Storied Blade1 Artifact - Equipment U
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and gets an additional +1/+1 for each name counter on Storied Blade.
When equipped creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a name counter on Storied Blade and equip it to a creature you control. Otherwise, remove all name counters from Storied Blade.
Equip 3 Tempered to guard the clan, sharpened by the tales of the ancestors who wielded it."
Does anyone else remember the hokey tutorial video that came with the Magic 1999 two player starter set? From what I remember, the video took place in the Magic 'R&D' lab and was hosted by some corny scientist dude forcing two guys strapped in chairs to learn magic and shocking them whenever they made a mistake. It also featured a horrible CG Vizzidrix.
Sadly, I lost my copy of the VHS a few years ago and haven't been able to find it on youtube. Hopefully someone in the magic community still has a copy of this 'gem' and could graciously upload it for the lols.
Inevitable End3WBR
Sorcery
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a permanent.
At the beginning of each player's end step, if that player controls no permanents, then he or she looses the game.
Pickottie: In addition to the reasons you stated, this card also potentially digs much deeper than either of the cards you listed. This makes it potentially more valuable in the late game if you are sitting on a heap of mana, need a specific answer, and can't tutor for it. Mind you, that's a lot of ifs. Good design.
Gruul Hydra seems good as is, but I really think it should have Bloodthirst.
NecropossesorBB
Creature — Spirit (R)
When Necropossesor enters the battlefield, return target creature card from a graveyard to the battlefield under your control. Necropossesor is soulbound to that creature. (If Necropossesor or the permanent it is soulbound to would leave the battlefield, sacrifice both.) 1/1
From the Abyss5UB
Sorcery (R)
Burnout—Exile all blue and black cards in your graveyard. Target player draws a card for each blue card exiled in this way and target player discards a card for each black card exiled in this way.
Leyline of Oblivion2BB
Enchantment (R)
If Leyline of Oblivion is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Whenever a card is exiled, it’s owner looses 2 life.
Leyline of Denial2UU
Enchantment (R)
If Leyline of Denial is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
If a player casts a spell with the same name as a card in his or her graveyard, then counter that spell.
Out of the BlueXUU
Instant (R)
Delve (You may exile any number of cards in your graveyard as you cast this spell. It costs 1 less to cast for each card exiled this way.)
You may choose up to X cards you own from outside the game, reveal those cards, and shuffle them into your library.
Tectonic Fury3RR
Instant (U) Burnout—Exile all red cards in your graveyard. Target creature gets +5/+0 until end of turn. For each red card exiled this way, that creature gets an additional +1/+0 until end of turn.
Leyline of Denial2UU
Enchantment (R)
If Leyline of Denial is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
If a player casts a spell with the same name as a card in his or her graveyard, then counter that spell.
GerminateG
Sorcery (C)
When you cast or recover Germinate, you may put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token onto the battlefield.
Recover 2G
Titanic Sovereign8GG
Creature — Elemental Giant (MR)
Shroud
Titanic Sovereign is indestructible.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if the total converted mana cost of creatures you control is 30 or greater, you win the game.
5/8
Twisted FateUU
Sorcery (U)
Fateseal 2, then target opponent discards two cards and draws two cards.
Smuggler's cache -- too good with library peeking cards, tutors and fetchlands (scry, sensei's divining top, sylvan library, all fetchlands even terramorphic expanse). I'd pack 4 of these in practically any deck -- it's so good that decks that don't have peeking/tutors/fetches will now get at least fetchlands. I was going to suggest adding a shuffle clause, but it won't solve the interaction with tutors and fetchlands.
Yea, upon second thought, I have to agree that it is too good. How about slowing it down a little.
Smuggler’s Stash2 Artifact (U)
When Smuggler’s Stash enters the battlefield exile the top three cards of your library face down. t: Name a card. Reveal a random face down card exiled by Smuggler’s Stash. If its the named card, then you may put it into your hand.
Liar's GambleBB Instant (R)
Name two cards and choose an opponent. The chosen opponent chooses one of the named cards and searches your library for all cards with the chosen name and exiles them. Then search your library for the other named card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Smuggler’s Stash2 Artifact (U)
When Smuggler’s Stash enters the battlefield exile the top three cards of your library face down. t: Name a card. Reveal a random face down card exiled by Smuggler’s Stash. If its the named card, then you may put it into your hand.
