Bloom:
Down to 3BBB, text fixed, and added a bit on the last line, thanks.

Wave:

Inkflesh:
Mistform...

Okay then...

@Ragnarokio: Hmm...well, let's start from the top.
Crayglor Lagoon seems rather Swamp-ish what with murk counters and all...also you want to make sure that you state to tap an untapped creature you control since technically, you can tap a tapped creature.
Crayglor Grassland looks good although it might mayhap be a little slow.
Arklar Queen's main problem is in the type line. Ant is not a card type. Leader will probably have to be a supertype or a keyword. The same thing goes for Zakbar Queen.
Assuming you make Leader a keyword, you could word them something like this...

Arklar Queen

Leader (Only one creature with Leader may be on the battlefield under your control.)
, Sacrifice an Ant: Put X 1/1 green Ant creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is the sacrificed creature's power plus its toughness.
, Sacrifice X Ants: Put an X/X green Ant creature token onto the battlefield.

Zakbar Queen

Leader (Only one creature with Leader may be on the battlefield under your control.)
~ enters the battlefield with ten ferocity counters on it.
, Remove X ferocity counters from ~: Put X +1/+1 counters on target Ant creature. (X can't be greater than 3.)
Whenever an Ant creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, put a ferocity counter on ~ for each +1/+1 counter on that creature.

That should roughly be right, although, it strikes me that Zakbar Queen seems rather overpowered.

Defend the Hive's wording should be "Untap each Ant you control. At the beginning of the next end step, tap each Ant creature you control."

i'm having alot of trouble wording my creature right. Basically its cost is determined after you summon it, its a random number from 1-10, and if you don't pay it hes removed from the game. And then each turn his toughness and power change to a random number thats equal to either 1,2, or 3x his mana cost. Right now i have his wording like this.

i really don't like this wording, and i'm almost positive i'm completely wrong with it, how should i set it?

@Pick at Flies - You are right about suspending 0. I forgot that you have to remove the last time counter to play it.

@Ragnarokio -
Crayglor Lagoon - This is overpowered even though you have to charge it before you use it. Use this with Phyrexian Walker and you could have access to a lot of mana early. I would suggest an activiation cost or make this an artifact. Remember the colon after the .

Crayglor Grassland - This reminds me of the Time Spiral charge lands. Since it doesn't produce mana itself I think it is balanced. Shouldn't be legendary unless you give it the ability to produce mana off the bat. Remember the colon after the .

Arklar Queen - First off, remember that the type line should read "Creature - Ant Leader". I assume the reminder text you have there is just for us and not actually on the card. I think this one is balanced, although I would make it sacrifice ANOTHER Ant so it can't sac itself. Not for balance, just it would make sense that way. Also, we now "put onto the battlefield" not in play.

Zakbar Queen - I think this is fine. I would make the counters equal to the mana cost ot P/T. Some wording issues. You "put X +1/+1 coutners on target ant"; "~ enters the battlefield with X Ferocity counters"; "whenever an Ant you control is put into the graveyard from the battlefield, ..."

Also, remember that whenever there are multiple costs for an ability, they are separated by a comma. For instance:
, sacrifice X ants: put an X/X green Ant token onto the battlefield.

Maybe something like this?

Unstable Ooze
(Artifact?) Creature - Ooze
As an additional cost to cast ~, pay , where X is equal to the result of rolling a 10-sided die.
~ enters the battlefield with X ooze counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, roll two 3-sided die. ~'s power is equal to the number of ooze counters on ~ times the result of the first roll, and its toughness is equal to the number of ooze counters on ~ times the result of the second roll.
1/1

It's a bit wordy, but I think that's what it should be

There is a reason cards like Skill Borrower only ever gain activated abilities.

Ragnarokio - I think that requiring a ten sided die and 3 sided die is a little too wacky for a card. magic generally only requires six sided. I am not saying that you can't, it just might be better to use the one often used. It also will need a base cost or else you are getting a very large attacker for less than you paid for every time. Are the new P/T supposed to last until end of turn or until the next roll? if EOT, then that needs to be in there as well.
You could roll a six sided for the counters and for the P/T just make it added instead of times. (with times I think it is overpowered anyways.

