Something Wicked This Way Comes

[GerryMander]

Wicked Familiar

Creature -- Horror
Whenever a nontoken creature you don't control is put into a graveyard from play, put a [SOMETHING] counter on Wicked Familiar.
Remove 3 [SOMETHING] counters from Wicked Familiar, Sacrifice Wicked Familiar:  Search your library for a card and put it into your hand.  Shuffle your deck afterwards.
1/1


It's a Demonic Tutor on legs that only goes off after three of your opponent's creatures die and go to the graveyard.  What's not to like!?


CURRENT WORDING:

Wicked Familiar
BB
Creature -- Horror
Whenever a creature you don't control is put into a graveyard from play, put a +1/+1 counter on Wicked Familiar.
Remove three +1/+1 counters from Wicked Familiar, Sacrifice Wicked Familiar:  Search your library for a card and put it into your hand.  Shuffle your deck afterwards.  
1/1

CHANGES:
-+1/+1 counters *Matt/Jacob*
-lost nontoken *Laurie Cheers*
-BB costed *GerryMander*
-added sorcery clause *GerryMander*
-subtracted sorcery clause *GerryMander*
-three instead of 3 *Ephraim or w/e*

[Matt]

What if it the counters were +1/+1 counters? That would be awesome. Also, since you have less control over what dies, I don't think you need to exclude tokens.

[Jacob Orlove]

+1/+1 counters would be cool, because that gives you a second route to the tutor effect. Also, does this need to sacrifice?

[Matt]

Well if you can pump it yourself via Spikes or whatever, I think it does.

[The Grim Reaper]

Shouldn't this be "Whenever a creature your opponent controls" and not "Whenever a creature you don't control"?

[Laurie Cheers]

Maybe he wants it to be abusable in team games.
I don't see why the "nontoken" restriction is there. It seems clumsy; and if we're only talking about your opponent's creatures, surely it's not overpowered to let it trigger for all of them?
Also, the "remove counters and sacrifice" cost seems a bit clumsy. I'm not sure of the best way to fix that.

Demented Prophet
1B
Creature - [Human?] Cleric
1/1
Whenever a creature card is put into an opponent's graveyard, put an augury counter on Demented Prophet. Then, if Demented Prophet has three or more augury counters on it, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, and shuffle your library. If you do, sacrifice Demented Prophet.

[GerryMander]

I think this should keep the clause about it being a creature you don't control so decks that can take a creature and sac it cannot abuse this that easily.

I like the +1/+1 counter idea, but I think that a 1/1 that pumps whenever a creature dies is too powerful for .  It may be better to cost this at {B} or even {B}.

[Jacob Orlove]

Khabal Ghoul wasn't very good even back when there were no good creatures. This should be fine. Just make the sacrifice mandatory when you hit the third counter, if you're really worried about the power level.

[GerryMander]

I think that if it was mandatory, it wouldn't be as playable.  I think that a cost of {B} is fair for a 1/1 that needs a lot of support to do anything good.

EDIT:  I just realized that if this thing had 3 counters on it, you could block w/ it, put damage on the stack, sac this, and possibly get card advantage off this.  (Wicked Familiar gets a card and possibly kills the creature it is blocking).  I made it so you can only use the ability as a sorcery.

[Matt]

Ugh, that's a mistake. It's far too cluttered as it is. As regards block/damage/sac, I'm going to have to give it a big fat "so what?".

[GerryMander]

well, if it isn't too much of a deal, then I will remove the sorcery clause.

24 hour clock

[Ephraim]

I think that numerals are only used to describe damage. Instead of the numeral "3", I think you should have the word "three".

[Matt]

Closed and added.[/color]