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Post by Daij_Djan on Nov 29, 2021 22:15:35 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 ninety-fifth challenge!
The winner of the "All Hail Our Mouse Overlord!" poll was viriss with... And the challenge issued by our winner was... From a recent Blogatog question: Design a blue legendary creature that costs  .
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 Nov 29, 2021 23:30:33 GMT
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Post by The Harlequin on Nov 29, 2021 23:50:17 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 Nov 30, 2021 0:47:07 GMT
 I'm hoping the 'end the turn' ability works the way I think it should. Don't want people blinking him to repeatedly skip regular turns. Edit: fixed missing art credit |
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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 Nov 30, 2021 1:55:13 GMT
 I'm hoping the 'end the turn' ability works the way I think it should. Don't want people blinking him to repeatedly skip regular turns. Your card works the way you want it to, I believe. However, I think you could save on text space a bit by making this a cast trigger.
Damian U Legendary Creature -- Human Wizard Flash When you cast ~, if it's an extra turn, end the turn. If a player would begin an extra turn, that player skips that turn instead. 1/1
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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 Nov 30, 2021 2:37:53 GMT
There are some interesting restrictions on this week's challenge, and some ways to circumvent it. I'm intrigued to see what people come up with!
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Post by BinaryBolas on Nov 30, 2021 2:40:56 GMT
I'm hoping the 'end the turn' ability works the way I think it should. Don't want people blinking him to repeatedly skip regular turns. Your card works the way you want it to, I believe. However, I think you could save on text space a bit by making this a cast trigger.
Damian U Legendary Creature -- Human Wizard Flash When you cast ~, if it's an extra turn, end the turn. If a player would begin an extra turn, that player skips that turn instead. 1/1
There are two problems in your version of the template: a) The original idea wants to limit the play pattern of the card by adding the clause "Cast only during extra turns". So if you think it is unnecessary, ignore this one. b) By making it a cast trigger, it would end the turn when it is on the stack and by doing so exile itself. |
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Post by zybourne on Nov 30, 2021 7:40:05 GMT
Making any color of mana isn't exactly in blue's pie, but adding the step where the basic land type changes would have made it even more wordy, so I didn't.
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Post by hydraheadhunter on Nov 30, 2021 7:46:49 GMT
 | Jomjom, Tendrilled Plunderer
A Blue
Legendary Creature - Octopus Pirate
If you would create one or more treasure, create an additional treasure
At the beginning of each end step, scry X where X is the number of treasure you sacrificed this turn.
Partner
FT: When sailors aboard her ship get conceited enough to remark that they’ve earned their sea legs, she
happly tests their claims. So far, despite the dozens of sailors she’s thrown overboard with the simple
instructions that they return to duty after following the ship for a week by swimming, only two has
managed to satisfy her expectations.
1/1
Art: A pirate octopus boarding a rival ship.
Art by: Adrien Gonzalez
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Post by The Harlequin on Nov 30, 2021 8:48:31 GMT
pacifistwestwoman I don't like the introduction of "new" keywords if the contest doesn't call for it specificly. Regardless of my own oppinion, I would have used "loot" instead [(loot = draw a card, then discard a card.)] "Whenever a spirit creature you control deals damage to an opponent, you loot." Why loot? Well, most iconic appearence of that may be all the Looter we got over the years -- just as an homage to that. The rest looks fine by me , i just think that the p/t is kinda much The Harlequin (aye, i criticise myself) Just make it creatures only. Fity your own flavor the most (besides that soulbond only exists for creatures) damagicgeek I don't like the template cause it shrinks the whole text box which makes the card look overloaded, which it isn't. "... the battlefield, if it was cast , end this/the extra turn." I would just use the wording inverness suggested for the last part of ya card "If a player would begin an extra turn, that player skips that turn instead." inverness nothing to be said here -- besides the flavor i don't get zybourne I don't like the template cause it shrinks the whole text box which makes the cards look overloaded. Mono blue is able to create any color of mana (or suplement it in specific cases), but NOT in an universal way. So it seams ya missed a restriction in there. here ya gohydraheadhunter ...scry X , where X... Just try to shorten the ft a bit -- makes an otherwise neet card looking card overloaded.
