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Quote from Ree Wicker »

Antius is interesting for a sphinx lord and I would say fits their theme.

Thank you, though a commenter mentioned that it'd be a tad broken to return any card from exile. I thought about using Imprint as its wording, though I worry it might be too wordy.

Quote from Hawk7915 »

Shazulak, Host of Hordes
2RW
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
Creature tokens you control have Haste.
If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates three times as many of those tokens instead.
At the beginning of each end step, exile all creature tokens you control.
No matter the situation, there is always an amount of force one can bring to bear for which there is no adequate defense
3/3

Play it as the secret commander of a Jeskai deck, along with Teferi's Veil. Since tokens can come back from phasing now.

Quote from cyberium_neo »

Malcom Double-Die
WR
2/3
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue

Whenever a player shuffles their library, draw a card and gain 2 life.
If an opponent would draw a card, instead they shuffle their library then draw a card unless they pay 3 life.

The last ability is clearly meant to screw with topdeck tutors, but triggers way too often and would eat up a lot of play time. I would say instead, "Whenever an opponent shuffles their library, they shuffle their library or pay 3 life."

Physically, they just finish their normal shuffle if they Rampant Growth'd or something. If they were resolving a topdeck tutor, they simply pay an extra 3 life for the effect. It also gives the opponent an out by combining their topdeck tutor with instant speed card draw (in response to the shuffle trigger), making the card more interactive.

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Quote from cyberium_neo »

Malcom Double-Die
WR
2/3
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue

Whenever a player shuffles their library, draw a card and gain 2 life.
If an opponent would draw a card, instead they shuffle their library then draw a card unless they pay 3 life.

The last ability is clearly meant to screw with topdeck tutors, but triggers way too often and would eat up a lot of play time. I would say instead, "Whenever an opponent shuffles their library, they shuffle their library or pay 3 life."

Physically, they just finish their normal shuffle if they Rampant Growth'd or something. If they were resolving a topdeck tutor, they simply pay an extra 3 life for the effect. It also gives the opponent an out by combining their topdeck tutor with instant speed card draw (in response to the shuffle trigger), making the card more interactive.

The last ability was actually meant to mess with control/combo players in general, consider they draw/tutor the most cards out of any archetype, though you're right that it does make a big X draw spell like Stroke of Genius very time consuming, frustrating even for Malcom's controller.

Is there a typo in, "Whenever an opponent shuffles their library, they shuffle their library or pay 3 life."?

Quote from cyberium_neo »

Is there a typo in, "Whenever an opponent shuffles their library, they shuffle their library or pay 3 life."?

No. Mechanically, the trigger goes on the stack when they finish whatever effect caused the shuffle, and then that trigger causes them to shuffle again or pay 3. I was interpreting what you originally wrote to be meant as hate against cards like Vampiric Tutor. So, they would find a card, shuffle their deck, put that card on top of their deck, lose 2 life, and then either shuffle again (losing the card they tutored for) or pay 3 life (increasing the cost of the tutor). If the shuffle was just Rampant Growth or similar, then the second shuffle wouldn't be doing anything without deck manipulation in response to the trigger, so the physical actions could be just one set of shuffles (even if it counts as two for the likes of Cosi's Trickster or similar).

Quote from Jivanmukta »

Mill is bad. Mill should be less bad.

The Contrarian
XUUB
Legendary Creature - Faerie Wizard
Flash. Flying.
When The Contrarian enters the battlefield put the top X cards of your library into your graveyard.
Whenever a card is put into your graveyard from your library, each opponent exiles the top card of their library.
1/4

I like it! Instant mill against tutor and fill your grave with goodies while denying opponents' library.