Griffin's Roar

WW

Instant

Return up to two attacking creatures to your opponent's hand. You gain life equal to the total power of the creatures returned to your opponent's hand.

Power to the Dwarves

1W

Enchantment

When any number of Dwarves you control are blocked by a non-dwarf, all attacking dwarves who become blocked gain +2/+0 under end of turn.

When any number of Dwarves you control block a non-dwarf, all blocking Dwarves who block an attacking creature gain +0/+2 until end of turn.

Nathan's Drake

4U

Creature - Drake

When Nathan's Drake enters the battlefield, revel the top card of your library until you reveal two non-land cards. Exile one of those cards and put the remaining cards on the bottom of your library in any order.

When Nathan's Drake is removed from the battlefield, you may play the exiled card without paying it's mana cost.

2/3

I wanted to give this card kind of an "adventerous" feel, half because of the awesome name, half because with the griffins being top dog in the skies, the drakes would have to learn a trick or two in order to survive. Thats why this card is as so.

Trumpet of Revocation - Enchantment

Cost - 4UU

Return target Merfolk you control to owners hand. Counter target spell

Marble Griffin 4, w, w

Creature - Griffin

Flying, Resolve

Creatures with power less than 5 can't attack.

5/5

Creature - Merfolk

u, u, tap :Counter target spell, then shuffle Merfulk Sabateur back into its owners library.

1/2

Trident of Merfolk Determination - Artifact - Equipment

Cost - 3WW

Whenever a Merfolk creature comes into the battlefield under your control, you may attach Trident of Merfolk Determination to it.

Equipped creature has "T, Return creature equipped with Trident of Merfolk Determination to owners hand, counter target spell."

sidenote

my last entry was inspired by Mpz5's "Staff of Goblin Devouring"

Megi, Merfolk Sage - Merfolk Wizard

Cost - 2UU

Other Merfolk you control have Resolve

Sacrifice Megi, Merfolk Sage, return all creatures target player controls to their hand

Spiraled Shell w, u

Artifact

As long as you control a white creature blue creatures you control gain +1/+0 and first strike.

As long as you control a blue creature white creatures you control gain +0/+1 and shroud.

Goblin assualt drake

2UU

a 2/4 flier who has as long as you control a goblin then goblin assault drake gets +2/+1 and clamp.

Griffins of Sorok's Peak

1WW

2/2 flyer with as long as you control a dwarf then Griffins of Sorok's Peak get +1/+1 and doublestrike.

Sorok's bouncing rod Artifact 2UW

(3) Tap - return target non-dwarf non-goblin creature to its owners hand.

Just a heads up deckbuilder.

Something having resolve/clamp and a + bonus counteract each other

Unwelcome Visitors 3UU

Instant

Choose one - Return each creature without flying to its owner's hand; or put a token that's a copy of target attacking creature onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.

*under its owner's control

Here are my 3 entries:

first, some love for flying white weenie decks that provides some help, even if you choose to rock a resolve deck.

3W

Artifact

Flying creatures you control get +1/+1.

W: Choose one: Haste, First Strike, Vigilance, or Resolve. Target flying creature you control gains the chosen ability until end of turn. That creature may not be targeted by ~cardname~ again this turn.

Susurrus, The Breath of Sorok

2WU

Legendary Creature - Elemental

Reach, Resolve, Shroud

All creatures get -2/-0.

2/5

Brothers in Arms

3WW

Enchantment

When ~Cardname~ enters the battlefield, search your library for an equipment card and put it onto the battlefield.

2: Attach an equipment you control to target creature you control.

All equipped creatures you control gain all keywords, activated abilities, and power / toughness modifiers granted by any equipment you control that is attached to a creature.

Name: Gem of Current Reversal

Type: Artifact - Gemstone

CMC: 1UUU

Effect: Whenever a spell cast by an opponent is countered you may choose one - return target permanent to it's owners hand; or Draw a card.

Flavor Text: Harvested from the river bottom, the Merfolk use this Gem to heighten their influence over matters of interest.

