The Instant and Sorcery Game

Whoops, didn't realize it couldn't be a sorcery. New entry will come at some point

Timely Coalescence
Instant
Choose one:
* Exile target creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner’s control at the beginning of the next end step.
* Choose target creature card in exile that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner’s control at the beginning of the next end step.
Exile ~.

Withdraw into the Void
Instant
Return target creature you don't control to its owners' hand.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

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So glad to see so many submissions!

pernicious : A neat charm that has a good flavor that ties the effects together. I like that it's exile also fits thematically (yesterday is gone, and it also has precedence in cards exiling themselves that get cards back). It can save a creature, get back something from the dead, or delay vanish/suspend. I think the one that feels most out of place a bit is the time counters one, in terms of mechanical cohesion, but I see the time counters tying in with yesterday. Clean design!

Daij_Djan : Awesome art! Funnily enough, I when I wrote the prompt, I actually had in mind that if you do post on this, that it'll be something that takes "exile" with a bit of twist (like rebound), and you did just that! The effect is clean, appropriately costed, and overall a fun design. I like it!

thaneofglamis : Too bad no new entry. :/

serraphim : Ooo, this is a neat one! I didn't think of this type of exile upon resolution. Nice! Feels a little strong at common. Just need to cast once and you get a draw every 2 turns that also triggers cast effects. I think 3 time counters would have been a bit more balanced. However, I really enjoy this!

gluestick248 : That 2nd effect is quite interesting, which I haven't seen before. A way to get back exiled stuff is really neat. It exiling itself makes sense the same way that cards that get stuff back from the grave exile themselves, to prevent the potential of infinite abuse. Your design is a flicker and a new kind of regenerate. I really like this.

Idea : Essentially giving a spell flashback for 2 additional mana. I like this, and warrants the exile of self at the end. It feels appropriately costed for the power for me. I like it!

melono : Simple and clean design that would make me lean toward playing blue in limited if I had a couple more support cards for it. Nothing to dislike here!

Flo00 : The fact that it can end someone's turn for 4 mana is pretty brutal, it taking with it 2 other spells. On the other hand, it does require a single player to have 2 things on the stack, which is a rarer situation than one might initially think. At 5 mana, I'd feel more safe with this, but I like the way this fits the challenge. Neat design.

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Result

I'm pleasantly surprised by the number of submissions! Glad there was interest in this. I don't think there were any submissions that missed the mark here; they were all quite good. But I'll give this one to gluestick248 for the new "regenerate" effect that's the 2nd option in the design. 

Ah yes, I did notice that, but didn't mention it. It's a really neat design. I have a buddy who'd play it in his commander decks (he loves using other ppl's cards against them).

Sorry I’m a bit late, but thanks vizionarius for the win!

For your next challenge, let’s see some hybrid charms modeled after Evil Boros Charm. Remember, hybrid cards can only do what both colors can do separately, so it will be tricky to keep everything in pie.

Good luck everyone!

Sylvan Orzhov Charm
Instant
Choose one –
• Target player gains 5 life.
• Distribute two +1/+1 counters among up to two target creatures.
• Create a green 1/1 Snake creature token with deathtouch.

Oh sorry I wasn't stating you wouldn't. That was just me going over what I saw as the pattern of the potential cycle.

I’ll be judging this tomorrow. Any last minute entries are welcome.

I would like to quickly point out that out of out of 6 the +X/-X cards that exist in the game, 4 of them are blue, 3 of which can affect an opponent's creature, and 1 of the remaining is exclusively blue. Shaper Parasite and Piracy Charm are also a thing, though my main inspiration was definitely Erratic Mutation.

Most of the cards you cited are from Planar Chaos, which set a bad precedent for all sorts of effects. Excluding those, blue creatures can give themselves +X/-X, or some other +/- combination, but rarely do that to others.
Even if blue did this more, your card is very close to for “Destroy target creature with power greater than or equal to its toughness”, which blue shouldn’t get.
I do like the effect, it just doesn’t belong in blue.


As I mentioned, “create a deathtouch blocker at instant speed” is usually the same as “destroy target attacking creature”, which doesn’t really fit in green. Yes, I know Ambush Viper did it first, but that was arguably a big bend too.