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Post by Daij_Djan on Jan 9, 2023 21:52:43 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-eighth challenge!
The winner of the "2023? Soon(TM)." poll was Daij_Djan with... And the challenge issued by our winner was... This is my third win in a row – wow, big thanks for everyone whom voted for my designs these past few weeks. Inspired by this, I'll offer you all a tricky challenge: Design a cards with an ability / effect that requires exactly three targets. No „ up to three“ stuff, no  -spells where X could be 3, or similar. It needs to have exactly three targets. For example: Violent Ultimatum would obviously work. Pulsemage Advocate doesn't since its ability needs four targets. In contrast Combo Attack also fulfills the challenge.
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 vizionarius on Jan 10, 2023 0:40:04 GMT
 See Decimate. Edit: Updated frame to be snow. |
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Post by Idea on Jan 10, 2023 1:36:52 GMT
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Post by BinaryBolas on Jan 10, 2023 3:22:18 GMT
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Post by hydraheadhunter on Jan 10, 2023 9:42:11 GMT
Y'all know the three people pointing guns at each other trope? 
| Loradoan Standoff
A generic and two green
Instant
Choose three target creatures in a sequence. Each of those creatures deal damage equal to their power to the next creature in the sequence (The last creature in the sequence deals damage equal to its power to the first creature in the sequence.)
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It's basically Three-way Fight, although I'm not sure if this is the best wording; like it's technically correct, but is it grockable, does it work.
I'd love some ideas for better names. Some art help for this one would also be appreciated, 'cause, artStation wasn't any help and I'm not putting "three-way" into deviantArt.
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BinaryBolas
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Post by BinaryBolas on Jan 10, 2023 11:10:36 GMT
hydraheadhunter I know it's a little different from what your card actually depicts, I think searching for "Mexican Standoff" can obtain the best art for the scenario.  (Mexican Standoff, Illus. Rowan Dodds, ArtStation) Also, if Mexican Standoff or Three-way Fight/Dance is what you're going for, it's actually hard to translate it into Magic terms. My take would be: "Choose three target creatures. Each of those creature deals damage equal to its power to each other creature chosen this way.", which is ALMOST a "destroy three creatures" spell (unless you would defend that green creatures can be big enough to survive).
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Post by pernicious on Jan 10, 2023 11:55:06 GMT
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Post by pernicious on Jan 10, 2023 12:27:05 GMT
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Post by twintania on Jan 10, 2023 12:29:00 GMT
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Post by viriss on Jan 10, 2023 23:18:57 GMT
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Post by twintania on Jan 10, 2023 23:21:52 GMT
hydraheadhunter They are not suitable for a card image though, I want to introduce them from Bell Starr my favorite manga. And how about Death Triangle for the name? My post, Kongming, was originally very similar to your one. He let creatures controlled by each other player to tri-fight. The text I thought to use was like below: Choose three target creatures. The first deals damage equal to its power to the second. Samely the second does to the third, the third does to the first. 
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Post by Flo00 on Jan 11, 2023 21:56:59 GMT
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Post by hydraheadhunter on Jan 12, 2023 11:59:25 GMT
Also, if Mexican Standoff or Three-way Fight/Dance is what you're going for, it's actually hard to translate it into Magic terms. My take would be: "Choose three target creatures. Each of those creature deals damage equal to its power to each other creature chosen this way.", which is ALMOST a "destroy three creatures" spell (unless you would defend that green creatures can be big enough to survive). Not exactly three-way fight, though that was how I think I described it. More, three way punch: A damages B who damages C who damages A.
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Post by Daij_Djan on Jan 12, 2023 14:13:26 GMT
After pondering for inspiration (since ironically I had no idea what to do for my own challenge as well  ), I came across these cards - so it's time to expand a cycle: {Outdated balancing} Incremental Protection   Sorcery  Put a shield counter on target creature, two shield counters on another target creature, and three shield counters on a third target creature. (If a creature with a shield counter on it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)(No render yet since I'm not at my computer right now)After some pondering, I decided to go with the fitting cast to expand the cycle and keep the powerlevel nonbroken   |
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Post by twintania on Jan 12, 2023 15:00:09 GMT
After pondering for inspiration (since ironically I had no idea what to do for my own challenge as well ), I came across these cards - so it's time to expand a cycle:
Sorcery Put a shield counter on target creature, two shield counters on another target creature, and three shield counters on a third target creature. (If a creature with a shield counter on it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
(No render yet since I'm not at my computer right now)
I would not be surprised if it was banned in limited. |
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Post by Daij_Djan on Jan 12, 2023 15:05:06 GMT
Could be I might totally change the cost as well when I set up the render - mostly just wanted to get the concept out of my head for now  |
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Post by emberfire17 on Jan 12, 2023 17:58:01 GMT
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jan 12, 2023 22:03:09 GMT
Daij_Djan : Your entry reminded me that I actually do have a design that'd work for this Challenge: Information Exchange   Instant Target player draws a card. Target player draws a card. Target player draws a card. You draw a card for each different player other than you that drew a card this way.
