New Challenge Every Day - February 8th: Activated abilities with 5+ mana costs

[void_nothing]

Today's Challenge: Activated abilities with 5+ mana costs

.::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::.

shullz 24 (+2)
AnotherAlias 16 (+4)
void_nothing 15 (+1)
netn10 13 (+3)
somedue1019 11 (+1)
Ink-Treader 11 (+4)
Rithaniel 11 (+4)
OneAndOnly 10 (+3)
Komandon 8
Caspernicus 6 (+1)
YoTed 3 (+2)
KB52665 3
LandellXil0cent 3 (+1)
TessaMTG 1

.::Note of the Day::.

.::Yesterday's Submissions::.

Split cards

Votes: Ink-Treader, void_nothing

Way
Sorcery (U)
Look at the top four cards of your library. You may put one of them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

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Go
Sorcery (U)
Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.)
Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.

IIW: Thallid Spore Counter Shenanigans

Votes: Rithaniel, AnotherAlias



Destroy/Erase UB
Instant (R)
Choose one or both —
• Destroy target nonartifact creature.
• Counter target creature spell.
//
Improve 3UPBP
Sorcery (R)
Aftermath
Put target nonartifact creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It becomes an artifact in addition to its other types.

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Destroy/Erase BR
Sorcery (R)
Choose one —
• Destroy/Erase deals 2 damage to each non-artifact creature.
• Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
Entwine—Sacrifice a nontoken artifact. (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)
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Improve UB
Sorcery (R)
Until end of turn, you may cast target nonartifact creature card from any graveyard. For any colored mana in its cost you may pay 2 life instead. If a spell is cast this way, it becomes an artifact in addition to its other types.
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Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)

After creating a card inspired by a song lyric/cover artwork yesterday, I continue in a similar vein. Today with some Meshuggah:
Programmed to appease you/We're symbols of perfection/Humanoids ruined by your laws/Destroy erase improve
Which also lends itself perfectly to a Phyrexia-themed card.

IIW: A card inspired by music (band name, album/song title, lyrics, genre etc.)

Votes: netn10, InkTreader[/b]

Breakfast /// Dinner - G /// B
Instant / Instant
{Breakfast} Until the end of turn, Food you control have "T, Sacrifice this Food: Untap target creature and put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Create a Food token.
{Dinner} Until the end of turn, Food you control have "T, Sacrifice this Food: Tap target creature and put a -1/ counter on it.
Create a Fod token.

Votes: Rithaniel (Clever ), YoTed
HM:LandellXil0cent (Very cool design, didn't meet the prompt)



Geist
Sorcery
Create a */* Spirit creature token whose power and toughness are equal highest mana value among sorceries in your graveyard.
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Guest
Sorcery
Each player searches their library for a sorcery card, puts it into their graveyard, and then shuffles.

Here's how "Monte" would work


IIW:Cowboys and Cowboy Accessories

Also, if anyone can think of of a user friendly reminder text for monte that would fit on that tiny-ass Fuse line, that would be much appreciated!

Votes: OneAndOnly , AnotherAlias

Cloak U
Instant
Target creature gains shroud. If you target a creature you don't control, scry 2.
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Dagger 2R
Instant
Create a colorless Equipment artifact token named Dagger with "Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and first strike." and equip 2. Attach Dagger to a creature you control.

IIW: card based on an H G Wells book.

Votes: Rithaniel, AnotherAlias

Also, sorry Komandon! I didn't mean to take your idea, in fact I didn't even see it until after I had posted. Great minds think alike, I guess.

This
Instant (R)
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains hexproof until end of turn.
Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)

That
Instant
Choose two. You may choose the same mode more than once —
•Gain control of target creature an opponent controls.
•Return all noncreature, nonland permanents target opponent controls to their owner's hand.
Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)

IIW: Non-Eldrazi, non-artifact colorless creature

Votes: netn10, Ink-Treader

Hue GU
Instant (U)
Choose any number of target creatures and a color. Untap those creatures and they get +0/+1 and become the chosen color until end of turn.
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Cry 5W
Instant (U)
Create two 2/2 Citizen creature tokens that are all colors.
Draw a card.

IIW: DFCs matter

Votes: Shullz, Oneandonly

Who 1bb
Sorcery (U)
Search your library for a card, exile it face down, then shuffle. Cloak that card.
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Knew u
Sorcery (U)
Return target face-down creature to its owner's hand.
Aftermath

IIW: Non-D&D backgrounds

Votes: Caspernicus, YoTed

Prim
Sorcery
Return two target nonland, non-enchantment permanents to their owner's hands. Scry 1.
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Proper
Destroy two target creatures. Their controllers gain 2 life. You draw a card.

IIW: Low power/toughness matters

Votes: Ink-Treader, OneAndOnly

Jump U
Instant (Uncommon)
Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
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Conclusion 1U
Sorcery (Uncommon)
Aftermath
As long as Conclusion is in your graveyard, whenever a creature deals combat damage to a player, that player investigate.

