MTG Salvation

"Invite" not "invites"

I'd push it a bit and make it cost only B or make it a 4/4. Seems pretty fair as is, though.

- 2RW
Legendary Creature - ?
Prowess.
Each spell you cast that targets only - costs one mana of any type less for each spell you cast this turn that targeted only -.
3/3

Edit: 3/3 not 3/e, although, the Golden Ratio would be incredible in MTG.

This card is very interesting in the fact that it rewards you for buffing this creature. Colorwise it could be a bit confusing; sorcery/instant spamming is generally reserved for red/blue, but the fact that this acts like a commander (this card would be fun to see in Commander ) makes it more red/white. Overall I like it.

The Golden Ratio would be amazing in MTG, I heartily agree.

Fists of Draining 2UBB
Legendary Artifact
Indestructible
Equip: UUBB
Equipped creature gains wither and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage, put +1/+1 counters on this creature equal to the damage dealt.

I don't know how these fists would fit into the story, but I'll make them anyways :3

Re: color identity of my card. I did think about making it part-U, but a friend said that it worked fine as RW. Incidentally, one of the reasons it's in those colors is that the effect also covers Auras, which are definitely a White thing.

Anyway, your card. Might have to write Wither out if it's not a mechanic in the block you put it in. Love the idea, even if WotC would never want to print it, haha. Might actually work fine as Mono-B for the record. Wuld definitely shave off a mana or two on both the mana and equip costs.

Hmm, how about something quirky...

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Land
, Pay 1 Life: Add C to your mana pool.
, Sacrifice another permanent: Add one mana or any color to your mana pool. Gain 1 life.

Given how costly it is to make rainbow mana, the pay 1 life part of the C is very much not justified. Otherwise, fine land.


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Blunder Into War 2UR
Instant (R)
Target creature must attack or block this turn if able. Until end of turn, whenever that creature deals combat damage, you scry X, where X is the amount of combat damage that creature dealt.
Going into a battle unprepared will give your enemy the chance to counter your moves.

I don't know if I should instead put this as white-red instead of blue-red.... what do you think?


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Blunder Into War 2UR
Instant (U)
Target creature must attack or block this turn if able. Until end of turn, whenever that creature deals combat damage, you scry X, where X is the amount of combat damage that creature dealt.
Going into a battle unprepared will give your enemy the chance to counter your moves.

I wasn't sure about the concept but then I reread it and bow it seems quite reasonable. A Spirit and a Human melding into a haunted legend seems pretty in line with Meld's flavor. I'd make both cards Legendary, personally, and cut dowm the MCs of both cards.

Also, really, the result needs a lot more value for that cost of activating Meld. Reduce the cost a bit, bump up stats a bit.

Fun concept but... yeah, push them!

So, meld...

-land
Land
, Pay 2 life: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.
T: if you both own and control -land and a card named -fact, exile them then meld them into -superland.

-fact 2
Artifact
You may play an additional land during each of your turns. If you do, that land enters the battlefield tapped.
(Melds with -land.

-superland
Land
-superland enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add four mana in any combination of colors to your mana pool.

The Artifact is too strong at 2 mana. Sure, the land enters tapped, but that means you have 4 lands out on turn 3, and the numbers can easily keep growing. Plus, you never mentioned what lands you can play; if you are forced to play your shocklands tapped anyway, then you have no need to consider paying life, no? Not to mention all those nonbasic lands that enters tapped anyway. Otherwise, the Melded land is fine as is.


Inspired by my silly prerelease, where I had a 5/5 creature that still managed to Skulk in (because the only creature my opponent had was a 6/6)

Sinister Sycophant 3R
Creature - Human (U)
Skulk
R: Creatures defending player controls get +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate this ability only when Sinister Sycophant is attacking.
"Ah, my wonderful liege, you look ever so dashing today."
4/2

Comments?

