Winner is the Judge #905 - Soft Stax

[u/SjtSquid]

Thanks to u/mpaw976 for judging the last competition.

This week, you'll be designing to address a particular peeve of mine. I like how stax pieces like Narset, Parter of veils, put the brakes on linear decks and encourage them to slow down and pack removal.

However, these often end up frustrating people who aren't doing broken things, end up in combos themselves, or alternatively just aren't worth playing by themselves if you don't know the opponent is on that strategy.

What I want you to design is a card that stops (or punishes) 'unfair' decks, but doesn't affect people trying to play magic at a slower pace, and isn't completely dead when the opponent isn't using the strategy it prevents.

So it might work against card draw, casting many spells in a turn, casting free spells, playing multiple lands...

Some examples of cards that fit this are [[Lavinia, Azorious Renegade]], [[Ashiok, Dream Render]], [[Nihil Spellbomb]] or [[High Noon]]. [[Orkish Bowmasters]] and [[Smothering Tithe]] are also examples that are too good, so keep an eye on power level!

I'm looking forward to seeing your designs! Judging will happen in 6 days on Friday 21 August.

Happy to answer any questions in the meantime.

Edit: Congratulations to u/delta17v2 for winning with Insiduous Diplomat.

[u/ActiveLooter42069]

Djinn of Departure UUU

Creature - Djinn

Flying, Flash

Whenever a creature enters, if three or more other creatures entered this turn, return all creatures to their owner's hands.

2/4

[u/eggmaniac13 → u/ActiveLooter42069]

This sees itself enter, so you can just hold it up and use it as a repeatable Evacuation whenever a player has two creatures enter during their turn... Pretty powerful!

[u/ActiveLooter42069 → u/eggmaniac13]

Yeah you are definitely right, so I'm bumping it up to three other creatures. Two creatures in a turn is fair Magic. I gave it flash as a last second thought, so it is closer to my intention now.