MTG Salvation

Man Shrieking Affliction and Homicidal Seclusion have both been more interesting than pretty much all of these "pay x life, gain card advantage" enchants.

Do something different or at least something so old it hasn't come up in years.

Stillbirth
BB
1B, Discard a card: counter target creature spell and lose 4 life

based on Withering Boon

Or

Lich's Tomb
1B
Enchant Land
Enchanted Land produces B in addition to other mana it produces
At the beginning of your upkeep, If enchanted land is not a swamp, enchanted land's controller discards a card.
B: Enchant target land

Based on the plethora of enchant lands that are in black.

Quote from Jivanmukta

I'd prefer something that is in color pie and not terrible.

That being said, I'd like something that either reanimates, draws, or tutors.

That's not terrible at all. lots of card advantage and if anything, could be played reanimator because the cards you dont get go into the yard. In what world is would that card be bad haha

A Gate to Phyrexia 2,0
:X

A reanimator card would be cool. How about something like Animate Dead, but can only target a 3 cmc or less, but when is put into the GY from play you return it to your hand.

Or maybe Bob on an enchantment.

Quote from Jivanmukta

Dark Tutelage already exists.

Thank you for pointing that out to me. Why dont I remember that card, and I played M11.

It's pretty clear the people just want wotc to reprint Phyrexian Arena and/or Oversold Cemetery.

For reanimation there's already Debtors' Knell, Recurring Nightmare, and Diabolic Servitude.

Attrition, Phyrexian Reclamation, and The Abyss are pretty cool also.

TAKE THE HINT WOTC!!!

People like value enchantments that aren't overpowered, please do it right.

They could do something Form of the Dragon-esque for Demons.

I'd love to see a The Abyss style enchantment, love that card.

Hoping for another punisher effect for EDH discard combo. Megrim or Phyrexian Tyranny kind of card.

Form of the Demon 1BBBB
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card and lose 3 life.
sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
whenever a creature dies , gain 1 life.
Art: Ob Nixilis in rage

Sigh...I really wish it was blue or red that would have won. Black is just going to get some garbage card drawing engine again. I'm voting global enchantment though. Hopefully we'll get something that'll make discard a thing again like:

I'll make megrim look good 1BB
Enchantment
Discard a card at random: Target player discards a card.

I would like to see a version of the unhinged cardStaying power ,although the cmc is a bit low for the effect, perhaps 2bb?1bbb?

Quote from Abe_Lincoln

I would like to see a version of the unhinged cardStaying power ,although the cmc is a bit low for the effect, perhaps 2bb?1bbb?

Silence on you.

Nether Void
The Abyss
Chains of Mephistopheles
Bitterblossom
Phyrexian Arena
Necropotence

We have some pretty awesome black enchantment designs in magic, so we can make something really cool

Black enchantment has two things I like:

1) Trading life for advantage (card or creature)
2) Destroying things

I prefer 1) but if we make something similar that would be awesome

Quote from Sigifried

Black enchantment has two things I like:

1) Trading life for advantage (card or creature)
2) Destroying things

It's not just trading life. Black likes to trade away any commodity it has as long as it can gain something more valuable in the process. I think Liliana of the Veil is a perfect, recent example of this. Her +1 ability, while it doesn't necessarily generate card advantage, but it does generate value advantage. If you were to think about it as a separate enchantment it would read "Discard a card: each opponent discards a card." Black uses any and all advantage it can get, life is just usually the most readily available.

Quote from ShakesZX

It's not just trading life. Black likes to trade away any commodity it has as long as it can gain something more valuable in the process. I think Liliana of the Veil is a perfect, recent example of this. Her +1 ability, while it doesn't necessarily generate card advantage, but it does generate value advantage. If you were to think about it as a separate enchantment it would read "Discard a card: each opponent discards a card." Black uses any and all advantage it can get, life is just usually the most readily available.

Yes! that's why I love black control over blue control, black doesn't care about the meanings, just the results, and the way black cards are designed to control the board are awesome, I love it

You can't really compare blue control to black control. They are 2 different monsters. Black would like to break the opponent where as blue would like to control the opponent.

Black: "Oh, you would like to play a Thragtusk? Sure, I'll kill it, then reanimate it and attack you back with it. Good play."
Opponent: "But..."
Black: "Oh, and you also have to [insert black effect here] as well... Good play."

Blue: "Oh, you would like to play a Thragtusk? No."
Opponent: "But..."
Blue: "No."

Whereas my choice for enchantment:
Red: "Oh, you wanna play a Thragtusk? Cool. Skullcrack."
Opponent: "Ok...ow?"
Red: "Now I'll steal it, give it haste, and play Thundermaw Hellkite."

Quote from Razzzp

Tutorrator BBB
Pay X life: Search you library for a card with converted mana cost X, reveal it and put it in your hand. Shuffle your library afterward.

That would be the most broken card ever, sorry.

Quote from Razzzp

Tutorrator BBB
Pay X life: Search you library for a card with converted mana cost X, reveal it and put it in your hand. Shuffle your library afterward.

What about:


Fixed Tutorrator BBB
Pay X life, discard a card: Search you library for a card with converted mana cost X, reveal it and put it in your hand. Shuffle your library afterward. Use this ability only once per turn and only at sorcery speed.

Okay, here's one I find interesting:

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 1BB
Whenever a creature dies, its controller discards a card.

Or:

Anti-Control Tech 1BBB
Whenever a creature you control dies, each of your opponents discards a card.

I hope some of the final card designs to vote on are different from the pay x life to get card advantage enchantments everyone is suggesting. This is our chance to push the envelop, why do something as boring and predictable as that?

Okay then:

Mob Frenzy2BBB
Discard a card: Destroy target creature. Any player may use this ability.

Sounds like a fun EDH card.

Quote from Geaux

I hope some of the final card designs to vote on are different from the pay x life to get card advantage enchantments everyone is suggesting. This is our chance to push the envelop, why do something as boring and predictable as that?

Uhhh... Because those cards are always really good? And people want the good ol' busted black enchantments ala necropotence yawgmoth's bargain and heck, maybe even something like bitterblossom. That's like saying "man, I wish they would print some non-burn red instants" or "we need to stop making so many counter spells in blue"

This vote might finally open WotC's eyes to how reviled the aura card type is. The only way I could support aura is if it had 2 for 1 prevention in the rules text - like say..

"When this card enters the graveyard, if it was never attached, destroy target creature."