New Challenge Every Day - October 21st: Arcane (the instant/sorcery subtype)

[void_nothing]

Today's Challenge: Arcane (the instant/sorcery subtype)

.::To Enter::.
In a single post:

• Name exactly two other players to vote for their entries for the previous challenge. (In the event that there are two or fewer entries that you are allowed to vote for, you may vote for only one.)

• Make a card that fits the current challenge.

• Include an "If I Win" (IIW) for tomorrow's challenge if you win.

Each day we use the challenge of the previous day's winner. In the case of a tie, we'll use the IIW of the tied player who has least overall points. In case of a further tie, the IIW of the earlier poster will be used.

.::Scoring::.

netn10 51 (+1)
Raptorchan 50 (+5)
Rithaniel 42 (+3)
CunningGabe 35 (+5)
FrostBoss216 33 (+2)
void_nothing 28 (+1)
LandellXil0cent 27 (+0)
Komandon 18 (+1)
KB52665 10
Apellosine 1

.::Note of the Day::.

.::Yesterday's Submissions::.
"no pain, no gain"

Votes: CunningGabe, void_nothing

Pain 1r
Sorcery (U)
Pain deals 3 damage to target player.
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Gain 2uu
Sorcery (U)
Target player draws three cards.
Compromise 1{u/b}{b/r} (You may cast both halves of this card as one spell for its compromise cost if they have the same target.)

IIW: Fallout

Votes: CunningGabe, Rithaniel

Bench Press 2W
Enchantment - Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature
1W: Tap enchanted creature. Put a stun counter and two +1/+1 counters on it.
"NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE, NOT IF YOU KEEP TRAINING! GOOD THINGS AWAIT!"
- Zangief, the Red Cyclone

IIW: Caverns of Ixalan

Votes: Raptorchan, Komandon

Shock of Power 2bb
Enchantment (U)
Pay 2 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
"Power requires sacrifice." — Severina, Rakdos Dissipator

IIW: Elder Dragon

Votes: FrostBoss216, Raptorchan

Ramsay, Bolton's Bastard 2ubr
Legendary Creature — Human Rogue (R)
When Ramsay, Bolton's Bastard enters the battlefield, choose another player. That player plays with the top card of their library revealed. If the revealed card is a creature with power 1 or less, put it onto the battlefield tapped and under your control until Ramsay leaves the battlefield or its owner pays the ransom. It does not untap during its controller's untap step.
: Goad target legendary creature. Activate this ability only if you control a creature you don't own.
Ransom — Ramsay, Bolton's Bastard fights target legendary creature chosen player controls. Pay this ransom only as a sorcery.
5/3

IIW: Universes Beyond commander for a PlayStation 1 IP.

Votes: Raptorchan, CunningGabe

Mercadian Siphon Mage
Creature - Human Wizard (R)
Lifelink
Cumulative Upkeep - Pay 1 life (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
At the beginning of combat on your turn, creatures you control get +X/+0 until end of turn where X is the number of age counters on Mercadian Siphon Mage.
"In the moments of misery do we find ourselves drawn to others. Drawn to hurt as we ourselves are hurting" - Brach Zy the bard
1/4

IIW: Aura Curse

Votes: CunningGabe, Raptorchan

Votes: Raptorchan, Rithaniel

Combat Dumbbells 2
Artifact - Equipment (U)
Equipped creature gets +1/+0.
When equipped creature attacks, it gets -1/-1 until end of turn. At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.
Equip 1

IIW: Poetry

Votes: Rithaniel , CunningGabe

Phlebotomy 3Wb
Instant (Rare)
Until end of turn prevent all damage dealt to you. For each 1 point of damaged prevented Mill 2 cards.


IIW: medical terminology, tools or professions.

Votes: netn10, FrostBoss216

Spirit Journey
Enchantment R
When Spirit Journey enters the battlefield, exile up to three creatures you control and put three lesson counters on Spirit Journey.
Whenever a creature you control dies, remove a lesson counter from Spirit Journey and return a card exiled with it to the battlefield under your control. It enters the battlefield with an additional double strike counter and three +1/+1 counters.

IIW: A card that costs or .

[netn10]

Votes: FrostBoss216, LandellXil0cent

Runic Knowledge 1U
Instant - Arcane (Common)
Draw a card.
Inscribe 2UU (Then exile it written onto an artifact you control. That artifact gains "2UU, T: You may copy the written card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.")

IIW: Inscribe

[Raptorchan]

Votes: FrostBoss216, CunningGabe

Kami Festival 3r
Sorcery — Arcane (U)
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom of your library in a random order.)
Splice onto Arcane 2r (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

IIW: MaRo's teasers for LCI

[LandellXil0cent]

Votes: netn10, CunningGabe

Boseiju Touches Realmbreaker
Legendary Sorcery - Arcane (M)
Search your library for up to two land cards. Put those cards onto the battlefield tapped. For each non-basic card put onto the battlefield this way, you lose 2 life.
Each player mills cards equal to twice the amount of lands they control, and puts all land cards milled this way onto the battlefield tapped.
You may shuffle X cards from your graveyard into your library, where X is the number of basic lands you control.
Spiritual tree meets interdimensional tree

IIW: Cascade

[CunningGabe]

Votes: Raptorchan, netn10

Kami-Touched Explorer 2U
Creature - Spirit Human
Instant and Sorcery spells you control and Instant and Sorcery cards in your hand, library, and graveyard are Arcane.
2/3
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Survey the Spirit Realm 1U
Instant - Arcane Adventure
Draw a card.

IIW: Learn

[FrostBoss216]

Votes: Raptorchan, LandellXil0cent

Mirrored Vision
Instant — Arcane (U)
Scry 1.
Create a copy of this spell, you may choose new targets for the copy.
Mirrored Vision is blue.
Splice onto Arcane 2u(As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

IIW: Board Game

[Rithaniel]

Votes: Raptorchan, Komandon

Structure of Existence
Sorcery - Arcane R
Search your library for a card with the same name as Structure of Existence, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle.
Splice onto instant or sorcery (As you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

IIW: A land with the main goal of mana-fixing

[void_nothing]

Votes: Raptorchan, netn10

Earth Aflame, Sky Asunder 1RG
Sorcery - Arcane (R)
Earth Aflame, Sky Asunder deals 2 damage to each creature, each player, and each planeswalker, then choose creatures without flying or creatures with flying. Earth Aflame, Sky Asunder deals 2 additional damage to each creature of the chosen kind.
Splice onto Arcane 2RRGG

IIW: Uncommon signpost legends

[Komandon]

Votes: Raptorchan (nice idea for a mechanic) , KB52665

Soul Speech 2W
Instant - Arcane
Choose one -

• Return target creature from the graveyard that was put there this turn. Put a +1/+1 counter on it and it's a spirit in addition to its other types.

• Exile target creature you don't control. Its control draws a card.

IIW: Equipment, Vehicle or Aura with an activated ability other than its equip cost.