Temporal Echo
Instant (R)
Exile this spell with three time counters on it. If it doesn’t have suspend, it gains suspend.
Splice onto Instant or Sorcery 1U(As you cast an Instant or Sorcery spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card’s effects to that spell.)
Riddle Weaver4UU
Creature — Sphinx (R)
Flying
If you would draw a card, you may skip that draw instead. If you do, draw two cards at the beginning of your next upkeep.
5/5
Temporal Echo
Instant (R)
Exile this spell with three time counters on it. If it doesn’t have suspend, it gains suspend.
Splice onto Instant or Sorcery 1U(As you cast an Instant or Sorcery spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card’s effects to that spell.)
The text of the splice card is added in addition to the card's text, and always after the spell's current text. So if you splice the card onto a Lightning Bolt, the spell will read:
"~ deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
Exile this spell with three time counters on it. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend."
The card Arc Blade'ifies an instant or sorcery, not Delays it.
Helix SparkR
Instant (C)
Helix Spark deals 1 damage to target player. If you discarded a Plains to cast Helix Spark, you gain 1 life.
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)
On principle I don't care for asymmetrical dual-color designs, but that's subjective. The bigger issue is that this is remarkably better than Flame Jab even if it doesn't hit creatures. Instant speed and (less importantly) the potential for life gain put it over the edge for a common.
Verdict: If it were sorcery speed, I would've liked it quite a bit more.
Loathed Profaner3BB
Creature - Demon (R)
Persist, wither
Creatures with -1/-1 counters on them are marked. (While choosing targets as part of casting a spell or activating an ability, players must choose at least one marked permanent or player if able.)
Discard a card: Destroy target marked creature. Any player may activate this ability. Even death cares not for it.
4/4
Frankly, "marked" has enough design space to carry itself as a mechanical theme without adding the Flagbearer ability -- in fact, adding the Flagbearer ability probably closes design space since you limit the cards it can be printed on (and especially the commons you can print it on). Marked itself would be neat for a western set or anything with bounty hunters.
Verdict: If you took out the reminder text, this would be a neat design.
If a player would win the game, he or she loses the game instead.
Sour grapes, bad feelings, etc. Forget about flashing this thing in. Don't care for this on principle; at any cost it has too much potential for poor game results.
Verdict: If it didn't find a way to incorporate "loses the game" I'd like it so much more.
Repolarize1UUR
Instant [R]
Choose target spell, then flip a coin. If you win the flip, gain control of that spell and you may choose new targets for it. Otherwise, shuffle that spell into its owner's library. "Either the other guilds will subvert to us or experience a chaotic backlash they cannot prevent nor predict."
—Bori Andon, Izzet Blastseeker
Not bad, not bad. Getting an expanded Odds on a non-split card is a dream of mine; this is the sort of spell-WTFery that embodies Izzet perfectly.
Verdict: If not for avatarz' design, it would've been a pleasure to call this the winner.
Temporal Echo
Instant (R)
Exile this spell with three time counters on it. If it doesn’t have suspend, it gains suspend.
Splice onto Instant or Sorcery 1U(As you cast an Instant or Sorcery spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card’s effects to that spell.)
Needs a rules change for splice, but otherwise I like this. I'm concerned that 1U is too low given that you can splice it onto suspended spells you cast and recur everything ad nauseum. Is it too easy to lock down the board with a Temporal Echo in hand? I'm not sure.
Verdict: If it worked with splice and if it were costed more safely just in case, I'd love this.
Riddle Weaver4UU
Creature — Sphinx (R)
Flying
If you would draw a card, you may skip that draw instead. If you do, draw two cards at the beginning of your next upkeep.
5/5
As I said, the second ability is beautiful, and I can't think of any better way to utilize it than on a sphinx. Wonderful, wonderful job.
Verdict: If I weren't dazzled by this card's beauty, maybe I would've gotten judgings done at a reasonable time.
Winner: avatarz
Next: Card name = the last non-study related book you read
Brave New World5WWW
Sorcery {M}
Restart the game. For the rest of the game, spells you cast cost 1 less to cast and spells your opponents cast cost 1 more to cast.
Thanks for reminding how little I read these days >.>. heh.
