I have not, but I thank you for bringing this card to my attention; I'm verily certain I perused people's collections and passed over it, pretty ignorantly, looking only for Misstep.
I'm willing to try it out, but it probably won't be for a couple weeks.
Now that the decks themselves have officially gone on sale (I was lucky enough that my LGS stays open til 2am ;D), how do you guys like the stock lists?
In my experience, out of Kaalia, Zedruu, and Damia, Damia is the superior deck. The mana fixing was good (though I stumbled a bit on green the first game), the power curve was on par if not above Zedruu (which was the worst in this category) and Kaalia (2nd), and the card advantage I generated was just insane. Now, we did only play two games, but I one the first by a span of the Grand Canyon, the second, I only lost due to both Zedruu and Damia teaming up against me.
I did have some crazy plays though with The Mimeoplasm; let me tell you, this thing does work. In both games, I made it a double striker from Kaalia's warbringer thing (the 8/8), and just wrecked face.
Zedruu has an overabundance of blue mana I feel, as well as a lack of "donable" targets (though I think my biffles who was playing the deck was not doing so correctly, as I would've gladly teamed up on Kaalia with him since if I had died, that was the clear winner). Additionally, the ability to recover in Kaalia from board wipes, etc, is inferior to Damia (since I was playing her as my general; she drew me cards which I sorely needed).
Anyways, these are just some quick first impressions of the stock decklists, since most of the other threads I see are just discussing how to improve them. So what does everyone else think?
I HATE dogs, not just dislike or not care for certain breeds no i ☺☺☺☺ing HATE the species as a whole. In my eyes dogs are some of the most disgusting, pathetic, useless creatures on the face of the planet. I cant understand why everyone and their uncle wants to own one and why i get looked at like some ☺☺☺☺in monster for hating them. They are a nuisance that will rip out your childs throat without warning or wallow in its own piss and ☺☺☺☺ then go jump on your lap and lick your face./end rant
I was explaining this to someone earlier in the day who asked why i didnt want there dog in the room with me and basically there reaction was "WTF is wrong with you and how can i hate dogs, they are so cute and cuddly and etc etc etc". This is more or less the reaction i get when someone notices i get uneasy around dogs and i explain. Ive come to the conclusion that there is something wrong with everyone who likes dogs but thats just me
for anyone who would like a list of reasons why i hate dogs, here you go
1.They Bark constantly, oh car went down the street, saw a squirl, hear a door opening, see a person. at least cats stay quiet.
2.They are filthy. They lay down their ☺☺☺☺ wherever they are – On your lawn, on my lawn, in their own beds, on your bed. And the owners just let them go from that to jumping all over guests, thanks but ☺☺☺☺ you and your animal.
3.They smell like ☺☺☺☺ and the stink gets everywhere. They need to be washed regularly and even then they infect couches, carpets, curtains, cloths etc with their stench.
4.They get angry seemingly without provocation And frankly I’m scared of most of them. I dont want to get my throat ripped out my a dogg when i go out walking, why i always carry at least a knife.
5.They drool And their slime gets onto your clothes and possessions. My mates dog ☺☺☺☺ing ruined some of my cards this way overnite it slept on the card table and drooled all over my deck i was making, wanted to stab the damn thing to death.
6.They are useless, i will make this argument for any pet animal as well, you cant eat them without drawing ire from everyone and the law, cant use them for profit outside of breeding and they just cost you money. Much like children.(well the last part anyways)
7.They need constant attention. They go mental if they are left alone for long periods of time (much to the annoyance of the neighbours i.e. me!)
8.They destroy stuff. Chewing, knawing, eating, scratching and tearing apart anything they can. Over the years ive lost 8 controllers and 4 movies to dogs when i go to folks houses or they borrow and leave them out.
9.Even when properly trained they are a threat to public safety, just in the last year ive seen over a dozen news reports of the quiet well behaved family pet attacking a child or got loose and attacked someone on the street. I refuse to go outside at times when dogs are out for fear of being attacked.
