­Juniper Order Ranger + Phased Spider

...why is the phased spider an elf, and not have phasing? And.. uh, you can cast it and chose to only have it ETB next turn instead? Kind of odd. Anyway, it's deathtouch reach that deals a point of damage on ETB. Yow! And cheap for an inf/2 spider-style blocker.

The juniper, meanwhile, is "I like hordes".

Ok; I think we can build something here - at least as long as I'm allowed to put counters on things in exile (which I'm not, but let's just pretend)

You could make this work with the ability from Skullbriar, the Walking Grave.

Yeah, golden ruling it works. No comment on the "Suspend... eh, I'll decide later how long it's suspended for" ability?

Hmmm... that brings to mind that hyperspace battle game. Did I ever bring that to GE?

I don't remember a hyperspace battle game.

Phased Spider is itself reminiscent of Nantuko Shaman. This has ended up more like Skullbriar. It's definitely got the feel of Juniper Order Ranger to it, though, so it's an effective mashup.

I'll try and make that game into my next card, then :)

And, uh. I can kinda see why you want to suspend the source card for a turn; maybe there's no targets and at least it's a threat. Why would you ever suspend the shaman thoug? It costs more; and a card now is pretty much always better than a card later.

The shaman only gives you a card if your land is untapped. In theory, you could do that off a Mana Elf + Priest of Titania, which is kind of cool... but the most common way to do it is to suspend it, then come into play during your next upkeep when your lands are untapped.