MTG Salvation

Crystalline Bubbles (W/U)
Enchantment (M)
Vanishing 1
If Crystalline Bubbles is cast during your first, second, or third turn, it enters the battlefield with an additional time counter.
Players and permanents they control don't exist to other players. (For example, a spell that would destroy all creatures only sees the controller's creatures, spells and abilities can't target permanents you don't control or other players.)

IIW: Pillow forts!

Quote from admirableadmiral »

Just tell us what you want already Meg

I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description ["good entries"], and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it, and the entries involved in this challenge are not that.

Alright, I now want a decent card so we can move on to less vague IIWs.

Urborg Stingswarm 2B
Creature - Insect (U)
Flying
When Urborg Stingswarm enters the battlefield, each player sacrifices a tapped permanent.
Suspend 2—2B (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay 2B and exile it with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
3/1

Ouch, Meg.

Getting around annoyingly impossible to kill creatures.

Depose 1B
Sorcery (U)
Each player chooses a creature. The creature's control sacrifices it.

Games that take too long.

To the Bitter End 3BB
Sorcery (R)
Each player loses half their life, rounded down.

I want to always have options forever

Assapoll, the Unbound 3UUU
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard (M)
Whenever you cast a spell from your hand or play a land, you may draw a card.
2/3

I want my opponent dead

Gardorunpak, Chaos Flame 3RRR
Legendary Creature - Elemental (M)
Whenever a creature attacks or blocks or a player casts a spell, ~ deals 1 damage to target creature or player.
4/3

Like, really dead

Witxen, Soul Taker 3BBB
Legendary Creature - Hag Spirit (M)
Flying, Indestructible
If a source an opponent controls causes ~ to leave that battlefield, that player loses the game.
3/3


IIW: Creatures with a P/T difference of 5 or greater (a 6/1 or 2/8 for example)

Mimicflame 2R
Creature - Elemental Shapeshifter (R)
When Mimicflame enters the battlefield, you may have it become a copy of another creature until end of turn, except it has haste.
3/3

Second Entry, post Meg.

Sylvan Treasury2G
Enchantment (R)

At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal it. If it is a non-land card, search your library for a land card and put it into your hand, then shuffle your library. If you searched your library for a land card this way, skip drawing your first card during your draw step.

IIW: Draw step things (creatures, enchantments, etc.)

EDIT:

Quote from Cythare »

fun fact: things that trigger at the beginning of your draw step happen after you draw

fun fact: things that trigger at the beginning of your draw step happen after you draw

Grizzly Bears

IIW: Don the Power Armor

everyone loves Academy but come on

Draining Pall 1WU
Enchantment (R)
If a permanent's ability would add more than one mana to a player's mana pool, it adds one mana of any color it could produce instead.

IIW: A new card for a character that already has a legendary creature card

romance

Chatterley's Corset 2
Artifact - Equipment (U)
Equipped creature has hexproof and soulbond.
As long as equipped creature is paired with another creature, those creatures have outlast 2.

IIW: OTPs

Burn Everything 2R
Enchantment [R]
Whenever a player casts a spell, Burn Everything deals 1 damage to that player.
"Fight fire with fire? Of course! You should fight everything with fire!"
—Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

IIW: Fight everything with fire

references to medicine

Organ Transfusion 1UB
Enchantment - Aura (R)
Enchant creature you control
When Organ Transfusion enters the battlefield, exile target creature. As long as a card exiled with Organ Transfusion is a creature card, enchanted creature is a copy of the last creature card exiled with Organ Transfusion.

IIW: Transfusions

Return to Dust W
Instant (U)
Exile target permanent that entered the battlefield from a graveyard this turn.
“Your attempts to restore Galgallone to its former glory are amusing, but it’s ultimately a pointless pursuit.”
-The Shrouded One

IIW: Graveyard shenanigans, or graveyard shenanigans hate.

Safety Valve 1UU
Instant (R)
Exile target spell.
Exile Safety Valve.

IIW: sneaky hobs

Legendary Terror King Mecha Striker Omega Justice 3RRR
Creature - Human Demon (R)
Legendary Terror King Mecha Striker Omega Justice can't attack unless your opponents control no creatures.
At the beginning of your declare attackers step, you may have Legendary Terror King Mecha Striker Omega Justice fight target creature an opponent controls. If it would assign enough damage to destroy that creature, you may have it assign the rest of its damage to that creature's controller.
6/5

IIW: Non creature tribal

Judging commences!

