Shifting Moonglove U
Instant
Put target creature with a cost of 3 or less on the bottom of its owner's library, that player puts a 1/1 black faerie rogue creature token with flying into play under their control.
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Decks I have in my bag of tricks- Needless to say, someone who wants to play will probably have a deck UB/x Faeries UR Storm XURWB Affinity G Elves UW control
Combat Clog1W Enchantment
At the beginning of each opponent's combat phase, that player chooses up to X creatures they control, where X is the number of lands they control. No other creatures may attack this turn.
Stabilize 3 (At the beginning of your end step, if an opponent controls X or more lands, transform ~.)
// Generic Body #i
Creature - Angel
Flying, Vigilance
[3/3]
- Counter target non-creature spell
- Return target creature to its owner's hand
- Tap target permanent. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Lethargic Response - U
Sorcery
Counter target spell
Obviously needs some support to be printed in standard but Wizards has a long record of printing cards not even fringe playable in standard just to see if they could be interesting in older formats.
Because I want to see more combo and control decks :
Perfect Transmutation UG
Instant
Search your library for a spell with converted mana cost 1 and cast it without paying it's mana cost.
Master Transmutation UUG
Instant
Search your library for a spell with converted mana cost 2 or less and cast it without paying it's mana cost. If that spell has suspend, instead suspend it without paying it's suspend cost.
What if it was Azorious Sun or Simic Sun Zenith
XUUG
Instant
Search your library for a spell with converted mana cost X or less and cast it without paying it's mana cost. If that spell has suspend, instead suspend it without paying it's suspend cost.
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Pauper: UB Wight Phantasm RB Burn UR Faerie Rites of Initiation
Because I want to see more combo and control decks :
Perfect Transmutation UG
Instant
Search your library for a spell with converted mana cost 1 and cast it without paying it's mana cost.
Master Transmutation UUG
Instant
Search your library for a spell with converted mana cost 2 or less and cast it without paying it's mana cost. If that spell has suspend, instead suspend it without paying it's suspend cost.
What if it was Azorious Sun or Simic Sun Zenith
XUUG
Instant
Search your library for a spell with converted mana cost X or less and cast it without paying it's mana cost. If that spell has suspend, instead suspend it without paying it's suspend cost.
They would probably template it differently, more or less like this:
Simic TransmutationUUG Instant
Search your library for an instant or sorcery card and exile it. You may cast that card this turn. Exile Simic Transumtation.
This nonbos with suspend and basically Wargates an instant or sorcery at instant speed. It also exiles to prevent recursion shenanigans. You might be able to decrease the cost and make it just hit instants too, or remove the self-exile clause.
Expendable Sentry 1
Artifact Creature - Construct
Sacrifice Expendable Sentry: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
0/2
Designed to help virtually anything to have a solid (but not overpowered) answer to some combo and linear aggro decks, Expendable Sentry is the police card Modern needs. It is easily splashable, yet purely defensive. The only real issue here is to whether or not this bleeds over too much into white's part of the color pie. Since it only stuffs a single source, and it doesn't care about color, I feel like this could make it in some form eventually. Perhaps the mana cost could be compromised to be 2 or W, like so many of the Shadowmoor/Eventide cards.
Binding Matrix 3
Artifact
Neither spells being cast nor permanents entering the battlefield cause abilities to trigger. 3,T, Sacrifice Binding Matrix: Counter target activated or triggered ability.
Another police card, but this time against decks like Tron, Bant Eldrazi, and anything with Valakut. For one more mana, this is a serious upgrade to Torpor Orb, and it's not dead in multiples either. Worst case, the sac ability could be scrapped if the blue bleed was considered to be too great, or again, we could use some Shadowmoor-style hybrid blue/colorless costs there.
Because I want to see more combo and control decks :
Perfect Transmutation UG
Instant
Search your library for a spell with converted mana cost 1 and cast it without paying it's mana cost.
