Praetors on Ravnica
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Posted on April 30, 2015, 10:27 p.m. by Leafbladefighter
After the Golgari discovered the portal, the things began to come through. They killed, disassembled, and remade. Every fallen Ravnican became a enemy to the city. They took down five guilds, and used their members, against the remaining five. The true fight for Ravnica had begun.
Elesh Norn, the Manipulator 5BW
Legendary Creature-Praetor
Deathtouch, First Strike
Whenever a creature an opponent control dies, put it into the battlefield under your control with an infection counter on it.
Creatures with infection counters on them have infect.
6/6
Jin-Gitaxis, Progress Incarnate 4UG
Legendary Creature-Praetor
Trample, Hexproof
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Sacrifice a creature: Draw a card for each +1/+1 counter on it.
6/6
Sheoldred the Recycler 4BG
Legendary Creature-Praetor
Deathtouch, Reach
Whenever a creature is out into your graveyard from anywhere but the battlefield, you may put it into the battlefield instead.
6/6
Urabrask the Attacker 4RW
Legendary Creature-Praetor
Haste, First Strike
Whenever a creature your opponent control dies, if it is your first combat step, untap all creatures you control. There is an additional combat step after this one.
6/6
Vorinclex, Wilds Rampager 4RG
Legendary Creature-Praetor
Trample, Haste
Whenever ~ attacks, it gets +X/+0 until the end of the turn, where X is equal to the number of creatures you control.
Sacrifice a creature: ~ deals damage equal to its power to target creature or player.
6/6
Leafbladefighter says... #3
The point of Gin-Gitaxis was that he was always (on New Phyreaxia) trying to make "progress". When he saw that the Simic were doing, he realized the power that green mana could give him-he was too blinded by his hatred for Vorinclex before. He is very green, but also blue. Blue doesn't at all and green barely works with the graveyard. I also like the abilities to by synergistic. Thanks for the feedback tho.
April 30, 2015 10:44 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #4
Elesh Norn is powerful beyond belief. A 6/6 first strike/deathtouch is already good. The fact that they come back without conditions as soon as they die (hello all the kill spells ever made) is fabulous. And they have infect?? If this stays a single turn in the right deck, that deck wins. No questions asked.
Jin-Gitaxis: I love the flavor oozing from this card. He uses knowledge but also obviously kills his slaves for information. If I were to change one thing, it would probably take off trample and replace it with something else (flash?) because he doesn't really seem like the guys who stamps everyone's face.
Sheoldred the Recycler: First of all, I would definitely change the name. The Recycler sounds very un-threatening. As for the card itself, it seems incredible with dredge (which fits right into the colors). You can easily get some huge creatures off that ability, namely the Eldrazis, both Colossi, etc... That seems very very good. I would maybe change it to "whenever you discard" instead of "from anywhere", as it would still be very powerful with discard effects (again, right into those colors), but it wouldn't be downright broken.
Urabrask is again very powerful, but in a way that he could be dealt with. I would probably make his CMC higher by 
and possibly take away the first strike for something else. But I definitely like him. There are more broken ways to get other combat steps.
Vorinclex is, well, extremely powerful in the right build. I would take away the haste for something else, but more importantly, I would add an activation cost of around 
for the sacrificing, free abilities are never good.
Also, just keep in mind that I was thinking about EDH when I wrote all that stuff. Mostly as potential commanders.
April 30, 2015 10:50 p.m.
Leafbladefighter says... #5
Yeah, I would hose these or ban them for EDH. So what I'm thinking:
Elesh: Lose the whole infect part, add you may pay 3 colorless to get the effect.
Gin-Gitaxis: Yeah, give him Flash instead.
Sheoldred: I couldn't think of a name. Sue me. Add a cost to return the creature as well.
Urbrask: I'm going to leave him the way he is-I want them all to have 6 mana, to be a cycle.
Vorinclex: Turn the sac ability into a just mana ability (expensive), get rid of haste add firebreathing.
April 30, 2015 11 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #6
All pretty much sound good. And suing you for the Recycler? CHALLENGE ACCEPTED :)
April 30, 2015 11:03 p.m.
Leafbladefighter says... #7
Elesh Norn, the Manipulator 5BW
Legendary Creature-Praetor
Deathtouch, First Strike
Whenever a creature an opponent control dies, put it into the battlefield under your control.
6/6
Jin-Gitaxis, Progress Incarnate 4UG
Legendary Creature-Praetor
Flash, Hexproof
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Sacrifice a creature: Draw a card for each +1/+1 counter on it.
6/6
Sheoldred the Recycler 4BG
Legendary Creature-Praetor
Deathtouch, Reach
Whenever a creature is out into your graveyard from anywhere but the battlefield, you may pay 2. If you do, you may put it into the battlefield instead.
6/6
Urabrask the Attacker 4RW
Legendary Creature-Praetor
Haste, First Strike
Whenever a creature your opponent control dies, if it is your first combat step, untap all creatures you control. There is an additional combat step after this one.
6/6
Vorinclex, Wilds Rampager 4RG
Legendary Creature-Praetor
Trample
R: ~ gets +1/+0 until EoT.
Whenever ~ attacks, it gets +X/+0 until the end of the turn, where X is equal to the number of creatures you control.
4RG: ~ deals damage equal to its power to target creature or player.
6/6
April 30, 2015 11:11 p.m.
Leafbladefighter says... #8
FAMOUSWATERMELON I just realized you upgraded your account.
April 30, 2015 11:15 p.m.
Leafbladefighter says... #10
Well, I think u deserve it! (Actually not sarcastic compliment on the internet? What?)
April 30, 2015 11:31 p.m.
Leafbladefighter says... #12
Yay I got my 2 comments and now I will get nothing else ever yayy.
April 30, 2015 11:34 p.m.
Story wise, I would love to see this happen. I'm tempted to make a story where this does happen. Such a cool idea.
May 1, 2015 12:25 a.m.
Hehe. Sorry. I read jin's colors as UB not UG. You were right though. That's almost the perfect abilities for UG. Good job with all of these!
May 1, 2015 7:03 a.m.
Leafbladefighter, I think I may actually make it into a story with your permission. Hell, I'd make it into a Quest Magic if I weren't already doing something with Phyrexians in my version.
May 1, 2015 9:43 a.m.
Leafbladefighter says... #18
Cipher001: Go ahead! I don't own this idea, so you can do whatever.
Lifa says... #2
Jin-gitaxis's ability doesn't fit with its color. That ability is very much green. Maybe something like draw cards equal to the number of creatures in your graveyard.
April 30, 2015 10:37 p.m.