlefield under their control. If you do, it becomes a Zombie in addition to its other types and it gains haste and "If this creature would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else".
It leads a choir of groans and wails, beckoning the dead to rise.
4/3

Votes: kwanyeegor-ii, ApocalypseChive
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Ideri, Skysinger -- 1RR
Legendary Creature - Barbarian Bard {R}
Whenever Ideri, Skysinger attacks, you may pay 3RR. If you do, create Kyaa-Kraa, a 5/5 legendary red Dragon creature token with flying.
Boast -- 1R: Destroy target land. Activate this ability only once each turn and only if both Ideri and Kyaa-Kraa attacked this turn.
3/2

Vote: Henlock, void_nothing

Percel, Evoker of Heroes 1RW
Legendary Creature - Human Bard (R)
Lifelink
Whenever a Saga enters the battlefield under your control, you may return target legendary creature card in your graveyard to the battlefield until that Saga leaves the battlefield. It gains haste.
2/3

Apocalypsechive, lookingupanddown

Osiah, Chronicler of Yonders 1w
Legendary Creature - Human Bard (m)
Whenever you cast a white multicolored spell:
* Deal 1 damage to any target if that spell is red.
* Exile up to three target cards in a graveyard if that spell is black.
* Phase out target permanent you own if that spell is blue.
* Create a green 1/1 Saproling creature token if that spell is green
1/3

Subject16, Ink-treader

Pastoral Poet 1G
Creature - Human Bard (U)
Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, mill two cards. Pastoral Poet gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each permanent card milled this way.
When Pastoral Poet dies, you may return another permanent card with mana value less than Pastoral Poet's power from your graveyard to your hand.
1/1

vote: Henlock, ApocalypseChive

Troubling Troubadour 1WB
Creature - Halfling Bard Warlock (U)
Whenever Troubling Troubadour attacks, tap target creature defending player controls and create a tapped and attacking 3/3 black Nightmare Beast creature token with shadow. Exile that token at end of combat.
Something much worse than rats follows her tune.
1/2

votes: lookingupanddown , Henlock

Chord Collector 3G
Creature - Elf Bard (R)
GGG, Tap X untapped creatures you control: Look at the top X cards of your library. You may put a creature card with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Each voice, no matter how quiet, enriches the song.
3/4

Votes: OneAndOnly, Subject16

Wandering Storyteller W
Creature - Dwarf Bard (Uncommon)
Boast — 1W: For each Saga, you may put a lore counter on it, or remove a lore counter from it. (Activate only if this creature attacked this turn and only once each turn.)
A deed is only as good as the one who tells it.
2/1

netn10 lookingupanddnown

Votes: slimytrout, OneAndOnly

Leader of the Chorus 3GW
Creature - Elf Bard
Vigilance
, Tap X Bards you control: The next spell you cast this turn costs X less to cast.
At the beginning of each end step, if three or more spells were cast by a single player that turn, untap Leader of the Chorus
3/2

Votes: ApocalypseChive (let it rip!), Henlock

Bone Castanetist B
Creature - Skeleton Bard (U)
Protection from enchantments
Bone Castanetist enters the battlefield tapped.
2B: Target player mills two cards. If those cards share a card type, return Bone Castanetist to the battlefield. Activate only if Bone Castanetist is in your graveyard.
Snap your phalanges to the beat.
1/2

[ApocalypseChive]

votes: Ink-Treader , Henlock

Stonevenom Basilisk 3GU
Creature - Basilisk (U)
Vigilance
Whenever Stonevenom Basilisk deals damage to a nonartifact permanent, put an artifact counter on that permanent and it loses all abilities.
Whenever Stonevenom Basilisk deals damage to an artifact, destroy that artifact.
4/5

[OneAndOnly]

Votes: Ink-Treader, void_nothing
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Almika, Stonesinger -- 1RBG
Legendary Creature- Basilisk Bard {M}
Whenever Almika blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, put a petrification counter on that creature unless its controller pays 3.
Permanents with petrification counters are colorless artifacts with no abilities.
T: Add B. R or G for each permanent with a petrification counter.
"She sits in her lonely garden, singing to her stone friends..."
1/6

[lookingupanddown]

Vote: Ink-Treader, Subject16

Nyxborn Basilisk 1BG
Enchantment Creature - Basilisk Snake
Deathtouch
Whenever a creature with deathtouch enters the battlefield under your control, untap Nyxborn Basilisk. This ability triggers only once each turn.
The potency of Pharika's greatest poison grows stronger around other poisons. To that end, only the god's most devoted know where to find its guardian.
1/3

[void_nothing]

Votes: Henlock, JovialJovian

Moraine Basilisk 3G
Creature - Basilisk (U)
Mountainwalk
Whenever Moraine Basilisk blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, put a petrification counter on that creature at end of combat. For as long as that creature has that counter on it, it loses all abilities and is a colorless Mountain land.
2/4

[Ink-Treader]

Vote: Henlock, JovialJovian

Grave Gazer 2B
Creature - Zombie Basilisk (U)
Deathtouch
When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes Grave Gazer to leave your graveyard, that spell or abilities' controller loses 3 life.
Some things are best assumed dead.
2/3

[kwanyeegor-ii]

ink-treader lookingupanddown

[slimytrout]

Ink-Treader, void_nothing

Veerma, the Deathtongue 2BG
Legendary Creature - Basilisk (R)
Companion - Each nonland card in your starting deck has the word "deathtouch" or the word "destroy" in its rules text.
Deathtouch
Whenever a permanent is put into an opponent's graveyard from the battlefield for the first time each turn, you may pay life equal to that permanent's mana value. If you do, return that card to the battlefield under your control.
2/4

[netn10]

Votes: lookingupanddown, ApocalypseChive

Cold-Fang Basilisk 2U
Creature - Basilisk (Common)
Ward - Put a stun counter on a land you control.
Stuntouch (This deals damage to creatures in the form of stun counters.)
2/2

[Subject16]

netn10, lookingupanddown

Etch-Eyed Converter 3BG
Creature — Phyrexian Basilisk (R)
Deathtouch
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you may pay 2. If you do, return it to the battlefield under your control, except it's an Incubator artifact with "2: This permanent becomes a Phyrexian creature in addition to its other types" and it loses all other abilities for as long as it isn't a creature.
"In its gaze I saw perfection, and I welcomed it with open arms."
—Samila, Chrome Host Expeditor
4/4

[Henlock]

Ink treader, netn10

Diamondscale Basilik1wg
Creature - Basilisk (u)
Deathtouch
Whenever Diamondscale Basilisk would deal combat damage, you may have it assign combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. If you do, it loses deathtouch until end of turn.
1/4

[MonoRedMage]

Votes - ApocalypseChive, netn10