Welcome to the New Challenge Every Day Card Contest
Today's challenge:
One-mana cantrips
Rules of the Game
This contest is a hybrid of the DCC and IIW/winner is judge games like Club Flamingo. If you are unfamiliar with either of those the rules for this contest will be explained below.
Anyone can enter each day.
To enter:
1. Post a card that fits the current challenge.
2. In the same post, name exactly two other players to vote for their entries for the previous challenge.
3. It is recommended you include a potential new challenge ("IIW") in your post.
Each day we use the challenge of the player with the most votes on the previous day who included a challenge. In the case of a tie, we use the challenge of the tied player who posted first.
Scoring
Votes you receive each day go to your points for the duration of the contest (currently planned to be two weeks/14 days). The top overall scorer(s) at the end of this period will be the winner(s).
Stern Tutor1W
Sorcery (Rare) Wisdom - When you cast this spell, you may tap an untapped Advisor you control. If you do, you get an experience counter.
Search your library for a nonland card and reveal it. If its converted mana cost is less than the number of experience counters you have, put it into your hand and shuffle your library. Otherwise, shuffle your library, then put it into your library under the top X cards, where X is the card's converted mana cost minus the number of experience counters you have. "You will be ready for my teachings when I deem you ready!"
Dargan, Militia Leader 2WR
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier (R)
First Strike, Vigilance
Whenever you cast a Soldier or Warrior creature spell, put an experience counter on this creature. Then create a 1/1 Peasant creature token with First Strike for each experience counter on Dargan.
Rookie Detective1W
Creature- Human Soldier
When ~ enters the battlefield, investigate (Create a colorless Clue artifact token with "2, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.").
Whenever you investigate, put an experience counter on this creature. Then investigate for each experience counter on ~.
1/1
Wilhem's Deepdive 1GG
Enchantment (R)
Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you get an experience counter. 3GG: Until end of turn, lands you control become X/X Elemental Horror creatures where X is the number of experience counters you have. They are still lands.
---------------------------------------------------------- "I started interfacing with the worldsoul as a means to better understand my curse. But if what Miss Arlinn says about other animists is true, I'd like to know why Innistrad treats me differently." -Wilhem of the Dornen, journal notes
2lookashiny: Wanna see us drowning in Clue tokens, do ya?
Votes: Subject16, valleybeyond
Qana, Wise Mentor1WU
Legendary Creature - Cat Warrior (M)
Whenever Qana, Wise Mentor deals combat damage to a player, you get an experience counter.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, for each experience counter you have, choose a creature, then that creature gains your choice of flying, first strike, lifelink, skulk, prowess, vigilance, double strike, hexproof or indestructible until end of turn. You can't choose the same ability more than once per turn this way.
2/2
Urza of Yotia1WUR Legendary Creature — Human Artificer {M}
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you gain an experience counter and scry 1.
When you have five or more experience counters, transform Urza of Yotia, sacrifice another permanent for each experience counter you have and put that many loyalty counters on Urza.
4/4
— · — · — · — · — Urza, Bane of Argoth Legendary Planeswalker — Urza {M}
-+2: Return up to one target card from your graveyard to your hand.
-+1: Discard a card. Urza deals damage to target creature or planeswalker equal to the converted mana cost of the discarded card. If you discard a legendary card this way, he also deals that much damage to that permanent's controller.
_.-6: You gain an emblem with "Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you gain an experience counter and scry 1.
-13: Return all artifact cards from all graveyards to the battlefield under your control. Then you gain 1 life for each artifact you control and scry that much.
Strefan, Stensian Barron2BR
Legendary Creature — Vampire Advisor {MR}
Whenever a source you control deals an amount of damage to an opponent greater than the number of experience counters you have, you get an experience counter.
Whenever a creature deals damage to you or a planeswalker you control, if that creature’s converted mana cost is less than the number of experience counter you have, destroy it.
4/2
Rocras, Aether Reincarnator1GW
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman (M)
Whenever Rocras, Aether Reincarnator enters or leaves the battlefield, you get an experience counter. T: You may put a creature card with converted mana cost less than or equal to the number of experience counters you have from your hand onto the battlefield. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on Rocras and that creature.
0/3
Collect EvidenceU
Sorcery (U)
Draw a card.
Investigate (Create a colorless Clue artifact token with “2, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.”)
