Multiple Card Challenge

Thanks viriss!

I love multicolor cards, and especially enjoyed the Alara block (which was almost exclusively multi-color). As such, the next challenge is to make a set of cards that represents one of the five 3-color combos present on Alara! You can use old mechanics, new mechanics, or none if you want to. I'm mainly looking for a set of cards that clearly represents one of the five shards thematically, though gameplay/balance are still important. I'd recommend 4-6 cards of varying rarity. Have fun!

Just checking to see if anyone else is interested in entering cards for judging. If there's a problem with the prompt or something, please let me know. Otherwise, I'll give the contest until this Sunday, where hopefully some more entries will have come in and I can judge them.

JUND

Karrthus, the Overlord
Legendary Creature — Dragon
Flying, trample, haste
Whenever Karrthus, the Overlord attacks, choose one:
*Create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying that’s tapped and attacking.
*Exile another target Dragon creature, then return it to the battlefield under your control tapped and attacking.
7/7

Hungerstoker
Creature — Beast
Devour 1
Whenever you cast another creature spell, if it has devour, put an additional +1/+1 counter on it for each creature it devoured. If it doesn’t, it gains devour 1 instead.
3/3

Cruel Sprouting
Sorcery
Sacrifice a creature, then create X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens, where X is the sacrificed creature’s power.

Gluttonous Grizzly
Creature — Bear
Devour 1
2/2

Dragonbait Glaze
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has haste.
When you sacrifice enchanted creature, create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying.
Let the shamans think what they want. I think it’s barbecue sauce.

Dragon’s Attendant
Creature — Goblin Warrior
Dragon’s Attendant has first strike as long as you control a Dragon.
3/2

I went with Grixis
Grixis Siegecaller
Creature - Zombie Soldier
,, Sacrifice a creature: Creatures you control gain exalted until end of turn.
Unearth
1/1

Grixis Siegerunner
Creature - Zombie Berserker
Haste, Prowess, Afflict 2
1/1

Kathari Sniper
Creature - Bird Archer Assassin
Flying, Deathtouch
: ~ deals 1 damage to any target.
0/4

Spellscorch
Instant
As an additional cost to cast Spellscorch, discard X cards.
Counter target spell unless its controller discards X cards. If they do, you and that player each draw X cards.

Vis Extractor
Creature - Human Wizard
, Sacrifice ~: Counter target creature spell.
Unearth
3/2

Persistent Necromancer
Creature - Human Wizard
: Put target creature card you own in exile into your graveyard.
1/2

gateways7 Friendly heads up you're missing artist credit on Vibrant Mystic

elf491 : Are you going to judge soon?

Hey everybody! Sorry I’m a little behind on the judging, but here is some feedback and a decision for all of you.


Jartis: The land is nice, the Tome is cool and very flavorful! Vronos is solid and lore friendly, so aside from a few text issues, good job there! Guardian of Esper isn’t bad, but some of its abilities feel a little out of flavor for the shard, especially the damage one. Etherium Skimmer is an interesting idea, but really doesn’t work out. In rare cases, it will allow crazy artifact storming (Modern Affinity anyone?) Most of the time though, it won’t do anything at all. Maybe see Vedalken Engineer for a similar card. Overall, 4.5/5.


gluestick248: Really solid set, including ole’ Karthus himself. Definitely full of flavor (especially that tasty glaze…) Two things I would like to point out though: The wording on Hungerstoker doesn’t quite work (though I still get and like the idea), and maybe change the name on Dragon’s Attendant. Those weaklings on Tarkir might need attendant’s but Jund dragons have only prey! Overall, 4.5/5.


Flo00: Solid set, nothing too flashy, but all of the cards are solid and flavorful. I’m a little curious about the names of the outcast and traitor, as neither seems to mesh with what the cards actually do. I will say though, assuming devour is still the Jund mechanic, the rage is awesome! Could be a tad more exciting, but overall, 4/5.


sade612: I appreciate you participating, but I think this entry is too everywhere to be solid. There are keywords being thrown around, and they don’t really work together or produce any kind of coherent theme. For Grixis Siegecaller, I know Wizards did it, but exalted doesn’t make a ton of sense in Grixis. Afflict seems like it could fit in Grixis pretty well, but prowess less so. The Sniper is a good idea, and while I think it’s pretty unplayable in its current form, it could definitely lead somewhere. Spellscorch and Vis Extractor might need a few tweaks, but I think they’re good too. Persistent Necromancer, alongside unearth, is a really great idea! Since it’s a necromancer, it should be part  too, but otherwise he’s solid! Overall, 3/5.


gateways7: This is a well done set. Not only are all the cards flavorful and balanced, but they work together to create a clear and believable theme! The only critique I would have is I think the flagbearer should also have vigilance. Otherwise, great job! 5/5.


viriss: Solid set, all in flavor and looking cool! I especially like the charm and pseudo-vigilance on the Sky Captain. I think you could explore a bit more with doing cool things, as both the falconer and Khimel are a lot of raw power and little else. Still, both are solid, and make sense in Bant. Overall, 4/5.


The winner then is gateways7, but everybody submitted some cool and creative cards!

I envisioned a sort of pacifist/nihilist plant goddess and riffed from there. Mana ramp, pacifism, green matters, consumption ending in annhilation as everything is sucked back into the soil.

So the idea that I went with was that Krenko started working with Orzhov. I realize he's been unaffiliated previously, and actually done a lot of work with Dimir, but iirc the last we saw of him, he was getting arrested, and Lazav hasn't done anything to try to break him out. Plus, he's too overt to actually be in Dimir, so I think Orzhov has more to offer him.

My thoughts were that Krenko already costs 4 and can create way more tokens more than once every turn if you have untap engines. As for the Recruiter, I was comparing it to Dread Slaver and made it so cheap since it was only a 1/1, though I suppose with its keywords it could probably cost a bit more. I just figured it was really easy to remove since it was just 1/1, and rare as well.

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spruder In a vacuum, that's all very true. But you can't design in a vacuum, or you end up with things like the artifact lands. Yes, my Krenko is more powerful than Krenko, Mob Boss by itself. But at 4 mana, what are the odds you wouldn't have played out at least 3 other goblins before Krenko? And mine even has heavier color weight.

As for the Recruiter, by that same argument, any creature is going to die blocking or blocked by a larger creature, but what are the odds of something beating a 3/5 as opposed to a 1/1? What about direct damage? Any single pinger could take down the Recruiter. I agree, your points are valid, but they're also from a different perspective than I was designing from. Not saying you're wrong or anything, just trying to explain my thoughts on the matter.

Alright, judging time.