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Post by Daij_Djan on Sept 20, 2021 15:42:01 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 eighty-fifth challenge!
The winner of the "Subtypes New and Old" poll was myself with... And the challenge issued by our winner was... Prepare yourselves, this one will be a bit different  My favorite card from the „recent“ (talk about sets being pushed out one after another..) D&D set was Volo, Guide to Monsters: Obviously, for Volo Commander deck, you want to have as little overlap between your cards' creature types as possible – but my inner Melvin obviously would not settle on anything less than having no overlap at all (while my inner Spike knows this technicaly isn't the most efficient way of building the deck). So for this challenge, how about we design a bunch of creature cards fitting nicely into a single Volo Commander deck? This means.. - Your challenge is to design a creature card fitting into a
 Volo Commander deck. - Your card may be of any rarity. It shouldn't be a legend (for pretty much obvious reasons).
- Your card may not have a creature type already used by an already existing entry! This one is crucial. Obviously, early posters have the most freedom while later posters have to deal with more restrictions – which I know some enjoy as well
 The creature types Human Wizard are banned right from the start since Volo already takes away those spots. - For this challenge, already officially existing creature types only please. While I normally don't mind coming up with new ones, it's kind of cheating for this challenge Blackborder types only please. Creatures types WotC doesn't print anymore like Mystics are fine, but they still need to exist (so no Hounds). Also creature cards without any creature types is a corner case scenario I really didn't consider – after some pondering I will allow it. But please keep in mind, there really should be a point in a creature card not having a creature type if you do want to go that route.
Hope you like the idea!
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 pacifistwestwoman on Sept 20, 2021 16:33:53 GMT
My original plan was to do Azra Noble, to have a niche race and a niche class, but then I remembered it had to be U/G so I came up with this instead.  |
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Post by viriss on Sept 20, 2021 17:14:44 GMT
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spazlaz
6/6 Wurm
Posts: 335
Color Alignment: Blue, Black
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Post by spazlaz on Sept 20, 2021 17:51:12 GMT
I wanted to make something that could go in more than just a commander deck.
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vstrange
1/1 Squirrel
Resurrecting the dead, D.N.D.
Posts: 52
Formerly Known As: Lich Puppy
Favorite Card: Ur-Dragon
Favorite Set: Ikoria
Color Alignment: Black, Green
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Post by vstrange on Sept 20, 2021 18:14:56 GMT
Sneks are amazing creatures. Even the danger noodles are cute. Nope Ropes are equally wonderful.  |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Sept 20, 2021 18:45:11 GMT
Let's unite scry, fateseal, and surveil all under one banner, shall we:
Timepearl Oyster   Creature--Oyster   ,  : Recon X. (Look at the top X cards of target player’s library. You may put any number of them back on top in any order, any number of them on the bottom of that library in any order, and any number of them into that player’s graveyard in any order. This ability costs an additional to target an opponent.)
0/4 |
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Post by kefke on Sept 20, 2021 19:26:14 GMT
Slight clarification needed. 1. Where do silver-border and obsolete types stand as far as "existing types" go? 2. How about typeless creatures, ala Nameless Race? (I assume this is also cheating.) (Ed. I see I wasn't the only one to think of it.) Also, spazlaz - Cool card, but it needs to be a creature for this challenge. |
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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 Sept 20, 2021 19:31:02 GMT
A cool thing about copying spells is that any X values carry over to the copy. Hydras are a natural fit for this!
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Post by Daij_Djan on Sept 20, 2021 20:06:09 GMT
@ spazlaz: I like the design, but this challenge requires a creature card.
@ kefke: Good questions, updated initial post! |
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Post by kefke on Sept 20, 2021 20:54:45 GMT
 Hopefully, this isn't too similar to Gilded Goose, despite being very much the same niche. |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Sept 20, 2021 22:53:24 GMT
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Post by The Harlequin on Sept 20, 2021 23:12:26 GMT
EDIT:
New entrance -- New post :-)
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Post by kefke on Sept 20, 2021 23:48:46 GMT
The Harlequin - I think you entry suffers a bit in this challenge, in that it actually doesn't combo well with Volo. On the surface, both want it to be a one-of-a-kind creature, but in actuality, Volo copying it as it enters the battlefield prevents it from getting its own ability.
sdfkjgh - A recon oyster? I get it! |
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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 Sept 20, 2021 23:53:34 GMT
Hopefully, this isn't too similar to Gilded Goose, despite being very much the same niche. I quite like this design! The only thing that I'd do differently is save some text by making it a 0/1 and removing the "assigns no combat damage" part. Personally it feels cleaner to me and has almost the same functionality. |
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Post by kefke on Sept 21, 2021 0:52:21 GMT
{Spoiler}{Card} Hopefully, this isn't too similar to Gilded Goose, despite being very much the same niche. I quite like this design! The only thing that I'd do differently is save some text by making it a 0/1 and removing the "assigns no combat damage" part. Personally it feels cleaner to me and has almost the same functionality. I worried that people wouldn't want to attack with it if it had no power, so since the Goose is a 0/2, I split the value between power and toughness, and modelled the ability off the likes of Ophidian, Farrel's Zealot, and Kukemssa Pirates. |
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Post by quazerflame on Sept 21, 2021 2:04:51 GMT
 Refracting Golem  Artifact Creature - Golem   , : The next time you copy a permanent spell this turn, copy that spell again. 3/3 |
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Post by The Harlequin on Sept 21, 2021 7:24:34 GMT
The Harlequin - I think you entry suffers a bit in this challenge, in that it actually doesn't combo well with Volo. On the surface, both want it to be a one-of-a-kind creature, but in actuality, Volo copying it as it enters the battlefield prevents it from getting its own ability. I agree — And disagree. Main misconception: Does everything has to combo off with Volo? Does everything has to be an auto-include? No — It just has to fit into a deck where Volo is the Commander — and his deck-building idea is individuality. So I worked with that. Not everything has to combo with the commander — He also doesn't has 100% uptime on the board. So why should every creature has to assume he does ;-) |
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Post by BinaryBolas on Sept 21, 2021 11:46:59 GMT
 I believe you can just design a card that benefits from having two in play, so here's my take. One of my favorite sets/blocks, btw. (Edit: A little design change based on suggestions. Also a patch for previously missing artist credit.) |
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the5lacker
3/3 Beast
Posts: 198
Favorite Card: The Reality Chip
Favorite Set: Kaladesh
Color Alignment: White, Blue
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Post by the5lacker on Sept 21, 2021 16:29:13 GMT
I better get on this before someone takes my creature type: Jellyfish.
