Welcome to the New Challenge Every Day Card Contest
Today's challenge:
Face-Down
Rules of the Game
This contest is a hybrid of the DCC and IIW/winner is judge games like Club Flamingo. If you are unfamiliar with either of those the rules for this contest will be explained below.
Anyone can enter each day.
To enter:
1. Post a card that fits the current challenge.
2. In the same post, name exactly two other players to vote for their entries for the previous challenge.
3. It is recommended you include a potential new challenge ("IIW") in your post.
Each day we use the challenge of the player with the most votes on the previous day who included a challenge. In the case of a tie, we use the challenge of the tied player who posted first.
Scoring
Votes you receive each day go to your points for the duration of the contest (currently planned to be two weeks/14 days). The top overall scorer(s) at the end of this period will be the winner(s).
Raider's ReapingR
Sorcery (Uncommon)
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Bloodshed - Draw two cards if an opponent was dealt 2 or more combat damage this turn. Otherwise, draw a card. "Knock'em down hard. It gives you more time to pillage before they get back up."
-Kora, Orc Captain
IIW: A powerful mechanic in a new/different color (like delve in red, storm in green etc)
Fool's Gold B
Sorcery (C)
Create a Pyrite colorless artifact token with "Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Pyrite: Add one mana of any color."
Draw a card.
------------------------ The Phyrexian's economic warfare tactics had a faster, yet diluted impact due to the underword being all too familiar with the tactic.
IntrospectionU
Sorcery {C}
Draw a card.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Self-reflection only takes a moment... or two.
Silken ThoughtsU Sorcery {UC}
Draw a card.
Weave UU(When you cast an instant or sorcery spell, if this card is in your graveyard, you may pay UU. If you do, add this card’s other effects to that spell. Otherwise, exile this card.)
Roar of AlephG
Instant (U)
Target creature has base power and toughness 3/3 until end of turn.
Draw a card. Spline has the most orderly and logical lycanthropes in the multiverse.
IIW: Reference something that exists in the "background" rules of Magic but that isn't normally mentioned on cards
Kamsha's Boon2W
Enchantment - Aura (Common)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2.
As Radiant's Boon is turned face up, you may attach it to a creature you control. When you do, enchanted creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Morph W(You may cast this card as a face down 2/2 creature for 3. Turn it up at any time for its morph cost.)
Kamsha's magic can be a gentle hand of protection, or a stern hand of discipline.
IIW: Split cards symbolizing two guilds working together.
Fatestealer1GBU
Creature - Naga Rogue (R)
Menace
Whenever deals combat damage to a player, manifest that many cards of that player's library. (Put them onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creatures under your control. Turn them face up any time for their mana costs if they're creature cards.) 1/3
Dang it! I keep forgetting to add an IIW. So I guess it's a good thing I never win. If I win the 1 mana cantrip challenge, let's do madness or madness enabler.
Pit Viper(B/G)(B/G)
Creature - Snake (U)
Deathtouch
Morph (B/G)
When Pit Viper is turned face up, it gains first strike until end of turn.
2/2
(22 Total) - October 2014; December 2014; January 2015; April 2015; June 2015; August 2015; September 2015; November 2015; December 2015(T); January 2016; March 2016(T); April 2016; June 2016; October 2016; December 2016(T); February 2017; April 2017; December 2017; November 2018(T); January 2019; April 2019; June 2019
(8 Total) - May 2015; May 2016; June 2016; August 2016; October 2016; December 2016; October 2017; May 2019
(7 Total) - September 2015; October 2015; January 2016; March 2016; April 2016; July 2016(T); March 2019(T)
Rigged to Blow R
Instant - Trap (C)
Mimic 1R(You may cast this face down as 2/2 creature for 3. Exile and cast it face-up for its mimic cost any time you could play an instant.)
Destroy target artifact. If Rigged to Blow's mimic cost was paid, it deals damage equal to the destroyed artifact's converted mana cost to any target.
Soulfire Flare2RR
Sorcery - Anima {U}
Soulfire Flare deals 2 damage to everything that isn’t a face down creature. (Everything includes players, planeswalkers, and creatures.)
Ensoul (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 3.)
Flashback 1R(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Riddles UnsolvedUR
Sorcery (R)
Look at the top three cards of your library, then shuffle and exile them in a face-down pile (You can't look at cards exiled this way).
Name a card: Reveal a card exiled with Riddles Unsolved. If it's a card of a chosen name, you may play it. Otherwise, put it into your graveyard. Every wrong guess makes you closer to the right answer.
