Nin's Painspreader1UU
Creature — Human Wizard [R]
Whenever another creature is dealt damage, return it to its owner's hand. 2RR, t: Nin's Painspreader deals 1 damage to target creature. "Wait, how do state based actions work again?"
2/2
Ansun, Paladin of Bahamut3W
Legendary Creature - Dwarf Cleric (R)
Vigilance R, T: Ansun deals 3 damage to target creature that dealt damage this turn. G, T: Put three +1/+1 counters on target creature that was dealt damage this turn.
3/4
Souldancer3WW
Creature - Human Cleric (R)
Whenever Souldancer attacks, put four 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Exile them at end of combat.
2/2
IIW: A black planeswalker whose abilities do not contain any of the following words: Destroy, exile, discard, sacrifice, graveyard.
I'm not quite sure what your cards had to do with the challenge. Regardless, it's a nice idea on cards that are really damn strong.
Kicker was Level Up before Level Up was cool/existed. If you want to play those two cards slightly safer, add 1 cost to the base spells.
Ascension of the Reveller1RG
Sorcery (R)
As an additional cost to cast Ascension of the Reveller, tap five untapped permanents you control.
Search your library for an enchantment or creature card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library. With the writhing cacophony as godly prayer and the bonfire as humble offering, Xenagos’ reign in Nyx began.
Mamba InstructorWW
Creature — Human [R]
Creatures you control have "3, t: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature."
Creatures you control have "3, q: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature."
1/4
Mamba InstructorWW
Creature — Human [R]
Creatures you control have "3, t: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature."
Creatures you control have "3, q: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature."
1/4
Is there a new letter for the untap symbol?
IIW: Khans of Tarkir
Creatures you control have "3, t or 3, n: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature."
The templating exists, you might as well use it rather than making it all messy and repetitive. (Also, the letter for untap should've been the first one you checked after Q didn't work anymore.)
I honestly can't think of a card for dancing or Bayonetta. So I guess I'll go with the lame challenge.
Sev, Aegis of ThuneWW Legendary Creature - Human Soldier (R)
Defender
Whenever another creature you control blocks, you may put two +1/+1 counters of Sev, Aegis of Thune.
All damage that would be dealt to you is dealt to Sev instead.
1/3
IIW: Design a card for this dude's commander/EDH deck.
Otto's Irresistible Dance1G Instant (U)
Choose target creature. All creatures but that creature gain "T: This creature fights chosen creature" until the end of turn.
Namesake spell in DnD makes target creature provoke opportunity attacks.
avatarz: Horrendously broken. Keldon Twilight does it better, but even that's a mess. arbitraryadmiral: This thing is trying to be too clever for it's own good, and suffers as a design because of it. Am Shegar: I suppose this is cute. I'd have preferred the conditions to be reversed and it to just be a RG legend. Red isn't really needed here - white can reciprocate guys just fine on its own. GC Crono: I did this once, but it was bigger, GW, and made bugs. Spirits are usually white fliers outside of Kamigawa, so that's a little weird. Five mana is probably a little steep for something so fragile. Comparisons to be made with Saint Traft (who I realise is actually nuts). ManyCookies: I wish this costed a lot and could be convoked (or something) down to size. Requiring taps is a little lame. Red doing this kind of thing is odd, too - especially since it can grab enchantments. adrmirbelasl: Cute, but also a little bit too clever for its own good. This kind of thing is probably green, I think. Doomy has good suggestions. Use them. SCDL: Wall lord. Kinda cute. I guess it's good for people who like to turtle, but I can't imagine this would produce fun game states for anybody else. It even gets bigger so you can't attack into it without losing your dudes. Am Shegar: Cute. I like this. It's wording is off, but as a design it's lots of fun. I appreciate the option for multiplayer shenanigans, but I'm hard pressed to find a time where it'll ever really happen.
