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Post by ameisenmeister on Feb 24, 2020 22:46:43 GMT
Rith was one of the five primal dragons on Dominaria but she was eventually overwhelmed by a mighty treefolk that swallowed her. Here you see that she didn't die however but instead burst out of the treefolk that had hold her for so long. And she didn't forget her tricks during all these decades.
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Post by Flo00 on Feb 25, 2020 7:14:22 GMT
Fungal Goliath Creature - Fungus When Fungal Goliath enters the battlefield, create a number of 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens equal to the number of opponents you have. , : If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control this turn, put twice as many +1/+1 counters on that creature instead. 5/4 {Old entry} Hand of Gaea Creature - Treefolk You may sacrifice four Saprolings rather than pay this spell’s mana cost. Vigilance, trample 7/7 Oops, one missing. Back to the drawing board...
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Post by collex on Feb 26, 2020 3:27:33 GMT
Hello there again. Here is my entry: It is an hommage to Flametongue Kavu, the first Magic card I ever fell in love with:
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Post by FLAREdirector on Feb 29, 2020 20:11:43 GMT
So many strong contenders this time around! Outstanding! I'll close the challenge and judge it (memory permitting) on Monday, March 2nd!
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Post by Boogymanjunior on Mar 2, 2020 0:07:21 GMT
Trying to step into the big rootsteps of it's parent.
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Post by FLAREdirector on Mar 2, 2020 19:23:53 GMT
This challenge is now closed! The winner is............ thaneofglamis !
I will update this post with my rulings later, but know that this was a phenomenally close contest.
Lady Mapi: A very effective cheap Saga. I appreciate the reduced cost from two colored mana to one, and honestly I think it might even be safe at 1G. It's clever how you combined these two effects into, if you will, History of Ben-delhaven. For its rarity and strength, this is overall a very reasonable card. Good job!
kefke: The syntax on that activated ability is a little strange, but I reckon, for our purposes, rules text just needs to work at the kitchen table, you get me? Four mana for 5/5 across four bodies is pretty great, and it's always nice to see another Spellshaper, but I have to say: This card doesn't quite feel like an homage to Goblin Grenade. I understand your thought process, but the two cards are pretty dissimilar. They don't even deal the same amount of damage. A good idea, but not quite appropriate for this challenge.
ZephyrPhantom: I was hesitant, but I've come around to this card. I think the cost is reasonable, especially alongside Arcane Adaptation, and you've certainly highlighted some solid clone options. It's not very exciting, but effective at what it does--and it can really come in handy in singleton formats.
thaneofglamis: You win! I love Slimefoot too, and you did a good job shifting it (him? it) into white from black. The abilities feel relevant to each other and to a larger deck, perhaps Commander'd by Ghave, with lots of blinks and flickers. Solid statline, of course. If I have any criticisms to level at this card, I don't believe for a second that this art takes place in a cave. If you're going to put Cave in the name of a card, make the cave visible and relevant! Other than that minor quibble, though, very nicely done.
gluestick248: Yarok says hello. Bringing the token in tapped is a really smart call, actually, Amulet of Vigor notwithstanding. Kind of strange to me that this bush doesn't have defender, but stranger things have happened. All in all, a simple yet effective card that I think a lot of decks would appreciate.
ameisenmeister: I really appreciate how you managed to tie this challenge into old-school Magic lore. It doesn't quite feel like an homage, because canon!Rith is a 6/6 that cares about colored permanents and this is a 7/5 that cares about colorless nonbasic lands, but I can understand the plot-based transition she took from red mana into black mana. Pretty good card, overall.
Flo00: As a diehard Commander player, these kinds of effects that scale with the number of opponents you have will always appeal. The through-line between Goblin Goliath and Fungal Goliath (Fungoliath!) is clear, and I appreciate that the activated ability costs 1 less because it's not as immediately effective. Well done.
collex: This card is sweet. Flametongue Kavu is a really strong card, and you did a good job translating that power level into green. The art is well-chosen, though I might have sprung for Kavu Fungus or even Kavu Mutant myself. A very effective wide-Green card.
