MtG: YMTC challenge VI: Companion Did Nothing Wrong

[Quiddle]

This reminds me of Hallowed Moonlight which doesn't really do that much but at least draws you a card. Destroying creatures that entered from the graveyard is nice but wont they just come back again? Maybe should exile the yard too.

Ancestral Weapon 1
Artifact- Equipment
Imprint- As ~ enters the battlefield exile a creature from any graveyard.
Equip 4
~ costs 2 less to equip when targeting a creature that shares a type with the imprinted card.
Equipped creature has all abilities of the imprinted creature.


Make a sorcery that would be kind of overpowered as an instant.

[Ironsmith]

Exorcise the Realm 1W
Instant (U)
Destroy all creatures that entered the battlefield from the graveyard this turn. Until end of turn, creatures can't enter the battlefield from the graveyard.

Seems like a good anti-necro card. It seems pretty situational, though, since there aren't many cases where stalling a necro deck for one turn will accomplish anything.

Challenge: An equipment that cares about a creature type!

Ring of Spirit Binding BU
Artifact Equipment (R)
Equip 2
This card can only be equipped to Spirits.
Equipped Spirit cannot change controllers or leave the field.

Challenge! Jericho!

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

Ancestral Weapon looks like a fun way to mutate-reanimate something. It's funky enough that building your deck to abuse it is a requirement in itself, so the lack of color restriction is probably okay. The Ring of Spirit Binding is narrow but very strong in any deck that wants it. The only cards I can think of that block opponents from stealing your creatures are green, and while I'm not sure where "can't leave the battlefield" falls on the color pie I don't think it's blue/black. This might actually be more of a Progenitus situation?

Destructive Dooting - R
Sorcery - C
Choose one -
- Destroy target artifact
- Destroy target creature with defender
- Destroy target nonbasic land. Its controller may search their library for a basic land and put it onto the battlefield. If they do, they shuffle their library.

Challenge! Another musical instrument?

[Quiddle]

I think there should be more cards that remove problematic lands so I like this! The fact that it can also fixe your colors and do other stuff is nice.




Brass Impasse 1W
Instant U
Remove any number of attacking creatures from combat.
Creature a 1/1 white human solder for each creature removed this way.

Spoiler

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"You have a big horn."
"Thats a Euphonium."

Next, something related to birds, fear, farming, or a 3 cmc creature with two keywords

[Ironsmith]

Brass Impasse 1W
Instant U
Remove any number of attacking creatures from combat.
Creature a 1/1 white human solder for each creature removed this way.

So... that's an awfully quick way to get a lot of tokens. Don't forget that this card in no way guarantees that you don't have blockers; heck, from the phrasing, you could remove your own monsters from combat, giving you control of every step of this process, which doubles over the size of your forces.

Next, something related to birds, fear, farming, or a 3 cmc creature with two keywords

Jack Of The Lantern 2B
Creature - Spirit Scarecrow (R)
Indestructible, Hexproof
>[Pay R] Jack Of The Lantern has +1/+0 until the end of the turn. This ability can only be activated once per turn.
0/1

Challenge! Scythe time!

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

Why does it need indestructible and hexproof? Indestructible alone seems perfectly serviceable for what you're trying to do. I also feel like this is a missed opportunity to make it an artifact creature like most scarecrows. Even without hexproof, the answers that would remove this are hard to justify running in your deck just for one goofball scarecrow, so most opponents will still get burned to death by the roman candles you stashed in its head.

Reap Breath - UB
A shadowy Dimir-type slashes the air in front of a surprised evangelist, stifling them mid-sentence.
Instant - U
Counter target activated or triggered ability. If its source was a creature, destroy it.

Challenge! Ping-pong?

[Quiddle]

Nice, stifles are fun. Cool card but i wish it killed planeswalkers too!

Devastating Return 1RR
Instant U
Return spell that targets you or a spell you control to its owner's hand. Then deal damage to that spell's controller equal to its converted manacost.
"The Academy Wizards have control, but we have style!"

Next make a card with an activated ability that doesn't cost mana.

[Ironsmith]

Devastating Return 1RR
Instant U
Return spell that targets you or a spell you control to its owner's hand. Then deal damage to that spell's controller equal to its converted manacost.
"The Academy Wizards have control, but we have style!"

So, a counterspell is a little off-color for Red, but I could see it working if you end up taking the damage regardless. As it is, it's slightly more costly than Blue's equivalents, but also a strict improvement, since you can throw some burn damage into the mix.

