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Post by Daij_Djan on Feb 12, 2024 19:13:25 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 five-hundred challenge!
The winner of the "I rolled a one -- Critical Failure." poll was melono with... And the challenge issued by our winner was... For this week, create an elemental card, but the element it's representing isn't just the standard earth, fire, water, air and its immediate derivatives. Try to make it alternative.
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 sdfkjgh on Feb 12, 2024 19:56:46 GMT
I have an abundance of options to choose from, but the prompt said alternative, without clarifying just how alternative we should go. Plus it said no derivatives of the Aristotlean elements, but didn't specify what that meant. I can only assume it means that things like ice, or specific types of rocks, etc. are out. So, what's the most alternative? How about the Lorwyn Elemental Incarnations? Inscrutability   Creature--Elemental Incarnation  Shroud Each player can’t spend more than  each turn, where X is 1 plus the number of nonland cards in that player’s graveyard. When Inscrutability is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner’s library. 6/6 |
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Post by emberfire17 on Feb 12, 2024 21:45:45 GMT
 Yes the elemental is lightning BUT it's also meant to be the element of surprise so I hope this counts as "alternative". |
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Post by elchetibo on Feb 12, 2024 21:49:03 GMT
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Feb 12, 2024 22:42:58 GMT
Plagiarism   Creature - Elemental Incarnation  Flash Whenever a player puts one or more counters on a creature they control for the first time each turn, you may put the same number and kind of counters on each creature you control. When Plagiarism is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner’s library. 6/6 Lessons change, but thieves of intellect always adapt.
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Post by sdfkjgh on Feb 12, 2024 23:04:10 GMT
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Post by Daij_Djan on Feb 12, 2024 23:04:13 GMT
{outdated entry}@ melono : Would turning a creature into an elemental also be fine? If not, I'll change my entry into Caribou himself - but I think I actually like the Devil Fruit approach more..  |
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Post by Fermat on Feb 13, 2024 0:20:16 GMT
How about "elemental" as in pertaining to a chemical element?  For those unaware, elemental sodium reacts rather violently with water. |
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Post by emberfire17 on Feb 13, 2024 0:35:07 GMT
ah damn, I usually remember to check for that before I make cards. |
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Post by viriss on Feb 13, 2024 1:49:38 GMT
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Post by Idea on Feb 13, 2024 2:30:46 GMT
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Post by BinaryBolas on Feb 13, 2024 4:32:15 GMT
Lorwyn elementals, outside of flamekin/cinder, are basically chimera creatures.  |
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Post by melono on Feb 13, 2024 7:18:59 GMT
@ melono : Would turning a creature into an elemental also be fine? Totally fine. Tribal/typal/kindreds are also fine. As long as it involves alternative elementals. sdfkjghYou may interpret that alternative part broadly. Just no ice, lightning, lava or metal, to make it a bit more precise (though there probably are more "boring" and overdone elements.) Thinking Lorwynn is however completely within the spirit of the challenge. But uh, I can't stop someone from posting now anyways. I've become only one vote |
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Post by The Harlequin on Feb 13, 2024 13:14:40 GMT
For this week, create an elemental card, but the element it's representing isn't just the standard earth, fire, water, air and its immediate derivatives. Try to make it alternative. What is alternative? Like how alternative? Häää  ? Just don't go with the trope of fire/water/earth/air? Don't use anything that has been already used in any way, shape or form? (because re-using anything or taking any approach that has already be done wouldn't be an alternative to existing displays of examples) Come up with a fictional element that wasn't used anywhere like ever? (wouldn't be alternative if it has been already existed) I am sorry, but this one is so vaguely worded that anything can work -- but also can't work at the same time. A proper clarification would be at order here imo. |
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Post by The Offensive Lemon on Feb 13, 2024 14:48:32 GMT
Exclamation Elemental!  
Creature — Elemental!
| This creature has first strike!
You must yell everything you say! If you don’t, the player who points this out first gains control of Exclamation Elemental!
“Holy shit!” | | 4/3 |
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Post by Idea on Feb 13, 2024 14:52:24 GMT
On one hand, really cool idea. On the other, players yelling in a game sounds incredibly disruptive. |
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Post by BunBunGun on Feb 13, 2024 15:22:28 GMT
I somewhat agree with The Harlequin -- Is is very vague. Therefore my entry is also very vague  |
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Post by melono on Feb 13, 2024 17:09:33 GMT
Let's just exclude all Avatar bending elements:
No fire, water, wind, earth.
No lightning, ice, energy, metal, lava.
Go nuts with the rest-elemental.
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Post by sdfkjgh on Feb 13, 2024 18:50:36 GMT
The Offensive Lemon: That reminds me of the episode of The Simpsons where the family goes on one of those bullshit Gish gallup political shows, and Marge ends up saying "I do hate America!" At the end of the segment, the show's host does a self-bump by saying "Where I yell EVEN LOUDER!"
