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Post by Flo00 on Mar 19, 2020 7:02:04 GMT
Harbinger of the Barbed Saber   Creature - Human Assassin  Deathtouch Carnage — Whenever Harbinger of the Barbed Saber deals comabt damage to a player, that player loses X life, where X is the number of creatures that died this turn. 1/4 Butchers’ Wisdom  Sorcery  Carnage — You draw X cards and lose X life, where X is the number of creatures that died this turn. Decree of the Barbed Saber   Instant Carnage — Decree of the Barbed Saber deals X damage to any target, where X is the number of creatures that died this turn. Draw a card. Tak, Head of the Barbed Sable  Legendary Creature - Human Warlock  First strike Carnage — At the beginning of your end step, return target creature card with converted mana cost X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the number of creatures that died this turn. 4/3 The Barbed Saber Legendary Artifact - Equipment Carnage — Equipped creature gets +2/+2 for each creature that died this turn. Sacrifice a creature: Equipped creature gains first strike and hexproof until end of turn. Equip |
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Sanfonier of the Night
7/7 Elemental
Posts: 399
Favorite Card: The Prismatic Bridge
Favorite Set: War of the Spark
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Black, Red, Green, Colorless
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Post by Sanfonier of the Night on Mar 25, 2020 17:20:52 GMT
Since we only had three entries the constest is closed, the winner is sdfkjgh congratulations! |
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Post by gateways7 on Mar 25, 2020 18:01:47 GMT
Ok, for starters, Lochlin's Pistol and Lochlin's Master Blueprint are pretty overpowered. We'll have to agree to disagree there, as we often do. Lochlin's Master Blueprint Legendary Artifact You may cast artifacts from your graveyard. If Lochlin’s Master Blueprint is calibrated, other calibrated artifacts you control have indestructible. Calibrate  (Put a calibration counter on this artifact, it is now considered calibrated.)
Cards that Blueprint and a sac outlet for artifacts give you infinite sacrifices.
Plus any Lotus variant, Mox variant, Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, and Basalt or Grim Monolith plus a sac outlet also give you infinite mana. Considering most of these are already very powerful cards, the fact that a 4-drop can basically win you the game with them the second it comes out has to be way too powerful. |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Mar 26, 2020 14:32:52 GMT
@omnispeculo: Wow, thanks for the win.
Your word is overkill. |
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Post by gluestick248 on Mar 26, 2020 17:11:28 GMT
Going for the low hanging fruit Overkill — Whenever ~ deals excess damage to a creature, ... Sunstriker Angel  Creature — Angel Flying Overkill — Whenever Sunstriker deals excess damage to a creature, you gain 4 life. 4/4 Lightning Rusher Creature — Elemental Haste Overkill — Whenever Lightning Rusher deals excess damage to a creature, it deals 3 damage to defending player. 3/1 Tricky Battlemage  Creature — Human Wizard Overkill — Whenever Tricky Battlemage deals excess damage to a creature, draw that many cards. 1/2 |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Mar 27, 2020 17:57:57 GMT
Last night, I dreamed that I had specified that the challenge was Overkill 7. You all can try for that, or use any number, if you like, or just ignore this completely.
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Post by viriss on Mar 27, 2020 19:18:13 GMT
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Post by sdfkjgh on Mar 28, 2020 1:20:06 GMT
viriss: Your entries are all missing the word "each" in some way, in addition to some more minor templating issues.
Conflagration: 1 damage to each of up to X; it deals X damage to each of those creatures instead.
Sickness: Up to X target creatures each get -1/-1 ueot; those creatures get -X/-X instead.
Might: Up to X target creatures each gain trample ueot; those creatures each also get +X/+X ueot.
Defense: Up to X target blocking creatures each gain indestructible ueot; those creatures also get +X/+X ueot.
Additionally, it'd be nice if you'd complete the cycle and show me what you have for , you tease. |
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Post by ameisenmeister on Mar 28, 2020 6:48:13 GMT
virissLooks cool, but why did you add X can't be 0. on every card? Seems unnecessary.