Meh, not happy with the picture but you get the idea, hope you like it.

Story: A Gemstone (I understand it's a theme though it's not listed, if it's not just change it to whatever.) that the Merfolk Harvest from the bottom of the river. It allows them to make great use of their controlling magic as it heightens the controlling magic's power.

From a players perspective: This card would be amazing. Very Cryptic Command feeling in a permanent form that because it's easy to destroy being an artifact, is powerful yet not too overpowered.

Ethereal Griffin

1WB

Creature- griffin spirit

2/1

Flying,vigilance,resolve

(card name) receives no combat damage

meant for Ethereal Griffin casting cost to be 1WU.

Soul Trapping

3U

Sorcery

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller reveals cards from the top of his or her library until he or she reveals a non-creature artifact card. The player puts that card onto the battlefield, then shuffles all other cards revealed this way into his or her library.

So I tried to think, bounce, what can we do with some fun bounciness, and then I realized, what about a "bounced" ability (like poisoned and such).

Krah, The Rapid 2WW Legendary Creature, Griffin

Flying

If this is the second time (cardname) has entered the battlefield this turn, (cardname) has double strike.

3/3

As you can see, he is legendary in case people try to be funny and play him, then play another of him from their hand, this way, blam, his ability is ineffective.

Mind Tax

Cmc U

Enchantment

At the beginning of your opponents upkeep if your opponent has 3 or more cards in his or her hand than you, you may search your library for.a instant and put it into your hand. Shuffle your library if you do.

"The land could be taxed so why not the mind?""Merfolk Thinker"

Continuous Cancel UUU Instant

Counter target spell, if this is the second time (cardname) has been cast this turn, target player puts six cards on top of his or her library into the graveyard.

Merfolk Deviant-3U

Creature-Merfolk Wizard

2/2

Merfolk Deviant gets +4/+4

Resolve

Tap: Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

Leyline of Commitment

1UW

Enchantment

If (cardname) is in your opening hand you may have start the game with it on the battlefield

Whenever a spell is cast for a second time of a turn it cannot be countered.

If a card is cast for the first time this turn, you may pay 3 and return it to your hand.

Plain Kite-W

Creature-Bird

0/1

flying lifelink vigilance

For the third effect on Leyline of Commitment, I meant it to say, "If a card is cast for the first time this turn from your hand, you may pay 3 to return it to your hand."

Diplomatic Impunity-U3

Enchantment

Creatures may not attack. Any player may tap two creatures to ignore this until end of turn.

HAHA you are right of course... clamp doesn't make any sense with +2 abilites attached.

It should read

Goblin assualt drake

2UU

a 2/4 flier who has as long as you control a goblin then goblin assault drake gets +2/+1 and shroud.

Sorok Ambassador

3W

Creature - Dwarf

2/4

Defender

2W-Target creature gains defender until the end of turn

2R-Target creature gains haste until the end of turn

2U-Target creature gains resolve until the end of the turn

Hellsky Drake

5UU

Creature - Drake

Flying

When Hellsky Drake enters the battlefield, choose a basic land type. Return all lands of chosen type to their owners' hands.

R: Hellsky Drake gains +1/0 until the end of turn

4/4

Avitorion, the Guardian

Legendary creature - Griffin soldier

4WW

Flying, defender, lifelink

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you gain life equal to that spell's converted mana cost.

Whenever you gain life, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Avitorion, the Guardian. If you do, Avitorian, the Guardian loses defender and lifelink until the end of turn.

3/5

"No one here shall perish today." - Avitorion

I noticed DeckBuilder345's comment about how his creature was incorrectly described originally.

While my Merfolk Deviant may seem similarly flawed it is not. I purposely gave it +4/+4 and resolve. Should a player use another ability to remove resolve the +4/+4 will activate.

Mute

WUU

Instant

Counter target spell.

Target player cannot cast spells for the rest of this turn (Spells cast before this resolves are unaffected).

[Maybe WWUU or 1WUU?]

can we use rebound? or does it have to be evergreen?