Private Mod Note
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(7 Total) - September 2015; October 2015; January 2016; March 2016; April 2016; July 2016(T); March 2019(T)
Raider's ReapingR
Sorcery (Uncommon)
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Bloodshed - Draw two cards if an opponent was dealt 2 or more combat damage this turn. Otherwise, draw a card. "Knock'em down hard. It gives you more time to pillage before they get back up."
-Kora, Orc Captain
IIW: A powerful mechanic in a new/different color (like delve in red, storm in green etc)
Fool's Gold B
Sorcery (C)
Create a Pyrite colorless artifact token with "Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Pyrite: Add one mana of any color."
Draw a card.
------------------------ The Phyrexian's economic warfare tactics had a faster, yet diluted impact due to the underword being all too familiar with the tactic.
IntrospectionU
Sorcery {C}
Draw a card.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Self-reflection only takes a moment... or two.
Silken ThoughtsU Sorcery {UC}
Draw a card.
Weave UU(When you cast an instant or sorcery spell, if this card is in your graveyard, you may pay UU. If you do, add this card’s other effects to that spell. Otherwise, exile this card.)
Roar of AlephG
Instant (U)
Target creature has base power and toughness 3/3 until end of turn.
Draw a card. Spline has the most orderly and logical lycanthropes in the multiverse.
IIW: Reference something that exists in the "background" rules of Magic but that isn't normally mentioned on cards
Today's challenge:
One-mana cantrips
Rules of the Game
This contest is a hybrid of the DCC and IIW/winner is judge games like Club Flamingo. If you are unfamiliar with either of those the rules for this contest will be explained below.
Anyone can enter each day.
To enter:
1. Post a card that fits the current challenge.
2. In the same post, name exactly two other players to vote for their entries for the previous challenge.
3. It is recommended you include a potential new challenge ("IIW") in your post.
Each day we use the challenge of the player with the most votes on the previous day who included a challenge. In the case of a tie, we use the challenge of the tied player who posted first.
Scoring
Votes you receive each day go to your points for the duration of the contest (currently planned to be two weeks/14 days). The top overall scorer(s) at the end of this period will be the winner(s).
void_nothing 13 (+2)
Antiantiserum 12 (+1)
valleybeyond 10 (+4)
kwanyeegor 9
Subject16 9 (+4)
Flatline 4 (+1)
Forestsguy 3
Cardz5000 3
soramaro 2
Jump4Joy 2 (+1)
Feyd_Ruin 1
master_of_the_universe 0
zdtsd 0
Yesterday's challenge was "Experience counters"
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
Collect Evidence U
Sorcery (U)
Draw a card.
Investigate (Create a colorless Clue artifact token with “2, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.”)
Raider's Reaping R
Sorcery (Uncommon)
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Bloodshed - Draw two cards if an opponent was dealt 2 or more combat damage this turn. Otherwise, draw a card.
"Knock'em down hard. It gives you more time to pillage before they get back up."
-Kora, Orc Captain
IIW: A powerful mechanic in a new/different color (like delve in red, storm in green etc)
Fool's Gold
B
Sorcery (C)
Create a Pyrite colorless artifact token with "Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Pyrite: Add one mana of any color."
Draw a card.
------------------------
The Phyrexian's economic warfare tactics had a faster, yet diluted impact due to the underword being all too familiar with the tactic.
IIW: From the ancient plane of Equilor
Introspection U
Sorcery {C}
Draw a card.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Self-reflection only takes a moment... or two.
IIW: Wild West World
Just Moniker (U/R)
Instant (U)
Target creature's name becomes the name of your choice until end of turn.
Draw a card.
IIW: Haunt
Vote: Subject16, Cardz5000
Memory Spike U
Sorcery (C)
Draw a card.
~ deals 1 damage to you.
IIW: Green vampires
GENERATION 12: The first time you see this, copy and paste it into your signature and add 1 to the generation number. It's a social experiment.
Shimmering Aegis W
Instant (UC)
You gain hexproof until end of turn.
Draw a card.
IIW: Dwarves
Silken Thoughts U
Sorcery {UC}
Draw a card.
Weave UU (When you cast an instant or sorcery spell, if this card is in your graveyard, you may pay UU. If you do, add this card’s other effects to that spell. Otherwise, exile this card.)
IIW: Artificer tribal
Roar of Aleph G
Instant (U)
Target creature has base power and toughness 3/3 until end of turn.
Draw a card.
Spline has the most orderly and logical lycanthropes in the multiverse.
IIW: Reference something that exists in the "background" rules of Magic but that isn't normally mentioned on cards
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