Booster Pack Game

Re:Mountains: It was tough because I wanted to stick with the theme of "making life" type stuff so I wanted all three effects to check permanents on the field, but this obviously led to a lot of conflict between possible Green and White effects until I hit on the creatures/tokens divide. I was trying to fit "land" on the card somewhere but it wasn't a clean fit which resulted in the design you actually saw. If there was a more clear spellslinger archetype I could see it being instant/sorcery in graveyard but it does feel at odds with checking the field.

I do agree that it probably is safe at WRG on a third look, the point about not being able to cast at instant speed or anytime outside of precombat main phase is a noticeable limitation. If I had more time I would probably be actively testing this card a bit.

Also yeah I think it is interesting how one has to balance the fact people can make multiple cards vs. one strong appealing one. Feels fairly unique to this game overall.

Thanks for the judging!

C#3



Scout's Glider
Artifact - Vehicle
Flying
Whenever ~ attacks and isn’t blocked, up to one target creature that crewed it this turn explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it’s a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Crew 1
Scouts are among the few who have seen land.
0/2

C#5



Deep-Sky Serpent 
Creature - Elemental Serpent
Defender, menace
Whenever you reveal one or more land cards from your library, put a +1/+1 counter on ~. It loses defender until end of turn.
"May your journeys keep you from the serpent's lair."
5/5

Edit: Updated wording to be one or more lands instead of "a land."

C#7



Stormwatch Duty
Sorcery
Billow 4 (When you cast this spell, reveal the top four cards of your library. You may cast a nonland card with an equal or lesser mana value from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest of the cards on the bottom of your library in a random order.)
Target creature you control gets +2/+2 and gains vigilance until end of turn.
Stormwatchers take home the most surprising treasures.

U# 1


Broken Wing Scavengers
Creature - Dinosaur Pirate

Haste
Whenever Broken Wing Scavengers plummets, it deals X damage to up to two targets, were X is the amount of cards milled this way.

"Well, half my bones are broken, but at least I'm aliv- ARGESFSH!"
- Reese Rattlerum, actual last words.

3/4

Edit: Sniped! I'll make an uncommon, just give me a minute.

Uncommon #3

Expedition to the Surface
Sorcery
Up to X target creatures you control explore.
"It's a life-changing voyage." - Grellr, grizzled skycaptain

judging in 24 so you can get your edits in

fluffydeathbringer: But don't these kinds of cards typically get a bump in cost by (so that it costs a bit more if you can't meet the condition and a bit less if you do) or a rarity bump, e.g., Moonrager's Slash vs Lightning Strike and Distorted Curiosity vs Divination?

Ooo, that sounds great!

that first part is the point I'm making, if we sub in cruel cut for lightning strike as the standard and go by the moonrager's slash precedent, then your entry would ideally cost 2W and be reduced to W if the condition's met

Hemellt: Forgotten Homelands


(DALL-E & Vizionarius)

With the increased factioning of society came a heightened interest in the ancient stories about the sky floor (surface), where all of Hemellt's cultures trace their origins. There is no concensus, however, in the details of the stories. Some attribute all the Empyreans as a collective for saving them from a mass calamity. Others say that there were just four Empyreans who have worked together, agains the will of the others. They correspond to the four winds: Semeni from the North, Debubi from the South, Misirak'i from the East, and Mi'irabi from the West. Fusilis, the being before all beings, the flow in all creation, is also often worshipped as the one who stands above the will of all others.

Latley, there have been incidents of sightings by expeditions of beings on the sky floor, sometimes they even heard voices, especially near ancient ruins. Might some of their ancestors have survived? What was the purpuse of the Empyreans in bringing Hemellt's sky cultures up from the floor? Were they acting in accordance to Fusilis' will? Are there answers to society's problems in the ancient ruins of the sky floor? What of the sighting and voices of the unusual beings?

The next set focuses more on the expeditions to the surface, and the identity of the encountered beings is depicted. We see the meeting of two distinct cultures tied together by similar origin tales. The point of view is from the sky-dwelling Hemellt cultures, but we start to see some of them through the lens of the new beings. They both start to question their own views, their own folk tales about their origins. We see some recurring mechanics. Expeditions continue. We also hear of ancient Sagas, depicted in cards.

Last Breath is also quite old and before a great deal of power creep. also, if we compare Overwhelming Remorse's cost reduction to wotc's recent trend of printing instant-speed black common kill spells as "2BB, kill a thing, get narrow upside" and seemingly considering "destroy target creature" too far at mv3, it would seem swapping destroy for exile at common isn't necessarily as valuable as a flat mv increase. considering the difference only really matters for specific creatures or against specific decks, I tend to agree