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Here is me doing another very strange thing. (That's a bad sign)

Flaming Clashes
Instant
~ deals 3 damage to any target. Choose your allignment. (If you don't have an alligment token, put your alligment token in the neutral space. Otherwise, move it up or down.)



So, this is an odd mechanic, it's kind of like dungeons but you move up and down isntead of moving "forward".If viz is cool with it, I thought it would be fun for different players to decide what happens at different levels. Otherwise, I could fill it all in. The + is meant to represent the big organization, and the - the free cities. Sadly this excludes the poor totem makers but I think it makes sense for them to be a bit by the wayside of the conflict, which seems the driving force of the set.



+5: ??, remove your allignment token.
+4: ??
+3: ??
+2: ??
+1: The next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn, costs less to cast.
0: Scry 1.
-1: You may discard a card, if you do, draw a card.
-2: ??
-3: ??
-4: ??
-5: ??, remove your allignment token.

Once you get to the top you "restart", so the +5 and -5 should be pretty powerful to make it worth it. Btw, this could fit in some supplementary product, like a long piece of paper or something. (Or whatever game instructions are made of, what are they made of btw?)

Verdous Power Plant
Arifact
: Add .
Multifunctionality (: Transform this. Activate only as sorcery.)

Its leaves and branches glow with the undeniable power of energy...

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Giant Treelom
Artifact Creature - Treefolk Construct
Reach
Multifunctionality (: Transform this. Activate only as sorcery.)

...but it also has a mind and a purpose it wants to achieve.

4/6

Internal Betrayal
Sorcery
Target player sacrifices a creature. Choose your alignment. (If you don't have an alignment token, put your alignment token in the neutral space. Otherwise, move it up or down.)
The Governor of the Falgem Port was too passive for the rest of the Free Cities. Their people should be thankful: it was this, or burning their town to a crisp.


+5: ??, remove your allignment token.
+4: ??
+3: Tap up to one target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
+2: Until the beginning of your next end step, counter the next spell an opponent controls unless they pay .
+1: The next instant and sorcery spell you cast next turn costs less to cast.
 0: Scry 1.
-1: You may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
-2: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature you control.
-3: Create a Treasure token.
-4: ??
-5: ??, remove your allignment token.

Regarding the mechanic, I think going up and down is the "fun" part of the mechanic, it allows you to strategize and go to the "place" you want to and stay there. I have to say that the +2 feels a bit obnoxious, taxing by your opponent is a pretty big deal.  To be fair, the -1 and 0 are probably too similar too, it wasn't a smart choice by me. I think it's the type of mechanic that would need to be tested a lot, but I think it's fine. I think the +5 and -5 should not be too strong because otherwise it will play like a linear dungeon.

EDIT: Smiley'd

Oh, did you mean noncreature spells for the +2? I still think it would be too obnoxious. I think the +2 is better now, although I would include permanents too. That way is more protective. The +4 and +3 have a similar issue in that they might be a bit too similar, also, is detain a mechanic from the set? I guess it is now lmao.

common #10

Reconstructed Bearling
Artifact Creature - Bear Construct
Salvage (Whenever this creature deals lethal damage, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
~ costs less to cast if you control a creature that is enchanted or that has a +1/+1 counter on it.
4/5

I think the totems and salvage mechanic push the totem makers into something similar to modified.

Uncommon #2
Taisha, Wild Scrapcrafter 
Legendary Creature - Human Druid Artificer 
Creature spells you cast cost  less to cast. 
Whenever you cast another creature spell, choose your alignment. 
"I won't let you wreck our wilds any longer!"
3/2


+5: Search your library for a noncreature, nonland card, put it in your hand, then shuffle. Remove your alignment token.
+4: Detain target artifact or creature.
+3: Tap up to one target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
+2: Spells you control have ward 2 until the beginning of your next turn.
+1: The next instant and sorcery spell you cast next turn 1 costs less to cast.
0: Scry 1.
-1: You may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
-2: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature you control.
-3: Create a Treasure token.
-4: Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control.
-5: Create a 2/2 green Beast creature token for each basic land you control. Remove your alignment token.

EDIT: Made it basics.

DANG -5 was hard to come up with.

I agree that the -5 is too strong, also i think the - represents the free cities, I'd probably make it create one 4/4 or 5/5 construct with trample, like the +5 is very good card selection but no tempo and the -5 is all tempo, which makes sense based on their profile. I feel that the +x and -x could have probably been better mechanically tied together but overall I like how it went out.

Alenkan's Virtuoso
Artifact Creature - Human Artificer
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand, create a 1/1 colorless Drone artifact token with flying and connected.
Tap three untapped artifacts you control: ~ gains protection from a color of your choice until end of turn.
"Optimizing in general can be difficult. As such, it is optimizing an optimizer that is the most difficult. But also the most rewarding."
-Alkenan, the Great Architect
2/4

Judging time!