Master Transmutation UUG
Instant
Search your library for a spell with converted mana cost 2 or less and cast it without paying it's mana cost. If that spell has suspend, instead suspend it without paying it's suspend cost.
What if it was Azorious Sun or Simic Sun Zenith
XUUG
Instant
Search your library for a spell with converted mana cost X or less and cast it without paying it's mana cost. If that spell has suspend, instead suspend it without paying it's suspend cost.
They would probably template it differently, more or less like this:
Simic TransmutationUUG Instant
Search your library for an instant or sorcery card and exile it. You may cast that card this turn. Exile Simic Transumtation.
This nonbos with suspend and basically Wargates an instant or sorcery at instant speed. It also exiles to prevent recursion shenanigans. You might be able to decrease the cost and make it just hit instants too, or remove the self-exile clause.
I don't mind the self-exile, but I would like it to have "may spend mana of any color" tagged on. Not much point in having a tool box spell that is only good on UWX decks.
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Pauper: UB Wight Phantasm RB Burn UR Faerie Rites of Initiation
Emissary of Frugality W
Creature-Human Cleric
Players can't cast spells if that spell's converted mana cost is higher than the number of lands they control.
0/2
Comes down early and polices about 80% of the broken decks in the format. Become Immense kills are out, Tron and Bant Eldrazi need to slow down and play Magic like normal... I don't like how much this hurts Tron and Elves, tbh, but I think it'd be worth it because it does a huge number on the "unfair kill out of nowhere" decks (And hurting Infect's become immense kill actually boosts tron a lot)
Lethargic Response - U
Sorcery
Counter target spell
Obviously needs some support to be printed in standard but Wizards has a long record of printing cards not even fringe playable in standard just to see if they could be interesting in older formats.
You'd have to use Quicken or that one dragon from RTR.
I don't get people clamoring for it, because it's pretty dang close to:
Just Another Counterspell UU
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this card, discard a card.
Counter target spell. Draw a card.
Except for the fact that the spell you discard MUST be named Quicken. I guess it could create a Leyline of Anticipation based control deck, but that seems an awfully narrow thing? It'd basically be "If you have leyline, this deck is bonkers. If you don't have leyline, half the cards in your deck are terrible, and you're running a playset of uncastable cards" And adding more quicken effects hurts the deck, because they're empty cantrips if you did get leyline. Still, it could be an interesting archetype, I suppose.
Kruphix's Command2UG Instant
Choose two:
-Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn
-Put target creature on top of its' owner's library
-Counter target activated ability
-Search your library for a basic land card and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library
Iroas's CommandRW Instant
Choose two:
-Untap target creature, it gains indestructible until end of turn
-Iroas's Command deals 2 damage to each creature in play
-Target creature gains doublestrike until end of turn
-Tap target land, it does not untap during its' controller's next untap step.
Pharika's Command3GB Instant
Choose two:
-Destroy target creature
-Destroy target land
-Return target card from your graveyard to your hand
-You gain 5 life
Keranos's Command1RU Instant
Choose two:
-Keranos's Command deals 3 damage to target creature
-Counter target spell unless its' controller pays 1
-Draw a card, then discard a card
-Tap or untap target permanent
Athreos's CommandWB Instant
Choose two:
-Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn
-Put a 1/1 white Spirit enchantment creature token with flying onto the battlefield
-Destroy target enchantment
-Exile all cards from target player's graveyard
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My Decks:
UG Merfolk RG 8-Whack BWG Abzan midrange GRB Living End UWB Spirit Control
GU Kruphix's "Hug Assassin" RW Kalemne's "Play Fatties and Hope for the Best!" BUGW Atraxa's "All counters, all the time"
Forged in eternity U
Instant
You may choose an artifact equipment card you own from outside the game, reveal that card, and put it on top of your library. Exile Forged In Eternity.
