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Post by Daij_Djan on Dec 5, 2022 22:04:38 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 forty-forth challenge!
The winner of the "Summon your Creature!" poll was Lady with... And the challenge issued by our winner was... Make a card based on a proverb or saying.If you make one based on a non-English proverb/saying, please include an English translation, and if you feel it is needed, and explanation of it, so we can all enjoy the sweet flavour.
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 Dec 5, 2022 22:52:58 GMT
Time to catch some sleep for today - but calling dibs on "Wer rastet, der rostet"  |
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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
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Post by vstrange on Dec 5, 2022 23:19:47 GMT
so im going to split hairs here lmao, (cause im a little $h!T)
When you say proverbs you mean things like "The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree."
not idioms like "it’s raining cats and dogs", "pulling someone’s leg", "by the skin of your teeth" correct.
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Post by Idea on Dec 6, 2022 1:20:45 GMT
I don't think this saying is all that popular nowadays, but it was one my Grandma told me which really stuck with me. It was "É melhor perder um minuto na vida do que a vida num minuto." Translation is on the flavor text:  |
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Post by BinaryBolas on Dec 6, 2022 1:28:56 GMT
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Post by emberfire17 on Dec 6, 2022 4:12:36 GMT
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Dec 6, 2022 7:05:34 GMT
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Lady
1/1 Squirrel
Posts: 95 
Favorite Card: Secret Rendezvous
Favorite Set: Kaldheim
Color Alignment: Black, Green
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Post by Lady on Dec 6, 2022 11:01:42 GMT
so im going to split hairs here lmao, (cause im a little $h!T) When you say proverbs you mean things like "The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree." not idioms like "it’s raining cats and dogs", "pulling someone’s leg", "by the skin of your teeth" correct. That is indeed what I'm going for. |
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pernicious
8/8 Octopus
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Favorite Set: Shadowmoor block
Color Alignment: Red
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Post by pernicious on Dec 6, 2022 19:09:11 GMT
The saying in the card's flavor text is a translation of the latin phrase "Qui gladio ferit, gladio perit", which is a reformulation of a warning made by Jesus from Matthew's evangel. It simply means that those who harm others should expect to receive harm themselves. Its italian translation is "Chi di spada ferisce, di spada perisce."
Lady The wording should be "Shooting Sparrows with Cannons deals 5 damage to..."
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Post by sdfkjgh on Dec 6, 2022 19:56:10 GMT
Just as a troll, I thoguht "What 'ancient phrase' that's not really all that ancient could I use?" Then I remembered Sir PTerry: The Sea and Little Fishes    Enchantment  Whenever a creature attacks, tap all creatures with lesser power defending player controls. Creatures tapped this way don’t untap during their controller’s next untap step. |
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Lady
1/1 Squirrel
Posts: 95
Favorite Card: Secret Rendezvous
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Color Alignment: Black, Green
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Post by Lady on Dec 6, 2022 22:10:26 GMT
Shooting Sparrows With Cannons  
Instant 
Deal 5 damage to target creature with toughness 2 or less. "Sir, isn't this just a little overkill?"
"Man skal ikke skyde spurve med kanoner." translates to "Don't shoot sparrows with cannons" and it basically is something you say to someone who brought a tool that's much more advanced than needed for the job, or someone who's about to seriously overdo a simple task. I feel like I can do better than this, but it is a start. |
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Post by pacifistwestwoman on Dec 6, 2022 23:00:09 GMT
 Haste do be makin' waste tho |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Dec 7, 2022 16:54:09 GMT
Shooting Sparrows With Cannons
Instant
Deal 5 damage to target creature with toughness 2 or less. "Sir, isn't this just a little overkill?"
