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Post by Daij_Djan on May 16, 2022 21:00:58 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 fifteenth challenge!
The winner of the "Planeswalkers! What is your profession?" poll was sade612 with... And the challenge issued by one of our runner-ups was... Make a card about your country's own specific folklore, can be old folklore or new. (Like Mothman a new cryptid, or Thunderbird a North America indigenous people supernatural being, this are examples of the U.S.) Think broadly, it doesn't have to be a creature. Note: Feel free to add either a short explanation, a wikipedia link or similar to your entry. It'll be included in the poll. ~Daij_Djan
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 hergusbergus on May 17, 2022 0:37:42 GMT
Based on the Little People of the Pryor Mountains, Crow folklore about small dudes wreaking havoc against outsiders and providing wisdom to the Crow chief "The Little People of the Pryor Mountains (known as Nirumbee or Awwakkulé in the Crow language) are a race of ferocious dwarves in the folklore of the Crow Nation, a Native American tribe. The Little People were also seen as imparting spiritual wisdom, and played a major role in shaping the destiny of the Crow People through the dreams of the iconic Crow chief, Plenty Coups."  Sources: Daniels and Stevens, Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences of the World, 1903, p. 1421. Frey, The World of the Crow Indians: As Driftwood Lodges, 1993, p. 68. Hauck, Haunted Places: The National Directory, 2002, p. 259. Murray, p. 147. McDannell, Religions of the United States in Practice, 2002, p. 184. |
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BinaryBolas
3/3 Beast
Posts: 186
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Black, Red
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Post by BinaryBolas on May 17, 2022 3:55:17 GMT
 In Chinese folklore, the ox-headed & horse-faced demon duo are the ghost(spirit)-snachers of Hell. I'm lucky to find a modern style art for this. Not so lucky about finding a wikipedia entry, though. Edit: In original wordings, I tried to make the "cling to dust" effect always had a target to make spaces for response. Then I realize that this design actually want you not to do that for value. So I take the suggestion from vizionarius (thx) and alter the template accordingly. |
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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 May 17, 2022 5:19:25 GMT
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Post by vizionarius on May 17, 2022 6:11:44 GMT
 Is there a better way to phrase it than using two seperate sentences connected with if you can't pharse? Best I can come up with: "Whenever another nontoken creature dies, if it is the only creature card in all graveyards, put it onto the battlefield under your control. Otherwise, exile a creature card from a graveyard." Note that when a creature dies, it's already in the graveyard, so your original wording will always find a creature in the graveyard to remove, so your "if you can't" clause won't happen. My phrasing removes "targeting" of a creature card, since I can't find an instance of the use of "otherwise" that has a new target that's introduced that's not already in the original trigger. |
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Post by vizionarius on May 17, 2022 6:26:03 GMT
A land that doesn't enter the battlefield tapped that taps for any of 3 colors is already stronger than any land printed to date (in terms of color fixing). Adding additional abilities really pushes the card even further in power. If it had some upkeep cost or cost to pay for it entering the battlefield, it could be more in line with the power level of existing cards. Just my thoughts, feel free to ignore. |
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Post by Daij_Djan on May 17, 2022 13:47:43 GMT
Well, Eldraine actually already dipped quite a bit into German folklore - but how about one of the most famous jesters ever?
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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 May 17, 2022 13:49:53 GMT
A land that doesn't enter the battlefield tapped that taps for any of 3 colors is already stronger than any land printed to date (in terms of color fixing). Adding additional abilities really pushes the card even further in power. If it had some upkeep cost or cost to pay for it entering the battlefield, it could be more in line with the power level of existing cards. Just my thoughts, feel free to ignore. Thanks for catching this. I think I meant to add a drawback, but got distracted by pulling out a bunch of maps. I will edit my entry when I get a chance. |
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Post by melono on May 17, 2022 15:31:55 GMT
Have some Dutch folklore:  The main character of an old fable written in de Middle Ages. He used other animals their greed to get them to hurt themselves, very painfully hurt themselves, while escaping from danger himself. It's a pretty good comedy. |
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Post by The Harlequin on May 17, 2022 21:50:54 GMT
Let's make it more regional with this folklore. I'm from "Graz", the main city of Styria, Austria -- And a regional legend regarding the creation of two "hills" (Schlossberg // Kalvarienberg) goes as follows: A deal with the devil was made (Tribal-Devil-Tag): The devil wanted to increase the height of another mountain in the region (Schöckl) so that it may be taller than the mountains in switzerland. So a deal was made:
He gonna make that in the next 24 hours (Suspend-Tag), but the first person who reaches the top of the new formed mountain was his.
