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Post by Daij_Djan on May 30, 2022 21:16:07 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 seventeenth challenge!
The winners of the "Tales from Home" poll were aquonn (left) and Daij_Djan (right) with... And the challenge issued by one of our winners was... Design a cantrip. (A cantrip is typically a 1/2 mana instant or sorcery that draws a card, but anything that's cheap and replaces itself without tutoring is fine. Use your gut feeling if you're not sure if it'd be allowed.)
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 Daij_Djan on May 30, 2022 22:08:31 GMT
With Elvish Visionary just recently being brought into white, my first inspiration is shifting it into blue for this one:
XYZ   Sorcery  Create a 1/1 blue Wizard creature token.
Draw a card.
Flavor & render to be added later on - unless I decide to go against my usual mantra and give a mythic cantrip a go..  |
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Post by hydraheadhunter on May 30, 2022 22:45:48 GMT
My gut feeling is that I'm both hungry and in the throes of a gknarly stomachache... 
| Desperate Leap
A generic and a red
Instant
Desperation—Discard a card (When you cast this spell,
each player may discard a card to copy it. They may
choose new targets for their copy.)
Deal 2 damage to any target.
Draw a card.
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Post by BinaryBolas on May 31, 2022 1:51:52 GMT
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Post by vizionarius on May 31, 2022 3:58:27 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 May 31, 2022 4:49:39 GMT
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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 31, 2022 14:03:28 GMT
inverness vizionarius Thank you for your inputs. I've thought grit counters to work like shield counters for players, but I neglected ruling 510.2 ("all combat damage that's been assigned is dealt simultaneously."). I'll change the wording to match what vizionarius suggests. |
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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 31, 2022 14:29:38 GMT
I like clues. |
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Post by melono on May 31, 2022 15:06:39 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 May 31, 2022 21:40:25 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 May 31, 2022 21:43:23 GMT
This is a really cool mechanic! I have a question though- how is it intended to work with combat damage? My understanding of the rules is that you would only lose one grit counter per damage step, regardless of how many attackers. With that in mind, twelve grit counters seems like a massive amount.
If I'm wrong about how the rules work, then you can disregard this.
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Post by vizionarius on May 31, 2022 23:29:42 GMT
This is a really cool mechanic! I have a question though- how is it intended to work with combat damage? My understanding of the rules is that you would only lose one grit counter per damage step, regardless of how many attackers. With that in mind, twelve grit counters seems like a massive amount.
If I'm wrong about how the rules work, then you can disregard this.
Pretty sure you are right. A way to deal with it would be to have grit read "If a source would deal damage to you, you lose a grit counter instead." |
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Post by sade612 on Jun 1, 2022 6:23:58 GMT
 {Text} Blood Sample  Sorcery Each player loses 1 life. Draw a card. |
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Post by Flo00 on Jun 1, 2022 16:32:34 GMT
I've decided to take this as literally as possible and make a 1/2 mana instant or sorcery that draws a card.  Mind Knot ::|U::
Sorcery
Draw a card.
Look at the top card of target player's library. | Mined Knowledge ::|B::
Instant
Scry 1.
You draw a card and lose 1 life. |
Illustration still pending. I'm happy about any suggestions. |
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spazlaz
6/6 Wurm
Posts: 335
Color Alignment: Blue, Black
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Post by spazlaz on Jun 1, 2022 23:10:44 GMT
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Radiovision
0/0 Germ
back from the dead
Posts: 3
Formerly Known As: Radiovision
Favorite Card: Prophet of Kruphix
Favorite Set: Time Spiral
Color Alignment: Blue, Green
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Post by Radiovision on Jun 2, 2022 3:19:24 GMT
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Post by serraphim on Jun 2, 2022 3:54:54 GMT
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Fermat
8/8 Octopus
Posts: 436
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 Jun 2, 2022 10:55:51 GMT
 Is there a way to decrease the opacity of the symbol? |
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Post by Flo00 on Jun 2, 2022 18:52:15 GMT
Is there a way to decrease the opacity of the symbol? I just tried it out, and in my MSE the symbol is more opaque. Go to the folder data\magic-watermarks.mse-include , there are all the watermarks. My Azorious symbol looks like this:  |
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Fermat
8/8 Octopus
Posts: 436
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 Jun 2, 2022 23:41:05 GMT
Is there a way to decrease the opacity of the symbol? I just tried it out, and in my MSE the symbol is more opaque. Go to the folder data\magic-watermarks.mse-include , there are all the watermarks. My Azorious symbol looks like this: I've checked and it does look like that in the folder. |
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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 Jun 3, 2022 0:09:16 GMT
FermatIn that folder there should be a generic file called "watermarks". If you open it with a text editor there will be a bunch of strings like: guild symbol The Azorius Senate (W/U): script: if set.blend_with_colors then spotlight_watermark_blend("/magic-watermarks.mse-include/watermark_azorius2.png") else set_combine(combine:"shadow", input:set_alpha(alpha: 0.35, input:"/magic-watermarks.mse-include/watermark_azorius2.png")) Adjusting the "alpha: 0.35" parameter to a smaller number should reduce the opacity
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Post by Daij_Djan on Jun 3, 2022 13:37:16 GMT
Actually, ignore my initial idea. I think I'll instead go with a mythic cantrip for real:
Art (and name) might get changed? Don't know, it started as a joke but I grew attached to it |
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Post by emberfire17 on Jun 3, 2022 23:02:58 GMT
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Post by marshmellow on Jun 4, 2022 3:17:54 GMT
Up the Ante  Instant  Flip a coin. If you lose the flip, discard a card. Draw a card. Splice onto instant or sorcery  ~*~
Folding is never an option.
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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 Jun 6, 2022 14:38:12 GMT
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Post by Daij_Djan on Jun 6, 2022 21:16:23 GMT
This thread is now closed, the poll can be found here. And here's the next challenge! |
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