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Ham Sand Witch 3R
Creature - Boar Shaman (Rare)
Whenever Ham Sand Witch enters the battlefield or attacks, it deals 1 damage to any target. If you control a desert, it deals 1 more damage to that target, and if you have a desert in your graveyard, it deals 1 more damage to that target (it deals 2 additional damage to that target if you satisfy both conditions.)
Scouting through the deserts of Amonkhet found a lost city, though the inhabitants wanted to hog their territory.
3/3
I was trying to base it off of ramunap hydra, but I didn't want 3 different abilities, so I think that this templating works.
IIW: Uncommon walkers from War of the Spark upshifted to rare.

Shiv and Drag In 1R
Instant (C)
Shiv and Drag In deals 1 damage to target creature, then Shiv and Drag In deals 2 damage to that creature.

IIW: Unconventional dragons

ok that's more like it. i'll judge shortly as I won't be around much after this afternoon today.

NOW

Cythare wrote: ↑

4 years ago

Sleepless Knight 2W
Creature - Kithkin Knight (U)
Whenever Sleepless Knight becomes tapped, untap it. If this is the third time this ability has resolved this turn, exile Sleepless Knight.
2/2

Stake Care W
Sorcery (U)
Destroy target Vampire, Werewolf, Zombie, or Vehicle permanent.

IIW: A new rare green card for New Phyrexia hole filling in slot 104 because development decided that Birthing Pod was too strong to see print.

Kind of cute, though for an uncommon those stats are really bad. 2/2 vigilance for 2W? Would you play that card?

Stake care doesn't really do it for me, pun wise.

mellifluoresce wrote: ↑

4 years ago

Tractor Fiction GGGG
Instant (R)
Reveal the top ten cards of your library. Exile all land cards revealed this way and put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. An opponent separates the cards exiled this way into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

IIW Piles can be empty

pun is good, card less so. we already have realms uncharted.

good IIW though.

Flatline wrote: ↑

4 years ago

Centaur of Attention 2gg
Creature — Centaur (U)
Centaur of Attention must be blocked if able.
Centaur of Attention can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
4/2

Time Flies 1u
Creature — Insect (M)
Flying
5uu, Exile Time Flies: Target player skips their next turn.
1/1

Edit: I'll just keep adding these as they pop into my head. Feel free to ignore any or all my post.

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Just Ice for All 1g
Sorcery (U)
Each player may search their library for a Snow land and put it onto the battlefield tapped. Each player that does shuffles their library.

Myr Pittance w
Instant (C)
Put a +1/+1 counter on target Myr creature you control. Untap it.

Sacrifice Fly 2b
Creature — Insect (C)
Flying
When ~ enters the battlefield, each player sacrifices a creature.
2/1

One Knight Stand gw
Instant (U)
Cast ~ only during an opponent's turn.
Tap all creatures you control, then untap target Knight you control. That creature gets +10/+10 and gains reach until end of turn.

Ally Gater 1g
Creature — Human Ally (U)
Whenever another Ally or a Gate enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on ~.
1/2

IIW: non-token food

they keep going

why would the centaur of attention be unable to be blocked by small men?
time flies is cute
just ice more like all ice
myr pittance is aight, though i recall that this word is pronounced like "mur." This would be actually mildly interesting as a phyrexian mana card both from a gameplay and a thematic perspective...
flying fleshbag marauder is pretty deece.
ons is fun and pretty reasonable.
ally gater really is tortured.

wonderful wrote: ↑

4 years ago

Alligateor 3GG
Creature - Alligator Gate (R)
Vigilance
Alligateor may block an additional creature each turn.
Tap an untapped gate you control: Alligateor gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
3/3

iiw: trophies

ok two in a row alligator puns...

Subject16 wrote: ↑

4 years ago

Puncycle of hate cards

Nacatl-tale WU
Creature - Cat Scout (U)
Vigilance
Whenever a green creature enters the battlefield under an opponents control, you gain 2 life.
"We aspire to help one another, and as such we better ourselves. But even then, no one likes a snitch."
-Ajani Goldmane
2/2

Lost Sole UB
Creature - Fish Spirit (U)
Flash
Protection from white
Wherever it swims, there is no body.
2/2

Lava't First Sight BR
Instant (U)
This spell can't be countered.
Gain control of target creature or planeswalker until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains trample and haste until end of turn. If it's blue, sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
Will didn't care that she was a thirty foot tall volcanic elemental of death and destruction. She was beautiful.

