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Too pricey? That's seventeen mana on turn five! That's a game winner!

Meant to put it at seven, subconcsiously wrote five because I was thinking of Five Guys

Fixed.

I wonder if "Sacrifice all untapped lands" would be a needed clause here. Such a bloody massive mana boost can be dangerous, after all. Needs to be properly tested. I mean, if you can sacrifice tapped lands, that's 19 mana, which is equal to an 18-damage Demonfire or something that WILL end someone.


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Dealer Of Last Breaths 3BB
Creature - Demon (R)
Flying
Whenever another creature dies, if no other creature with the same name has died this turn, its controller may pay 3 life. If that player does, return that creature onto the battlefield under that player's control and it gains "At the beginning of the end step, exile this creature".
A second chance in life is worth hell. Or so most think.
4/4

Comments?

Fine enough I guess, but isn't this not too different from the original Brisela, Voice of Nightmares? But whatever, big splashy angel with big splashy effect and big splashy tentacles- wait, what?


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Revoke Guilt W
Instant (U)
Untap target creature that has dealt damage this turn and it gains indestructible until end of turn.
"Do not fear the blood, champion. You have been chosen to slay our enemies. Continue with your crusade."

Funny card for funny color and funny flavor... funny?

Pretty cool ability you have here. No complaints here; it's a very elegant design.

Devolution 1BG
Instant
Remove all +1/+1 counters from all creatures. Transform all creatures that have transformed this game.

The wording on the second clause allows you to perhaps get a cheaper transform on non-permanent transformers, such as Hanweir Watchkeep/Bane of Hanweir. I feel the colors need to be changed; any suggestions?

Might be a bit too bomby in the right environment, although given that the permanent has to have transformed for it to be affected does lessen the blow somewhat. Still, that's also a complicated situation. Regardless, I think this works anyway.


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Emergency Cartcrafting 1W
Enchantment (U)
Whenever a nontoken Vehicle you control leaves the battlefield, create a colorless 3/3 Vehicle artifact token with Crew 1.
"As long as we can salvage the wheels, we're good."

Comments?

The flavor is undeniable and the cost for such a unique effect seems right, though it might be even more realistic if you amend it to read: "Whenever a spell or ability an opponent controls causes a vehicle you control to leave the battlefield."

End of Days 1UB
Sorcery

When you cast End of Days, you get an emblem with: "Players play with the top card of their libraries revealed and cannot search libraries. At the Beginning of your upkeep if a card named End of Days is revealed on the top of your library target opponent loses the game."

Shuffle End of Days into its owner's library.

A deck can have only one card named End of Days.

This seems very fun and adds a good bit of suspense to the game. I personally think that the emblem effects should only apply to you, as you already have a good win condition anyways, so your opponent at least has the element of searching their decks and not revealing their deck. Either that, or I think it should cost a tad bit more.

Trying to imagine how broken that card would be with scry.

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Shield of Harmony 3WW
Artifact - Vehicle
Creatures that crew Shield of Harmony gain hexproof and indestructible.
Shield of Harmony gets +0/+1 for each creature crewing it.
Crew 3
t1R: Transform Shield of Harmony
1/4

Sword of Justice (R)
Artifact - Vehicle
Creatures that crew Sword of Justice remain untapped and gain first strike.
Sword of Justice gains +1/+0 for each creature crewing it.
t1W: Transform Sword of Justice
4/1

Too complicated? Also the crewed creatures remain untapped is pretty wild.

Seems ok.... I guess. A decent common all in all.


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Trial Of Champion 5WU
Sorcery (M)
Return all creatures, auras and equipments to their owners' hands. Each player then searches his or her library or hand for a creature card and puts it onto the battlefield. If a player puts a creature card onto the battlefield this way, he or she then searches his or her library or hand for up to three aura and/or equipment cards that could be attached to that creature and put them onto the battlefield attached to that creature. Each player who searches his or her library this way shuffles it.

Much too bomby for 7 mana? Or way too risky?


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Trial Of Champion 3WU
Sorcery (M)
Return all creatures, auras and equipments to their owners' hands. Each player then searches his or her library or hand for a creature card and puts it onto the battlefield. If a player puts a creature card onto the battlefield this way, he or she then searches his or her library or hand for up to three aura and/or equipment cards that could be attached to that creature and put them onto the battlefield attached to that creature. Each player who searches his or her library this way shuffles it.

Way too risky for my taste. Either make the cost cheaper or only have a few things return to people's hands.

Reverse Generator 3
Artifact
Reverse Generator enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add 2 to your mana pool.

Basically have to find a way to get this guy tapped to make it useful. Any infinite combos found are welcome.

Destructive Passion is interesting. So it forces an opponent to open their play with their weakest creature lest you pair you weenie with their bomb, then sac that weenie ftw. I love the flavor.


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Coffin Delivery Service 2BB
Instant (U)
Choose target creature card in an opponent's graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Return that card onto the battlefield under your control.
"Hey, he's not supposed to be dead yet. Get him here."

Maybe I should change the name

Seems fairly costed, when compared to other control cards. The flavor text and name is amazing, don't change it.

An un-card
Fast as a Hedgehog 3
Enchantment
Each player may only use 30 seconds on their turn (measure with a timer or by counting aloud).
For each second spent beyond 30, that player loses 1 life and their opponent creates a 1/1 Hedgehog token.