"Man skal ikke skyde spurve med kanoner." translates to "Don't shoot sparrows with cannons" and it basically is something you say to someone who brought a tool that's much more advanced than needed for the job, or someone who's about to seriously overdo a simple task. I feel like I can do better than this, but it is a start. The perfect card for Tim Taylor, Jeremy Clarkson, and Spike. |
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Post by Flo00 on Dec 7, 2022 18:55:12 GMT
A friend of mine made a game about phrases in other languages that make no sense when you translate them literally. One that felt most odd to me was "Who doesn't know an eagle should roast it." Supposedly in Arab that means something like "Do you even know who I am?" Inspired by this, here is an eagle that you can roast when you don't know it (a.k.a. discard it).  Embereth Eagle  Creature - Bird  Flying When you discard Embereth Eagle, create two Food tokens. (They’re artifacts with “,  , Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.”)2/2 |
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Post by Flo00 on Dec 7, 2022 19:18:17 GMT
I don't think this saying is all that popular nowadays, but it was one my Grandma told me which really stuck with me. It was "É melhor perder um minuto na vida do que a vida num minuto." Translation is on the flavor text: That's a great flavor fit for Angel's Grace. |
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Post by Idea on Dec 7, 2022 20:02:25 GMT
I don't think this saying is all that popular nowadays, but it was one my Grandma told me which really stuck with me. It was "É melhor perder um minuto na vida do que a vida num minuto." Translation is on the flavor text: That's a great flavor fit for Angel's Grace. Ah crap. I didn't know that card existed. I'm not sure what I should do in this situation. Daij_Djan should I remove my entry? |
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Post by Flo00 on Dec 7, 2022 21:15:54 GMT
I'm not sure what I should do in this situation. Daij_Djan should I remove my entry? It's still a valid entry. You can leave it. Or you can edit it if you want to submit something else. |
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Dec 7, 2022 21:19:42 GMT
I'm in favor of keeping it for what it's worth. Might be a reflavor but it's still a really good saying and portrayal of it.
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bucketman
0/0 Germ
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Post by bucketman on Dec 7, 2022 21:27:54 GMT
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Post by Idea on Dec 7, 2022 22:42:27 GMT
I'm not sure what I should do in this situation. Daij_Djan should I remove my entry? It's still a valid entry. You can leave it. Or you can edit it if you want to submit something else. I'm in favor of keeping it for what it's worth. Might be a reflavor but it's still a really good saying and portrayal of it. If that's what you both think, then this time I will keep it unless an objection comes at some point. Nonetheless, thank you for pointing it out Flo00! |
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Post by twintania on Dec 8, 2022 17:01:20 GMT
  船頭多くして船山に登る (Sen-Doh-Oo-Ku-Shi-Te-Fune-Yama-Ni-Nobo-Ru) Japanese counterpart of "Too many cooks spoil the broth." |
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Post by Daij_Djan on Dec 8, 2022 22:07:45 GMT
Wow, thanks for the honor - I'm a bit lost for words.. 
If that's what you both think, then this time I will keep it unless an objection comes at some point.
For the record, I'm fine with it as well
And for my own entry - here we go! I'm so not used to wording cards in German..
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Post by hotdogninja76 on Dec 8, 2022 22:08:17 GMT
This is my first post! Hope I did a good job  Attachments:
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Post by sdfkjgh on Dec 8, 2022 22:15:35 GMT
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Lady
1/1 Squirrel
Posts: 95
Favorite Card: Secret Rendezvous
Favorite Set: Kaldheim
Color Alignment: Black, Green
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Post by Lady on Dec 8, 2022 22:53:48 GMT
[removed the image from the quote, cause it would take up too much space at this point.]
Shooting Sparrows With Cannons
Instant
Deal 5 damage to target creature with toughness 2 or less. "Sir, isn't this just a little overkill?"
"Man skal ikke skyde spurve med kanoner." translates to "Don't shoot sparrows with cannons" and it basically is something you say to someone who brought a tool that's much more advanced than needed for the job, or someone who's about to seriously overdo a simple task. I feel like I can do better than this, but it is a start. The perfect card for Tim Taylor, Jeremy Clarkson, and Spike. No idea who Tim Taylor is. Know a little about Jeremy Clarkson. Spike I do know. Not that there's much to know about her apart from the player profile that she is xD |
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Post by Daij_Djan on Dec 8, 2022 23:04:04 GMT
No idea who Tim Taylor is.