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Post by Daij_Djan on Jan 12, 2023 22:45:23 GMT
Information Exchange Instant Target player draws a card. Target player draws a card. Target player draws a card. You draw a card for each different player other than you that drew a card this way. Considering I could target myself with this three times (see Bounty of Might's rulings) - why would I ever choose not to do that (outside of maybe 2HG)? |
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Post by vizionarius on Jan 12, 2023 22:52:55 GMT
Information Exchange Instant Target player draws a card. Target player draws a card. Target player draws a card. You draw a card for each different player other than you that drew a card this way. Considering I could target myself with this three times (see Bounty of Might's rulings) - why would I ever choose not to do that (outside of maybe 2HG)? Sheoldred  |
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Post by hydraheadhunter on Jan 12, 2023 23:24:40 GMT
Information Exchange Instant Target player draws a card. Target player draws a card. Target player draws a card. You draw a card for each different player other than you that drew a card this way. Considering I could target myself with this three times (see Bounty of Might's rulings) - why would I ever choose not to do that (outside of maybe 2HG)? Nekusar, Consecrated Sphinx, Smothering Tithe...
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Post by melono on Jan 15, 2023 11:09:38 GMT
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Post by hydraheadhunter on Jan 15, 2023 11:39:14 GMT
I think the templating should be "target player," "another target player," "a third target player." See: Biomantic Mastery. |
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Post by spazlaz on Jan 15, 2023 20:24:17 GMT
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Post by Fermat on Jan 16, 2023 11:17:41 GMT
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jan 16, 2023 18:42:47 GMT
I feel I'd be remiss if I didn't mention these. Ral: Do you WANT to get us banned?! Aren't you suppsed to be holding a bedside vigil for Teferi? Ral: I came to get some snacks. It is boring waiting weeks beside a coma patient! How's he doing, btw? Ral: Well, let's just say that his Isle isn't the only thing that's constantly disappearing and reappearing at inopportune times... I'm guessing that's the reason why he's been moved into a Faraday cage? Ral: Yeah, after the debacle of that penile reattachment surgery in the O.R. right above his former room, they felt they had to implement some additional security measures. Who would've guessed that patient was a grand wizard of the kkk? Ral: I know, right? It's not like they put that shit on your driver license; " WARNING: I am a racist asshole!" seems like a slam-dunk discrimination case for the ACLU. And what strange bedfellows that case would make! Ral: Srsly. |
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Post by Daij_Djan on Jan 18, 2023 21:35:25 GMT
Hi everyone,
sorry for the delay - I've been struck down by the flu or something similar (no Covid though) which is why there was no new challenge yet. Since it's already Wednesday and I'll be crawling back to sleep in a few minutes already, I don't think there'll be much point in starting the next challenge so late into the week. Sorry to all of you, everything will be back on track next Monday, I promise |
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Post by Flo00 on Jan 19, 2023 18:23:25 GMT
Hi everyone, sorry for the delay - I've been struck down by the flu or something similar (no Covid though) which is why there was no new challenge yet. Since it's already Wednesday and I'll be crawling back to sleep in a few minutes already, I don't think there'll be much point in starting the next challenge so late into the week. Sorry to all of you, everything will be back on track next Monday, I promise ALL WILL BE ONE uh, I mean, hope you get better soon |
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Post by sade612 on Jan 20, 2023 3:39:45 GMT
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jan 20, 2023 19:49:41 GMT
 All will be one{Text}Terrastodize   Sorcery  Bury three target creatures or planeswalkers. (Destroy them as though they didn’t have indestructible. They can’t be regenerated.) For each permanent that dies this way, its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token. Pretty sure this'd be mono- now. |
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"When in doubt, do a common." 
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