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Post by viriss on Mar 28, 2020 14:33:53 GMT
viriss Looks cool, but why did you add X can't be 0. on every card? Seems unnecessary. The original versions of the cards had it as reminder text, which I realized was wrong and should be rules text. But... you're right, it's not needed. So I've updated them again. =) |
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Post by gamma3 on Apr 13, 2020 2:35:52 GMT
Overkill N is a triggered ability that means "Whenever this permanent or spell deals lethal damage to a creature, it deals N damage to that creature's controller." Burn Through Instant CARDNAME deals 2 damage to any target. Overkill 2 Zealous Knight Creature - Human Knight Lifelink, Overkill 2 "I've been given a mission, and I will carry it out at any cost."2/4 Firelisk Creature - Basilisk Deathtouch, Overkill 7 Its victims become molten totems to its power.1/4 |
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Post by ameisenmeister on Apr 13, 2020 16:08:19 GMT
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Post by sdfkjgh on Apr 13, 2020 22:43:50 GMT
Wow. Did I completely forget about judging this? You bet I did.
gluestick248: Aside from the lack of rarity in all your sumbitionssubmitions, you yourself identified your entry as "low hanging fruit". Your entry is about as obvious as low hanging fruit can be expected to be. Not really anything surprising or exciting, with the possible exception of Tricky Battlemage. A perfectly serviceable workhorse mechanic, with nothing exciting in its execution. 3
viriss: This, otoh, is quite interesting, and you got a few extra points in judging by showing willingness to take critique and additional input. I loves me some threshold N mechanics, so you've rustled the attention of my Jimmies. Each card submitted is exactly what you'd expect for each color, but your execution thereof is what makes them exciting, rather than obligated.
gamma3: An interesting idea that may have a few problems with execution and combat math, but none that are insurmountable. The Standard in which your mechanic would live might need to have few or no toughness-boosting combat tricks in order to reduce the number of feelbad moments with the ability. Fortunately, your Firelisk proves that you know the exact right payoff for the ability.
ameisenmeister: This is just slavery with extradouble strike with different steps. Plus, you didn't even take it to its logical conclusion of overkill AND double strike, for quad damage, because the way you worded it, that would absolutely work. DEAD LAST.
Winner: viriss, with gamma3 second by a length.
Sorry I forgot about judging this. |
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Post by ameisenmeister on Apr 14, 2020 7:28:13 GMT
ameisenmeister : This is just slavery with extradouble strike with different steps. Plus, you didn't even take it to its logical conclusion of overkill AND double strike, for quad damage, because the way you worded it, that would absolutely work. DEAD LAST. No, it's not. It's an evasion ability as it discourages blocking. And yes, I took into consideration the quad damage with double strike. So what? |
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Post by viriss on Apr 15, 2020 0:51:45 GMT
Next word: Prophecy (or any version of it.)
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Post by sdfkjgh on Apr 15, 2020 1:53:39 GMT
Next word: Prophecy (or any version of it.) Are synonyms ok? Because I have a card that uses prognosticate. |
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Post by viriss on Apr 15, 2020 3:09:18 GMT
Next word: Prophecy (or any version of it.) Are synonyms ok? Because I have a card that uses prognosticate. Yes, I'll even take synonyms that start with "Pro". =) |
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Apr 15, 2020 4:02:02 GMT
Dreams of Wisdom Sorcery Prophesize 1. (Look at the top card of your library. If it shares a color with this spell, you may reveal it and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the top of your library in any order.)Draw a card. Burning Sermon Instant As an additional cost to cast ~, discard a card. Prophesize 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal a card that shares a color with this spell, and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the top of your library in any order.)Shady Fortune-Teller Creature - Human Shaman When ~ enters the battlefield, prophesize 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library. You may reveal a card that shares a color with this permanent, and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the top of your library in any order.)Whenever you reveal a card from your library, you may gain 1 life and have each opponent lose 1 life. 2/2 "You will lose a tidy sum of your fortune in the near future..."Seer of Summons  Creature - Elf Shaman Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, you may prophesize 2. 2/2 The footsteps of the aurochs, the whispers of the wind faeries, she hears all that the forest has been and will be.
