MTG Salvation

Covers Arvad the Cursed, Reki, the History of Kamigawa, old Captain Sisay, Day of Destiny, Time of Need, Primevals' Glorious Rebirth, Yomiji, Who Bars the Way - definitely a theme I had not identifed among these colors, but there's enough there to make it work.

Haseph, Blade Harvester 2W
Creature - Artificer (R)
Whenever a Plains enter the battlefield under your control, create a colorless Equipment artifact token named Razorgrass Blade. It has "Equipped creature gets +1/+1", equip 1, and living weapon (When that Equipment enters the battlefield, create a 0/0 black Germ creature token, then attach this to it.)
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It makes BLADES OF GRASS and WHEAT GERMS

Ok I did the thing.

In the face of impending doom, heroes gather.
For over twelve long years, these heroes have heeded a call. A call that reaches deep within their hearts and minds, bringing forth powerful spells from a thousand worlds. They have journeyed across planes, overcome great challenges, and battled one another for a place in the annals of history.
Although they look forward to a new home, a promise from the void, the only certain thing is that they must say goodbye to their current home.
For this final gathering, each hero must call forth a commander from across time and space. Ancient ideas have appeared again over the horizons, giving rise to new forms. As they have often done, each hero will begin their final journey here with a legend, and at the same time respond to the call that first brought them together.

Challenge:
Create a legendary creature with suspend.

Deadline:
Wednesday, June 5th, 11:59PM Pacific (shooting to begin Round 2 and start critiques around this day)

https://corocoro.jp/40507/
Sorry can't pull the image on my phone but I guess this is a Japan-only promo version of Cast Down that will be included in Corocoro Aniki magazine. Art by Ittoku.
Liliana is saying something about how people worry about being remembered after they die, but not to worry because death belongs to the nameless. As long as you have a name, bear it proudly!

Scryfall has the card image up already, here you go.

New story today, it was cute. I forget the Selesnya story exactly, was her father actually the person who was in the underground operation? I seem to recall thrull merging happened with him.

When I see the word Blackblade I expect lands to be counted somewhere. The obvious one would be in his creature ability if it can fit, but some kind of removal would be good too as I have found it odd that "soul drinking" mechanically is just...being really strong.
As is this just seems like Gideon looking for the Blackblade.

Lower the floor, raise the ceiling?

Healing Drakes 2GU
Creature - Drake (U)
Flying
When ~ enters the battlefield, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying, then gain 1 life for each Drake you control.
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This seems good but fine to me, and I feel like green lifegain should be more tied to the creatures in some way, rather than just straight gaining life.

My criteria are one-mana hybrid 1/2s that have 3 tap abilities, one without mana and one of each color mana, and that have names that abbreviate to DR Shaman for extra confusion.
Also as you will see I'm going with Shaman traditions each from different planes instead of each Ravnica guild, and leaning into some unique color pair focuses rather than trying to make good generalist cards like the original.

The Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper people on Zendikar are I guess not technically shamans but I feel they should be. Balduvians also have a white-loving shaman and a weird strain of blue land-animating people but they are both wizards.

Dreamroil Shaman (W/U)
Creature - Merfolk Shaman Ally (R)
T: Untap target land creature.
W, T: Put a +1/+1 counter on target land you control. That land becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.
U, T: Copy target instant or sorcery spell that targets a land you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.
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Mardu off colors, leaning heavily into Warrior tribal. I intentionally and weirdly also left this open to 2HG play as a nod to Battlebond. I kind of want to do a voting shaman from Fiora but it just didn't fit the world. A rebel/mercenary from Mercadia would be cool too but I can't fit all those types.

Dustride Shaman (W/B)
Creature - Human Shaman Warrior (R)
T: Target Warrior gets +1/+2 and gains lifelink until end of turn.
W, T: Create a 1/1 white Warrior creature token. Activate this ability only if a creature attacked an opponent this turn.
B, T: Until end of turn, whenever a Warrior deals damage to an opponent, you draw a card and lose 1 life.
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This time, it is Marit Lage. Brine Shaman is 2/3 of the way there already. Is probably too good if it kills anything with one ice counter?

Darkrime Shaman (U/B)
Snow Creature - Human Shaman (R)
T: Add 1. Spend this mana only to cast snow spells or activate abilities of snow permanents.
U, T: Tap target creature and put an ice counter on it.
B, T: Destroy target creature with toughness less than or equal to the number of ice counters on it.
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I don't think a Spirit Shaman makes sense on Kamigawa so we'll go with a disciple of Kumano who found out about The Unspeakable. This one has a lot of possible ways the abilities could fall.

Depthreach Shaman (U/R)
Creature - Human Shaman (R)
T: Add 1 for each Arcane card you own in exile and in your graveyard.
U, T: Exile target Arcane card from your graveyard. For as long as it remains exiled, you may activate its splice ability as though it were in your hand.
R, T: Discard a card, then draw a card. If you discarded an Arcane card, untap Depthreach Shaman.
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Amonkhet, somewhere outside the Hekma or after the fall of Naktamun. I like the setting and the mental image for this one but the mechanical theme needs some work. I could maybe do Grixis here instead using Unearth, and change the RG one from Jund.

