New Challenge Every Day - February 28th: Cards with More Than Meets the Eye

[void_nothing]

Today's Challenge: Cards with More Than Meets the Eye

.::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 67 (+2)
netn10 67 (+2)
Ink-Treader 59 (+1)
void_nothing 54 (+2)
OneAndOnly 45 (+1)
Komandon 45 (+3)
Rithaniel 42
Caspernicus 35
KB52665 35 (+2)
AnotherAlias 18
YoTed 18 (+2)
Dedede3669 15 (+3)
somedue1019 13
TessaMTG 9 (+2)
LandellXil0cent 7

.::Note of the Day::.

This is the UB: Transformers mechanic as seen on Goldbug, Humanity's Ally // Goldbug, Scrappy Scout, etc.

.::Yesterday's Submissions::.

A land that could be part of a cycle

Votes: Komandon, void_nothing

@TessaMTG: Welcome back.



IIW: A planeswalker with monarch synergies.

Votes: KB52665 , OneAndOnly

Unstable Pasture
Land — Plains. (Uncommon)
Unstable Meadow enters the battlefield with three depletion counters.
t, Remove a depletion counter from Unstable Meadow: Add W. If there are no depletion counters on Unstable Meadow, sacrifice it and put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

IIW: Cards that card about others of the same name as if but not any number in the deck.

Votes: Komandon, netn10

Lucid Memories
Enchantment Land
Lucid Memories enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
, : Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle your library and put that card on top. Put a nostalgia counter on Lucid Memories. If it has three or more nostalgia counters, sacrifice it.

IIW: 'More Than Meets the Eye' cards

Votes: YoTed (still makes me chuckle), shullz
@shullz: Happy to be back! :D

IIW: "Whenever one or more cards (you own) escape" or "escape cost of cards in (your) graveyard(s)"

Votes: Dedede3669, YoTed

Sanctuary of Heliod
Enchantment Land (Rare)
Your devotion to white is increased by one.
Sanctuary of Heliod enters the battlefield tapped unless your devotion to white is three or more.
T: Add W. If your devotion to white is five or more, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

IIW: Animal lord from Bloomburrow

Votes: Dedede3669, Komandon

Parasitic Forest
Land - Forest (U)
Parasitic enters the battlefield tapped, and doesn't untap during your untap step.
Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, untap Parasitic Forest
: Add . Lose 1 life.

IIW: Revamp a card from Alpha

Votes: Dedede3669, TessaMTG
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Mithdin's Cathedral
Legendary Land
When Mithdin's Cathedral enters, if it is the first land you played this game, you gain an emblem named Blessing of the Pure.
T: Add W. Gain one life if you have the Blessing of the Pure.
1WW, T, Exile Mithdin's Cathedral: Creatures can't attack you and you can't lose the game until the beginning of your next turn as long as you have the Blessing of the Pure.
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Next: Another card in this cycle

Vote: TessaMTG, netn10



IIW: A wall or a defensive critter from Ravnica, Alara, Tarkir, or Strixhaven.

Vote: KB52665, void_nothing

Stilled Fields
Land - Plains (U)
Stilled Fields is also named Wastes.
Stilled Fields enters the battlefield tapped unless you haven't cast a white spell this game.
T: Add C or W.

IIW: Cost reduction that isn't mana

Votes: shullz, Ink-Treader

Skyshaper Hangar
Land - Urza's (U)
Skyshaper Hangar enters the battlefield tapped.
T: Add C.
You may spend colorless mana produced by Urza's lands as though it were blue mana.
3{2/U}, T: Target Golem gains flying until end of turn.

IIW: Satyrs

[shullz]

Votes: OneAndOnly, Ink-Treader



Dull Gemstone
Artifact (R)
More Than Meets the Eye (You may cast this card converted for .)
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a time counter on Dull Gemstone. Then if there are three or more time counters on Dull Gemstone, transform it.
: Add .
They say beauty is fleeting.
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Perishing Powerstone
Artifact (R)
Vanishing 1 (This artifact enters the battlefield with a time counter on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
: Add for each time counter on Perishing Powerstone.
So is power.


IIW: Card with keyword ability that includes a cost, but the cost is .

