Commander Game

{Spoiler}Good job with the condition, no bonus points as the restriction and effects seem unrelated. The card itself also seems too weak to be worth it's own restriction not to mention being played as anyone's commander.

{Spoiler}Love this, it's a very interesting card and exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. It presents an interesting deck building challenge and a benefit that spices up the gameplay if you follow it. The cost/stat ration seems pretty great, though maybe I would push it just slightly higher given that even in non-commander games locking your opponent's sorceries and instants entirely this early could be a potential death sentence for some decks.

{Spoiler}Not entirely meeting the prompt as this card doesn't need a condition to be your commander, just to be an extra commander. Looking past that though, the fact that aside from a 2/2 body the only thing it does it give you some life equal to the mana spent (at the price of 10 life early on in the game) makes this card pretty bad even as lifegain goes, as you might be spending 5 mana for a Chaplain's Blessing with a bear on the side. You could argue that it's repeatable as a commander so its fine to be somewhat inefficient, but even if you have the mana to spend for that kind of thing (which is far from guaranteed) you're also potentially losing out on other commander options by taking this. It's not entirely replacing your commander slot so there isn't a full loss of the opportunity cost of the other commander, only a restriction for the other commander, but nonetheless I think at minimum some keywords and a more efficient lifegain would be in order for a card like this.

{Spoiler}Victory goes to Daij_Djan

{Idea}Not gonna lie, it feels like I'm missing something with this one. That first ability is interesting for sure – but why should my own Assassin commander make it harder for me to kill my opponent's creatures? Also minor nitpick concerning the second ability trying to grow your Shade to leathal size while being combined with a tap ability as an enabler..

{viriss}Really like the idea of a proper Shield counter commander. Since sure, while there are some commanders that feature them, none of them really are about them. Honestly don't have much more to add.

{melono}Yeah, fitting entry to be used simultaneously for this challenge and the Golden Game. Not sure whether I'd want this effect at uncommon, but the requirement is probably harsh enough to valifate a step down from Falkenrath Gorger (also that card clearly is much more pushed).

{gluestick248}I'm quite curious about which rarity you had in mind for this one, since it feels a bit underwhelming for a seven mana rare commander – but at uncommon I actually think it's fine. Requiring three creatures to tap for a single +1/+1 counter is a bit much, but in the right token deck (insert obvious nod to the last ability here) I could see it snowballing quite fast.

{Flo00}Nah, that's not cheating, that's just clever. Simple effect, probably will rarely do much – ironically this being a two-colored Background is probably the biggest advantage it'll offer. Also really nice flavor.

{swarmguildmage}My only complaint here is how this card feels much more red than blue, but I guess it's still ok as a bend. That aside, I definitely like the concept and how having to cast the spell to exile in the first place nicely balaces it out.

{And the winner is..}Once again we had some really nice entries

I did think about the winner for a second – but in the end there's no way I'm not rewarding Flo00 for coming up with a clever but at the same time insanely flavorful yet simple design. Runner-up goes to viriss with a design I'd love to see in real life as a proper shield commander.

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{melono}Menace deathtouch is a nice combination. I like that Durm works both ways, giving you a good range of cards to play.

{swarmguildmage}Looks like Sevinne has a new best friend. Also Kess says hi.
The powerful abilities are a little compensated by the low p/t. That makes it a powerhouse that's still easy enough to remove to not be unfun to play against.

{Idea}I think this is a card like Birgi: Technically it does make cards with exploit better, but there is so much more fun stuff to do with it. At least if I understand it right: If I sacrifice a creature with a "die" trigger, I can copy that trigger with Raiser of Offerings, right?
Either way, definitely a fun card to play around with.

{Jartis}Making a good ability really powerful. Makes extorting basically free. Once you got a Pontiff of Blight out with Zholot, your opponents will have a really bad time.
I get the flavor-wise; it just doesn't make sense to me mechanically, since extort is exclusively .
One small technicality: Extort is a triggered ability, so you don't activate it. Maybe do something like "Whenever you pay for an extort ability, ..." or "Whenever an extort ability of a permanent you control triggers, ..."

{winner}melono simple and fun