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[Phosphorus]

This sounds like YGO speak. Attempted fix below. (I don't know if this is a good in-color effect, anyways.)

 

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Whenever a creature is blocked by ~, you may pay {2}{U}{U}. If you do, it becomes an Aura enchantment with enchant creature and loses all other abilities. Attach it to ~.

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on each Aura enchantment that's also a creature enchanting ~.

[Kalam Mekhar]

Great concept. This is a fantasy staple that I think Magic should have already done, but I imagine that because of the gelatinous cube's strong D&D association, they don't want to cross brands, as Mark Rosewater has touched upon before someplace. Not sure on the execution though. I like that you're trying to have the person-trapped-inside feel, but I think it would read much better and probably play better if it was worded something like this:

 

Defender

Whenever ~ blocks a creature, at end of combat, exile that creature absorbed by ~.

~ gets +2/+2 for each creatured it has absorbed.

 

Then you may also have to say something about what happens, if anything, to the absorbed creatures when the cube dies. I mean, you do want the creatures to be able to escape, I'm assuming, from the -1/-1 counters thing. Possibly re-enter with a -1/-1 counter?

 

Anyway, I think this version just seems more simple and elegant, because you don't need to deal with all that clunky text about turning things into enchant creatures and losing abilities. If they're exiled, they can't do anything anyway.

[Diablerie]

You should also add 'this taps the creature it it's untapped and creature does not untap during upkeep.'

 

Fun idea.

[Raitaki]

This card would be kind of hard to fit with MtG rules, since after being turned into an Aura the creature is no longer a creature and therefore cannot get -1/-1 counters or lose P/T from -1/-1 counters (I think). Also you should state that if Gelatinous Cube leaves the battlefield, the creatures turn back into their original types.

[Raitaki]

AFAIK Bestow creatures are only Aura Enchantments, not creatures, while enchanted to a creature. But orz okay then so I guess the -1/-1 counters can stick after all, but the phrase for sending it to graveyard when the number of -1/-1 counters is equal to toughness needs to be re-added then.

 

I think Soulbound can only apply to 1 creature, and he's going for as many creatures as you can use it to block. Soulbound is mostly used for mutual effects as well, not one-way effects.