Next make a card with an activated ability that doesn't cost mana.

Dread Dullahan 4B
Creature - Faerie Zombie (R)
>[T, BBB] Destroy target tapped creature.
>[Sacrifice Treasure Token] Destroy Dread Dullahan. Any player may activate this ability.
2/6

Challenge! Something Gaelic.

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

I'm really not sure where you got that format from. The cards themselves don't use indents or highlighting or anything in the text box. Is there another CCG that does, and you're trying to simulate that? I know some people try to use curly brackets to designate mana symbols, and I imagine that's helpful for people who aren't so used to the syntax as to know when to expect one from context. This doesn't carry that benefit, though, since it expects me to know what an activated ability looks like and reverse-engineer it from your >[]. Anyway, this card is fine for its cost and rarity and the drawback doesn't really need to be there. I imagine Dullahans have some mythological reason for being easily paid off, but in this case it just feels like it was stapled on to make it fit the challenge.

Elk Mór - 4G
Creature - Elk C
When Elk Mór dies, create a 3/3 green Elk creature token.
4/5

Challenge! A non-creature permanent that will draw you cards, but not on the turn you play it.

[Laughing Dog]

Elk Mór - 4G
Creature - Elk C
When Elk Mór dies, create a 3/3 green Elk creature token.
4/5

You know, an moose elk bit my sister once...
In all seriousness this looks like a card wizards would print.

Challenge! A non-creature permanent that will draw you cards, but not on the turn you play it.

Llamas take over 2UG
[The picture is a riot of flashing colors. Epilepsy warnings maybe?]
Legendary enchantment- MR, Un
When ~ enters the battlefield, end the turn.
Whenever a llama enters the battlefield under your control, draw a card.
At the beginning of your upkeep create a 1/1 green llama creature token.


Challenge: Bloody peasants! or a Watery tart.

[Quiddle]

Woah, weird flavor but this card is sick! Anytime you flicker it it ends the turn! It seems like you could probably assemble a hard lock on your opponent and still get free draws from it. Dang.


Eat the Rich RWB
Sorcery R
Destroy target permanent with the highest or tied for highest converted mana mana cost in play.
If a land card was destroyed this way discard a card.
If an artifact was destroyed this way gain 2 life.
If a creature or planeswalker was destroyed this way deal 2 damage to its controller.
If an enchantment was destroyed this way draw a card.


Next a breakthrough!(scientific or not)

[Ironsmith]

Eat the Rich RWB
Sorcery R
Destroy target permanent with the highest or tied for highest converted mana mana cost in play.
If a land card was destroyed this way discard a card.
If an artifact was destroyed this way gain 2 life.
If a creature or planeswalker was destroyed this way deal 2 damage to its controller.
If an enchantment was destroyed this way draw a card.

So, this is... Peculiar. It's going to be difficult to gain the effect you want unless you control the offending card, which is pretty much always going to be a step down. Plus, the effects themselves are sort of lopsided; you never want to destroy a land, destroying a creature or artifact barely does anything (except remove it) and is a particularly bad idea if you own said creature, so ideally, you would use this card to break enchantments. Plus, it's kinda cheap for easy universal removal.

Next a breakthrough!(scientific or not)

Using Your Head R
Sorcery (C)
Tap a creature you control, then destroy target Wall.
Cycling R

Challenge! Open a gate to heck! (Not hell. Heck.)

[mythmonster2]

Using Your Head R
Sorcery (C)
Tap a creature you control, then destroy target Wall.
Cycling R

Challenge! Open a gate to heck! (Not hell. Heck.)

This seems excessively narrow and weak, even with the cycling. Deface, for example, has more potential and doesn't require a creature to tap.

Devils' Gathering 2RR
Enchantment (U)
When Devil's Gathering enters the battlefield and at the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 red Devil creature token with "When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."
The dark wizard had hoped for a horde of demons to raze the city, but he had to settle for devils razing the laundry lines instead.

Challenge: A non-planeswalker that cares about planeswalkers!

[Quiddle]

This seems pretty good, compare to bitter blossom it doesn't cost life and still gives you blockers but also pings. I think this card would be kind of a monster in draft. Solid uncommon, I think the cost could go up by 1 but at 4 it also seems very close. Good job!

Uncertain Times WB
Enchantment U
When ~ enters the battlefield each opponent discards a card.
Tokens lose all abilities.
Loyalty abilities cost -1 more.


