Howling Guardian
Artifact Creature - Construct
At the beginning of each players draw step, if ~ is untapped, that player draws an additional card.
2/2

Gravemind Priest
Creature - Human Priest
First strike
Ancestor - When ~ ETB, if there is a Priest card in your graveyard, you may exile all graveyards. If you do, draw a card.
2/4
For thirty generations has my family tended to the dead. I continue the tradition in my own way.

Firemind Apprentice
Creature -- Human Wizard
When Firemind Apprentice enters the battlefield, draw a card.
Whenever you draw a card, Firemind Apprentice deals 1 damage to target creature or player and 1 damage to itself.
2/3

Woodland Caller
Creature — Human Shaman
When Woodland Caller enters the battlefield, reveal the top card of your library. If it’s a creature or land card, draw a card.
Planebound (When this is put into a graveyard, exile it. At the beginning of your next upkeep, if it is exiled, you may put it on top of your library.)
2/2

Sylverain Thoughtpicker
Creature - Spirit Rogue
Multikicker (You may pay an additional any number of times as you cast this spell.)
When Sylverain Thoughtpicker enters the battlefield target opponent discards a card for each time it was kicked. You draw cards equal to the number of cards discarded this way.
2/1

Stormbrewer Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
As long as the top card of your library is an instant or sorcery card, Stormbrewer Dragon gets +2/+2 and has haste.
When Stormbrewer Dragon enters the battlefield, you may draw a card.
4/4

Flamewild Mutant
Creature - Elf Berserker Mutant
Haste
When ~ enters the battlefield, reveal the top card of your library. If a creature card was revealed this way, put that card into your hand then put two +1/+1 counters on ~. Otherwise, draw two cards.
3/2

Halimar Craftsman
Creature - Human Wizard Ally
Ally creatures you control have shroud.
Whenever CARDNAME or another Ally enters the battlefield under your control, draw a card.
"Whatever you need, you got it."
1/3

Stitched Abomination
Creature — Zombie Horror
Double Strike
When Stitched Abomination enters the battlefield, draw a card. Then, you may discard any number of creature cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on Stitched Abomination for each creature card discarded this way.
3/4

Sacredfell Baloth
Creature - Beast
Trample, haste
When you cast ~, draw a card.
If ~ is countered by a spell or effect controlled by an opponent, you may search your library for a creature card and reveal that card. If you do, shuffle your library, then put the card on top of it.
6/6

Streetwalker Fright
Creature - Wraith
Incorpreal (This creature deals no combat damage to players)
Whenever Streetwakler Fright attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do defending player discards three cards.
Whenever Streetwakler Fright is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.
3/4

Quote:

Haunted Cadaver meets Street Wraith

Ramhead Summoner
Creature - Minotaur Shaman
Haste
When ~ enters the battlefield, reveal the top card of your library. If it isn't a creature card, put it into your graveyard, then draw three cards. If it's a creature card, put it onto the battlefield. It gains haste. Sacrifice it at end of turn.
4/4

Myali Oracle
Creature - Merfolk Wizard
When Myali Oracle enters the battlefield, scry 6. Then reveal the top card of your library. Put the revealed card on the bottom of your library, then draw a number of cards equal to that card’s converted mana cost. (To scry 6, look at the top six cards of your library. Put any number of them on the bottom of your library in any order and the rest on top in any order.)
0/1

Howling Guardian
Artifact Creature - Construct
At the beginning of each players draw step, if ~ is untapped, that player draws an additional card.
2/2

Spoiler:

Even aside the fact that there are no Priest creatures, Gravemind Priest seems quite underpowered. I was thinking the card could read "When ETB, return a Cleric from a graveyard to the battlefield, then exile all graveyards, then draw a card." and even that might not be too good. (though maybe it would be just a little too good.) What I do like about this card however is that's a 2/4 w first strike which in itself is refreshing and the kind of stuff I was looking for.

I think Firemind Apprentice is excellent and I like the tension going on between its ability and its toughness of only 3. (as well as the cantrip starting you off on its ability) With this card you were already poised to win were I to judge.