Decks I have in my bag of tricks- Needless to say, someone who wants to play will probably have a deck UB/x Faeries UR Storm XURWB Affinity G Elves UW control
It's free to cast if you wish and it exiles to be an answer for Cavern of Souls, but it is card disadvantage, requires a serious life cost to cast for free and reveals additional information to your opponent if you make it cheaper than UUU. It is also restricted to blue decks and requires a heavy blue commitment if you want to be able to cast it without life loss.
I am not sure if it could make it through Standard though.
Land of the Lost land
Land of the lost enters the battlefield tapped.
Land of the Lost has the land types of all basic lands in all graveyards and in exile.
If Land of the Lost would enter exile or the graveyard from anywhere, you may instead place it onto the battlefield.
Orb of Destruction 3 Artifact
Orb of Destruction enters the battlefield tapped.
Sacrifice Orb of Destruction, Name any number of permanents your opponent controls, that player sacrifices those permanents. For each permanent sacrificed this way, it's owner may search his or her library for a card that shares that card's type and put it onto the battlefield.
Cursed Mirror 1UB Enchantment
Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell for the first time in a turn, their opponent may copy that spell. They may pick new targets for the copied spell.
Master Puppeteer UWB Legendary Creature - Wizard
You gain control of target permanent. That permanent's owner gains control of Master Puppeteer. 1/4
Interdimensional Wormhole URB Enchantment
If a permanent would be put into the graveyard or exile, instead return that permanent to play at the beginning of the next end step.
Blade of Perdition 3 Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and Haste.
If a creature you control is placed in exile, you may return it to the battlefield and attach Blade of Perdition to it.
If equipped creature is placed into the graveyard, you may sacrifice Blade of Perdition. If you do, return the creature to the battlefield tapped.
Equip: 2
Ingenuity 1U Sorcery
Search your library for an artifact card with converted mana cost 1 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.
Unfortunately every try hard from Sacramento to Shanghai preaches from the top of their 27 lands + Mana Reflection that Tooth and Nail and Time Stretch are fine to play in the same turn but Armageddon is unfair.
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metalcraft isnt a must but if we ever see the mechanic again in ather revolt it would be perfect!
i need something to help my aetherflux reservoir retract paradoxical outcome deck
top 5 anime of all time (tv, not books because dragon ball would be first)
1. Sword art online 2. Fairy tail 3. Naruto(shipuden) 4. Bleach 5. Claymore
I think it'll be pretty balanced as Modern's FOW
Modern Tallowisp Spirits - A Modern Tallowisp Deck UW
Eldrazi Ninjas - Summoning Octopus Jutsu YYYYAAAHHHH!
STANDARD
Naban Wizards
Instant
Put target creature with a cost of 3 or less on the bottom of its owner's library, that player puts a 1/1 black faerie rogue creature token with flying into play under their control.
UB/x Faeries
UR Storm
XURWB Affinity
G Elves
UW control
Enchantment
At the beginning of each opponent's combat phase, that player chooses up to X creatures they control, where X is the number of lands they control. No other creatures may attack this turn.
Stabilize 3 (At the beginning of your end step, if an opponent controls X or more lands, transform ~.)
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Generic Body #i
Creature - Angel
Flying, Vigilance
[3/3]
Avatar and Signature by XenoNinja via Heroes of the Plane Studios
Instant
Exile target creature. If that spell is exiled, place 2 time counters on it and it gains suspend.
WDelaying Tactics
Instant
Target creature with cmc 2 or less is placed on top of it's owner's library.
KnightfallGWUR
Azorius Control UW
Burn RBG
Instant
Choose two:
Instant
Escalate-Target opponent draws a card
- Counter target non-creature spell
- Return target creature to its owner's hand
- Tap target permanent. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Sorcery
Counter target spell
Obviously needs some support to be printed in standard but Wizards has a long record of printing cards not even fringe playable in standard just to see if they could be interesting in older formats.
What if it was Azorious Sun or Simic Sun Zenith
XUUG
Instant
Search your library for a spell with converted mana cost X or less and cast it without paying it's mana cost. If that spell has suspend, instead suspend it without paying it's suspend cost.
