The Cycle of Cards Game

Krosan Steelfeathered
Creature - Bird
Flying
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle ~, you may search your library for an Aura card with mana value 1, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. (Do this before you draw.)
4/5

Volatile Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Volatile Dragon, you may deal 3 damage to any target.
3/3

Feedback

Idea : I like the effect! It's strong, but I don't think its broken at all (see similar cards). It being tied to cycling means it can't be easily countered, but also means that it can't be easily copied, and it doesn't count toward storm and doesn't proc prowess. Overall, a very good and solid design! I will most likely be cycling this one 80% of the time, but the option for a 1/3 for 2-mana and relevant creature types makes it not an auto-cycle. Scary flavor text! It does deviate a little from the "high cost late game beater or low-cost early spell" of the original, but I'm OK with it.

melono : Takes the original's "high cost late game beater or low-cost early spell" template. It also does in what the original does in , namely search, but for the appropriate type for . Nice way to limit the mana cost, though I feel that 1 may be a little too low. It would be nice to be able to get these with it in a block draft!

Flo00 : That's a really great realization that that's the effect it has! Even matches the cost of the spell! I really like this! I love it when cards refer to their contemporaries, and you do that excellently here! Making it a Bird Wizard to go with Onslaught's supported tribes is a sweet bonus too! I think this is as close to perfect for this cycle as you can get.

ZephyrPhantom : I like cycling effect here, though it feels a little too strong (maybe if it did less damage or only to a creature). There were also no common (or even uncommon) Dragons in the Onslaught block, so the flavor for the cycle is a little off for me. Maybe as a Goblin or Beast, or a Bird? 

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Result

The winner is Flo00 with a really neat design that fits into what a cycle around Krosan Tusker would be like.

Note: I figured I'd explain my reasoning here. In my view this cycle was a 2-mana rare instant cycle (or 2-mana red cycle of different rarities) which either would all cards have counter + an extra effect or a nonstandard effect for the color + an effect that pseudo-nullifies what you just did (in the original the countered spell's controller gets a new free spell, in my case they get to copy a creature). I hope my having an opponent choose from a range of creatures to potentially copy isn't too confusing, as I needed a way to reign in the potential abuses with this card at two mana.

Elspeth's Eradication

Sorry for the delay. moweda wins. Full judging maybe sometime later.

Judging in about 48 hours.  Get your entries in now! 

Thanks for the win.

Next up: Death's Caress

Bonus points if it hates on the colour's enemy tribe on Innistrad:
 Vampires
 Werewolves
 Spirits
 Zombies