Using desmonthesis' wording it could look like this:

Unstable Ooze -
Creature - Ooze
As an additional cost to cast ~, pay , where X is equal to the result of rolling a 6-sided die.
~ enters the battlefield with X ooze counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, roll two 6-sided die. ~'s power is equal to the number of ooze counters on ~ plus the result of the first roll, and its toughness is equal to the number of ooze counters on ~ plus the result of the second roll.
1/1

I'm not sure if it's a good idea to have what looks like a CDA but obviously isn't a CDA (because it's triggered). You might confuse some players, because while it's effects happen in layer 7b (now that P/T effects go in layer 7), they might expect them to happen in layer 7a.

I'd go for a CDA setting it's power and toughness to the number of ooze counters, then getting +X/+Y until its next upkeep every upkeep.

Unstable Ooze -
Creature -- Ooze
As an additional cost to cast ~, pay , where X is the result of rolling a 6-sided die.
~ enters the battlefield with X ooze counters on it.
~'s power and toughness are each equal to the number of ooze counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, roll two 6-sided dice. ~ gets +X/+Y until your next upkeep, where X is the result of the first roll, and Y is the result of the second roll.
*/*

ALKEST: All of you are entirely right about this one... though he IS supposed to be the strongest card, in a sense, in the set, he was vastly overpowered... I reworked the first ability entirely, recosted the last ability, changed the starting loyalty, and made the cost more, eh, flavorful. (I decided that since he was the Designer of the world, he should have some of each color in him... just mostly white.) New version here:

Alkest the Designer -
Planeswalker - Alkest (M)
+2: Both players sacrifice a permanent. If the sacrificed permanent is white, they may choose to add one mana of any color to their mana pool or gain 2 life.
-X: Gain life equal to X doubled.
-11: Exile all nonland permanents except for Alkest, the Designer. Both players discard their hands and then exile their graveyards.
5

ALRIC: Recosted a thing or two and changed the ultimate.

Alric Stefans -
Planeswalker - Alric (M)
+1: Creatures you control gain vigilance until end of turn.
-2: Creatures you control gain pierce (their power doubles when attacking) and steadfast (their toughness doubles when blocking) until your next upkeep step.
-7: Put an enchantment token onto the battlefield with "You cannot lose the game." If Alric Stefans leaves the battlefield, sacrifice the enchantment.
4

FALOS: Changed the first ability so that they're worse to start out, but better if you buff them with the middle ability (which got simplified). The ultimate... it's entirely different, but I'm not sure if this is any good either...

Falos, King of Drania -
Planeswalker - Falos (M)
+2: Put a 0/1 Dranian Archer creature token with reach and first strike onto the battlefield.
-2: Put two +1/+1 counters on each Dranian you control.
-8: Put a 4/4 Dranian King creature token onto the battlefield with haste. Creatures you control gain +1/+1 for each other creature sharing a creature type with them, lifelink, and trample until end of turn. At the beginning of your opponent's next upkeep, sacrifice all creatures that attack on this turn.
5

JENNA: Well, the reason for her original costing was that she was intended to be the 'leader', of a sort, of a W/U/R faction in my set. As for the second ability, I think -2 is fine, since it also allows your opponent to use any tricks they have... though now I added a second part to it, which fits in the white and red and increases the cost.

Jenna Praddiff -
Planeswalker - Jenna (M)
+1: Tap or untap target permanent.
-3: Untap all lands. Each player deals damage to a creature of their choice equal to the number of Mountains they control untapped this way and gain life equal to the Plains they control untapped this way.
-8: Take two turns after this one.
5

SORALIS: Changed the first ability to suspend things and weakened the second ability slightly. Changed the ultimate to give it more variety and ultimate-ness.

Soralis, Dragonlord -
Planeswalker - Soralis (M)
+1: Remove target card in your hand from the game with time counters on it equal to its converted mana cost. It gains suspend.
-1: Remove three time counters from target suspended permanent.
-7: You may play one card from your hand, one card from your graveyard, and one card from target player's graveyard without paying their mana costs. If all three are blue or red, they cannot be countered.
6

On another note, a new card I thought up:

Mana Reservoir -
Enchantment
,: Put one mana counter on Mana Reservoir.
Sacrifice Mana Reservoir: Add to your mana pool, where X is the number of mana counters on Mana Reservoir.