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Post by Jartis on Nov 30, 2021 9:15:18 GMT
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Post by BinaryBolas on Nov 30, 2021 9:31:43 GMT
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Post by bazzboda on Nov 30, 2021 10:28:00 GMT
Flegith the Mind Worm Legendary Creature - Insect Wizard  When ever a player would mill one or more cards, they exile that many plus 1 cards from the top of their library instead. Spells you control that share a name with a card in exile cost  less to cast and can't be countered. 1/1 Not actually a worm, but a larva of some sort. While "spells you cast" is what magic normally use for the cost reduction, it uses the "you control" for the can not be countered. While I could make the spells you cast not be countered that doesn't grant it to copies so I think this wording might work. However would "spells you cast or copy cost 2 less to cast and can't be countered." be better, as the other phrasing doesn't really work with present magic rules. |
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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 Nov 30, 2021 17:12:22 GMT
Infinite blockers are typically really, really strong. Plus, shouldn't this technically make copies?  |
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Post by sade612 on Nov 30, 2021 17:37:03 GMT
 {Text}Rana, Duchess of Denial Legendary Creature - Human Noble  Flash Kicker X When Rana enters the battlefield, if she was kicked, counter target spell unless its controller pays X. 1/1 |
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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 Nov 30, 2021 17:59:29 GMT
You thought it was this week's challenge, but it's actually last week's challenge!
 Lienne, the Studious Legendary Creature - Human Wizard (1/1) Whenever you cast a spell with a mana value greater than the number of experience counters you have, you may return Lienne, the Studious to her owner's hand. If you do, you gain an experience counter. // Lienne's Opus  Sorcery This spell costs less to cast for each experience counter you have. Reveal the top eight cards of your library. You may cast a nonland card revealed in this way without paying its mana cost. Put the rest of the cards revealed in this way on the bottom of your library in a random order. |
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Post by Daij_Djan on Nov 30, 2021 18:14:50 GMT
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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 Nov 30, 2021 19:03:02 GMT
Your card works the way you want it to, I believe. However, I think you could save on text space a bit by making this a cast trigger.
Damian U Legendary Creature -- Human Wizard Flash When you cast ~, if it's an extra turn, end the turn. If a player would begin an extra turn, that player skips that turn instead. 1/1
There are two problems in your version of the template: a) The original idea wants to limit the play pattern of the card by adding the clause "Cast only during extra turns". So if you think it is unnecessary, ignore this one. b) By making it a cast trigger, it would end the turn when it is on the stack and by doing so exile itself. You know, I feel quite silly considering point number 2. You're exactly right, it would exile itself. I guess that scraps my suggestion then! |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Nov 30, 2021 19:28:13 GMT
WUBRG technically counts, right?
Ryzhen, Incarnate of Potential
 Legendary Creature--Avatar Incarnation 
You may pay     rather than pay Ryzhen, Incarnate of Potential’s mana cost. If you do, Ryzhen, Incarnate of Potential enters the battlefield with five +1/+1 counters on it and has first strike, hexproof, lifelink, haste, and trample.
2/1
EDIT: This time for sure!
Uklah, Aid to Knowledge   Legendary Creature--Elemental Avatar As Uklah, Aid to Knowledge enters the battlefield, discard your hand, then draw cards equal to the amount of mana spent to cast Uklah.
Uklah’s power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
You have no maximum hand size. */* |
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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 Nov 30, 2021 21:14:32 GMT
inverness nothing to be said here -- besides the flavor i don't get is an old internet meme that I liked, and the card just kind of happened as I was iterating on a few ideas. |
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lordojutai
0/0 Germ
Posts: 26
Favorite Card: Huntmaster of the Fells
Favorite Set: Fate Reforged
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Red
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Post by lordojutai on Nov 30, 2021 21:23:52 GMT
I forgot artist credit  |
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Post by hydraheadhunter on Nov 30, 2021 21:26:12 GMT
inverness nothing to be said here -- besides the flavor i don't get is an old internet meme that I liked, and the card just kind of happened as I was iterating on a few ideas. Moon moon can't be that old can it...? Early 2013! Shit. |
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Post by bazzboda on Nov 30, 2021 22:45:23 GMT
sdfkjgh, sorry to say but the challenge says it has to cost rather then be blue and cost 1 mana.