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Post by Flo00 on Apr 15, 2020 10:10:59 GMT
Prophecy - <maybe trigger>, name a nonland card, then reveal the top three cards of your library. If the named card is among them, <effect>. Put the revealed cards on the bottom of your library in a radom order. I was thinking about giving it a number, but I think a pseudo with a number is a bit weird and settled for the metalcraft approach. Rune-Bark Pine Creature - Treefolk Prophecy — As Rune-Bark Pine enters the battlefield, name a nonland card, then reveal the top three cards of your library. If the named card is among them, Rune-Bark Pine enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it. Put the revealed cards on the bottom of your library in a radom order. 3/3 Visions of Doom Instant Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. Prophecy — Name a nonland card, then reveal the top three cards of your library. If the named card is among them, destroy that creature instaed. Put the revealed cards on the bottom of your library in a radom order. Visions of Destruction Instant Visions of Destruction deals 2 damage to any target. Prophecy — Name a nonland card, then reveal the top three cards of your library. When the named card is among them, destroy target artifact. Put the revealed cards on the bottom of your library in a radom order. Wishing Well Enchantment Prophecy — At the beginning of your upkeep, name a nonland card, then reveal the top three cards of your library. If the named card is among them, you gain 3 life. Put the revealed cards on the bottom of your library in a radom order. Sage of Late Hours Creature - Human Wizard Prophecy — Whenever Sage of Late Hours becomes tapped, name a nonland card, then reveal the top three cards of your library. If the named card is among them, put it into your hand, then put the rest on the bottom of your library in a radom order. 1/3
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Post by sdfkjgh on Apr 15, 2020 12:05:55 GMT
Meditant's Mirror Artifact Meditant’s Mirror enters the battlefield tapped.
 : Prognosticate 2. (Reveal the top two cards of your library. Add  to your mana pool for each enchantment card revealed this way, then put any number of those cards on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.) |
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Post by gamma3 on Apr 16, 2020 1:26:21 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 20, 2020 19:46:44 GMT
Decided to withdraw my entry. Good luck!
{Spoiler}
Prophecy - [effect] (Whenever you cast a spell with the same color identity as this card, you may reveal this card from your hand. If you do, [effect].)
Will add examples later. |
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Post by viriss on Apr 23, 2020 23:48:05 GMT
ZephyrPhantom I like that you only look at the N cards and can potentially keep one. But it is a card draw if the colors match. So the Dreams of Wisdom could net you two cards for two mana, at common, feels too powerful to me. But that just that example. Flo00 I like the set number of three cards, though do you get all of them if they all match? Seems like it would just be a lot of cycling wrong guesses to the bottom. The really odd one is your common instant, Visions of Destruction, where you choose a target as the spell resolves with the correct naming. The timing on that is complicated. sdfkjgh Prognosticate is harder to expand onto other cards since it ... only gives colorless mana? I do like that it is a "scry with a bonus", but caring about enchantments might be too limited a scope. gamma3 This is a nice expansion of miracle, where you can tell the future with different effects. I wish the blue and black prophecy effects interacted with the creatures they're on, and the red one might be too strong but is pretty straight forward.
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Apr 24, 2020 0:46:23 GMT
ZephyrPhantom I like that you only look at the N cards and can potentially keep one. But it is a card draw if the colors match. So the Dreams of Wisdom could net you two cards for two mana, at common, feels too powerful to me. But that just that example. I had Winged Words and Of One Mind in mind when designing Dreams of Wisdom - figured that with two of those cards it was a reasonable enough indicator that conditional draw-two for 2 in Blue wouldn't break a set. You have a possibility of hitting a land or artifact even in monocolor decks so I think it has a significant enough drawback - if it whiffs, you basically just cast a very bad Scour All Possibilities. |
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Post by gamma3 on Apr 24, 2020 1:13:22 GMT
Thanks for the win! Your next keyword is Veil.