And two more in honor of the famed Black Lotus:

Lotus Cultist -
Creature - Human Cultist (U)
: Put a bloom counter on target permanent. Any permanent with three or more bloom counters on it has "Sacrifice: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool."
1/3

Lotus Cult Leader -
Legendary Creature - Human Cultist (R)
, sacrifice a Cultist you control: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool."
3/3

Seems more like the cultist is better than its leader... You might want to switch the two.

Help to balance this Card

Defender

1/10

I still wan't it to be a 1/10 defender and just blue mana for this card and free of choice mana,

This card is severely underpowered. It's strictly worse then Indomitable Ancients. I would use or as a decent cost.

Ok
*I'm new to creating MTG-cards*

I wouldn't even make it blue, I'd make it white, and cost it at 2W. The problem is that heavy defense like this isn't in blue's philosophy, its in white's (as demonstrated by Indomintable Ancients).

I love the general idea for this card. Here's my idea for a revamp.

Unstable Ooze -
Creature -- Ooze
~ enters the battlefield with 2 ooze counters on it.
~'s power and toughness are each equal to the number of ooze counters on it +1.

At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top three cards of your library. Put an ooze counter on ~ for each non-land revealed in this way. Remove an ooze counter from ~ for each land revealed in this way.

At the beginning of your upkeep, roll two 6-sided dice. ~ gets +X/+Y until your next upkeep, where X is the result of the first roll, and Y is the result of the second roll.
*+1/*+1

Although it removes the random nature of the casting cost, it adds the ability to stack your deck and make this critter a monster.

This could be balanced by adding another to the casting cost.

Unstable Ooze -
Creature -- Ooze
As an additional cost to cast ~, reveal the top card of your library. X equals the converted mana cost of the revealed card. ~ enters the battlefield with X ooze counters on it.
~'s power and toughness are each equal to the number of ooze counters on it +1.

At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top two cards of your library. ~ gets +X/+Y until your next upkeep, where X is equal to the converted mana cost of the first revealed card, and Y is equal to the converted mana cost of the second.
*+1/*+1

@Hudsonwolf -
Alkest - This one is much different. At it's current cost you can actually make this a little more powerful becuase it is 'harder' to come with 5 colors or 5 (or something in between). The +2 should either say "each player" or my suggestion would be "each opponent" as it can afford to be more powerful. I would also make it that you get the bonus for white or just drop that completely. Sacrificing is really only black though so I would suggest a different approach to this. Ultimate can be simplified to "Exile all other nonland permanents. Each player discards their hands and then exile all cards in their graveyard."

Alric - I like this approach to the ultimate better but it is very weak. I think this wording would be better "You cannot lose the game as long as you control ~". That way the only way they can beat is to kill Alric rather than naturalize the enchantment token. It also is more flavorful, makes him into a Platinum Angel planeswalker (you could also add the "opponent's can't win the game" clause). With that being said, his + ability is weak and he will probably die really quickly after using the ultimate. I would increase it to +2 to make it better and get him within ultimate-and-still-live range quicker.

Falos - I think the tokens can still be 1/1, maybe without first strike, maybe still with? 2nd ability is fine. I don't get the ultimate though. Why a Dranian King token? Isn't Falos the Dranian King? I am not sure this is the best way to represent that because the token can be killed in battle but the 'Dranian King' is still alive. You opponent can target 'Dranian King' the token or the planeswalker. Doesn't make sense. I would ditch the token and the sacrifice clause, and keep the middle part. Also I think that starting loyalty at 4, a +1 for the 1st ability, and -6 for the ultimate would be better.

Jenna - The 2nd ability is kind of wordy, it almost looks like it wants to be the ultimate. I don't see a reason to give your opponents a bonus from this. If you want to make it have red and white I would honestly suggest a revamp of the whole concept and try to show it in the ultimate. The ultiamte is where you really show the flavor of who teh planeswalker is. Also, did you mean to add in it now? It was only before.

