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Post by Daij_Djan on Feb 25, 2019 7:12:18 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 fifty-sixth challenge!
The winner of the "My Favorite Genre" poll was myself with... And the challenge issued by our winner was... For this week's challenge, we'll go all the way back to one of Magic's first introduced evergreen abilities back in Alpha, which is still used to this day: First Strike! Your challenge is simple: Design a card that either has, grants, hates on or otherwise interacts with First Strike!Have fun, everyone!
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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Post by sdfkjgh on Feb 25, 2019 8:24:53 GMT
Crane Style    Enchantment--Aura  Enchant creature
Flash
Enchanted creature has first strike, vigilance, and prowess. |
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Post by kefke on Feb 25, 2019 8:31:21 GMT
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Post by Daij_Djan on Feb 25, 2019 9:03:05 GMT
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Post by viriss on Feb 25, 2019 14:04:00 GMT
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Post by gurfafflekins on Feb 25, 2019 18:04:03 GMT
Swift Earthcrafter  Creature - Human Druid  First strike Lands you control have first strike if they are creatures. Lands you control have indestructible if they are not creatures. 3/4 can't think of a better creature type than wizard - welcoming suggestions Edit: I like Spellshaper, thank you melono and kefke Edit2: I hate it when other people are right kefke - changed to Druid
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Post by kefke on Feb 25, 2019 18:29:57 GMT
can't think of a better creature type than wizard - welcoming suggestions With it being earth magic, my first thought is Shaman or Druid. |
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Post by melono on Feb 25, 2019 22:27:31 GMT
Swift Earthcrafter Creature - Human Wizard First strike Lands you control have first strike if they are creatures. Lands you control have indestructible if they are not creatures. 3/4 can't think of a better creature type than wizard - welcoming suggestions I thought of Dreamscape Artist, which says Spellshaper. |
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Post by shiftyhomunculus on Feb 25, 2019 22:52:28 GMT
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Post by Tesagk on Feb 26, 2019 0:51:01 GMT
Couldn't stop thinking about strike outs.  |
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Post by Jartis on Feb 26, 2019 2:06:08 GMT
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Post by hergusbergus on Feb 26, 2019 3:45:49 GMT
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Post by Tesagk on Feb 26, 2019 4:11:29 GMT
Man, this feels like it would be an interesting keyword. Sure Strike (If a creature dealt damage by this creature has a remaining toughness greater than 0, you may pay X where X is the difference. If you do, destroy that creature.)
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Post by gateways7 on Feb 26, 2019 4:30:37 GMT
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Post by kefke on Feb 26, 2019 5:44:11 GMT
I'm not even mad. That's brilliant. |
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jrey15
0/0 Germ
Player of mostly Standard and EDH. Lover of all things Tribal.
Posts: 15
Favorite Card: Surrak, Dragonclaw
Favorite Set: Theros
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Post by jrey15 on Feb 26, 2019 6:25:02 GMT
Attachment DeletedFur Strike -     Enchantment Each creature you control that’s an Antelope, Ape, Aurochs, Badger, Bear, Beast, Boar, Cat, Caribou, Centaur, Elk, Ferret, Fox, Goat, Hound, Hyena, Jackal, Manticore, Masticore, Minotaur, Mole, Mongoose, Monkey, Ox, Pegasus, Rabbit, Rat, Sable, Satyr, Sheep, Squirrel, Unicorn, Werewolf, Wolf, Wolverine, Wombat or Yeti gets +2/+2 and has first strike. First non-serious one I've done. What can i say, I like puns. 
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Post by kefke on Feb 26, 2019 8:26:39 GMT
gurfafflekins, melono - I somehow missed this earlier, but I don't think Spellshaper works. It's a subtype strongly tied to a mechanic. Spellshapers are like the Magus wizards, for instants and sorceries. Every previous incarnation has replicated an old spell by having you pay the original card's casting cost, and discard a card from your hand, as though they were "shaping" the discarded card into their spell of choice. Dreamscape Artist is a particularly unusual example, though. It wasn't one of Planar Chaos' planeshifted cards, but it was spellshaping a planeshifted card - a blue Harrow, which is why it interacts with lands.