Winner: Um. Am Shegar for not one but two sort of interesting cards. (???) Next: signature spells // one-card combo deck (like pod)
Tibalt's Ultimatum3BR
Sorcery [M]
Target player may discard any number of cards. Then, Tibalt's Ultimatum deals 3 damage to that player for each card in his or her hand. "Your head is full of brain tissue and blood. Let's try to empty it of at least one of those substances."
IIW: Cards that explore areas of rules most people don't know
Pocket DimensionUW
Enchantment (R) XWU: Exile X other target permanents you control. 2: Return a permanent card exiled by Pocket Dimension to the battlefield under your control. “It may not be comfortable, but it’s a home.”
-Lorcless, Planar Collector
Ixidor’s WeirdingUU
Instant (R)
Turn target permanent spell face-down. (It becomes a 2/2 creature spell.) “You aren’t welcome in my reality. Vanish into dream.”
Extra card:
Gustha's Pact0
(◖◗) Instant (R)
Split second
Return target exiled card you own to your hand.
At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay 1UB. If you don’t, you lose the game.
Dack's GuileU
Instant (U)
Untap target noncreature artifact and gain control of it until end of turn. "They'll never even know it was missing." -Dack Fayden
IIW: A "shardshifted" version of an iconic Alara-block card.
ManyCookies: I wish this costed a lot and could be convoked (or something) down to size. Requiring taps is a little lame. Red doing this kind of thing is odd, too - especially since it can grab enchantments.
Bear in mind you can also tap lands, so you could just treat it as an eight mana spell in most cases.
Jace's Scouring2U
Sorcery (R)
Multikicker 2U
Exile the top seven cards of target player's library. You may cast an instant or sorcery card exiled this way without paying its mana cost, then put the rest of the exiled cards into its owner's graveyard. Repeat this process for each time Jace's Retrieval was kicked.
admirableadmiral: Your card is really overcosted - look at Sirocco, for example. I appreciated the flavor of cruel choice, as it perfectly fits Tibalt, but I really think you should have taken some risks with the cost. Ink-Treader: Building a deck around this seems sweet. Not only your creatures are almost unkillable in combat, repeating ETB effects ad infinum is a legit strategy(bant Thragtusk-Resto shenaningans). maximumbuttitude: Ixidor's Rule Nightmare does surprisngly little, although it indeed is fancy(Counter target permanent spell. Its controller puts a 2/2 blue Bear creature token onto the battlefield). Gustha's Pact is - spoilers - not the winner of this round, but you have my respect for that mana identity indicator formatting. Pact mechanic is fine and all but sticking it on a potential combo piece is scary. GG Crono: Clean and simple, but that part of Dack's identity is already explored by his PW card. Card's still good, just gravely unexciting. ManyCookies: This effect is not 2U, and even more so not a scaleable 2U. Also, hitting nothing feels bad. It was ok when it was stapled on a Mindseeker, but not a fan of it in stand-alone form.
winner: Ink-Treader
iiw: Miniaturized
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Wizards can start putting booster packs inside dog poo and dog owners will still complain.
Any "rules nightmare" that's present was addressed as long ago as 2002 in CR 707. ;I
Zeno of Elea2WU
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard (R)
If a source would deal damage to a creature, player, or planeswalker, instead it deals half that damage, rounded down. “The weak man will find himself unable to make his first step, knowing he must first go halfway to get there. And again...”
2/3
admirableadmiral: Your card is really overcosted - look at Sirocco, for example. I appreciated the flavor of cruel choice, as it perfectly fits Tibalt, but I really think you should have taken some risks with the cost.
Sirocco is a terrible comparison. Sirocco is only applicable against one card type in one color. Compare to Monomania.
I'm not quite sure what your cards had to do with the challenge. Regardless, it's a nice idea on cards that are really damn strong.
Generals meant to be drafted first in a single pack of 6 cards.
