Seeker of Truth :2mana::symw:
Creature - Monk
Protection from Illusions.
Affinity for Sphinxes.
3/2
Child of Prophecy :1mana::symw:
Creature - Human Warrior
You may cast Child of Prophecy as you are scrying it. If you do, add the top two cards from your library to the cards you are scrying.
2/2
(Yes, I know mid-resolution casting makes people nervous. Take it to Madness and Panglacial Wurm.)
Selesnya War-trained :symw::symg:
Creature - Elf Soldier
Protection from spells with Overload, creatures with Unleash, and each creature with a card encoded on it.
2/2
Rakdos War-trained :symr::symb:
Creature - Human Berserk
Protection from Tokens and creatures with Evolve.
Rakdos War-trained can't be detained.
2/2
Dimir War-trained :symu::symb:
Creature - Human Rogue
Protection from Tokens.
:symtap:: If target creature would attack this turn, it fights Dimir War-trained instead.
2/2
(Heh, anti-gruul and anti-boros turned out the same ability.)
Child of Prophecy :1mana::symw:
Creature - Human Warrior
You may cast Child of Prophecy as you are scrying it. If you do, add the top two cards from your library to the cards you are scrying.
2/2
(Yes, I know mid-resolution casting makes people nervous. Take it to Madness and Panglacial Wurm.)
Panglacial Wurm is terrible precedence and really a headache, and that's not how madness works (it's a replacement effect coupled with a triggered ability - you don't cast it until the other effect that made you discard finishes up).
That said, if you really want this to be a thing, maybe it should be worded more appropriately?
Child of Prophecy1W
Creature - Human Warrior (U?)
While you're scrying, if Child of Prophecy is looked at this way, you may cast it from your library. If you do, you may scry an additional two cards this way.
2/2
I'm not sure if that second sentence works, but yours does not (because the other cards you're looking at are still technically the "top two cards of your library" unless you're only scrying 1.
Dimir War-trained :symu::symb:
Creature - Human Rogue
Protection from Tokens.
:symtap:: If target creature would attack this turn, it fights Dimir War-trained instead.
2/2
(Heh, anti-gruul and anti-boros turned out the same ability.)
Dimir War-trained :symu::symb:
Creature - Human Rogue
Protection from Tokens.
:symtap:: Whenever target creature attacks this turn, remove it from combat and that creature fights Dimir War-Trained.
2/2
Yes, this version doesn't hose Boros, but it works.
Ink-Treader: This thing never offers any interesting decisions and you're missing a P/T. Your trinket text isn't really flavourful, but then again, neither is your card. arbitraryarmor: Flavourful and mechanically interesting. This is great! Certainly a contender. Ninja Caterpie: snickersnacker. This is actually pretty cute, but uncommon at the most. MDenham: I'm not sure you know what trinket text is. Lapson2: lel KageHamusuta: These guys are pretty good? I don't get the flavour at all, other than some vague white knight/black knight thing? pstmdrn: Onslaught/10 SelesnyaNewLife: Sure, I guess, but maximum uninteresting. Small Adult: Why does this hose islandwalk of all -walks? I don't even know what's going on here. AsianInvasion: Cutie, but can this be monocoloured? Thanks. The Most Curious Turtle: Hah! This is actually pretty bonkers though. Cythare: This is brilliant. Big boss homunculus. Cardz5000: This is actually a fairly awful card, and it makes for a very disappointing mythic. The flavour is awfully abstract. void_nothing: Why does Stickygrip get +1/+0? It's already tapped. Other than that, it's pretty cool! Primal Guardian is a terrible idea. avatarz: Can this search for the Ula's types? Other than that, this is sickeningly cute! Winterspring: Actually pretty in-theme for white. Cool! MagicBrains: Clever. I like this template. AmShegar: I don't even know if this works. spaceyjdjames: Needs a P/T. Nullstone Gargoyle does almost this in a less oppressive form and costs nine, so. Sagharri: Cute, but the three toughness makes regenerate a lot less relevant, and the rarity makes this kinda underpowered. willows: Go away. Sir Karn: Why elephants?