Reflection of Identity seems really weird, and I'm not sure if it would be any good outside a dedicated Superfriends deck, but I think it works mechanically. (Would the art just be a full-length mirror in a Planeswalker frame?)

Squall Drake 2UG
Creature--Drake (U)
Flying
When Squall Drake enters the battlefield, you may have it fight target creature with flying.
(2/3)

I don't know if this is legal or not, but the concept seems fine. Maybe an artifact using charge/loyalty counters? A reflection is a very weird thing to be a planeswalker.

Fists of Inventing 3RRR
Legendary Artifact
Indestructible
Equip: 1RR
Equipped creature gains "Whenever this creature kills another creature in combat, invent 5 times. (To invent, put a colorless Gadget Equipment artifact token named "Gadget" with Equip 1 onto the battlefield)
2RR: Gadgets you control gain "Equipped creature gains +2/+2" until end of turn.

Using magac's old ability from a few pages back. Comments?

Not really seeing the blue in this card, and not really seeing the black either, except for the Demon type--flying is white, "rule-setting" is white, and exiling creatures that have dealt damage is white, though maybe a bit of a stretch.

Firebreath Potion R
Enchantment - Potion Aura (C)
Brew R (If this card is cast for its Brew cost, it's a non-Aura enchantment with "Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, you may have Firebreath Potion become an Aura with enchant creature and attach Firebreath Potion to that creature.")
R: Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

A bit underwhelming for the mana cost. It is harder to remove the tapped condition, but with the likes of sacrificing or destroying it's easier than seems. I would lower the activation cost a few mana, maybe 1 or 2.

Tamed Growth 3GGG
Enchantment - {R}
Creatures can't gain +1/+1 counters.
If an effect would grant a creature a higher power or toughness than its base power or toughness, destroy that creature.

I imagine this in a deck where there are already many 6/6-9/9 creatures, so cards like Giant Growth aren't necessary to make a threat on the board. Should this be Mythic Rare instead?

Should be black/blue, given what it does and the name. Green doesn't get stuff like that card.

Rebirthing Assimilator 2(U/B)B(B/G)
Creature - Insect Horror
Imprint - , : Exile target creature in your graveyard.
X, : Put target creature Imprinted on Rebirthing Assimilator with converted mana cost X onto the battlefield tapped. Spend only green or black mana on X
Rebirthing Assimilator has all abilities of all Imprinted creatures.
3/5

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Mono-black constructed gets to use so much nonesense with this thing...

I don't see the blue here, and the imprint is unneeded

Perch, Novice Wizard 2UU
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
T:Draw a card, then put two cards from your hand onto the bottom of your library in any order. Place a training counter on Perch, Novice Wizard, then if there are five or more training counters on Perch, transform Perch
Whenever you cast your second spell of each turn, untap Perch.
0/1
Oh! There we go! Hold on...Wait...What?
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Perch, Hero-Wizard
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
You may look at the top card of your library(You can do this at any time)
If you would draw a card, you may instead place the bottom card of your library into your hand. If you do, put a card from your hand on the bottom of your library
0/4
Alright. I got it this time.

Copying abilities is usually blue. And Imprint prevents you from using other methods of having it exile creatures. The wording is clunky, but it works.

Hmmm... about Perch... I know that combo sometimes doesn't mind to debilitate itself to get the right pieces, but given that his normal draw ability reduces your hand, and his draw replacement doesn't net you card gain, I am wondering as to how this card can be used at all. His basic stat is also too dismal, especially that he doesn't enable Madness, reanimation etc, so why? This card feels like you're trying too hard to make him not-busted, but ends up with something so subpar that no one wants to play with.


A bit inspired by a card from another card game.

Arrania, Matriarch Of Webs 4GG
Legendary Creature - Spider Horror (M)
Trample, reach
Whenever Arrania, Matriarch of Webs or another Spider you control deals combat damage to a creature, put a web counter on that creature.
Each creature an opponent controls with a web counter on it has defender and must block Arrania if able, and Arrania deals damage to that creature as though Arrania had deathtouch.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls with a web counter on it dies, put a 1/2 green Spider token with reach onto the battlefield.
3/5

Ouch... complex...