Solaris - Not sure what the flavor for this guy is supposed to be but see some the same issues I mentioned to ShadowKyorge ealier. The +1 ability is useless if you have no cards in hand. Also you can't really use it in converted mana cost cards or lands because they will never come back. This means that when you are low on cards you will not be able to increase his loyalty. Also, the ultimate has a lot of graveyard interaction for a blue and red card. Either limit it to instant/sorcery which is their territory or change it up. He seems to interact with time so maybe a little future sight and take a card from the top of the library? Or look at top 3? Or maybe even from target opponent's hand? Not usually blue, but still enough in blue's territory that it can pass.

Mana Reservior - The name suggests it is an artifact to me. Fine other than that. I would suggest making it all colored mana though.

Lotus Cultist - He should put the counters on himself. No need to grant the ability to other permanents. They will lose the ability once he leaves play.

Lotus Cult Leader - Make him generate tokens and 3/4 to push out of reach of most common direct damage.

Need some inspiration for a blue creature that is designed to be primarily for midrange decks.
CMC 4-6 with 2 or 3 in its cost. The abilities should feel midrange, no evasion allowed except trample. Maybe some tendencies towards activated abilities?

Gorami Experiment - 3UU
Creature - Mutant
Sacrifice a non-basic land, add 2U to your mana pool.
U: ~ gains Trample until end of turn, play only durring your upkeep.
UUU, T: Tap target creature, as long as ~ remains taped ,you may choose not to untap ~ durring your untap step.
4UUU: ~ gets +5/+5 until end of turn, you may only spend 4UUU in this way each turn.
5/3

I've got the beginnings of a cycle for a set taking place in Ravnica's future. The guild system fell apart and the city eventually saw five new groups rise to power. These five new guilds are tri-enemy colored (aka the wedges). This cycle is for these new guild leaders, all of which except Szadek are new characters.

Leader of the Necrafield Watch -
Legendary Creature - Spirit Cleric {M}
, : You gain 1 life for each creature card in your graveyard. Target opponent looses 1 life for each creature card in their graveyard.
5/5

I'm pretty happy with this one, other than the placeholder name. The Necrafield is very interested in comes into play and leaves play triggers, and life advantage (such as Consume Spirit). Each card in the cycle has a similar mana and ability cost.

Rakaden Guildmaster -
Legendary Creature - Human Dragon {M}
Flying
, : Rakaden Guildmaster deals 3 damage to target creature or player. Target player gains 3 life. Target player draws a card.
4/4

The Rakaden Guild was formed from remnants of the Izzet and Azurius Senate. They're about as crazy and talented as the Izzet and are Ravnica's major lawmakers. This guildmaster is a result of someone taking Niv-Mizzet's cloning experiments a bit too far. I need help finding a more flavorful ability here.

Rakda Ilisin, Degablood Captain -
Legendary Creature - Human Demon {M}
Vigilance
, : Rakda Ilisin gains double strike and flying until end of turn. You loose half you life, rounded up.
4/6

The Degablood Patrol is comprised of ex-boros members who wish to uphold the law, and ex-rakdos members who want to cause destruction. Combined, they take care of most public disturbances, both starting and finishing them that is. Rakda's ability I like, but I'm not sure how it fits power-wise. Would the drawback be too much, or is it still too good?

I have one last card for now I need some opinions on. A section of the city became flooded, providing a nice swampy area for Szadek's ghost to lead the Anagrove faction (, described best as: transfiguring ninja plant mutants). This is a hydra that has become attuned to Szadek's spirit allies in the area, learning some of their tricks. I'm not sure how well it's ability fits the color combination though. Any comments?

Ghostlink Hydra -
Creature - Hydra {U}
Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, if Ghostlink Hydra is the only target of that spell, copy the spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
The floodlands hold great terrors for those brave enough to venture too deep.
4/1

Thanks for your comments. And I am indeed aware (and trying to avoid reading) of both the Ravnica: II and the Enemy Shards sets in development here.

Leader: Awesome card. You misspelled "loses," but the card looks balanced to me.

Guildmaster: A Lightning Helix attached to a permanent with a cantrip and individual targets is very powerful. Maybe a static ability like Niv-Mizzet's. Let me try this:

Rakaden Guildmaster -
Legendary Creature - Dragon (Human doesn't really make sense here.)
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, you may gain 1 life or deal 1 damage to target player.
, : Counter target spell that targets you or a permanent you control, if you do, draw a card.
4/4

You said that the Azorious and the Izzet got together. Seeing as the Senate loves to control things and the Izzet love compulsive research, this all seems to fit. Also, the tap ability can trigger the other ability when it does something useful.

