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Create a creature with negative toughness that can survive on its own without the assistance of any other cards. It can't enter the battlefield with any counters and it can't have any static toughness-boosting or stat-resetting abilities that applies to itself. It also has to be a creature at all times.
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/renshu-below-absolute-zero
The easiest way to solve this seems just to give it "This creature does not go to the graveyard as a result of having 0 or less toughness when state based actions are checked." but that felt a bit boring. So I decided to explore a different idea.
Literally as I finish writing this explanation I realise a creature with negative toughness and morph would have qualified as well, as it'd be a 2/2 while face down and could have some interesting "when flipped" ability that would act a bit like evoking it.
Curious as to how else you thought about tackling it @Jadefire
Create a creature that's also an artifact that's also an enchantment that's also an instant that's also an ongoing scheme that's also a sorcery that's also a conspiracy that's also legendary that's also arcane that's also tribal
I was very specific about my wording of the restrictions. The creature can't enter the battlefield with any counters but that doesn't include tokens. I was thinking a creature could enter the battlefield with a token aura or equipment already attached to it that boosts toughness, sort of like reverse Living weapon.
5 mana might be too much for a board wipe + lockdown, but I figured to make him a 2/2. Riding him to victory would be a challenge as you can’t cover him in equipment to do so, you’d have to use -1 effects to “buff” him. Hence the ninjutsu effect is symmetrical, gives both players a chance to save creatures from the freeze.
I can already see this thread is going to be a great teacher.
I like your approach to the challenge. The morph plan, while technically fulfilling the requirements, just avoids the challenge; the token aura/equipment plan meets/works with the challenge; and your method of turning a disadvantage into an advantage rather leans into the challenge, which I think is the best way to go.
FYI, the Ninjutsu trigger may not work the way you intend it to. Since Renshu's positive/negative reversal ability is a continuous ability, it applies as soon as he's on the battlefield, which means all creatures with positive toughness will be dead due to state-based effects before its ETB trigger can resolve.
So if cast for it's normal cost, Renshu will come in with 5 ice counters. Other creatures on the battlefield will get -5/-5. Due to the rest of the rules on Renshu, a 2/2 would become a -3/-3, which would be treated as a 3/3. A 4/4 would become a -1/-1, treated as a 1/1. A 6/6 would become 1/1, which would be treated as -1/-1, which would then be put into the graveyard due to state based actions.
So it's the ultimate topsy turvy creature, little creatures become big, big creatures become little or die.
Now with ninjutsu, yes, you could theoretically get this out on turn 2, but then it would (probably) have 8 ice counters on it as you cast it for UB. All creatures get -8/-8. So the one and two drops you and your opponents have played are now probably 7/7 or 6/6s... and you bounced your one drop to your hand to ninjutsu out a 4/4, so less likely you'll do that as soon as possible.
If nothing else has been achieved, I had fun
Create a card thats rules text is a Haiku - a poem of three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five again in the third.
- Create a card that puts three or more different types of counters on permanents (not players), other than common counters such as +1/+1, -1/-1, and loyalty counters. It can either put them on itself (if you make a permanent), or on other cards. (No proliferate.)
https://www.mtgcardsmith.com/view/yson-overture-of-duskAnyone who's been around MTG long enough might pick up on what I was trying to accomplish from the musical terminology in the name, verse counters, and enchantment card type.
It was originally supposed to be a Spirit Assassin that put bounty counters on creatures but I ran out of card space so I repurposed the verse counters and made a Wave of Terror effect instead. This was a deceptively difficult challenge, not because of rules bending but because of rules text limitations.
Create a card you would only want to see in your opening hand after mulliganing down as far as possible (i.e., a card with a payoff that would make it worthwhile to keep a hand of 2 but less so for larger hands)
Welcome back to Tuesday Tumult - It's Tuesday!
Judging for Week 1
First off, thank you all for participating... these lovely challenges are definitely one-of-a-kind and none are easy. In advance, let me apologize if you put a lot of work and effort in, but do not get mentioned in this post about your entry. There's so much to chew off with each challenge and entry, and in the end, I have to go with my gut on which of these were the best of the best.This week was a toss-up for me between @TheRacingTurtle's Renshu and @ThePhantomJoker's Hidden Images. When all said and done, I believe Renshu finally passed inspection, given the challenge. As well, the challenge in comparison to Phantom's challenge was far more strenuous, in my . Even so, I believe Phantom had the better card, but given the nature of this contest...if I have a toss-up between two entries, I have to side with what I feel would have been the more difficult challenge. Which is why @TheRacingTurtle gets the win for week 1.
Here are your randomly assigned challenges - you have one week to submit an entry. Feel free to submit a new challenge for next week at any time! The judges this round are me (My entry cannot win.) Happy smithing!
@feralitator you get Nevinyrral's Disk- Create a colorless board-wipe that can't be cast unless you control a token enchantment, a token creature with haste, or a token artifact that can tap for mana.
@jpastor you get Know When to Hold 'Em- Create a card you would only want to see in your opening hand after mulliganing down as far as possible (i.e., a card with a payoff that would make it worthwhile to keep a hand of 2 but less so for larger hands)
@AboveAndAbout you get 5-7-5- Create a card that's rules text is a Haiku - a poem of three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five again in the third.
@WarriorCatInAhat you get When Opposite Gods Attract- Create a Legendary noncreature spell that uses artwork from here with
in its mana cost and features opposing abilities. For example: if one creature gets +1/+1, another creature gets -1/-1... or for another example... if one spell gets countered, another spell can't be countered.
@TheDukeOfPork you get Variety Is the Spice of Life- Create a creature that's also an artifact that's also an enchantment that's also an instant that's also an ongoing scheme that's also a sorcery that's also a conspiracy that's also legendary that's also arcane that's also tribal.
@TheRacingTurtle you get "But it's so cute."- Create a creature that's a cute animal, but becomes a terrifying monster. This can be done by either a card that transforms or is a card like one of these: (Ascendant Spirit or Figure of Destiny.
@Jadefire you get What on Earth Is That Supposed to Mean?wow
very sorry duke