MTG Salvation

Wood Elemental + Chameleon Blur

Woodland Defense 2G
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice any number of forests.
Prevent all damage that creatures with power X or less would deal this turn, where X is the number of forests you sacrificed.

Gruul Spellbreaker + Stampeding Horncrest

Zhur-Taa Predator 2RG
Creature - Dinosaur (Rare)
Riot
As long as it's your turn, creature you control have haste as long as you control another Dinosaur.
3/3

Darksteel Angel 7
Artifact Creature - Angel (Mythic)
Flying, indestructible
Metalcraft - As long as you control three or more artifacts, you can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.
Forged by Ghalma's hands to herald a victorious dawn.
4/4

IIW: Revisiting the Weatherlight crew.

Dormant Sliver + Bramblecrush may the gods of WotC prevent this card from existing.

Thorn Sliver 2GG
Creature - Plant Sliver (U)
All Slivers have "When this creature enters the battlefield, destroy target noncreature permanent."
"They see our towns and villages as enemy hives. They won't stop until the rival queen is found and slaughtered. The irony is that we're a republic."
-Ikamariel, Minister of Crops
2/2

Let's get to evaluations, we got a lot of submissions this time around:

Jamblock: This seems like a pretty solid card in terms of design space and balance as an uncommon. Flavor-wise this seems like it would come from a new Eldrazi element rather than Emrakul as she didn't Eldrazify any zombies during Eldritch Moon which implies that it isn't possible for her.

Mr.Rithaniel: Until I saw the activation clause on the free reanimation trigger, I told myself man this is way too strong. But it still is I feel, mainly because you can still use this ability with an empty library and at instant speed, so kudos for the idea but I think there are balancing issues involved here.

Graffd20: Very nice GoT reference, but I wish that there was more for you to add to this card because aside from Game of Thrones I don't see what makes this an instant.

Cardz5000: I like the design behind this. It's flashy and limited in capability. There's a bit of a clash with the haste and the instant speed meaning to attack you would need to cast your instant sometime during your upkeep/main phase which doesn't seem ideal, but I like the design space it's pushing for and I can imagine volatile mana on a plane rousing angry dead as a byproduct of its magic.

Sephon19: I think the working for Bloodfury would be "{effect} as long as/if a creature an opponent controlled died this turn." The cards seem fairly balanced if not a little underpowered, and flavor here to me seems like a very angry army of zombies out for revenge of sorts? Or maybe something more similar to zombie raiders like the few we saw in Theros?

TotallyHaywire: Well this does a lot. It has way too many words for it to see print. I'm not sure how I would fix that but I have a few ideas which make this card more similar to Back from the Brink. It conveys some nice flavor and calls back to Amonkhet which is pretty cool. As a card I think this probably does too much in the right deck and not enough if not built around properly.

Mergatroid_Jones: More Amonkhet callbacks. These all seem like very strong cards for a return to Amonkhet set, especially Mummified Warden that could see play in a Zombie Weenies deck. Unflinching Guardian is my favourite of the three though, especially because it hoses Exalted (which isn't a huge deal but if a previous set had exalted you'd see something like this just as a precaution) and because it has a much better typeline than the other two. embalmed animals always looked cooler to me than the humanoid versions.

TheRavenManIsSquee: Lone Missionary but as a Zombie. I don't see what makes this uncommon. I don't dislike the card, but challenges that involve color pie breaks and rule breaks really benefit from flavor text, and I can imagine one or two wholesome sentences on this submission would have really made it great.

EventideSojourner: My first comment about this card was how for 1UU and a sacrifice drawback a 2/4 body might be a bit small (although this card as a 3/4 or a 2/5 also seems pushed) but then I also realized this guy can also work as a Reconstruction by sacrificing itself and I immediately liked it a lot more. Placing this on Esper where we've seen blue artifact zombies before was a good flavorful setting for it too.

VolrathTheRisen: I like the fungus counter mechanic as a Thallid callback and as a flavor anchor for this green zombie. My only gripe is that it didn't make any Saproling tokens (and it's not necessary, that's more of a personal thing, this is still a very solid card that a lot of land based decks would want). Unliving Hive does something very interesting by creating attacking tokens after blockers are declared, meaning even if you block this creature you're still taking damage. I think this might break the rules of combat in MTG a little so I'm wary of this, but if this saw print I would Lure the hell out of it.


Overall some really solid entries this round, but I'm giving the win to EventideSojourner which makes out next challenge Sagas.

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Im not sure if it was MCC or CF
But the swords of white and blue (real spoiler) was like half the entries lol

Yeah that was CF, I remember setting up Allied Swords and there was a sword with that exact set of abilities only it was Selesnya not Azorius.

The arid plane of Hawa is one of strife. Ever since the exodus to the outlands from the cities, bandits, thugs and outlaws are commonplace between the towns, raiding them of the Wamaka ores they mine before the lawbringers can arrive to arrest them. The cityfolk don't care for the outlander's pleas or the mountain shaman's warnings; as long as they get their hands on that metal, and as long as no one else knows its true purpose, nothing else matters.
Common 9 of 10:

Havya Barkeep 2G
Creature - Elf Rogue (C)
Havya Barkeep can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.
"Believe me, I know ways in and out of this town that even the Ironclaws don't."
2/2

Outland Summoner 3GG
Creature - Centaur Shaman (C)
Trample
When Outland Summoner enters the battlefield, create a 2/2 green Bear creature token.
The outlanders may live in solitude, but that doesn't mean they're alone.
3/3

Lawman's Pistol 2
Artifact - Equipment (C)
Lawmun's Pistol enters the battlefield with six charge counters on it.
Equipped creature has reach and "T, remove a charge counter from Lawman's Pistol: This creature deals 1 damage to any target."
Equip 2

Well there are definitely ways to abuse this, but all my brain thinks of right now is Hydra tribal.

Ses like a great candidate for Rakdos goblins if I've seen one.

Solemn Confluence 3
Sorcery (R)
Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Each player sacrifices a creature.
• Each player sacrifices an enchantment.
• Each player sacrifices a planeswalker.

Morbid Confluence 2
Sorcery (R)
Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Target player discards a card.
• Exile a card from a graveyard. You gain life equal equal to its mana cost.
• Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Surging Confluence 1
Instant (R)
Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Target permanent or player gains hexproof until end of turn.
• Target permanent gains indestructible until end of turn.
• Target player puts the top three cards of their library into their graveyard.

Manic Confluence 2
Instant (R)
Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Discard up to two cards, then draw that many cards.
• Add UR.
• Return an instant or sorcery card at random from your graveyard to your hand.

Passionate Confluence 1
Sorcery (R)
Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
• Exile target artifact.
• Exile target creature, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. It gains haste.

IIW: Nonblack zombies.

Thoughtchaser 1W
Creature - Elemental (U)
Flying
When Thoughtchaser enters the battlefield, draw a card if U was spent to cast it, and each opponent discards a card if B was spent to cast it.
Evoke UB (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)
It flutters around your head, eager to snatch all sorts of musings.
1/1

The arid plane of Hawa is one of strife. Ever since the exodus to the outlands from the cities, bandits, thugs and outlaws are commonplace between the towns, raiding them of the Wamaka ores they mine before the lawbringers can arrive to arrest them. The cityfolk don't care for the outlander's pleas or the mountain shaman's warnings; as long as they get their hands on that metal, and as long as no one else knows its true purpose, nothing else matters.
Common 7 of 10:

Puncture Bolt 1R
Instant (C)
Puncture Bolt deals 1 damage to target creature. Put a -1/-1 counter on that creature.
Bandits in the outlands often tinker with their firearms. Poison or magic, their bullets become their calling card.

Canyon Clamorer 2GG
Creature - Centaur Shaman (C)
Reach
When Canyon Clamorer enters the battlefield, you may play land cards from your graveyard this turn.
"The cityfolk have no claim to this land. It belongs to my ancestors."
2/4

Silvereye's Henchman 3R
Creature - Orc Rogue (C)
Prowl 1R (You may cast this for its Prowl cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Orc or Rogue)
When Silvereye's Henchman enters the battlefield, discard a card, then draw a card.
"Pile up the goods on the wagon. The boss is expecting it by sundown."
3/3

Edifice of Cooperation 4
Artifact Creature - Wall (U)
Defender
Edifice of Cooperation gets +2/+2 for each Gate you control.
0/3

Next: An Eldrazi Wall

The arid plane of Hawa is one of strife. Ever since the exodus to the outlands from the cities, bandits, thugs and outlaws are commonplace between the towns, raiding them of the Wamaka ores they mine before the lawbringers can arrive to arrest them. The cityfolk don't care for the outlander's pleas or the mountain shaman's warnings; as long as they get their hands on that metal, and as long as no one else knows its true purpose, nothing else matters.
Common 5 of 10:

Thirst for Progress 2U
Sorcery (C)
Draw three cards, then discard a card unless you control an artifact card.
The city barons poured their resources into harnessing Wamaka, eager for any result.

Canyon Walker 1R
Creature - Elf Druid (C)
Haste
T: Add G.
With each new valley she discovers, she carves an offering in the stone for the spirits to take root.
2/1

Long Road Home 1W
Sorcery (C)
Exile target creature. At the beginning of the next end step, return that card to the battlefield under its owner’s control with a +1/+1 counter on it.
"I never expected to return to Hawa. In a sense, the Aya from back then is never coming back."
-Aya Be'ute

The arid plane of Hawa is one of strife. Ever since the exodus to the outlands from the cities, bandits, thugs and outlaws are commonplace between the towns, raiding them of the Wamaka ores they mine before the lawbringers can arrive to arrest them. The cityfolk don't care for the outlander's pleas or the mountain shaman's warnings; as long as they get their hands on that metal, and as long as no one else knows its true purpose, nothing else matters.
Common 3 of 10:

Nissa's Retreat 1G
Sorcery (C)
Search your library for a basic land card and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Initiative - If this is the first spell you cast this turn, put that card onto the battlefield instead.
"I came to Hawa to be alone. I intend to keep it that way."

Viashino Sandstalker 1R
Creature - Viashino Warrior (C)
Haste
Whenever Viashino Sandstalker attacks or blocks, return it to its owner's hand at the end of combat.
"Bandits are the last of our problems on the salt roads."
-Mishi, Bazaar Trader
3/2