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Post by Boogymanjunior on Mar 16, 2021 21:22:56 GMT
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Post by Flo00 on Mar 16, 2021 21:41:58 GMT
I'll try to judge this before the weekend. Not sure if I'll find the time. Until then - more entries are still welcome!
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Post by ameisenmeister on Mar 16, 2021 23:07:24 GMT
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Mar 17, 2021 19:04:14 GMT
Eliminate the Famed    Instant  Choose one: - Counter target spell named Biomancer's Madness, Destroy the Gone, Take a Chance!, or Much Big Toll of the WoS. (How much and how big?)- Destroy target permanent named Ravnica Penthouse, Gruul Subeditor, Orzhov Gatekeeper, or Confidence Smasher. With their foes clamoring for attention, Agent Woo Berg didn't need to do much detective work.
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Post by Boogymanjunior on Mar 17, 2021 23:51:26 GMT
ameisenmeister Well what can I say... WoS was basically Magic's MCU Civil War in terms of stakes vs. loss  Killed was Dack who afaik never played a big role in any normal set, Domri in the same spot but even less so, Gideon as the only obligatory self-sacrificing hero, and yeah some PW named Khazi and of course hundreds of unnamed PWs in an attempt to paint the picture of much loss without basically any guts to kill some prominent people. And also the obligatory "we don't kill but imprison the Big Bad to revive them at any time for the next arc" (and yes, Bolas rose from the dead during Time Spiral but only because of his connection to the temporal Madaran rift which is now sealed). ZephyrPhantom Wouh, this is so OP in the current Meta!  PS: So much big it almost made an impact!
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Post by Flo00 on Mar 19, 2021 2:15:04 GMT
Judgement time! {viriss}  I think this is trying to be a small version of Boomstacker, yet it lacks what makes that card really funny: Making it more and more likely that the stack falls. The Penthouse enters the battlefield untapped and adds two mana and all I need to do is be a bit cautious when I tap it. That looks pretty broken. Maybe make it a bit more like Boomstacker and add dice as you tap it. To make things even crazier, you could add mana in the colors of those dice; e.g. For each color among dice stacked on ~ add one mana of that color. {thaneofglamis}Gruul Subeditor   Creature - Ogre Advisor  ,  , Sacrifice a creature's text box: Destroy target artifact or enchantment. (That creature loses all rules text, flavor text, and watermarks.) "Plorg, you've marked every single word as 'excessively wordy.'"4/4 Finally a card that wants you to play Muraganda Petroglyphs! Sacrificing a creature's text box is a pretty interesting mechanic. I like how this doesn't work with vanilla tokens since they literally have o text box. Also very good flavor. It's funny and gives me a bit more understanding of what's going on here. {MaiApologies (She/Her)}  This adds a whole new challenge to deckbuilding. Also makes The List an interesting deckbuilding tool to trick your opponents. Great card! {gamma3}Biomancer's Madness Instant Combine two target creatures you control into one creature, then put a flying counter and a trample counter on it. (Its power is equal to their total power, its toughness is equal to their total toughness, and it has their names, mana costs, types, text boxes, etc.) "This is why we can't have nice things." -LaviniaSimple and strong card. Funny flavor. Sadly not qualified. {foureyesisafish}Destroy the Gone   Instant Exile target permanent. Then destroy target card in exile. (Put it in its owner's graveyard) "Who cares that you chucked them into the void?! I want them dead!" - Jozica, Orzhov enforcerThis is an Anguished Unmaking with the extra condition that you need something in exile to target. Or actually an Anguished Unmaking with a better Pull from Eternity added to it. That makes it pretty strong. I like how this uses simple Magic terminology in a new and still intuitive way, like "Destroy target player." Also a good flavor explaining in a funny way what's going on here. {inferno390}Take a Chance! Sorcery Choose any number of nonland permanents you don't control. Roll that many dice. For each dice that comes up evens, destroy one of the chosen permanents. For each dice that comes up odds, destroy a nonland permanent you control at random. "No matter who dies, I always enjoy the spectacle!" --RakdosI like how this offers a balance between risk management