A Dance of Dragons4RRRR
Sorcery (M)
Search your library for up to three Dragon creature cards and put them onto the battlefield. Those creatures gain haste and "Shuffle this creature into your library at the beginning of your next end step.
Of course, that might not be the last book I've read that qualifies for the challenge, but it's the one I remembered first.
IIW: Disney villains or Enchantment creatures that are riffs of other enchantments (bonus points for capitalizing on being a creature)
It was at that moment that I realized: I'm kinda just making these things up. We can just write the rules the way we want them to work. People will have fun, and people will get it.
The Big Fat Duck Cookbook4
Legendary Artifact (R) 4, Sacrifice two permanents: You gain 4 life for each white permanent sacrificed this way. Draw a card for each blue permanent sacrificed this way. Each opponent loses 2 life for each black permanent sacrificed this way. The Big Fat Duck Cookbook deals 1 damage to each creature for each red permanent sacrificed this way. Put a 2/2 colorless Pincher creature token onto the battlefield for each green permanent sacrificed this way.
The Complete Stories, Vol. II4
Artifact (R)
Whenever a player casts a spell, you may reveal a card in your hand with the same name as that spell. If you do, draw a card.
A compilation of Isaac Asimov's short stories.
IIW: Bad puns are go.
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Trinketfinder Sloth
Creature - Sloth (C)
Familiar - When Trinketfinder Sloth enters the battlefield, pair it with an unpaired creature you control since this turn.
Whenever the creature paired with Triketfinder Sloth deals combat damage to an opponent, draw a card.
1/2
Bossypants3
Artifact - Equipment (U)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, any number of target creatures with less power defending player controls block it if able.
Equip 2
I Am Jennie2GU
Sorcery (R)
Choose target legendary creature you control. Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of that creature except it isn't legendary.
(I'll be editing the judgings in here soon or eventually).
That's right up there with "Yes, I'm listening" and "No, that dress doesn't make you look fat" as all-time most told lies.
The Burning Bridge
Land [U]
The Burning Bridge enters the battlefield tapped. t: Add R to your mana pool. 2R, t, Sacrifice The Burning Bridge: The Burning Bridge deals 1 damage to each attacking creature without flying.
Winnie the Poo and Tigger too3RR
Legendary Creature - Bear Cat [R]
Haste
Whenever ~ deals combat damage to a player, draw a card. RR: ~ gains flying until end of turn. ~ doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
3/3
Ender's Shadow
Legendary Land (R)
~ has all activated abilities of all lands in all graveyards. "As Ender consumes, his Shadow mimics the desolate landscape as it was, so that Zallo looking above is none the wiser. Perhaps The Deception has already happened, and we are merely figments of the Shadow."
ohh, somehow I remembered it being "based on" the last book, not the actual title as name.
Zoo City
Land
Zoo City enters the battlefield tapped.
When Zoo City enters the battlefield, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a green creature card with a single creature type, put it into your hand.
:symtap:: Add to your mana pool.
You missed my card Oh well, I can use it for this challenge too.
Ender's Shadow
Legendary Land (R)
~ has all activated abilities of all lands in all graveyards. "As Ender consumes, his Shadow mimics the landscape as it was, so that Zallo watching above will be none the wiser. Perhaps The End has already happened, and we are merely figments of the Shadow."
Hero's SquireW
Creature - Human (C)
If you control a Knight, Hero's Squire gets +1/+1. Each day, he woke up with the sun to feed and brush his master's horse. Then he polished his master's armor until it gleamed. Then he sharpened his master's sword, until it could cut through a single hair. He did all this each day, in the hopes that he would grow up to be a great knight himself. Then someone else would have to wake up with the sun each morning.
1/1
Maniacal Spellsparker1R
Creature - Goblin Wizard (R)
Exile a spell you control: Manical Mindsparker deals 1 damage to each opponent. “If anything stands out about goblins, it’s their ability to turn just about anything into a weapon.”
-Ral Zarek
1/1
Started out as an attempt at the broken red 2-drop on a whim. Then I realized it's definitely not broken.
