For a change of pace, I thought it would be interesting to see what names people came up with for a square-stat, vanilla creature. Albeit, something very, very big. Have at it!

Nine mana for a card which doesn't win the game this turn, or even next turn? And that can be chumped forever?

Can we just call it "Junk Uncommon" and move on?

But ok, ok - this clearly needs to be a card where the flavour carries it. Just because a card doesn't see tournament play doens't mean it's useless. Someone will play a stompy card that has enough flavour, no matter how objectivbely bad it is. And maybe this is in some set with a lot of ways to cheat creatures into play, and/or ways to decrease cost. So huge green creature, crushes whatever is in front of it. But easily stopped? Or... slow. It will consume everything in its path, but only a bit at a time.

I want to say this is the world serpent. (And trying to find out what magic already did with that concept brings me to Jokulmorder - also a 12/12, this one costs seven - admittedly with a land-based downside; but it tramples.)

So... ok, "jokul" is clearly mtg for "Jorman". Jokulhaups being the apocalypse they cause. So fine, this is the green entry in a really really slow cycle. Creature type "Leviathan", a roiling serpent that is, at first sight, a mountain range. Name... Jokulandr (to get a pun on the land; blegh, it's the best I can do, my train of thought seems to have run into the buffers)

City Turtle [City build on the back of a slowly walked city-sized turtle]

Lesser Cloudscraper [Reference ftw]

Brontodon Herd [What's larger than a big dinosaur? Dozens of big dinosaurs! I think this my favourite just for being the most straightforward. I even stuck with herd rather than trying to stick in a mass noun of some sort.]

Krosan Polivore. Creature - Wurm. [If everything in Krosa is just bigger, what are the wurms like? My attempt at "city eater" in greek]

But I think Vitenka maybe nailed this one with the first suggestion.

Dead challenge?

Not a dead challenge. I was set back on Sunday/Monday when I couldn't get on the server. Then I got really busy on Tuesday, and didn't have the time to log in. So not only was there that delay, but Challenge #008 will have to wait a couple more days because I want to start giving the winning names a bit more breathing room so people can see it/make comments if they'd like.

In the end, I went with Vitenka's name. Mostly because the idea for the flavor text occurred to me and I couldn't get it out of my head. I do like Lesser Cloudscraper, though. Cloudskimmer? Either way, I think its kind of funny that one of the biggest creatures in Magic would eternally be in the shadow of their big brother. "Oh David, you don't have to compete with the other Cloudscrapers. Don't you forget that you'll always be Momma's Lesser Cloudscraper..."

Oh, and as a side note, I agree that this card is a jank uncommon in constructed. But in certain limited environments with few straight creature kill spells and some amount of ramp, it could be a central player to a certain strategy. Depending on the other big uncommons, this might be a good place to cash in your treasure tokens.

New card coming in a few days.

Well; I honestly didn't think that name ended up that good. Your flavour text sells it nicely though.

Oh, also I thought about experimenting with giving the creature type ahead of this time, and seeing what happened when I made this a 12/12 Bear. But then I realized that the most likely answer would be variations on "Six Bears". So I came to my senses.