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Post by Flo00 on Apr 2, 2023 17:22:48 GMT
Judging on Tuesday or Wednesday. EDIT: It's still Tuesday, right? {Idea}That's a strange card. Its main purpose is tapping small creatures your opponents control. Very smart way of wording the third ability so that you can't use it twice at the same time since you immediately lose control of the New Toy. What I'm a bit concerned about is that you can declare attackers and then use it to tap creatures. Maybe that is intended, it feels like a weird hack.
{emberfire17}Simple and effective card. I like that mostly the caster will be able to use this, but depending on the environment more players might be able to. (Anyone up for a multiplayer cube including snow cards?)
{pernicious}Nice work on the art X)
The original Snowman is already a little weird, putting it on an aura makes it even stranger. In a fun way. You could even use this to debuff a potential blocker.
{melono}Interesting twist to eggs. It doesn't have the usual egg power of a card draw but lets you dig deeper into your deck. And since its snow, you can use it to "store" snow mana for a later turn.
{kefke}Not sure I get the refernece. I've seen the Narnia movies and it might be from there?
I think the condition of getting four humans is good to make it not too strong. Legendary lands usually want some way to use them if you draw multiples (except in commander obviously.) I can also imagine this can cause some interesting timing dilemmas on when to play your cards from time to time. (e.g. 3 counters when I already am monarch and know I'm going to lose it next turn. Should I play a human now or keep it?)
{twintania}The condition of being day without the card bringing day or night into the game is not much of a condition. It makes sense in a limited environment featuring day and night, but seems really strong in constructed, basically a 1 mana Malfunction. Would make sense if this was meant to make it night on ETB. I like the joke of being a tiny world enchantment and thus an aura. {Daij_Djan}Simple land with a good ability. Kind of a tuned-down version of Mouth of Ronom. You could use this even in a non-green snow deck as a colorless land that shoots a flyer. {moweda}piling up counters on a land while generating mana with it sounds pretty strong. Yet this effect is so low-profile that it is totally ok. I'm rather worried that it might just not matter enough to be playable.
I like lands having a subtype just for flavor reasons; a lot of creature types are the same. I still wonder if you have some mechanial identity or certain interaction with clouds in mind?
{vizionarius}Beautiful combination of snow and ice counters with the shrine type. Nothing more to say.
Sorry for the long wait. I'm amazed by how many great cards came out of this. |
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Post by vizionarius on Apr 10, 2023 16:40:35 GMT
Thanks for the win Flo00 ! My first challenge slots win!
Next: LIMIT #61: Charge to 200 volts... Clear! Your card incorporates charge counters! (Thanks, CoreyImperia!)LIMIT #190: 700 million years in the making: Your card has a prehistoric flavour (dinosaurs, cavemen, megafauna, primordial soup, etc.) (Thanks, collex!)New LIMIT #194: Triple threat: Your card must have exactly three abilities (each "paragraph" or keyword on a card is an ability). (Thanks, vizionarius!)Reference: 113.2c An object may have multiple abilities. If the object is represented by a card, then aside from certain defined abilities that may be strung together on a single line (see rule 702, “Keyword Abilities”), each paragraph break in a card’s text marks a separate ability. |
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Post by kefke on Apr 11, 2023 11:29:34 GMT
Flo00Yes, it was a reference to Narnia. Specifically to the woods and the prophesy in The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe, in which it's "always winter, but never Christmas" until four humans come to claim their thrones and overthrow the White Witch.
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moweda
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Post by moweda on Apr 11, 2023 16:06:25 GMT
Thanks for the win Flo00 ! My first challenge slots win!