Smuggler’s Stash1 Artifact (U)
When Smuggler’s Stash enters the battlefield, cache 2. (Exile the top two cards of your library face down.) T: Name a card. Reveal a random card cached by Smuggler’s Stash. If its the named card, then you may put it into your hand.
Leyline of Ruin2RR Enchantment (R)
If Leyline of Ruin is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Whenever an artifact or nonbasic land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to it’s controller.
Stalwart Guardian: Counters other than +1/+1 and -1/-1 have been largely phased out because they are clunky and can cause problems when there are multiple types of counters on a permanent. Having the creature put straight +1/+1 counters on itself wouldn't break it. The cards activated ability is red and not white. Id change it to only be usable on attacking and or blocking creatures.
Blue putting -1/-1 counters onto something doesn't seem right outside of a block like shadowmoor. Blue shouldn't be able to easily remove a creature permanently once it hits the board. Id change the effect to either be -#/-0, "creature does not untap during its controllers next untap step", bounce, or somthing else that fits with blue.
Korlash, Planeswalker: I like were you are going with this card; however, I have a few problems with it. Having a planeswalker that costs 5 with a loyalty of 1 looks silly, especially when said planeswalker is Korlash. I suggest raising his cost up to 6 and his loyalty to 5. I'd also lower the loyaty gained on his first ability to +1 because it is crazy good. I don't like his second ability because it is either too good or useless. Id replace it with something that makes Korlash feel more badass, like a repeatable Tendrils of Corruption. With the second ability gone, you can also lower the loyalty cost on his last ability a bit.
Boiling Rage1R
Instant (U)
Until end of turn, you may add RRR to your mana pool whenever damage from a source you control is prevented by a source an opponent controls.
Smuggler’s Stash1
Artifact (U)
When Smuggler’s Stash enters the battlefield, cache 2. (Exile the top two cards of your library face down.) T: Name a card. Reveal a random card exiled by Smuggler’s Stash. If its the named card, then you may put it into your hand.
Sapphire DrakeUU
Creature - Drake (U)
Flying
When Sapphire Drake leaves the battlefield, each player may draw a card.
2/2
Volatile Mistake1B
Instant (U)
Counter target creature spell. If a green or white spell is countered this way, then that spells controller loses 2 life. Otherwise, you lose 2 life.
Leyline of Ruin2RR
Enchantment (R)
If Leyline of Ruin is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Whenever an artifact or nonbasic land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to it’s controller.
Leyline of Desintigration2BB
Enchantment (R)
If Leyline of Desintigration is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Whenever a permanent becomes the target of a spell or ability, destroy that permanent.
Should probably be "Legendary Creature - Insect." Protection from everything is not something that should be black. Infact, I can convincingly only see white as the only mono color that should ever get access to this ability, and probably not at this cost.
Necromantic Therapy1BB
Sorcery
Target opponent discards a card. If a creature was discarded in this way, then you may return it from the graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
Ætherskate :symru::sym2u::sym2r:
Creature — Illusion
Flash
Flying
When Ætherskate enters the battlefield, you may change the target of target spell or ability that targets only a single creature to Ætherskate.
3/3
Planar Frailty2RR
Enchantment
Whenever a player is dealt damage, that player sacrifices a permanent.
Artifact - Equipment U
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and gets an additional +1/+1 for each name counter on Storied Blade.
When equipped creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a name counter on Storied Blade and equip it to a creature you control. Otherwise, remove all name counters from Storied Blade.
Equip 3
Tempered to guard the clan, sharpened by the tales of the ancestors who wielded it."
Sadly, I lost my copy of the VHS a few years ago and haven't been able to find it on youtube.
Hopefully someone in the magic community still has a copy of this 'gem' and could graciously upload it for the lols.I just found it online
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP_ws2WrBwk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8RnnnFvIJE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekTwz0-0JaQ&feature=related
Inevitable End 3WBR
Sorcery
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a permanent.
At the beginning of each player's end step, if that player controls no permanents, then he or she looses the game.
Gruul Hydra seems good as is, but I really think it should have Bloodthirst.
Creature — Spirit (R)
When Necropossesor enters the battlefield, return target creature card from a graveyard to the battlefield under your control. Necropossesor is soulbound to that creature. (If Necropossesor or the permanent it is soulbound to would leave the battlefield, sacrifice both.)
1/1
Sorcery (R)
Burnout—Exile all blue and black cards in your graveyard. Target player draws a card for each blue card exiled in this way and target player discards a card for each black card exiled in this way.
Enchantment (R)
If Leyline of Oblivion is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Whenever a card is exiled, it’s owner looses 2 life.
