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Post by ZephyrPhantom on May 22, 2021 20:53:48 GMT
Tesagk: Since the ambiguous "play" has been restricted to only mean playing a land for the turn, do you mean whenever you cast a Human creature spell, or whenever a Human creature enters the battlefield under your control? Just a quick head up that it can still mean casting a spell - see Null Profusion. That said the current wording would matter if a Land Creature - Human was played (not impossible - Dryad Arbor + Conspiracy). |
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Post by Tesagk on May 23, 2021 12:57:57 GMT
@teasgk: Since the ambiguous "play" has been restricted to only mean playing a land for the turn, do you mean whenever you cast a Human creature spell, or whenever a Human creature enters the battlefield under your control? Fixed |
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on May 23, 2021 19:23:52 GMT
Emergency Shift    Sorcery  You may reveal a card from your sideboard. If you do, create a token that’s a copy of target creature card you own from your sideboard. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. TEST CARD - Not for constructed play (Art: Emrakrul serving burgers to fifteen angry squirrels.) Specifying "sideboard" is deliberate, as the idea is that you are deliberately have to make the effort to make a sideboard to get mileage out of this card (not unlike that dragging feeling of being called in at a bad time) and helps give it more of that informal playtest feel. I was partially inspired by Body Double's unusual take on cloning and wanted to make a 'clean' design that still felt like it carefully played with some concepts akin to something like Wizened Arbiter or Siege Elemental. The 'art' is a reference to "Sir, this is a Wendy's".
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Post by Flo00 on May 23, 2021 21:18:55 GMT
Emergency Shift Sorcery Create a token that’s a copy of target creature card you own from your sideboard. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. TEST CARD - Not for constructed play (Art: Emrakrul serving burgers to fifteen angry squirrels.) Specifying "sideboard" is deliberate, as the idea is that you are deliberately have to make the effort to make a sideboard to get mileage out of this card (not unlike that dragging feeling of being called in at a bad time) and helps give it more of that informal playtest feel. I was partially inspired by Body Double's unusual take on cloning and wanted to make a 'clean' design that still felt like it carefully played with some concepts akin to something like Wizened Arbiter or Siege Elemental. The 'art' is a reference to "Sir, this is a Wendy's". Maybe reveal the card, since your sideboard is usually hidden from the other players. |
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Post by Tesagk on Jun 4, 2021 12:05:41 GMT
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 4, 2021 14:41:34 GMT
Thanks, I completely forgot about this.
hydraheadhunter: Deadpool always gets a few extra points, so it's a bold strategy using him, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off. While I'm not sure if the 4-of rule prevents this from adding more to your deck, I'm hopeful that the rules can be adjusted to allow this to work. If not, you need to add something like "A deck can have any number of this card, so long as that deck started the game with no more than four cards with that name in it." A very interesting design, with a bit of a narrow focus.
Flo00: Definitely the most powerful entry. While I'm not sure how it would interact with my Overcharm cycle, I won't hold that against you. Choosing all modes of a charm can break that charm, and I can't wait to build a deck around doing just that.
Tesagk: First off, your planeswalker could stand to be . It's powerful, but not overbearing, which is the particularly difficult sweet spot for 'walkers. It just feels a little underwhelming, as most of what it does is highly dependent on what your opponent is doing, and the environment in which they're doing it.
ZephyrPhantom: Oh the memes! You just manage to edge out hydraheadhunter's usage of Deadpool in terms of flavor points. I really like how you made sure that even if someone did the uncreative thing and ran big momma Em for this, they'd still need an external way to give it haste.
This is a difficult one. In terms of raw power, Flo00 takes it handily, but in terms of flavor, ZephyrPhantom wins. I'mma split the difference, and say it's a tie. Y'know, one of those godawful '80s thin ties, with the piano keys.
Teferi: Focus, Pinky, Focus!
Anyway, congratulations. You two can fight to the death over who gets to do the next Challenge.