Winner: Cythare for enabling Stitcher's Apprentice.dec HM: avatarz, AsianInvasion, Winterspring
Onslaught of FlameRRR
Instant [U]
Target creature gets +2/-1 and gains wither until end of turn. Return Onslaught of Flame to its owner's hand. "Flame leads to nothing but destruction. To attempt to master fire is to gamble away one's life."
—Tarvin, northern paladin
Lesser Gargadon "In some cultures, elephants are ridden by those in power. I don't think a mere elephant would even be noticed in Keld."
—Onean sergeant
Goblin TacticsR
Instant {U}
Choose up to two target creatures. For each creature, flip a coin. If you win the flip, that creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. If you flip two coins and win both, return Goblin Tactics to its owner's hand.
IIW: You're not Alexander!
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Can we have Megiddo removed from the forum forever please?
i'm pretty sure i can find your ***** online within 3 minutes
Shimmering Eidolon
Enchantment Creature - Spirit (R)
Bestow :1mana::symu::symu:
Hexproof
Enchanted creature gets +0/+2 and has Hexproof.
If Shimmering Eidolon would become a creature you may instead return it to its owner's hand.
0/2
Infinite ReservesG Instant {C}
Buyback - G, remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. "I'm no hydra, fiend of Mogis. No arms of mine are gonna grow back. Fortunately, I only need one to finish you off."
IIW: 1-cmc legendary OR tinker tailor soldier spy
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Wizards can start putting booster packs inside dog poo and dog owners will still complain.
Rise to the Occasion1WW Instant (U)
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If that creature has a +1/+1 counter on it, untap it and it gains double strike until end of turn. A hero is not some fantastic champion chosen by the gods. A hero is a soldier who, when all others around him admit defeat, refuses to accept his fate.
IIW: Multicolored Slivers
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Check out the thread for my cube if you have the time, and tell me how terrible it is.
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)
Strionic Resonator
Artifact (R)
:2mana:, :symtap:: Copy target triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A triggered ability uses the words "when," "whenever," or "at.") Its tines cannot be rung by mere physical force. Only magic of great power can start its eldritch resonance.
Golden Ouphe - 2G
Creature - Ouphe
Flash
When ~ enters the battlefield, counter target activated or triggered artifact ability. Exile that artifact.
2/2
United Strength2GW
Sorcery (U)
Distribute X +1/+1 counters among any number of target creatures you control, where X is the number of creatures you control.
I guess I should probably judge before going to sleep Target. I'm not in the best mood, so my apologies if my judgings are terse.
Lapson2 -No. I really dislike spells that do nothing, and the fact that it also has flashback makes it even worse.
arbitraryarmor - I don't like that this always returns to your hand (barring being countered), and therefore can be used as either a repeatable removal spell or a repeatable heroic enabler (or, you know, for the fact that it is an instant that increases power and grants wither (???)).
willows - This is pretty cute! I definitely smirked when I saw this. I *kinda* wish that it was "up to one target creature" so you can use it to play a land in a pinch w/o creatures, but we're splitting hairs at that point.
Megiddo - This is also pretty cute. I like random stuff (Norin the Wary EDH what what), and the fact that it also recurs itself if you're really lucky is extra fun.
swishh - I don't see how this relates to the challenge at all.
Cardz5000 - This seems clunky. Everything except the last line of rules text is fine, but why can't this just be a normal triggered ability instead of a really awkward replacement effect? The thing already has hexproof, so unless your playgroup has an extreme density of [card=Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite]Elesh Norn[/c] or Jund Charm running rampant, this thing isn't going to get picked off.
AmShegar - See some combination of Lapson2/arbitraryarmor. While neither of the two above judgments is completely accurate for this entry, and I feel this entry is more useful than the former and fair than the latter, it finds itself in this weird space where when you read it, it feels like there's little gain other than to function as a mini-Bioshift.
