Set Theme Game

I tried to make it so that the second side of the card felt black, but technically worked as a white-green card, because green gets deathtouch, white gets lifelink, green cares about the greatest power, and white gets returning creatures to the battlefield.

think it's "two other creatures"- Consecrated by Blood and Eater of Hope aren't exactly the same but close enough.

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Fetid Corpse
Creature- Zombie Soldier
Deathtouch
, Exile two creature cards from your graveyard: Transform ~. Activate this ability only as a sorcery.
2/2
Gisa would raise entire towns just to deny her brother his materials.
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Looming Skaab
Creature- Zombie
Deathtouch
If a creature card exiled with ~ has flying, ~ has flying. The same is true for first strike, double strike, haste, hexproof, intimidate, landwalk, lifelink, reach, protection, trample, and vigilance.
4/4
Geralf never let such a petty thing as undeath halt his stitching.

Spellmad Alchemist
Creature — Human Wizard
Defender
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Spellmad Alchemist. Then, if there are four or more +1/+1 counters on it, transform it.
0/1
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Spellmad Ravager
Creature — Human Berserker
Spellmad Ravager attacks each combat if able.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Spellmad Ravager gains trample and menace until end of turn.
3/3

Ulrich, Lonely Sheperd 
Legendary Creature - Human Werewolf 
Noncreature spells cost  more to cast.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Ulrich, Lonely Sheperd.
3/3
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Ulrich, Packleader
 Legendary Creature - Werewolf
Whenever one of more Wolves or Werewolves you control attack create two 2/2 green Wolf creature tokens that are tapped and attacking.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if a player cast two or more spells last turn, transform Ulrich, Uncontested Alpha.
5/5

Nobody has done a Werewolf? Well, this is Ulrich before becoming the most powerful alpha wolf of Innistrad.

Entries accepted for a little under 4 hours, then judging.

Thanks for the win! My first in any contest. ^_^

For this challenge, we're gonna look at an older set and apply some of the newer design philosophies to it. Create a card that fits in Kamigawa block, and somehow interacts with Shrines. Ravnica blocks have done a lot with Gates, and other than being enchantments instead of lands I think Shrines could get much the same treatment. Good luck!

To be clear, you're allowing themes from the entire block? Champions of Kamigawa, Betrayers of Kamigawa, and Saviors of Kamigawa?

Soratami Shrine-Watcher
Creature — Moonfolk Wizard
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control a Shrine, scry 2.
2/3

Added another bullet point for description of how the challenges should work and be judged. I wanted to emphasize the flavor component of it as being primary (which isn't to say people haven't been submitting flavorful submissions, but, given that I am no longer doing the judging, unless I happen to win a challenge, I wanted that clarified.)

Entirely possible. I wasn't aware that subtypes had to be supertype exclusive.

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Reverent Maiden
Creature- Human Cleric
When ~ enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a Spirit or a Shrine card, reveal it, then shuffle your library and put that card on top of it.
: Copy target triggered ability you control with a Shrine source. You may choose new targets for that ability.
2/2

Judging time.

Tesagk . While the ability is fun and certainly works well with the other Shrines as they are, it also means that, completely by itself, it taps for two mana of any color while only dealing 1 damage to you, since the damage is part of the cost and not part of the effect. I don't know if this is intentional, but that combined with strengthening and doubling the effect of each Shrine you control makes this card incredibly powerful. I agree with the decision to remove the Shrine subtype, although there was nothing explicitly against it existing on lands as well as enchantments, I think it definitely would have lead to some confusion. Flavor-wise, an ancient land where the ancestors dwell making shrines insanely powerful is a homerun.


gluestick248 . I like seeing Moonfolk back, with bonus points for keeping their flight and using the proper name ("Soratami"). The effect is simple, flavorful, and exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. That said, as much as it probably wouldn't fly in the current state of the game, it is a bit of a shame the effect is "at the beginning of your upkeep", instead of following the Moonfolk pattern of being an activated ability that returns lands to your hand.


viriss . Another Shrine, so it immediately fits the theme and the challenge. The flavor text tries to follow the pattern of other Shrines, but I fail to see how it implies the power of the Shrine was turned against those who once worshipped there. Not a big deal, just something I was nitpicky about since the attempt was made. I do like the use of hybrid mana, since it keeps the cost in line while still maintaining the intent of encouraging multicolor decks without enforcing it.


gateways7 . I like how you used the idea of "X Lands" to get the Shrine subtype onto a land without explicitly breaking any rules, but the fact that it isn't Legendary means it has a the potential to skyrocket Shrine counts to nearly double what it would have been, even in a 5 color deck. In a 2 color deck, this has the potential to triple the effectiveness of your other Shrines. That said, I also like how it interacts with Shrines in ways other than just being another Shrine. I may have liked it a bit more if it instead added mana of any color that could only be spent on Shrine spells, though it would probably make running multiple Shrines in a monocolor deck way too easy, so it's hard to say.


Fleur . I like that it synergizes with Shrines as well as the general enchantment focus of the block. My main issue from a flavor standpoint is that all of Kamigawa's kitsune we've seen were monowhite. White is friendly to enchantments and can definitely get card draw at rare, so I'm not sure it's necessary to require green as well. Though this definitely forces a multicolor deck which was the intention of the shrines to begin with, so I suppose it's a win from that aspect.


augur . Simple, elegant, but I do have a few problems with it. First off, to get it out of the way, small wording nitpick. I believe it should be "from a Shrine source" if that's what you were going to go with. Second is a matter of cost. While I realize it doesn't tap to activate its ability, it's still 4 mana for a 2/2 and then 5 more mana for its ability, when Strionic Resonator costs less, costs less to activate, and can interact with Shrines as well as other triggered abilities. On to the positives, as I've mentioned previously, I like that it pushes players towards multicolor decks, but still has uses and interacts with Shrines without requiring multiple colors of mana.



Ultimately, everyone hit on the flavor requirement incredibly well, and I don't think any of these cards would be out of place in a "Return to Kamigawa" scenario. But as we all know, there can only be one winner. This was incredibly close, and I flip-flopped the winner and runner-up a few times before deciding. Winner is Fleur , runner-up is gluestick248 , and third is viriss . Congratulations!

Guest of the Anima
Creature - Viashino Berserker
Trample

Shapechange Homunculus 
Artifact Creature - Homunculus 
, Sacrifice Shapechange Homunculus: Search your library for an artifact card with converted mana cost X or less, then put it into your hand. Shuffle your library.
After Alara reformed, many etherium shapers decided to keep some on hand at all times, just in case.
1/1