Woodland Caller is a card that really made me think. I have seen it before in your own thread but I wasn't really keen on it for the fact that it can whiff. But to counteract this one could run a deck with only creatures or lands (with maybe 1-2 exceptions if they're worth it.) which would only make the Caller more rewarding to use. I was also wondering what's the point of reviving it if it would only award you with a mandatory kicker cost on the creature you would have drawn anyway, only to put a 2/2 creature into play. But if you reveal a land not a creature then you did good to planebound it. Anyway one thing also I like about this card is that it's exactly what I had in mind for this theme. It's simple.

My first reaction to Sylverain Thoughpicker was that it's a 2/1 for 3 mana, which seems overcosted. But then I realized that its kicker ability has its sights squarely on Stroke of Genius but with a discard effect added as well. In either case the creature itself is not the emphasis of this card and not I think what the card will primarily be used for.

Stormbrewer Dragon is a nice setup, I like it. The setup itself is good. The card overall however seems inferior to Rorix Bladewing. If the ability whiffs you're paying 6 mana for a 4/4 flier. But those are strictly power level concerns, your heart was in the right place for the ability itself and is probably a good idea for a card in general.

Flamewild Mutant seems instantly overpowered. It's one thing if Talruum Minotaur was a cantrip but you're telling me I draw two cards not one? Oh but not if I reveal a creature, then it becomes a 5/4 with haste... and I still get to keep the card! I wonder if you think I'm the competitive type and that making a card like this will make you win. Well I do admire the effort also when I put power level concerns aside the mechanic you have going on here is fun. (Draw 2 vs. Draw 1 and +2/+2)

Actually I didn't know about Ally's until I read your card and looked it up. So I'm not sure how well your card works with other allies, only that the card is not very good by itself, and at least doesn't seem like it would be used to attack. It might be a great addition to an Ally deck for all I know, but it doesn't get me excited.

This seems like an excellent mechanic. You could choose to discard nothing, or just the card you drew, or even your entire hand. The downsides to this card however are its mana cost, lack of evasion. Double strike does complement this card well since you're discarding each card for what is essentially a 2-power boost rather than 1.

Not sure if the two abilities on Sacredfell Baloth interact with each other since off hand I think the draw a card ability would always resolve first. (or your opponent could just wait for it to resolve first, and why wouldn't he) However as a 6 mana 6/6 haste trample it is pretty cool. (Note: If I was wrong in understanding how the card works, I apologize. Same goes to anyone who thinks I fell short in the judging. xD)

Streetwalker Fright. Why not Three Tragedies then. Well this gives you the option of using it to block, as well as "cycling" it if it's destroyed. In that case I wonder why the card needs Incorpreal at all, since why not just give the player a choice to use it as a 3/4 creature (even to attack) and make the card have some flexibility that could always justify it over Three Tragedies. One other thing, though. Is Incorpreal an actual keyword? It seems it's not. You had me. because of your card I thought it actually existed, until the last minute I didn't consider the possibility that the keyword was made up.

Ramhead Summoner seems to have quite heavy color requirements. Its ability is also pretty splashy, drawing a full 3 cards. I find myself not liking the second part, since it causes you to miss out on drawing 3 cards. The Through the Breach effect I don't see being very desirable unless the revealed card is like a dragon or something, but more often than not it will probably be like a 2/2. Oh, but you know what. Would be fun if the card you reveal is another Ramhead Summoner.

Not excited about a 0/1. This card basically feels like it's meant to be a Sorcery, but with a 0/1 slapped on just to fit the requirements for this theme, or for some reason otherwise not known to me. Well I guess I should put in a few words for the effect itself. xD Well it seems very powerful. Compares to Tidings, Overwhelming Intellect. The Scry 6 makes it very easy, one could conceviably even run Darksteel Colossus in their deck just for this, which can always be Scry'ed away or discarded to the Compulsive Researches or Catalogs of the world.

I do see how Howling Guardian is a super cool card and that it should probably see print. It could probably stand to be 3 mana instead of 2 but I'm not sure if that would nerf the card. Anyway, what else to say.

everyone

for participating in a great thread

I was happy with this theme, it turned out well

The person to pick the next theme is:

Spoiler:

I dunno :[
I'll have to decide lol

ElmdorMesdoram
kiligir
kikushadowblades

I declare ElmdorMesdoram winner

congrats

EDIT: A foiled version because frankly, I was bored...