After that, he flew off to africa (still Suspend), cut off a large piece of the "mountains of the moon" (Sacrifice-interaction) and carried it back.
But he flew over easter festivities, and cause of that, he lost his powers. Angry about that, the threw the larg rock into Styria (enter tapped)-- where the rock split in two (cause two mountains) and created the two hills/rock formations mentioned earlier.
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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 May 17, 2022 22:05:05 GMT
Here's a skinwalker, a commonly-used Navajo creature that possesses living or dead creatures.  Skinwalker    Creature - Shapeshifter  Indestructible, deathtouch Whenever a creature dealt damage by Skinwalker this turn dies, it becomes a copy of that creature, except it has indestructible and this ability. [1/1] |
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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 May 17, 2022 23:35:25 GMT
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Post by Idea on May 18, 2022 0:12:02 GMT
Aaaaah, so many to choose from. The Miracle of the Roses, São Jorge returning from the fog, Saint Martin's Summer Camões swimming with the manuscript of The Lusiads, ... Definitely one of the most well-known ones and funnier ones is the legend of the Baker of the battle of Aljubarrota (without going too far into it, basically a battle for independence between the Portuguese and the pre-Spanish, and I call them that because Spanish is a recognizable name but Spain didn't quite exist as a country yet). The simpler and more well-known version of the legend simply tells that during the battle, there was a baker who found some pre-Spanish soldiers hiding in her oven. After slaying them, she threw some sausages and bread inside and cooked them inside (some versions I heard they were still alive, but usually the legend says she killed them first with a shovel). After that, she and other common folks band up and go battle other soldiers. You'll notice I didn't really use food tokens, and that's partly because despite this part of the legend, there's no version I know of where anyone eats the soldiers, so I'm guessing throwing the food was probably some gesture of humiliation? Also, naturally I had to make her green white red, because that's (almost) our flag's colors (green yellow red). Other than that, hopefully the card can speak for itself in how it embodies the legend. {Pre-Edit Version}  {First Edit Version}  |
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Post by Flo00 on May 18, 2022 5:49:11 GMT
 Scrape the Trunk!  Artifact   , Pay 1 life: Create a Treasure token. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may pay . If you do, Scrape the Trunk! deals 1 damage to that player. I'm from Vienna, Austria. I couldn't find an english translation for this tale, so I'll give a short summary. Here is a link to the story in German. There was a beggar who got a deal by the devil. He was given a special rasp. Whenever he would scrape his mouth and say "Scrape the Trunk!" a piece of gold would fall down. He could also say "Scrape the Trunk!" to make the rasp scrape someone else's mouth. The price for the rasp would be the man's soul after seven years had passed. The man became quite rich, but also unpopular, since he'd always make the rasp scrape everyone's mouth as soon as they said something he didn't like. Also he always wore a scarf over his mouth since it had become quite ugly due to all the scraping of his own mouth. After the seven years had passed, the devil came to get the man's soul. Instead of coming with him, the man made the rasp go off on the devil until he promised to leave his soul alone. The image is from the front of a house in vienna depicting the tale. Near the picture once stood a house named "To the Scrape the Trunk". It is said that the man with the rasp had it built and lived in it. |
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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 May 18, 2022 11:02:21 GMT
I've made a drop bear card before, but for those who don't know: a drop bear is an Australian myth, something between a cryptid and an in-joke, that you use to scare foreign tourists (admittedly usually Americans). It's said to be a carnivorous cousin to the Koala which attacks people by falling out of gum trees onto its prey. |
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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 May 18, 2022 14:10:26 GMT
There's a story about a werewolf haunting the burg of Piagnaro here in Italy. Meeting his gaze meant certain death and with his howling he would gather wild dogs around him. You could escape him by climbing three steps of any stair, for he couldn't climb any further, or by remaining hidden until dawn.
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Post by Flo00 on May 18, 2022 15:35:35 GMT
I'm totally amazed by how internatinally scattered the people here are. I love this challenge!