10.They are every damn were and i am expected to just put up with them, no you keep your damn mutt locked up, on a leash or inside a fence. Or else i say they are fair game and can be thrown into the pound and put down.
Am i alone in this, does anyone else hate dogs, Or am i just a mental case?
I'm not sure about hating them, but if a dog attacked me and didn't stop immediately afterwards, I wouldn't hesitate to do whatever necessary to kill it.
My ex got on me for this, and we had a huge argument. Basically she said if that happened, she'd take the dog's side.
Brings the newer meaning of "*****" to light, to be sure.
Heh. Too true. It's the same thing people tell me when I build and play with an EDH deck purposely avoiding playing blue to be different.
"Oh, ya. You might want to change up your general, man"= Play blue! Add in control. That's how winning is done.
This is a lack of originality to me.
To you two above, my point was, go ahead and have your originality, but when you lose to more competitive "net decks", don't complain, because no one forced you to play a worse deck. Yes, blue is powerful. other colors and generals not including blue are also as powerful if built correctly. However, Barktooth Warbeard.dec should never be expected to win over the two other generals I quoted.
Protean Hulk doesn't put you ahead. It wins the game. It fetches up any of several game-winning combos. There's really no way it doesn't stay banned.
I'm not aware of these, other than Quillspike, which is easily disruptable.
Staff of Domination isn't just a combo enabler. It wins you the game as well. Once it starts a mana engine, it just draws your deck out, gives you infinite life, and taps down every other creature. Pretty handy.
The same is said about various infinite mana combos.
Coalition Victory is out because Fetch->Dual + 5c general is way, way to easy of a way to combo out for a win with it. No other alternate victory condition is even remotely close.
I think this depends on the meta, so I guess I take back my decision about this card. Where I play, decks can still be competitive and on-par with online lists without the K mana bases.
Panoptic Mirror is probably he least powerful of the cards mentioned, but it's mostly banned because it is such a simple win condition and people seriously didn't like seeing games end turn 4-5 because people happened to be short on artifact removal. It's not really that much stronger than a lot of other stuff, it's just that it short-circuits games way to often, if legal.
The game can end just as easily off the back of a Power Artifacted Grim Monolith as a Panoptic Mirror, yet neither of those are banned.
Oh, I play very competitively with plenty of good cards. I was just drawing a sleepy comparison between playing a broken combo and just trading the 60 best card advantage spells printed back and forth until someone happens to die. My point being that some people seem to enjoy the latter, but might get a little bit too caught up in it. So the former, which you seem to enjoy, might need a bit of encouragement sometimes!
I concur. At higher levels of play, that's basically what it comes down to: A series of decks that just win. Often, they win because of an agreed upon strategy/list, so yes, the back and forth looks the same most of the time. This is no different than many other competitive games, or sports for that matter.
The issue with Time Vault Key is that it is a 3 mana combo that EVERY deck can run that instantly wins the game. Panoptic Mirror is similar in blue decks because almost every blue deck will be running Time Warp effects regardless. (Usually the only decks not running these are people who intentionally avoid cards like these that some players find unfun) Those two are definitely well deserved bans.
I don't disagree about Time-Key; I was mostly exaggerating about agreeing to unban that card. However, Protean Hulk looks promising, as it has an extremely narrow application with Flash, and other than that, maybe I'm underestimating, but I don't feel it would put you so far ahead that other players would be unable to recover. Not to mention, it is not nearly on the power level of Vault-Key. Coalition Victory is another one similar in vein of Helix Pinnacle or Test of Endurance, etc. Yes, the other "insta-win" cards give opponents time to answer, but if they don't get an answer, the person playing them wins regardless, similar to how if no one counters Coalition, or removes a permanent fulfilling its condition, they will lose. Another poster said the same about Staff of Domination. Yes, it's a combo piece, but like every other combo, and every other combo player, there are always going to be other combos to play, and people who play them (myself) aren't going to stop just because they've been refused one card. Panoptic Mirror falls under the same idea as Coalition Victory; like Test, it gives opponents a turn to answer it. Painters servant falls into the same category as Staff. And why Kokusho is still banned, I'll never understand.