Well, let's start by saying that I'm really happy to see how you all got out of your way to come up with creative mechanics. The allignment mechanic is quite novel and also quite a lot to evaluate. Let's see!

lordpat

Azavandian Medic
Well, transform has still a lot of design space left and your's is probably not the most innovative but that's a good thing in my book. Having a creature transform back and forth at will is a cool and simple idea and I wonder why these don't already exist. I also like how the cards are mirrored although I wonder why these constructs aren't artifact creatures.
4/5

Flaming Clashes
This is a really tough thing to judge because of the total of eleven effects the alignment can offer you. However, at this point you only came up with five of them and these are therefore the ones I will take into consideration.
The 0 is nice and simple and the -1 is cool too. The +1 on the other hand is kind of narrow. You have to have something to move your alignment and something after that that can make use of the cost reduction. I'm actually not sure whether it would be better to be able to move the alignment up and down or just in one direction. But I'm definitely intrigued enough to design some additional cards and playtest the mechanic to find out. This should already tell you that your design here – although maybe not an absolute slam-dunk all the way – is a great idea that just oozes creativity. I also liked that you let others join the fun by leaving some of the levels empty.
5/5 simply for the great idea

Verdous Power Plant
I love the ambiguity of the name. A power plant that produces green mana. It's also a mana rock in the early game and can ramp itself into a beefy treefolk. What's not to love?
5/5

Internal Betrayal
And here I am, pondering whether to give you bonus points because you criticised the +2 for exactly the same reasons I did (in my comments on Totem Carver). It seems that the + side of the alignment is more towards control and the – side toward aggro and ramp, which both fit their respective faction well. I also like your +3 and -3 abilities. Oh, and the actual card Internal Betrayal is flavorful and solid.
Another 5/5 for me.

Reconstructed Bearling
Haha, I just had a small laugh about your post. The thing is, I'm judging the cards right now while reading them for the first time and it now happened for the third time that I wrote a comment to a card only to see that you wrote basically the same in your next post.
I agree with your evaluation of the +2 ability and also wrote the same as you did about the +4.
My only issue with your post this time is the card itself. I'm not sure that salvage is a good keyword (see my comment on Persistent Hyena) but I appreciate that you explored its design space and widened it by having the third faction of the set care about counters and auras.
4.5/5

Alenkan's Virtuoso
As usual, I'm completely on your side when it comes to the alignment evalutaion. I think the idea which two factions are represented with the mechanic got a bit lost in the shuffle.
Your card is great, too. It's a cool build-around for limited or the kitchen table but still has chances to be a centerpiece of a more out-there viable constructed deck.
5/5

sorsal

Persistent Hyena
It's Sengir Hyena! Fine card, although I'm not sure that this effect matters often enough to validate a keyword. It also doesn't have much to do with what the set is about other than being an artifact creature. But it's a solid card and solid cards are fine.
3/5

Steel Array Connector
Alright, I was hoping for more connected shenanigans going on and an equipment that grants the keyword is a good choice for an uncommon. But why does it boost a creature if it is not and artifact? I don't get the flavor behind that. Otherwise a solid but not particularly exciting card.
3.5/5

vizionarius

Steel Array Observer
Cool card and a flying bot is a good fit for the connected keyword. The revealing of all top cards is a double edged sword however, because games lose a lot of their excitement when basically every card drawn is revealed. I guess in limited it's okay but probably not a perfect idea although it matches the flavor perfectly.
4/5

Totem Carver
Totem armor too. Well, set's getting busy. The colored mana matters adds even more and without the trigger, the card is beyond bad. Not a fan, sorry. On the other hand, I like that you took the alignment ball from lordpat and ran with it and added some new effects for the chart. I'm not sure about the +2 though as it could turn out to be oppressive.
2.5/5

Hex Ward
I like the novelty of protection from instants and sorceries but the card itself is probably rather weak. Compared to Blossoming Defense or even to Ranger's Guile it's worse most of the time and even costs more. I also don't really see what it has to do with the set. The card is solid but doesn't really convince me.
3/5

Steel Array Module
I wasn't a particular fan of the if XY was spent to cast this the first time you did it but on this card it's much better. The card is still playable without the bonus and also makes sense from a flavor standpoint. I also like how you used lordpat's feedback and changed the +2. My only issue with this post of yours is that the +4 is pretty similar to the +3. And it features yet another keyword: detain. Granted, it hits all the flavor boxes for the Steel Array but not every player knows what it means. Why not stick to something simple? Like... Draw a card.
4.5/5

Quella Aquamander
Well, you really like mulitcolor, don't you? But the card is good – both sides are – and your feedback on the alignment effects are on point. Well done!
5/5

foureyesisafish

Taisha, Wild Scrapcrafter
Powerful build-around and a fine commander for an alignment deck. Personally, I'm not a fan of uncommon legendaries showing up in every set nowadays but you can't know that and I won't hold that against you.
The card looks interesting and fair and the effects you chose for the alignement ladder are simple yet interesting. Good job!

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Common #2

Crow of Ill Omens 
Creature - Bird 
Flying
When ~ enters the battlefield, you get an insanity counter, then draw a card.
1/2

Insanity counter effect:
A player's maximum hand size is reduced by the number of insanity counters they have.

  

Common #6

Bloodrush Sprout 
Creature - Plant Mutant 
Doppelganger 
Haste
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"They've taken root. I'm so proud."
-Azolla, Double Trouble
1/1

Common #8

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Surgeveil Spider 
Creature — Spider
Whisper (You may tap an untapped creature you control as you cast this spell.)
Reach
~ enters the battlefield with ": Add to your mana pool." if it was whispered.
1/4

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A little Hitchclaw Recluse meets Llanowar Elves, to add some mana ramp and defensive options.
Thought of a spider's web leeching mana from the land, in alleyways out of sight, in your homes, deep inside caves.

Common #10

Rationalize 
Sorcery
Exile target token creature. If you have an insanity counter, move one to that creature's controller.