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[spacemonaut]

was the challenge itself a trap that everyone else fell into and died in but which i alone somehow escaped, or are we just honing our trapmaking skills

or do we just really want to see silver-border club flamingo leaders

[void_nothing]

Oh right this thread

[void_nothing]

Cmon people it's a Good Challenge, strike while the iron is hot

[haywire]

Loyalty Trap
Instant-Trap {R}
If an opponent controls a planeswalker with 2 or fewer loyalty counters on it, you may pay rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Gain control of target permanent an opponent controls. You may put 5 loyalty counters on it if it is a planeswalker.
You do realize why it's called loyalty, don't you? If you don't have enough, it's liable to be turned against you.

IIW: Ikoria has been revealed to involve a bottom-up mechanic around "building your own monster." What does that look like?

[Megiddo]

Lightning Trap RRRRR
Instant - Trap {M}
If an opponent controls at least four more creatures than you, you may pay R rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Lightning Trap deals 3 damage to each of up to five targets.

IIW: A "draft matters" card (conspiracy/draft robot/something similar)

[void_nothing]

Iona's Seal Trap 5WW
Instant - Trap (U)
If an opponent cast a legendary Demon, legendary Eldrazi, or Nixilis spell this turn, you may pay W rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Create a 3/3 white Angel creature token with flying. Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain first strike until end of turn.

IIW: A common that could be first picked in Draft

[Cythare]

Purification Trap 3WW
Instant - Trap (U)
If three or more creatures with deathtouch and/or infect are attacking you, you may pay GW rather than pay Purification Trap's mana cost.
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by sources you don't control. You lose all counters, then lose life equal to the number of counters lost this way.

IIW: An infinite quandary

[Flatline]

Deny 1uu
Instant — Trap (U)
If an opponent cast spell from their graveyard this turn, you may pay u instead of paying Deny's mana cost.
Counter target spell.

IIW: Equipment that isn't a weapon or armor of any kind.

[void_nothing]

[mention]wonderful[/mention] there may not be a lot of entries but I think it may be time to call it a round soon. sorry that people aren't interested in good challenges

[mellifluoresce]

Poison Haze Trap 4WWB
Instant - Trap (R)
If three or more creatures are attacking you, you may pay 0 rather than pay Poison Haze Trap's mana cost. If you do, your life total becomes 1.
Destroy all creatures.

IIW: Young Blood

[mellifluoresce]

re: challenge the boobe is taking up too much attention

[wonderful]

WIll judge within a couple hours.

[wonderful]

spacemonaut - Commit to Ashes
Fair cost with, and enough of a specific circumstance to justify the cheap Trap cost.

haywire - Loyalty Trap
I like this idea. The trap cost might be too low? But it's probably fine. Definitely a blowout.

Meg - Lightning Trap
brrrrrt. Talk about splashy. This is huge. I don't think a single mana is okay. Even with that trap factor.

void - Iona's Seal Trap
This is cute. I like this.

Cythare - Purification Trap
I... don't think I like this. I don't want to remove counters from yourself.

Flatline - Deny
I like this like the Swords variant earlier. Decentish cards in their own right, with a nice anti-gy trap cost.

melli - Poison Haze Trap
Now this is innovative. Very cool. Was hoping for some more alternative costs or stuff like this. Good job,


Winner: Melli
next: Young Blood

[void_nothing]

Cythare, I might point out, was making a nostalgic reference

A terrible reference, but still

Also those are nice succinct judgments and the current challenge looks pretty good

Life in CF is grand

[barbecube]

(nostalgia is a toxic impulse)

Captivating Marquise 2BB
Creature — Vampire Noble (R)
Lifelink
Whenever a creature dealt damage by Captivating Marquise this turn dies, return it and Captivating Marquise from the graveyard to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step.
2/2

IIW a horde but not zombies

[Cythare]

Cythare, I might point out, was making a nostalgic reference

A terrible reference, but still

Also those are nice succinct judgments and the current challenge looks pretty good

Life in CF is grand

Can confirm, this is what it was based on. It was originally poison-only, but I thought that it being a double-edged sword and removing energy/experience made it a bit more interesting.

Tempting Treats 1GU
Sorcery (R)
Create a Food token, then gain control of target creature if its converted mana cost is less than or equal to the number of Foods you control.
"Children may be the easiest swayed, but everybody likes candy."

IIW: An infinite quandary

[haywire]

The Rise of Sengir 1BB
Enchantment- Saga
I- Create 2 1/1 black Rat creature tokens.
II- Each Rat you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature. If a creature you control dealt damage this way dies this turn, return it to the battlefield under your control, except it's a black Vampire and has flying and lifelink.
III- Choose target Vampire you control. Until end of turn, it gains "Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, put 2 +1/+1 counters on this creature." It deals damage equal to its power to each other creature.

IIW: the Elder subtype

[mellifluoresce]

oh boy

in case my randomly generated challenge kills the club, you may design for the following instead

Design the Izzet guild mechanic that finally represents the inventiveness and creativity WotC have long sought to evoke in the cards.

[Flatline]

Young blood seems like a very vague and open challenge. Therefore, I am going interpret the challenge in the strictest of terms....

Young Blood 1bb
Instant (U)
Each creature that entered the battlefield this turn gets -3/-3 until end of turn.
It is said that the one chosen to bring down the Emperor would be born during the last month of harvest season. The Emperor made sure that no child born during this time ever got the chance.

IIW: An equipment that isn't a weapon or armor of any kind.

[Megiddo]

Bold Recruit 1RW
Creature — Human Soldier {U}
Vigilance
You may have Bold Recruit attack the turn it enters the battlefield as though it had haste. When you do, it gets +3/+0 and gains trample until end of turn and sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
3/3

IIW: a Sphinx for the degenerate gamblers out there

[spacemonaut]

Bloodstarved Hierophant 2BB
Creature — Vampire Wizard
Flying
Bloodstarved Hierophant enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a +1/+1 counter from Bloodstarved Hierophant.
Whenever a creature dies, if its power was equal to or less than Bloodstarved Hierophant's power, put a +1/+1 counter on Bloodstarved Hierophant.
As his lineage ages, the Thirst grows, until it will one day consume them.
0/0



IIW: The silver-bordered faction leader or second in command of the alternate universe Club Flamingo found on Bablovia.

[wonderful]

Thirsty Youth B
Creature - Vampire (R)
2B, Pay 1 life: Thirsty Youth gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you've lost this turn.
1/1

iiw: aggressive equipment

[spacemonaut]

[mention]mellifluoresce[/mention] Might be time to judge?

[ForestsCarl]

Sorin of the Famine [1B]
Legendary Creature - Human
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player discards a card and puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.
When a player discards or plays cards the last card in their hand, exile Sorin of the Famine, then return him to the battlefield transformed.
0/2

Sorin of the Feast (BLACK)
Legendary Planeswalker - Sorin
+1] Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain lifelink until end of turn.
-3] Create three 1/1 black Vampire creature tokens. Put the top four cards of your library into your graveyard.
-7] Return up to seven black or white permanents from your graveyard to the battlefield. They lose legendary.
[4]


IiW :
Each player cant something

[Cythare]

Thirsty Boi 1R
Creature - Vampire Berserker (C)
Whenever a planeswalker enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, Thirsty Boi attacks it during your next turn if able.
2/2

IIW: A snack for your Thrulls