Well, fitting the holiday season..
(sadly the audio is a bit messed up)
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Post by hotdogninja76 on Dec 9, 2022 4:18:47 GMT
To be fair, those are all creatures. Enchantments need to be stronger because they don't impact the board at all. To be fair, I mostly play Limited so I can't really say anything about whether it'd be good in something like Modern. |
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Post by Daij_Djan on Dec 9, 2022 12:03:55 GMT
@ hotdogninja76: To be fair, I don't think double Cobra or the Ancient really are a fair evaluation tool to begin with - but maybe make the lands ETB tapped so that they don't constantly fuel the ability? |
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Post by twintania on Dec 9, 2022 12:33:04 GMT
To be fair, those are all creatures. Enchantments need to be stronger because they don't impact the board at all. To be fair, I mostly play Limited so I can't really say anything about whether it'd be good in something like Modern. First of all, you don't need to change your post even though anyone thought yours was broken. This is a poll game so you can win it even if yours was a 19 damage Lightning Bolt as far as most voters thought it cool. Btw, I'm in favor of sd. The effect is almost Growth Spiral so it is simply an one drop card that can repeat a two mana spell for two mana. It is not so far away from a one mana enchantment with " : 3 damage to any target". And imagine this move: Turn 1: Set a land and cast it. Turn 2: Set a land and activate it. Put a land onto bf and draw a card. You can deal with your opponent's aggro creature with your Fading Hope or Shock or so. Turn 3: Set a land and activate it. A land enters bf and draw a card. You can use 3 mana to defend you from aggro opponent's creature. Or if your opponent's deck is not fast, you can reactivate it and set a land and draw a card then repeat it once more. Not always this move will be realized, but it is not a rare case. Can you imagine a vision to win against this deck? Even aggro deck can't beat it unless you destroy the enchantment at turn 1 or 2. Otherwise, the opponent repeats draw and ramp without any tempo loss. And if your deck was a control, it is more hard. They already drew four extra cards and have seven lands at the beginning of their turn 4. Even in limited, nothing will change. It will be MVP in most games. Like Dockside Chef has a two mana ability inferior to Deadly Dispute, it needs a weaker effect if you wish to balance it without changing the casting cost and activating cost. But once again, it doesn't mean you need to change your post. Not everyone will think it broken and not everyone avoid to vote to a broken card. |
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Dec 9, 2022 12:56:04 GMT
That's a very specific sequence of cards though (3-4 card combo at minimum not counting the fact you need to draw into lands) and not a good demonstration of how the card would work in practice. I think what twintania gave was a much better example for why this is probably too strong. Logically speaking, this card is considerably better than Gretchen Titchwillow in that it's much cheaper mana wise and can't be interacted with as easily. It's true that one's an uncommon and the other is a rare but the power gap between these cards is probably way too big for that - we're probably approaching Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath levels of good here with the current cost, maybe better. In other words, I think we're past the point where this is "powerful but interesting" and approaching the territory of "WotC would probably not print or ban this", which I think is a good case for weakening the card a bit. The most practical way would be to be fix by costing it similar to Gretchen - or casting cost and an activation cost of should work fine and make it a reasonable card for any Standard environment. You could however play with Daij_Djan's suggestion a bit and cost it more aggressively by having the lands ETB tapped, which I think would make it more interesting - something like or casting cost with an activation cost of or (but the lands enter tapped). Alternatively, you could try and keep the ability activation aggressively cheap at but add an additional cost like sacrificing a permanent or discarding a card of some kind (e.g. a green creature, a Forest, etc...). (I still think the casting cost needs to be or minimum). There's a lot of things you could play with here to change the card, which I think makes it very interesting overall. |
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