IIW: Disney villains or Enchantment creatures that are riffs of other enchantments (bonus points for capitalizing on being a creature)
Everflame Master1RR
Creature — Human Shaman [R]
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, replace that spell's text with "This card deals 3 damage to target creature or player." You may choose new targets for it. "A wise man once passed on a spell to me that had nurtured his grove for centuries. It was in that moment I realized how malleable spells are and how foolish that man actually was."
3/1
Everflame Master1RR
Creature — Human Shaman [R]
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, replace that spell's text with "This card deals 3 damage to target creature or player." "A wise man once passed on a spell to me that had nurtured his grove for centuries. It was in that moment I realized how malleable spells are and how foolish that man actually was."
3/1
IIW: Make me cringe
Doesn't work properly with spells that aren't already targeting a single creature or player.
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Everflame Master1RR
Creature — Human Shaman [R]
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, replace that spell's text with "This card deals 3 damage to target creature or player." "A wise man once passed on a spell to me that had nurtured his grove for centuries. It was in that moment I realized how malleable spells are and how foolish that man actually was."
3/1
IIW: Make me cringe
Doesn't work properly with spells that aren't already targeting a single creature or player.
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Delay, and your card is fairly broken by the way.
The text of the splice card is added in addition to the card's text, and always after the spell's current text. So if you splice the card onto a Lightning Bolt, the spell will read:
"~ deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
Exile this spell with three time counters on it. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend."
The card Arc Blade'ifies an instant or sorcery, not Delays it.
I concur. That ability is a work of art.
Using my Get Out of Judgings Free card to end the challenge prematurely (I'll be editing the judgings in here soon or eventually).
On principle I don't care for asymmetrical dual-color designs, but that's subjective. The bigger issue is that this is remarkably better than Flame Jab even if it doesn't hit creatures. Instant speed and (less importantly) the potential for life gain put it over the edge for a common.
Verdict: If it were sorcery speed, I would've liked it quite a bit more.
Frankly, "marked" has enough design space to carry itself as a mechanical theme without adding the Flagbearer ability -- in fact, adding the Flagbearer ability probably closes design space since you limit the cards it can be printed on (and especially the commons you can print it on). Marked itself would be neat for a western set or anything with bounty hunters.
Verdict: If you took out the reminder text, this would be a neat design.
Sour grapes, bad feelings, etc. Forget about flashing this thing in. Don't care for this on principle; at any cost it has too much potential for poor game results.
Verdict: If it didn't find a way to incorporate "loses the game" I'd like it so much more.
Not bad, not bad. Getting an expanded Odds on a non-split card is a dream of mine; this is the sort of spell-WTFery that embodies Izzet perfectly.
Verdict: If not for avatarz' design, it would've been a pleasure to call this the winner.
Needs a rules change for splice, but otherwise I like this. I'm concerned that 1U is too low given that you can splice it onto suspended spells you cast and recur everything ad nauseum. Is it too easy to lock down the board with a Temporal Echo in hand? I'm not sure.
Verdict: If it worked with splice and if it were costed more safely just in case, I'd love this.
As I said, the second ability is beautiful, and I can't think of any better way to utilize it than on a sphinx. Wonderful, wonderful job.
Verdict: If I weren't dazzled by this card's beauty, maybe I would've gotten judgings done at a reasonable time.
Winner: avatarz
Next: Card name = the last non-study related book you read
Sorcery {M}
Restart the game. For the rest of the game, spells you cast cost 1 less to cast and spells your opponents cast cost 1 more to cast.
IIW: Pick an old or new mechanic for M15.
A Dance of Dragons 4RRRR
Sorcery (M)
Search your library for up to three Dragon creature cards and put them onto the battlefield. Those creatures gain haste and "Shuffle this creature into your library at the beginning of your next end step.
Of course, that might not be the last book I've read that qualifies for the challenge, but it's the one I remembered first.
IIW: Disney villains or Enchantment creatures that are riffs of other enchantments (bonus points for capitalizing on being a creature)
Choose one of these judge of creation:
Make Strionic Resonator shine!
You can not grasp the true form of Ashiok's attack!
What are these "non-study related books" of which you speak?
Actually, what is this "not studying" of which you speak?
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
Comic Book Set
Archester: Frontier of Steam (A steampunk set!)