Dreadrot Shaman (B/R)
Creature - Jackal Shaman (R)
T: Target permanent or spell you control gains wither until end of turn.
B, T: Each player loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent or discards a card.
R, T: Dreadrot Shaman deals 1 damage to each opponent for each Desert you control and each Desert card in your graveyard.
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We already have the Golgari one so for red/green going to Jund.

Dracorage Shaman (R/G)
Creature - Viashino Shaman (R)
T: Target Dragon creature you control fights target creature you don't control.
R, T: Until end of turn, creature spells you cast have devour 3.
G, T: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token. Activate this ability only if a creature died this turn.
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This one is pretty wacky and doesn't have too much of a precedent but I have fond memories of red/white soulbond in Avacyn Restored, weirdly since blue and green had a lot more soulbond. The only other candidate I can think of is Zendikari Kor with Equipment.

Dawnring Shaman (R/W)
Creature - Human Shaman (R)
T: If Dawnring Shaman and target creature you control are unpaired, pair them.
R, T: The creature paired to Dawnring Shaman gets +1/+2 and gains double strike until end of turn.
W, T: You gain life equal to the total power and toughness of Dawnring Shaman and the creature paired to it.
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To the elves of Shadowmoor and their persist shenanigans. Not sure about the miserable mana-fixing ability.

Dimroot Shaman (G/W)
Creature - Elf Shaman (R)
T: Until end of turn, G and W symbols on cards you own are {GW} instead.
G, T: Remove a -1/-1 counter from target creature you control.
W, T: Target creature you control gains persist until end of turn.
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Ixalan is pretty obvious for this last one. Was trying to make a creature tap and explore but it was difficult to word and this version seems like an interesting cap but also plays with the G ability if you get desperate.

Driftreed Shaman (G/U)
Creature - Merfolk Shaman (R)
T: Target creature you control with no counters on it explores.
G, T: Remove a counter from target permanent you control, then double the number of those counters on that permanent.
U, T: Creatures you control gain hexproof from spells until end of turn.
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Good to see white guys named Dave getting more representation

Hey guys!
I actually just today made a magic card at mtg.design which i really think would be awesome. The overall theme is Wildlords|Wildlife. Wildlords that can create powerful creature tokens. Today i want to show u the Sabertooth Whisperer which can create the Sabertooth Killer.

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Well you managed to basically distill the CCL into the most CCL-feeling contest it could be imho.

Completing the Eminence commanders and providing a wedge Emrakul follower:
Tovolar, Arcane Alpha 2GUR
Legendary Creature - Werewolf Shaman (Mythic)
Eminence - Whenever another Werewolf you control transforms, if Tovolar, Arcane Alpha is in the command zone or on the battlefield, you may pay 2. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that permanent and a 2/2 green Wolf creature token. They gain haste.
Trample, hexproof
GUR: Search your library for a Wolf or Werewolf creature card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
5/5

My namesake:
Subject of the Moon 1G
Creature - Werewolf Horror (Uncommon)
Whenever Subject of the Moon is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner may shuffle it into their library.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn and you both own and control Subject of the Moon and a creature named Tovolar, Arcane Alpha, exile them, then meld them into The Mondronen Voidpack.
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Void's namesake:
The Mondronen Voidpack
Legendary Creature - Eldrazi Werewolf (Mythic)
Trample, hexproof, haste
Whenever The Mondronen Voidpack attacks, for each other attacking Wolf, Werewolf or Eldrazi,create a token that’s a copy of that card and that’s tapped and attacking.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if a player cast two or more spells last turn, create a 4/4 colorless Eldrazi Werewolf creature token with menace.
8/8

Proliferate/Salvation:
Steward of Salvation 3WW
Creature - Elephant Cleric (Rare)
Vigilance
Whenever you gain life, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
1W: Target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
"The Conclave's reach is too short. Now we must protect all Ravnica."
3/5

Now that submissions are done I have to say it's been a really fun CCL this month. I quite enjoyed the unexpected limitation of sticking to a color identity, and there was a lot of nostalgia and mechanics you made us work with. I haven't decided on whether to stay here or migrate to Nexus yet, but I hope we get to continue this!

Menial Subjects 3RR
Creature - Ogre (R)
Trample, menace, infect
When Menial Subjects enters the battlefield, proliferate.
RR, Sacrifice Menial Subjects: Proliferate twice.
Not Urabrask's slaves - compelled to follow him by something dim and suppressed inside.
4/4

Eight years later

Voidheart Vizier 5BBB
Creature - Djinn (R)
Lifelink
Whenever you cast a spell, look at target opponent's hand and choose a nonland card from it. That player exiles that card. When they do, each player loses life equal to half that card's converted mana cost, rounded down.
His ego trips make others fall down.
5/5

Assure Salvation WU
Instant (R)
All spells lose all types and abilities and become instants with "Create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying."
"Can there even be a path not leading to a brighter future? Not so." - Ooria, Archangel of Clocks

Noklis, the Abnormal Bloom BGU
Legendary Creature - Elf Druid (R)
Deathtouch
T: Untap up to two target tapped lands. Each land you don't control untapped in this way deals 1 damage to its controller.
4, T: If target permanent had a counter removed from it this turn, destroy it. Otherwise, put on it your choice of two +1/+1 counters or two counters of a kind already on it.
1/3

This is great, and deserves some (belated) love.

Also, this seems pretty strong!

Well now I'll certainly try to get them all in titles

(later when I have time to actually post all those cards though)

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