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Apr 24, 2020 1:21:10 GMT
Acolyte of Beirc Creature - Elf When ~ enters the battlefield, you may veil target land. (Turn it face down. It's a colorless 2/2 creature.)2/2 "The arms of Father Beirc are my sword, and my body is his forest's shield."One with the Father Sorcery Veil target face-up creature. (Turn it face down. It's a colorless 2/2 creature.)"The blessings of the Father work in many strange ways."Steelspasm Instant Veil all artifacts. (Turn them face down. They're colorless 2/2 creatures.)"There's nothing like the camaderie of a well-kept wrench." - Animara VectisJudgement of the Father Sorcery Choose one: - Veil target face-up creature. (Turn it face down. It's a colorless 2/2 creature.)- Destroy target face-down creature. The Father is fickle to those who do not respect his will.Guidance from Beyond Enchantment Colorless creatures you control get +1/+1. : Veil Guidance from Beyond. (Turn it face down. It's a colorless 2/2 creature.)"The foot flattens the earth, the hand tills the soil, and the brain plots where to plant. The mouth, however, unites them in spoken glory." - Teachings of Beirc, Volume IVErratic BarrenLand : Add . Whenever a permanent you control is turned face down, you may veil Erratic Barren. (Turn it face down. It's a colorless 2/2 creature.)Alubeirc, the Whispering Maw  Legendary Creature - Eldrazi  This spell costs less to cast for each face-down creature you control. Hexproof from face-up permanents, vigilance Whenever Alubeirc enters the battlefield or attacks, you may veil target permanent. (Turn it face down. It's a colorless 2/2 creature.)12/12 An echo as constant as space itself.
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Post by sdfkjgh on Apr 24, 2020 14:05:31 GMT
Portia, Gauzammer Weaver  Legendary Creature--Spider Cleric Flash
When this spell becomes the target of a spell or ability for the first time this turn, counter that spell or ability.
Reach
You, permanents you control, and spells and abilities you control have veil. (Whenever they’d become the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls for the first time each turn, counter that spell or ability.) 2/3 |
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Post by hydraheadhunter on Apr 25, 2020 4:30:46 GMT
Veil eventually made me think of shroud and hexproof, and since veiling something is hiding it from sight, I thought it'd be a good word to make the opposite of hexproof. That is, "spells and permanents with veil cannot be the target of spells or abilities its controller controls." Then for a bit of extra design space, I added "and they may not be sacrificed as part of a cost." From that I made six cards, one in each color and an artifact. So in WUBRGA order I have: Soothsight Sentinel Creature - Human Knight Defender. Veil. : Until end of turn, you may target and sacrifice permanents with hexproof, shroud, and/or veil as if they did not have those abilities. Target creature you control loses defender until end of turn. 5/3
Recreant's Confidence Enchantment - Aura Enchant creature you don't control Enchanted creature has veil and a base power of zero, and is a coward in addition to its other types.
Perfidious Stench Enchantment - Aura Curse Enchant Player. Creatures the enchanted player controls have veil. Whenever the enchanted player casts a spell or activates an ability, they may pay . If they do, a creature of their choice loses veil until end of turn.
Perfidious Stench Ruling 1: When casting a spell or activating an ability, that spell or ability must target a valid target at time of casting or activiation. Because of this spells or abilities which trigger Perfidious Stench may not target any permanent which lost veil because of a trigger they caused.
Perfidious Stench Ruling 2: There is a moment between the resolution of profidious's stenches trigger resolving and the spell or ability which triggered profidious stench resolving, during which time, that spell or ability may be redirected by a third effect.
Perfidious Stench Ruling 3: When an effect that redirects the targets of a spell or ability on the stack triggers perfidious stench, the perfidious stench trigger will resolve before the redirect effect resolves, so any permanent which loses veil because of a trigger they caused would, other things equal, be a valid target for redirection).
Cloudcloaked Rabblerouser Creature - Giant Veil. Whenever you cast a spell with one or more targets, target opponent copies it. That copy targets CARDNAME and only CARDNAME. 4/4
Soothfur Mastodon Creature - Elder Elephant Trample. Veil. Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell or ability, creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn where X is the number of creatures with veil you control.
Seemingly Worthless Bauble Artifact Veil. When you sacrifice CARDNAME, add and draw two cards.
I hope you find these specific examples interesting and think the mechanic has potential as a card generic downside for balancing, line for hindering opponents, or design-around mechanic. |
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Post by kefke on Apr 25, 2020 4:42:42 GMT
Veil N (This creature may not be blocked by creatures with power N or lower.)
I'll try to remember to do a render or two later.
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Post by ameisenmeister on Apr 26, 2020 14:35:58 GMT
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