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Post by Daij_Djan on Jun 4, 2018 13:21:06 GMT
Welcome to the Card of the Week Contest! To participate in this Contest you'll have to design a card along the contest guidelines and throw it into the arena with other competitors' entries! At the end of each week, a winner will be determined by forum poll. The winner's card will be rendered and featured on the Welcome page, and the winner decides the challenge for the next week's Contest! Here we go, competitors: our two-hundred and nineteenth challenge!
The winner of the "Carta Arcanum" poll was Aarhg with... And the challenge issued by our winner was... Flash has been a favorite mechanic of mine for some time; there's so much that can be done with it. This week's challenge is to design a noncreature card with flash.
Additionally, please try to keep your entry edits all in one post - if you need to change it you can put your old entry in a spoiler marked "Old entry" and leave the newest rendition to be seen. Just use the edit button in the top/right of your original post.And now, time to begin the challenge! Best of luck, competitors!
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Mahx Michael
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Post by Mahx Michael on Jun 4, 2018 16:14:18 GMT
So in other words, it has to be an artifact or enchantment card, since Planeswalkers don't have static abilities and instant speed sorcery = instant...
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oddnanref
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Post by oddnanref on Jun 4, 2018 16:26:26 GMT
Can I have conditional flash? Like: {Example} This Might Hurt 
Sorcery
You may cast ~ as though it had flash if you pay an additional  .
Deal food damage.
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Post by Aarhg on Jun 4, 2018 16:39:38 GMT
Can I have conditional flash? Like: This Might Hurt
Sorcery
You may cast ~ as though it had flash if you pay an additional .
Deal food damage.I’d say for this challenge, it specifically has to have flash, just to keep the rules as clear as possible. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2018 16:49:18 GMT
So in other words, it has to be an artifact or enchantment card, since Planeswalkers don't have static abilities and instant speed sorcery = instant... Incorrect: see Rowan and Will Kenrith from Battlebond and the commander-walkers from Commander 2014. |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 4, 2018 17:41:19 GMT
Here's one I designed in my sleep earlier this year:
Temporal Anchor   Enchantment  Flash
When Temporal Anchor enters the battlefield, draw a card.
Whenever a player would begin an extra turn, that player may pay 5 life. If he or she doesn’t, that player skips that turn. |
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Kaiezer, the Fallen One
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Post by Kaiezer, the Fallen One on Jun 4, 2018 18:30:06 GMT
I have something to contribute to this contest, BEHOLD!Render snipped. All renders require artist credit in the appropriate space. Please refer to the art sourcing primer for more details. - shiftyhomunculus(I designed this in my spare time before the contest.)
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Post by Aarhg on Jun 4, 2018 19:40:56 GMT
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Kaiezer, the Fallen One
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Post by Kaiezer, the Fallen One on Jun 4, 2018 20:02:58 GMT
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Post by spazlaz on Jun 4, 2018 21:57:59 GMT
A new take on oblivion ring effects
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Post by Aarhg on Jun 4, 2018 22:40:23 GMT
Sword of Resurgence  Legendary Artifact - Equipment Flash When Sword of Resurgence enters the battlefield, if you control exactly one creature, you may attach Sword of Resurgence to it. Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has first strike and lifelink. Equip One fiery soul can turn the tide of battle.
Do you guys this is fairly costed at ? It can be pretty strong if you manage to only have one creature in play, but it's not the easiest requirement to meet. It's legendary as well, so you can't keep piling swords on your creature at instant speed - that would be a bit much, haha. |
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Post by Daij_Djan on Jun 4, 2018 23:24:23 GMT
You never know when (or where) it's going to pop up from underground..
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Post by mixedrandomj on Jun 5, 2018 0:56:33 GMT
Hi, It's been a while but I decided to return to the new website. Let me know if I messed up anything here, havn't done this in a while. ________________ Soul Stamp  Artifact  Flash As Soul Stamp enters the battlefield, choose a card name. Activated abilities of creatures with the chosen name can’t be activated. ____________________________________________________________ Inspired by pithing needle's effect. I've found that an ability like this at instant speed could be really useful at preventing big combos that rely on a certain creatures' activated abilities, or just a really bad one you might not want going off. Attachment Deleted |
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oddnanref
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Post by oddnanref on Jun 5, 2018 1:10:32 GMT
Thinking of including this on a set maybe as a one off.  To sever a land, is basically to make it a Wastes. |
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Post by Aarhg on Jun 5, 2018 1:25:12 GMT
oddnanref, I think the tap ability should be written "Fortified land has "  : Add one mana of any color."", but the way you wrote it still works.