Small Adult - I'm not really sure how to gauge this card. I feel like maybe it's not expensive enough, but it's suuuuper swingy. It's either an unexciting pump spell (just +2/+2) or it's a one-creature blowout (+2/+2, double strike, untap, maybe something else - this is a heroic challenge after all). The fact that it works for any creature with a +1/+1 counter on it keeps it versatile, but I think that still just highlights how strong it is. If this were to see print, it would need to be a sorcery.
Winterspring -Yeah sure. Not super thrilled by the recursion everyone is going for, but I guess it makes sense. This one seemed less of an issue at first due to being an Aura and that your opponent can catch you with your pants down, but it has flash too, so
MagicBrains - Replicate doesn't interact with heroic, because you copy a spell, but the copy isn't cast.
avatarz - Well played. I like how you got around the copying a spell issue by copying the card and casting it. Maybe the last word of the last sentence should be "copy" instead of "spell" just to be more clear, though. Also, the +1/+1 boost seems kinda jammed in there.
Cardz5000 #2 -
Egak - I think this is should cost 2? 1 mana to do both of those things seems cheap at instant speed.
KageHasumatsa - whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
Ink-Treader - This is kinda weird, because I wanted to make a note about how you can only target as many creatures as you have "stuff" to distribute, but those will always be the same thing.
AsianInvasion - I am so excited that these are sorceries! They're all pretty solid, but not backbreaking.
CrustaceanCrusader - Sooo cute! I like that you still have to pay for the card, so it's not bonkers. I also like that once you cast it, it goes back to the graveyard, so you have to invest another turn to set it up again.
Winner: CC
HMs: Megiddo, AsianInvasion, willows, anybody who tried to make something without the intention of breaking heroic in half
Urn of Preservation4
Artifact (R) ,T: Exile target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. ,T: You may cast a card exiled with Urn of Preservation.
Recycle your one-off tactics.
IIW: Johnny rares.
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Creature - Monk
Protection from Illusions.
Affinity for Sphinxes.
3/2
Child of Prophecy :1mana::symw:
Creature - Human Warrior
You may cast Child of Prophecy as you are scrying it. If you do, add the top two cards from your library to the cards you are scrying.
2/2
(Yes, I know mid-resolution casting makes people nervous. Take it to Madness and Panglacial Wurm.)
Selesnya War-trained :symw::symg:
Creature - Elf Soldier
Protection from spells with Overload, creatures with Unleash, and each creature with a card encoded on it.
2/2
Rakdos War-trained :symr::symb:
Creature - Human Berserk
Protection from Tokens and creatures with Evolve.
Rakdos War-trained can't be detained.
2/2
Dimir War-trained :symu::symb:
Creature - Human Rogue
Protection from Tokens.
:symtap:: If target creature would attack this turn, it fights Dimir War-trained instead.
2/2
(Heh, anti-gruul and anti-boros turned out the same ability.)
Creature - Beast (R)
Trample, protection from elephants
Galavanting Gargadon can only attack alone.
6/4
IIW: Birds
Panglacial Wurm is terrible precedence and really a headache, and that's not how madness works (it's a replacement effect coupled with a triggered ability - you don't cast it until the other effect that made you discard finishes up).
That said, if you really want this to be a thing, maybe it should be worded more appropriately?
Child of Prophecy 1W
Creature - Human Warrior (U?)
While you're scrying, if Child of Prophecy is looked at this way, you may cast it from your library. If you do, you may scry an additional two cards this way.
2/2
I'm not sure if that second sentence works, but yours does not (because the other cards you're looking at are still technically the "top two cards of your library" unless you're only scrying 1.
Dimir War-trained :symu::symb:
Creature - Human Rogue
Protection from Tokens.
:symtap:: Whenever target creature attacks this turn, remove it from combat and that creature fights Dimir War-Trained.
2/2
Yes, this version doesn't hose Boros, but it works.
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Ink-Treader: This thing never offers any interesting decisions and you're missing a P/T. Your trinket text isn't really flavourful, but then again, neither is your card.
arbitraryarmor: Flavourful and mechanically interesting. This is great! Certainly a contender.
Ninja Caterpie: snickersnacker. This is actually pretty cute, but uncommon at the most.
