April CCL Finals - Oases

[Lorn Asbord Schutta]

April CCL Finals
"Oases"


Banner made from Ipnu Rivulet, Shefet Dunes and Hashep Oasis, by Wizards of the Coast and James Paick, Yeong-Hao Han, Jonas De Ro, respectively.

Welcome to the Card Creation League! Everyone is free to participate in either or both of the first two rounds. Come join us!

Theme

Partially inspired by the Outlaws of Thunder Junction, it is a Desert month here at CCL. We started our journey with bleak wastes, we will end it by showing that even deserts contain vibrant life.

Challenge

Design three Desert land cards, each having a different three-color color identity.

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• All clarifications from the first round of April aply, only with a different color identity requirement.
• Make sure to include a rarity.

Your submissions are due Monday, May 13th, 12:00 EST.

Contestants
@KB52665
@AnotherAlias
@Komandon

Schedule

• Round 1 — Open to Everyone (April 1st-6th)
• Round 2 — Open to Everyone (April 6th-13th)
• Rounds 1 and 2 Critiques (Due April 16th)
• Top 8 — Open to top 8 finishers (April 16th-23rd)
• Top 8 Critiques (Due April 26th)
• Top 4 — Open to top 4 finishers (April 26th - May 1st)
• Top 4 Critiques (Due May 8th)
• Final (May, winner determined by public poll)

For this month we will continue asking first and second round contestants to evaluate six other contestants during the critique and top 3 period, in order to increase the total number of evaluations each contestant gets.

[KB52665]

Sylex Epicenter
Snow Land — Desert (M)
If Sylex Epicenter is in your opening hand and you're not the starting player, you may exile Sylex Epicenter from your hand as the game begins. If you do, at the beginning of your next precombat main phase, add ubr and you lose 10 life.
: Add .

Fertile Crescent
Land — Desert (U)
Fertile Crescent enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
, Sacrifice Fertile Crescent: Add two mana in any combination of , , and/or . You gain 3 life.

Mardu Encampment
Land — Desert (R)
: Add . Mardu Encampment deals 1 damage to you.
Raid — : Add or . Mardu Encampment deals 1 damage to you. Activate this ability only if you attacked with a creature this turn.

[Lorn Asbord Schutta]

@KB52665
@AnotherAlias
@Komandon

Reminder.

[AnotherAlias]

Dunes of Forgotten Dreams
Legendary Land — Desert (Mythic)
Dunes of Forgotten Dreams enters the battlefield tapped.
When Dunes of Forgotten Dreams enters the battlefield, mill four cards.
: Add .
: Exile four target cards from your graveyard. If you can't, sacrifice Dunes of Forgotten Dreams and add .

Sandswept Temple
Artifact Land — Desert (Rare)
: Add .
Add or . Activate only if Sandswept Temple is a creature.
: Put three +1/+1 counters on Sandswept Temple. It becomes a 0/0 red, green, and white Golem artifact creature. It's still a land. Activate only as a sorcery.

Desert of Glass
Artifact Land — Desert (Uncommon)
: Add .
: Add or . Activate only if you control two creatures with the same name.

[Komandon]

Valley of Woes
Land — Desert (rare)
T: Add U, B, or R. Valley of Woes deals 1 damage to you.
Whenever you use Valley if Woe to cast a Curse spell you may discard a card. If you do, create a copy of that spell targeting another player.


Recruitment Outpost
Land — Desert (rare)
T: Add C
1, T: Add R, W, or B. Any non-Ally creature cast with this mana enters the battlefield with an Alliance counter on it.
Creatures with an Alliance counter are Allies in addition to their other types.

Canyon of Smiles
Land — Desert
t: Add G. Each opponent creates a green 0/1 Plant token creature.
T: Add W. Each opponent gains 1 life.
T: Add U. Each opponent scry 1.
"The real loot was the friends we made along the way." Kellen before being turned into an elk by his father, Oko.

[Lorn Asbord Schutta]

Very well, the round is closed. The final poll will start soon.