The Gate of Nyx3WWW
Legendary Enchantment Creature - Wall (MR)
Defender
You cannot lose the game and your opponents cannot win the game.
Other untapped creatures you control are indestructible.
0/8
I've used this before, but it's the perfect time to bring it back. And Dimir is where it goes.
Demand Departure1U
Instant (U)
Plot 3, then reveal a plotted card. Return target non-land permanent to it's owner's hand if it's converted mana cost is less than or equal to the revealed card. (To plot 3, exile the top three cards of your library face down. You may look at them at any time.)
Lord of the CycleBBGG
Creature - Elf Shaman (R)
Lord of the Cycle's power and toughness are equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
Whenever a creature you control dies, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card. BG, Sacrifice a creature: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card. Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
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Good HorseGW
Legendary Creature - Horse Hero (MR)
Trample
Humans you control are Horses in addition to their other types and get +1/+1 and have trample. "You think the power of the Horse cannot help you? Nay."
2/2
"Winnie!"GW
Instant (U)
Target creature you control gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Whenever damage is dealt this turn to another creature you control that shares a creature type with this creature, you may shout "No!" If you do, redirect that damage to this creature. The Gluemaker learned the hard way that you never, ever threaten Good Horse's filly.
Racecar Ricky
Legendary Creature - Human Sidekick (R)
First strike 1WR, say "Vrrm vrmm!!!": Exile Racecar Ricky and return it to the battlefield transformed. "There is no teen more turbo."
1/1
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The Racecar Named Ricky
Legendary Tribal Artifact - Human Vehicle (R)
First strike, haste
Whenever The Racecar Named Ricky becomes crewed by Good Horse, you may say "Hi ho, Ricky, Away!" If you do, The Racecar Named Ricky gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
Crew 2 Good Horse's young jockey is a very driven young man.
4/4
I spelled it "Winnie" so it'd be clear that it's the name of his girlfriend (while still being a horse pun). To bad I had already made the Nay/Neigh pun.
Hemlock - "I'll kick your butts by the dozen" - The way I'm reading that, it usually won't have much effect other than letting you assign all damage to each creature (combine with trample and that's scary) and a few things like not turning on Rampage (which tends to pop back up in Un-sets because it's funny). But for a 2 mana instant that you can play after blocks, that's scary. As a sorcery this could go up to +4/+4 and still be pretty solid.
doomfish - "Here Fifi!" - It is weird how swingy it is, since it's either a pretty crappy 3/3 for 4 or a totally awesome free 3/3. And I don't really see the flavor behind it popping into play after replacing another token. Seems like it might have made more sense if it was able to replace some other token with a 3/3 token.
Subject16 - "I Pity Thy Sorry Art!" - Solid effect, not terribly original but clean and straightforward. Tie to the superhero is obvious.
Raptorchan - "Clearrr..." / "...Prrrop!" - Two solid, clean effects that make sense and are strong flavorfully.
master_of_the_universe - "Let's Make a Splash!" -That's a very splashy effect indeed. Actually playble in regular Magic, fits well with the legend, and creates interesting board states.
netn10 - "Let's Get Dirty" - "All the cards", even in an Un-Set, is really vague. Like, the ones in hands and libraries too? If so, that's going to kil every player every time. Unless they bring tongs. And do cards go back to the zone they were in before?
void_nothing - "I've Made Some Script Revisions!" - "Abilties change" is pretty vague, but probably not too vague for Un-sets. Seems pretty well balanced, since you'd have to build a deck around it to make it scary.
Joiner, Awakened LicidGW
Legendary Planeswalker - Joiner (MR) T: Target creature you control gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is Joiner, Awakened Licid's Loyalty.
[+2]: Untap up to one target land you control.
[+1]: Untap up to one target creature you control.
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Koopa - Renin, Savior of Species: I don't see that strong of a connection to the inspiration card, really, and it isn't funny at all, which seriously hurts in an un-set challenge.
Cardz5000 - No show
Hemlock - McBallard, Who Keeps Coming Back for More: Interesting in how it plays with the inspiration card, but it is very busy in a way that isn't really funny or necessary feeling.
doomfish - Neera, Propelled Penguin: A penguin with a propeller is funny. One that summons tokens is one that I don't fully get flavor-wise, but it's a solid mechanic for an un-set built to take advantage of cards like it.
Subject16 - Mark Poole, Bachelor of Arts: This is the kind of reference I'd expect to see on an un-card, and it has mechanics that work well in un-sets.
Raptorchan - Boorse, Corpse Bomb: Don't really see the need for that keyword ability, since it seems very narrow. But a solid design generally.
Good HorseGW
Legendary Creature - Horse Hero (MR)
Trample
Humans you control are Horses in addition to their other types and get +1/+1 and have trample. "You think the power of the Horse cannot help you? Nay."