Enchantment (R)
If Leyline of Denial is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
If a player casts a spell with the same name as a card in his or her graveyard, then counter that spell.
Instant (R)
Delve (You may exile any number of cards in your graveyard as you cast this spell. It costs 1 less to cast for each card exiled this way.)
You may choose up to X cards you own from outside the game, reveal those cards, and shuffle them into your library.
Instant (U)
Burnout—Exile all red cards in your graveyard. Target creature gets +5/+0 until end of turn. For each red card exiled this way, that creature gets an additional +1/+0 until end of turn.
Enchantment (R)
If Leyline of Denial is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
If a player casts a spell with the same name as a card in his or her graveyard, then counter that spell.
Sorcery (C)
When you cast or recover Germinate, you may put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token onto the battlefield.
Recover 2G
Creature — Elemental Giant (MR)
Shroud
Titanic Sovereign is indestructible.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if the total converted mana cost of creatures you control is 30 or greater, you win the game.
5/8
Sorcery (U)
Fateseal 2, then target opponent discards two cards and draws two cards.
You could use Mercenary or Minion.
Yea, upon second thought, I have to agree that it is too good. How about slowing it down a little.
Artifact (U)
When Smuggler’s Stash enters the battlefield exile the top three cards of your library face down.
t: Name a card. Reveal a random face down card exiled by Smuggler’s Stash. If its the named card, then you may put it into your hand.
Instant (R)
Name two cards and choose an opponent. The chosen opponent chooses one of the named cards and searches your library for all cards with the chosen name and exiles them. Then search your library for the other named card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Artifact (U)
When Smuggler’s Stash enters the battlefield exile the top three cards of your library face down.
t: Name a card. Reveal a random face down card exiled by Smuggler’s Stash. If its the named card, then you may put it into your hand.
Artifact (U)
When Smuggler’s Stash enters the battlefield, cache 2. (Exile the top two cards of your library face down.)
T: Name a card. Reveal a random card cached by Smuggler’s Stash. If its the named card, then you may put it into your hand.
Enchantment (R)
If Leyline of Ruin is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Whenever an artifact or nonbasic land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to it’s controller.
Blue putting -1/-1 counters onto something doesn't seem right outside of a block like shadowmoor. Blue shouldn't be able to easily remove a creature permanently once it hits the board. Id change the effect to either be -#/-0, "creature does not untap during its controllers next untap step", bounce, or somthing else that fits with blue.
Korlash, Planeswalker: I like were you are going with this card; however, I have a few problems with it. Having a planeswalker that costs 5 with a loyalty of 1 looks silly, especially when said planeswalker is Korlash. I suggest raising his cost up to 6 and his loyalty to 5. I'd also lower the loyaty gained on his first ability to +1 because it is crazy good. I don't like his second ability because it is either too good or useless. Id replace it with something that makes Korlash feel more badass, like a repeatable Tendrils of Corruption. With the second ability gone, you can also lower the loyalty cost on his last ability a bit.
Instant (U)
Until end of turn, you may add RRR to your mana pool whenever damage from a source you control is prevented by a source an opponent controls.
Smuggler’s Stash 1
Artifact (U)
When Smuggler’s Stash enters the battlefield, cache 2. (Exile the top two cards of your library face down.)
T: Name a card. Reveal a random card exiled by Smuggler’s Stash. If its the named card, then you may put it into your hand.
Sapphire Drake UU
Creature - Drake (U)
Flying
When Sapphire Drake leaves the battlefield, each player may draw a card.
2/2
Volatile Mistake 1B
Instant (U)
Counter target creature spell. If a green or white spell is countered this way, then that spells controller loses 2 life. Otherwise, you lose 2 life.
Leyline of Ruin 2RR
Enchantment (R)
If Leyline of Ruin is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Whenever an artifact or nonbasic land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to it’s controller.
Leyline of Desintigration 2BB
Enchantment (R)
If Leyline of Desintigration is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Whenever a permanent becomes the target of a spell or ability, destroy that permanent.
Sorcery
Target opponent discards a card. If a creature was discarded in this way, then you may return it from the graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
Ætherskate :symru::sym2u::sym2r:
Creature — Illusion
Flash
Flying
When Ætherskate enters the battlefield, you may change the target of target spell or ability that targets only a single creature to Ætherskate.
3/3
Planar Frailty 2RR
Enchantment
Whenever a player is dealt damage, that player sacrifices a permanent.