Card of the Week Contest #403: Historic Modifications

vizionarius
Ya also may use any existing termes -- This statment is DaijDjan-aprooved ;-)

It's not always needed to redesign the wheel. May be kinda boring, but i'm a boring, plane person -- so that's that ;-) 
EDIT: but apperently i have to do so cause my wording was kinda crapp ;-)
Otherwise, I always try to tell stories with my entries -- And it is easier to put that "bonus" content into ya card if ya don't need to explain a whole new ruleset on top of that ;-)

Screw it, old-school ping everyone at once entry because I have questions. 

pacifistwestwoman : Sea creatures seems sensible until you hit the sheer number of aquatic creature types we've seen. Listing all of them on every single card is going to be a nightmare. I've tried. I do have a suggestion though: Do a creature card, and have a line at the top clarifying "This is a sea creature." So if you had, like, Creature - Fish, you could have (Fish are sea creatures.) as the first line of text, similar to how the reminder text on Legendary Sorceries and the like works. So long as that's consistent across the set, and so long as you have an example of every sea creature across the set, I'd say that'd be acceptable for rules clarity purposes. Remember, reminder text isn't rules text, you can afford to be a bit flexible with it.

The Harlequin : That's "exile target nonland permanent" for two mana. Uuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh. I would... not.

vizionarius: So ignoring the question of whether or not "evasive" works within the rules (I don't think it does, at least not in ways that are intuitive or coherent), the big question I have is "why am I concerned about the toughness of creatures that can't be blocked?" And yes, vigilance, but if you have three flying creatures ready to block, your opponent can drop their toughness by playing a single creature of their own. Especially if they've already taken damage, that's going to be a real feels-bad. Having toughness fluctuate based on game state is generally something I personally try to avoid if possible, especially if it's a game state an opponent can easily affect, like "having a creature".

spazlaz - I feel like this needs at least a somewhere in the cost but otherwise this is extremely hilarious to me.

Ughh... all great points lol. Fixed to hopefully make it less of an incoherent mess (wasn't super happy with it myself).
Great point on avoiding toughness based on easy-to-change board states. I'll be keeping that in mind going forward.

Here's a thing: counters have no controllers. (Forced modification/compleation?) Also Mirrans lost, as a matter of fact. (Where the concept of equipments began)

Debating between take/make/do for the first part of the trigger.
Thanks vizionarius for the replacement effect clarification and wording suggestion! I did a small amount of digging in the Comp. Rules and found that rule 704.3 (which is about state-based actions--close enough) uses "perform" as the relevant verb.

Still considering whether or not to add manifesting, and casting a face down creature to list of ephemeral actions.

Nessythian Mongrel 
Creature - Dog 
As long as you've industrialized this turn, Nessythian Mongrel has haste and vigilance. (You industrialize whenever you create one or more tokens or put one or more counters on permanents you control.)
"You thought the purebreeds were wildly diverse? Just wait 'til you see the strays." --Rodina, domestication expert
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Yeah, have the mechanic I'm working on in my first set. Originally by Queen Emily of the MSE Discord server.

Using the phrasing "The first time..." is actually a type of replacement effect, meaning that in your case, the +1/+1 counter will be a part of the ephemeral action. Usually, these types of effects use the "whenever" terminology so they can be individually responded to. example
Also, I couldn't find an existing oracle text for a term that groups together multiple action types other than this one card, which is an old silver border one. However, there, it uses the term "perform" for actions.
So you can do something like:
"Whenever you perform an ephemeral action for the first time each turn, ..."

My Entry, inspired by Academy Manufactor from MH2.

Teferi's Ageless Wisdom

Sorcery

Scry X, where X is the number of historic permanents you control, then draw three cards. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Put a pun on a card inspired by Bludgeon Brawl:

Fusion Engine
Artifact
Modified creatures you control are Equipment artifacts in addition to their other types and have reconfigure and “Equipped creatue gets +X/+Y,” where X and Y are this creature’s base power and toughness.