2/2
"Winnie!"GW
Instant (U)
Target creature you control gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Whenever damage is dealt this turn to another creature you control that shares a creature type with this creature, you may shout "No!" If you do, redirect that damage to this creature. The Gluemaker learned the hard way that you never, ever threaten Good Horse's filly.
Good HorseGW
Legendary Creature - Horse Hero (MR)
Trample
Humans you control are Horses in addition to their other types and get +1/+1 and have trample. "You think the power of the Horse cannot help you? Nay."
2/2
The Seedheart
Legendary Land (R)
When The Seedheart enters the battlefield, you may search you library for a basic Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library. 3G: Return The Seedheart to your hand.
Poison Elemental1BG
Creature - Elemental (R)
Infect
When you cast Poison Elemental you may put up to three poison counters on yourself.
Poison Elemental's power and toughness equal to the number of poison counters on you.
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Legend - Scrying Pool - Probably a bit on the weaker side unless there are a lot of enchantment synergies, in which case it might be very powerful. A clean application, and the fact that scry inherently has dimishing returns in multiples makes it not too scary to print at common.
thesedaiv - Basic Training: Effects that pump up multiple creatures tend to be game-changing, and that's why they don't tend to pop up at common a lot. Also, this is very swingy because it doesn't do anything for non-vigilant creatures. It ends up requiring a pretty good amount of mental processing for a common.
Gerrard's Mom - Anarchists' Graffiti: This is closer to Orcish Oriflame than it looks at first since you always get to chose the creature that'll produce the worst combat math for the opponent. Simple, clean mechanics, and easy to build around and synergize with.
netn10 - Seal of Savagery: Simple, clean, and to the point. Doesn't break a ton of creative ground, but common is generally not the best place to be trying that anyway.
Cardz5000 - Aspect of Spring: It's either a less-reliable Rampant Growth or a less reliable Explosive Vegetation, but in both cases still reliable enough to be worth playing, and the versitility is very useful. Combine in synergies with enchantments and you've got a card that's probably complex and powerful enough to be uncommon. Creative reuse of old mechanics and solid construction, though.
Koopa - Homeland Advantage: It is certainly simple enough to be a commmon, but this is actually a realy game-changing effect of the sort that feels bigger than what you'd normally see at common, especially considering it is stackable. The ability to build combos and synergies around it seems like it should limit the effect to uncommon or rare. But solidly priced and constructed.
Golgari Replica4
Artifact Creature - Gorgon (U)
When Golgari Replica enters the battlefield, you may sow target creature if you spent BG to cast it. (Exile that creature. It's controller creates a land token with "T: Add C or one mana of any of the exiled creature's colors.") The Phyrexian invasion of Ravnica began with decades of infiltration and assimilation.
2/4
Venom MinesB
Enchantment (C)
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, you may sacrifice Venom Mines. If you do, that creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
The Screaming Eyes1UU
Legendary Creature - Spirit (R)
Flying
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Whenever one or more creatures you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
0/2
Legendary Enchantment Creature - Wall (MR)
Defender
You cannot lose the game and your opponents cannot win the game.
Other untapped creatures you control are indestructible.
0/8
Demand Departure 1U
Instant (U)
Plot 3, then reveal a plotted card. Return target non-land permanent to it's owner's hand if it's converted mana cost is less than or equal to the revealed card. (To plot 3, exile the top three cards of your library face down. You may look at them at any time.)
Creature - Elf Shaman (R)
Lord of the Cycle's power and toughness are equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
Whenever a creature you control dies, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.
BG, Sacrifice a creature: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card. Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
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Legendary Creature - Horse Hero (MR)
Trample
Humans you control are Horses in addition to their other types and get +1/+1 and have trample.
"You think the power of the Horse cannot help you? Nay."
2/2
"Winnie!" GW
Instant (U)
Target creature you control gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Whenever damage is dealt this turn to another creature you control that shares a creature type with this creature, you may shout "No!" If you do, redirect that damage to this creature.
The Gluemaker learned the hard way that you never, ever threaten Good Horse's filly.
Racecar Ricky
Legendary Creature - Human Sidekick (R)
First strike
1WR, say "Vrrm vrmm!!!": Exile Racecar Ricky and return it to the battlefield transformed.
"There is no teen more turbo."
1/1
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The Racecar Named Ricky
Legendary Tribal Artifact - Human Vehicle (R)
First strike, haste
Whenever The Racecar Named Ricky becomes crewed by Good Horse, you may say "Hi ho, Ricky, Away!" If you do, The Racecar Named Ricky gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
Crew 2
Good Horse's young jockey is a very driven young man.
4/4
doomfish - "Here Fifi!" - It is weird how swingy it is, since it's either a pretty crappy 3/3 for 4 or a totally awesome free 3/3. And I don't really see the flavor behind it popping into play after replacing another token. Seems like it might have made more sense if it was able to replace some other token with a 3/3 token.
