MTG Salvation

these are under the assumption that zones are: in play, hand, grave, library, removed from the game, and the stack .

Faith (if ~ is removed from the game you may return it to the zone it was removed from, if ~ is returned to your library in this way, shffle your library)

Test of Beliefs :symw::symw::symw:
Instant
Faith (if ~ is removed from the game you may return it to the zone it was removed from, if ~ is returned to your library in this way, shffle your library)
:symw:: Remove exactly 20 cards from the top your library from the game: Gain 5 life

Patron of stone
Creature- Cleric
Faith (if ~ is removed from the game you may return it to the zone it was removed from, if ~ is returned to your library in this way, shffle your library)
:symw:: Remove a creature other than Patron of stone from the game: target creature other than Patron of stone gets +2/+2 and defender till end of turn
1/1

Blasphemy CC (at any time you may play an instant and as long as ~ is on the stack, in the graveyard, or under your controll in play, you may pay ~ Blasphemy cost and remove ~ from the game , if you do remove a card that shares a zone, card type, and converted mana cost with ~ from the game)

basicly it acts like permenant removal in play and a counter spell on the stack, unfornuatly to balance this its really limmited for example


New counter spell :symu::symu:
instant
Blasphemy (at any time you may play an instant and as long as ~ is on the stack, in the graveyard, or under your controll in play, you may pay ~ Blasphemy cost and remove ~ from the game , if you do remove a card that shares a zone, card type, and converted mana cost with ~ from the game)
Draw a card


the uses of this card would be -


:symu::symu:: draw a card
:symu::symu:: counter target instant with a converted mana cost of 2
:symu::symu:: remove target instant with a converted mana cost of 2 in a graveyard from the game.

and another card

Shadow Assassin :3mana::symb:
Creature - Human
Blasphemy (at any time you may play an instant and as long as ~ is on the stack, in the graveyard, or under your controll in play, you may pay ~ Blasphemy cost and remove ~ from the game , if you do remove a card that shares a zone, card type, and converted mana cost with ~ from the game)
If Shadow Assassin would be removed from the game destroy target creature with a converted mana cost equal to 3 or less
1/1

Quote from mystic1110 »

these are under the assumption that zones are: in play, hand, grave, library, removed from the game, and the stack .

There's also phased-out, and sometimes Ante.

Faith (if ~ is removed from the game you may return it to the zone it was removed from, if ~ is returned to your library in this way, shffle your library)

I'm assuming you what this to be a triggered ability; so start it with "When," not "if." And while this idea sounds simple, this ability opens up some huge rules nightmares.

First, the mechanics of a zone-change trigger is very complicated. In general, you should not make the trigger event include both <in-play> -> <any other zone> and <any zone except in-play> -> <any other zone>. The short explanation for why is that the triggered ability looks at a <in-play> -> <any other zone> change from viewpoint of before the event happens, and <any zone except in-play> -> <any other zone> from the viewpoint of after the event happens. Things get very confusing if you have to track the card through that. (AFAIK, only one real card does it, Compost, and it has some very strange rulings, and WotC has vowed to not do it again with an effect that looks at any characteristics the card may have.)

Second, not all effects that remove a card from the game remove it face up. See Shared Fate or Knowledge Vault, for example. If either of those two effects removed your Test of Beliefs, who would know that it was supposed to trigger? If it was Shared Fate, does the player have to tell others if he doesn't want to shuffle it back in the deck? The trigger condition should include "removed face up" so that hidden cards are not an issue.

Patron of stone
Creature- Cleric
Faith (if ~ is removed from the game you may return it to the zone it was removed from, if ~ is returned to your library in this way, shffle your library)
:symw:: Remove a creature other than Patron of stone from the game: target creature other than Patron of stone gets +2/+2 and defender till end of turn
1/1

You wrote it with two costs (not a cost with two parts, you have two colons.) It should either target the creature to be removed, or say "you control" if you want it as a cost. And if you can remove a creature with Faith this way (which I assume is the idea), it is overpowered.

Blasphemy CC (at any time you may play an instant and as long as ~ is on the stack, in the graveyard, or under your controll in play, you may pay ~ Blasphemy cost and remove ~ from the game , if you do remove a card that shares a zone, card type, and converted mana cost with ~ from the game)

Very confusing. What does "share a zone" mean? When do you choose the card?

You can give the spell an activated ability. There is nothing wrong with that (with Haunt, spells can have triggered abilities).

<Cost>, remove ~ from the game: Remove target card in the same zone as ~, and that shares a type and mana cost with ~, from the game. You may play this ability while ~ is on the stack or in the graveyard.

You don't need to say you can play it in play.

You have Test of Beliefs as an Instant - I presume it is meant to be an enchantment as you have also given it an activated cost.

Having cards that you can remove from your hand infinitely to power Cadaverous Bloom might be dangerous.