MTG Salvation

I'm 100% certain that this has been done before. What was the verdict?

Double or Nothing UU
Instant
Counter target spell unless its controller pays x, where X is equal to that spell's converted mana cost.

Refuse Collector 4
Artifact Creature – Golem
Whenever a card leaves a player’s graveyard, that player puts a 1/1 black rat creature token onto the battlefield under his or her control.
T: Exile target card from a graveyard.
3/3

Next: Jori En, Ruin Diver

I like this type of effect in UR since those colors seem the most willing to sacrifice card quality for card advantage. Letting your opponent choose is an interesting way to reduce the price-tag of doing more stuff. I had a similar thought a while ago and also put it in UR:

Fractured Fortune 1UR
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top three cards of your library. Your opponent chooses one of them. You may play the chosen card this turn.

Would love to build a deck around this:

A different take on the Guru of Spores:

Ghave of the Cycle 2BGW
Legendary Creature – Fungus Shaman
Creatures you control have persist.
Creatures you control with -1/-1 counters on them are Fungus in addition to their other creature types and have deathtouch, hexproof and lifelink.
5/5

Thoughts?

Not sure if rare or uncommon material.

Myco Familiar BGW
Creature - Fungus Beast
Myco Familiar enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.
1, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Myco Familiar: Target creature gains Deathtouch and Lifelink until end of turn.
0/0

That sphinx is absolutely beautiful and I would totally build a tiny leader deck around it. Spellbombs and capsules, and baubles oh, my!

Alrighty. Seems like we're converging onto a common form. I'll update the first post with these suggestions.

That sounds about right and I think It'll still do it's job quite nicely. Just for kicks, here the same idea with a prowess twist:

Stophe, Time Slicer 1UR
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Prowess
Noncreature spells you cast have have split second.
0/3

After hearing the words "In response..." one to many times:

Stophe, Time Slicer 1UR
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Prowess
Noncreature spells you cast have split second.
1/3

Oh right. There is a bit of art that this idea came from. I was going to post a render, but I can't seem to find artist credit. Would it feel better as an elf or treefolk? I think the ability itself fits BGW nicely. I wouldn't mind giving it a more traditional shell, though. How about a Centar or Fungus?

Moth, Dusk-Sage 1BGW
Legendary Creature – Faerie Shaman [MR]
Flying
When Moth, Dusk-Sage enters the battlefield or dies, you may return target card in a graveyard to its owner’s hand. If you do, destroy target (nonland? noncreature?) permanent that player controls.
2/3

A BGW faerie tricksters who's bargains are always one sided. Can be used for table politics, or as a creature people are loath to kill. Can be used to destroy your opponents pesky permanents, at the cost of giving them back a card, or it can allow you to get back cards at the cost of destroying one of your own permanents. Mainly looking for wording help, as I'm not sure it's entirely clear at this point.

Another version: (again, not confident about the wording.)

"When ~ enters the battlefield or dies, you may exile target (nonland? noncreature?) permanent. If you do, the owner of the exiled card may return a card from his or her graveyard to to his or her hand."

This started out as just three malicious ideas, but ended up attaching each of them to a creature.
For the ultimate "super pest" try combining the body of #1 with the malicious ability from number #3


#1 Rakdos' Familiar 2BR
Legendary Creature - Imp
Flying, Menace
Malicious - As long as a player has 10 or less life, players can't gain life and damage cannot be prevented.
3/3

#2 Rakdos' Familiar 2BR
Legendary Creature - Imp
T: Rakdos' Familiar deals 1 damage to target creature or player.
Discard a card: Rakdos Familiar gains haste and deathtouch until end of turn.
Malicious: As long as a player has 10 or less life, permanents lose and cannot gain Indestructible or Hexproof.
2/2

#3 Rakdos' Familiar 2BR
Legendary Creature - Imp
Flying, Deathtouch, Haste
Malicious: As long as a player has 10 or less life, you may cast Rakdos' Familiar from your graveyard.
3/1

Bonus Idea:

Carnival at Rix Maadi BBRR
Enchantment
Malicious - As long as a player has 10 or less life, players can't gain life and damage can't be prevented. Permanents lose and can't gain Indestructible or Hexproof and if a card would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

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Sooooo Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth ?

That was the inspiration, yes.

Forest "Homestead"
Land Rare
t: Add 1 to your mana pool.
As long as you control a green permanent, each land you control is a Forest in addition to its other land types.

etc.

What do you think?