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Post by Daij_Djan on Dec 3, 2018 11:18:18 GMT
Welcome to the Card of the Week Contest! To participate in this Contest you'll have to design a card along the contest guidelines and throw it into the arena with other competitors' entries! At the end of each week, a winner will be determined by forum poll. The winner's card will be rendered and featured on the Welcome page, and the winner decides the challenge for the next week's Contest! Here we go, competitors: our two-hundred and forty-fifth challenge!
The winner of the "Singularity of Power" poll was kinotherapy with... And the challenge issued by our winner was... I've had a good week! Released my first set, and won a COTW. Overthrow follows a trend from the set that I in my head called "minimalist" spells — cheap instants and sorceries with straightforward effects and short, sweet names, such as Bout, Muse, Dropkick, Flatline, Deflect, Headshot... you get the idea. Since I like them so much, I'll now ask you to make one, too: design an instant or sorcery card with ten or fewer characters in its name. You don't have to worry about the CMC or amount of text on it or anything. Note: Please make sure to not reuse a name already taken by a canon Magic card. Of course, you don't have to worry about MSE sets  ~Daij_Djan
Additionally, please try to keep your entry edits all in one post - if you need to change it you can put your old entry in a spoiler marked "Old entry" and leave the newest rendition to be seen. Just use the edit button in the top/right of your original post.And now, time to begin the challenge! Best of luck, competitors!
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Post by Daij_Djan on Dec 3, 2018 12:20:01 GMT
And to get things started..
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Post by Jartis on Dec 3, 2018 12:58:23 GMT
I've been vibing Dimir lately.  |
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Post by melono on Dec 3, 2018 14:02:25 GMT
Satiate  Sorcery  Target opponent sacrifices a creature and gains 5 life. Don't worry, I'm not very picky.
 I still worried about the CMC and the amount of text, but only because I desired to do so.
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Post by sade612 on Dec 3, 2018 16:46:49 GMT
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Post by sdfkjgh on Dec 3, 2018 18:48:54 GMT
This is exactly ten characters:
Bait  Instant  Target creature must attack you this turn if able. ------------------------------------------------------- Switch   Instant Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.)
Exchange control of up to one target attacking creature and up to one target blocking creature. |
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Post by shiftyhomunculus on Dec 3, 2018 20:04:27 GMT
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Post by gateways7 on Dec 3, 2018 22:51:12 GMT
EDIT: Un-broke the card - it could go infinite with a sac outlet before. |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Dec 4, 2018 0:01:38 GMT
I love the hinted-at worldbuilding of the flavor text. |
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Post by Tesagk on Dec 4, 2018 0:11:07 GMT
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spazlaz
6/6 Wurm
Posts: 335
Color Alignment: Blue, Black
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Post by spazlaz on Dec 4, 2018 0:47:51 GMT
I quite like this idea!
Super powerful against the right deck, useless against others.
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Post by cajun on Dec 4, 2018 2:39:54 GMT
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lizstar
1/1 Squirrel
At GDQ, won't really be here for a week. Contact me on Twitter if you want, also watch GDQ.
Posts: 77
Formerly Known As: Liz the Goddess, Marzen64
Favorite Card: Bearscape
Favorite Set: Odyssey
Color Alignment: Blue, Red, Green
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Post by lizstar on Dec 4, 2018 2:55:51 GMT
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Post by gateways7 on Dec 4, 2018 4:26:19 GMT
spazlaz: Nice card, but the challenge calls for an instant or sorcery.
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Fermat
8/8 Octopus
Posts: 436
Favorite Card: Force of Will
Favorite Set: Guildpact (set when I started playing)
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Black
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Post by Fermat on Dec 4, 2018 4:39:12 GMT
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Post by fluffydeathbringer on Dec 4, 2018 9:52:29 GMT
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Post by sdfkjgh on Dec 4, 2018 17:40:46 GMT
"for" is not used. It's either "prevent all damage it would deal" or "prevent all damage that it would be dealt". |
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Post by gurfafflekins on Dec 4, 2018 18:16:31 GMT
Queue  Sorcery  Put target creature in it’s owner’s library third from the top. Scry 1. “Just wait your turn, darling.”