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Post by dudefromacity on Feb 26, 2019 9:29:47 GMT
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kinotherapy
6/6 Wurm
stupid kor i just fell out of the floor
Posts: 322
Favorite Card: Ruthless Raider
Favorite Set: Rising Tides
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Post by kinotherapy on Feb 26, 2019 17:31:04 GMT
 Rhuul of the Great Stampede   Legendary Creature — Elephant Warrior First strike, trample Whenever Rhuul of the Great Stampede deals combat damage to a player, creatures you control gain indestructible until your next turn. 5/3 |
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Post by FLAREdirector on Feb 26, 2019 20:11:48 GMT
 Shout-out to HonchkrowDavid for helping me find the art for this card. |
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Post by Xenagos on Feb 26, 2019 22:08:30 GMT
{Old Entry}Beguiling Rogue Creature - Merfolk Rogue ~ can't be blocked except by creatures with first strike or double strike. 2/1 [/div] Updated Entry: |
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Post by augur on Feb 27, 2019 18:17:05 GMT
Attachment DeletedAccelerated Offensive Enchantment At the beginning of combat on your turn, creatures you control with first strike gain double strike until end of turn, then creatures you control without first strike gain first strike until end of turn. feels kind of generic so may change
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spazlaz
6/6 Wurm
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Color Alignment: Blue, Black
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Post by spazlaz on Mar 1, 2019 1:15:13 GMT
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Post by sade612 on Mar 1, 2019 2:00:46 GMT
I've seen people playing around with Level Up templates lately, so I'm giving it a go:  |
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Post by Boogymanjunior on Mar 2, 2019 16:03:10 GMT
Some fighters can rely on their speed to strike first, but only a few can then rely on their speed to get in a defensive state if the opponent is able to strike back. And only a Sergeant can teach this art to his companions.  {Card with wrong wording}  Kinda a first strike lord who rewards every creature with first strike on its own right off the bat, but knowing of the nicheness of a first strike theme I happily added some granting power as well. |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Mar 2, 2019 16:18:20 GMT
Boogymanjunior: I remember years ago designing a similar mechanic, defensive stance, after staring at Halberdier for a few minutes:
Defensive stance (Whenever this creature deals first strike combat damage, it gets -X/+X until end of turn, where X is this creature's power.) |
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Post by melono on Mar 2, 2019 23:30:17 GMT
You know what, I like this card. I'll enter with it.  |
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Post by Boogymanjunior on Mar 3, 2019 15:28:38 GMT
Boogymanjunior : I remember years ago designing a similar mechanic, defensive stance, after staring at Halberdier for a few minutes:
Defensive stance (Whenever this creature deals first strike combat damage, it gets -X/+X until end of turn, where X is this creature's power.) Oh nice, then I hope you didn't want to do something like that here, or wait, whether you take this into consideration or not, bring it on no matter what it is!  |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Mar 3, 2019 18:01:17 GMT
Boogymanjunior : I remember years ago designing a similar mechanic, defensive stance, after staring at Halberdier for a few minutes:
Defensive stance (Whenever this creature deals first strike combat damage, it gets -X/+X until end of turn, where X is this creature's power.) Oh nice, then I hope you didn't want to do something like that here, or wait, whether you take this into consideration or not, bring it on no matter what it is! It's fine. I just wanted to mention defensive stance, because your ability reminded me of it. there's no conflict at all. In fact, you're welcome to use it if you want, just remember to credit me for it. Also, there's already a card with a similar ability to defensive stance: Karn, Silver Golem.
p.s. Defensive stance works REALLY well with double strike+Doran, the Siege Tower.
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Post by Daij_Djan on Mar 4, 2019 12:51:10 GMT
This thread is now closed, the poll can be found here. And here's the next challenge! |
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"When in doubt, do a common." 
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