Spoiler:

Shambling Smasher
Artifact Creature - Golem
~ enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever ~ attacks or blocks, remove a +1/+1 counter from it.
, : Put a +1/+1 counter on ~.
, : Remove X +1/+1 counters from ~, it deals X damage to target player.
0/0

Comments: very weak. It should start with at least six or seven counters, and/or have its third ability without the , and/or gain a +1/+1 counter when it attacks or blocks. It doesn't feel white or black, only red; as it is, you could drop the and from its mana cost!
Challenge: 6 two colors aren't needed
Balance: 6 very weak
Beauty: 9 a golem that throws its pieces to players!
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Mark Mellis
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue (R)
, : Search your library for a card and put it into your hand. Shuffle your library.
: Mark Mellis gains shroud until end of turn.
: Another target creature you control gains shroud until end of turn.
"He can talk his way in to, and out of, just about any situation."
—Ronald Mellis
4/4

Comments: Mark Mellis is quite cool. The only thing I don't like is that he is totally defensive, while black and green usually like to attack.
Challenge: 9
Balance: 8 not sure about the repeatable Demonic Tutor
Beauty: 8 why does a rogue protect his allies?
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Elswith, Beacon of Reason
Legendary Creature - Angel Spellshaper (R)
Flying, haste
Whenever Elswith, Beacon of Reason would deal combat damage to a player, you may draw that many cards. If you do, it deals no combat damage this turn.
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, gain 2 life and Elswith, Beacon of Reason deals 2 damage to target creature an opponent controls.
3/5

Comments: Its second ability should be a replacement instead of a trigger. However, it has some cool effects, from each of its color. Why is it a spellshaper?
Challenge: 10
Balance: 9
Beauty: 8 I don't get why is it a spellshaper...
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Fauna Mooncrest
Legendary Creature - Female Cat Spirit
Spirits have shadow. (Creatures with shadow can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever Fauna Mooncrest deals combat damage to a player, destroy target artifact, enchantment, or creature that player controls.
2/2

Comments: powerful creature that gets useful removal abilities from its colors. Omnishadow may look powerful, but Shadow Sliver has the same converted mana cost.
Challenge: 9
Balance: 9
Beauty: 8.5 gender as a creature type? I didn't remove a full point because it makes more sense on a legendary creature, but I don't think it's a good idea.
26.5

Zeffri, the Lord of Autumn
Legendary Creature - Spirit {M}
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may return target permanent from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Reverence - Sacrifice six permanents (You may pay the reverence cost if this card is in your graveyard to return this card from your graveyard to play.)
It is in Zeffri's honor that the Moravans hold their festivals for, for it is Zeffri that gives them their eternal autumn.
5/5

Comments: do you know that Zeffri can resurrect every creature from your graveyard, when it enters the battlefield? It's a bit too cheap for half Liliana's ultimate... and creatures sacrificed for the reverence cost can be resurrected a second later...
Challenge: 9 resurrection fits its colors
Balance: 7 see comments
Beauty: 7 lord of autumn that resurrects? I don't get the flavor. And Reverence reminder text is horrible (look at Unearth or Retrace).
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Vortex of Dreams
Enchantment {G}
: Search the top X cards of your library for a creature, instant, or land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Comments: I think that you should look at the top X cards. Nice effect. I'm not sure about its cost, but I think it's high enough. Everything looks fine.
Challenge: 9
Balance: 9
Beauty: 9
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Essence of Perfection
Enchantment Creature- Elemental Avatar (M)
Essence of Perfection has all abilities of all enchantments and creatures you control.
Incomparable, incorruptible, invincible.
5/5

Comments: there is a big problem. If you control an aura, Essence of Perfection gains Enchant something, and is put into a graveyard because it isn't enchanting anything! Am I correct?
Challenge: 9 red? Enchantments? But it's probably ok.
Balance: 8 with that high cost, it could have a bigger body. And maybe an anti-graveyard effect like Lorwyn avatars? (Guile) (uh, I meant Guile)
Beauty: 8 invincible? Demystify and Indrik Stomphowler don't agree. The above fix would help the flavor of an incorruptible, invincible force.
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Rhododiedron
Creature - Plant Nightmare
Defender
Deathtouch
Whenever ~ blocks a creature, draw a card, that creature's controller gets a Poison counter and put a +1/+1 counter on ~.
3/3