Morphogenetics2UU Enchantment {R}
Whenever a face up creature attacks, turn if face down. (It becomes a 2/2 creature.)
Whenever a face down creature attacks, turn it face up.
Psychic DivisionUR
Enchantment (R)
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library face down into a top cards pile and the bottom card of your library face down into a bottom cards pile. 4: Look at the exiled cards you own in a top cards pile or bottom cards pile.
At the beginning of your end step, you may pay 2 and sacrifice Psychic Division. If you do, put all of the exiled cards you own in your choice of a top cards pile or a bottom cards pile into your hand and shuffle the exiled cards you own in the other pile into your library.
Today's challenge:
Face-Down
Rules of the Game
This contest is a hybrid of the DCC and IIW/winner is judge games like Club Flamingo. If you are unfamiliar with either of those the rules for this contest will be explained below.
Anyone can enter each day.
To enter:
1. Post a card that fits the current challenge.
2. In the same post, name exactly two other players to vote for their entries for the previous challenge.
3. It is recommended you include a potential new challenge ("IIW") in your post.
Each day we use the challenge of the player with the most votes on the previous day who included a challenge. In the case of a tie, we use the challenge of the tied player who posted first.
Scoring
Votes you receive each day go to your points for the duration of the contest (currently planned to be two weeks/14 days). The top overall scorer(s) at the end of this period will be the winner(s).
void_nothing 16 (+3)
Antiantiserum 13 (+1)
Subject16 12 (+3)
valleybeyond 12 (+2)
kwanyeegor 9
Cardz5000 8 (+5)
Flatline 4
Forestsguy 3
soramaro 2
Jump4Joy 2 (+0)
Feyd_Ruin 1
master_of_the_universe 0
zdtsd 0
lookashiny 0 (+0)
Yesterday's challenge was "One-mana cantrips"
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
Kamsha's Boon 2W
Enchantment - Aura (Common)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2.
As Radiant's Boon is turned face up, you may attach it to a creature you control. When you do, enchanted creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Morph W (You may cast this card as a face down 2/2 creature for 3. Turn it up at any time for its morph cost.)
Kamsha's magic can be a gentle hand of protection, or a stern hand of discipline.
IIW: Split cards symbolizing two guilds working together.
Fatestealer 1GBU
Creature - Naga Rogue (R)
Menace
Whenever deals combat damage to a player, manifest that many cards of that player's library. (Put them onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creatures under your control. Turn them face up any time for their mana costs if they're creature cards.)
1/3
IIW: Super Mario
Dang it! I keep forgetting to add an IIW. So I guess it's a good thing I never win. If I win the 1 mana cantrip challenge, let's do madness or madness enabler.
Pit Viper (B/G)(B/G)
Creature - Snake (U)
Deathtouch
Morph (B/G)
When Pit Viper is turned face up, it gains first strike until end of turn.
2/2
IIW: Musical Instruments
Rigged to Blow
R
Instant - Trap (C)
Mimic 1R (You may cast this face down as 2/2 creature for 3. Exile and cast it face-up for its mimic cost any time you could play an instant.)
Destroy target artifact. If Rigged to Blow's mimic cost was paid, it deals damage equal to the destroyed artifact's converted mana cost to any target.
IIW: kaiju
Soulfire Flare 2RR
Sorcery - Anima {U}
Soulfire Flare deals 2 damage to everything that isn’t a face down creature. (Everything includes players, planeswalkers, and creatures.)
Ensoul (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 3.)
Flashback 1R (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
IIW: Off-color hybrid activation costs.
Riddles Unsolved UR
Sorcery (R)
Look at the top three cards of your library, then shuffle and exile them in a face-down pile (You can't look at cards exiled this way).
Name a card: Reveal a card exiled with Riddles Unsolved. If it's a card of a chosen name, you may play it. Otherwise, put it into your graveyard.
Every wrong guess makes you closer to the right answer.
IIW: Shards
Morphogenetics 2UU
Enchantment {R}
Whenever a face up creature attacks, turn if face down. (It becomes a 2/2 creature.)
Whenever a face down creature attacks, turn it face up.
IIW: Artificer tribal
Psychic Division UR
Enchantment (R)
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library face down into a top cards pile and the bottom card of your library face down into a bottom cards pile.
4: Look at the exiled cards you own in a top cards pile or bottom cards pile.
At the beginning of your end step, you may pay 2 and sacrifice Psychic Division. If you do, put all of the exiled cards you own in your choice of a top cards pile or a bottom cards pile into your hand and shuffle the exiled cards you own in the other pile into your library.
IIW: Obsidian Fireheart/Raging River-like reminder text/rules text
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