Quake: The Gathering These are cards, in various states of completion, that I hand-made, years ago, for an unfinished Quake-themed Magic: The Gathering (MTG) deck. As you can see from looking at them, some of the card art hasn't been colored, and many of them aren't even cut out of the paper sheets I drew them on. Where casting cost, abilities, attack/defense, etc., are missing below, this is indicative of incomplete cards, not omitted data. You'll also notice that some of the cards went through different versions, gaining/losing different powers and attributes in the process. While I can't recall for certain, due to the amount of time that's passed, it does appear to me that these cards represent separate attempts on my part to make a Quake deck, not one cohesive project. Some of the cards are probably too powerful/cheap, although I did make more of an attempt to be fair than I did with the DOOM deck. The only version of Quake I had ever played at the time I made these was the Sega Saturn port, as such, with the resolution on a television being rather low, I had to use my imagination a bit on some of the finer details of the monster's features, so there are some little things off about them, design-wise. Also, Dank & Scuz only appear in the Saturn version, in case you don't recognize them (they're 'joke' Quake marine characters in a hidden, narrated comic strip). As it was never completed, I didn't have the opportunity to try the deck out against real MTG decks, so I can't say how effective it'd be. Looking at the cards, I don't think it'd be all that great, but I imagine loading a deck with multiples of the better cards might do the trick. I did notice that I put a fair amount of emphasis on special lands this time around. If anybody reading this wants to use any of the ideas presented here for their own home-made MTG decks, knock yourself out.

	ARMOR Enchant Creature (both ver.) Cost: 1 black mana (ver. 1) Cost: 1 mana (any) + 1 black mana (ver. 2) Target creature gets +0/+2 (ver. 1) Target creature gets +0/+3 (ver. 2) "Alright!."
	AZURE AGONY Land Tap: Add 1 black mana to your mana pool. Tap: All blue spells cost an additional 2 mana (any) to cast this turn.
	CHAMBERS OF TORMENT Land Tap: Add 1 black mana to your mana pool. Sacrifice Chambers of Torment to counter a spell.
	CHTHON Summon Legend
	CRYPT OF DECAY Land Tap: Add 1 black mana to your mana pool. Sacrifice Crypt of Decay to regenerate target non-artifact creature.
	DANK & SCUZ Summon Legends Cost: 4 mana (any) + 2 black mana First Strike Haste 5/2 "Hey, Dank, did you notice 'Dank' and 'Scuz' combine into 'Scank'?"
	DEATH KNIGHT Summon Knight Lord (ver. 1) Summon Knight (ver. 2) Cost: 2 mana (any) + 2 black mana (ver. 1) 1 mana (any) + 2 black mana (ver. 2) All Knights get +1/+0 until Death Knight leaves play. (ver. 1) Pay 1 black mana: +1/-1, until the end of the turn. (ver. 2) 2/3 (both ver.) "Go forth my knights, slay all who bar your path in Shub-Niggurath's name." "My life for you, Shub-Niggurath!"
	ELDER GOD SHRINE Land Tap: Add 1 black mana to your mana pool. Tap: Sacrifice a creature and gain two black mana.
	ENFORCER Summon Warrior (ver. 1) Summon Troopers (ver. 2) Cost: 1 mana (any) + 1 black mana (both ver.) No abilities (ver. 1) Pay 2 black mana: First Strike till the end of the turn (ver. 2) 1/2 (ver. 1) 2/1 (ver. 2) "Roger that, Roger!"
	FIEND Summon Demon (ver. 1) Summon Beast (ver. 2) Cost: 2 mana (any) + 2 black mana (both ver.) First Strike (both ver.) Fiend cannot attack if opponent controls any islands (both ver.) 3/3
	GRUNT Summon Soldier Cost: 1 black mana 1/1 "Why can't humans accept being on the bottom of the food chain?" "It's a sh*tty job, but somebody's got to do it." "I don't get paid enough for this."
	KNIGHT Summon Knight Cost: 1 mana (any) + 1 black mana (ver. 1) 2 black mana (ver. 2) No abilities (ver. 1) Banding (ver. 2) 1/2 (ver. 1) 2/2 (ver. 2) "Debts of honor must be repaid, even in death." "Their loyalty in unshakable, they fear nothing save failing their master." "If anything, death makes them even more effective." "In your name . . ."
