The Name Game (Vol. II)

Ertai's Reclamation
Instant
Return target nonland card from your graveyard to your hand.  If a spell has been countered this turn, instead exile the target card.  You may cast it without paying its mana cost until the end of your next turn.
Phyrexia taught Ertai not to waste anything.

Basically just a one off of the boy's ability.

Feedback

ameisenmeister : Nissa isn't a legendary creature, but I'll overlook it since I didn't comment on it earlier. I really like Signature Spell! And I like the anthem effect for the nature creatures! Well designed, and it's definitely Nissa's!

Idea : Immediate impression: That's a LOT of text! It could benefit from fewer lines. Ice Cauldron is 10 lines for the Masters Edition (online-only) card, and that's generally my go-to for what is already "too much" for a card. Yours is 12 lines. I also have a bit of trouble working out how it's Kefnet's. Your card creates a token for an opponent, it has shroud, cares about you targeting it with a spell or triggered ability (why just triggered?), it wants you to have enchantments in your deck so it could be sacrificed, so you can search for two cards and exile them so you can play them without paying their costs. I don't see any of these effects on any of the Kefnet cards. I think a huge bulk of these effects could be stripped and still get the point across. Not sure if Battles were spoiled yet when you made this card (I suspect not yet), but it does kind of feel like a variant of Battle where you play something that you yourself try to kill off, and you give the opponent a way to defend it. I think if all it had was:
"When ~ enters the battlefield, an opponent creates a token that's a copy of a creature card in their graveyard. When that token dies, sacrifice ~ and search your library for card, exile it, then shuffle. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost for as long as it's exiled."
Still not Kefnet's feel, but it's essentially your card without a lot of the hoops you need to go through to accomplish it.

fluffydeathbringer : Haha, great flavor! Fits really well into Auntie's arsenal of advices. I like how it helps her achieve her goal by damaging yourself, while also using that as a way to up the spell's power. I agree, instant works here. Makes it pretty strong, but that's OK.

pernicious : Awesome reference to his flavor text! Neat art (no clue what you prompted huggingface to get that! lol), and fun flavor text, making him into an oil painter, probably a material he never used prior. Fitting effect on the card.

moweda : I'm a fan! Neat reference to the Planeshift version of him. I like how "Ertai, the Compleated" has become more waste-conscious! The only thing I have as a nitpick is that at , I'm not really sure it should be able to return nonpermanent cards (also, it would better mirror the original card if it only returned permanent cards).

emberfire17 : Love it! Very fitting for the boy. I like your flavor text. It might be OK to make this mythic. It is very strong in the right deck. Reminiscent of Genesis Wave as well.

viriss : I see we have the tactician version of Odric here. It's also a 1-sided Master Warcraft. I like it! At first it seemed a little powerful, since it's basically a better "your creatures can't be blocked this turn" since it can also double as a removal, but I think it's appropriate at uncommon and at 3 mana. It might be pushed, but I don't think it's broken at all. Fun art and flavor text too.

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Result

Thanks everyone for your designs! I found out about a few Legends that I didn't know existed! It was neat to see how everyone interpreted the challenge. The winner is moweda with a neat design that supports the chosen Legend rather than copies their ability, as well as a unique design. A very close second are pernicious and ameisenmeister . Many of the others were very good designs too, but felt either a little too similar to the original Legend, or to other existing cards.

Ah! Yeah, that does help clarify it. Thanks for the explanation! It definitely felt like a "path" or a set of trials to overcome. If that was the intent, it came through.

PS/Unrelated-ish: I think "Battle" is actually a pretty terrible name for the card type, as it prevents designs like yours to fit flavorfully. Something like "Encounter" would be much better.

Judging in about two more days.

Sorry for the delay.

Idea

pernicious

Flo00

This is another tough judgment since all the cards are different and interesting.  Thanks to you all for participating.  The card I found to be the most original and also the card I would most want to play with makes the winner:

Thank you for the win moweda ! My goal with hiding the card was adding to that feeling of mystery, even you don't know who this hooded stranger is.

For the next challenge, make a permanent whose name is an action or activity.

Bar Brawl
Enchantment
At the start of each combat phase, choose one that hasn't been chosen before:
- Create a Food token.
- Goad target creature.
- Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains trample until end of turn. 
- Exile ~. Return it to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.

Fired Up Riot
Creature - Human Citizen
Whenever an opponent draws a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Fired Up Riot.
When Fired Up Riot dies, create X 1/1 white citizen creature tokens where X is its power.
1/1

A saga feels like a good fit for this challenge:

Banish the Shadow Cults 
Enchantment - Saga
I - Create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with protection from black.
II - Put a +1/+1 counter and an Indestructible counter on target creature.
III - Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater.

Thanks for the win!
Now to use something that's used lots in magic already:
Next up, make a card with the word "Creature" in its name!

Doesn't have to be a creature