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Atun is God of Creation, I believe.
I don't think this works the way it's intended to be
Scavenging Scarab
3B
~ can't block
3/3
This should be uncommon.
Stuff like this is too unique to be wasted at common.
The wording would be
(4G: Put a 0/0 token creature onto the battlefield, then put this aura onto the battlefield attached to that creature. If ~ would be unattached from the token, exile it instead. Renew only as a sorcery.)
I like this. Egyptian mythos put special emphasis on Names.
This seems like such a good uncommon though if you bump it up and gave it some more power
I like expedition. Needs better wording though. The problem is definitely keeping track of your destination. Maybe simplify the mechanics so it triggers off of counters or something, For example:
Expedition (Whenever ~ or another land with the same name enters the battlefield, put an expedition counter on it.)
: Untap up to three target permanents. Activate this only if there is 3 or more expedition counters on it.
Also this is very VERY powerful at common. Untap 1 permanent would be powerful enough, 2 if you want to push it.
This is way too cheap at uncommon.
Even at rare, it'd be [O-ring + target opponent draws a card] if it's 1 mana.
But you may want to reword the second effect a bit better.
I hope you have ways of putting +1/+1 counters on enchantments...
Hey fellow Egyptian set guy!
I really haven't read any of the cards yet, but here are some Egyptian things that can help you go when you design an Egyptian top-down set =D
Egyptian mythos features heavily on the power of the written word, rituals and spoken magic. Words and their intricacies are important to magic, religion and daily life.
Egyptian myths are multilayered. Each of the Major gods have incarnations that play out the same roles over the "history" of their time
Egypt is cyclical. They rely heavily on seasons, annual floods and the like. As such, much of their religion is cyclical
Egypt believe in the Cosmic Order, or Ma'at, and the rituals involving the fight between order and chaos.
They are the oldest of the civilizations, as such, most occultists accredit mystical powers and magic to them. i.e. Magic's source is Egypt. They're known to be knowledgeable in higher powers.
The same is true of Journey to Nowhere.
I will note that this is Chained to the Rocks without the mountain requirement. It makes the card swingier: really very good indeed against anything that can't kill a global enchantment, quite a lot worse against anything that can.
Against a lot of decks, this is just one mana to exile something permanently.
better flavor text
proper wording
I've redesigned this one since I still want this top-down card, but now it's uncommon. I will probably fill the original common slot in the design skeleton with some Pacifism variant.
redesigned, now uncommon (was common)
Not necessarily. Purphoros, God of the Forge for example has no reminder text for devotion. As long as mythics have sheer wow factor, reminder text is optional when it doesn't fit, methinks.
One note: cards with new keyword abilities generally include reminder text even on mythics these days. See e.g. Bloodlord of Vaasgoth, Batterskull, Cast through Time, Dragon Broodmother, Erebos, God of the Dead, Flame-Wreathed Phoenix, Hero of Bladehold, Hythonia the Cruel, etc.
It just makes the card make more sense in a vacuum. Mythics are often presented away from the context of their set, and this may as well say "Other white creatures have garblenarb" for all the sense it makes outside the set's context.
I'm still looking for a white removal card with this flavor that works at common (could be at a different cost), so I'm open to suggestions.
It's the "enthusiastic explorer finds ancient artifact/ruins and immediately runs to examine it" trope. It has to be nonbasic because basic lands aren't special locations for an archaeologist.
missing P/T
Not sure I quite get the flavour here. The "nonbasic land" clause means this could be relevant in Constructed.
Strong. That is, assuming it's a 1/1?
fix reminder text
+art, read the story page if it doesn't make sense