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Post by Flo00 on Jun 4, 2021 18:39:56 GMT
Flo00: Definitely the most powerful entry. While I'm not sure how it would interact with my Overcharm cycle, I won't hold that against you. Choosing all modes of a charm can break that charm, and I can't wait to build a deck around doing just that. I don't know myself how this shold interact with choosing modes more than once. But that's the nice thing with those playtest cards. It's ok if the rules are a bit fuzzy. If ZephyrPhantom doesn't piep until tomorrow at some randomly set time (a.k.a. wen I next look into the forums), I'll come up with a new challenge. |
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Jun 5, 2021 5:01:42 GMT
Flo00: Definitely the most powerful entry. While I'm not sure how it would interact with my Overcharm cycle, I won't hold that against you. Choosing all modes of a charm can break that charm, and I can't wait to build a deck around doing just that. I don't know myself how this shold interact with choosing modes more than once. But that's the nice thing with those playtest cards. It's ok if the rules are a bit fuzzy. If ZephyrPhantom doesn't piep until tomorrow at some randomly set time (a.k.a. wen I next look into the forums), I'll come up with a new challenge. I'd like to provide the next challenge if that's okay with you. |
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Post by Flo00 on Jun 5, 2021 17:52:02 GMT
I'd like to provide the next challenge if that's okay with you. Sure thing, go ahead! |
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Jun 6, 2021 7:44:14 GMT
Your next set is Portal: Three Kingdoms. If you're a Dynasty Warriors or Romance of the Three Kingdoms fan, it's time to flex some trivia muscles! Similar to some previous challenges I've given before I'm particularly interested in a card that would be competitively viable today. Don't just give me a 3 mana 1/2 with Horsemanship! If you're feeling particularly daring, or interested in showing off your Dynasty Warriors/Romance of the Three Kingdoms familiarity, show me a Legendary Creature that features a Romance of the Three Kingdoms character NOT featured in Portal 3 Kingdoms. This one's optional but I'd definitely like to see anyone take a shot at it if they can. Good luck! (P.S. - Don't be afraid to use Horsemanship. WoTC is pretty clearly aware of how Shadow effectively means "unblockable" as seen with various Time Spiral block cards and even the recent Dauthi Voidwalker.) |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 6, 2021 16:53:20 GMT
I realize this is about 400 years too early, but you can't keep a good mass removal spell down:
Burning of Books and Burying of Scholars   Sorcery  Each player sacrifices each creature and planeswalker they control and discards their hand. Then each player mills X cards, where X is the number of cards in that player’s graveyard. Then exile all cards from all graveyards. |
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Post by Tesagk on Jun 15, 2021 14:32:27 GMT
I don't know enough about Portal: Three Kingdoms 😅, I'll have to remember to do some research.
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Post by dangerousdice on Jun 17, 2021 20:12:15 GMT
Dilu, steed of misfortune  legendary creature - horse horsemanship, menace you may choose to not untap Dilu, steed of misfortune during your untap step.  : Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains horsemanship. sacrifice that creature when Dilu, steed of misfortune untaps. 3/2 For context , Dilu is Liu Bei's horse that saves him by jumping across a river while being chased. Later, during his invasion of Yi province Liu Bei gives the horse to Pang Tong, who is then targeted and killed during an ambush. |
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Post by Tesagk on Jun 18, 2021 14:24:05 GMT
 Sign of the Rooster  (R)(W) Enchantment  (Uncommon) As Sign of the Rooster enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 Bird creature token named Rooster. As long as you control Sign of the Rooster, Rooster tokens get +1/+1 and have haste and first strike. If you control a card named Sign of the Ox, Rooster tokens have trample. If you control a card named Sign of the Snake, Rooster tokens have deathtouch. Artist: Jorge Montoya p.s. I don't know why Wizards made Roosters green, but I disagree with that. |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 18, 2021 19:51:59 GMT
Tesagk: Watsonian answer: BeCaUsE Is aNiMaL FoUnD In nAtUrE. Doylist answer: They really didn't know what the fuck they were doing back then. |
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Jun 18, 2021 21:35:37 GMT
Giving this until the start/middle of next week. Get your final entries/edits in.
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Post by Tesagk on Jun 27, 2021 0:32:24 GMT
Giving this until the start/middle of next week. Get your final entries/edits in. -bump- |
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Jun 29, 2021 1:18:30 GMT
sdfkjgh - Cute Traumatize synergy and feels like an adequately costed boardwipe for what it does. I wonder if it would see play in anything besides EDH though. Kind of unfortunate that it comes from a different time period, a boardwipe that also mills, discards, and exile graveyards is an interesting idea overall. I would've costed it 2 less and either made it a boardwipe that discards or a boardwipe that mills and then exiles the graveyard. dangerousdice - Smart design that references the permanent gain well without jamming future mechanics and even expands on communicating the original lore covered by Riding the Dilu Horse well. I feel like it's unintuitive that a 3/2 menace horsemanship only grants +2/+2 and Horsemanship, though, the stats should really match for cleaner gameplay. I also think the mana cost to actiivate the ability is a bit overkill as historically creatures having a slowed down version of a powerful card's effect weakens it consiferably by itself. I would've liked to see the base body as a 2G (or maybe 1BG) for 2/2 horsemanship that has the same untap ability - it would've made for a very interesting Collected Company target. Tesagk - I like the allusion to other Signs and how running multiples rewards you with buffs - it could make for a fairly interesting Standard Sign Weenie build. I feel many cards of this sort usually fail to convey what their cycle members do gracefully so when something like this does I tend to like it a lot. It's a solid reimagining of the Zodiac megacycle and I would go as far as to call it set ready. Winner: Tesagk
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Post by Tesagk on Jun 29, 2021 13:11:19 GMT
Tesagk - I like the allusion to other Signs and how running multiples rewards you with buffs - it could make for a fairly interesting Standard Sign Weenie build. I feel many cards of this sort usually fail to convey what their cycle members do gracefully so when something like this does I tend to like it a lot. It's a solid reimagining of the Zodiac megacycle and I would go as far as to call it set ready. Winner: Tesagk Thanks! I suppose that means I need to come up with a set, so.... why don't we go with Innistrad |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 29, 2021 19:18:54 GMT
Had two ideas, but realized both were more appropriate for Shadows over Innistrad or Eldritch Moon. Fortunately, I remembered that I had this little guy:
Oglor, Apprentice Stitcher  Legendary Creature--Homunculus Wizard , : Choose two target creature cards in a single graveyard. Exile one of them at random and return the other to its owner’s hand.