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Post by oddnanref on Jun 5, 2018 1:52:29 GMT
I know, I am still leaving it open. Depending on how severing lands ends up working it might be impossible for the land to do anything but : Add  . mainly that. Takes the same amount of space, and I think the only difference is with the never to be printed again mechanic in Dryad Arbor. Maybe some lands that were accidentally made into creatures, but then I do not wan't to punish people for that. Same reason why cards now give haste to lands that are transformed into creatures. |
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Post by kinotherapy on Jun 5, 2018 2:19:32 GMT
"~" deals N damage to target creature" must be the simplest COTW win ever. Not hating at all, I think it's nice to see something straightforward and functional win over more convoluted designs. Like the opposite of reddit  Spirit Receptacle  Enchantment Flash If another nontoken permanent would leave the battlefield, instead exile it until Spirit Receptacle leaves the battlefield. Soul gems are composed of a divine material that mimics the radiance of heaven, attracting souls of the recently departed like moths to a flame.Hate card / johnny card / weird protection card I dunno. I don't think it's broken with anything obvious but I might be wrong. |
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Post by Pixi-Rex on Jun 5, 2018 13:25:55 GMT
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Mahx Michael
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Post by Mahx Michael on Jun 5, 2018 13:40:39 GMT
So in other words, it has to be an artifact or enchantment card, since Planeswalkers don't have static abilities and instant speed sorcery = instant... Incorrect: see Rowan and Will Kenrith from Battlebond and the commander-walkers from Commander 2014. Well, I am aware of the commander abilities, but I didn't count them as static abilities, since planeswalkers never have static abilities except from the commander abilities as well as static abilities gained by in-game effects. Of course you could break the mold, and give the planeswalker flash the same way the commander-abilities are displayed.
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Post by SirnightNano on Jun 5, 2018 14:06:52 GMT
I was going to make a card remarkably similar to one that's already been made, but at least now I know where my vote's going. {Old Entry: Lightning Orb} New Entry:  |
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Mahx Michael
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Post by Mahx Michael on Jun 5, 2018 21:15:27 GMT
I was going to make a card remarkably similar to one that's already been made, but at least now I know where my vote's going. Isn't this technically just forcing Lightning Bolt into the contest by making it an artifact with flash? This card is no different from an instant, other than having the artifact card type. If it fits with flavor, I recommend letting it stay on the battlefield like the Trial's from Amonkhet block, or if you rahter want it to disappear after use, make it a sorcery with conditional flash, like @oddnaref did with their entry. That is just my opinion, though. It should technically still fit the contest as is. BTW, oddnanref : how does food damage work, and is it dealt to food, dealt by food, converted to food, or is it a numeric variable? Either way, the card is silver bordered, right?
Also, here is my entry. It might be undercosted with flash, should I make it cost instead?
Sudden Growth
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| Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
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{Change Log}Changed mana cost from  to .
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Post by SirnightNano on Jun 5, 2018 21:41:55 GMT
Mahx Michael Aargh specifically called out that design because of the conditional flash, which they said wasn't in the spirit of the challenge. |
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Post by Aarhg on Jun 5, 2018 21:59:18 GMT
Mahx Michael, I'd say or would be an appropriate cost for that. It's a good little trick. I have a blue and white spirit deck with a playset of Eel Umbra, and they're almost always useful in some way.
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Post by viriss on Jun 6, 2018 3:14:09 GMT
 Spore Vines Enchantment - Aura  Enchant creature Flash When Spore Vines enters the battlefield, tap enchanted creature and prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. |
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Post by shiftyhomunculus on Jun 6, 2018 11:43:40 GMT
Kaiezer, the Fallen One : I've removed your render for missing artist credit - I've done the same with a couple of your posts in the Miscellaneous Card Design Thread. All cards posted on these forums must credit the artist in the appropriate space.
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Mahx Michael
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Post by Mahx Michael on Jun 6, 2018 18:16:05 GMT
Mahx Michael , I'd say or would be an appropriate cost for that. It's a good little trick. I have a blue and white spirit deck with a playset of Eel Umbra, and they're almost always useful in some way. How about ? Mahx Michael Aargh specifically called out that design because of the conditional flash, which they said wasn't in the spirit of the challenge. Ok, then I guess that won't work either... What about the idea of having it remain on the battlefield? Maybe you can give it a sacrifice ability as well? |
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Post by kazerima on Jun 6, 2018 19:17:45 GMT
Note that you still pay the mana cost of the exiled spell when you cast it, and that after casting it goes wherever it would normally go. (ie: creatures go on the battlefield, instant/sorceries to the graveyard, etc.)  |
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Post by Aarhg on Jun 6, 2018 22:50:43 GMT
Mahx Michael, I think would work very well. I'm also just a bit of a sucker for hybrid mana, haha.
kazerima, I think I'd word your card like this:
Flash When Spell Prison enters the battlefield, exile target spell. Sacrifice Spell Prison: Until end of turn, you may cast cards exiled with Spell Prison. (You still pay their costs.)
When a spell on the stack is exiled, it doesn't resolve, so you don't need to counter it first. And Panharmonicon probably likes the activated ability to look a little more like this. |
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Post by inverness on Jun 6, 2018 23:38:24 GMT
I struggled with this challenge because it is fairly narrow in design space, I feel.
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Post by kazerima on Jun 7, 2018 9:22:36 GMT
kazerima , I think I'd word your card like this: Fixed |
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