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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 Dec 1, 2021 3:14:16 GMT
WUBRG technically counts, right?
Ryzhen, Incarnate of Potential Legendary Creature--Avatar Incarnation You may pay rather than pay Ryzhen, Incarnate of Potential’s mana cost. If you do, Ryzhen, Incarnate of Potential enters the battlefield with five +1/+1 counters on it and has first strike, hexproof, lifelink, haste, and trample. 2/1 Given the challenge is "Legendary Creature that costs U" and that's a grand total of three conditions, I'd say probably not? Especially given the theme of the challenge is filling a hole, which is somewhat incompatible with... changing the size and shape of said hole. (The hole is the fact that there are Legends that cost W, B, R, and G but no Legend that costs U.) That said I'd be willing to split hairs along the likes of  and  , but that's decidedly not the direction your entry is going in. |
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Dec 1, 2021 14:08:50 GMT
Defect MM-Scripture-Four Legendary Artifact Creature - Rebel  , sacrifice ~: Counter target spell with mana value 1. 0/2 Spellskite meets Mental Misstep meets cyberpunk dystopian rebel tropes meets Phyrexian flavor meets using all of the above to try and create a rebalanced callback. Not only does it have to tap to sacrifice itself and requires the actual mana investment, Legendary means you can't hold up several at once (not for repeated 1 mana plays where it'll matter the most, anyway). "Rebel" was chosen to echo the idea that Phyrexians become so inhuman they've lost their race identity (at least, before Phyrexian typing was introduced) - now, it signifies that the character is in-between that identity-less nature of being Phyrexian and being a race with some identity like Construct or Elf. It also acts as a way to give Rebels a bit of a puncher-upper and perhaps encourage them to see a bit more Legacy play in an age where they've mostly been forgotten due to lack of relevancy in most formats. EDIT: Changed from 0/4 to 0/2.
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spazlaz
6/6 Wurm
Posts: 335
Color Alignment: Blue, Black
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Post by spazlaz on Dec 1, 2021 16:25:51 GMT
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Post by bastardneko on Dec 2, 2021 2:50:40 GMT
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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 Dec 2, 2021 2:54:19 GMT
What is it with people this week and thinking "creature that's the ultimate blocker ever" is definitely fine for a single ? |
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Post by The Harlequin on Dec 2, 2021 9:22:17 GMT
I get the flavor and all -- But the concept as a whole doesn't calls for a legendary imo.
If ya can fish up a new pet if ya old one is no more -- What makes it legendary if there are billions out there? - the5lacker already mentioned the abuse possibilities -- so i will not.
At least i get the feeling that ya just put in the reminder so that ya don't have to think about a flavor text.
Fine otherwise
issue: checking all exiled cards seams kinda... busted imo. especially if ya make them all uncounterable. And i don't get the flavor of the section of this card at all "why should lost cause be more important than the unknown future we have ahead"
simple card, simple concept. nothing to complain expect the legendary- factor. It could also just be a non-legendary creature and would be totaly fine as that.
Making a modular card seams counteracting the whole purpose of the challange.
Leveler just need the counters to keep track of their level.
711.2b “{LEVEL N3+} [Abilities] [P/T]” means “As long as this creature has N3 or more level counters on it, it has base power and toughness [P/T] and has [abilities].” The rules themself specifically check for the number of level counters on the creature -- so as it stands atm ya card doesn't work as intented.
Same as before: {1} isn't {U} {X}{U/R} isn't {U}
I realy don't like all this special frames. but well, personal preference.
At least i get the feeling that ya just put in the reminder so that ya don't have to think about a flavor text. As a defensive lord kinda neet, but there is nothing about this card that makes it legendary imo. all other lord's arn't -- so why should be this one one?
0/4 body is faar to much. fine otherwise -- may still be fine if it could counter cmc 2 i guess -- the effect is slow enought to argue with it.
If ~ was kicked, ~ enters the battlefield as a copy of target permanent with mana value of X (plus 1).
0/13. just no.
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Post by Jartis on Dec 2, 2021 9:44:39 GMT
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"When in doubt, do a common." 
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