pistonsmcgraw
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 130
Favorite Card: Davriel, Soul Broker
Favorite Set: Unstable
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
|
Post by pistonsmcgraw on Feb 8, 2023 11:54:19 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by vizionarius on Feb 16, 2023 0:24:51 GMT
Bump for more entries.
|
|
|
|
Post by ameisenmeister on Feb 16, 2023 11:32:17 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by vizionarius on Feb 23, 2023 23:28:30 GMT
Feedbackpistonsmcgraw: I really like the expansion of the Adventures into off-color! And your specific cards as examples of it are all really great! I would be surprised if we don't get these types of multi-color Adventure cards in our next trip to Eldraine. I wanted to pick one that's my favorite, but they are all really good! The Troll's Riddle's way of discarding is really neat, I haven't seen that before. I also like the Skulk on Mini-man, and how it plays so well with its Adventure. Tooth Fairy might be a little strong, but such great flavor. ameisenmeister: I like the story the card tells! It doesn't scream Eldraine at me, but it definitely wouldn't be out of place in the slightest.
ResultWinner is pistonsmcgraw with some really neat representations of advancing the Adventure design space.
|
|
|
|
Post by ameisenmeister on Feb 25, 2023 12:45:44 GMT
Feedbackameisenmeister : I like the story the card tells! It doesn't scream Eldraine at me, but it definitely wouldn't be out of place in the slightest. I've absolutely no problem with my placing but am a little puzzled by the feedback. On the picture is the royal family of Eldraine: Queen Linden, King Algenus Kenrith and their (step) children Will, Rowan, Erec and Hazel. The reunion of the Kenrith family. after Agenus had been transformed into a stag by the planeswalker Oko, was the conclusion of the Throne of Eldraine story. So the card's picture could literally only be used for an Eldraine card. |
|
pistonsmcgraw
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 130
Favorite Card: Davriel, Soul Broker
Favorite Set: Unstable
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
|
Post by pistonsmcgraw on Feb 26, 2023 2:59:14 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by vizionarius on Feb 27, 2023 19:01:54 GMT
Feedbackameisenmeister : I like the story the card tells! It doesn't scream Eldraine at me, but it definitely wouldn't be out of place in the slightest. I've absolutely no problem with my placing but am a little puzzled by the feedback. On the picture is the royal family of Eldraine: Queen Linden, King Algenus Kenrith and their (step) children Will, Rowan, Erec and Hazel. The reunion of the Kenrith family. after Agenus had been transformed into a stag by the planeswalker Oko, was the conclusion of the Throne of Eldraine story. So the card's picture could literally only be used for an Eldraine card. Well, that was a fail on my part... I knew the characters looked familiar but I wasn't well versed in the Eldraine story/cards enough pick up on that. Sorry. I went mostly by the effect of the card. I don't remember Eldraine having a strong focus on colors (other than adamant, which wants you to play mono-color) or Legendaries, so the connection wasn't that strong in my mind. After doing a bit of searching, I see a few cards do match well. |
|
pistonsmcgraw
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 130
Favorite Card: Davriel, Soul Broker
Favorite Set: Unstable
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
|
Post by pistonsmcgraw on Mar 4, 2023 7:04:45 GMT
Poke for some entries.
|
|
|
|
Post by vizionarius on Mar 8, 2023 23:47:16 GMT
pistonsmcgraw I was not aware of this product at all until your post, so I had no reference as to how to go about this submission. I finally fully read the wiki you pointed to, and immediately upon finishing, purchased a copy of it from a game store!  I think it's a really neat idea, and I wish it had more visibility. In any case, I plan to submit a few tile entries before the end of the week. For those who might be like me and didn't know about this product: - There is a map made up of tiles that you can flip over based on the tile's mana cost (1, 3, or 6). - You can only reveal a tile if it has no lower-cost tiles surrounding it. - Tiles come in three types: Events, Quests, and Sites. - Events happen right away once revealed. - Quests go to the player who revealed it until the trigger described on the Quest is met. - Sites provide a permanent effect, but can be stolen by dealing combat damage with an unblocked creature to an opponent who has a Site. Only one Site can be stolen each turn. (It's similar to how Monarch works.) - Last player to survive wins.
|
|
|
|
Post by vizionarius on Mar 9, 2023 22:06:52 GMT
Torrential Rainfall  Event Choose one-- *Creatures can’t block this turn unless their controller pays for each creature they control that’s blocking. *Tap target creature. Scrying Pools  Site At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one-- *Scry 1, then scry 1. *Fateseal 1. (To fateseal 1, look at the top card of an opponent's library, then you may put that card on the bottom of that library.)Multiplication Technique  Quest Choose one-- *The next time you cast a spell with mana value 3 or less, copy it twice. You may choose new targets for the copies. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
*The next time a creature you control attacks, create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of that creature.