MDenham:
Lapson2: lel
KageHamusuta: These guys are pretty good? I don't get the flavour at all, other than some vague white knight/black knight thing?
pstmdrn: Onslaught/10
SelesnyaNewLife: Sure, I guess, but maximum uninteresting.
Small Adult: Why does this hose islandwalk of all -walks? I don't even know what's going on here.
AsianInvasion: Cutie, but can this be monocoloured? Thanks.
The Most Curious Turtle: Hah! This is actually pretty bonkers though.
Cythare: This is brilliant. Big boss homunculus.
Cardz5000: This is actually a fairly awful card, and it makes for a very disappointing mythic. The flavour is awfully abstract.
void_nothing: Why does Stickygrip get +1/+0? It's already tapped. Other than that, it's pretty cool! Primal Guardian is a terrible idea.
avatarz: Can this search for the Ula's types? Other than that, this is sickeningly cute!
Winterspring: Actually pretty in-theme for white. Cool!
MagicBrains: Clever. I like this template.
AmShegar: I don't even know if this works.
spaceyjdjames: Needs a P/T. Nullstone Gargoyle does almost this in a less oppressive form and costs nine, so.
Sagharri: Cute, but the three toughness makes regenerate a lot less relevant, and the rarity makes this kinda underpowered.
willows: Go away.
Sir Karn: Why elephants?
Winner: Cythare for enabling Stitcher's Apprentice.dec
HM: avatarz, AsianInvasion, Winterspring
Next: Cool things for your heroic dorks.
Instant
Choose a target creature.
Flashback
IIW: sad
Instant [U]
Target creature gets +2/-1 and gains wither until end of turn. Return Onslaught of Flame to its owner's hand.
"Flame leads to nothing but destruction. To attempt to master fire is to gamble away one's life."
—Tarvin, northern paladin
IIW: An uncommon 3/3 for 4C
Instant (U)
Untap target creature. You may play an additional land this turn.
IIW: New counter types.
I was afraid it would go overhead
Lesser Gargadon
"In some cultures, elephants are ridden by those in power. I don't think a mere elephant would even be noticed in Keld."
—Onean sergeant
I see something almostly exactly like this almost once a day (or at least far too often) from someone in this thread.
Stop.
Instant {U}
Choose up to two target creatures. For each creature, flip a coin. If you win the flip, that creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. If you flip two coins and win both, return Goblin Tactics to its owner's hand.
IIW: You're not Alexander!
Sorcery (R)
Exile all creatures, then put a 1/1 white Bird creature token with defender and flying onto the battlefield.
IIW: (justified) color intensity
Enchantment Creature - Spirit (R)
Bestow :1mana::symu::symu:
Hexproof
Enchanted creature gets +0/+2 and has Hexproof.
If Shimmering Eidolon would become a creature you may instead return it to its owner's hand.
0/2
IIW: What's up in Zendikar?
Instant {C}
Buyback - G, remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
"I'm no hydra, fiend of Mogis. No arms of mine are gonna grow back. Fortunately, I only need one to finish you off."
IIW: 1-cmc legendary OR tinker tailor soldier spy
Instant (U)
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If that creature has a +1/+1 counter on it, untap it and it gains double strike until end of turn.
A hero is not some fantastic champion chosen by the gods. A hero is a soldier who, when all others around him admit defeat, refuses to accept his fate.
IIW: Multicolored Slivers
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)
Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Replicate
IIW: Multiple creature types you like.
This is for me more than it is for anyone else. I sucks at colors.
Artifact (R)
:2mana:, :symtap:: Copy target triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A triggered ability uses the words "when," "whenever," or "at.")
Its tines cannot be rung by mere physical force. Only magic of great power can start its eldritch resonance.
Instant (C)
Tap target creature.
Untap target creature.
IIW: Common Nonbasic Lands
Creature - Ouphe
Flash
When ~ enters the battlefield, counter target activated or triggered artifact ability. Exile that artifact.
2/2
IIW: Wedge Commanders
Sorcery (U)
Distribute X +1/+1 counters among any number of target creatures you control, where X is the number of creatures you control.
