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Cloudbreaker Dragon - 3UURR
Creature - Dragon {R}
Flying
When Cloudbrdaker Dragon enters, each other creature loses flying until Cloudbreaker Dragon exits. Cloudbreaker Dragon deals damage to target creature equal to the number of creatures that lost flying this way.
When Cloudbreaker Dragon exits, Cloudbreaker Dragon deals damage to any target equal to the number of creatures that regain flying this way.
6/6

[void_nothing]

Kami of Tatsumasa's Shards 3UU
Creature - Dragon Spirit (R)
Flying
When Kami of Tatsumasa's Shards enters the battlefield, target Equipment you control gains equip 0 until end of turn.
Whenever one or more other modified creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, put that many +1/+1 counters on Kami of Tatsumasa's Shards and you may return an artifact card with mana value equal to or less than its power from your graveyard to the battlefield.
3/3

IIW: White Sphinxes

[Sporegorger_Dragon]

Will judge tomorrow morning.

[Sporegorger_Dragon]

I overslept! Gotta do a quick round!

Saphira Bjartskular 4uu
Legendary creature - dragon
Partners with Eragon Shadeslayer
Flying, Ward 2
Whenever Saphira Bjartskular deals combat damage to a player, look at that player's hand. If you do, you may exile a nonland card from it. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may play it. A spell cast this way costs more to cast. If you don't exile a card this way, put a +1/+1 counter on Saphira.
1r: Saphira and creatures you control named Eragon Shadeslayer each get +1/+0 until end of turn.
5/5

Eragon Shadeslayer

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Eragon Shadeslayer 3WU
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier Wizard
Partners with Saphira Bjartskular
Ward 2, First Strike
Listen and hear all - Whenever one or more creatures enters the battlefield, scry X, where X is the number of creatures that entered the battlefield.
Knowledge of the ancient language - Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell from their hand, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard when that spell resolves.
Whenever Eragon attacks, you may copy a card exiled with it. You may cast the copy, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast that spell.
4/4

Brom, the storyteller 3U
Legendary Creature - Human Bard
Whenever the final chapter ability of a saga you control resolves, you may create Saphira The First, a legendary blue dragon creature token with flying and "This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of saga cards in your graveyard."
wubrg: Search your library for a saga card and put it onto the battlefield.
"When we tell stories about past friends, we keep them alive for just a bit longer."
2/5

had another idea for a legend from this improbable UB set

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Roran Stronghammer 2RW
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Roran can't be blocked by more than one creature.
When Roran enters, look at the top 6 cards of your library. You may reveal an equipment card from among them and put it into your hand. Put all other cards on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Roran gets +x/+x, and equip costs you activate cost x less to activate, where X is the total power gained from equipments attached to Roran. (EG: A Trusty Machete attached to Roran would give him a total of +4/+3, and reduce equip costs by )
3/3

IIW: Outlaws, or "whenever you commit a crime"

Saphira Bjartskular seems fine, but her partner Eragon seems a little off-color, adding red to his cost would fix it for me, but he won't have any bearing on judgement.

I like Brom, and nice thinking outside the box for the prompt.

Cloudbreaker Dragon - 3UURR
Creature - Dragon {R}
Flying
When Cloudbrdaker Dragon enters, each other creature loses flying until Cloudbreaker Dragon exits. Cloudbreaker Dragon deals damage to target creature equal to the number of creatures that lost flying this way.
When Cloudbreaker Dragon exits, Cloudbreaker Dragon deals damage to any target equal to the number of creatures that regain flying this way.
6/6

I understand what's going on here, but I think that second ability needs to be folded into the first, otherwise "this way" makes no sense. Also not quite sure on how to word this.

Kami of Tatsumasa's Shards 3UU
Creature - Dragon Spirit (R)
Flying
When Kami of Tatsumasa's Shards enters the battlefield, target Equipment you control gains equip 0 until end of turn.
Whenever one or more other modified creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, put that many +1/+1 counters on Kami of Tatsumasa's Shards and you may return an artifact card with mana value equal to or less than its power from your graveyard to the battlefield.
3/3

IIW: White Sphinxes

Going deep into the lore, we never really knew who Tatsumasa was. Very fitting for Kamigawa, my only preference is that maybe "then" is better than "and" to avoid confusion.


Winner: chetoos

Next:
Outlaws, or "whenever you commit a crime"

[chetoos]

For the outlaws prompt, they don't have to be an outlaw payoff, they can just be an outlaw type. (assassins, mercenaries, pirates, rogues, or warlocks.)