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Post by The Harlequin on Feb 13, 2024 18:51:09 GMT
Let's just exclude all Avatar bending elements: No fire, water, wind, earth. No lightning, ice, energy, metal, lava. Go nuts with the rest-elemental. by that i "identifyed" 3 entries that are already breaking this rule set. (note -- i am not bad-mouthing any entries here -- it is just for the sake of clarifying the boundaries of the rule set) .) emberfire's (lightning)
.) fermat (sodium is a metal) .) viriss (lightning)
it is up to you to tell me if i am the crazy one here ;-)
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Post by vizionarius on Feb 13, 2024 18:52:31 GMT
 Mental Elemental   Creature - Elemental  When ~ enters the battlefield, put a confusion counter on each creature you control. Each creature you control with a confusion counter on it has its power and toughness switched. Whenever a creature you control with a confusion counter on it dies, you draw a card and you lose 1 life. 1/3 |
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Post by fluffydeathbringer on Feb 13, 2024 20:06:12 GMT
I haven't done anything Runescape-related in ages, but this one critter from the game always stuck with me conceptually. saw this contest and figured making a custom for it would be a pretty good fit
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Feb 14, 2024 5:22:54 GMT
Let's just exclude all Avatar bending elements: No fire, water, wind, earth. No lightning, ice, energy, metal, lava. Go nuts with the rest-elemental. by that i "identifyed" 3 entries that are already breaking this rule set. (note -- i am not bad-mouthing any entries here -- it is just for the sake of clarifying the boundaries of the rule set) .) emberfire's (lightning)
.) fermat (sodium is a metal) .) viriss (lightning) it is up to you to tell me if i am the crazy one here ;-)
I think the point is not to go with generic elementals you could easily find in a typical RPG setting. I.e. something like Fermat's is okay because you don't typically make a fantasy creature based on periodic table elements, and "Elemental of Surprise" is about the pun not the the fact lightning is literally in the card's art. I feel like this is more about having fun with the premise than being strict about it, but if you really want to get technical melono would probably have to rule on Surprising Shock. |
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Post by The Harlequin on Feb 14, 2024 7:45:19 GMT
by that i "identifyed" 3 entries that are already breaking this rule set. (note -- i am not bad-mouthing any entries here -- it is just for the sake of clarifying the boundaries of the rule set) .) emberfire's (lightning)
.) fermat (sodium is a metal) .) viriss (lightning) it is up to you to tell me if i am the crazy one here ;-)
I think the point is not to go with generic elementals you could easily find in a typical RPG setting. I.e. something like Fermat's is okay because you don't typically make a fantasy creature based on periodic table elements, and "Elemental of Surprise" is about the pun not the the fact lightning is literally in the card's art. I feel like this is more about having fun with the premise than being strict about it, but if you really want to get technical melono would probably have to rule on Surprising Shock. Sure -- It is all about fun here. Always has been ;-) And I get what melono wants to accomplish with his challenge.
The concern I have with the whole thing is the "breaking with established tropes" part of things. Elementals always have been a force of nature by default and definition. Basically all existing elementals (about 500+ exist) are a depiction of that rule-set or a very slightly twist on that. So by that logic, the challenge itself calls for elements that aren't any (yet). But there aren't any existing ones that can be used as a point of reference. And if they would exist as a reference it wouldn't be a legal entry because it already exists ;-)
So it basically calls for breaking the established rules. Which I am fine with, don't get me wrong here. But on the other hand there are enough ppl who absolutely hate the idea of breaking established rules. -A mono G creature with menace? Unthinkable!
-Lifelink on a mono R creature? Basphemic! -etc...
The whole premise makes sense for us taking part in this challenge, but not for ppl outside of this bubble who only "breath" the established rules that existed since ages.
To quote one of my "companions in crime" on that front:
"Most entries could have another typing and would still make sense. So why force them to be elementals? I don't get it." "Why re-invent the wheel when we already have one that works just fine."
I hope that describes it a bit better than my first try ;-)
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Post by The Harlequin on Feb 14, 2024 7:48:41 GMT
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Post by melono on Feb 14, 2024 18:52:53 GMT
It's just flavor to be original with elementals, don't think too hard. I'm not going to disqualify no-one (partly because I literally can't). Besides, those "lightning" elementals are surprise elementals. And I moreso meant metal in the steel sense concerning sodium elemental (which is literally a banger of a card). And even then, you won't anger me if you did make a steel elemental of some sorts you know... All this is semantics; if it's an elemental, it's good enough. Talking about semantics:  |
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Post by Daij_Djan on Feb 14, 2024 20:03:36 GMT
After some pondering, I decided to drop my entry for a new one. As much as Swamp-Human fits into MtG in a funny way, I just don't like the character enough to go through with the card xD
Instead, I decided to go with the Seiken Densetsu (mayber better known as Secret of Mana) franchise. Its magic system is based on eight elemental spirits - four fitting the classic mold and four being a bit more out there.
First thought about doing Nocturn, but I already did a night incarnation themed card a while back - so instead I went with the Moon elemental spirit Luna 
(in case you're wondering, the second ability is based on Blood Lust, except I tried a slightly different wording approach) |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Feb 15, 2024 17:56:11 GMT
After some pondering, I decided to drop my entry for a new one. As much as Swamp-Human fits into MtG in a funny way, I just don't like the character enough to go through with the card xD
Instead, I decided to go with the Seiken Densetsu (mayber better known as Secret of Mana) franchise. Its magic system is based on eight elemental spirits - four fitting the classic mold and four being a bit more out there.
First thought about doing Nocturn, but I already did a night incarnation themed card a while back - so instead I went with the Moon elemental spirit Luna
(in case you're wondering, the second ability is based on Blood Lust, except I tried a slightly different wording approach) That...is the BIGGEST ball gag I've ever seen in my life, and I'm quite the degenerate! What kinda morally corrupt, California Penal Code 272 bullshite is this?! |
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Post by Jartis on Feb 15, 2024 19:07:08 GMT
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Post by Lady on Feb 18, 2024 16:16:05 GMT
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"When in doubt, do a common." 
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