Choose one of these judge of creation:
Make Strionic Resonator shine!
You can not grasp the true form of Ashiok's attack!
*cough* target *cough*
This is for me more than it is for anyone else. I sucks at colors.
What stopped you?
Ack. That could of been awkward. Thank you sir!
Choose one of these judge of creation:
Make Strionic Resonator shine!
You can not grasp the true form of Ashiok's attack!
sleepTarget. I'm not in the best mood, so my apologies if my judgings are terse.arbitraryarmor - I don't like that this always returns to your hand (barring being countered), and therefore can be used as either a repeatable removal spell or a repeatable heroic enabler (or, you know, for the fact that it is an instant that increases power and grants wither (???)).
willows - This is pretty cute! I definitely smirked when I saw this. I *kinda* wish that it was "up to one target creature" so you can use it to play a land in a pinch w/o creatures, but we're splitting hairs at that point.
Megiddo - This is also pretty cute. I like random stuff (Norin the Wary EDH what what), and the fact that it also recurs itself if you're really lucky is extra fun.
swishh - I don't see how this relates to the challenge at all.
Cardz5000 - This seems clunky. Everything except the last line of rules text is fine, but why can't this just be a normal triggered ability instead of a really awkward replacement effect? The thing already has hexproof, so unless your playgroup has an extreme density of [card=Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite]Elesh Norn[/c] or Jund Charm running rampant, this thing isn't going to get picked off.
AmShegar - See some combination of Lapson2/arbitraryarmor. While neither of the two above judgments is completely accurate for this entry, and I feel this entry is more useful than the former and fair than the latter, it finds itself in this weird space where when you read it, it feels like there's little gain other than to function as a mini-Bioshift.
Small Adult - I'm not really sure how to gauge this card. I feel like maybe it's not expensive enough, but it's suuuuper swingy. It's either an unexciting pump spell (just +2/+2) or it's a one-creature blowout (+2/+2, double strike, untap, maybe something else - this is a heroic challenge after all). The fact that it works for any creature with a +1/+1 counter on it keeps it versatile, but I think that still just highlights how strong it is. If this were to see print, it would need to be a sorcery.
Winterspring -Yeah sure. Not super thrilled by the recursion everyone is going for, but I guess it makes sense. This one seemed less of an issue at first due to being an Aura and that your opponent can catch you with your pants down, but it has flash too, so
MagicBrains - Replicate doesn't interact with heroic, because you copy a spell, but the copy isn't cast.
avatarz - Well played. I like how you got around the copying a spell issue by copying the card and casting it. Maybe the last word of the last sentence should be "copy" instead of "spell" just to be more clear, though. Also, the +1/+1 boost seems kinda jammed in there.
Cardz5000 #2 -
Egak - I think this is should cost 2?
KageHasumatsa - whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
Ink-Treader - This is kinda weird, because I wanted to make a note about how you can only target as many creatures as you have "stuff" to distribute, but those will always be the same thing.
AsianInvasion - I am so excited that these are sorceries! They're all pretty solid, but not backbreaking.
CrustaceanCrusader - Sooo cute! I like that you still have to pay for the card, so it's not bonkers. I also like that once you cast it, it goes back to the graveyard, so you have to invest another turn to set it up again.
HMs: Megiddo, AsianInvasion, willows, anybody who tried to make something without the intention of breaking heroic in half
Next: Johnny rares and/or Disney
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Two neurons rubbing together and creating a spark.
There are two common cards with retrace that target creatures. Let's flesh out that cycle. Names are lame because meh.
Stand Vigil W
Sorcery {C}
Target creature gets +0/+2 and gains vigilance until end of turn.
Retrace
Float On 1U
Sorcery {C}
Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying until end of turn.
Retrace
Scare Off 2B
Sorcery {C}
Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains intimidate until end of turn.
Retrace
IIW: A card for two psychographics (Timmy, Johnny, and/or Spike).
Artifact (R)
,T: Exile target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard.
,T: You may cast a card exiled with Urn of Preservation.
Recycle your one-off tactics.
IIW: Johnny rares.