Mioxey, Roc Trainer - 2WW

Creature - Bird

Flying, Clamp,

(Tap) target creature becomes a 4/4 Roc with flying and Clamp until end of turn.

0/4

@Battlecry1986 only evergreen of resolve

Raxley, Drake of Endless Skys

Legendary Creature- Drake

Cost- WWUU

Flying

At the beginning of your upkeep but a token on the battlefield thats a copy of target non-creature drake you control.

PT: 1/4

Drake Warcaller

Creature-Drake

Cost UU2

Flying

When Drake Warcaller attack other attacking drakes get +1/+0 until the end of turn.

PT: 1/3

Drake Hatchery

Enchantment

Cost: WW1

At the beginning of your upkeep put a 1/1 Drake Hatchling creature token on the battlefield. It has "UU1: Sacrifice this creature and put a 3/4 Drake creature token with flying onto the battlefield."

Flask of melted sapphire

1U

Legendary Gemstone Artifact

Sacrifice: Add UUUU to your mana pool. You can not add any more mana to your mana pool for the rest of the turn.

"Drink up!"

(I can see a cycle of these 1 for every color, also not sure if I like this card anymore after reading it a couple times)

zerotimestatechamp says... 10:52 p.m. on January 24, 2011 #21 Merfolk Deviant-

3U

Creature-Merfolk Wizard

2/2

Merfolk Deviant gets +4/+4 Resolve Tap: Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

My thoughts, maybe you should have it cmc U. And and have it say pay 3UU this creature loses Resolve untill end of turn. And remove the last ability. Just ideas.

Name: Relath, the Mother of All

Type: Legendary Creature, Roc

CMC: 4WW

P/T: 4/7

Effect:

Vigilance, Flying

WWW: Look at the top five cards of your library, Put a creature from among them face down onto the battlefield and the rest at the bottom of your library in any order. Treat this face down card as a 0/3 egg creature.

Whenever Relath, the Mother of All is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, flip all face down egg creatures face up.

But then again zero it might as well just say pay 5 this creature gets +4/+4 and that doesn't seem vary blue.

Edit: For- Flask of melted sapphire. Change cmc to just U and change so it only adds UUU.

The egg creatures should have defender, after thinking about it so here is the updated version:

Type: Legendary Creature, Roc

CMC: 4WW

P/T: 4/7

Effect:

Vigilance, Flying

WWW: Look at the top five cards of your library, Put a creature from among them face down onto the battlefield and the rest at the bottom of your library in any order. Treat this face down card as a 0/3 egg creature with defender.

Whenever Relath, the Mother of All is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, flip all face down egg creatures face up.

Gemstone Collector

WU

Creature - Noggle?

Gemstone Collector enters the battlefield with any number of gemstone counters on it of your choseing. Opponents can not cast spells with converted mana cost equal to the number of gemstone counters on this creature.

2/2

(An added idea could be that it also says creatures opponents control get +1/+0 for each gemstone counter on this creature)

I wanted to make a card that worked like meddling mage and chalice of the void. And the idea behind the cards abilitys is if our noggle or any creature is hording gemstones he is going to want to be protective of them, thus the cast cast with cmc equal to how many gems he has. And for the second ability is because he is powerful lil guy for 2 mana I figured he should have a drawback. thus lust for his gems would fuel creatures to want to attack him and take them. The lust gives them power to take them the more gems the bigger the lust for them. Just wish their was room on the card for all the abilitys, maybe someone can help me shorten it up somehow and still keep it the same idea. Oh and his second ability could be fun with donate hehe, put 50 counters on him then donate! Lol

Venser, the Sojourner 3UW lol jk, but he would fit beautifully imo

Pack Griffin 4WW

Creature - Griffin

Flying

Whenever Pack Griffin Enters the Battlefield search your library for an equipment card and equip it to Pack Griffin. Shuffle your library afterwards.

