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Your opportunity to play Shadow of Salvation won't always come around. When it does, it is extremely powerful, but there are many mechanics, deck techs, creatures, etc. that either hard counter this or do very well in spite of this on the field.
While strong, I would absolutely not call this broken. It'll be frustrating to have this dropped and destroy your Ghalta, Primal Hunger and Gigantosaur immediately, but if you have more than just that on the battlefield, you can certainly do much more damage before Shadow of Salvation's controller has time to exile whatever else you're swinging with.
If by "on a whim" you mean at the cost of 3 mana and the ability of the creature's ability to attack or block, you are correct on that count.
So no, I strongly disagree - Shadow of Salvation is not broken. On the contrary, its weaknesses make it such that it finds a better home on a sideboard to be swapped in specifically against aggro decks and combo decks.
Mana Drain is broken; it's banned in legacy and is one of the two most powerful counterspells in existence.
Cards with a lot of potential but very situational uses are not broken, just the sort of interesting cards that can change the course of the game in the right hands or do absolutely nothing in the wrong ones.
Back on topic though, here's another entry!
And while I do think it would probably be best to up the CMC to around 6, I still do not think it is nearly as insane as you do.
Results will be posted either later today or sometime tomorrow.
There were so many good entries that there will be 3 Honorable Mentions instead of just one like normal. Those cards are:
@DeepSky with Illusionary Licid!
Licids are a cool concept, so I had to at least give it a honorable mention. It seems quite powerful, but also balanced if they have something that can target it. Cool card!
@Faiths_Guide with Dream-Course Crasher!
Honestly, this card seems really underpowered, but it was a hydra (aka my favorite creature type in magic) and it had a cool, if underwhelming, concept! I didn't want it to place, and make people think that all I care about are my favorite creature types, but I wanted to at least give it a HM. Good work!
And @Arceus8523 with Mistcaller!
This card was going to place until I realized that Mistcaller is actually the name of a real magic card:
DO YOUR RESEARCH! But other than that, it is a really good semi-lord for illusions, and by giving them hexproof, you can get around the whole "targeted by a spell" thing that most illusions have going on. Great job!
Now! On to the cards that placed!
In 3rd Place is @ASubtleGhost with Dream Rider!
Not only does it have my favorite animal in the art, the turtle, but it also is a pretty cool concept. It is like she is riding the illusions, and she fuels illusion tribal decks by creating illusions on entry! Nice work!
In 2nd Place is @zizick123 with Mistform Matron!
This is a really cool concept! It would be good in tribal decks of all sorts, kind of like Metallic Mimic, but only giving protection instead of making them bigger! Overall awesome design!
In 1st Place is @Shadow29870 with Vision of the Sultry!
This thing is really powerful, and will go in all kinds of Izzet decks! Combine the super flavorful ability of making you slowly lose your sanity out in the desert with awesome art and you have one cool card! Awesome job!
@ASubtleGhost @zizick123 @Shadow29870 Don't forget to tell your HM nominees!
Also, nobody forget to tell me what cards they want favorited!
Ah! I didn't think I'd do to well, much less ace this! I KNEW that dding a red one was a good idea! Thank yooooouuuu!
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/jarina-harvester-of-the-lost?list=set&set=32034
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/morbid-discovery?list=set&set=32034
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/harness-the-putrefied?list=set&set=32034
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/putrefy-6?list=set&set=32034
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/the-first-rising?list=set&set=32034
And @Undead deserves a mention for https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/vault-of-the-broken-mirror ! I thought this would knock me outta the water, if not win it all!!!
and feel free to leave the other two likes on anything else that you like!
Also, I favorited Mistform Matron and this one:
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/the-allsight?list=user
Also, ASubtleGhost and @zizick123, who would you like to nominate for an honorable mention?
He isn't underpowered, he is a non-flying Guard Gomazoa which can attack under certain circumstances and also gets you repeated ETB triggers. He's really pretty sweet!
Oh no, I absolutely agree that you should stand with your decision!
Congrats @Winners and other @Mentionables!
Could you fave https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/sincerity-blesser?list=user
Congrats to all the winners and hms!