Boogymanjunior: Big rootsteps is right: This card is good but not great. For four mana, getting a 2/3 and a 1/1 that both synergize with Verdeloth himself (itself?) is totally reasonable value, but the thing is that this feels way more like a reference to Verdeloth the Ancient than an homage. It doesn't meaningfully echo Verdeloth's card text, it just works well with it, and that's not quite enough to win this challenge.
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thaneofglamis
8/8 Octopus
Thane's activated abilities can't be activated
Posts: 444
Favorite Card: Slimefoot, the Stowaway; Phyrexian Rager; Swarm Shambler
Favorite Set: Midnight Hunt
Color Alignment: Green
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Post by thaneofglamis on Mar 3, 2020 5:22:14 GMT
Thanks for the win! I agree the art isn't great, I threw this card together in two seconds using one of the pictures in my fungus folder. I really enjoyed Lotus Bush, even though lotuses don't grow on bushes! For the next challenge:
LIMIT #42: My friends, your card is legen—wait for it... —dary! Legendary! (Thanks, Sewn-Eye!) LIMIT #79: Get a life. No, really: your card must involve lifegain. (Thanks, jacqui-pup!) LIMIT #137: Snakes on a plane - your card names a canon plane in its name or flavor text! (Thanks, thaneofglamis!)
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Post by FLAREdirector on Mar 3, 2020 17:02:12 GMT
I was scrolling through the Secondary Characters tables on the wiki when I remembered Aclazotz exists, but we knew next to nothing about him. I wanted him to be monoblack but have a blue activated ability to represent how he's completely and bitterly opposed to the power of the deity known as the Threefold Sun. I also wanted to make it so that he can hose creatures, which are the bulk of the Sun Empire aggro deck, without directly damaging them and triggering enrage effects. Considered giving him lifelink but figured this was more interesting.
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Post by luckyluciano777 on Mar 8, 2020 7:20:05 GMT
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Post by ameisenmeister on Mar 8, 2020 9:13:31 GMT
You forgot an artist credit.
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thaneofglamis
8/8 Octopus
Thane's activated abilities can't be activated
Posts: 444
Favorite Card: Slimefoot, the Stowaway; Phyrexian Rager; Swarm Shambler
Favorite Set: Midnight Hunt
Color Alignment: Green
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Post by thaneofglamis on Mar 12, 2020 0:12:25 GMT
Only two entries, extending judge date
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Post by viriss on Mar 12, 2020 2:48:53 GMT
{PreviousEntry} Pure speculation.
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thaneofglamis
8/8 Octopus
Thane's activated abilities can't be activated
Posts: 444
Favorite Card: Slimefoot, the Stowaway; Phyrexian Rager; Swarm Shambler
Favorite Set: Midnight Hunt
Color Alignment: Green
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Post by thaneofglamis on Mar 12, 2020 6:39:06 GMT
viriss You forgot a limit! Your card needs to involve lifegain!
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Post by fluffydeathbringer on Mar 12, 2020 14:55:44 GMT
Edn, who Cleaves through Filth Legendary Creature - Elf Knight First strike
Whenever Edn, who Cleaves through Filth attacks, exile target card from a graveyard. If a creature or planeswalker card was exiled this way, create a tapped and attacking 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying. Otherwise, gain X life, where X is that card's converted mana cost. "Through me, Shadowmoor itself fights on our side."
2/2
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Post by viriss on Mar 12, 2020 19:02:21 GMT
viriss You forgot a limit! Your card needs to involve lifegain! Doh! I'm on it.