A Good Place to Start Designing
The Big Fat Duck Cookbook 4
Legendary Artifact (R)
4, Sacrifice two permanents: You gain 4 life for each white permanent sacrificed this way. Draw a card for each blue permanent sacrificed this way. Each opponent loses 2 life for each black permanent sacrificed this way. The Big Fat Duck Cookbook deals 1 damage to each creature for each red permanent sacrificed this way. Put a 2/2 colorless Pincher creature token onto the battlefield for each green permanent sacrificed this way.
IIW: Euro dollar pound.
Artifact (R)
Whenever a player casts a spell, you may reveal a card in your hand with the same name as that spell. If you do, draw a card.
IIW: Bad puns are go.
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Creature - Sloth (C)
Familiar - When Trinketfinder Sloth enters the battlefield, pair it with an unpaired creature you control since this turn.
Whenever the creature paired with Triketfinder Sloth deals combat damage to an opponent, draw a card.
1/2
IIW: until
Artifact - Equipment (U)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, any number of target creatures with less power defending player controls block it if able.
Equip 2
IIW: Red Ghosts
Sorcery (R)
Choose target legendary creature you control. Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of that creature except it isn't legendary.
IIW: Ceta
Draft my cube! (630 cards)
That's right up there with "Yes, I'm listening" and "No, that dress doesn't make you look fat" as all-time most told lies.
The Burning Bridge
Land [U]
The Burning Bridge enters the battlefield tapped.
t: Add R to your mana pool.
2R, t, Sacrifice The Burning Bridge: The Burning Bridge deals 1 damage to each attacking creature without flying.
IIW: Make me cringe
Thud! is Pratchett's best work, in my opinion. Excellent book.
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Balance: You're doing it wrong.
Legendary Creature - Bear Cat [R]
Haste
Whenever ~ deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
RR: ~ gains flying until end of turn. ~ doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
3/3
IIW: Build-around-me uncommons or Roman top-down
Legendary Land (R)
~ has all activated abilities of all lands in all graveyards.
"As Ender consumes, his Shadow mimics the desolate landscape as it was, so that Zallo looking above is none the wiser. Perhaps The Deception has already happened, and we are merely figments of the Shadow."
IIW: Charms
Zoo City
Land
Zoo City enters the battlefield tapped.
When Zoo City enters the battlefield, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a green creature card with a single creature type, put it into your hand.
:symtap:: Add
Ender's Shadow
Legendary Land (R)
~ has all activated abilities of all lands in all graveyards.
"As Ender consumes, his Shadow mimics the landscape as it was, so that Zallo watching above will be none the wiser. Perhaps The End has already happened, and we are merely figments of the Shadow."
IIW: Charms
Creature - Human (C)
If you control a Knight, Hero's Squire gets +1/+1.
Each day, he woke up with the sun to feed and brush his master's horse. Then he polished his master's armor until it gleamed. Then he sharpened his master's sword, until it could cut through a single hair. He did all this each day, in the hopes that he would grow up to be a great knight himself. Then someone else would have to wake up with the sun each morning.
1/1
iiw gangsters
Club Flamingo Wins: 1!
Creature - Goblin Wizard (R)
Exile a spell you control: Manical Mindsparker deals 1 damage to each opponent.
“If anything stands out about goblins, it’s their ability to turn just about anything into a weapon.”
-Ral Zarek
1/1
Started out as an attempt at the broken red 2-drop on a whim. Then I realized it's definitely not broken.
IIW: Disney villains or Enchantment creatures that are riffs of other enchantments (bonus points for capitalizing on being a creature)
Choose one of these judge of creation:
Make Strionic Resonator shine!
You can not grasp the true form of Ashiok's attack!
Creature - Human Soldier (C)
Reach, vigilance
"It's easy. Just look up."
1/3
IIW: Ceta
Draft my cube! (630 cards)
Creature — Human Shaman [R]
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, replace that spell's text with "This card deals 3 damage to target creature or player." You may choose new targets for it.
"A wise man once passed on a spell to me that had nurtured his grove for centuries. It was in that moment I realized how malleable spells are and how foolish that man actually was."
3/1
IIW: Make me cringe
Doesn't work properly with spells that aren't already targeting a single creature or player.
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
fix'd it