I'm not really a combo player at all-- at least I don't think of it in combo terms. But there is something to be said for inevitability. I watched two guys play 1v1 for over an hour the other day just dropping 'staples' and 'bombs' one after another, tit for tat . . . looked boring. How many times can a consecrated sphinx hit the board only to be wrathed the next turn?
If that's the case, I hope you don't run any "staples" of EDH. How many times can they hit the board, putting you ahead in the card advantage war enough so that you win the game, at least in part, because of them?
EFFECTIVE 17 Jun 2011 (Early, to coincide with Launch Parties)
BANNED
No Changes
UNBANNED
Worldgorger Dragon
We don't unban cards lightly, but it's time for Worldgorger Dragon to get out of the penalty box. It is no longer a particularly strong example of unwelcome, format-warping, combo-play style, but simply another infinite-combo piece. Those applications are narrow enough that it should not cause problems for social players, and the type of player who wants to play this kind of infinite combo isn't going to play a more fun deck because Worldgorger Dragon is available. Thus, since it's a goal to keep the list as short as possible and focused on more fun-oriented games, we believe it can come off the list.
We'd also like to take the chance to thank the folks on the various forums for their continued input and commentary to and support for the Rules Committee. The broader community has many voices, and we do our best to hear them all.
Although, I would argue it is fun for me, as a Combo Player, to play a combo deck, hence, other decks would be less fun for me.
This Round's "Krey Answers your questions" has added a bit of response to comments too.
@ Eventide Sojourner - Maybe it sets into an unfamiliar mana territory for a combat advantage, maybe it is more strategically set for a campaign against his emies.
@ Paradigm Eighty - We really don't have any control over how people critique or do top3. However I do have control on the challenges. For my benefit, could you elaborate why are the challenges dumb? or do you mean hard, easy or boring. That said, sign me up when you volunteer to host a CCL, so I can see how you would do it. Anyway thanks for participating.
@ Ruin - People, get creative. blue does gain control of creatures and fortifications are colorless.
@ CXA26483 - Since this is the last open round lets keep them as we go into top eight.
@ Maokun - Thanks. Seems some people want CCLs that each challenge is create any card you like.
@ Pocketwatch - Exactly
I meant that it was hard to decipher what team I was on after the drops etc. since the team title wasn't bolded.
Also, I somewhat agree... why would my UB 'walker settle in a territory of unfamiliar mana? Relating the story to the contest, this seems somewhat out of place. I'm continuing regardless, but the point remains.
Avalanche Peaks
Land (M)
Avalanche Peaks enters the battlefield tapped. T: Add R to your mana pool.
Whenever you cast a spell, put a charge counter on Avalanche Peaks.
Whenever Avalanche Peaks has three or more charge counters on it, sacrifice it, then Avalanche Peaks deals 3 damage to target creature or player, and 3 damage to you.
Master Firemage
Creature - Human Wizard (M)
When Master Firemage enters the battlefield, search your library for an instant or sorcery card with converted mana cost equal to X and cast it without paying it’s mana cost. “One day, you’ll be as good as me, if you live.”
Cerebral TorrentXUUBB
Sorcery (R)
Draw X cards then destroy up to Y target creatures, where Y is the number of cards in your hand. "I've learned a great many things while traveling the Blind Eternities... The least of these is how to kill you."
Culling Illithid 2UBB
Creature - Horror (U)
When Culling Illithid enters the battlefield, target opponent discards a card for each card named Culling Illithid you control and you draw a card for each card named Culling Illithid you control.
