Death's Shadow

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Death's Shadow gets -X/-X, where X is your life total.

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TypicalTimmy on Card creation challenge

1 week ago

Infringe Upon Reality

Legendary Enchantment

Whenever a player casts a spell, if that spell resolves put a fate counter on Infringe Upon Reality.

Remove X fate counters: Counter target spell with converted mana cost X. You may then remove an additional X fate counters. If you do, exile that card from their graveyard.

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Make a card that wants you to lose as much life as possible, as quickly as possible. Think Death's Shadow, but different. Keep the design simple; Not some overly complex design with multiple layers on it.

ZendikariWol on Card creation challenge

1 week ago

Hephaestus, God of the Forge

Legendary Creature- God

Whenever an artifact enters the battlefield under your control, Hephaestus, God of the Forge deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Artifacts you control have ", sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for an artifact card with converted mana cost X and put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library."

When Hephaestus dies, return it to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.

4/5

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I didn't get a chance to really dig in to his lore, (the card was quite wordy as is and I liked this suite of abilities) but I'm overall satisfied with the card.

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kysnou, I like what you were trying to do, very spicy card, but you have just made a hugely broken version of Death's Shadow, which was already a tournament-playable card.

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Either way, how about a character from the MTG canon made a god on Theros? (whether they're able to go there or not- get creative!)

Deadpoo111 on Near Death Abuse

2 weeks ago

I think Death's Shadow would be solid in this deck. It would provide another win condition too.

rdean14 on Card creation challenge

2 weeks ago

ZendikariWol, thanks!

However, I wanted it to be a replacement effect, a la Palisade Giant or Phyrexian Unlife, not similar to Duskmantle Guildmage, as I wanted it to create a real sense of safety against burn. Also, it would disable Death's Shadow and Commander Damage, but still allow Infect kills.

ManaEhMano on ▷ BUDGET MonoBlue Devotion MILL! ◁ 【GRN!!】

1 month ago

BoneclockHarmony I am going to build this for an upcoming tournament and I believe these changes could help. I am going -1 Island and -1 Shelldock Isle for +2 Mystic Sanctuary so I can bring back a Cryptic Command or Archive Trap to take control if needed. I am also going to try +1 Archmage's Charm in place of -1 Visions of Beyond as a way to get a bit of additional versatility if card draw isn't necessary. I think this can also help in specific matches against Death's Shadow , Champion of the Parish , Monastery Swiftspear , Aether Vial , or Chalice of the Void . For the sideboard I am also thinking of swapping Negate for Essence Scatter depending on how the meta changes.

Magic_Aids on ▷ BEST Metagame SLAYER Deck! ◁

1 month ago

mznbzt I love Death's Shadow ! As long as we're the ones playing it!! :D

Barbarian_Sun_Pope on Chandra and Her Magical Miscreant Tour v.5.0

2 months ago

Neat idea, have you considered Plunge into Darkness ? It's a niffty little instant that can help you search for what you need and set up your secret Death's Shadow =).

tabbs33 on Varolz's Shadow

2 months ago

Thanks for the feedback Red_X, I really appreciate it!

I see what you're saying about Drown in the Loch and I've thought about that too - keeping two mana up is asking quite a bit for a more aggressive deck. I will note though that the hand disruption, removal, Liliana , and your opponent's fetchlands also fill their graveyard. Even with that though, I agree that two mana is a lot and will probably opt for Fatal Push instead.

Yeah, I'm a sucker for cute interactions (which explains why casual EDH is probably my favorite format) and I agree that Invisible Stalker is really at its best when you're neutral or ahead on board. I toyed around with other unblockable creatures, but initially decided on Invisible Stalker since it can dodge spot removal - I'd hate to scavenge only for the targeted creature to get blown up. Funny, I just thought about Bitterblossom on my way home from work the other day. I like that idea! Evasive creatures, makes Death's Shadow stronger, and can make Tarmogoyf even stronger since it's both an enchantment and tribal.

Okay, gotcha. I haven't done too much testing of Liliana vs. Oko , but yeah, Tron, Urza, and aggro (esp. humans) are all very popular these days, so I can move Oko to the main board and side in Liliana for control or grindier matchups if it fits.

Thanks so much again!