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Post by eshix on May 16, 2023 18:10:17 GMT
 Sphinx of the Ashes   Creature - Sphinx Phoenix  Flying, haste Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you may return ~ from your graveyard to the battlefield. : Each player discards a card, then draws a card. Activate only if ~ is in your graveyard. 2/2 |
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moweda
3/3 Beast
Posts: 164
Favorite Card: Psychic Vortex
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
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Post by moweda on May 16, 2023 18:41:00 GMT
Steel Riddler   Artifact Creature - Sphinx Thopter  Flying At the beginning of each end step, for each opponent who controls fewer Thopters than you, draw a card. 4/4 |
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Post by melono on May 16, 2023 20:49:30 GMT
Dubio, Being of Truths   Legendary Creature - Sphinx Angel Flying, vigilance. Whenever you would discard one or more cards due to the effect of a spell or ability you control, you may gain that much life instead. ( A cost is not an effect.) Whenever ~ deals combat damage to an opponent, draw a card, then discard a card. 5/6 |
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Post by Idea on May 19, 2023 19:21:33 GMT
I will be reviewing tomorrow. In case anyone still wants in, feel free!
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Post by Idea on May 20, 2023 14:06:42 GMT
pernicious {Spoiler}At the very least, I would've put this at , though even then it'd be quite pushed, but close to a Plumeveil. I do think Plumeveil could be arguably considered stronger though your card has protections and more toughness (but in fairness though protections are often something that can be ignored without too much issue), but the standard otherwise for 3 mana defenders seems to be 0/X walls with a pretty mild ability. The closest example after Plumveil I could find was Guardians of Oboro, which granted for a 3/4 defender can become a regular 3/4. So all in all, a pretty good card just maybe ever so slightly undercosted. {Spoiler}I see what you're going for, but if you look at rare phoenixes this kind of effect almost always returns the creature to the hand. I could see this being a Bloodfeather Phoenix, but it should be noted that one has a downside, doesn't have haste by default, requires you spend resources and has a mana cost, plus besides being a bird it doesn't do anything other than reviving. I don't think it would have been a problem mechanically or flavor-wise to return this to the hand instead of the battlefield, so that's probably what you should have gone for, in my view. I want to say though, I love that this a punishing opponents for getting more advantage type of card. I think that fits very well with the sphinx and adds more strategy to the game in a fun way. Being tied to such a condition you don't have control over could even have been a way to deal with all the matters I discussed above, but as it happens because of the last ability this card actually let's you control it. Not only that, but that second ability can (if you have no cards in hand) be turned into card advantage. More than once per turn, on any turn. On a card that will often be completely unreachable unless the opponent specifically had graveyard-hate prepared. I think the last ability should have at the bare minimum a "activate only once per turn" clause, if not also a "and only during your turn" or even "only as a sorcery" clause as well. {Spoiler}Good on ya for bringing a less seen type here. At first I thought this card was pretty weak considering a mana cost of 6, but then I realized the cost is probably with commander or other multiplayer formats in mind where you could be drawing like three cards each turn. I like how the commonality of thopter exploration and sphinx knowledge was used to keep a stable flavor with a very simple ability. I do wonder what the flavor of needing more thopters is though. melono {Spoiler}Before anything else, I need to say, that's an awesome choice for an image. I don't usually comment on that because renders are not mandatory and the art here isn't really something we made (most of the time), but when something's this nice ya gotta throw it a mention. That aside, I'm not really sure on the wording of that second ability (at the very least I know there is no official wording like that), but it is absolutely awesome as well. It's a very unique effect that oozes flavor from the combination, and synergizes in a really elegant way with the second ability, that is a classic of blue. In general the card fits very well both colors and types and has some fun unique abilities. Love it. Winner {Spoiler}I'm giving this victory to melono for a card that just appealed to on a number of levels, from aesthetic to unique mechanics, great flavor and so on. The runner-up spot is for pernicious who had a pretty good card that I think was just slightly off being balanced and good to go.
