[VOID]<bb> unidentifiedfroggy's Battle Board [Xyrma No-Name]

Atlani approaches the graveyard, carrying the body of a villager on each shoulder. She sets them down gently near one of the graves before looking around, deciding to investigate the tree.

She takes a moment to read the sign, then knocks on the door. "Gravedigger? I have some dead that need to be buried."

Village Innocent 
Creature - Human 
When ~ dies, you gain 3 life.
1/1

The door opens with the creaks of old age, and a tall woman with piercing violet eyes peers out, hair tied back. She takes a moment to assess the woman before her, and nods, opening the door into her humble abode.

"Please, come inside." 

Her voice is silky smooth, laced with grim undertones.

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Gravedigger's Greeting 
Instant 
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Then, if a creature you control died this turn, return another target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
The grim hollow's door swung open, revealing a strange abode within.

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Village Innocent is a fine card, if a little weak. 8/10

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Xyrma looks out to the dragonfly, puzzled.

"What do you want, little pest?"

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Glean the Worms 
Instant 
Target creature you control gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under your control" until end of turn.
Mill two cards.

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Neat little card, interesting way of gaining information advantage on a common. I like it. 9/10

The inside of the house is surprisingly homely, despite it's desolate exterior. A small fireplace burns softly in one corner, and the center of the room boasts a large stone plinth.

"Ah - yes, I'm new around these parts. Now, let's get down to business - where are your dead?"

Rot Rites 
Enchantment 
Whenever you cast a spell that targets a creature you control, mill a card.
, Sacrifice ~: Target card in your graveyard that could target a creature you control gains retrace until end of turn.

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Tactical Retreat is a very clean design, and I like it a lot. 9/10

Rot Rites: 9/10. Now I know that "Target card that could target a creature you control" is probably the way that should be worded but I don't like that it's the way that should be worded. The card itself is cool though.

The warrior hesitates at the gravedigger's desire to push past the details, but only for a moment, and moves back towards the door.

"They're just out here. A pair who fell victim to bandits. I imagine they deserve somewhere better than the side of the road."

Thieves' Blade 
Artifact - Equipment 
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, create a Treasure token.
Equip 

Healing Brew: 9/10. I don't mind this being an extra effect on Naturalize. The name of the card clashes with the destroy effect, but other than that I really like it.

Atlani's wary but accepting gaze drops into a glare of suspicion, and a hand hovers near the sword at her hip.

"I'm not averse to tea, but who might these assistants be?"

Doubt Purveyor
Creature - Demon 
Flying, Lifelink
Whenever an opponent discards a card, put a +1/+1 counter on ~.
2/3

Alchemical Assistant: 8/10. No rarity, but I'll assume Common. I think I'd prefer looking at just the top card if you're only going to draw one.

Upon seeing the amalgams, Atlani no longer seems hostile, but simply surprised.

"Ah... I was definitely not expecting these. Forgive me, but 'lone woman in a secluded graveyard,' I had assumed they were undead. Oh, and if I know their names, I suppose I should introduce myself," The warrior bows, "I am Atlani Swiftblade."

Atlani, Wandering Warrior 
Legendary Planeswalker - Atlani 
Whenever you cycle or discard a card, put a loyalty counter on ~.
 Target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains haste until end of turn.
 Search your library for an instant or artifact card, reveal it, put it in your hand, then shuffle.

Grim Greetings: 4/10. You pay 4 mana and sacrifice a creature, and doing that lets you discard a card. Even in the niche cases, decks would want to sacrifice or discard, but rarely both.

Perhaps not, but that doesn't make this dance any more appetizing.

"Well, that's... comforting, I suppose. Here, I'll show them to the dead." Atlani leaves the tree, motioning for the... things to follow her. She leads them to the two bodies, about 100 feet from the tree. Dried blood on their torn clothes, the two dead men sit propped up against an unmarked gravestone. Atlani keeps her distance from the amalgams, and is sure to keep an eye on them.

Hightower Watch 
Creature - Human Soldier 
Vigilance
Whenever ~ and at least two other creatures attack, untap target attacking creature.
2/2

Winking into existence, the tall man strode forward as if walking through a door.  He stopped after only a couple steps to look around. The bleak scene around him seemed common on this plane.  Deserted and decaying.  There was a small hut under a nearby tree.  Arcanis figured that's why he was here.  he was still getting used to this inexplicable force that drove people together here but he supposed that finding new associates wouldn't be a bad thing.  Though he also wouldn't mind stretching his combat skills again.

Stepping up to the door he sensed another being, this one also full of magical power.  "My guess is you know I'm here already.  But if you wish for me to knock, I will," Arc said to the Gravedigger labeled door. He would give plenty of time for a response, just in case he was off his mark on the sensitivity of the resident.  He would knock if he was.  He wasn't sure what he would find but he could feel an old spark of excitement begin to flow through his veins once more.

Astral Game Board 
Artifact
, : Exile a creature you control and a creature an opponent controls of their choice. Return those creatures to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.

What Lurks in the Dark: I actually would like this more if it only required exiling a card from your graveyard.  I know that would make it a lot more powerful and might need a rarity bump but I think it would be more flavorful. Otherwise a very nice card 9/10

Arc feeling a sense of something ancient and powerful, felt a primal emotion welling up from inside himself.  Something he hadn't felt in quite a long time. Curiosity.  It had been a long time since he had felt something like this.  He swiftly stepped up to the door and attempted to open it.

Uninvited Guest 
Creature- Human Rogue
Can't be blocked except by Walls.
1/1

Unnatural Strength: 9/10. I don't like that it doesn't do anything if you play it turn 2. Other than that, it's cool

Atlani follows the creatures back inside, wary of what sorts of preparations they had planned, though thought it best to play along for now, and sit for tea as they worked.

"So, if you're not from this area, then what brings you here?"

Malicious Despair 
Sorcery 
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card, then ~ deals damage to any target equal to its mana value.

Tragic Backstory: 7/10. It'd be good as a sorcery

Atlani follows them to the plinth, standing opposite Xyrma, and looks over the corpses, ensuring that their eyes are closed.

"True enough. What sorts of rites are done here? Or on your home plane? I feel sorry for not being familiar enough with how these two would like to be put to rest."

Unkempt Ghoul 
Creature - Zombie 
Menace
: Return ~ from your graveyard to your hand.
2/2

Lettie can recognize sincere faith when she sees it, but such faith placed in her adversary brings forth memories of guilt and grief. Lettie feels hatred boiling her blood before she can fully understand what she is recalling, and Xyrma might sense the rot beyond the veil pulse as though to match a heart suddenly pounding. Despite this, Lettie keeps a level, if more noticeably halting tone in her retort. "No, it is im...possible. The tragedy struck when we tried to help the killer, and were they to be left to... to carry on, more suffering would be wrought by their hand. It is too late for... us to choose what is gained; all we... can do now is choose what will be lost." A few beats of the permeating heart pass as Lettie considers how restrained her next statement should be, before abandoning herself to spite. "I shall seek the bitter reward of justice... delayed, an end to heart-ache and the thousand... unnatural shocks we both are now heir to, or... I shall die trying, and find that end... that reward... all... the same."

A Sea of Troubles
Sorcery
Hardy Troll — The card is insufficient as a response; going by the ruling on Barrin's Spite, you would have to make both of the targets illegal in order to stop the edict from going through. What will result if you use this is a two for one, as you lose the other creature, and you lose the card to activate this. I think there is potential in typed discard for hexproof (which is novel), but it's not great here. 6/10