Rakda: You should shave off the drawback, look at Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion. It gives double strike for , why should you have to pay the same drawback as Temporal Extortion?

Hydra: It's sort of like a miniture Ink-Treader Nephilim except it has black in it's cost. Maybe if it cost instead of it would be okay. Also, maybe just make it a 2/2. You don't see many big power, low toughness cards in any of the guild's three colors.

Hope that helps.

I've got a card that I am not sure is worded right. Here it is.

Sword Expert
Creature - Human Knight
First strike, vigilance
~ may block up to two creatures. You may have ~ deal combat damage equal to it’s power to each creature it blocks instead of splitting the damage between them.
3/3

Basically, I want it to block two creatures deal damage to each equal to his power. Not sure if this is the best wording. Thanks.

Sword Expert
Creature - Human Knight
Vigilance
~ may block up to two creatures.
When ~ blocks more than one creature per turn, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to each creature it blocks. If you do, ~ deals no combat damage this turn.
3/3

It's a little wordier, but I think it's more correct. The effect you want seems more like a replacement effect to me for combat damage, rather than an ability that triggers during the damage step, since it has first strike. Someone may correct me on this if I am wrong, though.

Also, I had a wording question on a new land I'm trying to create:

Carnivorous Grove
Land {R}
: Add or to your mana pool
, Sacrifice a creature: Add to your mana pool, where X is the sacrificed creature's mana cost (Including color).

Carnivorous Grove
Land {R}
Tap symbol: Add :gsym: or :bsym: to your mana pool
, Tap symbol, Sacrifice a creature: Add to your mana pool mana equal to the sacrificed creature's mana cost. (Mana cost includes color.)

Maybe that works?

Please explain how that land is even remotely ballanced, because it's not even close.

To balance the card, here is my suggestion:

Carnivorous Grove
When ~ enters the battlefield, sacrifice a green and black creature.

: Add or to your mana pool.

, Sacrifice a creature: Add the sacrificed creature's exact mana cost to your mana pool.

The balance could even be reduced to simply sacrificing a creature. My reasoning for adding this line is not only balance, but flavor. It enters hungry...

Thanks for the suggestions. You know, sometimes you just need to hear a different mind's ideas before you can make a decision.

I've just designed the remaining two pieces of the cycle, and I'd like to know what you guys think of them.

Huro is the champion of the Cetahold Clan, a less then civilized group of old gruul clans who turned to the biomancers and mages to improve their survivability rate in post-guild ravnica. With the azurius in pieces and the guildpack broken, the city became a dangerous place. The boros legion lost much of their support after the death of nearly every angel, leaving the rakdos enthusiasts and criminals unchecked. The simic biomancers who survived Kraj's cytoplast summoning (hooray for mtgwiki!) formed a more independent type of improvement. Cetahold members outfited themselves with special bioarmor plating that caused spells to bounce off most of them. This brings me to red's answer to shroud:
Spell resistance (Whenever this becomes the target of a spell or ability, flip a coin. If you win the flip, counter that spell or ability.)

But Huro forgo the simic's bioarmor in favor of a more productive form of magic. He is known for being a cunning general (and for having the next best creature type combo since Demon Dragon), knowing when he's needed for support or in the front lines:

Huro, the Mighty -
Legendary Creature - Giant Elephant
Trample
Whenever Huro, the Mighty deals combat damage to a player, it deals that much damage to each creature that player controls.
, : Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain flying and haste until end of turn.
5/5

Szadek, on the other hand, is much more subtle during Ravnica's anarchism. Leading a band of spirits from the Agyrem district, he carved out a place of leadership among the golgari, simic, and dimir remnants. His promises of an eternal cycle of life and death to the golgari (as opposed to being stuck in one or the other for eternity as the spirits are), and of research and power to the simic don't shy away from his goal of complete control over Ravnica. Plotting from the safety of the Anagrove Floodlands (a district of Ravnica that became flooded when a pair of Rakdos Goblins decided to release the Azurian floodgates), he's waiting for the most opportune moment to strike. That moment may be near as the aether fold that surrounded Ravnica and kept it apart from the Multiverse was repaired in the mending, allowing planeswalkers and interplaner travel (the Parhelion Hall makes an appearance here).

