Bountiful Reap - 1GG
Instant Landfall -- If a land entered the battlefield this turn, you may cast ~ for 1G.
Destory target land. Its controller adds three mana of any color that land could produce to their mana pool.
pstmdrn - I want to like this, but I feel like this basically reads "As an additional cost to cast ~, sacrifice a creature. Plague Wind". Your guy is going to be able to fight each of them even if it receives multiple times lethal damage because SBAs won't be checked until this is done resolving. Incidentally, this is why Polukranos, World Eater is worded as it is.
ablreabladmasable - This is actually pretty cool. I have no complaints aside from generally being unexcited by single-target rare removal, but the fact that it also functions as a pump spell that acts in layer 7b is a huge plus. I like those because they scale nicely on your small guys but not your bigguns, which somehow seems more fair to me.
AmShegar - This seems like a headache and should probably cost more than 1 mana, but I do like the idea behind it.
Winterspring - While I was going to complain about Soul's Fire being red, my main issue here is that it isn't limited to your own creatures dealing the damage. Causing someone to Stigma Lasher himself seems cool, but not very green.
Cythare - Simply amazing.
coletrain - I wish this just said "enchant permanent". Incidentally, the ability that changes it into a land isn't the ability that removes Rooted Down, it's the enchant clause, so it'll fall off anyways.
Asrama - Syntax is a little off, but not enough to be an issue. It doesn't seem like the most exciting way to wipe the board, but at least you're likely to come out ahead.
avatarz - I'm having trouble evaluating this, but I am glad you changed it from being a Stone Rain on a stick.
ManyCookies - I don't really like fight on lands, and this seems arguably better (imo) than Contested Cliffs.
SCP - Terralabyrinth is weird because it's removal that arguably gets better as the game goes on. If you play it late game, you're going to be able to pay a larger X and they may never play enough lands to get rid of it (or shouldn't unless the game goes ridiculously long).
AsianInvasion - Seems cool, but I kinda wish it couldn't tuck uncounterable spells.
Ink-Treader - Dat Glissa Sunseeker. I don't know what else to say - it's a really strange removal variant.
ambaslderaioaserl - Names aside, this isn't bad.
Gerrard's Mom - This is pretty sweet. 'Nuff said.
Lynx - This is basically going to be played at the least opportune time as an instant-speed Stone Rain. Also, based on the way it is worded, since you control the spell and it doesn't state that your opponent chooses the color for the mana, you choose, and if the land can't produce colored mana, they get no mana.
HMs: Gerrard's Mama, Snow Creature, AsianInvasion
Winner: Cythare for that amazing card
Actual winner: admirableadmiral for #1
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Primal Purity3GGG
Sorcery (R)
Whenever an artifact or enchantment card is put into a graveyard this turn, put two +1/+1 counters on target create you control.
Destroy all artifacts and enchantments.
Convection JetRR
Sorcery (C)
Convection Jet deals damage to target creature or player equal to the amount of red mana in your mana pool. “Get out of the volcano if you can’t take the heat!”
Nah... let's see if I've got something better than building on a concept.
Quickening BlazeRR
Creature - Elemental (C)
Slumbering 4 (This card is considered slumbering unless your fourth turn has ended)
Haste
When Quickening Blaze enters the battlefield, if it isn't slumbering and isn't a token, put a token copy of Quickening Blaze onto the battlefield.
2/1
IIW: Nonred, nonblue instant/sorcery block theme or sesquipedalian loquaciousness aka cards with fancy names.
That's true, but there's like what, 2 one-mana cantrips that are better than Preordain (Ponder + Brainstorm)? Do you see a new planeswalker and say to yourself "Not as strong as Liliana of the Veil, 0/10 would not cast"?
EDIT: Cannot into sarcasm.
Hilariously enough, doubling the Scry:
Super GlimpseU
Sorcery (C)
Scry X, where X is your twice your devotion to blue.
Draw a card.
The card is STILL probably worse than Preordain in a fair number of blue decks.
That's true, but there's like what, 2 one-mana cantrips that are better than Preordain (Ponder + Brainstorm)? Do you see a new planeswalker and say to yourself "Not as strong as Liliana of the Veil, 0/10 would not cast"?
No, but I do say to myself "hmm all of these one mana filter spells have been banned or never were legal in Modern".
Erebos' ClaimB
Sorcery (U)
Target player reveals X cards from their hand, where X is your devotion to black. You choose one of them. That player discards that card.
Seal of PurityX1 ArtifactR
~ enters the battlefield with X charge counters.
Creatures you control get +X/+X and cost X more to cast, where X is the amount of charge counters on ~.
Hijacked Summoning2GU
Instant {R}
Counter target creature spell. If you do, search your library for a creature card with converted mana cost equal to that of the countered spell. Exile that card with two time counters on it. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend.
IIW: Lords for big iconics (dragons, angels, demons, sphinxes, hydras)
Student of Life1W
Creature - Human Monk R
When Student of Life enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on it for each other creature on the battlefield. "I meditate on the myriad of forms I have seen in my travels." -- Tama, Southern Brotherhood
Township Guard1W
Creature - Human Soldier (C)
Township Guard enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each non-Soldier Human creature you control.
1/1
Township Guard1W
Creature - Human Soldier (C)
Township Guard enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each non-Soldier Human creature you control.
1/1
Township Guard1W
Creature - Human Soldier (C)
Township Guard enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each non-Soldier Human creature you control.
1/1
So it IS on purpose. I figured as much.
Choose one of these judge of creation:
Make Strionic Resonator shine!
You can not grasp the true form of Ashiok's attack!
Correction: SoonTM.
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Instant (U)
Kicker 2G
Target permanent becomes a Forest until end of turn.