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Post by Boogymanjunior on Mar 13, 2020 15:27:20 GMT
Okay, so we know very little about Muraganda... what we know is that there are scarwitches who are hissing at the Mimeoplasm as their ultimate enemy, a being that engulfes/exiles the dead. This lead me to imagine the Scarwitches as snaky Warlocks that care about scars as signs of survival, whether it be the scars on Muraganda's inhabitants or the dead inhabitants as scars of Muraganda itself, showing the survival of the plane('s biosphere) despite the injuries (loss of individual life). The latter came to my mind because the Mimeoplasm may be their ultimate enemy because it erases the dead and thus the signs of survival of the greater whole, or rather turning the dead into a living being again which could be seen as a perversion of their view on nature. Oh, and this view could be amplified by the fact that oozes like the Mimeoplasm probably build no scar tissue themselves.^^
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Post by ameisenmeister on Mar 15, 2020 19:25:26 GMT
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Post by Flo00 on Mar 16, 2020 19:07:42 GMT
Lynna, Hand of Zendikar Legendary Creature - Elf Shaman You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Lands you conrrol have lifelink. , Discard a card: Target land you control becomes a X/X Elemental creature with haste until end of turn, where X is equal to the discarded card’s converted mana cost. 2/3 I know lifelink is neither green nor red. Yet green has its share of life gain and I argue lifelink for lands is novel enough to get its own place in the color pie.
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Post by Boogymanjunior on Mar 17, 2020 21:14:18 GMT
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thaneofglamis
8/8 Octopus
Thane's activated abilities can't be activated
Posts: 444
Favorite Card: Slimefoot, the Stowaway; Phyrexian Rager; Swarm Shambler
Favorite Set: Midnight Hunt
Color Alignment: Green
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Post by thaneofglamis on Mar 18, 2020 1:12:40 GMT
Judging now, sorry for the wait: FLAREdirector - Aclazotz, Blight of IxalanA fun callback to a cool character. However, I'm not a fan of color hosing, and while there is an excellently flavorful reason behind it, it doesn't seem particularly fun to play, especially if your opponent is playing blue or black, which it can't really do anything to. Also, when I see God in the typeline, I expect something more terrifying than a 3/3 with evasion. Not even indestructible? Zacama eats this dude for breakfast. luckyluciano777 - Linde, Figment of GraceA unique plane to name-drop, and I definitely didn't expect a 2 drop Angel. Well-balanced, but not hugely exciting outside of full Angel tribal decks. Even then, most Angels already have first strike, vigilance, and/or lifelink, so it's ok for patching up the holes here and there. viriss - Kanwery, Lord of the FlowA decent energy-matters commander, or maybe Aetherborn tribal? Very nice art, and the flavor text hints at a very interesting story. However, it seems overcosted - it could be pushed to 4 cmc, especially since it can't even produce its own energy. I think it should at least make one or two when it enters. fluffydeathbringer - Edn, Who Cleaves Through FilthAnother white 2 drop! Love the flavor of this one. Good ability, not too pushed, just all around a great card. The lifegain part is tied in nicely. I almost want to make a mono-white self-mill deck around this, is that crazy? Boogymanjunior - Meshorre, the FleshcleftThis taught me a lot about Muraganda, and I love your theorizing! The ability is very unique, although it doesn't seem very powerful - paying 1 mana to prevent 1 damage is not a great rate, especially if it causes you to gain life. That effectively means you never gain a life advantage - either you lose 1 life, or pay 1 mana, giving the opponent 1 life. A little tweaking, maybe a keyword or two, and this would be perfect. ameisenmeister - Pythia, Shandalar's DemiseI could barely find anything about Shandalar, are there Phyrexians there? It seems like Pythia is one. Stigma is a really interesting keyword that has a lot of design space, I love the idea of this 2 mana 1/1 that grows by hurting others, and I adore how putting more effort and counters on tougher creatures lets you reap better rewards. Putting -1/-1 counters on your own creatures is a great theme I want to build a deck around. Flo00 - Lynna, Hand of ZendikarA very cool card that combos well with the many Awaken cards from Zendikar. It reminds me of Borborygmos, Enraged for being a lands-matter discarding commander. I agree that lifelink is a severe color bend, possibly a break. I would like a flavor explanation for what it means in-canon. The winner is: {Spoiler} ameisenmeister ! With fluffydeathbringer and flo00 as very, very close runner ups. This was a hard one.