[void_nothing]

Nithila, Escapee from Jhess GU
Legendary Creature - Bird Rogue (U)
Flying
Whenever you commit a crime, you may pay 1. If you do, put your choice of a +1/+1, trample, or vigilance counter on Nithila.
Whenever an outlaw you control attacks alone, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each counter on Nithila.
"I must say I already like Thunder Junction better than Bant."
1/1

IIW: More uncommon signpost legends

[chetoos]

Judging tonight. Come on everyone. Please get your entries in here. Don't you want to see some rootin' tootin' shootin' fun?

[Sporegorger_Dragon]

Witness Tamperer
1{U}
Creature - Faerie Rogue (C)
Flying
{T}: Target player mills a card.
1/3
"Then the scoundrel took, uh, he, uuuh...um...what was I saying?"

IIW: Beetle

[lookingupanddown]

Saloon Braggart 2RG
Creature - Lizard Mercenary (Uncommon)
The first time you commit a crime each turn, Saloon Braggart fights up to one target creature. If you control two or more other outlaws, instead put a +1/+1 counter on Saloon Braggart, then it fights up to one target creature.
"You wanna see a real fight, kid? Do ya?"
4/4

IIW: turn these bounties into actual cards

[chetoos]

Nithila, Escapee from Jhess GU
Legendary Creature - Bird Rogue (U)
Flying
Whenever you commit a crime, you may pay 1. If you do, put your choice of a +1/+1, trample, or vigilance counter on Nithila.
Whenever an outlaw you control attacks alone, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each counter on Nithila.
"I must say I already like Thunder Junction better than Bant."
1/1

IIW: More uncommon signpost legends

Very interesting card here, making you spend extra on crimes to get the benefits, but allows you very nice payoffs. I almost wonder if the second ability should read other, though.

Witness Tamperer
1{U}
Creature - Faerie Rogue (C)
Flying
{T}: Target player mills a card.
1/3
"Then the scoundrel took, uh, he, uuuh...um...what was I saying?"

IIW: Beetle

And a perfect crime committer next. I love it. Just enables crime for free. Honestly, that ability should probably cost mana, and mill more, just so that it's not straight up free crimes, given some of the payoffs.

Saloon Braggart 2RG
Creature - Lizard Mercenary (Uncommon)
The first time you commit a crime each turn, Saloon Braggart fights up to one target creature. If you control two or more other outlaws, instead put a +1/+1 counter on Saloon Braggart, then it fights up to one target creature.
"You wanna see a real fight, kid? Do ya?"
4/4

IIW: turn these bounties into actual cards

I feel like giving RG a 4/4 for 4, when the draft archetype cares about 4 power is a little strong, but can't argue with the crime ability here. This should probably read "Whenever you commit a crime ... this ability only triggers once each turn." like the rest, to prevent cases where you crime, play Saloon braggart, then crime again.

All of these are nice, even if they miss some of the design subtleties of OTJ, but I've gotta give the
Winner: @lookingupanddown
Next: turn these bounties into actual cards (As if OTJ didn't have enough commanders in it already.)

[chetoos]

Gorra Tash, The brawn 3BR
Legendary Creature - Orc Mercenary
Menace
Partners with Silas, the brains
Whenever a creature attacks one of your opponents alone, for each opponent other than defending player, that creature's controller creates a token that's a copy of that creature that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control, except the tokens aren't legendary. Exile those tokens at the end of combat.
"Won't he be mad that he's going in without backup?"
5/4

Silas, the brains 2RW
Legendary Creature - Goblin Rogue
Partners with Gorra Tash, the brawn
First Strike
If a creature attacking would cause a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
Whenever you deal combat damage to multiple players, create a number of tapped treasure tokens equal to the number of players dealt combat damage.
"He's his own backup."
3/2

IIW: animal humanoids (EG leonin, rhox, loxodon, etc)

[Sporegorger_Dragon]

There is the potential for someone to do something very lazy but also very funny for this round.

Sleepy Sovka
{W}{B}
Legendary Creature - Vampire Rogue (U)
Menace, lifelink
Sleepy Sovka enters the battlefield tapped with a stun counter on it if it was cast from your hand.
At the beginning of your end step, if you haven't cast a spell from your hand this turn, draw a card.
Plot 2{W}{B}
3/4
"What did I do?!"