Next: LIMIT #61: Charge to 200 volts... Clear! Your card incorporates charge counters! (Thanks, CoreyImperia!)LIMIT #190: 700 million years in the making: Your card has a prehistoric flavour (dinosaurs, cavemen, megafauna, primordial soup, etc.) (Thanks, collex!)New LIMIT #194: Terse: Your card must have three or fewer lines of rules text (this doesn't limit flavor text). (Thanks, vizionarius!)I don't know if anyone else is struggling with this, but this challenge is exceedingly hard. The limits are so disconnected that even any two of them would be tricky (other than 190/194). But just the first two together are so tough. How do you account for charge counters which represent some kind of technology in a prehistoric world? You could maybe redefine charge counters to deal with something like lightning, but then the three lines of text is virtually impossible. Hell "~ enters the battlefield with X charge counters on it" nearly takes up all the space without even referencing what the counters are used for. I'm not asking for a change, just wondering if everyone else is running into the same problem. |
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Post by vizionarius on Apr 11, 2023 16:22:56 GMT
"~ enters the battlefield with X charge counters on it" nearly takes up all the space without even referencing what the counters are used for. I'm not asking for a change, just wondering if everyone else is running into the same problem. Hmm, actually, you're right. For some reason in my mind I had "lines of text" to refer to "number of abilities." I will edit the challenge now to: New LIMIT #194: Triple threat: Your card must have exactly three abilities (each "paragraph" or keyword on a card is an ability). (Thanks, vizionarius!)Thanks for saying something moweda ! |
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Post by gluestick248 on Apr 11, 2023 16:50:38 GMT
Primal Pools Land  : Add  Whenever you cast an instant spell, put a charge counter on ~.  , , Sacrifice ~: Create an X/X green Ooze creature token, where X is the number of charge counters on ~. |
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Post by viriss on Apr 11, 2023 23:34:51 GMT
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Post by Daij_Djan on Apr 12, 2023 10:25:29 GMT
Quickly passing by leaving an entry behind 
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moweda
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Post by moweda on Apr 12, 2023 16:04:23 GMT
Thanks for the consideration vizionarius ! I like the new limit. Robust Amoeba  Creature - Germ  When ~ enters the battlefield and during your upkeep, put a charge counter on target Germ. At the beginning of your end step, create a 0/1 Germ creature token.  , Sacrifice a Germ with X charge counters on it: Search your library for a creature card with mana value X, put it on the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. It's an evolutionary marvel.0/1 |
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Post by Idea on Apr 13, 2023 11:41:02 GMT
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Post by emberfire17 on Apr 13, 2023 16:07:35 GMT
Ancient Lightning Rod  Artifact Ancient Lightning Rod enters the battlefield with two charge counters on it. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery, put a charge counter on Ancient Lightning Rod.  , , Remove X charge counters from Ancient Lightning Rod: It deals X damage to any target. "It is believed that even the earliest sentient species found ways to harness electricity to some extent." - Tome of Ancient History, Volume 3
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Post by Flo00 on Apr 13, 2023 17:29:52 GMT
Time-Traveller’s Cart  Artifact - Vehicle  Whenever Time-Traveller’s Cart attacks, put a charge counter on it. Whenever Time-Traveller’s Cart deals combat damage to a player, you may remove all charge counters from it. If you do, create an X/X green Dinosaur creature token, where X is the number of counters removed this way. Crew 2 4/4 Might be a bit of a stretch from #190. |
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Post by pernicious on Apr 17, 2023 12:36:16 GMT
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Post by ameisenmeister on Apr 18, 2023 12:24:08 GMT
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Apr 18, 2023 15:58:15 GMT
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Post by ameisenmeister on Apr 18, 2023 18:22:40 GMT
Ah, I see. I uploaded it to the reverse image search and immediately clicked on the "find image source" button (or whatever it's called in English) and it showed me nothing besides three pages of wallpaper websites. |
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Post by vizionarius on Apr 25, 2023 19:37:38 GMT
Feedbackgluestick248: A prehistoric card that cares about instants. Nice! A neat representation of the origin of life. Feels balanced. It also feels like an easy addition to many spell-slinger commander decks. viriss: Great flavor! Love the reference to threshold. Having it collect charge counters for creatures entering from anywhere (I assume it's meant to be creature cards) might be a little too powerful for self-mill, since you can get a lot of mana really quick with it, then cast a large creature. It feels a little strong. Daij_Djan: So much flavor here! Making fire to cook something, or throwing it at something to damage it! Love it! Having a 0-mana artifact is always a bit dangerous, and since it can be used as an extra bit of damage to anything, there might be a way to push some decks (though I don't have a specific example). Might be safer (and maybe even more flavorful) if the damage was only to a creature. moweda: Haha, love the use of "Robust" here! I like this a lot. I'd probably phrase it as "put a charge counter on a Germ you control" so it doesn't target, but that's minor. Great representation of it evolving into something (possibly) more... sentient. Clean use of X. It can get 0-cost stuff right away, or makes you wait for your next turn to get a 1-cost, which there are bunch of nice options for... so coming into play tapped is a good call. Nice design. Idea: This is awesome flavor, seeing a living ancient being and then what it becomes later on. Nice way to convert +1/+1 to charge counters to fit the prompt. Interesting to make it only Auras; I think it would have been better to use any enchantment, since the Amulet gets back any enchantment. Nice way to split the total abilities between the two sides. I really like this overall. emberfire17: Nice flavor text! Also like how you use charge counters. Talon of Pain comes to mind. I like that it enters with some charge counters already, making it a more useful pick in draft. Flo00: Haha, nice take on prehistoric! I'll take it. (I read it as Time Traveler's Cat at first.... >.<). Depending on how many times you've "traveled," you get a stronger Dino. Fun card! pernicious: Reminiscent of Jeska and her brother Kamahl. A 3/1 haste for 3 is pretty good. I like that you need to reach a threshold of charge counters for it to Bolt someone. Great clean design with allusions to older cards. ameisenmeister: Very cool flavor! I like how it doesn't itself makes use of the charge counters directly (other than getting stronger), but enables other stuff to be better. Feels strong with trample. Can probably get pretty big very early. Might have added a bit more mana to its cost, or remove trample to check its power a bit, but the theme of this is awesome.
ResultWow, so many great entries! Thanks for all your submissions! The winner for this was tough to call, but I'll give it to ameisenmeister for a clean, fun design on a setting I'd love to see in Magic. Runner ups are Daij_Djan, pernicious, and Idea. All of the others were really solid designs as well.