And here is the actual cube, meant to be drafted in 4 regular sized packs. (60 card decks)
Creature — Human Wizard [R]
Whenever another creature is dealt damage, return it to its owner's hand.
2RR, t: Nin's Painspreader deals 1 damage to target creature.
"Wait, how do state based actions work again?"
2/2
IIW: Cards that require extensive rules knowledge
Legendary Creature - Dwarf Cleric (R)
Vigilance
R, T: Ansun deals 3 damage to target creature that dealt damage this turn.
G, T: Put three +1/+1 counters on target creature that was dealt damage this turn.
3/4
IIW: classic sword-n-sorcery fantasy heroes // one-card combo deck (like pod)
Creature - Human Cleric (R)
Whenever Souldancer attacks, put four 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Exile them at end of combat.
2/2
IIW: A black planeswalker whose abilities do not contain any of the following words: Destroy, exile, discard, sacrifice, graveyard.
Kicker was Level Up before Level Up was cool/existed.
Ascension of the Reveller 1RG
Sorcery (R)
As an additional cost to cast Ascension of the Reveller, tap five untapped permanents you control.
Search your library for an enchantment or creature card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
With the writhing cacophony as godly prayer and the bonfire as humble offering, Xenagos’ reign in Nyx began.
Creature — Human [R]
Creatures you control have "3, t: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature."
Creatures you control have "3, q: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature."
1/4
Is there a new letter for the untap symbol?
IIW: Khans of Tarkir
Creatures you control have "3, t or 3, n: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature."
The templating exists, you might as well use it rather than making it all messy and repetitive. (Also, the letter for untap should've been the first one you checked after Q didn't work anymore.)
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I honestly can't think of a card for dancing or Bayonetta. So I guess I'll go with the lame challenge.
Sev, Aegis of Thune WW
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier (R)
Defender
Whenever another creature you control blocks, you may put two +1/+1 counters of Sev, Aegis of Thune.
All damage that would be dealt to you is dealt to Sev instead.
1/3
IIW: Design a card for this dude's commander/EDH deck.
Generals meant to be drafted first in a single pack of 6 cards.
And here is the actual cube, meant to be drafted in 4 regular sized packs. (60 card decks)
Instant (U)
Choose target creature. All creatures but that creature gain "T: This creature fights chosen creature" until the end of turn.
Namesake spell in DnD makes target creature provoke opportunity attacks.
IIW: signature spells // one-card combo deck (like pod)
arbitraryadmiral: This thing is trying to be too clever for it's own good, and suffers as a design because of it.
Am Shegar: I suppose this is cute. I'd have preferred the conditions to be reversed and it to just be a RG legend. Red isn't really needed here - white can reciprocate guys just fine on its own.
GC Crono: I did this once, but it was bigger, GW, and made bugs. Spirits are usually white fliers outside of Kamigawa, so that's a little weird. Five mana is probably a little steep for something so fragile. Comparisons to be made with Saint Traft (who I realise is actually nuts).
ManyCookies: I wish this costed a lot and could be convoked (or something) down to size. Requiring taps is a little lame. Red doing this kind of thing is odd, too - especially since it can grab enchantments.
adrmirbelasl: Cute, but also a little bit too clever for its own good. This kind of thing is probably green, I think. Doomy has good suggestions. Use them.
SCDL: Wall lord. Kinda cute. I guess it's good for people who like to turtle, but I can't imagine this would produce fun game states for anybody else. It even gets bigger so you can't attack into it without losing your dudes.
Am Shegar: Cute. I like this. It's wording is off, but as a design it's lots of fun. I appreciate the option for multiplayer shenanigans, but I'm hard pressed to find a time where it'll ever really happen.
Next: signature spells // one-card combo deck (like pod)
Sorcery [M]
Target player may discard any number of cards. Then, Tibalt's Ultimatum deals 3 damage to that player for each card in his or her hand.
"Your head is full of brain tissue and blood. Let's try to empty it of at least one of those substances."
