<BB> Fungustober's Battleboard [Vidus Dirgecloud]

A figure approaches the ancient mausoleum, an elf cloaked in darkness and wielding a gleaming golden blade. They step quietly but deliberately, their eyes searching.

When they notice Vidus, they abruptly stop, and take a second to compose themselves. Their tone is stiff.

"Greetings."

Seeker of Secrets 
Creature - Human Warlock 
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on ~. It deals damage equal to it's power to each player.
There is some knowledge nobody should ever know, but the greedy care little for rules
2/2

Vidus takes a second or two to scrutinize the figure standing before him. Finally, he shrugs.

"I'm no gravekeeper. I mean, I did want to be one when I was a child, but..." Vidus pauses for a second, lost in thought. "Well, anyway, I can show you to the graves you're looking for."

He balances his shovel on the palms of both of his hands. 

"Earlier this week, you said?"

Pay Respects: Very interesting card. It reminds me of Moldervine Reclamation, which was a card I remember trying (and failing) to play for a while when it was still in standard. 10/10

Compost Trudge 
Creature - Fungus Beast 
When ~ ETB, you may sacrifice another creature you control. When you do, put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
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"Hey, where did Mezash go?"
—Darce, Witherbloom Student
[1/1]



"Well, as far as I know, it is abandoned. I only got here a bit ago."

Vidus pauses for a moment before looking back to the elf.

"Say, I've also been looking for something. ...Or, rather, someone. Maybe we could help each other."

Superb Skullcaster: I love how this card is essentially Snapcaster Mage plus an Exploit creature. 10/10

Skullcaster's Assistant 
Creature - Skeleton Minion 
[Art is of a clumsy skeleton holding a pile of skulls, some beginning to slip out, one in the process of falling]
When ~ ETB, mill two cards.
When ~ dies, you gain 2 life.
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"Where do you want these, boss?"
[1/1]

"It is.. of moderate temperature? What one would expect from a winter's evening."

"I know not of this Dustbone you speak, and yet you acquaint me with your target and not with yourself. I am Aelewin of Clan Sur Ka. Who are you?"

Lightning Bottle: Seems overcosted tbh, but cool conceptually. 8/10

Graveyard Greeting 
Sorcery 
Put a +1/+1 counter on up to two target creatures. If you cast this spell from your graveyard, put three counters on them instead.

Aelewin accepts the handshake. Their grip is surprisingly firm, as their hand appears frail.

"Aelewin of Clan Sur Ka. It is good to meet you, be you beloved friend or bloodsworn enemy."

They pause to think, trying best to explain their reasoning.

"The season of the dead, I believe, though I have yet to stumble upon a form of measuring time on this strange world. It is.. my home is a cold one, with long and unforgiving winters. I suppose that has coloured my perception of this world's climate."

Graveyard Looting: Super neat buildaround, albeit quite strong. 9/10

Ima Feyl Frostwarden 
Creature - Elemental Warrior 
Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, create a 2/2 white Elemental Warrior creature token. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Clan Ima Feyl's Frostwardens represent the only safe path through the clan's mountainous territory.
2/2

"Ah, I see. It gets pretty cold where I come from as well. Y'know, my mother always told me that you could tell someone's character from their handshake. You seem like someone who knows what they're doing. What is this place?"

Ima Feyl Frostwarden: Cool card. Love seeing enchantment support outside of GW. 10/10

Serpentine Torment 
Enchantment - Aura 
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you have an opponent create a 1/1 black Snake creature token."
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Lensio was beginning to regret insulting that witch.

"To my knowledge, this was once a cemetery, built around the mausoleum of some long-dead nobility. The bloodline died, the people died, and so did the graves."

They gesture to the overgrown headstones and crumbling wall, which is thoroughly infested with a creeping vine of some variety.

"A living people does not leave their monuments to the dead in a state such as this - only a dead one does as such. And, in the crypts and remnants of such ancient places, one can find a great many secrets."

Serpentine Torment: Fun times. Cool little uncommon, I'm a big fan. 10/10

Long-Forgotten Phantasm 
Creature - Spirit 
Whenever another creature you control dies, ~ gets +1/+0 and gains menace until end of turn.
On Kahastria, as graves degrade, so do the minds of their ghosts.
1/1

"Yes. Which makes me question how one would use such a thing for navigation."

Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a permanent.
Draw X cards, where X is the sacrificed permanent's mana value.
"What do you mean I'm not supposed to break it open? Why'd you make it breakable then?"

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Laboratory Accident - hm, think this is a twinge overcosted, esp as a sorcery. might be more sellable at instant where it can be a combat trick, but the floor on this as a 1U Sorcery Unsummon isn't enticing. 7/10

"I unfortunately am new to this world myself, but what I have gathered in my short time here is that there is no central government or sovreign, simply many small and disconnected towns. It also appears to be a hub of sorts, for people like us, as I have encountered a surprisingly large number. Not many hub worlds like this, from what I have seen in my travels."

Doomed Occultist: Is this anything other than just a 1 mana 2/2? Idk, seems fine. Might want to be unc. 8/10

Sur Ka Scout 
Creature - Human Scout 
When ~ enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a basic Plains card from among them and put it into your hand, then put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
2/1

"Yes. I have encountered several who seem distinctly not of this world."

Aelewin decides to try out something they aren't quite adept at, twisting the shadowy ends of their cloak into primitive, if recognisable, shapes, that dance before Vidus.

"I met a man in what I thought was an abandoned complex, playing a guitar."

It shifts into a pantomime of Rel, albeit a bad one.

"A nagaji wielding strange, alien mana."

In turn, it shifts to depict Novek.

"A robotic creature, searching for another of it's kind."

A shadowed image that could be construed as Experiment[3].

"And several others, but I could not tell you if they were like us or not."

The shadows dissipate, rematerialising as part of Aelewin's cloak.

"Oh, of course. I am, in my time here, looking for an artifact I had heard was stored here by a rogue planeswalker, before the theft of our power. I believed it might be here, owing to a similar temporal connection and a corroboration in some family names, from what I could find in the records of destroyed towns."

Underbrush Stalker: Seems fine. Neat little multicolour incentive. 9/10

Mending Charm 
Instant 
Choose two -

• Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Create two tapped 1/1 green Construct artifact creature tokens.
• You gain 4 life.
• Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

"I tracked it first from a backwater world, one I doubt you've heard of. A... friend of mine trawled through a bar's records for me, found something odd. A planeswalker with something that clearly resembled an artifact I'd encountered mentions of in my prior travels; which I have reasons to believe may be helpful to my goals."

"I cashed in a few favours, and soon enough, leads led me here. This is just one of several locations I'm planning to search."

Talrand's Influence: Dope af. 10/10

Grumm Tavern Dealer 
Creature - Human Rogue 
Lifelink
When ~ enters the battlefield, target opponent looks at the top three cards of your library, and divides them into two piles. Choose one, and put it into your hand. You lose life equal to the number of cards put into your hand this way.
2/1