Make an enchantment that has at least one static ability and at least one other ability.

[Ironsmith]

Uncertain Times WB
Enchantment U
When ~ enters the battlefield each opponent discards a card.
Tokens lose all abilities.
Loyalty abilities cost -1 more.

So, this is pretty much just planeswalker suppression, right? Most of them only gain +1 at their most optimistic, so this shuts them down pretty hard. Compared to that, stripping tokens of their abilities and discarding a card are small-time. (Unless your opponent is running Thopters, that is. Assuming "all abilities" includes keywords.)

Make an enchantment that has at least one static ability and at least one other ability.

Helheim Barred 7B
Enchantment (MR)
All creatures on the field have Indestructible.
>[Pay 5B] Return target creature from the graveyard to your hand.

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Ride of the Valkyries 2W
Enchantment (MR)
Ride of they Valkyries enters the field with 6 counters on it.
>[Remove a counter from Ride of the Valkyries] Exile target creature which has taken damage equal to or greater than its toughness this turn.
Cycling 1

Challenge! Nightmare fuel!

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

Helheim Barred is kind of growing on me? The initial cost is very expensive, and if you cheat it out it's a fun gimmick but doesn't do much on its own since it protects your opponents' stuff too. The real value would come from the activated ability, but it's very hard to use unless you were already close to winning the game. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by, 'the graveyard.' MtG has to specify whose graveyards you can pick from, or else say, 'a graveyard,' if you can pull from anyone's. It doesn't make much difference here, though maybe being able to take your opponents' previously-discarded creatures will help make up for a deck built around cheating this out without many big win conditions.

Beastar - 1W
Creature - Human Fox U
You can target Human creatures with this card's mutate ability.
Mutate W
You can target Human creatures with Mutate abilities.
Whenever this creature mutates, create a 1/1 Human creature token.
People like to come and watch when it happens. Wouldn't you?
2/2

Challenge! Make a blue person with a spear?

[Tom the Mime]

A mutating bear seems fine. I might be a little concerned about the low mutate cost triggering other mutation effects a bit too easily but it's hard to tell if that might be an issue.

The Nac Mac Feegle 1RG
Creature - Pictsie R
Indestructible
Whenever a permanent enters the battlefield, ~ fights target other creature.
When ~ becomes the target of a spell, return ~ to it's owners hand.
"OK lads, this is what we'll do. As soon as we see somethin', we'll attack it. Right?"
1 /1

Challenge: Another book reference

[Ironsmith]

The Nac Mac Feegle 1RG
Creature - Pictsie R
Indestructible
Whenever a permanent enters the battlefield, ~ fights target other creature.
When ~ becomes the target of a spell, return ~ to it's owners hand.
"OK lads, this is what we'll do. As soon as we see somethin', we'll attack it. Right?"
1 /1

Och, thir's a guid caird. We a' ken that th' wee wee fowk ur th' best thing aboot they books, 'n' tis stoatin tae see thaim git thair ain trading card.


That bein' said, th' fact that it cannae speil crakin' wi' ither creatures 'n' doesn't skelp gey solid is a bawherr o' a turn-off. Tis aye a guid pick 'n' gey flavorful, though.

Spoiler: Sorry, that accent is infectuous...

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Oh, there's a good card. We all know that the wee little people are the best thing about those books, and it's great to see them get their own trading card.


That being said, the fact that it can't play nice with other creatures and doesn't hit very hard is a bit of a turn-off. It's still a good pick and very flavorful, though.

Challenge: Another book reference

The Myrkstone 8
Artifact (MR)
If The Myrkstone is destroyed, all Lurker tokens on the field gain "This creature attacks you every turn if able."
>[Pay 6] Create a 5/2 Black Lurker token with Deathtouch and First Strike.

(Yes, Lurkers are their own tribe. In the original book, they're from another dimension and don't quite fit into any other established tribe.)

Challenge! Counter the Myrkstone. (Bonus points if you follow the source plot.)

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

Alas, by the rules of this game, the Lurkers are not able to attack their controllers save for some serious silver-bordered shenanigans. You could rephrase the ability to make it work, though: "When this artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, target opponent gains control of all Lurker creatures you control. Those creatures each gain, 'this creature attacks its owner each turn if able.'" It's a mouthful, but in this case I'd say it's worth it for the sake of the story you're telling. Since only one Myrkstone canonically exists, you can probably give it the Legendary card type. Since the drawback is potentially disastrous, you could probably get away with making it less expensive to cast, too. Then you'll have a much better chance of being able to actually use it!