Phaaze, Ethereal Sage
Planeswalker - Phaaze (M) /+1\: Draw a card. You lose 1 life. |0|: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is Phaaze's loyalty. \-1/: Search target player's library for a card and exile it. Then that player shuffles their library. \-4/: Take an extra turn after this one.
UG[/mana]
Sorcery
You may play an additional land this turn.
Until end of turn, whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may draw a card.
Jennora, Manaweave Illusionist2(U/G)(U/G)(U/G)
Planeswalker — Jennora (M)
[+2] Look at top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order.
[-4] Reveal the top card of target player's library. Add mana equal to the mana cost of the revealed card to your mana pool, then exile that card.
[-X] Put X 1/1 Blue Illusion Mage tokens onto the battlefield with ",T: Put a token that's a copy of this creature onto the battlefield" and "Sacrifice this creature: Add U or G to your mana pool."
{2}
Æther Tyrannax6GU
Trample
Creature — Beast (MR) XUU,T: Search your library for a Beast creature card with converted mana cost X or less and put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.
Whenever Æther Tyrannax attacks, put a 1/1 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield tapped and attacking for each creature you control named Æther Tyrannax, then put a +1/+1 counter on each other Beast creature you control. We saw it over the hill and reported it. When we returned, it had become an army.
7/7
Illusory ApparitionWU
Creature - Illusion Spirit (C)
If damage would be dealt to a creature you control, you may redirect the damage among any number of creatures you control named Illusory Apparition instead. In a world of lies and untruths, where fantasy is indistinguishable from reality, nothing is ever as it seems.
2/2
(but then, pretty much any card that could take out 4 of any of this team's creatures could take out 4 of any other of that team's creatures...)
Æthergize5UG
Sorcery (C)
Return up to four target creatures of the same creature type to their owners' hands. Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature for each creature returned this way.
Hm. Well, it kills your targets temporarily, but flavorwise I'm not sure how you can reconcile the counters... Nor why it is specific to a given creature type. However, it's costed appropriately and fits in pretty well with your previous cards, so pretty good job.
Pray for Immolation6R
Sorcery {C}
Convoke (Each creature you tap while casting this spell reduces its cost by 1 or by one mana of that creature's color.)
Pray for Immolation deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures tapped to cast it plus one. "They welcomed the fire, rejoicing in it even as it peeled their flesh away." - Kaelonus, survivor of the Mykanid Temple Inferno
I really like this. It doesn't do too much on its own of course, which kind of makes it a dead card some of the time, but I can clearly get behind that. It also wipes your own field. I could see this being printed just based on those two facts. I would've appreciated you posting your previous rounds though so I could judge whether or not it fits with your walker and creature, but I digest.
Jalamain, Orc Leader3RB
Planeswalker - Jalamain
{+2} ~ deal 4 damage to target creature.
{-3} Destroy target land.
{-9} Sacrifice any number of permanents. ~ deals X damage to target opponent where X is equal to the number of permanents sacrificed.
{4}
Lost Giant5RB
Creature - Giant
Soulcreep (Whenever ~ deals damage to an opponent, you may destroy target creature.)
:symtap:: Target Mountain you control becomes a 3/2 creature with ":symtap:, Sacrifice ~: ~ deals 3 damage to target creature or player. "Lost through the Aeons, he returned to find a world as savage as he."
7/7
Mischievous Faerie :1mana::symu::symr:
Creature - Faerie Scout (C)
Flying
:1mana::symu::symr:: Deal X damage to target creature where X is the number of creatures named Mischievous Faerie on the battlefield.
1/1 Faeries are not known for their prudence or tact.
I KEEL YOU WITH....
Controlled War6B
Sorcery - C
Choose any two colors. Destroy all creatures with those colors. "Fire and fire shall burn each other out."
