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[ben-zayb]

Urabrask, The Remaker 3RR
Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Praetor M
If you would get one or more poison counters, put twice that much oil counters on a permanent you control instead.
X, Remove X oil counters from ~: Choose one—

• Target creature you control gets +X/+0 and gains haste until end of turn.
• Target creature an opponent controls gets -0/-X and gains toxic 2 until end of turn.

4/4

Spoiler: Toxic

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Toxic N (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get N poison counter(s).)
My understanding of toxic is that, like lifelink, multiple instances of it don't stack.

[Quiddle]

Wordshifter Mage 1UG
Creature - Human Wizard R
Flying
When Wordshifter Mage enters the battlefield put up to 3 cards from your graveyard onto the bottom of your library in any order.
If a player would draw a card they instead put the bottom card of their library into their hand.
2/3

[somethingrandom]

Summoners Call 3G
Enchantment R
If you would draw a card you may instead reveal cards from the top of you library and until you reveal a creature spell and put that spell into your hand.

[TiaC]

I'm sorry about the delay, real life happened excessively.

Spoiler: Bucky

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Inquisition Lockdown 2WW
Legendary Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate twice. (Create two colorless Clue artifact tokens with "2, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.") Skip your next draw step unless you sacrifice Inquisition Lockdown.

Your opponents can't attack you unless they pay {2}.

This reminds me of Sylvan Library. The writing is a bit awkward, but that's also like Sylvan Library. I understand the top-down reason for the second ability, but it does feel a bit like you stapled two cards together. I like the delayed draw effect though.

Spoiler: mystic1110

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Devil's Canvas 1URB
Enchantment MR
At the end of each player's turn, that player may have Devil's Canvas deal 1 damage to any target. If a creature dealt damage by Devil's Canvas would die this way that player may exile it instead. If they do that player may create a token of that creature.
It takes a genius to paint well with oils, but a madman with sin.

I see what you're going for here, but I think the ability is a bit too complicated to use. It's difficult to make it trigger in a useful way unless you build for it, which undermines it being symmetrical. Also, I think it should be "would die this turn".

Spoiler: Comissar

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Aether Polymorphist - 2UU

Creature - Human Wizard U

Flash

If a player would create one or more tokens, they instead create that many 0/1 White Goat Creature Tokens.

2/2

"I tired of this fad of spinning creatures out of pure aether. It didn't take much to realise that I could meddle directly with that energy." - Fiona, Aether Theorist

It's a nice effect, and I like Flash making it a counter. I think it could be a bit stronger, and should be a rare. However, if you can make the effect an upside for you, by turning treasures into sacrifice fuel or something, it could be strong. My inner Johnny approves.

Spoiler: Tom the Mime

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Buried memories UB
Enchantment - R
Flash
Whenever a player would search their library, they search their graveyard instead.
2: Mill 4. Any player may activate this ability up to once per turn (activating player is the one who mills)

Being harder to get rid of than Aven Mindcensor might be an issue and there might need to be a better way to limit self mill potential.

I personally don't enjoy tutors that much, so I like this. This might be too cheap. It probably opens up recursion tricks. In a graveyard-focused deck, it's no real handicap, and a counter to tutors. It's pretty unique, and I like that.

Spoiler: Dr.Gunsforhands

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Short Pier - 2(u/b)
Instant - C
The next time a creature would enter the battlefield this turn, put it into its owner's graveyard instead.

This is a cool corner of the color pie. It is very blue and very black, but still a new thing. Common removal is all over the place in cost, but this could cost (u/b)(u/b) without being too cheap.

Spoiler: ben-zayb

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Urabrask, The Remaker 3RR
Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Praetor M
If you would get one or more poison counters, put twice that much oil counters on a permanent you control instead.
X, Remove X oil counters from ~: Choose one—

• Target creature you control gets +X/+0 and gains haste until end of turn.
• Target creature an opponent controls gets -0/-X and gains toxic 2 until end of turn.

4/4

Spoiler: Toxic

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Toxic N (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get N poison counter(s).)
My understanding of toxic is that, like lifelink, multiple instances of it don't stack.

I haven't been keeping up with spoilers, so it's a bit hard to judge this. I haven't seen a ton of ways to put oil counters on arbitrary cards or give yourself poison counters, so this really relies on your opponent's actions to turn it on. Toxic does stack, which breaks this unfortunately. If your opponent ever attacks, you can stack infinite toxics to get infinite oil counters. Without that, it's still 4 counters for every unblocked creature. I'm also not sure if you meant for it to give all your creatures haste.

Spoiler: Quiddle

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Wordshifter Mage 1UG
Creature - Human Wizard R
Flying
When Wordshifter Mage enters the battlefield put up to 3 cards from your graveyard onto the bottom of your library in any order.
If a player would draw a card they instead put the bottom card of their library into their hand.
2/3

I like that scry still works with this. The replacement isn't huge, but there are a lot of cards that interact with it. The ETB ability is strong, but removal nullifies it so it's not too strong. I think my only quibble with it is the creature type with flying, maybe it should be a Bird.

Spoiler: somethingrandom

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Summoners Call 3G
Enchantment R
If you would draw a card you may instead reveal cards from the top of you library and until you reveal a creature spell and put that spell into your hand.

This is similar to Abundance. It's useful to keep gas flowing once you have enough land. It does need to say what you do with the other cards you reveal.

Spoiler: Winner

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Quiddle with Wordshifter Mage. Not too complicated, stands alone well, but also has interesting synergies, this is a really nice card.

