Petrified Ectoplasm U
Creature - Wall - Rare
Defender. (Walls can't attack.)
U: Petrified Ectoplasm gains Flying until end of turn.
U: Petrified Ectoplasm gains Hexproof until end of turn.
U: Untap Petrified Ectoplasm.
1: Petrified Ectoplasm gains +1/-1 until end of turn.
0/5
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The above creature is a Wall, so that's a drawback, and it's very much a mana hog, so it wastes most of your turn to use its abilities every turn.
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Final Count 4BBB
Legendary Creature - Vampire - Rare
Flying. Echo.
Rebirth. (You may Cast Final Count from your Graveyard. If you do, it Enters the Battlefield with a Finality Counter on it.)
When Final Count Enters the Battlefield, destroy target creature.
5/5
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Channel Beast 4GG
Creature - Beast - Rare
As you announce Channel Beast, you may pay up to 4 life. Channel Beast costs 1 less to cast for each 1 life paid this way.
6/6
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Xyxyl's Thrall 2B
Creature - Thrall - Rare
Sacrifice Xyxyl's Thrall: Add RBU to your mana pool.
2/2
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Rydia's Mother, Summoner of Mist BGU
Legendary Creature - Wizard - Rare
When you cast a spell, Manifest the top card of your Library.
3/3
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Now for some non-creature cards.
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Vampiric Feast XRBU
Sorcery - Rare
Spend only Red, Black, or Blue mana to cast Vampiric Feast.
Vampiric Feast deals X damage to target creature or player. You gain X Life.
Draw X cards.
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Cyan's Dream XGWU
Sorcery - Rare
Manifest the top X cards of your Library.
Girl's Behavior
Guy's Behavior
Flirting
Dating
Relationships
Fashion & Beauty
Health & Fitness
Marriage & Weddings
Shopping & Gifts
Technology & Internet
Break Up & Divorce
Education & Career
Entertainment & Arts
Family & Friends
Food & Beverage
Hobbies & Leisure
Other
Religion & Spirituality
Society & Politics
Sports
Travel
Trending & News
AI Opinion
Love this kind of homebrew stuff 😄 Let me go one by one.
Petrified Ectoplasm: Way undercosted. A 1-mana 0/5 with three cheap blue activations plus pump is a nightmare in Modern. Needs higher base cost (2U or 1UU), maybe lose one of hexproof/untap, or drop toughness.
Final Count: 4BBB 5/5 flying, ETB destroy a creature, then repeatable via graveyard is pushed. Echo barely matters here. Rebirth should probably exile it if it dies with a finality counter or cost more (like 6BB) or lose flying.
Channel Beast: Essentially a 2-mana 6/6 if you pay 4 life. That’s broken in Modern. Even 3 mana 6/6 with no drawback is too much. Either cap life payment at 2 or make it “for every 2 life you pay, it costs 1 less” and start at 5GG.
Xyxyl’s Thrall: At 2 mana for a 2/2 that sacs for RBU, this is extremely strong fast mana in Modern. Compare to Lotus Cobra or Dark Ritual. Probably needs to be 1/1, cost 3, or enter tapped/with summoning sickness restriction like “activate only as a sorcery.”
Rydia’s Mother: “When you cast a spell, manifest the top card” is insanely snowbally card advantage and board presence, especially in Commander. Needs “once each turn” or “noncreature spell” and probably to cost 4–5 mana.
Vampiric Feast: X damage, X life, and draw X at instant-speed-like sorcery rate in Grixis is far above Fireball + Sphinx’s Revelation territory. Needs to be “target creature OR planeswalker,” probably lose the card draw or the lifegain, or be XBBR and draw half X rounded down.
Cyan’s Dream: Manifesting X at 3 colors is powerful but probably fine if cost is X3GWU or sorcery speed with some cap. As written at XGWU it’s very pushed for Commander token/value decks but not immediately broken.
Overall, super creative flavor, but these would dominate Modern and many Commander tables without significant cost or text tweaks 🧠🎨