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Date: Sat, 30 Jul 1994 18:25:49 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Diana Michelle D'Emeraude"
Subject: Legends of Uselyssia

Here is a little something a friend of mine with no Net access wrote.

Almost all the cards in this set are inherently useless (hence the name).

Sorry he didn't use standard mana symbols, he used ones that (more or less) looked like the actual symbols (* for white, for example).

Also, he came up with these before Legends were released, which is why there is a Whirling Dervish despite the actual card of the same name.

Enjoy!


Legends of Uselyssia

In that brief interval between the Age of Antiquity and the Age of Wonders, modern Dominia, the great Puce Wizard Phalbocyte botched the casting of his Gate to Phyrexia and opened a doorway to a strange new realm. While the mystic brothers Urza and Mishra continued to ignore Phalbocyte's grant requests, the greatest mage of Puce wizardry learned to exploit the extraordinary magic of the strange sorceries of his new realm, Uselyssia.

Black: ?
White: *
Blue: &
Green: $
Red: @

(Symbol for Legends of Uselyssia cards: A single Peso)

Special Rules for Uselyssian cards:

Bands With Nobody
Creature may not participate in any banding attack, possibly due to its egocentric and stand-offish nature.

Cringe X
Creature with Cringe ability gains -X/-X for each creature used to block.

Enchant Multiverse
Special, powerful enchantment. This power encompasses all Time and all Space, and said enchantment was incorporated into the game LONG before it was produced. You can't really notice these long-lasting effects as they are already part of the rules. Seeing as the Enchant Multiverse effects were already written into the rules, we couldn't really see the point in wasting our money printing them...


Red: The fires of Uselyssia

Confetti Storm
(Interrupt)
Tear Confetti Storm into a number of pieces equal to the casting cost and throw them at Opponent. Creatures may not be used to block Confetti Storm.

Masochist (@)
(Summon Masochist)
Geyserwalk
(Oooh! Aaack! Ouch!)
1/1

Whirling Dervish <1@>
(Summon Dervish)
Tap to Turn Sideways
(The fighters of the mountains of Uselyssia were a terrifying sight, mighty warriors who whirled themselves into a state of deep nausea.)
1/1

Urfden Troll (2@@)
(Summon Troll)
All damage inflicted on Urfden Troll during previous round is healed during Upkeep.
(The great and terrible Urfden Trolls were every fighter's bane, as they regenerated all damage moments after it was inflicted. Such a good thing they ran from every combat...)
3/3


Green: From the Gardens of Uselyssia

Antigone Brownies (1$)
(Summon Brownies)
Controller may draw a card from Library if Antigone Brownies go to Graveyard and are not regenerated.
(The magic of the Antigone Brownies was always a delightful source of wonders. Many of this fey race were slaughtered for their magical secrets.)
0/1

Fungasprite ($$)
(Summon Sprite)
Each time Fungasprite is damaged (but not killed) it gains a +1/+1 counter.
0/1

Giphretnia's Song <$$>
(Enchantment)
While in play, Giphretnia's Song grants all Walls the ability to block attacks as per normal creatures.

Herbal Gardens <$$>
(Enchant Forest)
Target land produces only green mana.
(Few mages were willing to invest the time required to maintain a really nice herbal garden. The price of a good pesto was beyond reckoning.)

Lemming Horde <$>
(Summon Lemmings)
Cliffwalk
2/1


White: Blessings from the Skies of Uselyssia

Religious Activists <**>
(Summon Activists)
<**>: Convert target creature to the One True Faith
(Rare was the hero who had not encountered the faithful of Blort. Rarer still were those heroes who had converted to Blort's worship.)
0/1

Cowards of Korlis <*>
(Summon Wimps)
Cringe 2
3/3

Guilt <*>
(Enchant Creature)
Place this card under the enchanted creature.

Circle of Protection: <**>
Pointless
(Enchantment)
1: All damage suffered from a Legends of Uselyssia source is negated.