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Post by melono on May 20, 2023 15:37:19 GMT
Thanks for the win! I just remember Library of Leng, which would give the right wording for the effect part. Oh well. Next up: Create a Merfolk that is also another race. |
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Post by Idea on May 20, 2023 17:11:42 GMT
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Post by vizionarius on May 20, 2023 17:19:04 GMT
Returning to hand uses the term "owner's hand" (instead of "your hand" or "their hand") since players can control things that they don't own, and you can't have cards you don't own in your hand. |
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Post by Idea on May 20, 2023 17:44:49 GMT
Returning to hand uses the term "owner's hand" (instead of "your hand" or "their hand") since players can control things that they don't own, and you can't have cards you don't own in your hand. Fixed, thanks for the reminder! |
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Post by Flo00 on Jun 1, 2023 22:40:13 GMT
Gonna post my entry from the current CotW, since it works here as well. Ashling and Sygg  Legendary Creature - Elemental Merfolk  : ~ deals 1 damage to target creature or planeswalker. At the beginning of each end step, if ~ dealt 3 or more damage this turn, draw a card. 3/3 |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 1, 2023 23:24:41 GMT
Just found out about this Contest because of Flo00 . Cerule, the Cunning of Blue Legendary Creature--Merfolk Avatar Hexproof Spells you cast cost less to cast. This can be used to reduce the generic portion of a spell’s cost, but can’t reduce a spell’s cost below . Whenever you cast a blue spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Cerule, the Cunning of Blue. When Cerule, the Cunning of Blue leaves the battlefield, add for each +1/+1 counter on it. 1/1 This is actually part of a tight 5-card cycle. |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 7, 2023 17:13:01 GMT
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Post by kefke on Jun 8, 2023 11:51:38 GMT
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Post by melono on Jun 8, 2023 13:20:02 GMT
Yes!
No, I'm judging either tomorrow or the day after.
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thaneofglamis
8/8 Octopus
Thane's activated abilities can't be activated
Posts: 444
Favorite Card: Slimefoot, the Stowaway; Phyrexian Rager; Swarm Shambler
Favorite Set: Midnight Hunt
Color Alignment: Green
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Post by thaneofglamis on Jun 8, 2023 22:58:31 GMT
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Post by melono on Jun 9, 2023 11:30:41 GMT
Idea {Spoiler} Idea - Grand Tidegranter: The Djinn part of this card is nicely represented. Flying, and an ability which makes you scratch your head if it’s worth it. The ward is kind of merfolk, but the merfolk doesn’t come out as strongly. Though, merfolk is quite stretchy, so it’s fine. As a card, it’s fun, though not very strong. The returning might be useful in some etb or 0-mana strats though, but I don’t see it going that far in strength. Flo00 - Ashling and Sygg: An interesting ability, Probably wouldn’t be the biggest commander to play with, but that is not necessary for this challenge. Though, for example Torbran adding two damage makes this card more powerful, in damage and draw. So it could be fun to build around, power aside. The two legendaries that are mixed are quite nicely put into this card. And their types along with it. sdfkjgh - Cerule: Hmm, I’m not sure about the wording of the spell reduction… It is a good blue storm card though, with its lowering of blue mana. Though not allowing it to cost less than 1 makes it not-busted. I do wonder how this would work with another lowering of costs though: will cost nothing or still 1 if there is another straight “reduce cost by ” ability on the field. Something that you really want to destroy as it gets stronger the longer it’s there, but the hexproof really makes that hard, so playtesting would be necessary to see that the hexproof shouldn’t be changed to Ward. kefke - Greatwood Streamtender: very straight up Elf+Merfolk/blue+green. Not 100% sound in colors that you can pay pure blue to get a mana dork with no limitations in use of its mana nowadays, but its cost being 3 makes that a lot less a problem for me. thaneofglamis - Simic Sewer Swimmer: The unblockability with +1/+1 counters is very Simic (and thus Ooze). And being unblockable is very Merfolk. The transplant feels like something that should already be a thing. Very flavorful keyword name for Simic. Though, transplant being 2 while the power of the creature is 1 makes me just a bit sad. {Spoiler} Anyhoo, Winner is the last moment submission of thaneofglamis with second being Flo00
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 9, 2023 16:10:54 GMT
melono: As far as I can tell, if you have both Cerule and another effect that reduces costs by , all costs of would now only cost  .
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thaneofglamis
8/8 Octopus
Thane's activated abilities can't be activated
Posts: 444
Favorite Card: Slimefoot, the Stowaway; Phyrexian Rager; Swarm Shambler
Favorite Set: Midnight Hunt
Color Alignment: Green
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Post by thaneofglamis on Jun 9, 2023 23:44:14 GMT
Thanks for the win!
Next challenge: Dinosaur with a class
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 10, 2023 2:09:45 GMT
Reverent Voskossaurus Creature--Dinosaur Cleric  Defender Enrage—Whenever a creature is dealt damage, that creature’s controller gains that much life and creates an X/X green Dinosaur creature token with trample, where X is that much damage. --------------------------------- “Rrrr, grAAAWR. ScreeYONK RAAAA!”0/7 Don't understand Saurian? Too bad. It's a pretty meaningful, moving, and well-known religious phrase among the Dinosauria.
