Card of the Week Contest #517: Historic! Not the mechanic.

Didn't we already do this one?  Mebbe back at the old site?

My notes say it was here.

Resubmitting!



Erwin Schrödinger 
Legendary Creature--Human Wizard
Flash
Erwin Schrödinger is both tapped and untapped at all times.
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I don't know how to input that equation as flavor text, so the render's just as-is for now.

Um, Actually *Shoving my imaginary glasses through my forehead*, printing real historical figures on Magic cards is a proud tradition of WotC ever since 1999.

For those who don't know, Cao Pi is the second son of Cao Cao, Lord of Wei. (Wei faction is black according to P3K)

I codify the "activate during your turn before attackers are declared" as an ability word.

According to Tinyeye, the oldest result is from the cover of a game called Sparta II: Alexander the Great. I'm not coming across any artist credit for the cover art, but the developer is Game Factory Interactive and Publisher is Lace Mamba Global.

Localisations differences >.<
If just using the game title is fine i will use that

Daij_Djan - Fine by me. A Partner With pair is two sides of the same coin in my eyes. Just like two sided cards.

It's ironic how the card is intended (seemingly) to go against black, yet one of the colors it pairs with best is black because its lets you avoid all "you lose n life" style effects (and get your entire deck with Ad Nauseam) and prevents opponents from gaining life.

Hmm, that isn't right. It's gotta prevent it positively. Not break Ad Nauseum (again).
Maybe this would work better as the rulestext?:

Players can't gain life.

Players can't lose life except as a result of damage and by sources the player themself controls.

Players can't pay life to cast spells or activate abilities.

Considered by some as the Father of Economics, perhaps Adam Smith's greatest contribution to the field is the observation colloquially known as the "Invisible Hand". To simplify, the Invisible Hand is the observation that things we take for granted - bread, a shirt - are available for sale as a result of a chain of steps no one person could feasibly do alone yet all cooperate without any needed interest in anyone's wellbeing but their own, as if pushed by an invisible hand that guided this disparate elements. It's an observation of Spontaneous Order and of how the market contributes to wider society by established incentives for self-interested people to contribute to the welfare of others for their own sake.


The original artist of this piece seems be unknown. According to Wikipedia, credit is currently attributed to the one who delivered the painting to the museum, J.H. Romanes. Just to be safe, I decided to add his name, the museum and the name of the painting.

The ward cost & the monarch ending ability need a bit of work.  As-is, the targeting player can just pay 0 life if they control no Rebels.

Ward--Pay life equal to the number of Rebels ~ controls.

When ~ enters, all players stop being the monarch.

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Julie d'Aubigny, Charming Swashbuckler 
Legendary Creature -- Human Rogue 
When Julie d’Aubigny, Charming Swashbuckler enters the battlefield gain control of target creature an opponent controls until end of turn. Untap it, it gains haste until end of turn.

, : Julie d’Aubigny fights target creature an opponent controls.

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Since it's pride month, it only seemed right to make a card based on the French Julie d'Aubigny. Bisexual opera singer, and swashbuckler. Helped her then girlfriend escape from a monastery, burning it down (then broke up with her a few months later). Kissed another woman at ball. Three men were insulted by that and challenged her. She on took all three at once, and won. Do read up on her if you're interested. She is a legend. (If you're Danish I recommend Vanvittig Verdenshistorie's episode on her)

thanks for correction. 

What am I looking at? A mix of digital and printed AI generated cards?