Card of the Week Contest #277: FRAMED!

Rules Lawyer should have been black-border.



This allows you to make a massive alpha swing, while delaying death so that if you end up kiling your opponent, they can come back and try and get to a draw.

augur : I really like this idea, but I can't help but think it could benefit from a more evocative name than Dynamic. It's functional, but there could be a different word to give it more impact.


Here's my entry, complete with a 'The Monarch' style emblem thingy. I'm not sure what this kind of game object is called.

spazlaz / Jartis : don't forget the actual aftermath keyword (ex [card]Fame[/card])

cwynwyn : fair point. I was actually trying to go for something more generic like split cards, since something snappier like aftermath works as a mechanic name but not as a supertype (which I believe is necessary rules wise)

This card relies on a very tight reading of rule 109.5 "For an activated ability, this is the player who activated the ability." Any player may equip this card to a creature they control.

You can reequip it during main phase 2 if you want (hey it's free), but it's a moot point since your opponent can equip it before combat on their turn. Combos well with Crackdown Construct or Fatespinner.

I got so excited when I read the challenge, I always wanted to create some multicolored sagas ever since I saw them in Dominaria. Now, I have an excuse to make one and show it off, but I ended up making two. I checked the rules, and there wasn't anything against multiple entries, but if that is considered against the spirit of the Card of the Week contest then I'll gladly ask that you only enter my first entry into voting. I just wanted to show both of these ideas off and see what everyone thought of them, thanks for taking a look!

First Entry - Lifedrained Devotion



This card was originally going to be a saga curse similar to Captive Audience, with the chapters ticking away, the consequences only getting worse. I think I'll design that sometime in the future, but when designing I thought about life loss and a saga that actually had a story with it that lead to winning the game. So the idea here is you are making a blood sacrifice to this angel statue asking for help, and in return you get a flying angle who helps you turn around the battle whether you're ahead or behind. It's a bit of a risk going down on life just to summon this creature, but when the chant finishes you have the option to trade life force with the opponent if you've been letting yourself get hurt or even hurting yourself the whole game.

Second Entry - Efflorescing Remnants



This saga tells a different story, it's the rebirth from ruin. First, it's just a few plants, nothing to be concerned about. Then there is a trampling 3/3 elemental if nothing else has happened, things get a little more serious. Finally, when everything doubles, there is now 4 plants and 2 trampling 6/6s if there has still been nothing done on either side. I originally made this an uncommon, then when i saw the comparisons to History of Benalia, I knew it had to be raised to a mythic for how bonkers this could get similar to how History pumps all knights and how Song of Freyalise makes all creatures massive. The story is one of nature taking back what it has lost in force, things only getting exponentially worse as time goes on.

Thanks for taking the time to look at these, let me know what you think!

So this is one of my cards in my spare project, not sure if I should push the mana cost higher because of the potential advantage it can have such as putting it on a deathtouch creature or something.