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Post by Daij_Djan on Apr 4, 2022 18:06:52 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 four-hundred and tenth challenge!
The winner of the "Invoke Devotion" poll was Jartis with... And the challenge issued by our winner was... For the next challenge, I would like people to choose a card from before 8th Edition and remake it as if it were designed today.
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 hydraheadhunter on Apr 4, 2022 18:52:15 GMT
I assume keeping the name's fine since we're doing "redesigns." Anyway, here's ancient hydra
| Ancient Hydra
Two generic Xs, a red, and a green
Creature — Elder Hydra
Double Strike
Ancient Hydra enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.
A red or a green, and remove a +1/+1 counter from Ancient Hydra: Ancient Hydra deals 2 damage to any target
0/0
Art: The art for the canon magic the gathering card ancient hydra, a red dragon except it has eight heads and is in a state of decay.
Art by: Scott M. Fischer
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Post by sdfkjgh on Apr 4, 2022 19:21:50 GMT
becomes
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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 Apr 4, 2022 23:48:10 GMT
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Fermat
8/8 Octopus
Posts: 430
Favorite Card: Force of Will
Favorite Set: Guildpact (set when I started playing)
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Black
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Post by Fermat on Apr 5, 2022 0:39:53 GMT
 becomes  Nothing too fancy. As a wise man once said, when in doubt... P.S. I've forgotten how to resize images.  |
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BinaryBolas
3/3 Beast
Posts: 186
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Black, Red
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Post by BinaryBolas on Apr 5, 2022 4:36:29 GMT
Before:  After:  |
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Post by sade612 on Apr 5, 2022 4:50:37 GMT
Regenerate is out, but indestructible is in. Based on Broken Fall. WIP, might update the activation/mana costs later.  |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Apr 5, 2022 9:06:12 GMT
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Post by Daij_Djan on Apr 5, 2022 13:28:37 GMT
When in doubt..
So, what changes did I make? First of all I replaced First strike with Flash. Having a 2/5 body on a first striker really feels rather pointless, whereas Flash is a nice alternative way to represent swiftness. Other than that, the only other change I made was to lower this down from a rare to a common - since after years of powercreep especially for creatures it really belongs at that rarity and none other  |
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pernicious
8/8 Octopus
Posts: 440
Favorite Card: Mistmeadow Skulk
Favorite Set: Shadowmoor block
Color Alignment: Red
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Post by pernicious on Apr 5, 2022 18:52:16 GMT
Jartis Did you forget an "until end of turn?" |
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foureyesisafish
7/7 Elemental
Posts: 386
Favorite Set: Ikoria: Lair of the Behemoths
Color Alignment: Blue, Red, Green
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Post by foureyesisafish on Apr 5, 2022 23:11:23 GMT
Anger   Creature - Incarnation  Haste Creatures you control have haste. 3/2
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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 Apr 6, 2022 0:56:51 GMT
Trying to redesign a simple common:
Afflict   Instant  Target creature gets -3/-2 until end of turn. Draw a card.
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Post by bastardneko on Apr 6, 2022 2:32:05 GMT
Upgrading the worst green creature ever, Wood Elemental.  |
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Post by Jartis on Apr 6, 2022 2:49:14 GMT
Original. Because when I think "common," I think "banding with extra steps." I tried a version of this design that kept a lot of the intended strength, but it would have required a rarity bump, and honestly didn't feel worth it for the amount of text it required, so I ended up keeping it common and giving it a more simple ability. 
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Post by sdfkjgh on Apr 6, 2022 5:28:01 GMT
Daij_Djan: Hey, Ancient Spider was one of the first rares I ever owned. I put it in a monster of a WUBRG pile that could only operate via its ONE COPY of Pulse of Llanowar!
Whaddyawantfrome? I was stung & yupid! |
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spazlaz
6/6 Wurm
Posts: 333
Color Alignment: Blue, Black
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Post by spazlaz on Apr 6, 2022 21:43:46 GMT
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Post by vizionarius on Apr 7, 2022 19:08:02 GMT
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Post by The Harlequin on Apr 7, 2022 21:47:05 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 Apr 9, 2022 23:05:46 GMT
The best card to name with Pithing Needle!
The original card let you take lands from your opponent's hand, which is considered a no-no today. Since you also had to discard cards anyway, I figure this is a fine way to preserve the spirit of the card while modernizing its design.
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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 Apr 11, 2022 5:11:05 GMT
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Post by Daij_Djan on Apr 11, 2022 21:12:32 GMT
This thread is now closed, the poll can be found here. And here's the next challenge! |
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