UB Wight Phantasm
RB Burn
UR Faerie Rites of Initiation
Legacy:
R Burn
CG-Post
Mutatog1UG
Creature - Atog
Remove a +1/+1 counter from a permanent you control: Mutatog gets +2/+2 and hexproof until end of turn.
To the Mutatog, nature equals nurture.
1/2
Magickatog 1UR
Creature - Atog
Exile an instant or sorcery card from your graveyard: Plasmatog gets +2/+2 and flying until end of turn.
Pyromancy, Cryomancy, Necromancy, Auramancy, Delicacy.
1/2
Dogmatog 1WB
Creature - Atog
Pay 3 life: Dogmatog +2/+2 and lifelink until end of turn.
Not only the gods benefit from your devotion.
1/2
Hoo-hatog 1WR
Creature - Atog
Remove a creature you control from combat: Hoo-hatog gets +2/+2 and duouble strike until end of turn
Not all scavengers wait until the battle is over.
1/2
Contagiatog 1BG
Creature - Atog
Remove a -1/-1 counter from a creature you control: Contagiatog Gets +2/+2 and deathtouch until end of turn.
To the Contagiatog, a contagious disease is a self-sustaining food source.
1/2
“I once had an entire race killed just to listen to the rattling of their dried bones as I waded through them.”
—Volrath
They would probably template it differently, more or less like this:
Simic Transmutation UUG
Instant
Search your library for an instant or sorcery card and exile it. You may cast that card this turn. Exile Simic Transumtation.
This nonbos with suspend and basically Wargates an instant or sorcery at instant speed. It also exiles to prevent recursion shenanigans. You might be able to decrease the cost and make it just hit instants too, or remove the self-exile clause.
Artifact Creature - Construct
Sacrifice Expendable Sentry: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
0/2
Designed to help virtually anything to have a solid (but not overpowered) answer to some combo and linear aggro decks, Expendable Sentry is the police card Modern needs. It is easily splashable, yet purely defensive. The only real issue here is to whether or not this bleeds over too much into white's part of the color pie. Since it only stuffs a single source, and it doesn't care about color, I feel like this could make it in some form eventually. Perhaps the mana cost could be compromised to be 2 or W, like so many of the Shadowmoor/Eventide cards.
Binding Matrix 3
Artifact
Neither spells being cast nor permanents entering the battlefield cause abilities to trigger.
3,T, Sacrifice Binding Matrix: Counter target activated or triggered ability.
Another police card, but this time against decks like Tron, Bant Eldrazi, and anything with Valakut. For one more mana, this is a serious upgrade to Torpor Orb, and it's not dead in multiples either. Worst case, the sac ability could be scrapped if the blue bleed was considered to be too great, or again, we could use some Shadowmoor-style hybrid blue/colorless costs there.
I don't mind the self-exile, but I would like it to have "may spend mana of any color" tagged on. Not much point in having a tool box spell that is only good on UWX decks.
UB Wight Phantasm
RB Burn
UR Faerie Rites of Initiation
Legacy:
R Burn
CG-Post
Emissary of Frugality W
Creature-Human Cleric
Players can't cast spells if that spell's converted mana cost is higher than the number of lands they control.
0/2
Comes down early and polices about 80% of the broken decks in the format. Become Immense kills are out, Tron and Bant Eldrazi need to slow down and play Magic like normal... I don't like how much this hurts Tron and Elves, tbh, but I think it'd be worth it because it does a huge number on the "unfair kill out of nowhere" decks (And hurting Infect's become immense kill actually boosts tron a lot)
How can you counter a spell at sorcery speed?
UR Murktide
Pauper
RW Monarch
UW Caw-Gate
UBR Affinity
I don't get people clamoring for it, because it's pretty dang close to:
Just Another Counterspell UU
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this card, discard a card.
Counter target spell. Draw a card.