Consciencous Objector <***>
(Summon Objector)
May not be used to attack or defend.
10/10


Black: Dark and Icky Forces of Uselyssia

Tawnos's Corpse (??)
Gains +1/+1 counter when sent to Graveyard.
1/1

Plague Gnats
Summon Gnats
Gnats' power and toughness are equal to the total number of other Gnats in play. A Gnat is never counted in determining its own power and toughness.

(A gnat alone is rather a nuisance/
Two or more do buzz/
but a lifetime as short as that of a Gnat/
leaves nary a moment windbourne)
X/X

Sorcerous Fallout <3??>
(Enchantment)
During upkeep all players must put a counter on each creature controlled. All creatures who accumulate 30 counters are removed to Graveyard.
(Though most met a gory death months beforehand, a scattered few creatures fell victim to the strange poisonous dust of the Finklestein-Finklestein Parking-lot Battles.)

Wererat Lord <2??>
(Summon Wererat Lord)
Grants all wererats in play a +1/+1 bonus and First Strike.
("Hello? HELLO? Is anyone out there? Come on, you guys, I mean it! I'm supposed to be your lord--where ARE you?")
2/2


Blue: The Damp Fury of Uselyssia

Lord of the Universe <4&&>
(Summon Greater Lord of Creation)
Bands With Nobody
(The Lords of the Universe were an extreamly powerful race, who eventually died of non-co-operation...)
2/1

Coward's Call to Battle <&&>
(Sorcery)
All defending creatures gain Banding ability until end of turn
(The Scrybs are coming! Run!)

Font of Power
(Interrupt)
Caster gains colorless mana
(Drawing its power from many miles below Uselyssia, the Font at Fritger took the lives of ten slaves for each iota of energy produced.)

Magic Siphon <1&>
(Sorcery)
Negates a spell as it is being cast.

Power Land <2&>
(Enchant Land)
Reduces the upkeep cost of a given land by <2>.
Slight of Mood <&>
(Sorcery)
Caster may change or rewrite the italicized text on any card in play.
(What Phalbocyte lacked in effect, he more than made up for in style...)

Xantor's Cosmonauts <&&&>
(Summon Cosmonauts)
Tap and pay <1> to give Cosmonauts the power of Flight until end of turn.
(The wizard Xantor trained only a select few of his flying warriors. The rest got nosebleeds and went home.)
3/3


Artifacts: Treasures from Uselyssia's Vaults

Cursed Thumbscrews (2)
(Artifact)
Opponent suffers <4> damage if he attempts to destroy Thumbscrews.
(The wizard Ashnod spent much of his leisure time in Uselyssia. These little devices littered his vacation spots.)

Nohtypytnom's Decoy <5>
(Artifact Creature)
Nothypytnom's Decoy may be tapped to gain a +1/+1 bonus until end of turn.
(No sorcerer recognized the true potential of the Decoy. Fewer still used it in combat, as the controller of the Decoy spent much of his time repairing the fabulous device.)
0/0

Yakerporknian Guard (10)
(Artifact Creature)
During upkeep, controller must select one creature to destroy, beginning with the creatures with the highest power.
(These mighty soldiers were the terror of the battlefield, inspiring horror right up to the point where they collapsed under their own weight.)
1375/1375


Lands: The Groves of Uselyssia

Phalbocyte's Minefields
(Land)
Tap and sacrifice a creature to produce one colorless mana.
(Many a sorcerer's armies left the Realms with a dull "Boom"...)

Phalbocyte's Geysers
(Land)
Tap to produce <1> colorless mana OR to destroy Geysers

Cliffs of Uselyssia
(Land)
Tap to destroy Cliffwalking creature

Glabraden Castle
(Uselyssian Land)
Tap to remove Oceanwalk ability from any creature. Only one Glabraden Castle may be in play at any time; others must be discarded.

  Melissa D. Binde [ ]