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Post by Boogymanjunior on Mar 18, 2020 11:47:02 GMT
thaneofglamis Thanks for the nice judging in general and kind words towards mine. However, my card works completely different than you described. Whenever any creature dies, doesn't matter if one of yours or your opponent's, each of your opponents (and never you) may pay life. The less they are able or want to pay, the more life they lose, and the more they pay, the more life you gain- your life gain is proportional to the amount of mana your opponents pay to save themselves from life loss everytime any creature dies. For example, a creature with CMC 5 dies (irrelevant of which controller). Opponent 1 pays five mana to not lose any life, opponent 2 pays three mana to lose two life, opponent 3 pays no mana (tapped out maybe or whatever) losing five life. You don't pay anything but rather gain five+three+zero=eight life.
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Post by ameisenmeister on Mar 18, 2020 12:47:22 GMT
Thanks for the win! No, Shandalar doesn't have Phyrexians, but it is a high fantasy world and I thought a Phyrexian invasion in a world of wizards, knights and other classic fantasy tropes would be a cool thing.
LIMIT #127: From Heliod's locker. Your card either uses Devotion or grants at least three devotion to any color. (Thanks, Daij_Djan!) LIMIT #112: You're out of touch, I'm out of life: Your card is (temporarily/conditionally) unblockable or grants unblockability in any form (Flying, unblockable, etc.). (Thanks, melono!) LIMIT #138: Pole dance - Your card has arctic or antarctic flavor. (Thanks, ameisenmeister!)
Have fun everyone!
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thaneofglamis
8/8 Octopus
Thane's activated abilities can't be activated
Posts: 444
Favorite Card: Slimefoot, the Stowaway; Phyrexian Rager; Swarm Shambler
Favorite Set: Midnight Hunt
Color Alignment: Green
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Post by thaneofglamis on Mar 18, 2020 20:19:55 GMT
Boogymanjunior I understand how your card works - if my opponent is playing Meshorre I would never pay 5 mana to prevent 5 damage, especially since that would then give my opponent 5 life. There's just no upside to paying mana unless the life loss would kill me, or I have nothing else to spend the mana on.
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Post by Flo00 on Mar 18, 2020 22:08:44 GMT
Penguin Slide Sorcery Up to X target creatures can’t be blocked this turn, where X is your devotion to blue as you cast Penguin Slide. Stay low and slippery and no one can catch you!
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Post by kefke on Mar 18, 2020 22:49:00 GMT
I hope that Ice Age counts as an "arctic flavor".
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Post by Boogymanjunior on Mar 18, 2020 23:49:19 GMT
Boogymanjunior I understand how your card works - if my opponent is playing Meshorre I would never pay 5 mana to prevent 5 damage, especially since that would then give my opponent 5 life. There's just no upside to paying mana unless the life loss would kill me, or I have nothing else to spend the mana on. Although I would disagree- losing unhindered life equal to CMC whenever any creature dies is very devastating imo- I apologize for my assertion, I was the one who misunderstood. Didn't realize that you were talking from the opponent's perspective and not from you as Meshorre's controller.
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Post by FLAREdirector on Mar 19, 2020 1:22:08 GMT
Very valid criticism, yeah. I still want to make a good Aclazotz card, it's just clear that this isn't there yet. Oh well. Thanks for the feedback.
Uh, look, just, pretend that there's a meta with a LOT of snow-cost cards, instead of the two that we have right now. Maybe I should make that set? Oh snap.
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Mar 19, 2020 3:08:16 GMT
Archetype of Blizzards Snow Enchantment Creature - Spirit Creatures you control can't be blocked as long as you control three or more snow permanents. Creatures your opponents control can't attack as long as you control three or more snow permanents. 2/2 "I am the storm, sheltering with malevolence."
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Post by kefke on Mar 19, 2020 18:41:19 GMT
You know, I kind of regret that there aren't coloured snow mana symblos. Admittedly, probably wouldn't be hard to make. I'm thinking just the regular snowflake, but on a green, red, blue, black, or cream coloured circle? Don't know how much use they'd get outside of contests like this, though.
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Post by gluestick248 on Mar 19, 2020 23:14:36 GMT
You know, I kind of regret that there aren't coloured snow mana symblos. Admittedly, probably wouldn't be hard to make. I'm thinking just the regular snowflake, but on a green, red, blue, black, or cream coloured circle? Don't know how much use they'd get outside of contests like this, though. Hybrid probably works better
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