Paq, Fleeting Filcher
1{U}{B}
Legendary Creature - Aetherborn Rogue (R)
Delirium -Whenever Paq, Fleeting Filcher deals combat damage to a player, if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, you draw a card, lose 1 life, and create a Treasure token.
{U}{B}, Pay 1 life: Paq gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn. Activate only once per turn.
2/2


IIW: Beetle

[lookingupanddown]

alternate prompt: a different kind of hat for Thunder Junction
(seriously, what's with the Stetson monopoly?)

[chetoos]

Bladed Sombrero 2B
Artifact - Equipment
When Bladed Sombrero enters the battlefield, attach it to target outlaw you control.
Equipped Creature gets +1/+0 and has first strike
If a spell would deal damage to equipped creature, it deals that much damage minus 1 instead. If equipped creature is legendary, it deals that much damage minus 2 instead.
Equip 2Bb
Equip outlaw 1b
Never brave the Sweltering Suns without it.

IIW: Same as above.

[spacemonaut]

Sleepy Sovka W
Legendary Creature — Human Rogue (U)
Ward
Whenever you cast a spell, return Sleepy Sovka to its owner's hand.
3/3

Frankie the Fang 1BR
Legendary Creature — Vampire Assassin (R)
First strike, haste
Frankie the Fang gets +3/+3 as long as it's attacking an opponent and no opponent has more life than that opponent.
Sacrifice three Treasures: Return Frankie from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Activate only as a sorcery.
2/2



IIW: Unusual equipment

[chetoos]

@lookingupanddown judge?

[lookingupanddown]

will judge in a few hours. any last entries?

[lookingupanddown]

Gorra Tash, The brawn 3BR
Legendary Creature - Orc Mercenary
Menace
Partners with Silas, the brains
Whenever a creature attacks one of your opponents alone, for each opponent other than defending player, that creature's controller creates a token that's a copy of that creature that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control, except the tokens aren't legendary. Exile those tokens at the end of combat.
"Won't he be mad that he's going in without backup?"
5/4

Silas, the brains 2RW
Legendary Creature - Goblin Rogue
Partners with Gorra Tash, the brawn
First Strike
If a creature attacking would cause a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
Whenever you deal combat damage to multiple players, create a number of tapped treasure tokens equal to the number of players dealt combat damage.
"He's his own backup."
3/2

IIW: animal humanoids (EG leonin, rhox, loxodon, etc)

Pretty straightforward way to make these two, since you'll get the reward with either one, but Gorra Tash would be easier.

There is the potential for someone to do something very lazy but also very funny for this round.

Sleepy Sovka
{W}{B}
Legendary Creature - Vampire Rogue (U)
Menace, lifelink
Sleepy Sovka enters the battlefield tapped with a stun counter on it if it was cast from your hand.
At the beginning of your end step, if you haven't cast a spell from your hand this turn, draw a card.
Plot 2{W}{B}
3/4
"What did I do?!"


Paq, Fleeting Filcher
1{U}{B}
Legendary Creature - Aetherborn Rogue (R)
Delirium -Whenever Paq, Fleeting Filcher deals combat damage to a player, if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, you draw a card, lose 1 life, and create a Treasure token.
{U}{B}, Pay 1 life: Paq gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn. Activate only once per turn.
2/2


IIW: Beetle

The other way of making these would be to just add the bounty to the cards themselves and running with it. Sleepy Sovka works really well with the no-spells-from-hand archetype in OTJ Limited too. Paq feels like they could've been an uncommon if you made them cost 1-2 more to cast.

Bladed Sombrero 2B
Artifact - Equipment
When Bladed Sombrero enters the battlefield, attach it to target outlaw you control.
Equipped Creature gets +1/+0 and has first strike
If a spell would deal damage to equipped creature, it deals that much damage minus 1 instead. If equipped creature is legendary, it deals that much damage minus 2 instead.
Equip 2Bb
Equip outlaw 1b
Never brave the Sweltering Suns without it.

IIW: Same as above.

Fun little Outlaw support on a hat they really should have put in the set. Wouldn't this effect be white though?

Sleepy Sovka W
Legendary Creature — Human Rogue (U)
Ward
Whenever you cast a spell, return Sleepy Sovka to its owner's hand.
3/3

Frankie the Fang 1BR
Legendary Creature — Vampire Assassin (R)
First strike, haste
Frankie the Fang gets +3/+3 as long as it's attacking an opponent and no opponent has more life than that opponent.
Sacrifice three Treasures: Return Frankie from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Activate only as a sorcery.
2/2



IIW: Unusual equipment

I like the Norin the Wary callout on this Sleepy Sovka. I also really like leaning more into bounty rewards with Frankie, while still holding onto the bounty requirements.