Rachel Woodruff - UR
Legendary Planeswalker - Rachel R
+1: Look at target opponent's hand and the top two cards of that player's library. You may have that player draw a card. If you do, draw a card.
-2: Destroy target artifact.
-3: Untap target creature and gain control of it until the end of your next turn. (It doesn't gain haste, but you can block with it and/or attack with it next turn.)
Loyalty: 3

Challenge! Make a planeswalker card based on one of another setting's planeswalker-analogues.

[Quiddle]

So I don't know the reference material but the obvious comparison is to W&6, lets take a look.
+1: Not quite card advantage but also gives a lot of information. I think this might be too powerful in front of a control deck since it ticks forward as well as gives you the know on what to counter. Feels real bad to play against.
-2: Destroy target artifact, this is probably fine but I think it is too strong that it costs -2 and the walker starts out with 3. Maybe have it start at 2?
-3 Again, this is a reasonable ability. I would maybe cost it at 4 and bump the starting loyalty at 2. Otherwise this planeswalker can just be played as the ultimate which is an effect stronger than the sorceries you see at 2 mana.

The Spelljammer 5
Legendary Artifact - vehicle MR
crew 4
As ~ is crewed put 4 loyalty counters on it, then it becomes a Spelljammer Planeswalker with "-1: Draw a card", "-X: Look at the top X cards of your library then put them back in any order.", and "When ~ would be destroyed, if it has no loyalty counters on it, return it to the battlefield."


Make something from a dnd setting.

[mythmonster2]

The Spelljammer 5
Legendary Artifact - vehicle MR
crew 4
As ~ is crewed put 4 loyalty counters on it, then it becomes a Spelljammer Planeswalker with "-1: Draw a card", "-X: Look at the top X cards of your library then put them back in any order.", and "When ~ would be destroyed, if it has no loyalty counters on it, return it to the battlefield."


Make something from a dnd setting.

This is a weird card. You can tap 4 power worth of creatures to either draw a card or kind of Scry 4. Putting 4 loyalty counters on it every time adds up quickly, and you could see the top 8 or 12 cards of your library and rearrange them, which is potentially strong. However, I'm not sure what kind of deck this would go into. Aggressive and midrange decks probably don't want to tap their creatures to activate this, and control decks might not have the power necessary to crew it. The last ability is also odd, but it at least makes sure this will stick around until you can activate it.

Drow Aspirant 1BB
Creature- Elf Assassin (U)
Lifelink, Deathtouch
At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Drow Aspirant. Otherwise, you lose 3 life and transform Drow Aspirant.
2/2
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Cursed Drider
Creature- Spider Elf
Deathtouch
2/3

Challenge: A wedge-colored card!

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

I'm entertained. It's funny that it can fail the term it comes into play and just be an expensive death-toucher, it's playable enough if you can reliably get at least one counter on it first. The spider side needs to have Reach, though. The D&D driders still have a climb speed, do they not?

Cheddar Knight - W
(It's a wedge of white cheese with a little lance)
Creature - Knight C
As long as you control a mountain or a swamp, Cheddar Knight has First Strike.
2/1

Challenge! Make a creature that cares about other creatures with a certain keyword ability!

[Ironsmith]

Cheddar Knight - W
(It's a wedge of white cheese with a little lance)
Creature - Knight C
As long as you control a mountain or a swamp, Cheddar Knight has First Strike.
2/1

Cute, but the effect only makes sense inasmuch as it fulfills the challenge's requirements. On its own, this card doesn't really stand up to scrutiny. (Also, cheese that's as threatening as a bear? Them's some sharp cheddar!)

Challenge! Make a creature that cares about other creatures with a certain keyword ability!

Greater Mountain Frog 4G
Creature - Frog Giant
Reach
Greater Mountain Frog has Deathtouch against creatures with Flying.
1/9
*shlurp*

Challenge! Another example of the food chain in action!

[mythmonster2]

Greater Mountain Frog 4G
Creature - Frog Giant
Reach
Greater Mountain Frog has Deathtouch against creatures with Flying.
1/9
*shlurp*

Challenge! Another example of the food chain in action!

This is a fun card that could definitely help in limited. It's a bit... well, limited, but fliers is almost always a viable archetype, and this is a good hard-counter to that.