and just playing it in the right moment. If you have an empty board, you have no risk and a chance to destroy everything. Remenbers me a bit of Last One Standing. What I don't like is that it uses dice rolls just to simulate coin flips. I know, Snickering Squirrel and friends make a difference here. It still feels weird to have a die where I could just have a coin flip. {Daij_Djan}  A straight forward and simple card with a nice little upside against certain cards. I can imagine this to be most interesting card in draft. Also is that a Teletubby... what? {Boogymanjunior}  I can't really take this seriously, not even as an un-card. I guess this would have an interesting impact on the metagame. I wonder how the "playgroup decides otherwise" works. Does everyone have to agree or just a majority? {ZephyrPhantom}Eliminate the Famed Instant Choose one: - Counter target spell named Biomancer's Madness, Destroy the Gone, Take a Chance!, or Much Big Toll of the WoS. (How much and how big?) - Destroy target permanent named Ravnica Penthouse, Gruul Subeditor, Orzhov Gatekeeper, or Confidence Smasher. With their foes clamoring for attention, Agent Woo Berg didn't need to do much detective work.Can't really say much here, except congrats on breaking the fourth wall! I wonder if this really needs to be . Thank you all for the great entries! So many fun and novel ideas. I really enjoyed judging. |
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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 19, 2021 17:57:03 GMT
Thanks for the win! I had a lot of fun with this one. Time to roll the dice:
LIMIT #120: Static friction in your face!: Your card has a static ability. (Thanks, Boogymanjunior!) LIMIT #72: A hero! A martyr! A statue to raise! Your card sacrifices itself. (Thanks, Herzi!) LIMIT #164: Modal double jeopardy! Your card is a modal double faced card. (Thanks, thaneofglamis!)
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Post by viriss on Mar 19, 2021 20:42:50 GMT
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Post by Flo00 on Mar 20, 2021 1:48:46 GMT
Hermit's Madness Sorcery  Draw a card. Then, if you didn’t discard a Mountain this turn, discard a card at random. Flashback—Discard a card. ------------- Hermit’s Peak Land Hermit’s Peak enters the battlefield tapped. : Add  . , , Sacrifice Hermit’s Peak: Scry 2. |
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Post by Boogymanjunior on Mar 20, 2021 17:37:21 GMT
Flo00 Yeah, this was not the most though-out design I guess- don't know how they decide, I would say let the playgroup (whatever that is really) decide
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Post by Flo00 on Mar 20, 2021 19:32:54 GMT
Flo00 Yeah, this was not the most though-out design I guess- don't know how they decide, I would say let the playgroup (whatever that is really) decide Ok, then I say THE ONE WHO SCREAMES LOUDEST IS IN CHARGE OF THE DECISION!!! |
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inferno390
3/3 Beast
Posts: 197
Favorite Card: Kwende, Pride of Femeref
Favorite Set: Dominaria
Color Alignment: White, Red
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Post by inferno390 on Mar 20, 2021 21:56:43 GMT
Flo00 Yeah, this was not the most though-out design I guess- don't know how they decide, I would say let the playgroup (whatever that is really) decide Ok, then I say THE ONE WHO SCREAMES LOUDEST IS IN CHARGE OF THE DECISION!!! |
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Post by ameisenmeister on Apr 1, 2021 8:06:01 GMT
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inferno390
3/3 Beast
Posts: 197
Favorite Card: Kwende, Pride of Femeref
Favorite Set: Dominaria
Color Alignment: White, Red
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Post by inferno390 on Apr 1, 2021 16:04:58 GMT
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Post by ameisenmeister on Apr 1, 2021 20:34:19 GMT
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Post by Flo00 on Apr 2, 2021 7:03:18 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 Apr 2, 2021 21:53:59 GMT
Last call for entries! Judging in 24 hours.
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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 Apr 3, 2021 22:18:50 GMT
Judge time!
viriss - Symbol of the Wolf // Symbol of the Vampire Very Innistrad. I like how the sides mirror each other and the batching of Wolf/Werewolf and Bat/Vampire. Deathtouch is kind of an odd keyword for the Wolf side to grant, though. Deathtouch isn't really associated with Wolves or Werewolves.