	MEDKIT Instant Cost: "x" mana + 1 black mana Target creature or player gets "x" life.
	MOUNTAIN Land Tap: Add 1 red mana to your mana pool.
	OGRE Summon Ogre
	OGRE CITADEL Land Tap: Add 1 black mana to your mana pool. Tap: All Ogres gain First Strike until the end of the turn.
	PALACE OF HATE Land Tap: Add 1 black mana to your mana pool. Tap: Sacrifice a creature, draw a card.
	PENTAGRAM OF PROTECTION Instant Cost: 1 black mana Discard one card from your hand at random. No damage is dealt this turn. "Invulnerability has a price!"
	QUAD DAMAGE Enchant Creature (ver. 1, this should be an instant/sorcery instead) Instant (ver. 2) Cost: 4 mana (any) (ver. 1, this should have at least one colored mana in the cost, not all colorless) Cost: 1 mana (any) + 1 black mana (ver. 2) Target creature deals four times normal damage this turn. (ver. 1) Target creature gains +4/+0 till the end of the turn. (ver. 2) "This is really going to hurt . . ."
	QUAKE Land Tap: Add one black mana to your mana pool. NOTE: While these cards function as swamps, the mana symbol has the Quake "Q" in it, instead of a skull.
	RING OF SHADOWS Instant Cost: 2 mana (any) + 1 black mana Target creature is unblockable till the end of the turn. "Where'd he go?"
	ROCKET JUMP Instant Cost: 1 black mana Target creature gains flying. Bury creature at the end of the turn and draw a card.
	ROTFISH Summon Pirana
	ROTTWEILER Summon Dog Cost: 1 black mana First Strike 1/1 "Here, doggy, doggy! No! Bad Dog! Bad Dog! Aaaagh . . ."
	SCRAG Summon Maggot Cost: 1 mana (any) + 1 black mana Flying 1/2 "Flying slugs that spit pea soup, what next?" "Oh, to be scragged by a scrag!"
	SHAMBLER Summon Behemoth Cost: 4 mana (any) + 3 black mana 3 mana (any) + 3 black mana, Tap: Deal 3 damage to any target creature or player. Cumulative Upkeep: 2 black mana 4/5
	SLIPGATE COMPLEX Land Tap: Add 1 colorless mana to your mana pool. Add 3 colorless mana to your mana pool if Installation, Termination Central, and Sewage System are also in play.
	SWAMP Land Tap: Add 1 black mana to your mana pool.
	SPAWN Summon Blob
	THUNDERBOLT Sorcery Cost: "x" mana + 1 red mana You may play Thunderbolt as an instant if you pay an additional 2 mana (any) in the casting cost. Thunderbolt deals "x" damage to target creature or player.
	TOMB OF TERROR Land Tap: Add 1 black mana to your mana pool. Tap: Attacking creatures get -1/0 till the end of the turn.
	TOWER OF DESPAIR Land Comes into play tapped. Tap: Add 1 black mana to your mana pool. Sacrifice Tower of Despair, gain 2 black mana.
	VORE Summon Obscenity Cost: 5 mana (any) + 3 black mana Rampage: 1 5/6 "'Ware the Vore, or you'll live no more."
	WIND TUNNELS Enchantment Cost: 1 mana (any) + 2 black mana Flying creatures cannot attack or block. Upkeep: 2 mana (any)
	ZOMBIE Summon Zombie (ver. 1 & 3) Summon Undead (ver. 2) Cost: 1 black mana (ver. 1 & 3) Cost: 1 mana (any) + 2 black mana Kicker: 3 mana (any). If you paid Kicker cost, Zombie comes into play with a +1/+1 counter on it. (ver. 1) Pay 1 black mana: Regenerate (ver. 1 & 3) All damage done to Zombie by creatures is reduced to zero. (ver. 2) 0/1 (ver. 1) 2/1 (ver. 2) 1/1 (ver. 3) "Food . . ." "Why won't those damn things stay down?"

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