Ouch... sorry, but no. Look at a standard wrath effect, which is at (R). Damnation. Wrath of God. Day of Judgement. Now look at Plague Wind. In the right deck, this is Plague Wind for 1B less. Undercosted and under-rarity. I do like the idea though, but it was poorly executed. :/
Reval, the MeddlerWU
Planeswalker - Reval (M)
+1: The next spell target player casts is countered unless that player pays 1.
-1: Untap up to two target permanents you control, then tap up to two target permanents an opponent controls.
-3: Name a card. The named card can't be cast.
{2}
Sky Sovereign5WU
Creature - Bird Illusion Avatar (M)
Flying, vigilance T: Exile target attacking creature, then put X 1/1 white and blue Bird Illusion creature tokens with flying onto the battlefield, where X is that creature's power. WU: Creatures you control with flying get +1/+1 until end of turn.
7/7
Absorb Vis, Ember Shot, and Kamahl's Sledge are the only precedents for 7+ cost common spells, none of which can take out 4 creatures...critiquing team, keep in mind that Diamond's spells must be common appropriate!
It doesn't really matter who I hit with this, but let's go with our enemy color:
Phantasmal Labyrinth 5WU
Instant (C)
Return all attacking creatures to their owners' hands.
Cycling 1WU
When you cycle Phantasmal Labyrinth, you may return target attacking creature to it's owner's hand.
Yummy. Not sure about the name, but whatevs. This is good enough almost by itself, just for the sake of an uncounterable self-replacing Unsummon. At common, the cost is perfect. It fits in well with your previous cards. Well done; not a lot else to say.
Leafar of the Woods1GG
Planeswalker - Leafar (M)
[+1]: You may play an additional land this turn.
[-2]: Add G to your mana pool for each Forest you control.
[-6]: You get an emblem with "Whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana to your mana pool of any type that land produced."
{3}
Ancestral Herdmother5GG
Creature - Elephant (M)
Trample T: Put a +1/+1 counter on Ancestral Herdmother for each Elephant you control. GG, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Ancestral Herdmother: Put a 3/3 green Elephant creature token onto the battlefield.
7/7
I still don't know where am I going with this, but I'll choose W as my extra colour. Seems safer.
Mischievous Faerie1UR
Creature - Faerie Scout (C)
Flying 1UR: Deal X damage to target creature where X is the number of creatures named Mischievous Faerie on the battlefield.
1/1 Faeries are not known for their prudence or tact.
Gaea's Protection5GG
Instant (C)
Convoke
Creatures can't attack this turn and their activated abilities can't be played until end of turn. "Do not fear, for our Mother will look after us."
—Leafar of the Woods
Intriguing... I think you were close on the mark, but I keep asking myself why I'm not running Fog instead of this... Basically this just seems too bad for its cost. Fog surprises your opponents because they have to tap their creatures (usually) to attack, leaving them vulnerable. This just says "Ok, you can't attack, so you have blockers, and you can activate their abilities (if possible) on my turn." Fits in pretty well with your other cards on a good note though.
Tarovok Raust :2mana::symb::symb:
Planeswalker - Tarovok (M)
\+2/: Target creature gains lifelink until the beginning of your next turn.
/-1\: You draw a card and lose 1 life.
/-9\: Each opponent loses half of their life rounded up. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
[4]
Red.
Giant Bloodsoaker6BR
Creature- Giant Vampire Shaman (M)
Trample RR,Q: Giant Bloodsoaker deals X damage to target creature where X is the total damage dealt to players this turn.
Whenever a creature dealt damage by Giant Bloodsoaker this turn is put into a graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on each other Vampire you control.
8/8
PMed round 1 crits to Krey. Sorry Team Emerald!