Flo00 - Hermit's Madness // Hermit's PeakThis is a very interesting card. Relying on discarding a Mountain makes Hermit's Madness a very interesting card selection spell. I'm not super experienced with MTG, but while it's interesting I'm not sure if it's worth playing. If you haven't discarded a Mountain, you're using up two cards just to draw one. The flashback cost helps with this a little, but if you have to cast this and you haven't discarded a Mountain you must be very desperate. Hermit's Peak would probably be played more often than Hermit's Madness, although a tapped colorless land is far from an ideal land drop. Paying effectively two mana (since you need to tap this land too) and sacrificing it just to scry 2 is rarely worth it. I'd love to hear your thought process when designing this card. I'm always happy to see a lotus, and putting one on the back of an MDFC is a great idea. Also, the art on the Lotus Field Seraph is just sublime. However, the execution of this card is a little awkward. First of all, MDFCs aren't able to transform. That's what keeps them distinct from TDFCs. I can kind of see the mechanical connection between the two halves - you use the angel to find a multicolor card, and the lotus to cast it - but I think it could be more clear.
Finally, this is just a formatting thing, but your frame is missing the little arrows that tell what's on the other side of the card, and the color indicator on the Seraph is unnecessary. It's also a little strange that Kuembra isn't italicized in the flavor text on the back.
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Post by viriss on Apr 3, 2021 22:39:30 GMT
Next Challenge:
LIMIT #18: Let's get loquaciously sesquipedalian for this one! This particular restriction requires that this particular entry into our upstanding contest of skill shall contain three or more words in its name, and hold three or more lines of text within its textbox.
LIMIT #42: My friends, your card is legen—wait for it... —dary! Legendary! (Thanks, Sewn-Eye!)
LIMIT #165: Highway 165. You're card cares about itself or another card changing zones. (Thanks, Viriss!)
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Post by Flo00 on Apr 4, 2021 23:54:03 GMT
I'd love to hear your thought process when designing this card. At first I made the card without the random discard. Then I realized that it was a better Tormenting Voice, so I added a condition. I guess the peak shouldn't enter tapped. I think originally I had it tap for and changed it later without removing "enters tapped". The main idea is that you either play the land that you can sac for a ilttle deck control late game. And then you can flashback the front with a Mountain. Or you manage to discard a Mountain in some other way and have a Tormenting Voice for . Now for my entry: Reyu the Phaser Legendary Planeswalker - Reyu  Reyu the Phaser enters the battlefield with an additional loyalty counter for each experience counter you have. When Reyu leaves the battlefield, you get an experience counter.  : Exile another target nonland permanent, then return it to the battlefield under its owner’s control.  : Exile each nonland permanent you don’t control with converted mana cost X or less and put X time counters on it. If it doesn’t have suspend, it gains suspend. Reyu the Phaser can be your commander.  Um, yea, that's probably a bit too much different counter madness. I tought about just giving him "Reyu the Phaser enters the battlefield with an additional loyalty coutner on him for each time you’ve cast him from the command zone this game." Yet the whole idea is that you can to some blinking shenanigans. Reyu likes to high-five Brago. |
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Apr 5, 2021 0:03:39 GMT
Since I'm updating the limits anyway, might as well toss one in. Kayok's Blazing Solarang Legendary Instant (You may cast a legendary Instant only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.)Kayok's Blazing Solarang deals 3 damage to any target. Exile Kayok's Blazing Solarang. : Put Kayok's Blazing Solarang from exile to the top of your library. Activate this ability only if you control a legendary creature or a Kayok planeswalker. , Put Kayok's Blazing Solarang from exile into your graveyard: You gain 5 life. It goes not where Kayok wills, but where he wishes.Everyone asks "Who is Kayok?" and "Where is Kayok?", but no one asks "Why is Kayok?"Basically, it's a very specific janky semi-infnite burn spell, but to use it like that requires you to fulfill very specific requirements listed on the card. However, if you need to use it without meeting the prereqs in draft, you could put it in as a exile-draw payoff that lets you gain a lot of life vs. aggro. |
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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 Apr 5, 2021 0:09:44 GMT
Flo00 Was Hermit's Madness supposed to draw two cards? That would make a lot more sense.
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Post by Flo00 on Apr 5, 2021 0:24:35 GMT
thaneofglamis No it wasn't. If you discarded a Mountain, it draws you one card for and then you can flashback to rummage for free. In total that's discarding 1 card and drawing 2. And you even discard in between the draws, which is significantly better than a Tormenting Voice. I am awas that if you didn't discard a Mountain it is way way worse. Yet the option to also play a utility land kind of makes up for that.
