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Post by Daij_Djan on Jun 14, 2021 18:45:32 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 three-hundred and seventy-first challenge!
The winner of the "Tale As Old As Time" poll was spazlaz with... And the challenge issued by our winner was... Design a modal card with two different card types on each side. Use this template from Cajun to create it!
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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Vunik
2/2 Zombie
Maybe trying to kill an immortal mage wasn't the best plan . . .
Posts: 110
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Black
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Post by Vunik on Jun 14, 2021 23:34:22 GMT
Trying something time/possible futures themed.
Liane, Holder of Light's Grace  Legendary Creature - Human Soldier  Time shift (Whenever you could cast a sorcery, you may pay the other side of this card's mana cost. If you do, transform this card.) If you control another legendary permanent, ~ has first strike, lifelink, and indestructible. [1/1] {Artifact  } // Light's Grace, Untouched Legendary Artifact Time shift (Whenever you could cast a sorcery, you may pay the other side of this card's mana cost. If you do, transform this card.)  : Target creature you controls gets lifelink and indestructible until end of turn. {Human Soldier } |
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Nonagon Infinity
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 122
Favorite Card: Barren Glory
Favorite Set: Future Sight
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
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Post by Nonagon Infinity on Jun 15, 2021 3:44:33 GMT
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aquonn
1/1 Squirrel
Fun is a zero-sum game
Posts: 59
Favorite Card: Electrodominance
Favorite Set: Guilds of Ravnica
Color Alignment: Blue, Red
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Post by aquonn on Jun 15, 2021 5:09:32 GMT
I've been reading wartime poetry recently. Really happy with how this turned out. |
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Post by zybourne on Jun 15, 2021 5:59:24 GMT
{Text}
Zun's Binding
1WW
Enchantment
When Zun’s Binding enters the battlefield, exile target creature an opponent controls until Zun’s Binding leaves the battlefield.
1W/B: Return Zun’s Binding to its owner’s hand.
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Bound for the Grave
2BB
Instant
As long as it’s your turn, this spell costs 2B less to cast.
Destroy all creatures that entered the battlefield this turn. |
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Jun 15, 2021 7:59:47 GMT
Plotting Professor   Creature - Human Advisor  When Plotting Professor enters the battlefield, if you cast it, exile another target permanent. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner’s control at the beginning of the next end step. Then, if that card could transform, you may transform it. 1/1 "They called me a fool for trying to establish absolute order of the mind..."////////////Brutal Anarchist   Creature - Human Mutant Trample, haste Whenever Brutal Anarchist deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card at random. At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice Brutal Anarchist. 4/1 "Let's see how they handle their own lack of structure!"A twist on Jekyll's growing inability to revert back from Hyde in the form of Civilized Scholar willingly giving into the vices of both of his halves (being obsessed with control and letting his rage run unchecked) and diving further into said extremes by including a color that worsens them on both sides. Of course, if "Hyde" stays out for too long, his self-destructive fate becomes an inevitability... The WU mode is essentially a Flickerwisp that trades the better body for being dedicated transform support, letting you unlock the 'true' side of cards like Thing in the Ice and Ludevic's Test Subject to throw big fatties on your opponents in a manner not dissimilar to Polymorph* - after all, a man of refined science like the good doctor should easily be able to identify what makes these specimens tick. The BR mode is a scaled-down Lightning Skelemental that is a little easier to cast and more chaotically disruptive with the discard in exchange for having a less relevant type and weaker impact stats-wise. Humans tend to be a fairly flexible and deadly tribe regardless of the format so I felt both sides having weaker bodies than their 'regular' counterpart cards was still pretty acceptable, plus their have their own unique upsides from their quirks. It is intentional that that another Plotting Professor can revert a Brutal Anarchist. Perhaps a second good doctor might've been able to reverse engineer that contaminated salt formula.  *For those concerned about how efficient this might be, I'd like to point out Unmarked Grave and Persist can get you some equally nasty stuff for one less mana and without multicolor.
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Post by Flo00 on Jun 15, 2021 14:53:27 GMT
This is what you meant, right?   I won't even try to find fitting artwork for this. Photoshopping the frames this way was work enough. EDIT: I should actually remove the symbol in front of Hogu's name. Oh well, maybe some other time... |
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dragonspit999
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 108 
Favorite Card: Mycosynth Lattice
Favorite Set: Conflux
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Black, Colorless
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Post by dragonspit999 on Jun 15, 2021 23:47:32 GMT
No, silly, this is what was meant! 
{Previous Entries:}  
I wish that I could make the front side indicator read it as a Sorcery - Spirit or just Sorcery, but it is what it is. (Now fixed! Thanks to Flo00!) I also tried finding the source of the back side art for many hours, only to find there are many edits of it, and they span pre-2008. Neither Tin-eye nor Google could find anything definitive, I apologize. |
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Post by t2stonerain on Jun 16, 2021 4:02:12 GMT
It seems that people are trying designs where you can use the back when they're done with the front. I'm gonna try a design where you can use the back and keep the front.  |
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Post by bazzboda on Jun 16, 2021 4:04:33 GMT
spazlaz, is the challenge "Design a modal card, however each side can not share a card type with the other side." or "Design a modal card, each side must have more then one card type."? By the way the phrasing you used would indicate the latter one.
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Post by Jartis on Jun 16, 2021 5:23:02 GMT
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itsmekidney
0/0 Germ
Posts: 33
Favorite Card: Jungle Patrol
Favorite Set: Mercadian Masques
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Red
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Post by itsmekidney on Jun 16, 2021 5:57:32 GMT
I said...
Brr!
It's cold in here
Miracle gold Snow is quite possibly the ugliest conceivable frame.
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Rat
0/0 Germ
we're rats, we're rats, we're the rats
Posts: 34
Formerly Known As: KingpinRat
Color Alignment: Red, Green
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Post by Rat on Jun 16, 2021 9:33:03 GMT
ugh, haven't made a magic card in a while. I've been fighting to figure out how I want this idea to actually hit card, and it's not quite working. This is just supposed to be a dork and a land that flip back and forth every time they're used. I've gone through several iterations, things like a knotvine mystic, or a 4cmc gruul card, and several mono G versions that never quite fit right. This still blows, but like, I'm just tired man, I don't feel like looking at this anymore. I know the wording is garbage, but I just can't think about this anymore, this is as close as I could get without making it +7 lines of text. Just pretend like it reads and works as intended in my head.  |
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spazlaz
6/6 Wurm
Posts: 333
Color Alignment: Blue, Black
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Post by spazlaz on Jun 16, 2021 14:08:03 GMT
spazlaz, is the challenge "Design a modal card, however each side can not share a card type with the other side." or "Design a modal card, each side must have more then one card type."? By the way the phrasing you used would indicate the latter one. The first one |
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inverness
3/3 Beast
Posts: 184
Favorite Card: Mystic Snake
Favorite Set: Kamigawa
Color Alignment: White, Green
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Post by inverness on Jun 16, 2021 15:06:38 GMT
Decided to make a card that works best when you have both sides down. Could be a fun alternative Tron deck, and probably budget too lol.
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Post by Flo00 on Jun 16, 2021 19:03:35 GMT
No, silly, this is what was meant!
I wish that I could make the front side indicator read it as a Sorcery - Spirit or just Sorcery, but it is what it is. I also tried finding the source of the back side art for many hours, only to find there are many edits of it, and they span pre-2008. Neither Tin-eye nor Google could find anything definitive, I apologize. In MSE if you go to the style tab for "Dfc type" you can choose "Modal with custom flags", that's exactly what you wan tto do here: Customize the flags Seriously, when I read the challenge at first I thought they really meant the thing you did there. Then I realized how extremely narrow that is and that it was probably ment the way everyone else is doing it. Of course I still chose to go with my original intent and decided to take it to 11. |
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Post by Flo00 on Jun 16, 2021 19:08:45 GMT
ugh, haven't made a magic card in a while. I've been fighting to figure out how I want this idea to actually hit card, and it's not quite working. This is just supposed to be a dork and a land that flip back and forth every time they're used. I've gone through several iterations, things like a knotvine mystic, or a 4cmc gruul card, and several mono G versions that never quite fit right. This still blows, but like, I'm just tired man, I don't feel like looking at this anymore. I know the wording is garbage, but I just can't think about this anymore, this is as close as I could get without making it +7 lines of text. Just pretend like it reads and works as intended in my head. I don't see why the land should have a color indicator. Everything else looks fine. The double delayed trigger of the first mode is a bit arkward, but nothing too bad. I'd like to hint to the beleren font here, but I can't find it myself anymore. |
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dragonspit999
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 108
Favorite Card: Mycosynth Lattice
Favorite Set: Conflux
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Black, Colorless
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Post by dragonspit999 on Jun 16, 2021 19:33:35 GMT
No, silly, this is what was meant!
I wish that I could make the front side indicator read it as a Sorcery - Spirit or just Sorcery, but it is what it is. I also tried finding the source of the back side art for many hours, only to find there are many edits of it, and they span pre-2008. Neither Tin-eye nor Google could find anything definitive, I apologize. In MSE if you go to the style tab for "Dfc type" you can choose "Modal with custom flags", that's exactly what you wan tto do here: Customize the flags Seriously, when I read the challenge at first I thought they really meant the thing you did there. Then I realized how extremely narrow that is and that it was probably ment the way everyone else is doing it. Of course I still chose to go with my original intent and decided to take it to 11. Ohhhhh, I thought that was for changing the symbol in the top left, and couldn't figure out how it worked in my testing before. Haven't made many DFCs, much less modal, so didn't know this. Thank you so much! Editing now. |
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Post by Tesagk on Jun 16, 2021 19:57:12 GMT
 Mode 1: City of Palatia (2)(W)(W) Legendary Enchantment - Territory (Rare) When City of Palatia enters the battlefield, choose a creature you control to occupy it (When an occupying creature dies, its controller may choose a new creature that they control that doesn’t occupy a territory to occupy it.) As long as Province of Palatia is occupied, the occupying creature has indestructible and vigilance. Sacrifice occupying creature: Creatures you control that share a color with the occupying creature get +1/+1 and gain indestructible until end of turn. Mode 2: Fields of PalatiaLegendary Land - Plains (Rare) ( (T): Add (W))Fields of Palatia enters the battlefield tapped. Tap two untapped white creatures you control, (T): Add (W)(W). “Palatia is often described as paradise. Not only is the city pristine, but its farmlands provide food for multiple nations.” — Vrana, Queen General |
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dragonspit999
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 108
Favorite Card: Mycosynth Lattice
Favorite Set: Conflux
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Black, Colorless
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Post by dragonspit999 on Jun 16, 2021 23:10:12 GMT
Mode 2: Fields of PalatiaLegendary Land - Plains (Rare) Fields of Palatia enters the battlefield tapped. (T): Add (W) Tap a white creature you control, (T): Add (W)(W). “Palatia is often described as paradise. Not only is the city pristine, but its farmlands provide food for multiple nations.” — Vrana, Queen GeneralIf I'm not wrong, you can tap a tapped creature using the second ability of the backside with the way its worded currently. I'd consider adding "an untapped". |
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Post by akoumtrailblazer on Jun 16, 2021 23:19:52 GMT
Does it specifically need to be a Modal Double Faced card? Or would a Transform card be acceptable if you when you play it, you choose which side comes into play, very similarly to how a modal double faced card works (basically for mechanical reasons only)?
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Post by The Harlequin on Jun 17, 2021 5:53:05 GMT
Well the template mentioned by Daij_Djan causes my mse (advanced MSE core) to crash cause of infinit terminal errors. Any suggestion how to fix that? |
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Post by Flo00 on Jun 17, 2021 21:02:45 GMT
Your front face changes name in between paragraphs. |
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Post by akoumtrailblazer on Jun 18, 2021 1:33:48 GMT
  Regular MDFC are not transform cards, yes. But this is a Transform MDFC... consider it a new mechanic. |
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Post by Tesagk on Jun 18, 2021 13:53:54 GMT
Mode 2: Fields of PalatiaLegendary Land - Plains (Rare) Fields of Palatia enters the battlefield tapped. (T): Add (W) Tap a white creature you control, (T): Add (W)(W). “Palatia is often described as paradise. Not only is the city pristine, but its farmlands provide food for multiple nations.” — Vrana, Queen GeneralIf I'm not wrong, you can tap a tapped creature using the second ability of the backside with the way its worded currently. I'd consider adding "an untapped". Fixed. Your front face changes name in between paragraphs. Are you accusing me of copy and pasting?? /s 🤔 In any case, fixed. |
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Post by The Harlequin on Jun 18, 2021 19:46:05 GMT
Couldn't fix my issue with the package -- so is used this one. I excuse design-flaws based on the frame
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Post by Flo00 on Jun 18, 2021 23:37:57 GMT
Couldn't fix my issue with the package -- so is used this one. I excuse design-flaws based on the frame • The correct wording is to attach equipment, not equip them. Confusing, I know. • lifelink is a single word. (I imagine if WotC would introduce first strike nowadays, they would also make it a single word.) • Ii think the correct phrase is to choose target permanent. I think (?) target is never used as a verb in Magic rules text. • To have attachments sounds a bit un-Magic-y to me. I think it's totally ok to introduce it as a new wording. The official wording would probably be eiter permannets attached to it or Auras and Equipment attached to it (ignoring the corner-case of fortifications). |
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Post by quazerflame on Jun 19, 2021 6:52:22 GMT
 Iokratos Oathbound  Legendary Creature - Minotaur Soldier Vigilance Whenever Iokratos Oathbound is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to any target. : Iokratos Oathbound gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it. 4/4 //
My Body A Shield Instant Choose a creature you control. All damage that would be dealt this turn to you and permanents you control is dealt to the chosen creature instead (if it’s still on the battlefield). “Stay behind me.”
I found this artist's lovely rendition of a non-monstrous Therosian minotaur. Two of them, even! Enough for this challenge! |
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Post by The Harlequin on Jun 19, 2021 9:39:56 GMT
Strip Bare holds the wording you were looking for :-) As you said, everthing is attached. so add them all together in a singe word "attachments" would be a good way to reduce the word count on cards. but yea, it isn't a part of mtg -- so i gonna use the long way :-)
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spazlaz
6/6 Wurm
Posts: 333
Color Alignment: Blue, Black
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Post by spazlaz on Jun 20, 2021 2:30:13 GMT
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"When in doubt, do a common." 
