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Juancu wrote: ↑

1 year ago

Break R
Instant (C)
Destroy target artifact.

More conceptual... I think "Visit - Draw a card" was pretty cool, and felt so intuitive that it didn't even register as a novel implementation. I've always wanted shorter triggered abilities. The whole "beginning" should have been implicit. If it triggers at a point, of course it triggers immediately upon reaching that point. It's not like other triggers say "Whenever a creature dies, right away draw a card." And to make it more clear than a dash, triggered could use an arrow in parallel to activated's colon. "At end step → Sacrifice this."

Goblin Concocter 1R
Creature - Goblin Shaman (U)
Enter → Draw a card.
Dead → Discard a card.
2/1

IIW: scientific names

Something so simple it has been done: Smelt.

Your wording simplifications may some day happen in some form. It's true that they don't need a lot of explanation. This could work with simple triggers like upkeep or end step, and it's the kind of shorthand Melvins use anyway when making custom cards.

Megiddo wrote: ↑

1 year ago

Silverbramble Armor 1G
Enchantment - Aura {U}
As long as Silverbramble Armor is on the stack, the creature it targets has ward 2.
Enchant creature gets +2/+2 and has trample.

IIW: I'll post the Mishra design music and musicians

Targeting the basic weakness of auras (being open to a two-for-one) by making the creature cost more to remove at the moment of enchanting. However, unless the removal spell is toughness based, the ward won't protect it once the aura has entered the battlefield. Since the timing of that is so limited, I would rather it grant ward all the time, or just grant hexproof while on the stack.

Ulka wrote: ↑

1 year ago

Nightling bolt B
Instant
Choose one -
• Target player loses 3 life.
• Remove 3 counters from target planeswalker.
• Target creature gets -0/-3 until the end of turn.

IIW: Cards designed for Jumpstart Packs

Ulka wrote: ↑

2 years ago

Nightling Bolt B
Instant
Choose One:
• Target creature gets -0/-3 until end of turn.
• Target player loses 3 life.
• Remove 3 counters from target planeswalker.

I knew this seemed familiar. To be fair I'm quite sure I've used this IIW before.

Your point that all these things fall under the purview of black is valid. But the world does not need black to have a true Lightning Bolt. Black's direct life drain has never been very efficient, and a Shock would be much more reasonable.

Juancu wrote: ↑

1 year ago

Miss
Instant (C)
The controller of target spell or ability may change its targets. If any target changed this way, draw a card. Otherwise, if that spell or ability had one or more targets, counter it.

Wow, what a card. It almost always counters a counterspell (which is very powerful in hybrid mana) and it changes a removal spell to a less desirable target with a cantrip on top. Hitting Ancestral Recall is particularly amusing, not that it would come up much. I'm inclined to think this would need a more restrictive mana cost, or it may need to cost 2. But that would take testing. I like the idea a lot.

Sporegorger_Dragon wrote: ↑

1 year ago

Tropical Mosquito
{B}
Creature - Insect (U)
Flying
Whenever Tropical Mosquito attacks, you may pay {B} and 1 life. If you do, it gets +1/+0 and gains infect until end of turn.
0/1


Idea Theft
{U}{B}
Sorcery (C)
Target player discards a card.
Draw a card.


Voracious Caterpillar
{G}
Creature - Insect (R)
: Voracious Caterpillar becomes a Giant Insect with base power and toughness 3/3.
: If Voracious Caterpillar is a Giant, put a defender counter and two +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes a Giant Insect Pupa.
: If Voracious Caterpillar is a Pupa, remove all defender counters from it, draw two cards, then put a flying counter on it and it becomes a Giant Insect Horror with base power and toughness 5/5.
1/1

(Yes, the 2nd ability is repeatable if you so wish and allows you to reuse the third)


Oni of Torture
2{B}{B)
Creature - Demon Spirit (U)
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life.
5/5



IIW: Bad common green flyer that makes even Rosewater go "Y'know what? Green can have that."