2/3

Legendary Creature - Drake Griffin

Whenever Erago, Son of the Last Drake Enters the battlefield you may search your library for up to 3 cards named Erago, Son of the Last Drake and put it in your hand. Shuffle your library afterwards.

Flying 2/4

In a desperate attempt to keep the drakes alive on Sorok, Irago mated with an outcast griffin. The Gods answered his prayers by blessing him with quadruplets

Enchantment

If a creature deals damage to you return it to its owners hand.

All creatures your opponents control must attack you every turn if able.

Sacrifice a Drake: Draw X cards where X is the number of creatures returned to target players hand this turn

Although the merfolk were not inherently predators of the Drakes, the Griffin's natural hatred of Drakes served their purpose well

I'll have a go.

White Rare

Griffin Squadron

4W

Creature Griffin

Flying

When Griffin Squadron enters the battlefield, put four 1/1 white Griffin creature tokens with flying onto the battlefield.

At the beginning of your end step, put a griffin counter on Griffin Squadron for each Griffin creature you control.

At the beginning of your upkeep, remove all griffin counters from Griffin Squadron. Put a 1/1 white Griffin creature token with flying onto the battlefield for each counter removed from it.

Flavour Text

The parts are stronger than the whole.

http://tappedout.net/users/Prophylaxis/concept-cards/griffin-squadron/

Blue Rare

Invoke Summoning

2UUU

Instant

Counter target creature spell. If a spell is countered this way, put it onto the battlefield under your control.

Flavour Text

"The mind is weak when it is summoned. This is the time to seize it." Nekla, Noggle Tactician

http://tappedout.net/users/Prophylaxis/concept-cards/invoke-summoning/

For my final submission I present you with:

Name: Masera, Silverfin

Type: Legendary Creature, Merfolk Wizard

CMC: 2WU

P/T: 2/2

Effect:

When Masera, Silverfin enters the battlefield you may pay W; if you do, choose a color. All merfolk have protection from the chosen color until the beginning of your next upkeep.

When your opponent casts a non-creature spell you may pay U; if you do, counter that spell and return Masera, Silverfin to your hand.

For once I like what I did with the picture.

Story:

Masera, Silverfin is a prodigy of Protection Magic and has surpassed her mentors in the art of making the most of countermagic. Very intelligent and efficient, she is the Merfolk's key defense should they need it.

She is a Legend, a Merfolk Wizard, has the evergreen ability of Protection, and specializes in utilizing the bounce mechanic as well as Counter Magic, which the merfolk are known for, at the same time... I'm thinking she has Sorok flavor all over her.

From a players perspective:

Hello Glen Elendra Archmage and Kabira Evangel 's daughter (I don't know what Elendra saw in Kabira but every one needs some loving I guess.)

A beautiful card for the UW control player because of the counter ability, A just as beautiful card for a UW merfolk deck for her counter ability as well as her alpha strike potential. I have been waiting for a card like this for a while and I'm sure that others have as well.

Good luck everyone.

Mpz5: I love your Gem of Current Reversal. It really fits what was talked about in the brainstorming. Nice to see someone doing that.

One thing concerns me about it. It's a 3-color shard, and it seems like it would be hard to run a card with 3 of one mana color in it.

Good overall card in a mostly blue deck.

ergo, the stubborn 4w

legendary creature-dwarfish architect

at the beginning of your upkeep but a 0/3 red wall token with defender onto the battlefield.

3/4

Tiberitas, Grand Consul 1UW

Legendary Creature - Merfolk

Blue and white creatures you control have resolve.

UW, Return a Merfolk creature you control to its owner's hand: All creatures are 1/1 until end of turn.

2/2

Through the eyes of the Merfolk Grand Consul, landwalkers are insignificant.

Collector Stone - XU

Artifact - Legendary Gemstone

If a player would cast a non creature spell with a casting cost of X or less return that card to its owners hand after it resolves.

Any player may pay 1 to counter this effect.

A NOTE ON RECRUITMENT
You can still enter this current challenge if you want to apply for the design team - you just will not be eligible to submit cards for the next one.