Working with the Golgari, the simic feel the next step in evolution is to determine when it happens next. Let me re-introduce the Anagrove's main mechanic, Transfigure <Cost> (<Cost>, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a creature card with the same converted mana cost as this creature and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library. Play only as a sorcery.)

And now Lord Szadek's take on it:

Szadek, Lord Over Death -
Legendary Creature - Vampire Spirit
Other spirits you control get +1/+1.
, T: Until the end of turn, whenever a creature is sent to the graveyard from play, you may search your library for a creature card with the same converted mana cost as that creature, reveal it, and put it into play.
5/5

One last card for now. Something about the wording here seems a bit off. The way the Cetahold clan likes to train their recruits is by flinging numerous spells at them to build up resistance. That goes wrong a lot.
Training Grounds -
Enchantment {R}
Whenever a creature you control enters the battlefield, you may flip any number of coins. Training Gauntlet deals damage to that creature equal to the number of tails, then put a +1/+1 counter on it for each heads.
[i]Few survive initiation. Even fewer come back for training.

Your enchantment needs to be worded different. As it stands, if you put a 6/6 into play, you'll just flip coins till it comes up tails five times and stop. Your creature, on average, would then be an 11/11 with five damage on it, but only until end of turn.

Training Grounds -
Enchantment {R}
Whenever a creature you control enters the battlefield, choose a number and flip a coin that many times. If you win a flip, put a +1/+1 counter on it at end of phase. If you lose a flip, Training Gauntlet deals 1 damage to that creature.
Few survive initiation. Even fewer come back for training.

This way, the result is more random. If you have a Krark's Thumb out, this becomes crazy.

After seeing Wizards make Lightning Bolt common in Magic 2010 I thought this card would be pretty balanced because all I did was add one mana and a bit of a drawback. Anyway what are your thoughts on it and is the wording right? Also do you think this is fine at a common or no?

Spite the Mighty
Instant {C}
Spite the Mighty deals 4 damage to target player with the highest life total. (If two or more players are tied for the highest life total you may choose a target among any of those players.)

Please help me out.

That is almost strictly better than a Lightning Bolt. It's a turn one 4 damage instead of three, which is better. would be balanced and you could up the rarity to at least {U} and the damage to 5.

Well, sure, its 4 damage on turn 1, but it misses one of the big values of something like Lightning Bolt - removal.

The card I made is:

Simple, no?
I do have a few questions:
Is the cost good?
Rare or MR?
Should it have the permanent/player option, or should it just be permanent?

I may be wrong, but I think this card is underpowered, as it is designed for a specific play style.

I think that you should drop it to so it gets play time.
Rare is probably fine, as is how it targets a permanent or player.

It looks like an interesting card.

I created this card for the Hose Fight thread, but then after looking at it again, I realized that it was incredibly powerful, because it shuts down a HUGE part of the game. I want to include it in my set as a rare, but I want some help with balancing to make sure it's not too overpowered.

Credit Crisis
Enchantment {R}
Permanents can't enter the battlefield unless they are cast.
Spells can't be cast without paying their mana cost.

This card is powerful, but only over powered because people could mistakenly mean that with it in play you would have to cast lands as well.

Change it to "Non-land permanents..." and it should be fine.

I like the way this card shuts down the graveyard and many other extra ways to bring cards into play.
It still allows cards to enter play the old fashioned way though.

If you are overly concerned about it, the card could read:
Credit Crisis
Enchantment (R)
Non-land permanents can't enter the battlefield unless they are cast.
Counter any spell that is cast unless it's caster pays its mana cost.

If I'm right, this wording allows a player to pay the card's mana cost after it is cast. A few tweaks and this might work.

Also keep in mind that the spell affects both players, so that in itself helps to balance it a bit.

Yeah, it definitely has to have the "Non-land" qualifier in there. But I don't like the use of counter, because it lets people get through it by casting spells that can't be countered. I envisioned this card as one that could completely shut down a lot of the metagame - it would shut down suspend, it would shut down things like Elvish Piper and Master Transmuter, it would shut down token generators (goodbye, Faeries).