Except for the fact that the spell you discard MUST be named Quicken. I guess it could create a Leyline of Anticipation based control deck, but that seems an awfully narrow thing? It'd basically be "If you have leyline, this deck is bonkers. If you don't have leyline, half the cards in your deck are terrible, and you're running a playset of uncastable cards" And adding more quicken effects hurts the deck, because they're empty cantrips if you did get leyline. Still, it could be an interesting archetype, I suppose.
| Ad Nauseam
| Infect
Big Johnny.
Instant
Choose two:
-Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn
-Put target creature on top of its' owner's library
-Counter target activated ability
-Search your library for a basic land card and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library
Iroas's Command RW
Instant
Choose two:
-Untap target creature, it gains indestructible until end of turn
-Iroas's Command deals 2 damage to each creature in play
-Target creature gains doublestrike until end of turn
-Tap target land, it does not untap during its' controller's next untap step.
Pharika's Command 3GB
Instant
Choose two:
-Destroy target creature
-Destroy target land
-Return target card from your graveyard to your hand
-You gain 5 life
Keranos's Command 1RU
Instant
Choose two:
-Keranos's Command deals 3 damage to target creature
-Counter target spell unless its' controller pays 1
-Draw a card, then discard a card
-Tap or untap target permanent
Athreos's Command WB
Instant
Choose two:
-Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn
-Put a 1/1 white Spirit enchantment creature token with flying onto the battlefield
-Destroy target enchantment
-Exile all cards from target player's graveyard
RG 8-Whack
BWG Abzan midrange
GRB Living End
UWB Spirit Control
GU Kruphix's "Hug Assassin"
RW Kalemne's "Play Fatties and Hope for the Best!"
BUGW Atraxa's "All counters, all the time"
Instant
You may choose an artifact equipment card you own from outside the game, reveal that card, and put it on top of your library. Exile Forged In Eternity.
UB/x Faeries
UR Storm
XURWB Affinity
G Elves
UW control
It's free to cast if you wish and it exiles to be an answer for Cavern of Souls, but it is card disadvantage, requires a serious life cost to cast for free and reveals additional information to your opponent if you make it cheaper than UUU. It is also restricted to blue decks and requires a heavy blue commitment if you want to be able to cast it without life loss.
I am not sure if it could make it through Standard though.
My Modern Decks:
BGWAbzan MidrangeWGB
UWRJeskai NahiriRWU
BRUGrixis ControlURB
land
Land of the lost enters the battlefield tapped.
Land of the Lost has the land types of all basic lands in all graveyards and in exile.
If Land of the Lost would enter exile or the graveyard from anywhere, you may instead place it onto the battlefield.
Orb of Destruction 3
Artifact
Orb of Destruction enters the battlefield tapped.
Sacrifice Orb of Destruction, Name any number of permanents your opponent controls, that player sacrifices those permanents. For each permanent sacrificed this way, it's owner may search his or her library for a card that shares that card's type and put it onto the battlefield.
Cursed Mirror 1UB
Enchantment
Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell for the first time in a turn, their opponent may copy that spell. They may pick new targets for the copied spell.
Master Puppeteer UWB
Legendary Creature - Wizard
You gain control of target permanent. That permanent's owner gains control of Master Puppeteer.
1/4
Interdimensional Wormhole URB
Enchantment
If a permanent would be put into the graveyard or exile, instead return that permanent to play at the beginning of the next end step.
Blade of Perdition 3
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and Haste.
If a creature you control is placed in exile, you may return it to the battlefield and attach Blade of Perdition to it.
If equipped creature is placed into the graveyard, you may sacrifice Blade of Perdition. If you do, return the creature to the battlefield tapped.
Equip: 2
BG Rock
Modern:
RW Sun & Moon
RBG Dredge
RWG Burn
Legacy:
W Death & Taxes
Sorcery
Search your library for an artifact card with converted mana cost 1 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.
A TS, or close enough to a Counterspell, one of the solid answers Modern needs
Sorcery
Exile all creatures.
BG Rock
Modern:
RW Sun & Moon
RBG Dredge
RWG Burn
Legacy:
W Death & Taxes
Just play Hallowed Burial