Thanks vic I love the feel of the card as well.

I don't think that the three blue will be a problem though. Most control decks run mostly blue with other colors splashed in. You also run dual lands. I doubt it will be a problem but if the design team feels otherwise by all means fix it. I just didn't want to overpower it as it's strong enough as it is.

Draken Steed 3U

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has flying and resolve.

UU, Sacrifice enchant creature: Exile target artifact.

To Mpz5 on ur Roc mother of all. I realy like it. But somehow the face down card doesn't seem right.could u somehow make it so its a token instead? Idk why when u put a card facedown I think of morph cards. I also love ur gem. Hope its ok but I am going to put a white gem up. credit goes to you tho.

My submissions

Mind Tax. W/U

Enchantment

At the beginning of your opponents upkeep if he or she has 2 or more cards in his or her hand you may search your library for a blue or white instant card, revel it and put it into your hand. Shuffle your library.

Next

Gem Collector. WU

Creature- Goblin

Gem Collector enters the battlefield with X gemstone counters on it.You chose X. Opponents can't cast spells equal to the number of gemstone counters on this creature.

        2/2

Lastly inspired by Mpz5

Gem of Life's Breath 1WWW

Artifact-Gemstone

Whenever an opponents permanent is exiled chose one- Double all life gain until end of turn. Or Return a creature from your graveyard to play.

(Gem is a take off of Mpz5's card Gem of current reversal) I take no credit for it. I just hope Mpz5 likes this white version.

Abrupt Dismissal WU

Instant

Counter target spell. If a spell is countered this way put it on it's owner's library second from the top.

"I don't have time to address such trivial matters."

Vindictive Merfolk 2,U

Creature

Whenever Vindictive Merfolk is the target of a spell or ability. You may return target nonland permanent to it's owners hand.

my last entry

Gem of Bravery 2,W

Artifact- Gemstone*

Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain resolve.

W, tap: Creatures you control lose resolve and get +1/+1 until end of turn.

"this precious stone has turned the tide of many wars."

*: just remove the subtype if we are not using the gemstone subtype.

As a disclaimer: I apologize in advance for any similarities between my entries and anything already posted; I didn't look at the other entries before I made these, so I don't know if I stepped on any toes. Unintentional, if I did.

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Dwarven Mining Company

1W

Enchantment

T, put a mine counter on target land: Put a gem counter on Dwarven Mine Company.

Remove a gem counter from Dwarven Mine Company: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

Whenever a land has four or more mine counters on it, destroy it.

2: Remove a mine counter from target land. Any player may activate this ability.

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Not much to say. I like the ability to stockpile mana until you need it. And forcing opponents to make tricky decisions (choose between land and tempo) is a good play in my book.

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Merfolk Aether-Guide

1WU

Creature - Merfolk Wizard

Spells opponents cast cost 1 more to cast.

When a nonland permanent enters the battlefield under an opponents control, it enters the battlefield tapped unless they pay 1.

The aether has currents just like the river. Why should we not control it as well?

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Midrange U/W control who fits Merfolk flavor. With 4 toughness he's relatively burn-proof. Should this be lowered so he's not so hard to take care of?

Protip: He and Grand Douche Augustdouche the IV luuuuuurve each other.

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Noggle Decoy

1U

Creature - Noggle Rogue

Whenever Noggle Decoy attacks, you may pay R. If you do, creatures your opponent controls get -1/-0 until end of turn. Creatures affected this way must block Noggle Decoy if possible.

Whenever Noggle Decoy blocks, you may pay W. If you do, attacking creatures get -1/-0 until end of turn.

U: Return Noggle Decoy to its owners hand.

1/2

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I wanted to make a card that showed off Resolve, and eventually I reasoned the best way to do that is to make a card that made Resolve shine.

I'd like input on the activation costs for him. I wanted a guy who's primarily small and sneaky, so he's a Blue creature. Originally I had Red activation for both of the -1/-0 effects, but the second one just felt more white than red. But it could easily be as red or even blue, depending. What are the Noggles' main colors going to be? U/R like in Shadowmoor?