So maybe it should read:

Credit Crisis
Enchantment {R}
Non-land permanents can't enter the battlefield unless they are cast.
Spells cannot be cast unless their mana cost is paid.

The only thing is that because it says "non-land permanents can't enter the battlefield".... well... where do they go? It doesn't prevent someone from using an ability so where would the permanent go if it can't enter the battlefield in cases like suspend or reanimate? I am asking because I actually do not know.

Well, since the card nullifies entries from the graveyard, you could make it like this:

Credit Crisis
(I think that's right.)
Enchantment
Whenever a nonland permanent enters the battlefield, if it wasn't cast, its controller sacrifices it.
Whenever a player casts a spell, counter it unless its mana cost was paid.

Wait...that doesn't do what you wanted, does it? How about...

Credit Crisis

Enchantment
Nonland permanents are exiled instead of entering the battlefield unless they are cast.
Counter each spell unless its mana cost is paid.

Credit Crisis
Enchantment
If a non-land permanent would enter the battlefield without being cast, instead, exile it.
If a spell would be cast without paying its mana cost, instead, remove it from the stack and exile it.

How does that sound? Replacement effects instead of straight out denials. Also, I don't want to use the word "counter" because I want it to prevent spells that have "~ can't be countered" in their rules text as well.

What a card. Here's what I think the best way to phrase it would be.

Credit Crisis
Enchantment
If a non-land permanent would enter the battlefield without being cast, exile it instead of putting onto the battlefield.
If a spell is cast without paying its mana cost, exile it. (It is removed from the stack and does not resolve.)

EDIT: blackpoe66 posted a question in MSE custom script last week (a big no-no, don't do that) and I haven't seen a reply. It looked like a challenge so I took him up on it.

I have an ability on artifact like this, what do you think the best approitate mana cost?

Null Key
Artifact (R)
Artifacts lose their abilities as long as they are tapped.

I wonder - Are these cards balanced, interesting in mechanic and flavor?
Ashisha, Merfolk Queen -
Planeswalker - Ashisha

+1: Tap target nonland permanent.
-3: Target player loses 4 lifes and you gain much lifes.
{I have two variants for her third ability}
-8: For each Merfolk creature card on the battlefield, put one creature token, that copies it, onto the battlefield.
or
-?: Target player reveals his or her library, until he or she will show four creature cards. Then put that creature cards onto the battlefield under your control. Put the other revealed cards into the bottom of its owner's library in any order.

Starting Loyality: 3 (4?)

Hursh Blizzards -
Legendary Enchantment (Mythic Rare)

All creatures get -1/-1.
At end of each turn tap all creatures.
: All creatures get -1/-1.

Tormenting Link -
Instant (Uncommon)

Counter target instant spell.
You may discard a card at random. If you do it, counter target spell instead.

AEther Thirst -
Instant (Common)

Next time, when mana will be added to target player's manapool, that mana will be removed.
: Return ~ to your hand. ~ deals 2 damage to each player. Play this ability only, if ~ in your graveyard.

Ancestrals' Benediction -
Sorcery (Uncommon)

All creatures lose all abilties until end of turn.
“...When Seena returned to her village, merfolks killed its citizens. Seena saw it, preyed and pured corpses by fire. Every day, sge returned to that place and after 10 years, she saw the spirits of that citizens. They blessed her and she become first Scryer of Ancestrals.”
- “Legends of pre-Levee Klisera. Vol I”

Wall of Enlightment -
Creature - Wall (Uncommon)

Flying, Defender
Whenever ~ becomes target of spells or abilities, you may draw a card.
“Wilgelm woke up at night, because of a bright green light from the outside. When he entered the street, he saw the spirit of woman, who spoke with him about hidden truthes and wisdoms. When the sun rose, he became a philosophe.”
- “Legends of pre-Levee Klisera. Vol I”

The Great Levee
Land (Rare)

When ~ comes onto the battlefield, flip a coin. If you win, ~ gains " Add to your manapool.". If you lose, ~ gain ": Add to your manapool."