, , Exile a creature card from your hand: Choose target creature card in exile. Create a token copy of that creature, except it’s a blue and black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types. --------------------------------------------- “Oglor can reanimate it for you wholesale!” 2/4 |
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Post by Tesagk on Jul 6, 2021 13:02:13 GMT
It's officially been a week. Anyone else want to submit an entry?
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Post by lordpat on Jul 6, 2021 15:48:22 GMT
Sure, might as well. Hölder, Voldaren's Emissary Legendary Creature - Vampire Flying Other Vampires you control have +1/+1. Whenever a Vampire creature deals damage to another creature, that creature becomes a Vampire in addition to its other types. At the beginning of your end step, choose a nonvampire creature. Each Vampire deals 1 damage to that creature. 4/4 |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jul 6, 2021 17:11:22 GMT
Sure, might as well. Hölder, Voldaren's Emissary Legendary Creature - Vampire Flying Other Vampires you control have +1/+1. Whenever a Vampire creature deals damage to another creature, that creature becomes a Vampire in addition to its other types. At the beginning of your end step, choose a nonvampire creature. Each Vampire deals 1 damage to that creature. 4/4 Ye gods, what a clustersuck! |
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Post by Flo00 on Jul 6, 2021 17:16:40 GMT
Cannibalistic Geist Creature - Spirit Flying, lifelink Sacrifice another Spirit: Regenerate Cannibalistic Geist.  : Sacrifice four other Spirits: Transform Cannibalistic Geist. Activate this as a sorcery. 3/1 ----------------- Lord of the Lost  Creature - Spirit Flying Sacrifice another Spirit: Regenerate Lord of the Lost. Whenever Lord of the Lost deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying. 4/4 |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jul 6, 2021 17:20:06 GMT
Cannibalistic Geist Creature - Spirit Flying, lifelink Sacrifice another Spirit: Regenerate Cannibalistic Geist. : Sacrifice four other Spirits: Transform Cannibalistic Geist. Activate this as a sorcery. 3/1 ----------------- Lord of the Lost Creature - Spirit Flying Sacrifice another Spirit: Regenerate Lord of the Lost. Whenever Lord of the Lost deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying. 4/4 You did it! You actually solved for spiritlink! |
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Post by Tesagk on Jul 13, 2021 17:54:51 GMT
Will close this in at 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time (USA) tonight. Judging tomorrow, 7/14.
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Post by Tesagk on Jul 16, 2021 11:55:08 GMT
sdfkjgh: This one is flavorful, fun, and just a bit weird. I like it. lordpat: At the very least, I suppose you have to have Olivia do actually start stealing stuff. But even at 5 CMC, it feels like this card does too much for the cost, even with the rarity. It's a cool concept though. I think it would be just fine if you dropped either the second or third ability, just keeping one. Flo00: I really like the flavor of this cannibalistic ghoul, and it's a fun way to do a transform card. {Winner} sdfkjgh with  I just stole art already done on a card because he's a specific character. Sorry it's two days late!
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jul 16, 2021 16:22:40 GMT
Thanks for the win.
Let's go for really difficult.
Homelands
Muahahahahhahahaaa!
Now remember, Homelands had almost NO fliers (because the two chimps on a davenport in a basement who designed this abomination had huge biases against the entire keyword), and every creature was overcosted by at least , which may as well be a billion, especially since all their abilities were so underwhelming!
Srsly gais, this set su-uuuuuuucked, and I'm feeling sadistic.
You have two weeks. |
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Post by Flo00 on Jul 16, 2021 19:52:43 GMT
I hope this is what you're looking for. Sengir Hounds  Summon Hound  , : Target Vampire gains protection from white until end of turn. If that Vampire leaves play this turn, bury Sengir Hounds. 3/2 |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jul 16, 2021 21:41:57 GMT
Flo00: Beautiful, by which I mean utterly godawful! The only way you could've made it more fitting to the set would be to make it a , because reasons.
Pay attention, people. Flo00 definitely understood the assignment! |
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