Vintamite Soul Magnetism

UW2

Enchantment-Gemstone

Each creature you control can block an additional creature for each gemstone you control.

"Vintamite is one of the most useful gemstones in Sorok. The goblins relish it's ability to draw the fishes from the rivers right into their hands. The combat veterans of Sorok have developed other uses..."

Remember that (goblins + drakes) & (dwarves + griffins) theme we talked about? Here's an offering for that....

Drake Battlesteed

UR2

Creature-Drake

Flying, Resolve

U: Target goblin you control gains flying until end of turn.

2/4

"The aid of the drakes was obtained by treachery and by having mutual enemies and shared greed."

WR2

Creature-Griffin

Flying, Resolve

W: Target dwarf you control gains flying until end of turn.

3/3

"The services of the griffin were obtained through cooperation and a mutual desire to protect the inhabitants of Sorok."

Arrgh. Just realized Griffin Battlesteed is off-color for this one. I really like the idea of pairing it with Drake Battlesteed. Well, maybe I'll keep the idea in mind and reenter it later.

And so is the other one. Total system failure..... $%#@%#$%!!!

@vic they seem like uncommons to me. Maybe they can be kept for later?

Agree with Jarrod. Especially if they're tweaked down just a smidge (1/4 for the drake, 2/2 or 2/3 for the griffin maybe?) they'd make great uncommons. That's the sort of thing you want to see more of than rare-frequency.

2/3 drake, 3/2 griffin

2/3 drake, 3/2 griffin

Last one

Griffin Armory 2WW

Enchantment

Whenever an Equipment enters the battlefield under your control you may pay 1W. If you do, put a 3/3 white Griffin token onto the battlefield under your control and attach that Equipment to it.

2UU

Rivernull Pact

Enchantment

At the beginning of your each player's end step, if a permanent you or your opponent controlled was returned to its owner's hand that turn, you may draw 2 cards.

W

Olarin, Sunsight of Sorok

Legendary Creature - Griffin

Flying

When you control no equipment, sacrifice Olarin, Sunsight of Sorok.

3/2

1UUU

Merfolk Rigmaster

Creature - Merfolk Artificer

Unblockable

When Merfolk Rigmaster deals combat damage to a player, you may return target creature to its owner's hand. If that creature was equipped, you may attach that equipment to Merfolk Rigmaster.

2/2

Jarrod and Magnor-

Totally agree about uncommon. I almost held them off for that reason(just had no other entry ideas). Should have. I will. Glad you agree.

Vintimite Battle Harness

WU

Artifact-Gemstone Equipment

Equipped creature gets -2/-0 and can block any number of creatures.

equip: 1

"Vintimite has an unusual power of attraction. It pulls firmly at the very soul, and can be impossible to resist."

(Trying to make good use of the Resolve mechanic.)

Merfolk Relic Finder

U2

Creature-Merfolk something

tap, U: Search your library for a Gemstone card, and put it on top of your library.

1/3

(I know this is similar to Dwarven Smith, but different enough, I think. To me, dwarves MAKE equipment, and merfolk FIND them, so I see this as a merfolk(and blue) ability. To vary it further, I changed equipment to gemstone. That way there are more options to fetch than dwarven smith, but it doesn't go right to hand, which balances out vs. dwarven smith. Also really stays strong on gemstone theme.)

Edit: Hope it's not too late. I should have given RESOLVE to Merfolk Relic Finder. Can you add that in?

For that matter, Dwarven Smith probably should have had it, too. Didn't think to suggest it at the time. We(the group) need to start remembering that one.

random thought but my Raxley entries effect is supposed to read target non-token drake not non-creature >.>

Voting time, everyone. Go here:http://tappedout.net/mtg-articles/2011/feb/1/sorok-blue-white-voting/

hey everyone, still plenty of room for entries in the new challenge http://tappedout.net/mtg-articles/2011/feb/7/sorok-gold-rare-challenge/