IIW: "As long as {CARD NAME} is in your graveyard"

Vote: netn10, Rithaniel

Perennial 3{W/B}{G/W}
Sorcery (R)
Put an indestructible counter on target permanent.
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Perspicacity 1{U/B}{G/U}
Sorcery (R)
Until end of turn, whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, surveil 1, then draw a card.

IIW: Activated abilities with no mana and no T cost.

Vote: Somedude1019, LandellXil0cent



IIW: Wall or Creature with defender from Ravnica, Alara, or Tarkir.

Votes: shullz, AnotherAlias

Destroy the Young
Instant U
Each creature that entered the battlefield this turn gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
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Preserve the Old
Instant U
Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature that didn't enter the battlefield this turn.
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Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)

IIW: A card with two of the following: Kicker, Entwine, Cleave

[shullz]

Votes: Rithaniel, Komandon



Some Lore:
If one travels to the top of a soaring Onduan mesa, through the dense forest that crowns it, and into a murky mire at the grove's heart where shadows move and twist, one can find the binding circle that surrounds the entrance to Omnath's prison. A complex arrangement of strange globular swamp-growths, stone hedrons, and animal bones, the circle creates an eerie sensation in those who approach it. The effect deters living beings from approaching the circle's center, where a huge pit leads deep into the ground—hence, few travelers even come close to opening it. Those who have gotten close have died to the destructive surges of power that lash out from the circle.

IIW: If it hasn't been done by then: A card with at least two of the following: Kicker, Entwine, Cleave, Overload
Otherwise: Undercover Planeswalkers

[TessaMTG]

votes: YoTed, Komandon

IIW: Commander Cycling or Commader suspend

[LandellXil0cent]

Votes: Caspernicus, Komandon

Captain Ira of Gyre Strait
Legendary Creature - Human Pirate (R)
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
Whenever you play your second land each turn, target creature you control gains intimidate until end of turn.
: Tap up to six target creatures. Then put a stun counter on any creatures tapped this way. Create a number of Treasure tokens equal to six minus the number of creatures tapped this way. (For example, if only four creatures were tapped, you create two Treasure tokens.)
4/5

IIW: Work smarter, not harder

[OneAndOnly]

Votes: void_nothing, netn10
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Target Acquisition - 3R
Enchantment {R}
Simple (Abilities of this permanent can only be activated once each turn.)
Fire control - R: If a source would deal damage to target permanent this turn, it deals that much damage plus 1 instead.
Lay waste - 6RR: If a source would deal damage to target permanent this turn, instead it deals that much damage plus 10 instead.

If I Win: Runes

[AnotherAlias]

Votes: KB52665, shullz

[netn10]

Votes: somedue1019 (I love everything here), KB52665 (very clever tutor)

Burning-Tree Invoker RG
Creature - Elf Shaman (Common)
T: Add G.
8: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, nonbasic land or a creature with flying.
"The guilds and the Guildless love to tell themselves stories about the only reality they know, a story of complexity, of structure, of lies. My aim is simpler: to highlight what doesn't belong and let Ravnica handle the rest."
2/2

IIW: Multicolored vehicle

[Ink-Treader]

Vote: KB52665, Rithaniel

Momentous Brew W
Artifact - Food (U)
Momentous Brew enters the battlefield tapped.
When Momentous Brew enters the battlefield, each player draws a card.
{10}, T, Sacrifice Momentous Brew: You gain life equal to your starting life total.
A draught generations in the making.

IIW: A little chaos

[Rithaniel]

Votes: somedude1019, Ink-Treader

Grown Caretaker
Artifact Creature - Fungus Golem R
Indestructible
, , Put two stun counters on Grown Caretaker: Create seven 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.
, , Put two stun counters on Grown Caretaker: You may cast an enchantment card from your hand without paying its mana cost.
, , Put two stun counters on Grown Caretaker: Exile target permanent that dealt damage to you this turn.
3/3

IIW: A non-Eldrazi, nonartifact card that costs or .

[Komandon]

Votes: Caspernicus , Rithaniel

Twisted Yokai 5B
Creature — Spirit Demon
Menace
Whenever Twister Yokai deals combat damage to a player, that player sacrifices a creature. If they can not they lose 3 life.
4B, Discard Twisted Yokai: Target player sacrifices two creatures.
6/5

IIW: Beebles

[YoTed]

Vote: OneAndOnly, Ink-Treader



IIW: Ultimatum from Ravnica or Trakir.

[void_nothing]

Votes: Ink-Treader, YoTed

Implements of Falsehood 2UB
Artifact (U)
When Implements of Falsehood enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 blue Illusion creature token with flying and a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
T, Pay 1 life, Mill a card: Add one mana of any color.
5W, T: Populate twice.

IIW: Mana cost is three of the same symbol