Peerless Predator 1BG
Creature- Nightmare Beast (R)
Trample
If Peerless Predator would fight a creature, instead destroy that creature and put a +1/+1 counter on Peerless Predator.
4BG, T: Peerless Predator fights target creature.
3/3

Challenge: Something where you need to wait for the payoff!

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

Predator is big and oppressive by design, likely locking creature-based strategies out of the game unless they have removal. Then again, if they do have removal, they can use it in response to the fight ability and put you very far behind. Combined with its exceedingly-fair body, it raises the question of whether one bothers to remove it if you don't quite have the mana for the ability yet. What if you turn out to have Prey Upon or something in the meantime? It's an interesting enough decision to make a card like this worth having around.

Slow Burn - 1R
Someone put Stuffy Doll in a rotisserie.
Enchantment - Aura U
Enchant Creature
When Slow Burn enters the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to enchanted creature.
At the beginning of your upkeep, Slow Burn deals 5 damage to enchanted creature.

Challenge! Deal with an artifact or enchantment!

[Quiddle]

This seems like decent removal with a lot of time to play around it which is nice. Solid uncommon, I think it could almost be a common but idk. I like that you noted stuffy doll because thats just evil.

Goblin Treasureologist RR
Creature - Goblin Artificer R
When ~ enters the battlefield or deals combat damage to a player target artifact becomes treasure.(It becomes a treasure artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color." and loses all other types and abilities.)
Whenever another player sacrifices an artifact put a +1/+1 counter on each goblin you control.
2/2
"The good stuff is for seeing, not smashing."-Treasureology 101


Make a card that deals with enchantments, or a card with flying that flips/transforms, or a card with fuse more than one type.

[Ironsmith]

Goblin Treasureologist RR
Creature - Goblin Artificer R
When ~ enters the battlefield or deals combat damage to a player target artifact becomes treasure.(It becomes a treasure artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color." and loses all other types and abilities.)
Whenever another player sacrifices an artifact put a +1/+1 counter on each goblin you control.
2/2
"The good stuff is for seeing, not smashing."-Treasureology 101

So, I don't see any real reason why this card would ever target your own artifacts, since Treasures are a downgrade from basically anything else. As such, this card is only useful when your opponent is running a deck with artifacts, which isn't exactly guaranteed. Furthermore, it's in your best interest not to run artifacts at all while using this card; the way it's worded, you'll basically be forced to give one up if you happen to have it out when the Treasureologist hits the field, and since using your own treasures don't benefit any goblins you control (again, thanks to the wording), that's an unmitigated step down.

Make a card that deals with enchantments, or a card with flying that flips/transforms, or a card with fuse more than one type.

Vyrebat BB
Creature - Bat Vampire (U)
Flying, Lifelink
When Vyrebat inflicts damage to a player, transform Vyrebat.
1/1

Redcape
Creature - Bat Vampire
Lifelink
When Redcape would be destroyed as a result of battle, transform it instead.
4/1

Challenge! Make a good host.

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

See, you mention technical consequences of wordings when you review a goblin, but then you go ahead and write things like, "be destroyed as a result of battle." I think the way you'd likely see the effect written is with a triggered ability ("whenever this creature blocks or is blocked, if it would die this turn...") or by checking its current status ("if this creature would die, if it's attacking or blocking..."). Also, did you really mean for the 4/1 side to still be a bat? Does it have an adorable little doll cape or something?

Twisted Medium - 3B
Creature - Human Warlock - R
When Twisted Medium enters the battlefield, exile up to one target creature card from your graveyard. When Twisted Medium dies, return that card to the battlefield.
4/2

Challenge! An instant that creates a token after doing something else!

[Laughing Dog]

I could actually see wizards printing something like this; maybe at a different cost, but who knows.

White act of treason 4w
Instant- U
Exile target creature that is attacking you. Then create a token that is a copy of that creature under your control.
Witty one-liner here

[Ironsmith]

White act of treason 4w
Instant- U
Exile target creature that is attacking you. Then create a token that is a copy of that creature under your control.
Witty one-liner here

That just seems like an elaborate way to force an attacking creature to change controllers. I mean, mechanically, it is a bit different, but not in any way that doesn't require a lot of extra work to make relevant.

Since you didn't post a challenge, I guess I'll try my hand at this one.

Challenge! An instant that creates a token after doing something else!

Public Ridicule XXWW
Instant (R)
Tap target creature; it doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
Create X Artifact Tomato tokens with "Sacrifice this artifact: Tap target creature; it doesn't untap during its controller's untap step."


Challenge! Something ridiculous.