For chaotic games

This is also theoretically obscene. Well, admittedly early game this won't do much damage, but once your game drags on, thinning your decks and cleaning up the entire field is outright brutal.


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Regressive Fertilization 2G
Instant (R)
Exile all nonbasic lands. For each land exiled this way, its controller gains 1 life, then searches his or her library for a basic land card and puts it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles his or her library.
"These marble, steel and silk smother the land. We must return it to its pristine state for us to prosper."

Some possible uses for this: Screw over your opponents' mana base, exile manlands, gain tons of life via Life and Limb, trigger a crapload of landfall for the kill etc. Comments?

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Regressive Fertilization 4G
Instant (R)
Exile all nonbasic lands. For each land exiled this way, its controller gains 1 life, then searches his or her library for a basic land card and puts it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles his or her library.
"These marble, steel and silk smother the land. We must return it to its pristine state for us to prosper."

It's a bit extremely cheap for it's effect. The thing is basically a way to hose everyone who relies on their basic lands for mana, which is not everyone. Sliver decks would use this after their initial setup of Gemhides and Manawefts, dooming everyone else to a destroyed tempo while you are hardly touched.

Have a Shapeshifter with a somewhat long name:

Genetic Emulation Life Form 2GU
Creature - Shapeshifter Mutant
2GU: Shuffle Genetic Emulation Life Form into it's owners deck, then search your library for a creature with less power than Genetic Emulation Life Form (edit:) then put it onto the battlefield
4/4

I want to love a mythic-level, ultra-beatdowny Bandar, but that's... an incomplete card.

Is the second mode of that ability supposed to be "Put three +1/+1 counters on each Monkey you control"?

Cat Monkey, hehe. reminds me of the two misfits we have here at the house. They always get into everything...Nicr card, although if you don't own either, you can't use the ability because it'll be wasted.

Here's another card from Cardsmith, I sorta goofed up on this one because I changed the name of the card but forgot to change the name in the text box. so all names are the same thing errata-wise.

I like the second version better because you don't necessarily need to cast an instant or sorcery to produce mana. Both seem fine though.

Hiro the Hero 3W
Legendary Creature - Human
Indestructible
Hiro the Hero attacks each turn if able.
At the beginning of your endstep, if Hiro the Hero is the only creature you control, put 4 +1/+1 counters on Hiro the Hero.
WW: Hiro the Hero gains vigilance until end of turn.
1/1

Hmmm.... so it turns your creature cards into Shock. Probably ok. Probably.


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Life's Eclipse 2WW
Sorcery (R)
Exile all creatures. You gain an emblem with "Whenever a player casts a spell, that player may put a face up card he or she owns in exile at the bottom of his or her library" and "When there is no face up card in exile, remove this emblem".
Life is like a candle; it can be snuffed, but it can burn bright again.

Comments?


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Life's Eclipse 3WW
Sorcery (R)
Exile all creatures. You gain an emblem with "Whenever a player casts a spell, that player may put a face up card he or she owns in exile at the bottom of his or her library" and "When there is no face up card in exile, remove this emblem".
Life is like a candle; it can be snuffed, but it can burn bright again.

"Exile all creatures" is way too good a line of text for four mana, regardless of the conditions, and the use of an emblem here feels clunky, especially since the bottom of the library is only marginally easier a place to retrieve things from than exile. This feels like it should be an enchantment that shuffles cards in rather than just shoving them to the bottom, and if you're concerned about using enchantment removal to make the exile forever, well, I'm not overly concerned about a two-card combo that results in a Final Judgment for almost as much mana.

Bane of Engines 1R
Creature - Gremlin (U)
Protection from Vehicles
Bane of Engines can't crew Vehicles.
"Shoo that thing off the airstrip or we can kiss the fleet goodbye!" - Depala
2/2

I don't think the drawback matters at all seeing that it would almost never matter (like you would ever resuspend this...) Otherwise, the ability is pretty powerful. I suspect you can only exile one card per activation this way; too good otherwise.


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Lotus From Stone G
Sorcery (U)
Destroy target land. It controller creates a 0/2 green Plant creature token with "T: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool."
When the land blossoms, even the most barren soil becomes lush.

Too good at one mana?


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Lotus From Stone 1G
Sorcery (U)
Destroy target land. It controller creates a 0/2 green Plant creature token with "T: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool."
When the land blossoms, even the most barren soil becomes lush.

This is probably a bit too powerful. If you run four of these in your deck and use red burn spells you could really screw over you opponent's mana base. Making it cost 2 is the fine line between good and naught, but I think that's what this should cost.

Hurricane 2U
Instant
Return all creatures with flying to their owners' hands.

I know we have both a Hurricane and a Tornado, but I really want a one card name

Hmmm... isn't that normally cards with Phasing gets back to the game the turn after it phases out? If so, this becomes a hyper-cheap Unmake... unless you forgot something?


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Forced Exhalation 1B
Sorcery (U)
Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. If that creature is untapped, it gets -4/-4 until end of turn instead.
Running out of breath is not a problem, it's a common case.

Comments?

B...basic? You know the Graven Cairns cycle is super strong, right? Fixing should not be basic.

There's also a design consideration here, though... basic lands should be, well, basic. They should have text so simple it can be elided into a mana symbol in the text box. Having a basic land with three lines of text/three abilities on it feels just wrong.