HM: Sporegorger_Dragon for Sleepy Sovka
Winner: spacemonaut for Frankie the Fang

Next: Unusual equipment

[chetoos]

Hulkbuster Armor2rr
Artifact - Equipment
Hulkbuster Armor can only be equipped to a creature with another equipment attached to it. Other equipment attached to equipped creature cannot be equipped to other creatures.
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has flying, trample, double strike, Ward 4, and absorb 3.
Equip 5

Iiw: bloomburrow

[lookingupanddown]

The Ark of Extinction 3BBB
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +3/+3, has menace and wither, and becomes a legendary black Avatar artifact creature named Ark, Persona of Malice.
Equip artifact creature—Discard a card.
Equip—2, Tap another creature you control.
The Ark of Extinction can be your commander.

IIW: more Mounts

[spacemonaut]

this prompt could also be interpreted as untraditional or atypical equipment. a teaspoon is not something you would normally see on an equipment card, for example, but could be an equipment.

[Sporegorger_Dragon]

Thrull Armor
1{B}
Artifact - Equipment
When Thrull Armor enters the battlefield, create a 0/1 black Thrull creature token, then attach Thrull Armor to it.
Equipped creature gets +1/+2 and has "{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Add {B}{B}."
Equip {2}


IIW: Beetle or crab

[chetoos]

Horse Armor 2WW
Artifact Creature - Horse Equipment Mount
Reconfigure 2W
Whenever Horse Armor or equipped creature attacks, target creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn. If Horse Armor or equipped creature is saddled, each creature you control gets +1/+1 instead.
Saddle 3
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 has saddle 3
3/3

IIW: Same as above.

[spacemonaut]

Hulkbuster Armor2rr
Artifact - Equipment
Hulkbuster Armor can only be equipped to a creature with another equipment attached to it. Other equipment attached to equipped creature cannot be equipped to other creatures.
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has flying, trample, double strike, Ward 4, and absorb 3.
Equip 5

Iiw: bloomburrow

I see what you're getting at there! The hulkbuster armor is armor that goes around the regular iron man suit. So of course you can't, like, take off the iron man suit while the hulkbuster armor is covering it. That's a nice restriction. It's a hefty pack of abilities and will help you bust some hulks and a cost and restriction that makes sense for them.

The Ark of Extinction 3BBB
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +3/+3, has menace and wither, and becomes a legendary black Avatar artifact creature named Ark, Persona of Malice.
Equip artifact creature—Discard a card.
Equip—2, Tap another creature you control.
The Ark of Extinction can be your commander.

IIW: more Mounts

I'm gonna interpret that this magnetizes to robots or requires someone else to help you put it on. I like the ability set. For the cost and given the feeling of threat that seems like it should come from the Ark of Extinction, menace and wither are both good, but I feel like +3/+3 might be underselling it. But I'm biased as a Tammy player. But as a Tammy player I'd love to see a number that can grow bigger e.g. from exiling stuff. This does cost 3BBB with no body of its own after all, and e.g. a 3BBB 3/3 menace and wither would be understatted. It's very close to ideal though.

Thrull Armor
1{B}
Artifact - Equipment
When Thrull Armor enters the battlefield, create a 0/1 black Thrull creature token, then attach Thrull Armor to it.
Equipped creature gets +1/+2 and has "{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Add {B}{B}."
Equip {2}

IIW: Beetle or crab

This is a great Basal Thrull callback. Armor isn't unusual, but using it to sacrifice your guys is a bit unusual barring Skullclamp. That's a neat toy for Black decks to play around with.

Horse Armor 2WW
Artifact Creature - Horse Equipment Mount
Reconfigure 2W
Whenever Horse Armor or equipped creature attacks, target creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn. If Horse Armor or equipped creature is saddled, each creature you control gets +1/+1 instead.
Saddle 3
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 has saddle 3
3/3

IIW: Same as above.

That's wordplay! That's horse armor that is an armored horse and an armor horse that armors! Love that I could strap this to Rakdos and have Gideon ride on his back, he'd hate that. It's a bit of a mouthful to follow and parse at first. I'd move the reconfigure and equip lines to the end so that I can read all at once what this card does as a creature and as an equipment without having to context-switch. But once it's parsed, it makes sense: the equipped creature is beefier, and I can give something +1/+1 or give my team +1/+1.



Winner: chetoos for horse armor, the unusualest equipmentest and solidest cardest.
Next: bloomburrow

[Sporegorger_Dragon]

This is a great Basal Thrull callback.

Two-in-one special, in fact.