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Post by Daij_Djan on Jun 11, 2018 14:11:17 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 two-hundred and twentieth challenge!
The winner of the "Unbreakable Bonds" poll was ziolang with... And the challenge issued by our runner-up was... I'm a fanatic for the designs Wizards makes for coin flips, dice rolls, or just randomness in general, because it takes a lot of creativity as well as design talent to nail one of the cards to make them playable, fun, and yet not too powerful. So, my challenge for this week is to design a card that uses a dice roll, coin flip, or the word "random" in its rules text. Happy designing! Note: As this challenge is pretty close to CotW #70, please don't reuse one of your entries from that contest. ~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 Daij_Djan on Jun 11, 2018 14:39:02 GMT
To start things off, this was inspired by my old entry as an attempt to do die rolls in black border Magic:
{Outdated Entry}  EDIT: Actually, ignore that card - I'm not really happy with the power level span it offers.
EDIT 2: Take a look at this one instead. Taking the inspiration from my old entry in a different (and much more interesting) direction.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2018 16:26:50 GMT
what if scrambleverse but every turn
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 11, 2018 18:06:44 GMT
fluffydeathbringer : What's the deal with the p/t box?
Can anyone suggest an illustration for this:
Disorienting Journey    Instant  Choose one at random—
• Put target creature on top of its owner’s library.
• Put target creature on the bottom of its owner’s library.
• Exile target creature, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner’s control at the beginning of the next end step. ——————————————————————————————
“Wha happan?”
EDIT: Added render thanks to mixedrandomj & @daij_Djan:
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kinotherapy
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stupid kor i just fell out of the floor
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Post by kinotherapy on Jun 11, 2018 21:43:39 GMT
Oh cool I just made a bunch of dice cards. I will go with the one that stacks the odds of rolling a dice since I think just a random number between 1 and 6 is too swingy to be healthy by itself.  Loaded Dice Enchantment  If you would roll a die, instead roll two of those dice and ignore one of those results.  , Discard three cards: Roll a six-sided die and draw cards equal to the result. In games of chance, if you’re not cheating, you’re not trying.sdfkjgh : Modal choices are made before targets are chosen and costs are paid, right? Can't you just fail to cast the spell if you roll the wrong mode, return the gamestate to before you began casting the spell and try again? |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 11, 2018 22:03:23 GMT
kinotherapy: I'm not entirely up on such minute intricacies of the rules as you seem to be. Considering each mode has the exact same set of a single target creature, and the only difference is what happens to that creature, I'm inclined to believe the rules implementation is kept to a minimum of difficulty. If I'm wrong, please do not hesitate to disabuse me of my ignorance.
Hell, do it even if I'm right. Ignorance is something to be quashed, not celebrated. Unless it's ignorance of a bad show or some dank memes, as those are trivial enough to ignore. |
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Post by mixedrandomj on Jun 11, 2018 23:17:39 GMT
Ok I think I got something for this. Will make a render later maybe but for now. Wild Rebellion 
Enchantment
All creatures have "At the start of your turn, choose a player at random. You may have this creature deal damage to you equal to its power. If you don't, that player gains control of this creature"Welp I'm gonna change this. Wild Conjuration Sorcery  Each player reveals a card from their hand at random. If a player reveals a land card, that player puts it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, that player casts the card without paying its mana cost. P.S. sdfkjgh Thisor This Onemaybe? Just some ones I found if you want to use them. |
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Post by viriss on Jun 12, 2018 1:19:43 GMT
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oddnanref
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Am I squirrel yet?
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Post by oddnanref on Jun 12, 2018 2:05:47 GMT
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Post by Xenagos on Jun 12, 2018 2:13:32 GMT
First attempt at an entry
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Post by gateways7 on Jun 12, 2018 3:24:42 GMT
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kazerima
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Post by kazerima on Jun 12, 2018 4:29:39 GMT
I'm surprised nobody else decided to have a little fun with "heads" and "tails"  |
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spazlaz
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Post by spazlaz on Jun 12, 2018 5:51:40 GMT
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Malsey
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Post by Malsey on Jun 12, 2018 7:50:03 GMT
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NivOridocs
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Post by NivOridocs on Jun 12, 2018 13:28:52 GMT
![]() Here we go... Wooden Mox  Artifact  : Flip a coin. If you win the flip, target player adds  . If you lose the flip, you lose the game unless you pay  . "For young wizards it's just a pastime. For the archmages it's a deadly game."
EDIT: Wooops, missing image, I'll load it asap. kinotherapy : Thanks for the advice, now that I have read that part of the comprehensive rules, it's clearer. I hope this EDIT fixes the issue.