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Nonagon Infinity
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 124
Favorite Card: Barren Glory
Favorite Set: Future Sight
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
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Post by Nonagon Infinity on Apr 5, 2021 1:13:04 GMT
Reverge, Wandering Aggregate Legendary Creature - Zombie Horror Mutate  Defender When Reverge, Wandering Aggregate enters the battlefield, you may exile any number of creatures from your graveyard. If you do, it enters the battlefield with that many +1/+1 counters on it. Reverge's power and toughness are equal to the number of creatures under it. If Reverge's power is 20 or higher, transform it.  : Reverge fights target creature. */*-------------
Reverge, Mindless Destroyer Legendary Creature - Demon HorrorFlying, trample, indestructible, defender : Reverge fights target creature. 20/20
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Apr 5, 2021 1:52:30 GMT
Reverge, Wandering Aggregate Legendary Creature - Zombie Horror Mutate Defender When Reverge, Wandering Aggregate enters the battlefield, you may exile any number of creatures from your graveyard. If you do, it enters the battlefield with that many +1/+1 counters on it. Reverge's power and toughness are equal to the number of creatures under it. If Reverge's power is 20 or higher, transform it. : Reverge fights target creature. */*-------------
Reverge, Mindless Destroyer Legendary Creature - Demon HorrorFlying, trample, indestructible, defender : Reverge fights target creature. 20/20 So now I can make my library fight the entire board via Animate Library? That's pretty funny. I'm a bit curious as to why the backside has red color identity, though. |
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Post by Boogymanjunior on Apr 11, 2021 1:14:37 GMT
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Post by viriss on Apr 17, 2021 1:09:54 GMT
Flo00 It is counter madness but I like it. It's just under clearly powerful in that it, by itself, is just annoying with the suspend/flicker. But for two mana it can combo with a bunch of stuff. ZephyrPhantom I like the overall flexability of this card. I don't know anything about that planeswalker, but this one card really gives me a sense of their power suite. Nonagon Infinity There's a lot going on here! I think the first ability would be "As ~ enters the battlefield..." but I'm glad it has that ability. The "number of creatures under it" I get, I'm just not sure it's needed. My biggest concern is free fight (not even counting the transformed indestructible version), I think it would work better with some sort of larger cost, or a triggered ability. Boogymanjunior Lot's of good stuff here. The "one or more", "exile up to one", "until end of turn". The biggest challenge is how much mana to spend on X to leave enough to pick a good card. Winner ZephyrPhantom , runner up Flo00
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Apr 17, 2021 6:59:43 GMT
Thanks! It's been a good 20 rounds or so, it seems...
LIMIT #42: My friends, your card is legen—wait for it... —dary! Legendary! (Thanks, Sewn-Eye!)
LIMIT #162: Fee Fi Fo Fum! Your card is a Giant or cares about Giants! (Thanks, Inferno390!)
LIMIT #166: Where in the Multiverse is Kayok and his Solarang? Your card features or references an original Planeswalker you've created (or will create for this challenge). (Thanks, ZephyrPhantom!)
Depending on how you look at it this could either be a very easy or very tough challenge. I may rate cards higher if they try to be creative and don't just make a Giant Tribal Legendary Planeswalker.
Good luck!
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Post by gamma3 on Apr 17, 2021 17:22:47 GMT
Telor, Capella's Counsel Legendary Creature - Giant Advisor Vigilance Guide (Whenever this creature attacks, target attacking creature with lesser power can't be blocked this turn.)
Other creatures you control have lifelink.
4/4
Stealing my own design from the keyword challenge because I quite like how it turned out. I'm not sure if I've posted about Capella Cancione before, so I'm curious to see if you folks can guess her power suite by looking at this.
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Nonagon Infinity
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 124
Favorite Card: Barren Glory
Favorite Set: Future Sight
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
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Post by Nonagon Infinity on Apr 17, 2021 18:49:12 GMT
Ahrkaelia, Bride of Lyovohld Legendary Creature - Giant Berserker Noble Menace Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, if its madness cost was paid, you may tap Ahrkaelia. If you do, she deals X damage to target creature, where X is her power. Partner with Lyovohld, Mad King 4/4
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Killed was Dack who afaik never played a big role in any normal set, Domri in the same spot but even less so, Gideon as the only obligatory self-sacrificing hero, and yeah some PW named Khazi and of course hundreds of unnamed PWs in an attempt to paint the picture of much loss without basically any guts to kill some prominent people. And also the obligatory "we don't kill but imprison the Big Bad to revive them at any time for the next arc" (and yes, Bolas rose from the dead during Time Spiral but only because of his connection to the temporal Madaran rift which is now sealed). 