Raise the Stakes RG
Sorcery (U)
Raise the Stakes deals 2 damage to each creature. If a black creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.
The vampire's presence in the town was becoming a pain in the neck.

Snoopy Dog GW
Creature - Hound (U)
When Snoopy Dog enters the battlefield, if an opponent controls a red permanent, investigate.
"He can smell a good blaze from a mile away!"
-Vivien Weed Reid
2/2


Some extras:

Lunch Break R
Instant
Destroy target artifact. If it was a Food, draw a card.
"My sandwich..."

Seal of Approval WU
Snow Enchantment Creature - Seal (Rare)
Sacrifice Seal of Approval: Target spell you don't control resolves.
The strange beast slapped its own belly and honked at Jace. He took that as his cue to stop Tezzeret.
2/2

Crookodile 1BB
Creature - Crocodile Rogue (C)
Menace
When Crookodile deals combat damage to another player, if you control another Rogue, that player discards a card.
The criminal undercity operates on a whole other scale.
2/3

Investi-gator 1WW
Creature - Crocodile Soldier (C)
Morbid - At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died this turn, investigate.
"It appears that the murder victim died."
2/3

Recon Corpse 1WB
Creature - Zombie Soldier (Rare)
When Recon Corpse attacks, you may put a Zombie card from your graveyard onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.
"Some liches stalk battlefields to find fresh recruits. I have people to do that for me."
-Zul Ashur, Lich Lord
2/2

IIW: Food, Clues or Treasures

flavor text helped with nacatl tale. that's pretty cute, too. I like the shard hate, though it's perhaps strange for white to hate on green? and what is blue about the card?
i have a similar critique on all of these. they're pretty cute color haters (that aren't backbreaking) but for all of them i'm not sure what one of the two colors is doing there.
lot of gator puns today.
recon corpse is the kind of awful pun they would actually print, so good job there. that card is pretty deece, though i'd probably restrict the cmc to 3 or less to make it more white.

Stapler wrote: ↑

4 years ago

Illudjinn 2UU
Creature - Illusion Djinn (R)
Flying
Whenever Illudjinn attacks, scry 1, then reveal the top card of your library. If it's a nonland permanent card, you may put it onto the battlefield with one time counter on it and it gains vanishing. (At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
2/4

IIW: Djinns

oh man this card is probably extremely gross, but somehow not?
it's exciting though. I would try to change some numbers and push this up to mythic, since it's very splashy.

Cardz5000 wrote: ↑

4 years ago

Cull XBB
Sorcery {R}
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
//Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)//
Collect 2B
Sorcery {R}
Create a Treasure token for each creature that died this turn. (Treasure tokens are artifacts with "T, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")


IIW: Peasants, Cowards, Nobles, and Warlocks.

i think this pun kind of dates you a bit.
this is pretty good though!

SecondBestFriend wrote: ↑

4 years ago

Fourest
Land- Forest
Shroud
When Fourest enters the battlefield, exile three other forests you control or return Fourest to its owner's hand.
(T: Add G.)
T: Add GGGG. This mana causes mana burn (Each unspent mana deals you 1 damage as it empties.)

Is Land?
Land- Island
You may have Is Land? enter the battlefield tapped. If you don't, it enters the battlefield transformed.
(T: Add U.)
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Is Fish!
Creature- Fish
Islandwalk
1/1

IIW: One word card names.

mana burn lol
free fish.

chetoos wrote: ↑

4 years ago

Ham Sand Witch 3R
Creature - Boar Shaman (Rare)
Whenever Ham Sand Witch enters the battlefield or attacks, it deals 1 damage to any target. If you control a desert, it deals 1 more damage to that target, and if you have a desert in your graveyard, it deals 1 more damage to that target (it deals 2 additional damage to that target if you satisfy both conditions.)
Scouting through the deserts of Amonkhet found a lost city, though the inhabitants wanted to hog their territory.
3/3
I was trying to base it off of ramunap hydra, but I didn't want 3 different abilities, so I think that this templating works.
IIW: Uncommon walkers from War of the Spark upshifted to rare.

this one doesn't really speak to me.