Comments: interesting defender. Your opponent should attack from the sky to avoid this thing. "This may block an additional creature for each +1/+1 counter on it" may be another nice effect (a growing plant that surrounds the battlefield!), but it will probably make Rhododiedron too powerful and/or wordy.
Challenge: 10
Balance: 9
Beauty: 9
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Will of the Saints
Sorcery (R)
Convoke (Each creature you tap while casting this spell reduces its cost by 1 or by one mana of that creature’s color.)
Deal 5 damage to target creature.
If was used to pay the cost, also deal 5 damage to each creature that shares a color with that creature.
If :symB. was used to pay the cost, also gain 5 life.

Comments: convoke and hybrid mana are original and cool. But its effects are not... your card only deals some damage, while black and white want to do other things. Also, you don't deal damage, Will of the Saints do. And white, this card's main color, usually don't deal damage.
Challenge: 8
Balance: 8 I think that RR effect is much stronger than BB one.
Beauty: 7 saints that want to kill creatures? That's weird. And I don't like the fact that you can't get both effects.
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Vengeance of Power
Creature - Elemental Beast (U)
Shroud, haste, trample
Nothing escapes vengeance. Nothing stops power.
3/3

Comments: simple and cool. I don't like its name, but it's the sum of its colors in a deadly beast.
Challenge: 10
Balance: 9
Beauty: 9 I don't like its name, power doesn't want revenge (I think).
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The Parhelion Hall
Legendary Artifact (M)
As long as The Parhelion Hall is tapped, creatures you control get +2/+0.
As long as The Parhelion Hall is untapped, creatures you control get +0/+2.
: Tap or untap target other permanent.

Comments: Glory of Warfare shows that this card is very powerful, with extreme flexibility. It also replicate Unbender Tine and Icy Manipulator. Even at legendary, I think it's a bit too much.
Challenge: 10
Balance: 8
Beauty: 10
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Riftwing Jellyfish
Creature - Jellyfish Mutant (U)
Flying
When Riftwing Jellyfish enters the battlefield, put target permanent on the top of its owner's library.
Suspend 2-
4/5

Comments: did you know that I love Riftwing Cloudskate? Maybe it's a bit too big, maybe its suspend cost is a bit too cheap for that huge body. Would you like the name "Riftwing Cloudzoa"? It looks like jellyfish creatures usually have a name that ends with "zoa"...
Challenge: 8 not sure about red and green...
Balance: 8
Beauty: 9
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Plague Helix
Sorcery (U?)
Plague Helix deals 3 damage to target creature or player and you gain 3 life.
Infect

Comments: awesome phyrexia card! But I think that 3 poison counters for two mana is too cheap. Maybe you could change its cost to WBR, but that would remove the reference to Lightning Helix. Nice use of infect on a noncreature card.
Challenge: 10
Balance: 8
Beauty: 10
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Lightning Demiangel
Creature - Angel {R}
Flying, vigilance, haste
Mesh - As long as you control another red, white and blue creature, ~ gets +2/+3.
3/2

Comments: much more powerful than Lightning Angel. Same power for less, and becomes unstoppable if you control the right creature. There are only 2 creatures with those colors, and you can drop Lightning Angel right the turn after the Demiangel, but it should go in a set with many enemy-colored cards (like the reverse alara set).
Challenge: 9
Balance: 8.5 good (9) if you consider the lack of RWU creatures, overpowered ( with enough creatures of those colors
Beauty: 10 for mesh and the need of the original to gain full power
27.5

Auction Dealer
Creature - Devil (U)
Whenever a player casts a creature spell a player may pay life equal to its converted mana cost to counter it.
3/2