Subject16 - "I Pity Thy Sorry Art!" - Solid effect, not terribly original but clean and straightforward. Tie to the superhero is obvious.
Raptorchan - "Clearrr..." / "...Prrrop!" - Two solid, clean effects that make sense and are strong flavorfully.
master_of_the_universe - "Let's Make a Splash!" -That's a very splashy effect indeed. Actually playble in regular Magic, fits well with the legend, and creates interesting board states.
netn10 - "Let's Get Dirty" - "All the cards", even in an Un-Set, is really vague. Like, the ones in hands and libraries too? If so, that's going to kil every player every time. Unless they bring tongs. And do cards go back to the zone they were in before?
void_nothing - "I've Made Some Script Revisions!" - "Abilties change" is pretty vague, but probably not too vague for Un-sets. Seems pretty well balanced, since you'd have to build a deck around it to make it scary.
Top 3:
1. Raptorchan
2. master_of_the_universe
3. Subject16
Legendary Planeswalker - Joiner (MR)
T: Target creature you control gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is Joiner, Awakened Licid's Loyalty.
[+2]: Untap up to one target land you control.
[+1]: Untap up to one target creature you control.
{2}
Cardz5000 - No show
Hemlock - McBallard, Who Keeps Coming Back for More: Interesting in how it plays with the inspiration card, but it is very busy in a way that isn't really funny or necessary feeling.
doomfish - Neera, Propelled Penguin: A penguin with a propeller is funny. One that summons tokens is one that I don't fully get flavor-wise, but it's a solid mechanic for an un-set built to take advantage of cards like it.
Subject16 - Mark Poole, Bachelor of Arts: This is the kind of reference I'd expect to see on an un-card, and it has mechanics that work well in un-sets.
Raptorchan - Boorse, Corpse Bomb: Don't really see the need for that keyword ability, since it seems very narrow. But a solid design generally.
Top 3:
1. Subject16
2. doomfish
3. Raptorchan
Equestrian Skill
Good Horse GW
Legendary Creature - Horse Hero (MR)
Trample
Humans you control are Horses in addition to their other types and get +1/+1 and have trample.
"You think the power of the Horse cannot help you? Nay."
2/2
"Winnie!" GW
Instant (U)
Target creature you control gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Whenever damage is dealt this turn to another creature you control that shares a creature type with this creature, you may shout "No!" If you do, redirect that damage to this creature.
The Gluemaker learned the hard way that you never, ever threaten Good Horse's filly.
Good Horse GW
Legendary Creature - Horse Hero (MR)
Trample
Humans you control are Horses in addition to their other types and get +1/+1 and have trample.
"You think the power of the Horse cannot help you? Nay."
2/2
Legendary Land (R)
When The Seedheart enters the battlefield, you may search you library for a basic Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
3G: Return The Seedheart to your hand.
Creature - Elemental (R)
Infect
When you cast Poison Elemental you may put up to three poison counters on yourself.
Poison Elemental's power and toughness equal to the number of poison counters on you.
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thesedaiv - Basic Training: Effects that pump up multiple creatures tend to be game-changing, and that's why they don't tend to pop up at common a lot. Also, this is very swingy because it doesn't do anything for non-vigilant creatures. It ends up requiring a pretty good amount of mental processing for a common.
Gerrard's Mom - Anarchists' Graffiti: This is closer to Orcish Oriflame than it looks at first since you always get to chose the creature that'll produce the worst combat math for the opponent. Simple, clean mechanics, and easy to build around and synergize with.
netn10 - Seal of Savagery: Simple, clean, and to the point. Doesn't break a ton of creative ground, but common is generally not the best place to be trying that anyway.
Cardz5000 - Aspect of Spring: It's either a less-reliable Rampant Growth or a less reliable Explosive Vegetation, but in both cases still reliable enough to be worth playing, and the versitility is very useful. Combine in synergies with enchantments and you've got a card that's probably complex and powerful enough to be uncommon. Creative reuse of old mechanics and solid construction, though.
Koopa - Homeland Advantage: It is certainly simple enough to be a commmon, but this is actually a realy game-changing effect of the sort that feels bigger than what you'd normally see at common, especially considering it is stackable. The ability to build combos and synergies around it seems like it should limit the effect to uncommon or rare. But solidly priced and constructed.
Top 3
1. netn10
2. Legend
3. Gerrard's Mom
Artifact Creature - Gorgon (U)
When Golgari Replica enters the battlefield, you may sow target creature if you spent BG to cast it. (Exile that creature. It's controller creates a land token with "T: Add C or one mana of any of the exiled creature's colors.")
The Phyrexian invasion of Ravnica began with decades of infiltration and assimilation.
2/4
Enchantment (C)
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, you may sacrifice Venom Mines. If you do, that creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Spirit (R)
Flying
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Whenever one or more creatures you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
0/2