Order of Holy Spear -
Legendary Creature - Human, Soldier (Mythic Rare)

Defender, Shroud
~'s power and toughness are equal to the number of Plains and The Great Levees you control.
Whenever ~ blocks a creature, it deals 3 damage to that creature (there are a crossbowers, musceteers etc.)
~ is undestructible.
~ may blocks any number of creatures.

They are our last barrier between us and merfolk hordes

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Signets Cycle (3 cards of each rarity in each color)
Signets are instant or sorceries with zero manacost. But their effect is very small or they have drawback.

White:
Common:Signet of Synergy -
Instant

Target creature gets +0/+1 and other creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
If that creatures will block twise, you gain 1 life.

Uncommon:Signet of Symbiosis -
Instant

Choose one - Prevent 3 next damage, that would be dealt to target creature and pay 3 life; or gain 3 life and ~ deals 3 damage to target creature you control.
Rare: ???

Black:
Common:Signet of Woe -
Sorcery

Target player loses 1 life and discards a card.
Put one -1/-1 counter on creature you control.

Uncommon:Signet of Vampirism -
Sorcery

You can't play ~, unless you discard two cards.
Target creature gets -0/-2 until end of turn and you gain 2 lifes.

Rare:Signet of Amnesia -
Sorcery

Each player discards his or her hand.
You can’t draw cards and your maximum handsize is reduced by zero next two turns.

Red:
Common:Signet of Lightning Trap -
Sorcery

Choose a creature.
Whenever choosen creature attacks, ~ deals 2 damage to that creature.

Uncommon: ???
Rare: ???

Green:
Common: ???
Uncommon ???
Rare:Signet of Sprouting Life -
Sorcery

At additional cost to play ~ sacriface a Forest.
Put a green creature card with converted manacost 4 or less from your hand onto the battlefield.
At the beginning of your upkeep, pay . If you don't do it, you lose the game. Repeat this process next upkeep.

I need a little bit of help balancing some mono-blue and multi-color counterspells.

Thanks

Card 1: The drawback is fixed with the lifegain. If you want lifegain in it, add "symw" to the cost OR made the drawback sacrificing a creature.

Card 2: Feels a lot like a counterspell with Path to Exile on it, except for all players. Might be a bit too powerful since it gives you a land as well. Try "Counter target spell. It's controller may put a land card from his or her hand onto the battlefield tapped." for .

Card 3: Feels great, I'd lower the generic by 1, even.

Card 4: If this is rare, it's strictly better than Force Spike. Seeing as they gave a Mana Tithe to white, I'd say this is okay.

Card 5: Nice take on Cryptic Command. Here's the wording: "Choose one — Counter taget spell unless its controller pays ; or counter target instant or sorcery with converted mana cost or less; or return up to three target permanents to their owner's hand unless each permanent's controller pays for each permanent that would be returned this way.

Card 6: Counter target spell. It's controller loses 3 life and discards a card.
At the beginning of your next upkeep, discard a card at random from your hand.

@Latiss

Ok, here's some cards from my music-based set that probably need balancing...

Though the reminder text is on at least one of the cards, here's the explanation for fame again: At the beginning of the game, set your fame to 0. Whenever a player has 42 or more fame, they win the game.

@Alex - I think the same cost of Null Rod is appropriate, but it could probably be fine as as well. I can't think of too many decks that would be hurt or destroyed by this. It would weaken Esper or Affinity but they could still make due. Most artifacts tap to use their ability so they won't be hurt by this.

Also, I think that "Artifacts have no abilities as long as they are tapped" is more appropriate wording for a static ability.

I got a wording question - If or When?

If/When five or more creatures dealt lethal damage by an Elemental have been put into a graveyard, if you control an Elemental that dealt lethal damage to a creature this turn, you win the game.

Last time I checked, win condition triggers usually have "if" in them but I don't get why Darksteel Reactor's worded differently. Any idea?

It's "If" on that card. They're both triggered ability trigger words, just use the one that sounds the most right.

@Guitarweeps: Thanks, so I'll cost Null key as .

I need help with a card, (power level wise)
Jizin, Incarnation of Fire 2/R 2/R 2/R 2/R 2/R
Legendary Creature - Immortal Incarnation (M)
All mountains you control are red.
2/R, Sacrifice a red permanent: Exile target non-red, non-land permanent.
Jizin’s power is equal to the number of red permanents you control.
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