Winterspring:
You seem to have a problem with creatures... Oh, you changed your card.
You seem to have a problem with... counters? Planeswalkers maybe. This card is black. It would take a weird set for this to be anything remotely playable, though.
And yes, #punk has died. Or rather, it has transcended.

Scarbo:
You appear to dislike mana screw. That's fair. Compare to Abundance. I think this effect on a bear is too powerful. Could be wrong. Well, if it was actually just Abundance it would be. As is, if you select not to use the ability you could easily just draw a land anyway. So maybe it's ok. I see a lot of Elvish Spirit Guides in this card's future, though.

Ichorid:
Your problem is that you like Yu-Gi-Oh.

Ninja Caterpie:
I feel as though Desperado Ritual might be subject to abuse.

Cythare:
Your problem is... being bad at magic?
Wait, haha, this card is stupid. I guess you don't like alt-win cards, huh?

Arbies:
I feel like Mindbreak Trap addresses most of the issues that this card is trying to solve. Side to Side may solve the other one.

Figurative:
>wants to combat mana screw
>designs 3CMC card that requires two mana symbols of a particular color
>constanza.jpg

Cythare 2.0
I hope this card is better than your last one.
Apparently you don't like Tarmogoyf.

Redkod:
This. Well, I've been making fun of people who didn't put their problem in their post, but your card... is obvious.
I think this is too ham-handed for what I want in a winner in this challenge, sorry.

AbrmelaAnegel:
If this said 0 and not 1 I would have liked this card. In practice you might as well just stick with Thalia effects though.

Cyhare 3.0:

Atoganalec:
Thanks for this submission.

SNL:
Oh, ho ho! Who did the two-mana version of this, Scarbo? Copy and paste that down here. Leyline of this effect seems strong to me. Limiting it to lands and creatures seems wise though.

ManyCookies:
This does seem strong. Not too strong, but 0 cost is not to be trifled with. Even Bone Saw required some investment, and that didn't even pump toughness. Ultimately you don't solve your own problem though, as this isn't really interesting.

niko:
Cythare covered this fairly well. IIWs are also required.

Ninja Caterpe:
I was with you until "originally printed," then I just zoned out.

Ink-Treader:
This is not the worst. It's effectively a super silence but with the alt-cost of 4 life, which is probably fair. Being a sorcery severely limits its effectiveness, of course. I think this card probably lives on the bench.

iphanx:
im 12 years old and what is this

CC:
I meant a problem with the game mechanics, not the sexy factor.

NC 32.0:
This card is secretly really mean. If combined with aggressive and repeatable LD and/or ramp, this could form the hard lock. I'm noting that if you get them down to 2 fewer lands than you, as long as you play a land every turn they are locked as well. How cruel. This is like a trojan horse: a real bastard move disguised as a gift.

ReCythare:
This is funny, since it's probably really bad in older formats, but actually quite powerful in standard. It's like a reverse Eidolon of the Great Revel.
Your problem isn't real, and I already judged everything up until this point last night anyway.

wavatars:
We discussed this elsewhere already. You did change the cost, so it's now a better card, but it doesn't really solve the problems you had.

Cythare again again:
Abzan v sultai is just mind-numbing. Obviously you produce a card that fits into only Jeskai, though.
Wait. I think this card makes the problem worse, not better. Hm.

Cythareeee:
>not submitting jeans
>mfw

Karn:
I feel like I have posted this card before. Good effort though on remembering that I like brushwaggs (hint to guys trying to join the Clan: This is the answer to one of the questions).

Ink-Threader:
This could say "Each player's range of influence is 0" and actually work in the comprehensive rules I believe. Multiplayer-only mechanic, yes, but still.

avatarz:
This made me laugh. I actually like it, too, since it can be used in a lot of situations. It stops your spells from fizzling or being countered, allows you to abuse Prowess, storm, and similar mechanics, and some third thing I forgot. I'm only really concerned about the Storm applications. However, this can already be done with Venser (admittedly for 4 mana, which is steep), and this still requires you to play a small man in your (ostensibly) combo deck. So maybe it's balanced.