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mrchristianpunk
0/0 Germ
Posts: 16
Formerly Known As: Mrchristianpunk
Favorite Card: Charmbreaker Devils
Favorite Set: Khans of Tarkir
Color Alignment: Red
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Post by mrchristianpunk on Dec 4, 2018 22:57:23 GMT
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TheBrokenUrn
0/0 Germ
Posts: 9
Formerly Known As: MTGEmperor
Favorite Card: Icy Manipulator (Ice Age version)
Color Alignment: Blue, Red, Green
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Post by TheBrokenUrn on Dec 5, 2018 14:35:05 GMT
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Evil Coco
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 110
Favorite Set: Shadowmoor
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Post by Evil Coco on Dec 5, 2018 22:25:05 GMT
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kinotherapy
6/6 Wurm
stupid kor i just fell out of the floor
Posts: 322
Favorite Card: Ruthless Raider
Favorite Set: Rising Tides
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
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Post by kinotherapy on Dec 6, 2018 2:15:04 GMT
*heelys into own challenge* Decided to think up a green card, since I haven't made any other than Vore-Miller Nephilim for about half a year now. I wouldn't be surprised if I'm now significantly worse at designing green cards than other colours.  Renew   Sorcery Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. You may play an additional land this turn. “Impermanence is the nature of all things, but never is the impermanence of nature.”
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Post by sdfkjgh on Dec 6, 2018 20:27:18 GMT
Two things:
1) Why did you switch the positions of the name and mana cost? 2) I find it interesting that you made a functional reprint of Disembowel, especially since disembowel itself satisfies the terms of the contest.
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spazlaz
6/6 Wurm
Posts: 335
Color Alignment: Blue, Black
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Post by spazlaz on Dec 7, 2018 3:05:40 GMT
Here is my new entry per the rules
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Post by kefke on Dec 7, 2018 4:08:03 GMT
I guess I'll throw my hat in the ring and see how it goes.  Art credit goes to BONESofBURIED on DeviantArt, but should also be extended to Newgrounds user KungFuSpaceBarbarian, who commissioned the piece. Also, if it's okay to talk about the design process a bit, I just want to share about how this was actually really hard to colour. I had a name, and a vague idea of what it should do, but couldn't make a strong case on where to place it. Exile makes me think white, and white is also the colour that most often does conditional combat blasting in my mind. On the other hand, cards dealing with lures and temptations are old-school green, and green was also the OG "that doesn't hit me" colour with Fog. On the other hand, I knew it was going to have a creature stealing element, which is usually in blue (and maybe red's aspect of stealing blue's tricks). However, it's also sometimes in black, and while black is more known for kill than exile, it's definitely the "Use any underhanded trick to win." colour. So I finally settled on its current costing. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2018 15:12:39 GMT
kefke Mechanically it's very white in my opinion. Theoretically, it could be black, but it still feels white imo. 
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Evil Coco
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 110
Favorite Set: Shadowmoor
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Post by Evil Coco on Dec 7, 2018 20:13:23 GMT
Two things:
1) Why did you switch the positions of the name and mana cost? 2) I find it interesting that you made a functional reprint of Disembowel, especially since disembowel itself satisfies the terms of the contest.
A: I thought it looked more interesting B: I've never heard of disembowel, so it's simply a humorous coincidence. |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Dec 7, 2018 20:47:11 GMT
@gorgonzola: Your card's name is 11 characters long. Remember, a space is a character.
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xylophone
1/1 Squirrel
Posts: 51
Favorite Card: Hymn to Tourach
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Black
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Post by xylophone on Dec 7, 2018 22:53:48 GMT
 May be undercosted, depends on whatever metagame it's in. |
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tarvoc
1/1 Squirrel
Posts: 56
Color Alignment: Blue
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Post by tarvoc on Dec 9, 2018 6:16:44 GMT
A simple design I just came up with:  Yes, I know there's already a card named Wolf Pack, but I think leaving out the space should make it a different card name. [edit] Changed mana cost to  . That seems more appropriate. |
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~Daij_Djan
with a little 
and a ton of 
: Destroy target player.