Welcome back to Name That Card! You will notice two extra fields missing from this card. Its converted mana cost was removed because I didn't want people to decide what to name this card based upon how efficient it is. I also removed the creature type on this card, so players didn't need to restrict themselves based on type. I'll be adding both of these in when this week's contest is finished.

Hmmm. Exchange control has been on a lot of creatures; but never due to being in combat. "Must be blocked" though; that's classically Siren's Call + Lure territory, and I can certainly see sirens getting that power; what with, oh, Seasinger, and after all; merfolk are now green too. So we have a merfolk. (The lure ability has been on a bunch of different green creatures; mostly large ones for obvious gameplay reasons. Though Maraleaf Rider suggests that this could be, oh, a Crab Knight.) Merfolk Shaman, I'd guess.

Cost is weird. This is going to swap back over and again - opponent chumps it, and you get a chump. Then flip it back. But its power when it does go unblocked is respectable, and evasion is a thing; so it can't be too cheap. I'd guess cost 4 or 5. (It is gold; after all.)

Name. Battlesinger Siren. I'd like for it to just be "Battlesinger" to mimic the Seasinger; and to strongly hint at what an awesome combo that is. (Swap something for this, steal this back, repeat). But modern naming is to leave yourself design space in future, and maybe we'll see more things with the battlesinger ability in future. Maybe it'll get keyworded :)

Hm... battlesinger feels to me... definitely not ... But I like the connection to the card and that it's somewhat of a reference.

So this thing is lure... it's big, so it's not alluring because "it's annoying"... i guess that means it has something that makes it wanted.... maybe it has a shiny dangly or something? I was thinking an Angler of some kind with some sort of treasure rather than head-light, but that's more of a creature type.

I like the idea of this being aquatic... Maybe it uses a Whirlwind to do the switching (which I think is a pokemon reference).... so maybe Whirlwind [creature type]

What's a beautiful fish? i'll google it... Well, i really like Moorish Idol... but Whirlwind Idol sounds good ,but can be confused with lots of other stuff.

I think I will go with Triggerfish, because it's a triggered ability... Funnily enough, the top results on google are majorly fish that I have collected in a little indie game known as Minecraft...

Whirlwind Triggerfish? Sure, that's my idea.

Hypnotoad

lol

How about Simic Soulswapper?

Siren Soulswapper?

Ooh the bolded one is a good one.

Are you sure it's not red? The effect is "keep swapping sides, killing a chump every time". It makes me think of one of those ambiguous side-swappers like the bad bond girl or jack sparrow who just keeps betraying everyone surprisingly.

Or, maybe, like "Wind up elephant." It just keeps attacking, trampling over the opponent's lines, but then runs out of steam and they get to staff it themselves.

If you stick with GU I agree "Simic soulswapper" seems reasonable.

hm good point. I feel like red would be more appropriate to have 'Attacks each turn if able' or 'cant block' rather than Lure, which is pretty much green IIRC.. though maybe red could/does have it

The exchanging control of permanents thing feels pretty blue... maybe a bit white even... i suppose black could have some mean fun with it.

The actual creature swapping sides is pretty red actually, and doesn't feel very blue, which would deal with other permanents imo, in a sort of 3rd person way (which itself is blue ideology, and opposite of red, a huge flavor win)

Thing is, if it were a small red boi, it wouldn't be worth blocking, unless you chump to get something marginally better but likely without the same place in your deck... ofc if it has to be blocked, that's different. 4/3 is minimum theat level, cus thats 5 turn clock... but also, would be a pretty small dragon, and way too big for a goblin...

Red does like to gain control UEOT and give haste... but this is after declare blockers so taht useless save for tap abilities, which probs isnt on your chump...

in conclusion, I feel like the flavor is a bit more red, but mechanically it's clearer in simic.

I thought of just making this creature mono-red. But the thing that made me stick to G/U was because the ability is a may, and not a must.

Do keep in mind that just because it can swap every turn, it probably won't in an efficient deck built around it. I can attack with NTC #002, forcing your 6/6 Wurm to block, and swap. But if I built my deck right, and you attack with NTC next turn, then I'll probably chump block with a 1/1 token creature, and you won't offer to trade. Or maybe I have 3/1s on my side of the field. And there's always bounce.

Of course, things don't always go the way you hope. And its certainly reasonable to imagine a number of matchups where NTC and the Wurm keep trading sides until the stalemate is somehow broken.

I'ma gonna change my vote to "Hypnotoad". Long reasoned discussion vs Hypnotic toad. No contest.

LMAO

Funny answers, and 'voting' are both things I should be discouraging. And a Hypnotoad kind of sits there, while this creature attacks. So I... can't... stop... looking at... the Toad.

Ack. Hypnotoad it is.

That said, I do like the Siren Battlesinger. Froggychum has a decent point with "that's not what GU does." But I think a great counterpoint is... But what if it did? I'd love to see a world where Merfolk and Siren acted like imperialists and rose up out of the sea, claiming lands for god and queen. I'd read that sci-fi novel.

I also really love the use of Triggerfish as a beefy creature that lures in prey with its rainbow colors. Not as sold on the Whirlwind part. I agree, it's tough to figure out exactly what this fish is doing to exchange places.

These were all excellent selections. I'll see you guys tomorrow when I add NTC #003.