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Post by Idea on Apr 28, 2023 2:43:18 GMT
Idea: This is awesome flavor, seeing a living ancient being and then what it becomes later on. Nice way to convert +1/+1 to charge counters to fit the prompt. Interesting to make it only Auras; I think it would have been better to use any enchantment, since the Amulet gets back any enchantment. Nice way to split the total abilities between the two sides. I really like this overall. There's actually a bit of a story behind that one, and why I ended up designing it as auras-only (though in retrospect, I agree any enchantment saccing would probably have been fair). The original name I had for this card was "Ancient Wardsuckler" as the concept was this parasite/mosquito thing that latched onto a creature with some innate enchantment, like magical scales or something, and drained the magic, maybe to get within. I had a long debate in my head about whether to actually go with the name Spellsuckler because while spell was still a single simple word that flowed well, it is a word that gives more the idea of spellcasting rather than a more present supernatural nature. In the end, I decided it was fine enough to keep spellsuckler to not make it confusing with ward being a keyword now, but keeping the flavor alive by saccing auras. Not important, but just a fun little tidbit I'd hope. |
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Post by ameisenmeister on May 3, 2023 20:11:19 GMT
Thanks for the win!
Here are your next limits:
LIMIT #185: I've got a rumbly in my tummy. Your card creates and/or interacts with Food tokens. (Thanks pernicious!)
LIMIT #177: Heavy metal! ... and some oil. Your card is set on the plane of Mirrodin/New Phyrexia. (Thanks Ameisenmeister!)
LIMIT #195: Counter-intuitive - Your card can remove counters in some way. (Thanks Ameisenmeister!)
Have fun!
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Post by Idea on May 4, 2023 0:19:32 GMT
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Post by emberfire17 on May 4, 2023 17:47:19 GMT
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Post by vizionarius on May 4, 2023 18:01:30 GMT
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8/8 Octopus
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Post by pernicious on May 4, 2023 20:53:54 GMT
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Post by emberfire17 on May 4, 2023 23:28:44 GMT
oops, thanks for the catch |
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Post by moweda on May 5, 2023 6:17:33 GMT
Myr Colony   Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Myr Ooze Defender, modular 3 , Remove a +1/+1 counter from ~: Create a 1/1 green Myr artifact creature token with infect. , Sacrifice a Food: Put a +1/+1 counter on ~. 0/0 |
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Post by SilentKobold on May 9, 2023 3:28:17 GMT
Inspired by the resetting artifacts ( Blasting Station and Grinding Station) of 5th dawn... Razorverge Recycler Artifact Whenever you gain life, put a charge counter on Razorverge Recycler , , Remove a charge counter from Razorverge Recycler: Create a food token. (It’s an artifact with “, , Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.”)Corrode, sow, reap, repeat.{Render}  |
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Post by ameisenmeister on May 19, 2023 22:10:45 GMT
Judging time!
Pretty sure her name is Melira, not Meliria, but other than that, the card looks pretty nice and has a strong flavor. It turns your food into antidotes against comlpleation. I'm not sure whether removing poison counters is something that real Magic would do, except for the infamous Leeches of course, as it kind of undermines the idea of being corrupted. On the other hand, they basically did this themselves with the end of the Phyrexian story ark so...
I would have loved to see a fitting artwork for that. I imagine Rocco from New Capenna being a phyrexianized cook, juggling plantes, knives and pots with metallic extra arms. The card is pretty cool in other regards, too. It's varialbe to cast and strong in every case. It works with proliferate and also tells a funny (or horrible?) story. Good work!
I like the card for its cool artwork and for its scalabilty. You can play it on turn two, but then you'd have to have some food already lying around or it will just starve. Just like with Idea`s entry, I'm not one hundred percent sure about removing poison counters from oneself, but as a flavorful one of it probably works.
A Phyrexian Myr Ooze is certainly something. And the card has a lot going on, too. Modular, food, infect, Phyrexian mana... I guess, the activated ability with the food is mostly just flavortext, though.
That's pretty good and probably a pain in the ass in limited, where you can turn this into a constant source of life in the late game. I like it, though, and it is probably a lot more annoying of fun with Leonin Elder.
{And the winner is ... }
emberfire17
with a pretty original way to meet all the limits and telling an interesting and gruesome story with it. Runner up is silentkobold, but to be honest, all the entries were pretty good.
Thanks for partifipating!
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Post by emberfire17 on May 21, 2023 21:20:36 GMT
Thanks! Next up we have:
LIMIT #42: My friends, your card is legen—wait for it... —dary! Legendary! (Thanks, Sewn-Eye!)
LIMIT #65: Look, a rare breed! Your card has a subtype featured on 20 cards maximum. (Thanks, Daij_Djan!)
LIMIT #148: A plane down under - Your card has flavor from real world’s Australia or Oceania. (Thanks, Ameisenmeister!)
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Post by Idea on May 21, 2023 23:13:13 GMT
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Post by Daij_Djan on May 21, 2023 23:32:26 GMT
There exists exactly one Kangaroo in Magic..
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