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Post by Idea on Jun 10, 2023 9:51:33 GMT
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Post by Flo00 on Jun 10, 2023 21:01:31 GMT
 Precologist Patrol  Creature - Dinosaur Ranger  Reach  ,  : Precologist Patrol gains first strike until end of turn. 2/2 |
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Post by emberfire17 on Jun 12, 2023 0:22:56 GMT
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 12, 2023 15:49:28 GMT
Dammit, if this Bestest Boi doesn't win, there's no justice in this cruel world! |
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Post by kefke on Jun 12, 2023 16:23:55 GMT
A dinosaur with class, you say? Sure, I can do that. Hmm? You said a dinosaur with a class? Well it has that too, so I'm not changing it!
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 12, 2023 22:12:37 GMT
A dinosaur with class, you say? Sure, I can do that. Hmm? You said a dinosaur with a class? Well it has that too, so I'm not changing it!
I'monna take a guess and say that you saw the art, came up with the flavor text, and only then did you give any thought to game mechanics. |
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Post by kefke on Jun 12, 2023 23:18:12 GMT
A dinosaur with class, you say? Sure, I can do that. Hmm? You said a dinosaur with a class? Well it has that too, so I'm not changing it!
I'monna take a guess and say that you saw the art, came up with the flavor text, and only then did you give any thought to game mechanics. Close! I came up with the typeline first, then I found the art, then I saw different art that had a speech bubble, came up with one of the mechanics, cobbled together the rest, and then came up with the flavour text. |
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Post by melono on Jun 14, 2023 16:33:24 GMT
Raptor Guide  Creature - Dinosaur Scout Trample When ~ enters the battlefield, reveal the top three cards of your library. Put all creature cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. She finds her prey by frightening them out of their hiding spots with her loud stomps.3/2
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Post by vizionarius on Jun 16, 2023 23:06:31 GMT
Razerclaw Raptor Creature - Dinosaur Assassin Provoke (Whenever this creature attacks, you may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.): ~ gains first strike until end of turn. : ~ gains deathtouch until end of turn. 3/1
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 17, 2023 3:32:07 GMT
Razerclaw Raptor Creature - Dinosaur Assassin Provoke (Whenever this creature attacks, you may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.): ~ gains first strike until end of turn. : ~ gains deathtouch until end of turn. 3/1 The concept of a Dinosaur Assassin is so freaking amazing! It reminds me of this. You'll know it when you see it. |
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thaneofglamis
8/8 Octopus
Thane's activated abilities can't be activated
Posts: 444
Favorite Card: Slimefoot, the Stowaway; Phyrexian Rager; Swarm Shambler
Favorite Set: Midnight Hunt
Color Alignment: Green
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Post by thaneofglamis on Jun 24, 2023 20:41:12 GMT
Liked: That is a quite impressive Enrage ability.
Disliked: This makes combat kind of nightmarish considering all the math everyone suddenly has to do. Nitpick: The flavor doesn't really work for me. Overall: 2.5/5
Idea - Reincarnated SaurspeakerLiked: The abilities are all cool and the flavor is very intriguing. I could see this as a one-off in a Horizons or core set. Disliked: This is NOT uncommon. This is at least rare, probably mythic. That last ability alone makes this a ridiculous draft bomb. The fact that it's a trampling mana sink just compounds that. Nitpick: Dinosaur has one 's'. Overall: 3.75/5
Flo00 - Precologist PatrolLiked: This definitely makes me curious about the kind of world it's on.
Disliked: The mana costs are kind of confusing. They might make sense in a faction world but probably not elsewhere. Nitpick: What on earth is a Precologist? Is it like a prehistoric ecologist? Overall: 2.5/5 Liked: The flavor is great and the mechanics are simple but powerful. Disliked: This might want to be rare considering how much damage it can push through in a Pirates deck. Nitpick: The flavor just makes me wish it had a more piratical name! Also, Admiral Beckett is a woman.
Overall: 4/5
Liked: Excellent flavor and name.
Disliked: Disappointingly weak! Not much else to say. Overall: 3.75/5 Liked: Straightforward, powerful, and very green.
Disliked: The flavor text is stilted and awkward. It also doesn't really match the name or typeline - it's a Scout, not a Ranger. Overall: 3.5/5 Lots of raptors, apparently. Liked: Flavor is very resonant. The activated abilities are cool, too, without being too powerful imo.
Disliked: You'd basically never use this creature's provoke unless you can pay for one or both of its activated abilities. I would honestly be more on board if it cost but didn't have provoke. Overall: 3.75/5
Victory will go to emberfire17's Rambunctious Regisaur! If it was up to me, we'd see it in Caverns of Ixalan. |
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