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Imidazoline

It's an interesting overlap to attack, one that isn't too showy and allows players to discover it's usefulness with ninjitsu. I think it might suit green better, but it still feels at home in red. The overall flavor is okay.

pietro_aronica

This card screams white in its efficiency. Blue doesn't get this brand of army creation very easily. The idea is a solid one, if a bit obvious (part of what makes designing commons difficult).

Yushang

I think a 2/2 would have been fine for this mechanic; maybe even 2/3. While the growth ability makes for a rather impossing force, it still needs to sneak through combat to be useful. The distraction provided by provoke makes this interesting in that environment. The graft interaction is obvious but nice. The name really works well.

Sebanovich

It's missing "Enchant creature"! And it could easily be costed at . It's the type of card WOTC might print at a heavier cost, so I don't consider this too much of a drawback to your design, but the reason something like Asha's Favor is costed highly is the evasion. Still, the card makes a lot of sense for the environment you chose.

AnubisDread

The any-colored-ness of this card is suspect. We've seen the idea in two previous incarnations: as a hybrid, and to facilitate a specific theme . Obviously your card is claiming the latter, and that's acceptible, but it still brings the question to the forefront. I do like the simplicity of this card in regards to your chosen themes.

Tekkahedron

"Common" rounds are notorious for being difficult to keep rarities correct. Yours toes the line. Looking at Innistrad as an example, the self-milling was less gimmicky. That said, I think your card can fit as a common in this type of environment, but could easily become an uncommon. Also, the token type felt like a bad choice, especially so with the history skeletons have of regenerating.

silasw

This could have been easily overlooked without your blurb. With it, though, it becomes an elegant "bridge" between the two mechanics. That said, its a bit powerful in what it does and a bit more uncommon than I'd like it to be for this assignment.

Mono789

I'd like the card more at common with just the first ability. It would still fit both themes and be simpler overall. It could still fit at common, but less so than the more stripped-down version. It could at least have had Intimidate instead of the blocker ability; it's just so wordy and the abilities don't really do much together.

iamajellydonut

The Buried Alive ability has limited usefulness and just isn't appropriate for a common. Some cards were close to not being common, but this just plain isn't. The mechanic is at least interesting.

Detektor

I think the keyword is a tad messy. Although it changes the function slightly, I'd go with "Tramplecast (This spell costs less to cast for each combat damage a blocked creature you control dealt to an opponent this turn.)" It's just a simpler idea and doesn't force the casting to be done right when the combat damage is being dealt. The color reduction does get lost in this version, but the design is much cleaner. The design is still a nice one, despite my above grievance.

razorborne

This is quite the neat little bugger. Unblockability on one-drops is becoming more of a thing, and this is an elegant approach to making it work. The threat of losing that ability is constant and the way it can be utilized by both keywords is neat. Very nice submission.

chinkeeyong

This leans toward being an uncommon, partially because of its abusability, partially because it requires other cards with +1/+1 counters to do anything. Limited just wouldn't want to see this as often for those reasons. It also feels more welcome as a sorcery at that cost.

squinty_eyes

Rather basic idea. It doesn't inspire ninjitsu toward great things, but I suppose someone would add it to a ninjitsu deck specifically. The overall flavor made me smile a bit.

Elzaban_the_Ethereal

Delve might want this for the color-fixing, but beyond that, I don't understand how it fits. It's also confusing as a mana ability; how many people are going to understand that the cost increase doesn't happen to the spell you're casting (should you use this card midcasting)? It's a complex card, really, and the design is a bit too cute for common. I like the idea behind upping the Sunburst count, but I don't like this execution in doing it.

Exxile72

These type of cards don't work as mana abilities. You can cast spells before using mana abilities to pay for them, but a card like this won't let you know beforehand. Add to that the weird condition this card sets and you don't have a very common design at all. I'd change the abilities so that they're separate, maybe the milling being a trigger at the beginning of your upkeep.

Degauss

I want this to feel common. If it were a keyword, it might. Even then, it's a niche ability and not something I'd expect on a common. I like the idea you're working with; it's bizarre for sure, but interesting. It just really isn't common. The name is sorta amazing for the card's mechanics. Also... forgotten shuffle clause!!!

stinkyjoeterry

Woah-ho-ho... that's not common. Look what you're asking of players. This card lacks simpclicity in every way there is. Also, as you noted, it's rarely as useful as a Giant Growth . That combination of being niche and being complex kills any hope this had of remaining common. The design is a neat mental exercise, but nothing I'd ever want to see printed.

Freyjann

That's... actually a smart design. It's very concentrated and very easy to work into both deck types. I forgot until you posted this card what graft really cares about. It was easy to accidentally post a too-boring card this round, and while this one pretends to be that card, it really isn't. Nice design!

vlord

This is an example of a card that tried to fit the criteria too much. Take away the first ability and what do you have? A better card that actually fits ninjitsu and delve. Sure, it doesn't mechanically interact with delve, but it benefits from the same things. The triggered ability takes a bit away from what makes this card interesting. That said, it doesn't take THAT MUCH away, and both abilities work with each other, so the lost simplicty isn't much lost. Just realize that this card inched way closer to uncommon than it needed to. After that, we still have the glaring issue of the condition being WAY too easy to meet. (Also of note: taking away the second ability also leaves you with a card that interacts with both abilities.)

Cold_Articuno

Provoke isn't a mechanic I expect to see on insects all that often. It just doesn't tie together flavorfully. I also dislike that this effects opposing insects. They got rid of such things because it made tribal strategies less fun, and they are geared toward fun more than most things. I also find this a bit too narrow. Imidazoline submitted a similar card, but his constraints are much more sensible.