To Deal with Arrowwood Pathfinder Recruit the Enemies5BR
Instant (C)
Gain control of all attacking, unblocked creatures. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. "I watched them charge forward, the enemies didn't even see them coming. Yet they stopped, turned around, and then fell over dead." - Captain's Journal Entry
I think this is a little bit wonky in your colors... The flavor seems a bit off just overall on this card. Yet... I can't... look... away... Yeah, IDK. Something about this has me interested... Almost like a Suicidal Charge which I thought was a very creative thing at its time. Seems very on par with your previous cards as well. We'll see what happens with you...
Elera, Fadeworker3UU
Planeswalker - Elera
[+1] Target player exiles the top two cards of his or her library.
[-3] Exile target permanent. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
[-8] Exile all non-land permanents your opponents controls.
{4}
Boundless Dragon5WU
Creature - Dragon Spirit (M)
Flying
When ~ enters the battlefield, tap up to three target permanents.
:symwu::symwu:, T: Exile ~, seach your library for a card named ~ and put it on the battlefield. I you do, schuffle your library.
:2mana::symwu:: Return a card named ~ from exile to the battlefield.
7/7
Fighting Timothy, Mimeslayer's creature:
Mischievous Faerie1UR
Creature - Faerie Scout (C)
Flying 1UR: Deal X damage to target creature where X is the number of creatures named Mischievous Faerie on the battlefield.
1/1 Faeries are not known for their prudence or tact.
With:
Bypass5WU
Instant
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you or target creature this turn.
For each 1 damage prevented this way, you may draw a card.
Oh Piet... I really like your card. But this is by no means common. I instantly compare this to Kiss of the Amesha. This is like a surprise version of that for 1 more. Not that that's a bad thing, but it's on par with an uncommon, making its rarity out of place. Seems in tune with your other cards for the most part however.
Tamio, the Everflame2UR
Planeswalker - Tamio (MR)
+1: Tamio deals two damage to target creature equal to the number of cards you have drawn this turn.
-2: Each player shuffles their hand back into their library and draws that many cards.
-7: You get an emblem with "Whenever a source you control deals noncombat damage, draw a card."
[3]
Firestorm Djinn4:SymUR::SymUR::SymUR:
Creature - Djinn(MR)
Flying T: Draw a card for each Djinn you control. :SymUR::SymUR::SymUR::SymUR:: Put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.
7/7
Darksoul Sliver :2mana::symb::symb:
Creature - Sliver {C}
All Silver creatures get +2/+1. From a single dark blessing, a thousand curses.
{1/1}
Assimilation5UUU
Enchantment - Aura (C)
Enchant creature
You control enchanted creature and all creatures with the same creature type as the enchanted creature. Brainwashing one warrior is good. Brainwashing an entire race is better.
:(. Requirement was for a spell. I'll continue on anyways. :). So, at worst this is a bad Mind Control. At best, it is similar to a Peer Pressure. Interesting. However, because of how good it could be, and the likelihood that this would be printed near a tribal set, I think this is better suited as (U).
I really like the frame, but I think you could pick different fonts that fit better with the frame.
Seems more efficient indeed.
Are you going to make full .psd of it so we can make proxies with the frame?
I probably could've found different fonts, but these are the traditional ones used with the current card frame (that is, the one used in printing of [M12], [NPH], etc).
Also, yes, after I have finalized all the details, I will be releasing it. I will also be updating and finishing my "modern" templates in the future (though when I can't say). I always have a million things going on :/.
Definitely a step in the right direction for sure.
I'm willing to try it out, but it probably won't be for a couple weeks.
I'd be testing it in R with Furnace Scamp.
In my experience, out of Kaalia, Zedruu, and Damia, Damia is the superior deck. The mana fixing was good (though I stumbled a bit on green the first game), the power curve was on par if not above Zedruu (which was the worst in this category) and Kaalia (2nd), and the card advantage I generated was just insane. Now, we did only play two games, but I one the first by a span of the Grand Canyon, the second, I only lost due to both Zedruu and Damia teaming up against me.
I did have some crazy plays though with The Mimeoplasm; let me tell you, this thing does work. In both games, I made it a double striker from Kaalia's warbringer thing (the 8/8), and just wrecked face.