 Mirrormembrane Creature - Jellyfish (0/4)  Defender, flying Whenever you copy a spell, create a token that's a copy of Mirrormembrane.
Not exclusively for Volo, but definitely appealing to him. Gums boards up good. Probably don't put into a limited environment where it could, like, do any work but would be fine in a commander precon or something. |
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the5lacker
3/3 Beast
Posts: 198
Favorite Card: The Reality Chip
Favorite Set: Kaladesh
Color Alignment: White, Blue
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Post by the5lacker on Sept 21, 2021 16:47:50 GMT
*Snip*
I believe you can just design a card that benefits from having two in play, so here's my take. One of my favorite sets/blocks, btw. None of that card is in any way, shape, or form Green and would be strange as a multicolor card, let alone a hybrid that could theoretically be played in a MonoGreen deck. Also repeatedly stealing creatures is insanely powerful. Also also "deals combat damage to a player" doesn't work if a creature with 0 Power is unblocked, because dealing 0 damage isn't... a thing. |
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Post by Flo00 on Sept 21, 2021 17:09:13 GMT
I present to you: A card with changeling you want to play in Volo.  Identity Eraser  Creature - Shapeshifter Changeling (This card is every creature type.) , Exile a card from your hand until Identity Eraser leaves the battlefield: Choose target player. Until end of turn, creatures and creature spells controlled by that player and creature cards not on the battlefield owned by them lose all creature types. Identity Eraser gets +1/+1 for each card exiled by it. 2/2 |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Sept 21, 2021 17:32:52 GMT
kefke: I hate to admit it, but that joke only occurred to me a second after you pointed it out. I'm ashamed to call myself funny after missing that. 🙇🙇🙇
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Post by Daij_Djan on Sept 21, 2021 18:06:32 GMT
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damagicgeek
1/1 Squirrel
Posts: 77
Favorite Card: Venser, the Sojourner
Favorite Set: Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
Color Alignment: White, Blue
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Post by damagicgeek on Sept 22, 2021 0:56:18 GMT
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Post by sdfkjgh on Sept 22, 2021 2:18:20 GMT
I really like this, but it needs a color indicator on the typeline.  |
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Post by zybourne on Sept 22, 2021 5:15:38 GMT
{Text}
Bosk Elder
2G
Creature - Treefolk
1/4
Reach
Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may look at the top X cards of your library, where X is that creature’s toughness. If you do, put one of those cards on the top of your library and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. |
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Post by t2stonerain on Sept 22, 2021 7:26:02 GMT
 For its normal usage, it will give you a land each turn, but play its second activated ability at the right time, it can give you much more than that. Since it exiles the card from your graveyard, it might let you get rid of a type to trigger Volo too. |
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Post by hydraheadhunter on Sept 22, 2021 10:48:12 GMT
 | Quagmire Lepidopterist
4 Generic, two green, and a blue
Creature - Crocodile Mystic
If one or more creature tokens would enter the
battlefield under your control, they enter the battlefield
and you create a token copy of each of them instead.
When Quagmire Lepidopterist enters the battlefield,
create a 1/1 blue Insect creature token with flying
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Why not add a parallel lives effect on a critter so you can double (or quadruple...) Volo's doublin' action. EDIT: Thanks to quazerflame for pointing out the rules hiccup. |
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Post by quazerflame on Sept 22, 2021 17:01:20 GMT
[clipped card] Why not add a parallel lives effect on a critter so you can double (or quadruple...) Volo's doublin' action. Doesn't work. A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token when it enters the battlefield, it doesn't create a token. |
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Post by hydraheadhunter on Sept 22, 2021 17:11:22 GMT
Doesn't work. A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token when it enters the battlefield, it doesn't create a token. 707.10f Some effects copy a permanent spell. As that copy resolves, it ceases being a copy of a spell and becomes a token permanent. (See rule 608.3b.) 608.3b If the object that’s resolving is a copy of a permanent spell, that object becomes a token permanent and is put onto the battlefield under the control of the spell’s controller. It is no longer a copy of a spell. The token put onto the battlefield this way is not “created” for the purposes of any replacement effects or triggered abilities that refer to creating a token.
Well, I'll be damned. I'll get that fixed. |
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The creature types Human Wizard are banned right from the start since Volo already takes away those spots.
"When in doubt, do a common." 