IIW: Cards that explore areas of rules most people don't know
Enchantment (R)
XWU: Exile X other target permanents you control.
2: Return a permanent card exiled by Pocket Dimension to the battlefield under your control.
“It may not be comfortable, but it’s a home.”
-Lorcless, Planar Collector
IIW: Miniaturized
Choose one of these judge of creation:
Make Strionic Resonator shine!
You can not grasp the true form of Ashiok's attack!
Instant (R)
Turn target permanent spell face-down. (It becomes a 2/2 creature spell.)
“You aren’t welcome in my reality. Vanish into dream.”
Extra card:
Gustha's Pact 0
(◖◗) Instant (R)
Split second
Return target exiled card you own to your hand.
At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay 1UB. If you don’t, you lose the game.
ooh so fancy
IIW: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Instant (U)
Untap target noncreature artifact and gain control of it until end of turn.
"They'll never even know it was missing." -Dack Fayden
IIW: A "shardshifted" version of an iconic Alara-block card.
Bear in mind you can also tap lands, so you could just treat it as an eight mana spell in most cases.
Jace's Scouring 2U
Sorcery (R)
Multikicker 2U
Exile the top seven cards of target player's library. You may cast an instant or sorcery card exiled this way without paying its mana cost, then put the rest of the exiled cards into its owner's graveyard. Repeat this process for each time Jace's Retrieval was kicked.
Ink-Treader: Building a deck around this seems sweet. Not only your creatures are almost unkillable in combat, repeating ETB effects ad infinum is a legit strategy(bant Thragtusk-Resto shenaningans).
maximumbuttitude: Ixidor's Rule Nightmare does surprisngly little, although it indeed is fancy(Counter target permanent spell. Its controller puts a 2/2 blue Bear creature token onto the battlefield). Gustha's Pact is - spoilers - not the winner of this round, but you have my respect for that mana identity indicator formatting. Pact mechanic is fine and all but sticking it on a potential combo piece is scary.
GG Crono: Clean and simple, but that part of Dack's identity is already explored by his PW card. Card's still good, just gravely unexciting.
ManyCookies: This effect is not 2U, and even more so not a scaleable 2U. Also, hitting nothing feels bad. It was ok when it was stapled on a Mindseeker, but not a fan of it in stand-alone form.
winner: Ink-Treader
iiw: Miniaturized
Enchantment (U)
Creatures you control can't blocked and get -2/-0.
IIW: fairytales // legendaries with personality
Zeno of Elea 2WU
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard (R)
If a source would deal damage to a creature, player, or planeswalker, instead it deals half that damage, rounded down.
“The weak man will find himself unable to make his first step, knowing he must first go halfway to get there. And again...”
2/3
IIW: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Sirocco is a terrible comparison. Sirocco is only applicable against one card type in one color. Compare to Monomania.
Artifact Creature - Angel (U)
Flying, vigilance
Whenever Angel Replica attacks or blocks, gain 2 life.
1/3
Demon Replica 4
Artifact Creature - Demon (U)
Flying, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player loses 1 life.
3/1
Dragon Replica 4
Artifact Creature - Dragon (U)
Flying, haste
2: Dragon Replica gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
2/2
IIW: Draft robots
Generals meant to be drafted first in a single pack of 6 cards.
And here is the actual cube, meant to be drafted in 4 regular sized packs. (60 card decks)
Instant [C]
Lightning Jolt deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Add R to your mana pool.
IIW: Cards that explore parts of the rules most people don't know
Creature - Human Wizard (R)
1U, t: Target creature becomes 1/1 until end of turn.
1/3
IIW: what mono U control needs to be constructed competitive
Artifact (R)
X, T: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. This effect cannot reduce a creature's toughness below 1.
IIW: A "shardshifted" version of an iconic Alara-block card.
Blood Lust has the wording you want.
Instant (R)
Search your library for any number of cards with different names and exile them.
iiw: vertical cycle