Comments: spell counter without blue? Something looks wrong... but it can only counter creatures, and requires life, so it feels absolutely black. I think it should need two, maybe three black mana symbols.
Challenge: 7 red is out of place, and white is even more!
Balance: 8 maybe it needs more, its effect is very powerful
Beauty: 10
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Hargagor, destroyer of souls
Legendary Creature - Demon Dragon
Flying
When CARDNAME enters the battlefield, destroy all non-white creatures.
5/5

Comments: I want this effect on Oros, the Avenger! I like it.
Challenge: 9
Balance: 9 considering the angel from Scars of Mirrodin, I think it's balanced. Maybe it could even be 6/6, because it's legendary
Beauty: 9 dragons usually don't destroy souls, but a demon dragon probably can
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Overgrown Construct
Artifact Creature - Golem Spellshaper (R)
, , Discard a card: Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
, , Discard a card: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
, , Discard a card: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
2/2

Comments: this is a true spellshaper! It's very useful, but probably tries to do too much (it reminds me of Jaya Ballard, Task Mage). I'm a bit worried with its last ability, maybe you should discard two cards.
Challenge: 10
Balance: 8
Beauty: 9
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Rebirthing Dawn
Sorcery R
Choose two permanent cards in your graveyard. Target opponent chooses one, put that card on the battlefield. Put the other into your hand.
Life and death are both equally unpredictable.

Comments: that's great. Original way to combine WB resurrect abilities with G Nature's Spiral effects. And it has great flavor text.
Challenge: 10
Balance: 9
Beauty: 10
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Enwar, Queen of Glory
Legendary Creature — Angel Warrior (R)
Flying, first strike
: Enwar gets +1/+2 until end of turn.
: Enwar gets +2/+1 until end of turn.
: Enwar gets +2/-2 until end of turn.
"The Queen's blade is crafted of a sacred steel, able to shift form to suit her mood and purpose."
—The Heavenly Armory, Vol. II
4/4

Faltering Fealty
Instant (U)
Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste and provoke until end of turn. (When it attacks, you may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.)
"Your faith in me was always your greatest weakness."
—Starke of Rath

Pygmy Recluse
Creature — Spider (C)
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
"That was the baby?!"
—Gisulf, expedition survivor
1/3

Equal Footing
Sorcery (M)
Each player chooses a number of artifacts he or she controls equal to the number of artifacts controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players sacrifice creatures, enchantments, and lands the same way, then discard their hands and draw seven cards.

Morua, Mana Adept
Legendary Creature — Chimera Wizard (R)
Defender, haste
, : Add to your mana pool.
, : Add to your mana pool.
, : Add to your mana pool.
2/3

Comments: Enwar is cool because it mimics Unholy Power and Holy Power, but I think that it should also gain abilities like lifelink or haste (like Morphling or Cloudreaver). Faltering Fealty is a nice addition to Menace effects. And it's an instant! Pygmy Recluse is horrible (see Deadly Recluse), except for flavor text. Equal Footing is an awesome Balance variant, and the added discard/draw increase its mythic feeling but makes it very powerful. Morua is small for a chimera; and i don't like mana producing legendaries, they look weak (I hate my Radha). Haste and defender are good, but less exciting than the Homunculus from Future Sight...
Challenge: 8.5 half point lost for the Recluse. Deathtouch is green, rarely black, never white...
Balance: 9 I think they are ok
Beauty: 10 the two legendary creatures are a bit boring and wordy, but Faltering Fealty and Equal Footing are awesome
27.5

Ashwing
Legendary Creature - Demon Angel {M}
Flying, first strike, lifelink
When ~ enters the battlefield, destroy all other creatures. You lose 4 life for each creature destroyed this way.
4/4

Comments: 4 life per creature is a bit too much. You can't play this card if you don't use a lot of life gain. Even its great combat abilities aren't worth the life loss. Unless you just played a Day of Judgment during the previous turn...
Challenge: 9
Balance: 8
Beauty: 10 demon angel? Wow
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Dread Ascension
Sorcery (R)
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Comments: too similar to Vigor Mortis. And it should be uncommon!
Challenge: 9
Balance: 9
Beauty: 8
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myself, for my great challenge! Sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am!
Lol, little joke
The winner is obviously Guitarweeps, his card is great in mechanic and flavor. After three months of peaceful rest, it's again his time to lead the game!