Yes, an infecting Swamp Mosquito should exist.

Brainbite, Consult the Necrosages, Mind Ravel, Psychic Symbiont, Disinformation Campaign .... By Jove you're right. It hasn't been done. Not quite anyway.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is fun. Defender in the middle phase is a neat addition to the Figure of Destiny build. We see a lot of cards on that model these days, so something of the kind is not unlikely.

Breaking the Reserve List for Juzam Djinn on a technicality. Ravenous Giant didn't knock many socks off when it hit, and a lot of people seeing this wouldn't even realize the reference. Still a decent uncommon even despite the ridiculous creature creep we've had.

Ink-Treader wrote: ↑

1 year ago

Steady Growth 1G
Enchantment (U)
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

IIW: Perfectly fine cards that nonetheless shouldn't exist.

You mean to tell me this doesn't exist anywhere?! Oh wait, it really doesn't? Fight Rigging and Obsessive Skinner are the closest things to this.

spacemonaut wrote: ↑

1 year ago

Barkskin Chant 2GG
Enchantment
When Barkskin Chant enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 green Elemental creature token.
Whenever a creature you control attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
"Grow with the forest or become its food."
—Inscription found in Oran-Rief


IIW: the deep dwarven kingdoms and their frontiers

That's a sweet little enchantment. Since the prompt was for maximum simplicity, I'd rather without the 1/1, but I think the balance you chose with the mana cost is good.

chetoos wrote: ↑

1 year ago

Tolarian Elf U
Creature - Elf Wizard
The first instant or sorcery spell you cast during your turn costs less.
0/1


IIW: Unexpected creature type mashups.

It only discounts one spell and is a 0/1. Perfect balance. No notes.

Ulka wrote: ↑

1 year ago

Bloodbeard Wrathful R
Creature - Dwarf Berserker (U)
Haste
Bloodbeard Wrathful must attack each turn if able.
2/1

Wooded Pond
Land (U)
Wooded Pond Enters the battlefield tapped.
T, Sacrifice Wooded Pond: Search your library for an Island or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

IIW: Design an Uncommon meant for limited/ cube play

Bloodbeard Wrathful fits the challenge perfectly. Again, perfect balance. No notes.

As to Wooded Pond... these were overdue 15 years ago. I don't know why the off color slow fetches have yet to exist.

Winner and next:
HM: Ulka for Bloodbeard Wrathful and Chetoos for Tolarian Elf.
Winner: Ink Treader for Steady Growth

Next: Perfectly fine cards that nonetheless shouldn't exist.

Paradise
Land (R)
Paradise enters the battlefield tapped.
T: Add one mana of any color.

Sporegorger_Dragon wrote: ↑

1 year ago

Cramming
1{U}
Sorcery (U)
Draw three cards, then discard two cards.
There's only so much room.


Risky Reward
{B}
Sorcery (U)
Draw two cards. Skip your next two draw phases.
Is it worth it?


Saprophyte Sporebirth
2{B}{G}
Sorcery (C)
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
The soil and even the air contain countless spores waiting for the nutrients to sprout.


Undergrowth Troll
2{G}
Creature - Troll Warrior (C)
1{G}: Put a shield counter on Undergrowth Troll. Tap it. At the beginning of the next end step, remove all shield counters from Undergrowth Troll.
3/2
This new breed of troll can regenerate from wounds that would kill regular trolls.


IIW: Bad common green flyer that makes even Rosewater go "Y'know what? Green can have that."

Cramming: Wow, the closest to this is somehow Mystic Meditation. You're digging pretty deep there at two mana, and feeding the graveyard too. But I don't think it's overpowered despite how much better it is than Catalog.

Risky Reward: Seems more red than black to me. It's weird to keep track of, and kinda belongs for the current challenge: It's actually a fine design, but it's not a card that should be printed.