|
|
moweda
3/3 Beast
Posts: 164
Favorite Card: Psychic Vortex
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
|
Post by moweda on Mar 19, 2023 16:50:46 GMT
I have never seen this one either but the concept of making MtG into a board game sounds pretty intriguing. I'm curious to hear how your play with it has been, vizionarius. Anyway, some ideas based on the description: Advance Scouting Quest The next time you attack, target creature gets first strike until end of turn. Recruitment Center Site At the beginning of your end step, create a 1/1 white Soldier token. Volcanic Activity Event Destroy all creatures without flying.
|
|
pistonsmcgraw
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 130
Favorite Card: Davriel, Soul Broker
Favorite Set: Unstable
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
|
Post by pistonsmcgraw on Mar 22, 2023 2:47:03 GMT
Judging next weekend. Get your entries in!
|
|
|
|
Post by vizionarius on Mar 23, 2023 18:21:26 GMT
I'm curious to hear how your play with it has been, vizionarius . I finally had a chance to play it last night with a couple of friends. And the general consensus was that it's a neat idea, but the execution of it feels a little lacking. We had a few ideas how it could be improved, or how we'd design some things differently about it. Mostly, the issue was that the effects often felt a little weak because the pre-constructed decks seemed a little too weak to really make use of most of them. Also, sometimes the effect wasn't quite relevant to the board state, so it would sometimes feel like you just wasted mana on an effect that you wouldn't have cared to use at the time. If the tiles had some color to them so you knew generally what kind of effect you'd get, or if you could store the effects to use at a later time, it would have been better. Also, it would be neat if there were options to choose between a couple of things that happen (I will be updating my entries momentarily to have this). There should also have been more interactability with the tiles (so a lot more sites than events and quests, even if they were weak effects). I think 3 players was a good number, and with 4, the map would have been a little crowded. I'm pretty sure I'll be working on some variants on playing Magic in this or similar ways. |
|
pistonsmcgraw
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 130
Favorite Card: Davriel, Soul Broker
Favorite Set: Unstable
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
|
Post by pistonsmcgraw on Apr 20, 2023 6:20:35 GMT
Crud. It's April already. I guess I better judge. Sorry for the delay. vizionarius : I like the modal abilities but the effects seem a bit strong in comparison to the existing tiles. I am a fan of the fact that you made a 6-cost quest as those don't exist yet. Repeatable Fateseal seems a bit unfun but I'm not sure. I would recommend making Scrying Pools trigger on end step in order to allow you to benefit from it the turn you steal it like the majority of the existing sites. Interesting cards overall with a few minor kinks to work out. moweda : I don't love how Volcanic Activity can be a wasted or even negative effect, especially for 6 mana. The rest of your cards seem fun though, good job overall. |
|
|
|
Post by vizionarius on Apr 20, 2023 7:04:19 GMT
Thanks for the win pistonsmcgraw! And thanks for introducing me to this set! Good call on having the site be an end of turn effect!
Next: Let's see some alternate Sieges! Re-imagine a battle card from March of the Machines. (I don't know if we have a template for them, so no worries if you don't have a render. If you want to paste a couple of arts with credits, feel free.) |
|
pistonsmcgraw
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 130
Favorite Card: Davriel, Soul Broker
Favorite Set: Unstable
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
|
Post by pistonsmcgraw on Apr 24, 2023 6:54:18 GMT
Do they have to be sieges for planes that already have a siege?
|
|
|
|
Post by vizionarius on Apr 24, 2023 7:02:56 GMT
Do they have to be sieges for planes that already have a siege? No, feel free to make one for any existing plane, not just for ones that a Siege card exists for already! |
|
|
|
Post by vizionarius on Apr 25, 2023 19:38:26 GMT
Bump for entries.
