MTG Salvation

Spelldreamer - Mutation (or mutate) seems like the most likely name for the next Simic ability. The ability itself is pretty interesting, but I feel like the flavor of mutation would be better served if the ability changed the creature itself. I understand that the "replacement effect" this is using works as a kind of "mutation", but I still would prefer to see the creature itself change for a Simic ability named mutation. I do think the ability is pretty neat though. It's kinda like a reverse emerge. You would have to be very careful with it though. For instance, Combine Test Subject is totally busted. It allows you to cast a second turn Thrun, or a first turn 3 cmc artifacts. Come to think of it, the ability might be a too dangerous to mess with.

Forestsguy - I've always wished Orzhov would deal with graveyards more, but that's stepping on Golgari's toes a bit. Unburial seems like a pretty solid mechanic, but I'm thinking you could drop the additional mana cost, up the exile cost, and make it so that you can only exile cards from your own graveyard. That might be wrong though. I'm not sure I like the ability on noncreature spells though. B/W doesn't usually mess with instants and sorceries in graveyards very often. Focusing on creatures only would feel a lot more B/W.

Subject16 - What you're doing with amalgamate is something I feel like most custom card designers have thought about in the past. I know I have. In the end, it always just seems overly complicated. Wizards kinda tried to do this with meld, which wasn't my favorite thing. I think amalgamate would be better if it wasn't limited to other creatures with amalgamate. It seems like you could get away with it to me. Assuming you could get away with it at all.

KarmaHoudini - I really like enhance quite a bit. I think it works pretty well in Simic, although it feels a little bit like an enchantment-type ability ala bestow. Kraj is pretty crazy. Giving a creature that many other creature's abilities leads to some pretty confusing rule situations, like - What's Kraj's P/T if it exiles a Tarmogoyf and Master of Etherium?

cheetos - Bloodpaint works well for Gruul from a flavor perspective. I like the idea itself, although it's not exactly the most exciting thing ever. It's basically just sorcery speed combat boosts. Still, I could see it being printed, and Gruul makes a lot sense as I said before. For Clan Guildmage, the cost of the activated abilities should come after "Bloodpaint —".

Mergatroid _Jones - I have no idea how festival would actually play out, but it certainly is a neat idea. Making creatures attack each turn is my biggest concern. That really changes the game a great deal. The ability really oozes flavor, and makes a lot of sense for Rakdos. I could also see it in Theros. Good stuff. Very creative.

void_nothing - Huh. Ripen certainly is different. It seems like it's parasitic, but there's enough stuff that gives +1/+1 counters out there that it really isn't. Of course the set this was in would need to have plenty of cards that distribute +1/+1 counters. It's odd that ripen contains an ability within an ability (transform), but I suppose there's no real problem with it. I don't really like the name ripen very much for the ability. It just makes me think of fruit (or body odor ).

Cardz5000 - Cultivated is pretty solid mechanic. It makes a lot of sense in Simic too. Bifurcated Biochemists seems like a lot of fun. I always liked Paradox Haze. Also, it really works well if you control a lot of creatures with cultivated.

Winner: Mergatroid_Jones
HM: KarmaHoudini, Cardz5000

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