If Branch Out was kicked, target player sacrifices a Forest.
IIW: Jane Austen: Marriage, Magic and Social Inequality
Instant
Landfall -- If a land entered the battlefield this turn, you may cast ~ for 1G.
Destory target land. Its controller adds three mana of any color that land could produce to their mana pool.
IWW: Egyptian mythology
Club Flamingo: 0 / 4
MCC: 0 / 1
NCE: 0 / 6
ablreabladmasable - This is actually pretty cool. I have no complaints aside from generally being unexcited by single-target rare removal, but the fact that it also functions as a pump spell that acts in layer 7b is a huge plus. I like those because they scale nicely on your small guys but not your bigguns, which somehow seems more fair to me.
AmShegar - This seems like a headache and should probably cost more than 1 mana, but I do like the idea behind it.
Winterspring - While I was going to complain about Soul's Fire being red, my main issue here is that it isn't limited to your own creatures dealing the damage. Causing someone to Stigma Lasher himself seems cool, but not very green.
Cythare - Simply amazing.
coletrain - I wish this just said "enchant permanent". Incidentally, the ability that changes it into a land isn't the ability that removes Rooted Down, it's the enchant clause, so it'll fall off anyways.
Asrama - Syntax is a little off, but not enough to be an issue. It doesn't seem like the most exciting way to wipe the board, but at least you're likely to come out ahead.
avatarz - I'm having trouble evaluating this, but I am glad you changed it from being a Stone Rain on a stick.
ManyCookies - I don't really like fight on lands, and this seems arguably better (imo) than Contested Cliffs.
SCP - Terralabyrinth is weird because it's removal that arguably gets better as the game goes on. If you play it late game, you're going to be able to pay a larger X and they may never play enough lands to get rid of it (or shouldn't unless the game goes ridiculously long).
AsianInvasion - Seems cool, but I kinda wish it couldn't tuck uncounterable spells.
Ink-Treader - Dat Glissa Sunseeker. I don't know what else to say - it's a really strange removal variant.
ambaslderaioaserl - Names aside, this isn't bad.
Gerrard's Mom -
Lynx - This is basically going to be played at the least opportune time as an instant-speed Stone Rain. Also, based on the way it is worded, since you control the spell and it doesn't state that your opponent chooses the color for the mana, you choose, and if the land can't produce colored mana, they get no mana.
Winner: Cythare for that amazing card
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Sorcery (R)
Whenever an artifact or enchantment card is put into a graveyard this turn, put two +1/+1 counters on target create you control.
Destroy all artifacts and enchantments.
Convection Jet RRSorcery (C)
Convection Jet deals damage to target creature or player equal to the amount of red mana in your mana pool.
“Get out of the volcano if you can’t take the heat!”
Nah... let's see if I've got something better than building on a concept.
Quickening Blaze RR
Creature - Elemental (C)
Slumbering 4 (This card is considered slumbering unless your fourth turn has ended)
Haste
When Quickening Blaze enters the battlefield, if it isn't slumbering and isn't a token, put a token copy of Quickening Blaze onto the battlefield.
2/1
IIW: Nonred, nonblue instant/sorcery block theme or sesquipedalian loquaciousness aka cards with fancy names.
Choose one of these judge of creation:
Make Strionic Resonator shine!
You can not grasp the true form of Ashiok's attack!
Sorcery (C)
Scry X, where X is your devotion to blue.
Draw a card.
IIW: 2 mana black commons
Club Flamingo Wins: 1!
That's true, but there's like what, 2 one-mana cantrips that are better than Preordain (Ponder + Brainstorm)? Do you see a new planeswalker and say to yourself "Not as strong as Liliana of the Veil, 0/10 would not cast"?
EDIT: Cannot into sarcasm.
Hilariously enough, doubling the Scry:
Super Glimpse U
Sorcery (C)
Scry X, where X is your twice your devotion to blue.
Draw a card.
The card is STILL probably worse than Preordain in a fair number of blue decks.
No, but I do say to myself "hmm all of these one mana filter spells have been banned or never were legal in Modern".
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Blessing of Purphoros R
Instant (U)
Deal X damage to target creature or player, where X is your devotion to red.
Only the strongest steel can survive in his Forge. Let him reshape you in your image, and pray you have the strength.
iiw see manycookies iiw
Club Flamingo Wins: 1!
Instant {U}
You gain three times X life, where X is your devotion to white.
"Lifegain? Ha! Unplayable."
—Elspeth
Sorcery (U)
Target player reveals X cards from their hand, where X is your devotion to black. You choose one of them. That player discards that card.
Artifact R
~ enters the battlefield with X charge counters.
Creatures you control get +X/+X and cost X more to cast, where X is the amount of charge counters on ~.
IIW: narrow // lyrics
Instant {R}
Counter target creature spell. If you do, search your library for a creature card with converted mana cost equal to that of the countered spell. Exile that card with two time counters on it. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend.
IIW: Lords for big iconics (dragons, angels, demons, sphinxes, hydras)
Creature - Human Monk R
When Student of Life enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on it for each other creature on the battlefield.
"I meditate on the myriad of forms I have seen in my travels." -- Tama, Southern Brotherhood
IIW: Theros Mechanics, Alara flavor
[Clan Flamingo]
Creature - Spirit (R)
Trample
Dread Revenant enters the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it for each card in your hand.
6/6
IIW: Raka
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Creature - Human Soldier (C)
Township Guard enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each non-Soldier Human creature you control.
1/1
IIW: Nonwhite Rebel
You don't need those last 5 words.
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You know.... that's true.
But what about my changelings?
Judging later today.
They're probably not part of that township anyways. How could a jelly moose be a productive member of society?
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