Saprophyte Rebirth: It's the saproling version of Late to Dinner. I bet you're 100% right that they will eventually print this.

Undergrowth Troll:
I've seen this ability before somewhere.

Megiddo: I suppose this qualifies. The ability is perfectly fine, the mana cost shouldn't exist.
Mergatroid Jones: Punisher Imp - Ankh of Mishra says this card could exist just fine. If anything, this is underpowered.
Afterthought- While a little bit safer than Manamorphose in regards to Storm decks, this probably shouldn't exist.
chetoos: Eternal Vista- Yeah, I'm not sure if this is perfectly fine. Getting the effect every turn is what pushes it. Just your turn though...
Black Gorilla Warrior- Yeah. Honestly it's more the name of this and JuanCu's that are perhaps trying too hard. The mechanic alone is perfectly fine, and <color> power is quite easy to understand the intent of.
Grizzly Tardigrade- Can you really call it a fish?
Sporegorger_Dragon: Restart- Perfectly fine this is not.
Mathmagician- Yeah, this fits the prompt well enough. The tracking is what ruins an otherwise fine card.
Imaginative Homunculus- No.
Turntimber Allyship- Nooooo.
Boggart Firedancer- Slightly less blatant than the previous two at least.
Ulka: A restriction away from perfectly fine I'd say.
JuanCu: White Sheet Geist: The right art and a name change could maybe salvage this. But probably not.
Communism: Probably could happen, just would need to be powered up/be less narrow.

Winner: Sporegorger_Dragon for Mathmagician
HMs: Mergatroid Jones for Afterthought

spacemonaut wrote: ↑

1 year ago

Marsh Wasp 3G
Creature — Insect (C)
Flying, deathtouch
Marsh Wasp can block only creatures with flying.
1/1


IIW: the deep dwarven kingdoms and their frontiers

This was really what I had in mind. Give it Flash at a higher rarity, and what you have here is a flyer kill-spell. As is, it's still interesting for discouraging your opponent from swinging with their winged win-condition, or forcing your opponent to make a choice; let the thing ping, or block with a flyer

Juancu wrote: ↑

1 year ago

Blitzybuzzy 1G
Creature - Insect (R)
Flying, haste
Whenever Blitzybuzzy deals combat damage to a player, that player untaps each land they control, and they may cast spells as if they had flash until end of turn.
1: Counter target spell if its controller was dealt combat damage by Blitzybuzzy this turn.
1/1

IIW: writing

Uh, well the spirit is there, but I can't help but feel there is a way to break it. Sure it's only your turn, but I can see it being used to protect a combo played post combat.

Also; disqualified! That thing is a rare!

Mergatroid_Jones wrote: ↑

1 year ago

Giant Dragonfly 3G
Creature- Insect (C)
Flying
The kingfisher catches the fish, and the dragonfly catches the kingfisher.
1/4

It may not be the world's most thrilling design, but I wish it existed.

IIW: Insects, arachnids, and worms.

True, we never got a "modern" dragonfly; all our dragonflies are green flyers from ages past. This seems fine, a glorified Giant Spider with a bit less power.

Megiddo wrote: ↑

1 year ago

Needleshell Darner 3GG
Creature — Insect {C}
Flying
When Needleshell Darner enters the battlefield, distribute two +1/+1 counters among one or two target creatures you control.
1/1

IIW: Bigger & Dumber

Interesting; not quite as bad, but still below the curve. Still somewhat useful for the counters.

HM: Megiddo
Winner: spacemonaut

NEXT: the deep dwarven kingdoms and their frontiers

Akroma's Memorial
Chandra's Regulator
Embercleave
Hammer of Purphoros
Hazoret's Monument
Mindslaver
Mox Amber
Mox Opal
Pyromancer's Goggles
Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
Sword of the Animist
Tenza, Godo's Maul
The Deck of Many Things
The Reaver Cleaver
Weatherlight Compleated