Manycookes:
I'm not sure what problem this is solving. I guess you're trying to solve... the challenge? How meta.
I like the card, although Nantuko Shaman explored this space already. Once in MMA I suspended that guy and then got blown out the next turn by Pestermite. I was not pleased. Well, "blown out."

Icari:
Depose I do not like. For context, I don't like council's judgment much either. It's a hamfisted way to fix a bad mechanic (hexproof).
Bitter end: I'm actually mildly surprised that this doesn't exist yet. There are cards that do similar things, but a sorcery we don't have.
Ass: I like this one. Probably busted, but the stats reflect that.
G-money: See previous comment.
Wixten: See previous comment, then add "that last ability is bad."

The Cook:
I like this one! Dack's Duplicate is probably just better than this, but I like the design. Temp copy. Very tricky.

Redk:
You guys really hate mana screw, don't you? Like, really really. What about mana flood? Also why does this not just put the card on top of your library?

Koolkoal:
Ah, classic.

willows:
This should probably be on a grizzly bear. Seems like a very white hatebear ability.

Cothanes:
Red does maybe want to show some more of it's PASSIONATE side, though it's not really that appropriate for a card game about wizard battles. Wait, this is an artifact?

outback steakhouse:
I mean, ok

avatars:
Ah, here's the mana flood fixing card. I feel like Trade Routes did this better.

Cythare:
watch this for me


Ink-treader:
This is neat. Very narrow hate card, but powerful. I almost wish it said "each" rather than "target," as this card is so narrow that it could probably do with a power boost and not matter much. Like back to nature basically. Nice card.

Cringons:
Are you still watching?

tog:
What even is this? Eats a guy every turn until they're just DOB, then kills them for you? Ok.


WINNER:
Ok, we got actual good cards for a change. ManyCookies decided to ignore the prompt and just post cards that I would actually like, and he succeeded. However, I have to give the win to avatarz for Patcher Mage. He actually followed the challenge and the card tickles me in ways that aren't appropriate for a family-friendly internet message board.

Current Challenge: The other side of the mirror.

Mirrorverse 2UU
Enchantment (R)
Whenever a nontoken creature enters the battlefield, that creature's controller chooses an opponent. That opponent puts a token onto the battlefield that is a copy of that creature except that its name and creature type is Reflection.
x: Target Reflection creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. Any player may activate this ability.

IIW: A basic land that isn't Basic

Mirror of Desolation3B
Artifact (R)

Whenever a permanent you control is sent to the graveyard, each opponent sacrifices a permanent of that type.
1BB, t: Destroy target permanent you control.
"Many look into it and see horrifying visions of death and destruction. Others look into it and see complete control." -Oracle il-Vec


IIW: Dual Colored Lorwyn commands.

Soul Mirror 2BB
Enchantment {R}
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no Reflection tokens on the battlefield, put an X/X black Reflection creature token onto the battlefield, where X is half your life, rounded up. Then you lose X life.
0: Destroy target Reflection.

IIW: Khans post time travel.

Chaos Mirror 2UR
Enchantment (R)
If you would draw a card, each opponent draws a card instead.
If an opponent would draw a card, you draw a card instead.
If a source would deal damage to you, it deals that much damage to each opponent instead.
If a source would deal damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to you instead.

IIW: Futuristic Goblin card

Lazav's Duplicate 3UB
Creature — Shapeshifter Assassin [R]
You may have Lazav's Duplicate enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield. If you do, exile that creature until Lazav's Duplicate leaves the battlefield.
"There is only enough space on this side of the mirror for one of us to exist, and I don't think that it's going to be you."
0/0

IIW: A card from Hearthstone made into magic, or vice versa
Or if you don't play hearthstone do something that's never been done before.

Mirror of Inner Reflection 2
Artifact - Equipment (R)
Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may put a token that's a copy of a creature defending player controls onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Exile that token at the beginning of the next end step.
Equip 3

Man in the Mirror 4
Legendary Artifact (R)
T, Tap an untapped creature you control: Put X +1/+1 counters on that creature, where X is that creatures power.
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change.

IIW: Creatures with a P/T difference of 5 or greater (a 6/1 or 2/8 for example)

Crippling Dysmorphia 1BB
Enchantment (R)
Each creature can't attack or block and its abilities can't be activated unless it has a -1/-1 counter on it.

IIW: Legendary noncreatures.