|
|
|
|
Post by Flo00 on Apr 26, 2023 21:34:13 GMT
I was missing Equilor and Iquatana on the Sieges. I guess the Phyrexian just couldn't find Equilor? So here is Iquatana: Invasion of Iquatana   Battle - Siege  When Invasion of Iquatana enters the battlefield, destroy target permanent. Its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a permanent card that shares a card type with that permanent. They put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order.  -------- Memory Leaper  Creature - Illusion Flying  : Target player mills five cards. Memory Leaper gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is equal to the highest mana value among cards milled this way. Activate only once each turn. 2/4 |
|
pistonsmcgraw
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 130
Favorite Card: Davriel, Soul Broker
Favorite Set: Unstable
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
|
Post by pistonsmcgraw on Apr 29, 2023 4:08:35 GMT
Invasion of Bablovia Battle - Siege When Invasion of Bablovia enters the battlefield, roll 2d6. ~ deals damage divided as you choose among any number of creatures you don't control equal to the result. -------- Press the Big Red Button! Sorcery Crank each contraption you control. |
|
|
|
Post by vizionarius on May 2, 2023 17:52:31 GMT
Judging tomorrow
|
|
|
|
Post by vizionarius on May 3, 2023 19:07:37 GMT
FeedbackFlo00 : I like the introduction of a missed plane! A twist on Wild Magic Surge that can hit your stuff so can work as part of a combo or as a removal. As a removal, it's appropriately powered. But I think it's a little too undercosted as a combo enabler (token into Emrakul or another "I win" permanent). Memory Leaper is a neat creature that's a more stable but less abusable Mindshrieker (the once per turn is definitely needed here). The 5 defense counters are appropriate here I think. Overall I like it, but it might be a little too powerful on the Invasion side. pistonsmcgraw : This is awesome! Glad you went to this plane, and tying to contraptions is awesome (though I never played with them, they seem fun). A 5-mana spell that deals an expected value of 7 damage is pretty decent! I like how you well-handled the lack of knowledge of the dice result during ability trigger, so your effect doesn't target, but that's also something that I think makes it a little more powerful than needed since players can't really respond to it in a well-informed way. One way to get around this is to have a reflexive trigger (see 603.12), and have "...enters the battlefield, roll 2d6. When you do, ~ deals damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures..." This way, you choose the targets only after you've seen the result of the roll. The back side is awesome, and has a great name! The 5 defense counters seem appropriate.
ResultThe winner is pistonsmcgraw . This was a really close one! Both submissions are very good (I actually went back and forth on who the winner is a couple of times). Thanks for your submissions!
|
|
pistonsmcgraw
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 130
Favorite Card: Davriel, Soul Broker
Favorite Set: Unstable
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
|
Post by pistonsmcgraw on May 4, 2023 3:17:54 GMT
Thanks for the win! The next challenge is to make a card that wouldn't feel out of place syntax, balance or design philosophy wise in Portal. Please add fitting renders if possible. |
|
|
|
Post by serraphim on Jun 6, 2023 19:54:37 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by kefke on Jun 7, 2023 18:39:28 GMT
 Oracle Text
Raise the Militia 
Instant -  Cast this spell only when an opponent declares an attack against you, before blockers are declared.
Search your library for a white creature, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Sacrifice the creature at the end of combat.
|
|
|
|
Post by vizionarius on Jun 30, 2023 22:12:12 GMT
|
|
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
|
Post by thaneofglamis on Jul 2, 2023 1:50:42 GMT
Oracle Text: Creature - Cat Archer When ~ enters the battlefield, you may destroy target creature with flying. 3/3
|
|
|
|
Post by Jartis on Jul 10, 2023 18:53:38 GMT
|
|
pistonsmcgraw
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 130
Favorite Card: Davriel, Soul Broker
Favorite Set: Unstable
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
|
Post by pistonsmcgraw on Jul 27, 2023 6:39:02 GMT
The long overdue judging has arrived: serraphim : Interesting card. I don't love the introduction of a new mechanic to the set however. I'm not sure about the card balance-wise either as it is a strictly better horned turtle. That might not be an issue however, I'm not great at judging balance in modern cards not to mention decades old ones. kefke : I am a big fan of your use of the clunky "instant" wording from the set. The card seems like a fun combat trick although it might prove too good at cheating out cards like Archangel. I'm not sure how you would fix it without adding mana value terminology to the set though. vizionarius : Fun blue version of Seasoned Marshal trading a stronger effect for an inability to attack itself. My only complaint is that the effect's complexity might work better at uncommon. thaneofglamis : Nice and simple card, not much to say. Works well in the set. Jartis : Cool ramp card. Not sure whether black is allowed permanent ramp like this though? kefke wins!!! |
|
|
|
Post by kefke on Jul 28, 2023 4:25:52 GMT
Thank you so much for the win! Thanks to an article I happened to read, I found a bit of a weird one, which I was actually able to track down. Back in 90's, Wizards of the Coast approved what was (to my knowledge) the first and only 3rd party produced set. They could not be sold, could not be distributed in boosters, and had to be provided as stickers to be applied over other cards. Also the set was in black & white, and bore a disclaimer stating This is not a Wizards of the Coast™ product. Distributed exclusively as prizes at the 1996 Manafest convention, your set this time around is... Edge of the World |
|
: Target creature you control can't be blocked this turn. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