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Post by The Harlequin on May 18, 2022 19:26:12 GMT
As always -- My oppinion and some wording suggestions/fixes. Hit me if you don't like it. I can take it. hergusbergus The name itself seams kinda long for a non-legendary creature. "Pryor Nirumbee" should also work -- And would help to clean up the formatation a bit. BinaryBolas "Ghostsnatcher of Hell" "Hellish Ghostsnatcher" For me, a legendary creature has a personal name. Due to the nature of the Legend "Ox-Head and Horse-Face" would fit imo "Whenever another nontoken creature dies, return it onto the battlefield under your control if it is the only creature card in its owners graveyard // all graveyards. Otherwise, exile target creature card from a graveyard." damagicgeek "1RGW, T: Choose one --" space is missing Over all -- Crowded. It just makes too much and has to many options. Therefore it needs the legendary tag imo Daij_Djan Remove the goaded reminder and add a nice ft. And "Partner" may be a nice touch -- If there will ever be a owl to acompany him ;-) melono I would use the wording of shaman-en-kor"{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to ~ this turn is dealt to target creature (you control) instead." Vunik "Whenever a creature dealt damage by ~ this turn dies, CARDNAME becomes a copy..." vstrange "~ enters the battlefield tapped" "T: Add C." Idea "... up to three..." "Haste, first strike" "Other Peasent creatures you controll get +1/+0." -- It is a seperate ability. "If a creature that was dealt damage by attacking Peasents this turn would die, exile it instead." -- it is a seperate ability. "2, Put target card from exile into its owner's graveyard: ~ gets +2/+2 and gains trample and menace until end of turn." -- pull-from-eternity, gets for gain
Over all -- Wall of text. unpleasend to look at. Flo00 fine as it is. aquonn "Create token. If ~ was kicked, this token fights target creature." pernicious All but one " any player may activate this ability" in existence have only generic mana costs -- and one in many may not be a good reference imo. |
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Post by Idea on May 18, 2022 19:39:42 GMT
Fair enough on the rest of the points, but it's paying 2 for the activated ability on a (effectively) seven mana, three colors legendary creature, and the card you're comparing it to is from time spiral. Nonetheless, I see your point, and I'll take it into account as I make some edits. Thank you very much for the feedback. |
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Post by Idea on May 18, 2022 20:02:26 GMT
Alright, made some changes, thank you once again for the feedback The Harlequin |
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Sanfonier of the Night
7/7 Elemental
Posts: 398
Favorite Card: The Prismatic Bridge
Favorite Set: War of the Spark
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Black, Red, Green, Colorless
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Post by Sanfonier of the Night on May 18, 2022 23:08:10 GMT
 In Brazilian folklore, the mapinguari or mapinguary, also called the juma, is a monstrous entity said to live in the Amazon rainforest. It's is said to an idestructible hide. Depictions of the mapinguari vary. Sometimes it is described as a hairy humanoid cyclops. Other people claim that it is based on a cultural memory of the giant ground sloth, a long-extinct animal that it is said to resemble. The creature is often said to have a gaping mouth on its abdomen. |
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Post by vizionarius on May 19, 2022 5:08:37 GMT
  János Vitéz (John the Valiant) is originally an epic poem by famous Hungarian poet, Sándor Petőfi. It was written in 1844, and made into a cartoon in 1973. It was my favorite folk story growing up (born in Budapest, Hungary, now living in USA), and it captures a lot of the Hungarian spirit of perseverance through trials. Wikipedia has a nice summary of the story, so I won't retype it here. The cartoon is quite a trip. |
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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 May 19, 2022 11:56:33 GMT
A classic American cryptid.