[Quiddle]

Thanks! I've always thought the idea of doing something with the bottom of the library was interesting :)



Make a card that has one activated and one triggered ability.

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

Kingmaker's Mansion
Land - U
T: Add one mana of any color.
Whenever this land is tapped for mana, target opponent becomes the monarch.

[ben-zayb]

Ob Noxious BBBB
Legendary Planeswalker - Ob R
Whenever you are dealt damage, you may pay that much life. If you do, put that much loyalty counters on Ob.
-7: Target player's life total becomes equal to one plus twice the number of loyalty counter on Ob.
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[mystic1110]

Seriomancer UG
Creature - Spider Wizard (R)
You may choose not to untap Seriomancer during your untap step.
As Seriomancer enters the battlefield, place a silk token on target creature with flying an opponent controls.
{T}: Gain control of target creature with a silk token for as long as Seriomancer remains tapped.
1/3

[Comissar]

In the spirit of All Will be One;


Neurok Maze-Scout - 1UG - R
Creature - Human Scout

Neurok Maze-Scout gets +1/+1 for each Poison Counter you have. As long as you have 3 or more Poison Counters, Neurok Maze-Scout is a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.

When Neurok Maze-Scout deals combat damage to a player, you may pay 2G. If you do, Proliferate.

U: Neurok Maze-Scout can't be blocked this turn. This ability costs an additional X to activate where X is Neurok Maze-Scout's power.

1/1

[TiaC]

Plowshares Kami 2WG R
Creature - Spirit
Indestructible
Whenever Plowshares Kami is dealt damage, you gain that much life.
1WG: Target creature blocks Plowshares Kami this turn if able.
2/2

[Tom the Mime]

Mindrot Shaman 1(B/U)G
Creature - Elf Druid U
Whenever a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, add G.
T: Each player mills 1
1/3

[Quiddle]

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Spoiler: Kingmaker's Mansion

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Kingmaker's Mansion
Land - U
T: Add one mana of any color.
Whenever this land is tapped for mana, target opponent becomes the monarch.

This is a pretty cool land. You can use it in your precombat to nab the monarch from someone or during someone else's turn to deny them the monarch in a multiplayer game. Only thing I don't love about it is the static is basically part of the active.

Spoiler: Ob Noxious

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Ob Noxious BBBB
Legendary Planeswalker - Ob R
Whenever you are dealt damage, you may pay that much life. If you do, put that much loyalty counters on Ob.
-7: Target player's life total becomes equal to one plus twice the number of loyalty counter on Ob.
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This is scary when you activate it the second time and set ur opponent to 3 life. This card is a little weird because it gets stronger as damage is dealt to it. I think for BBBB its a little weak?

Spoiler: Seriomancer

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Seriomancer UG
Creature - Spider Wizard (R)
You may choose not to untap Seriomancer during your untap step.
As Seriomancer enters the battlefield, place a silk token on target creature with flying an opponent controls.
{T}: Gain control of target creature with a silk token for as long as Seriomancer remains tapped.
1/3

Seems a little weird that it only tags a creature with silk once. Otherwise the card is narrow but powerful. If the idea is the spider webs the creature up maybe it shouldn't be able to attack/block?

Spoiler: Neurok Maze-Scout

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Neurok Maze-Scout - 1UG - R
Creature - Human Scout

Neurok Maze-Scout gets +1/+1 for each Poison Counter you have. As long as you have 3 or more Poison Counters, Neurok Maze-Scout is a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.

When Neurok Maze-Scout deals combat damage to a player, you may pay 2G. If you do, Proliferate.

U: Neurok Maze-Scout can't be blocked this turn. This ability costs an additional X to activate where X is Neurok Maze-Scout's power.

1/1

Feels weak for a rare. I think it could just proliferate on hit since the unblockable is pretty expensive to do.

Spoiler: playshares kami

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Plowshares Kami 2WG R
Creature - Spirit
Indestructible
Whenever Plowshares Kami is dealt damage, you gain that much life.
1WG: Target creature blocks Plowshares Kami this turn if able.
2/2

This is cool, reverse brash taunter! I think its a little better at 2/2 than 1/1.

Spoiler: Mindrot Shaman

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Mindrot Shaman 1(B/U)G
Creature - Elf Druid U
Whenever a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, add G.
T: Each player mills 1
1/2

A manadork that costs 3 and is really more of a combo enabler. Super interesting, you are really playing for the powerful static.

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Tom the Mime with

Mindrot Shaman 1(B/U)G
Creature - Elf Druid U
Whenever a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, add G.
T: Each player mills 1
1/2

Thanks for playing!

[Quiddle]

If anyone else wants to post a prompt feel free!

[Tom the Mime]

Sorry, got sidetracked by real life stuff. Thanks for the win. Yep, underpowered mana dork part for the powerful passive with synergy particularly with mill, dredge and looting. I have a feeling that it looks better than it'd actually be in a lot of decks because the colours that trigger it generally aren't mono green so comboing out could be tricky if you can't filter the mana and it's hard to tell if it would produce enough mana to be worth it. There's some green self mill but if you want it on creatures to keep the ratio favourable, you're pretty low on options.

It'd definitely be tempting to try and make a janky combo deck with Greater Good and lots of green 1-3 drops with more power than mana cost and something like Blighsteel Colossus to shuffle everything back and keep going. Maybe finish with an Ayula's Influence to get all the bears (getting Anger in the graveyard is basically guaranteed when you combo off and getting a Stomping Grounds is pretty reliable with fetchlands, which you want to thin out the land count). Fragile but having reasonable value cheap creatures gives a plan B.

Challenge: Make a compleated version of an existing character/card