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Gond Of Taldwen
Legendary creature - Elf Noble Spirit
: Create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token.
, tap another untapped Elf creature you control: Create an Elvish Mystic token.
, tap three other untapped Elf creatures you control: Create a Elvish Archdruid token.
1/1

Should I require Gond + 4 other elves to make the token? If you do it repeatedly, it's a real game-ender.
I could also go GW which is in flavor with Shadowmoor elves.
Also, I made it 1/1. To fit with the tokens it makes more than anything else really.

I wonder if the Elvish Mystic ability could be cut. The goal is probably to crank out Archdruids, but that requires tapping your creatures anyway so you might as well use Warrior tokens for that.

It's probably easier to just replace archdruid with priest of titania. THat puts all the cards more in line, so that there's more of a real choice between them. Or I could tack the Archdruid on at the end, but by that point you really need to work for it. And hey, if you happen to have a spare elf, why not tap another one for an elvish mystic and maybe cast another elf spell next turn.

Gond Of Taldwen
Legendary creature - Elf Noble Spirit
: Create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token.
, tap another untapped Elf creature you control: Create an Elvish Mystic token.
, tap two other untapped Elf creatures you control: Create a priest of titania token.
2/2

Hunted Hound
Creature - Dog
Vigilance
When ~ enters the battlefield, target opponent creates a 1/1 white cat creature token with first strike.
3/1

Wherefore is a dog being hunted by a cat? Isn't it usually the other way around?

I like this. "Of" in the name there shouldn't be capitalized though. Something with simply "Overseer" instead of "Oversight" might be better for the name.

I would actually like to push the Spectre angle here by adding some clause such as "If a player would discard a card but can't/didn't (however that would be worded), they lose 2 life" so it would synergize heavily with other discard things (such as other Spectres).

While obviously not strictly better, seems like an overall upgrade over Dash Hopes. Not that that says much.

... Oh, just noticed you had posted these 7 years ago... Better late than never, right?

It does seem like the very usual kind of an elvish card. I'm really not a fan of designs which requires extraordinary amounts of extra tracking with unique tokens and creating multiple different tokens that are also vaguely kinda similar but also not. It isn't exactly hard to imagine how in IRL game having all of these different types of tokens lying around could get really annoying if you don't happen to be packing a ton of Priest of Titania cards with you that could be used as 'proxies'.

I find the reliance on ever more complicated and myriad tokens to be anti-pattern in card design. This is especially true for creating token copies of just any existing permanent btw. The more tokens you are supposed to be required to be packing around, the less chance there is you have that one particular one needed for the game at hand. Without those tokens - that themselves create an ever increasing high maintenance cost and even a sort of an entry cost in a way - matches can turn into a tracking hell so fast it isn't even funny.

I'm not feeling it - trample is a such a lesser keyword that encouraging stacking it for somewhat negligible bonus you have to set-up to get working is ugh. Supposing you had a creature with multiple tramples, that would be bigger than all of the blockers combined that could block it for it to slap that double trampling damage, it would still just be reduced down to a limited form of unblockability in that it would in most cases be better for the opponent to simply not block it. You would need like Lure as well to get that doubling stuff going.

For a 'hunted' card, I would expect something notably more impactful than a 3/1 vigilance. I don't think the hunted design pattern works that well for 1-cost card.

Expectations fully subverted

I know a lot of dogs where that is not the case. Mind you, they're 1/1s.


I am totally cool with that.


Multiple token types can be a pain, but it was also the contest prompt. What I really have trouble with is cards that can make copies of multiple things. You'll never know what token you'll need until the thing gets copied. Even then if it only happens once it's alright, but "copy" tokens get confusing when there's more than one thing being copied. Ever since they let you start copying permanent spells its been more of an issue.
Lately I've seen people with blank tokens with dry erase board material on the front. Then you can just write down whatever the token is supposed to be.

For a 'hunted' card, I would expect something notably more impactful than a 3/1 vigilance. I don't think the hunted design pattern works that well for 1-cost card.
It really doesn't, but I wanted to try. Well, it works in multiplayer, but not elsewhere.

If Smoldering Crater's cycling cost is equivalent to Forgotten Cave's and Sheltered Thicket already exists, then is this ok?

Rugged Copse
Land
~ enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
Cycling

Given that I got a CotW nomination, I'm going to say this is ok.

Sheltered Thicket and its kin would most likely be of lower rarity - even potentially down to common - given they didn't have the basic land types. The likelihood that this would ever see any extensive modern competitive play seems incredibly low to me. In other words, I don't think this sort of cycle would be particularly noteworthy. So yes, very ok.

Just some spells to help red deal with bigger creatures efficiently. It's a real problem in commander especially.

Channeled Rage
Instant
Pay up to 5 life. ~ deals damage equal t the life payed to any nonplayer target.

Radiation Blast
Instant
Destroy target creature. That creature's controller rolls a six-sided die then creates an X/X red mutant creature token where X is the number rolled.

Building Pressure
Instant
~ deals 2 damage to any target.
~ costs less to cast for each spell you've cast this turn.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Questing Phelddagrif wasn't a legend so I decided to make it up to commander players.

Oops, made a card that didn't meet contest criteria.

Just a celebration of the very best boy. I think this paints the picture.

Rosko, Lap-Napper
Legendary creature - Dog
: Tap target creature and put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Sacrifice a food: Untap ~.
He may love you now, but you ain't chopped liver.
0/3

Blood Accountant
Creature - Vampire Cleric
When ~ enters the battlefield, you gain life 1 life for each vampire you control. For each point of life this would put you above your starting life total, instead each opponent loses that much life.
2/2
They set the exchange rate for the litre.

Feels like this could be phrased more effectively, but this is good for now.

Alquist, On The Trail
Legendary Planeswalker - Alquist
When ~ enters , undermine X times. (To undermine, create a Secret token. It's an artifact with ", sacrifice this artifact: Target player mills three cards.")
Whenever an opponent mills one or more cards, put a loyalty counter on ~.
Undermine
Add X mana. Use this mana only to pay the activation cost of abilities.


Riffing off Dudibus' submission to the last Pro Tour round. There's design space there.

Kennel Keeper
Creature - Human Ranger
Pack Bond - At the beginning of your end step put a +1/+1 counter on each dog you control and up to one nondog creature you control.
2/2

Den Mother
Creature - Dog
Pack Bond - At the beginning of combat on your turn each dog you control and up to one nondog creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
2/2

Doomsday Mox
Artifact
, sacrifice a land: Add one mana of any color.

Demon's Pawn
Enchantment - Aura
You control enchanted creature.
": Transform Demon's Pawn. Only enchanted creature's owner may activate this ability and only as a sorcery."

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Demon Spawn
(black) Creature - Demon
Flying, ward
4/4