Muddle the Mixture 2: Augstralian Kangafrog

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vizionarius you may chose the next two cards.

Phyrexian Ymonrah your card is an interesting muddle in that on one hand it simply adds the two effects together, and on the other it does plainly add something to each. Personally I do think the point of the challenge is more to mix the card and I see little reason for the upgrades to the abilities in the sense of making the card make more sense or somehow linking the abilities into a mixture, so I feel that part of your approach is a bit contrary to the spirit of the challenge. As a card I wouldn't normally think that big of a debuff would be acceptable on the first ability, but seeing as bonds of mortality is a thing I guess it is an acceptable ability to have, especially with the bump to rare. The second ability though, while I can see where it's coming from (eventually your opponent runs out of creatures without -1/-1 counters presumably) it seems plainly counter-synergistic. I suppose maybe it's balancing forcing your opponent to sacrifice a creature for two mana on a repeatable effect?


Overall I think the card works as a card, and as an entry to this specific challenge it could probably use more mixing and less adding.

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Inkfathom Witch

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Gruul Nodorog

Up: Interesting muddle. I think it would be nice if it could benefit from its own off-color ability somehow.
The flavor sounds unrealistic. Why would anyone Rakdos be interested in a subtle mission?

The Rotten Henge
Lengedary Artifact
This spell costs less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creature cards in your graveyard.
: Add . Mill two cards.
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, draw a card.

Next: Lorehold Pledgemage + Olivia's Dragoon

Up: Really really nice muddle and a damn fine looking card overall.  I think the card works in every combination of the hybrids and is likely balanced.  Is it common? Can't tell for sure from your symbol.  If so, I think it should probably be uncommon because it is maybe pushed a bit for common and also because it's a great archetype indicator.  Otherwise pretty much perfect.

Crystal Sanctuary
Enchantment
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, they may choose a target permanent you control.  If they do, they may search their library for a card with the same name as the target permanent, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Everywhere you look, you see your face a thousand times over.

Next:  Spring Cleaning and Primaris Chaplain

Considering the initial costs of the base cards, this probably didn't need to cost that much. Given the stats it probably wouldn't be two mana, but three would not only be pretty reasonable it'd probably a little on the weak side. As far as being a muddle goes though, it's very well done.

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Hana Kami

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Elsewhere Flask

Up: 
The more I look at this card, the more I think it's actually sneaky powerful.  I feel like this is too cheap for colorless to access land recursion, especially with the cantrip still attached and no activation cost.  Also, it's a really nice muddle but feels a little too weighted towards Elsewhere Flask.  My proposed solution to both of those issues? Make the casting cost .

Echo of Many
Sorcery
Create a token that’s a copy of target creature, then draw a card for each opponent who controls fewer creatures than you.

Next: Skycloud Egg and Eliminate

Up: Executioner's Capsule is still a fine card so this seems too strong. It's still a pretty easy fix by raising the costs a little though and otherwise it mixes the cards quite well.

Now to somehow add a punishment effect to an already corner-case card...

Phyrexian Sunforge
Artifact
When Phyrexian Sunforge enters the battlefield each player chooses a color.
Whenever a player casts a spell of the chosen color, that player loses 1 life.
As the suns’ twilight waned, the last remnant of Mirrodin passed from memory.


Next: Qasali Slingers + Aeronaut Tinkerer

I can kind of see where you were going there, but I don't think it works very well as a mixture. It's not bad I mean we can see both effects there, but a conditional static effect + a repeatable trigger seem rather underplayed when put together as a one-shot effect. Balance wise the card is good, it's about on pair with with four-mana "ETB destroy target artifact" creatures, with the flying counter replacing the slight flexibility most of them have.

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Plaxmanta

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Flip the Switch

As far as the muddling goes, mixing the counter with the shroud is perfect, and keeping it an instant by reversing the sac trigger with token creating, also using the token creation of the original instant is absolutely brilliant. I'm not sure I like the second and third effects together though, I can see where you're going with it, the second counters spells were cast before this the ward counters stuff in the future, but the effects feel similar and bloated. I'm also not sure if the second wouldn't be redundant with the third.

Other than that though, excellent entry.

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Dragon Egg

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Grima Wormtongue

Seems like a pretty good mixture of the Egg's triggered ability, the spawned dragon's firebreath and Wormtogue's activated ability. Probably would've been more of a mixture if the saccing only increased power, but this works well too. Using a demon was a pretty good choice.

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Gatstaf Shepperd / Gatstaf Howler

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Heaven's Gate