Zedruu has an overabundance of blue mana I feel, as well as a lack of "donable" targets (though I think my biffles who was playing the deck was not doing so correctly, as I would've gladly teamed up on Kaalia with him since if I had died, that was the clear winner). Additionally, the ability to recover in Kaalia from board wipes, etc, is inferior to Damia (since I was playing her as my general; she drew me cards which I sorely needed).
Anyways, these are just some quick first impressions of the stock decklists, since most of the other threads I see are just discussing how to improve them. So what does everyone else think?
My ex got on me for this, and we had a huge argument. Basically she said if that happened, she'd take the dog's side.
Brings the newer meaning of "*****" to light, to be sure.
To you two above, my point was, go ahead and have your originality, but when you lose to more competitive "net decks", don't complain, because no one forced you to play a worse deck. Yes, blue is powerful. other colors and generals not including blue are also as powerful if built correctly. However, Barktooth Warbeard.dec should never be expected to win over the two other generals I quoted.
I'm not aware of these, other than Quillspike, which is easily disruptable.
The same is said about various infinite mana combos.
I think this depends on the meta, so I guess I take back my decision about this card. Where I play, decks can still be competitive and on-par with online lists without the K mana bases.
The game can end just as easily off the back of a Power Artifacted Grim Monolith as a Panoptic Mirror, yet neither of those are banned.
I concur. At higher levels of play, that's basically what it comes down to: A series of decks that just win. Often, they win because of an agreed upon strategy/list, so yes, the back and forth looks the same most of the time. This is no different than many other competitive games, or sports for that matter.
These are only slightly more powerful than the already existing B-Roken U combo decks. The rules committee agrees, as per the first post.Although, I would argue it is fun for me, as a Combo Player, to play a combo deck, hence, other decks would be less fun for me.
If this needs any further explanation, these are my feelings on the subject.
Don't get mad that your Barktooth Warbeard deck is losing to Azami, Lady of Scrolls or Grand Arbiter Augustin IV. You can change your deck just as well as people around you can.
Also, I somewhat agree... why would my UB 'walker settle in a territory of unfamiliar mana? Relating the story to the contest, this seems somewhat out of place. I'm continuing regardless, but the point remains.
I really hope these are up to par.
Land (M)
Avalanche Peaks enters the battlefield tapped.
T: Add R to your mana pool.
Whenever you cast a spell, put a charge counter on Avalanche Peaks.
Whenever Avalanche Peaks has three or more charge counters on it, sacrifice it, then Avalanche Peaks deals 3 damage to target creature or player, and 3 damage to you.
Creature - Human Wizard (M)
When Master Firemage enters the battlefield, search your library for an instant or sorcery card with converted mana cost equal to X and cast it without paying it’s mana cost.
“One day, you’ll be as good as me, if you live.”
Sorcery (R)
Draw X cards then destroy up to Y target creatures, where Y is the number of cards in your hand.
"I've learned a great many things while traveling the Blind Eternities... The least of these is how to kill you."
Creature - Horror (U)
When Culling Illithid enters the battlefield, target opponent discards a card for each card named Culling Illithid you control and you draw a card for each card named Culling Illithid you control.
Planeswalker - Phaaze (M)
/+1\: Draw a card. You lose 1 life.
|0|: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is Phaaze's loyalty.
\-1/: Search target player's library for a card and exile it. Then that player shuffles their library.
\-4/: Take an extra turn after this one.
Sorcery
You may play an additional land this turn.
Until end of turn, whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may draw a card.
I probably could've found different fonts, but these are the traditional ones used with the current card frame (that is, the one used in printing of [M12], [NPH], etc).
Also, yes, after I have finalized all the details, I will be releasing it. I will also be updating and finishing my "modern" templates in the future (though when I can't say). I always have a million things going on :/.
Also, here is the white frame: