Eh, Heroic is such a lackluster mechanic. I'm finding it very difficult to do anything flavorfully resonant with it. Regardless, I'd like to participate, so here we go:

Lore
Creature — Incarnation
Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets ~, ~ gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is its toughness. (The triggered ability resolves before the spell.)
Every tale is a stepping stone, a staircase of stories from the meek towards Nyx.
1/1

Jakyl of the High Peaks -
Legendary Creature - Human Druid [R]
Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets ~, you may search your library for an instant, sorcery, or aura spell with converted mana cost X or less, where X is the converted mana cost of the spell targeting ~ minus one.
2/4

Fangs of the Deep -
Creature - Fish
Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets ~, counter that spell. If the spell is countered in this way, you may search your library for an Aura card that could enchant ~, put it onto the battlefield attached to ~, then shuffle your library.
"Nalah has preserved us for as long as we have preserved her. Why should we fear now?" -Grand Arcanist Menik, First Siege of the Deep
1/2

Hero's Heart -
Creature - Human
Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets ~, target opponent chooses a creature he or she controls. Then, ~ fights that creature after the spell targeting ~ resolves. If ~ wins the fight, sacrifice it and search your library for a green or/and white legendary creature card and put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.
1/1

search and then do what? I like the idea but I think you forgot to finish it. (Also its instant, sorcery, or aura card)

Here are the cards your opponents posted.

Smith of Purphoros - 3r
Creayure - Human
Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets ~, Draw a card, then discard a card.
Whenever a Heroic ability you control is triggered, you may pay r. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.
3/3

Daring Looter - uu
Creature - Merfolk Rouge (R)
~ cannot be blocked except by red creatures.
Heroic- Whenever you cast a spell that targets ~, exile that spell and draw a card, then put a +1/+1 counter on ~.
Proluvis of Meletis once claimed that no prison, even of Purphoros' design could hold him. Every night he can be seen overhead in the stars of Nyx.
1/3

Stricken Seer - 2u
Creature - Human Wizard
Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets ~, scry 1, then draw a card.
Whenever you scry, you may scry 1.
1/3


Here are comments on your own cards

Dudibus - That's a pretty cool idea. I like how you can get one the first time and two the second time if your spell has multiple targets, but don't like how heroic does nothing after that (perhaps it needs Nissa's Chosen ability, and make it cost more). The flavour is good, "I wanna be a hero too".

altimis - That's some interesting design space. One thing about these Johnny cards is that someone finds the single best way to break it and a lot of other combos may be forgotten, but the journey of discovery is still fun. My vote is Skirk Fire Marshal twice, but I'm sure there's something better.

Lilystorm - A hero that you only want to target at instant speed, that's a bit different. Someone tries to doom blade my other creature, I give my bodyguard pro black and make the doom blade target him instead so neither of them die - but in that case I could have just given the original creature pro black. This might be a bit narrow, either stealing pump spells, or being able to 2 for 1 yourself by using a random spell on your bodyguard and letting him die anyway rather than letting other dude die.

Cato - That seems like an extension of the mini cycle with the red one that shocks and the black one that edicts. It also feels like a mini Tidespout Tyrant which is a fan favourite, so nice design and I think they might even do this.

dtolle - The heroic ability seems tacked on here. Why do I care about a counter if I've already got a 6/6 haste lifelink? It is funny to have a heroic monster but it would never be in Theros since half the flavour is heroes versus monsters.

miss_bun - This is like Dudibus's one with less shuffling and no limit on how many you can make, so I guess that is an improvement (I'll assume you simply didn't see theirs though). I think that if you're going to be making a million tokens, they should have square stats (1/1 could work). Why is it red?

squinty_eyes - Doesn't work within the rules because heroic is an abilityword not a keyword, but I like what you're trying to do. What about copying it for each other creature regardless of heroic or not? However another glaring issue is that it does not work with auras, which is half the point of heroic. (Perhaps "if its an instant or sorcery, copy it - if its a permanent spell, make a token copy of it as it enters the battlefield?)

Planeshaper - This reads very funny (why wouldn't I just target the guy I want to target in the first place) but there is a practical application, they try to doom blade him, you can giant growth, blink him out, then retarget the giant growth back to him. It would feel better if he had a comes into play ability such as gain three life, and remove the vigilance so there is a point to blinking him to be a surprise blocker.

Mown - I think this should care about power rather than toughness just for consistency with previous effects. You kind of point out in the reminder text that this does not work in the ideal way, but it is a nice card for trying to target it multiple times in a turn.

Lilan - I assume you put the spell you searched for into your hand? That's a pretty crazy Johnny card and I've got no idea what people would do with it, though I wonder if it makes it too easy to search for Ancestral Recall in vintage.

iamajellydonut - Another way to cheat out Eldrazi Conscription? Well I guess it is still design space in that it doesn't care what you target it with, good for those situations where all you have is doom blade.

Confused - You can't make the fight happen after the spell resolves. Also there is no game meaning of win the fight.


OK final ruling. Your forum wins! There will be no further rounds because there's not much interest on the other forum. Lots of good cards here and it's hard to pick an individual who clearly stood above the rest but if I have to choose I'll call Cato the MVP. Gratz!

It pleases me to no end to take home victory for my forum. May no goblins allowed reign forever, and may WOTC die and its scattered remnants be banished to the cold reaches of ignorance that are MTGsalvation.

I thought this was a clever ploy to attract people from other forums like Salvation. I am disappointed.

It was just for something to do, but there's nothing stopping you from copying this contest and modifying it slightly if you want to do that

Maybe when I have a working computer and the time to spare for grading.

Is my grade on the old forums? I can't bear the thought of going back there unless I know my grade is up. Why didn't I leave sooner?
Edit- I broke down and looked. Couldn't find it. Could you please post the comments here? (I did the merfolk rouge)

It's right there in the thread. You weren't the mvp of that forum. Here's the comment

TPZombieW - This seems a bit mixed. Why the first ability? The second is cool design space where it doesn't matter what card you cast on him.