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Post by Jartis on May 19, 2022 13:11:51 GMT
 Mine is a very local legend. The story goes that the humanoid figure didn't appear in the stonework until the man that built the house hung himself in it. Older photos of the house seem to support this, but it's hard to say if they're from the same side of the house/a trick of the light/what have you |
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bucketman
0/0 Germ
Posts: 27
Favorite Card: Horde of Notions
Favorite Set: Throne of Eldraine
Color Alignment: Black, Green
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Post by bucketman on May 19, 2022 14:03:34 GMT
 Romania's famous nobody, Păcală is a trickster and a fool who caused trouble everywhere he went. (I love that this pun translates into English well) |
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Post by emberfire17 on May 19, 2022 16:02:56 GMT
![]() Attachment DeletedThere's a plethora of weird cryptids in the New England region, but the Jersey Devil is one of the especially weird ones. |
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Post by The Harlequin on May 19, 2022 17:35:44 GMT
...and the card you're comparing it to is from time spiral... It doesn't matter where the card comes from, what matters is the wording. Every wording gets erratered if something gets adjusted, even older cards. and that one was close enough for my taste ;-) If you have another reference, go for it. let's continue: Idea Keeping track of which card goes where after the oven leaves the field seams a pain -- Especially if the intention of the whole exile shenanigens is to put them in the graveyard anyway to power up the baker. "If a creature card you don't own//an opponent controls would be returned to hand or shuffled into it's owners library, exile that creature instead." "RGW, Put any number of // all exiled cards you don't own into it's owners graveyard: ..." "First strike, menace, trample, haste" -- keyword oder: thundering-chariot, rograkh-son-of-rohgahh"Other Peasent creatures you controll get +1/+0." -- You gain keywords and abilities, but you get p/t bonus or malus. Sanfonier of the NightI'm not a big fan of adding new key words if the contest doesn't call for it explicitly. The "," in the "Ambush"-reminder isn't needed. vizionarius Regarding the embleme -- I don't know if "dealt damage this game" clause would be needed if this card ever existed -- cause he could damaged that player in another game, and it could count ;-) inverness pls remove the ward reminder and add a quote from Mountain_Monsters to that -- would be hilarious ;-) Jartis The effect itself is so specific that it could be an UC -- As a rare it would be kinda underwhelming bucketman Simple man, simple life :-) emberfire17 "Flying, Haste" -- Keyword order firkraag-cunning-instigator
I would just add an ft that explains how weird he is :-) |
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Post by vizionarius on May 19, 2022 18:05:33 GMT
vizionarius Regarding the embleme -- I don't know if "dealt damage this game" clause would be needed if this card ever existed -- cause he could damaged that player in another game, and it could count ;-) Thanks for catching that! I think the bigger issue is less about different games (between games, the instance of the object is different, so wouldn't really work), but the confusion that can come up is about when the damage had to have been dealt for it to count (this turn? this combat? this instance of damage? this game?). I can see how without the "this game" phrase, it would only count that exact instance of damage that caused the trigger, leading to it only work if the controller only had one opponent. |
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Post by The Harlequin on May 19, 2022 18:22:42 GMT
vizionarius Regarding the embleme -- I don't know if "dealt damage this game" clause would be needed if this card ever existed -- cause he could damaged that player in another game, and it could count ;-) Thanks for catching that! I think the bigger issue is less about different games (between games, the instance of the object is different, so wouldn't really work), but the confusion that can come up is about when the damage had to have been dealt for it to count (this turn? this combat? this instance of damage? this game?). I can see how without the "this game" phrase, it would only count that exact instance of damage that caused the trigger, leading to it only work if the controller only had one opponent. you could also circumvent that with "victory counter": When ~ deals combat damage to a player (for the first time this game), that player gets a victory counter. At the beginning of each end step, if all opponents have at least one victory counter, you win the game. or something simular |
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Post by Idea on May 19, 2022 18:55:10 GMT
It doesn't matter where the card comes from, what matters is the wording. Every wording gets erratered if something gets adjusted, even older cards. and that one was close enough for my taste ;-) If you have another reference, go for it. Aah, ok, misunderstood what you meant. Idea Keeping track of which card goes where after the oven leaves the field seams a pain -- Especially if the intention of the whole exile shenanigens is to put them in the graveyard anyway to power up the baker. Well, any card that isn't put into a graveyard that was exiled by the Oven would return to the battlefield, or so was the intention. Because it's replacing the effect that would remove them from the battlefield. So it's as if your boomerang read "Exile target permanent until Final Oven leaves the battlefield" instead of "return target permanent to its owner's hand". "If a creature card you don't own//an opponent controls would be returned to hand or shuffled into it's owners library, exile that creature instead." "RGW, Put any number of // all exiled cards you don't own into it's owners graveyard: ..." "First strike, menace, trample, haste" -- keyword oder: thundering-chariot, rograkh-son-of-rohgahh"Other Peasent creatures you controll get +1/+0." -- You gain keywords and abilities, but you get p/t bonus or malus. Made the changes, thanks again for the feedback! |
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