I love Arrania. Sure, she may suffer from small text syndrome, but the flavor is spot on. I think that the mana cost should be raised or at least tweaked a little, as its abilities synergize a bit too well, but besides that, this is a fantastic card.

Sacred Memorial 3WB
Artifact
4t: Tap all creatures. They don't untap during their controller's next untap step. Put charge counters on Sacred Memorial equal to the number of creatures tapped this way.
Remove X charge counters from Sacred Memorial: Sacred Memoral becomes an X/X creature with lifelink and deathtouch until end of turn.
It draws its power from those who pay their respects.

I would remove that second ability. If your running monocolored, it's an assured land every turn for a pitiful amount of mana in green. If your running multicolored, it stops not having enough of any one color. Plus library thinning for when you're at the point in the game where another land is a dead draw

Perch's Spellbook 6
Legendary Artifact(M)
Whenever Perch's Spellbook enters the battlefield, exile your hand face down and draw three cards
2:Until end of turn, you may cast target spell exiled with Perch's Spellbook. If you do, place a usage counter on Perch's Spellbook. This ability costs 2 more to activate for each usage counter on Perch's Spellbook

"Ah, this old thing. It was just about to fall apart back then, I don't think it's in better shape now."
-Perch, Hero-Wizard

You mean, choose a card exiled by this spellbook and you may cast it this turn? Well, anyway, seems interesting. A bit expensive, but in a pinch this is a 6-mana 3 card draw in any color, so I think it's ok. The ability to have a (relatively untouched) spare cards in 'hand' is a bonus.


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Snobby Bickering 3R
Instant (U)
Choose two target creatures that have attacked this turn. If the two creatures have dealt different amount of combat damage this turn, they fight each other.
"Ha! And they say your skill with the sword is unmatched!"
"Speak for yourself, weakling. You couldn't even have scratched that beast in a fair fight."

So yeah, in a sense you can't cast this before declare damage step as the creatures would have dealt 0 damage each, so they won't fight. Once they smack someone though (you, maybe), you can use this to eat at least one of them, if not both in case they have low toughness. Comments?

That's probably a bit too much text to fit on a single card. I'd bump it up to 3BB, possibly, and drop that last ability. I don't know, I wish I had more to say. Maybe I can encourage the next poster to offer more insight.

Let's change that board state!!! 1WUBRG
Sorcery
Your permanents can help cast this spell. Each permanent you tap while casting this spell pays for 1 or one mana of that permanent's color.
Escalate 3
Choose one or more. You may choose the same mode more than once.
- Exile target permanent.
- Search your library for a permanent card and put it onto the battlefield. Shuffle your library.
- Return target permaneent card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

I wouldn't normally bother with denoting rarity as I consider that silly, but in this case? Yeah, Mythic Rare is what's called for. By the way, again, if the next commenter could offer better insight on the Liliana card in the previous post, that would be nice!

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This fel;ls like a really Red removal spell. Good job!

Liliana Unchained 2BB
Planeswalker - Liliana (MR)
{0}: put a 2/2 blakc Zombie creature token onto the battlefield, then put a number of loyalty counters on Liliana equal to the number of Zombies you control.
{-x}: Return target creature from a creaveyard to the battlefield. IT's a black Zombie instead of ite normal type and color.
{-6}: You gain an emblem with, "Zombies you cast cost 1 less to cast. Zombies you control get +2/+1."
{-12}: Return all creatures from all graveyards to the battlefield under thier owner's control. Those creatures gain haste and are Zombies. At the baeginning of each end step, exile all creatures returned this way.
{3}

What a beautiful start. Very creative. I've noticed that recently the color pie "bleeding" has been so prolific, lots of new cards have lost their identity and as a result a key concept of the game has been abandoned. If i may, some alterations to your Liliana to follow what I consider should be canon to the black color pie.

