Pyrodax [1RR, 2/3, Beast, Common with ability]

[LoneTear]

Starting Card
Pyrodax
1RR
Creature -- Beast
2/3
R, put a -0/-1 counter on ~this~: ~this~ deals 1 damage to target creature or player.
"This creature can breath fire, but doing so destroys her stomach."

[EDIT]

Actual Card
Pyrodax
1RR
Creature -- Beast
0/0
~this~ comes into play with two +1/+1 counters on it.
R, remove a +1/+1 counter from ~this~: ~this~ deals 1 damage to target creature or player.
"This creature can breath fire, but doing so destroys her stomach."

[/EDIT]

Rarity: Common.
Concept: A medium-sized beast able to breath fire imperfectly, at cost of her own health.
Starting card issues: Perhaps a 2/3 is too much. What about 2/2 or 1/3?
Actual card issues: I was thinking about a 2RR casting cost but three +1/+1 counters. Too much?

1. Two common creatures, neither of which cost just R, and at least one of which is at least three mana.

This is my idea for one of the Beast-typed common creature you need.

BTW, a questione: If someone have more than 1 idea for each category of cards you' re searching (i.e.: I' ve created 4 Red Rare Cards as you ask here: http://www.themanadrain.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16964), is he forced to post them in different posts?

[Ephraim]

This is an interesting idea, but I see two flaws with it:

1) I don't think that -0/-1 counters are used anymore. I'm pretty sure that WotC prefers using +1/+1 counters whenever possible. to the exclusion of even using -1/-1 counters. (Comments made when Infused Arrows were previewed uphold this speculation.)

2) This is very similar to a recently printed card. Vulshok Sorcerer is certainly not identical, but they serve a very similar purpose - a {R} common creature that can deal a damage the turn it comes out. Okay, the similarities end there, I suppose. Yours is a 1/3 that doesn't require tapping and survives only three uses. In some ways it seems better, but in most ways it seems worse. I'd rather have my flamethrower around for more than three damage.

I might be a bit more lenient on this card if it were a little bit better. Perhaps give it the ability : ~This~ deals 1 damage to target creature or player and 1 damage to itself. If it requires power level tweaking then, you could always make it a 1/2 or a 2/2.

[LoneTear]

Very nice points. But I' d like to keep the actual idea of the card killing herself by damaging other. I' ll try to reword the card using +1/+1 counters.

Thx.

[Jacob Orlove]

This would be good, but not broken, if you removed the R activation cost. A 2/2 for 1CC needs to be pretty strong to see any play. That sort of reminds me of an inverse spike feeder, which is cool.

Edit: another option would be to make it 1/0.

[combo_dude]

I might be a bit more lenient on this card if it were a little bit better. Perhaps give it the ability : ~This~ deals 1 damage to target creature or player and 1 damage to itself. If it requires power level tweaking then, you could always make it a 1/2 or a 2/2.

Reckless Embermage
3R
Creature - Wizard
2/2
1R: Reckless Embermage does 1 damage to target creature or player and 1 damage to itself.

And that's rare. You won't get a common at that power level.

I think what you have now is fine.

[Matt]

I like the current version, but just a heads up: keep the current wording in bold, because it makes it easier to see.

[LoneTear]

Done. BTW, what about make this creature exactly like a Spike Feeder?

2RR; 0/0; Comes into play with three +1/+1 counters; 1, remove a +1/+1 counter: this deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

[Jacob Orlove]

It's not exactly the same--I said it reminded me of a spike feeder, because it's a 2/2 where you can sac the counters for an effect.