Stapler wrote: ↑

4 years ago

Shiv and Drag In 1R
Instant (C)
Shiv and Drag In deals 1 damage to target creature, then Shiv and Drag In deals 2 damage to that creature.

IIW: Unconventional dragons

but why

winner: CARDZ5000
Next: Peasants, Cowards, Nobles, and Warlocks.

Thank Asha for a good challenge

when bad IIWs happen to good people...

or bad people, in my case.

Ayara's Honor Guard 2BB
Creature - Elf Knight (U)
Peasants can't block Knights or Nobles.
Whenever Ayara's Honor Guard or another Knight or Noble you control deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.
3/3

Tilling Farmhand G
Creature - Human Peasant (U)
Peasant creatures you control have "t, Tap an untapped land you control: Add two mana of any color the tapped land could produce to your mana pool."
1/1

IIW: A new rare green card for New Phyrexia hole filling in slot 104 because development decided that Birthing Pod was too strong to see print.

void_nothing wrote: ↑

4 years ago

Thank Asha for a good challenge

but we only just had troll 2

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Demnok, the Summoner BR
Legendary Creature - Human Warlock (R)
BR, T: Demnok deals 1 damage to another target creature. You gain 1 life.
3BR, T: Demnok deals 6 damage to another target creature, 6 damage to you, and 6 damage to himself. Create a 6/6 colourless Golem artifact creature token.
"Chaos comes at my command!"
2/2

IIW: Unconventional dragons

Megiddo wrote: ↑

4 years ago

myr pittance is aight, though i recall that this word is pronounced like "mur."

I actually bothered to look this up. According to Maro, it's pronounced like beer, but with an M.

ally gater really is tortured.

That's why it's my favorite.

Oh yeah "Myr" would be "Mur" if it were an ancient Greek word, which is what it's based on, but since the word is meant to remind you of both ants ("myrmex") and the first syllable of Mirrodin, it's "Meer."

Lessons of Disfigurement 1w
Enchantment
Creatures with -1/-1 counters on them are Cowards in addition to other types.
Cowards can't attack or block alone.
BB: Put a -1/-1 counter on target non-coward creature.
"Last time I did that, I lost an arm."

IIW: Off-color creature types (for example white zombies, black fish, or red elves)

Merl, the Craven King 1B
Legendary Creature - Human Noble Coward (R)
Merl, the Craven King can't block alone.
At end of combat, if Merl is blocking, you draw a card and lose 1 life.
2/2
IIW: "Whenever a player loses the game"

Halavar, the Influential 1WB
Legendary Creature - Human Noble (M)
Vigilance
Whenever Halavar, the Influential deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card and you create a Treasure token.
Sacrifice another creature: Halavar gains indestructible until end of turn.
3/3

iiw: frogs.

Child of Legend W
Creature - Human Peasant (Mythic)
W: Child of Legend becomes a 2/2 Human Soldier with vigilance.
1WW: If Child of Legend is a Soldier, it becomes a 4/4 Human Knight with first strike and vigilance.
2WWW: If Child of Legend is a Knight, it becomes a Human Noble Knight with first strike, vigilance, and protection from the color of your choice. Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
1/1

IIW: Hybrid charms

Ayara's Honor Guard - Dripping with flavor. I love this.
Tilling Farmhand - Peasant Mana-dork Lord is cool. Makes Innkeeper even more attractive.
Demnok, the Summoner - The 6,6,6 damage and a 6/6 comes off more tacky than cool, especially when it costs 5
Lessons of Disfigurement - The name and -1/-1 counters makes this feel at home in new phyrexia, but the coward flavor and off-color activation take it in another direction (especially with the Phyrexian habit of having -1/-1s on your own stuff) Definitely a cool card.
Merl, the Craven King - I don't get get the flavor of the second ability, and its mechanically clunkly as well.
Halavar, the Influential - This seems too good for 3 CMC
Child of Legend - Feels like a go-wide Warden of the First Tree. tells a cool story.

Winner: Cythare for Ayara's Honor Guard

Next Challenge: A new rare green card for New Phyrexia hole filling in slot 104 because development decided that Birthing Pod was too strong to see print.

Beast Within and Brutalizer Exarch are the names it has to sit between just to save people the search.