Liliana, Profane Host 1BB
Planeswalker - Liliana (MR)
{0}: Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield, then put a number of loyalty counters on Liliana, Profane Host equal to the number of Zombies you control.
{-3}: Place three -1/-1 counters on up to three target creatures. If a non-token creature dies this way, return it to the battlefield under your control. It's a black Zombie in addition to its other creature types.
{-x}: Each player discards X cards and gains X life.
{-13}: Each Zombie you control deals damage equal to their power to each player. Until the end of combat on your next turn, if you would lose the game you don't.
{3}

Any thoughts?

Quicken is a fine mechanic, and I suppose considering things like Ghitu Fire, it's a good one. The cards themselves are fine,but for the lion I think the Quicken cost can be reduced to 2, and Springtrap Rebel is just fabulous.


As for this Liliana....The first ability alone may warrant 4 casting cost seeing that like Gideon, Champion of Justice (whatever that Gatecrash Giddy does) can do roughly the same. Second ability is... ok, maybe too overpowered though; -4 or -5 may be in order. Other abilities should be fine.


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Mithesvale, Mirror-Face 2UU
Legendary Creature - Illusion (R)
Whenever one or more creatures attack you or a planeswalker you control, you may pay 1. If you do, Mithesvale, Mirror-Face's power becomes equal to the total power of those attacking creatures, and its toughness becomes equal to their total toughness.
Whenever one or more creatures block one or more attacking creatures you control, you may pay 1. If you do, Mithesvale's power becomes equal to the total power of those blocking creatures, and its toughness becomes equal to their total toughness.
4/4

A bit complicated, and lack of trample hurts it like hell. But if you can make him block multiple creatures at once, that first ability can easily allow him to stop an entire alpha strike all by himself. And if you can give him trample, that second ability can murder your opponent. Comments?

I don't ever get custom card ideas, but this one hit me hard and fast so I felt the need to share.

Mithesvale, Mirror-Force

The abilities feel more like white combat tricks. Probably needs to be 2WU. Lacking evasion severely hurts it as well.

First - thanks BlackTempleGaurdian!

Second - i think I might collapse Let's Change that Board State!!! into two options and merge the last two into "- Search your library and/or graveyard for a permanent card and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle it." Based off the text of Arachnus Spinner.

Now here's a thought experiment

Green Evermind (no mana cost)
(Color identifier: green) Instant
Draw a card.
Splice onto Sorcery - Tap three untapped creatures you control.

Is this within Green's color pie, you think?

Green is definitely secondary in card draw, and definitely when its creaturebased. In terms of color pie, your card is more green than evermind is blue. Now I would much prefer your open-ended "Splice onto Sorcery" or even "Splice onto Instant or Sorcery" rather than the failure that was kamigawa's parasitism. So the question is, is it balanced? Its a real card draw engine, but pretty restrictive in its clauses. You'd need a deck full of sorceries and/or recursion, plus creature tokens, to get value out of it. Now as it happens, balancewise theres already a pretty close parallel in symbiotic deployment. That had 2 creature + 1 mana = draw, but at the expense of missing your turn draw- less restrictive but harsh drawback. Especially since it turned getting wrath'd into getting locked out. This seems like a better reimagining of what symploy. was trying to achieve

Aspirant Councillor B
Creature - Human Advisor (R)
When Aspirant Councillor enters the battlefield, search your library for a card and exile it face down, then shuffle your library.
When Aspirant Councillor deals combat damage to a player, you may put the exiled card into your hand.
1/1

I would bump the cost to 1B, but other than that it seems fine

Full Potential WUBRG
Enchantment(M)
All white creatures have vigilance
All blue creatures have flying
All black creatures have deathtouch
All red creatures have haste
All green creatures have trample
Bringing out the potential in living things is a nobleman's goal. Bringing out the full potential of everything is a madman's goal