New Challenge Every Day - January 23rd: A Command instant from Ravnica, Alara, or Tarkir

[void_nothing]

Today's Challenge: A Command instant (like Cryptic Command, etc) from Ravnica, Alara, or Tarkir

.::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::.

Rithaniel 47 (+3)
netn10 47 (+3)
void_nothing 43 (+2)
somedue1019 38 (+1)
Komandon 34
JovialJovian 30
YoTed 27 (+5)
LandellXil0cent 17
Luci 16 (+2)
TessaMTG 7
Raptorchan 5
AnotherAlias 3
KB52665 1
chetoos 1

.::Note of the Day::.

.::Yesterday's Submissions::.

Small Scaled Big Things

Votes: YoTed, Luci



IIW: Art Appreciation Day! Make a Magic card out of your favorite classical painting.

Vote: Rithaniel, Netn10



IIW: A new hoser card for any color, type, mechanic, etc

Votes: YoTed, Rithaniel

Inebriated Craze
Enchantment - Aura (c)
Enchant Creature
When Inebriated Craze enters the battlefield, you get a poison counter.
As long as you control enchanted creature, you can't lose to game from having ten poison counters.
Enchanted creature gets +X/-1 where X is the amount of poison counters you have.
: Target player gets a poison counter. Activate only once each turn as a sorcery.
Despite exceeding drunkenness, Torag was seven drinks in and still fighting strong.

IIW: Happy Birthday

Votes: void_nothing, somedue1019

Build Tolerance WW
Enchantment (Rare)
At the beginning of your upkeep, you get a poison counter.
You have absorb X and ward X, where X's the number of poison counters you have. (If a source would deal damage to you, prevent X of that damage.)

IIW: Absorb

Vote: netn10, Rithaniel

IIW: Phyrexian mana

Votes: YoTed, void_nothing

Maybe a hot take, maybe a cool take, but, if poison counters are going to be a thing, players need the ability to remove them. (Also, why not make removal of poison counters be a thing in red's slice of the pie?)

Psychedelic Purification
Enchantment R
When Psychedelic Purification enters the battlefield, each player gets a poison counter unless they pay .
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose a poison counter. When you lose a poison counter this way, scry 3.

IIW: Two costs. One is XYY and the other is XXY.

Votes: YoTed, netn10

Taluag, Fevered Zealot 1R
Legendary Creature - Dog Warrior (R)
At the end of your postcombat main phase, if you have one or more poison counters, you get an additional poison counter. Then, if you have two or more poison counters, put a +1/+1 counter on Taluag. If you have four or more poison counters, create two Treasure tokens. If you have eight or more poison counters, untap all creatures you control and you get an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase.
W, T: You gain 4 life and get a poison counter.
2/2

IIW: Loxodon legends

Votes: Luci , YoTed

Noxious Scholar 1BB
Creature — Zombie Wizard (rare)
Noxious Ghast can't be sacrificed or block.
At the beginning of your upkeep you get a poison counter. Then draw a card for each poison counter you have.
"All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price." — Juvenal
2/2

IIW: a creature with three animal types which none are related species. (Order)

[somedue1019]

Vote: Rithaniel, Netn10

(We already got the Elder Dragon Command Cycle, so I'm assuming this is what you meant.)


IIW: Makes a token of an already printed common card.

[YoTed]

Vote: Somedude1019, Netn10



IIW: Punished for drawing extra cards, taking extra turns, playing spells without paying mana, or playing a card from anywhere other than a player's hand.

[KB52665]

Votes: YoTed, Rithaniel

Firemind's Command 1u{u/r}r
Instant
Choose two:
• Add or . Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell.
• Copy target spell you control that's exactly two colors. You may choose new targets for the copy.
• Draw a card, then discard a card.
• Each player draws a card. Then for each other player that did, Firemind's Command deals 2 damage to that player.

IIW: Activated abilities with "Exile ~ from your hand."

[LandellXil0cent]

Votes:

Jund Command
Sorcery (R)
Chose two:

• Destroy two target creatures.
• Sacrifice a creature and put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.
• Draw two cards and discard two cards.
• Create three 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.

IIW: Detectives

[void_nothing]

Votes: netn10, Rithaniel

Amesha's Command 3GWU
Instant (R)
Choose two -
• Target opponent can't cast spells this turn.
• Double target player's life total.
• Return target creature card with mana value 5 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield with an exalted counter on it. (Multiple instances of exalted trigger separately.)
• Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library, then draws two cards. (This card isn't shuffled in.)

IIW: Equipment without equip or Vehicles without crew

[Luci]

Vote: somedue1019, Komandon

IIW: Phyrexian Cure

[netn10]

Votes: LandellXil0cent, somedue1019

Rithaniel, I was kinda hoping for a mono red Mirran flavored "poison makes me stronger" as a pseudo poison prevention. I still believe there's a potential there.

Duskmantle Command 2
Instant (Rare)
Choose two —
* Target player mill ten cards.
* Put a creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield tapped with three stun counters on it.
* Creatures you don't control gets -6/-0 until end of turn.
* Move all counters from any number of target permanents you don't control onto target permanent you control.

IIW: Hybrid for a usually mono-color or gold cycle

[Rithaniel]

Votes: somedude1019, Komandon

Optimistic Command
Sorcery R
Choose two—

• Return up to five target cards from your graveyard to your hand.
• Draw a card for each creature you control.
• Put any number of artifacts or enchantment cards from your hand onto the battlefield.
• You have no maximum hand size for the rest of the game.

IIW: Artifact Land - Desert OR Enchantment Land - Desert

[Komandon]

Simic Command 2UG
Instant (rare)
Choose two —

• Draw a card. You may play an additional land this turn.

• Counter target activated or triggered ability.

• Move any number of +1/+1 counters from one creature to another creature with the same controller.

• Untap all creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them.

IIW: a new dual land that would be part of a cycle for the mechanic such as the surveil ones coming from MKM.