EDIT: Render added... I don't know exactly how to insert an image, suggestions are welcome.
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kinotherapy
6/6 Wurm
stupid kor i just fell out of the floor
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Post by kinotherapy on Jun 12, 2018 15:55:16 GMT
sdfkjgh : I was genuinely asking, I don't actually know the answer. I'm not sure how you'd indicate that the random choice is supposed to be made on resolution instead of when you cast it. NivOridocs : There's a problem here in that if you lose the flip while paying costs for a spell / ability, you might find yourself unable to cast whatever it was you were trying to cast and make an illegal action (which I'm certain this time does reverse the gamestate to before you cast the spell. I have no idea what happens to the penalty payment). Luckily this already happened in Unstable so you can easily fix it by making it target a player instead of just working on yourself. This works since it turns it into an activated ability rather than a mana ability so that it can only be used before you begin to cast a spell / activate an ability. (also you've got all week to add a render so there's no rush)
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 12, 2018 16:17:11 GMT
mixedrandomj: Thanks. I think I'll be using the 1st one, as Escher is a little too obvious. Do you know who did the 1st one? I'd hate to get snipped for lacking artist's credit.
kazerima: You should really change the name of one of the sides, as two different cards with the same English name is an Un- only thing. |
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Mahx Michael
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Post by Mahx Michael on Jun 12, 2018 20:44:38 GMT
Well, it does have random in it's last chapter: Please tell me if the card is undercosted and why. Also, do you think the knight token should have haste or not?
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Post by mixedrandomj on Jun 12, 2018 22:01:38 GMT
sdfkjgh This is the closest I found to the artist's post. I found it on images search which lead to a pintrest link
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inverness
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Post by inverness on Jun 12, 2018 22:17:14 GMT
Well, it does have random in it's last chapter:
Please tell me if the card is undercosted and why. Also, do you think the knight token should have haste or not?
I quite like this entry. It's pretty good and VERY flavorful. I think the cost is about right since it has a drawback to compensate the strong initial abilities. |
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Post by Daij_Djan on Jun 12, 2018 22:22:02 GMT
@ sdfkjgh: That image sure is hard to track down. It seems like Kevin Lafin was the original artist but I'm not 100% sure. |
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kazerima
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Post by kazerima on Jun 12, 2018 22:55:44 GMT
kazerima : You should really change the name of one of the sides, as two different cards with the same English name is an Un- only thing. The idea though is that it's a massive wurm that's so big you have to fight either its head or tail, they're two halves of literally the same being. I could just rename the other half "Worldcoil Wurm's Tail", but it kind of sticks better flavor-wise this way. Also, die rolls and coin flips are also traditionally Un-Mechanics, so it still seems fitting. |
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Post by gurfafflekins on Jun 13, 2018 5:00:56 GMT
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Zuty
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Return to Ravnica 2 Hype!
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Post by Zuty on Jun 13, 2018 5:57:14 GMT
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Cogwork Pestling  Artifact Creature - Pest  Draft this card face up. At any time during the draft, you may turn this card face down. If you do, all players draft their next card at random. ~ cannot be blocked. 1/1
~Zuty
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Mahx Michael
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Post by Mahx Michael on Jun 13, 2018 11:51:00 GMT
MalseyI just happened to notice: why is your hybrid mana presented before the generic mana on your card render?
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SilverSwag
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Post by SilverSwag on Jun 14, 2018 23:13:05 GMT
spazlaz Crewing doesn't track what cards crewed it, you will have to find another way to word it.
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Post by mixedrandomj on Jun 15, 2018 0:27:33 GMT
sdfkjgh Nice. Looks good. I would totally use this with art and all. I got some decks that would love to use this. One question, is that flavor text intended?
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 15, 2018 1:56:12 GMT
mixedrandomj : Yes, that flavor text is completely intentional. If you've ever been concussed, if you've ever been surprised by a perplexing situation, that flavor text is meant to convey such confused surprise. Just out of curiosity, what sort of decks do you run that want this? I could be convinced to have you on as a guest writer for Dicking Around in Tosche Station.
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Malsey
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Post by Malsey on Jun 15, 2018 4:25:55 GMT
Malsey I just happened to notice: why is your hybrid mana presented before the generic mana on your card render? I'm not sure how to fix that but it happens automatically and I can't change it. |
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Post by gamma3 on Jun 15, 2018 6:10:32 GMT
Having a tough time finding art that isn't already from a real magic card, but here is what I've got: Reckless Slaughter  Sorcery As an additional cost to cast CARDNAME, sacrifice a creature you control at random. Destroy up to two target creatures. "Whee! That was fun!"Art-less render: {Spoiler}  |
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