Blighted Tyrranax 4{gp}{gp}
Artifact Creature - Beast (Rare) *errata'd later to Dinosaur Beast*
Trample
Whenever you lose life, Blighted Tyrranax gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you lost.
"The strong survive through adversity. A lesson the Mirrans never learned."
—Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
5/5

Iiw: Parents

(Later oracled to get rid of "to your mana pool")

IIW: Legendary creatures with a four color color identity.

Bestial Foundry
Artifact (Rare)
Whenever you cast a spell, put a charge counter on bestial foundry for each phyrexian mana in that spell's mana cost. (Phyrexian mana is represented by the symbol , and can be paid with either one mana of the appropriate color, or 2 life)
, Remove 4 charge counters from bestial foundry: Put a 3/3 green beast creature token onto the battlefield (oracled later to "create a 3/3 green beast creature token")
1(gp), , remove 2 charge counters from bestial foundry: proliferate IIW: Uncommon walkers from war of the spark upshifted to rare.

Bounty of the Horde 2{gp}{gp}
Artifact (R)
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, choose one -
Destroy target artifact.
Destroy target enchantment.
Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.

iiw: utility creatures

Birthing Pod (GP)(GP)
Artifact (R)
As Birthing Pod enters the battlefield, you may pay X life. If you do, search your library for a creature with converted mana cost X or less, and exile it under Birthing Pod. You may cast the exiled card for as long as it remains exiled.
T: Add 2 to your mana pool. Spend this mana only to cast the exiled card.

(Erratas later)

IIW: A new noncreature subtype.

Blight Dispenser
Artifact (R)
: Put -1/-1 on target creature. It gains infect until end of turn.
Whenever a creature dies, if it had one or more -1/-1 counters on it, you may pay . If you do, remove a -1/-1 counter from creature you control.

IIW: Your IIW is your card's flavor text

ITT: The word Blight

I was going to do this yesterday afternoon, but forgot!

Criteria: Is it green? Is it rare? Does it fit New Phyrexia? Does it have any development problems?

Subject16 - This is probably fine in New Phyrexia, if mildly unexciting. It's definitely green, and it's maybe rare? The actual issue here is that it plays in a fairly similar space to Thundering Tanadon, which has pretty similar stats at common. It rewards you for paying life, but the payoff being temporary is what makes it unexciting to me. If it was "Whenever you pay life, put a +1/+1 counter on Blighted Tyrranax", then I'd be more excited.
Cardz5000 - This is a reasonable rare. I like that this technically would be a 1-mana elf in Standard if you really wanted it, and if you're willing to keep paying life, the ramp you get from this card is a really good rate. I appreciate that it lets you choose the color but that you can't mix and match, since NPH is a decidedly un-multicolored set (hi Jor Kadeen!).
chetoos - This feels uncommon to me. The rate on this is very low when you compare it side-by-side with Rage Extractor.
wonderful - Neato! This feels like a strong rare that is at home in New Phyrexia. I like all of the various modes and I like how it leverages phrexian mana, since it's not necessarily that great too early on without creatures, but allows you to pay some life to sneak it into your curve as needed.
SecondBestFriend - I was going to complain about how this doesn't feel rare, until I remembered Summoner's Egg which is also rare, so this is a reasonable rate. My only actual complaint is that I don't like it after the creature has been birthed. Once the exiled creature is cast, this should either leave the battlefield or be able to tap to do other things. Probably the former, as otherwise you can just decline the search and you've invented an arguably better Mana Crypt.
Sagharri - Blight Dispenser feels like an absolute nightmare to play against in Limited and I hate it. See: Fevered Convulsions at 4 times the activation cost without all the extra text. This would probably mostly be used to just make sure your opponent never had any creatures.

Winner: wonderful!
HMs: Cardz5000, SecondBestFriend

Next: utility creatures

Orazca Cartographer 2G
Creature - Human Scout (U)
T: Target creature explores.
To those who seek only the pursuit of the unknown, there is always room in her party.
1/2

IIW: Black-bordered Squirrel legends

Withering Swarm R
Creature — Insect (R)
Haste
When ~ enters the battlefield, target nonbasic land an opponent controls becomes a basic Wastes until ~ leaves the battlefield.
At the beginning of your upkeep, ~ deals X damage to each opponent, where X is the number of Wastes they control.
1/1

IIW: cards designed by Ken Nagle