MTGNexus

Cabal Spitemonger 1bb
Creature - Reflection Minion (R)
Flash
Pay 1 life and exile two cards from your graveyard: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature that dealt combat damage to you this turn. Activate this ability only if Cabal Spitemonger entered the battlefield this turn.
Though the pit's patron may change and change again, the death match never stops.
3/1

next: Crocodile Avatar
Eldrazi Elk
Minotaur Bard

Hurloon Metallist -- 3R
Creature - Minotaur Bard
Haste
2R, T: Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn. You may exert Hurloon Metallist as you activate this ability. If you do, copy this ability at the beginning of your next upkeep.
"He really shreds!" -- unnamed fan
4/3

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Frog Snake
Spider Hydra
Treefolk Fish

Driftwood Eel 4UU
Creature - Treefolk Fish
Whenever an Island enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on Driftwood Eel.
3, , Remove three +1/+1 counters on Driftwood Eel: Return target nonland permanent to the top of its owner's library.
They say any piece of floating wood that passes over the Abyssal Nexus comes to life.
5/5

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Hippo Warrior
Human Beast
Octopus Spider

Bloodsweat Champion 2rr
Creature - Hippo Warrior (R)
Haste
Whenever Bloodsweat Champion attacks, turn target land face down and put a blood counter on it.
Bloodied face-down permanents are red 2/2 Elemental creatures.
When Bloodsweat Champion leaves the battlefield, turn each bloodied face-down permanent face up.
3/3

(hippo seems really red to me in terms of violence and secretion! this despite loving Pygmy Hippo my whole life)

next:
Human Beast
Spider Hydra Octopus
Vedalken Giant

Octaviax 5URG
Legendary Creature - Spider Hydra Octopus
Haste, vigilance, reach
Spells and abilities that would destroy Octaviax instead deal 8 damage to it.
8/16

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Goblin Golem
Elf Skeleton Rogue
Sphinx Werewolf

Tuktuk, Goblin Chieftain 2RR
Legendary Artifact Creature - Goblin Golem
Haste
Whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from anywhere, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
3, , Sacrifice an artifact you control: Put a +1/+1 counter on Tuktuk, Goblin Chieftain. Activate only as a sorcery.
3/3

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Avatar Noble
Human Beast
Minotaur Bard

Talruum Challenger 2R
Creature - Minotaur Bard
First strike
Whenever Talruum Challenger blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, that creature loses first strike and double strike until end of turn.
1R: Target creature blocks Talruum Challenger this turn if able.
2/1

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Nightmare Knight
Orc Citizen
Unicorn Horror

Witherhorn -- (p)(p)(b/p)(w/p)
Creature - Unicorn Horror
Witherhorn isn't put into the graveyard for having zero or less toughness.
If you would be dealt damage, put a -1/-1 counter on Witherhorn instead.
At the end of turn, if Witherhorn has zero or less toughness, lose one life for each point of toughness less than zero it has.
4/4
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Insect Angel
Noble Wall
Elf Weird

Cotillion Floor 2WW
Creature - Noble Wall
Defender
Non-Noble creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays 2 for each creature they control that's attacking you.
0/5

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Avatar Noble
Elf Skeleton Rogue
Fractal Germ

Devkarin Bruisers 4G
Creature - Elf Skeleton Rogue
Devkarin Bruisers can't be blocked by non-Skeleton creatures with power 2 or less.
2B: Devkarin Bruisers gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it. Until end of turn, whenever Devkarin Bruisers is dealt damage, create a 1/1 black Skeleton creature token. Activate only once per turn.
3/3

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Devil Squid
Squirrel Archer
Astartes Assassin

Acorn Hurler -- 1G
Creature - Squirrel Archer
G, T: Acorn Hurler deals one damage to target creature with flying or forestwalk. If that creature is tapped, Acorn Hurler deals three damage to it instead.
1/1
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Chthonic Calamari -- 3UUUUU
Creature - Devil Squid
Hexproof, trample
3BBBBB: Exile any number of creature cards from the graveyard. Create a 1/1 black Zombie creature token with decayed for each card exiled this way.
8/8
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Insect Angel
Barbarian Slug
Cat Dog Bird

Raging Slug 4BR
Creature - Barbarian Slug
Menace
Whenever Raging Slug is blocked, it deals 2 damage to each blocker's controller.
Jodah looked at the giant slug in equal parts horror and confusion. "Thousands of years, and I've only seen this now."
3/7

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Astartes Assassin
Insect Angel
Nightmare Knight

Marines Malevolent Vilifier 3B
Creature - Astartes Assassin
Squad 2
First strike, protection from Astartes
Hate for the Guilty - When Marines Malevolent Vilifier enters the battlefield, up to one target creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn, then up to one other target creature gets -2/-1 until end of turn, then up to one target player gains 2 life, then up to one other target player loses 2 life.
2/1

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Nightmare Knight
Illusion Zombie
Tyranid Mutant

Lowest hanging fruit:

Black Knightmare 3bbb
Creature - Nightmare Knight
First strike, flying, protection from white
Black Knightmare's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Swamps you control.
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More creative design:

Unsettling Apparition 1b
Creature - Nightmare Knight
First strike
Whenever Unsettling Apparition blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, that creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Disturb 3u
1/2
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Liberated Dissuader
Creature - Spirit Knight
Flying
Whenever one or more creatures attack you or a planeswalker you control, they get -X/-0 until end of turn, where X is the number of attacking creatures.
2/2


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- Archer Fish
- Merfolk Treefolk
- Sand Ooze

Living Quicksand 2WW
Creature - Sand Ooze
Whenever a creature blocked by Living Quicksand dies, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
At the beginning of each postcombat main phase, exile all creatures blocked by Living Quicksand until Living Quicksand leaves the battlefield.
2/4

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Crocodile Avatar
Human Beast
Octopus Spider

Ink-Web Squirter 1UG
Creature - Octopus Spider
Reach
Ink-Web Squirter can block creatures with Islandwalk as if they didn't have islandwalk.
2/4

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Bear Homunculus
Phyrexian Elemental
Robot Golem Construct

Hairy Homunculus 2U
Creature - Bear Homunculus
Hairy Homunculus can't be blocked except by 2/2 creatures.
Tap an untapped 2/2 creature you control: Hairy Homunculus gets +2/+2 until end of turn. When it does, target player mills a card.
3G, T: Create a 2/2 green Bear creature token.
1/1

Energy Putrefax GGG
Creature - Phyrexian Elemental
Trample, haste
Whenever Energy Putrefax deals combat damage to a player, proliferate that many times and you lose that much life.
At the beginning of your end step, sacrifice Energy Putrefax.
3/3

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Avatar Scout
Spirit Warlock
Dog Druid

Dawnhart Elder 2WW
Creature - Spirit Warlock
When Dawnhart Elder enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life and draw a card.
Whenever a creature you control is targeted by a spell or ability, draw a card.
The wisdom of the Dawnhart coven spans generations, and is carried on to this day.
2/2

Ainok Naturalist 2G
Creature - Dog Druid
As long as you control no nonbasic lands, Ainok Naturalist has vigilance.
: Untap target basic land.
1/3

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Crocodile Avatar
Fractal Germ
Tyrant Mutant

Infinity VirusX1U
Creature - Fractal Germ
Ward - 1
As Infinity Virus enters the battlefield, create a copy of up to X target equipment, then attach the copies to Infinity Virus.
0/0

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Ape Artificer
Scarecrow Shark
Octopus Shade

Horror of the Underdeep -- 1UBB
Creature - Octopus Shade {U}
B: Horror of the Underdeep gets +1/+0 until end of turn. If this ability has been activated an odd number of times this turn, Horror of the Underdeep gains shroud until end of turn. Otherwise, it loses shroud.
4/3
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Elemental Dinosaur
Slug Ooze
Elf Goblin

Ketria Raptor Pack 3UR
Creature - Elemental Dinosaur
Prowess
Ketria Raptor Pack has hexproof as long as you have five or more blue instant or sorcery cards in your graveyard.
Ketria Raptor Pack has trample as long as you have five or more red instant or sorcery cards in your graveyard.
1(u/r), , Exile an instant or sorcery card from your graveyard: Put a +1/+1 counter on Ketria Raptor Pack.
3/3

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Avatar Noble
Insect Angel
Tyranid Mutant

Nantuko Guardian 4WG
Creature - Insect Angel
Flying
Nantuko guardian enters the battlefield with your choose of two different tokens. +1/+1, first strike, vigilance or lifelink.
4/4

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Elk Monk
Vampire Ape
Starfish Construct

Decarabia Copy 2ur
Creature - Starfish Construct
Flying
Morph rrr
When Decarabia Copy turns face up, it deals 5 damage among any number of target creatures and planeswalkers. For each creature or planeswalker that dies this way, create a Treasure token.
2/3

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goat dryad
elk monk
vampire ape

Aegad Pastoral GWWW
Creature - Goat Dryad
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Aegad Pastoral by monocolored creatures.
T: Put target land card in a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control if its owner controls more lands than you.
T: Aegad Pastoral fights target creature if its controller controls more creatures than you.
4/4

Kheru Escapee 4B
Creature - Ape Vampire
Deathtouch, lifelink, reach
Kheru Escapee has vigilance as long as you control a green permanent and "Ward - Pay 3 life" as long as you control a blue permanent.
3/3

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Devil Peasant
Golem Cleric
Eldrazi Scorpion

Monastery Archivist 4W
Artifact Creature - Golem Cleric
Vigilance
Whenever a Cleric enters the battlefield or dies, scry 1. If it's the second time this ability has resolved this turn, draw a card.
It was created centuries before, and has learned from every abbott that has walked the monastery's halls.
4/4

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Crocodile Avatar
Orc Citizen
Slug Ooze