[OneAndOnly]

Votes: Komandon, YoTed. Two lands that won't stick around, but won't disappear completely, either. YoTed, you don't need to spell out the mana ability - it's implicit by being a Swamp Forest.
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Sitting this round out, I'm not a UB fan.

[TessaMTG]

votes: shullz (If it were part of a cycle, I'd love this for Zarek/Saheeli), void_nothing
not sure how to make a card out of this tbh.
IIW: everyone sits the round out and contemplates why they voted for me.

[Dedede3669]

Votes: shullz, Komandon

Unbeatable Outlaw
Creature - Devil Rogue
More Than Meets the Eye (You may cast this card converted for )
First Strike
Devil spells you control can't be countered.
Whenever Unbeatable Outlaw deals damage to a creature, transform it.
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Cursed Emberpepper
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+0, first strike and "Whenever this creature attacks, you may exile it and two cards from your graveyard. If you do, transform Cursed Emberpepper."
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IIW: Cards that mess with blockers

[Ink-Treader]

Vote: shullz, void_nothing

[LandellXil0cent]

Votes: shullz, Komandon

Peter Parker
Legendary Creature - Human (R)
More Than Meets The Eye
When Peter Parker blocks he gets +0/+2 until end of turn.
: Scry 1, then draw a card. You may reveal it, if a noncreature spell is revealed this way, scry 1.
City in Danger - Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell with mana value 4 or greater, you may convert Peter Parker.
1/3
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Spiderman
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior (R)
Double strike
: Put X -1/-1 counters on another target tapped creature.
Web Power - When Spiderman deals combat damage to a creature, put a stun counter on it.
Job's Done - When a tapped creature an opponent controls dies, convert Spiderman.
3/5

Don't really know what to do for this. . .
IIW: First thing you see when you wake up
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[netn10]

Votes: OneAndOnly, void_nothing

Bruce Wayne, Philanthropist 2W
Legendary Creature - Human Citizen (Mythic)
More Than Meets The Eye 2
Vigilance
At the beginning of your upkeep, you get a Treasure token.
* Store Assets - T, Sacrifice a Treasure: Create two Treasures at the beginning of your next turn.
2/4
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Batman, Gotham's Guardian
() Legendary Creature - Human Rogue (Mythic)
Flying
Ward 3, Pay 3 life
Gear Up - Sacrifice three Treasures: Put an Equipment card from your hand onto the battlefield attached to Batman.
4/2

IIW: Common Vehicle

[Komandon]

Votes: netn10 , YoTed

Professor Julius F. Kelp {U}
Legendary Creature — Human Scientist
More Than Meets the Eye 4R (You may cast this card converted for 4R.)
Defender
Whenever Professor Julius F. Kelp block, investigate and any creature it blocks get -X/-0 where X is equal to the number of Clues you control.
Sacrifice three Clues: Convert Professor Julius F. Kelp. Activate this ability only as a sorcery or if Professor Julius F. Kelp blocked this turn.
0/1
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Buddy Love (red)
Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
First strike, prowess.
Whenever Buddy Love deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, investigate, untap and covent Buddy Love.[/list]
3/3

(Anyone recognize him)

IIW: Card based on an a existing haiku (post the haiku and author)

[YoTed]

Vote: LandellXil0cent, Netn10



IIW: Leyline, Saga, World Enchantment from Ravnica, Alara, Tarkir, or Strixhaven.

[kwanyeegor-ii]

shullz netn10

[void_nothing]

Votes: shullz, Ink-Treader

Toxitron, Deadly Wrecker 2BG
Legendary Artifact Creature - Robot (M)
More Than Meets the Eye 6BBGG (You may cast this card converted for 6BBGG.)
First strike
Whenever Toxitron attacks, you draw a card, you lose 2 life, and defending player gets a poison counter.
7: Toxitron gains indestructible until end of turn. If a player has five or more counters, convert Toxitron.
4/4
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Toxitron, Road Abomination
●● Legendary Artifact - Vehicle (M)
Living metal (As long as it's your turn, this Vehicle is also a creature.)
Whenever Toxitron attacks, you add thirteen C, you put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control, and defending player sacrifices an artifact or a creature.
You don't lose mana as steps and phases end.
At the beginning of your end step, if you have unspent mana, convert Toxitron.
13/13

IIW: Legendary creatures with base power greater than 10.