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Post by Jartis on Mar 18, 2020 6:07:06 GMT
{Render}  Phelddagrif Calf  /  /  Creature - Phelddagrif  When Phelddagrif Calf enters the battlefield, choose one: • Target opponent puts a 1/1 green Hippo creature token into play. • Target opponent gains 2 life. • Target opponent may draw a card. 2/2 Ftr I know we've never had tri-hybrid mana in a WotC set, but it's in the editor and it fits so I'm using it |
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Post by sleepyjackdaw on Mar 19, 2020 4:04:40 GMT
Cho-Arrim Shield-Bearer Creature - Human Rebel Soldier  : The next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn is dealt to Cho-Arrim Shield-Bearer instead. 0/3
This card is inspired by Shield Bearer (Ice age, Banding) and the Kor creatures. Possibly more flavorful if it said "use this ability only if ~ is attacking or blocking" but I prefer abilities to be abusable. Also, some tuning is required: I had this as an 0/4, but that seems a bit too strong. Similarly, this feels a bit strong and board-complexifying to be common.
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Post by Daij_Djan on Mar 20, 2020 19:27:11 GMT
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Post by Jartis on Mar 30, 2020 2:10:53 GMT
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Post by SilentKobold on May 7, 2020 8:53:01 GMT
Here's an entry just to give this contest some attention again (a favourite of mine from the old forums). Canopy Darter  Creature - Ape  Haste Territorial - Canopy Darter gets +1/+0 as long as you control two of fewer lands. "The hunter's first mistake was to keep their eyes on the forest floor."1/1 Designer's Note: I'm aware 'land disadvantage' mechanics are generally not the most well received, for example sweep, so I feel obliged to give a little context on my current project where this mechanic features. The set's average CMC is reduced by almost half, while including land bounce with ETB lands and discard themes to utilize excess lands. |
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Post by Daij_Djan on May 7, 2020 9:06:11 GMT
Considering DoctorStrangelove hasn't been online since March, I'll try to take care of this tomorrow. So get your final entries and/or edits in, everybody!  Edit: And closed! |
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Post by Daij_Djan on May 19, 2020 22:35:22 GMT
Sorry for the delay – had to break in the middle of judging and then forgot about it  So finally, here we go: { viriss} You might know I'm a big fan of that ability Ruthless as I'm referring to it, so I obviously like this design a lot. I do think however, even with our still continuing power creep in mind, making Lone Wolf cost only is still too high above the curve.. { Tesagk} Simple card with nice flavor (I like good old green Faeries) – I'm not sure many decks would want to play it, though? Minor wording iisue: „Whenever combat damage it dealt to ~, ...“ { 2wb} I like how this cares about auras and equipments alike, Champion of the Flame (apparently the only other card that does in a similar way so far) does spell them out in the wording, though. The balancing is tricky and probably requires some balancing. Myr Adapter is obviously old and outdated, Goblin Gaveleer seems to be the only other common creature with a similarly stacking effect.. I think your design works the way it is as a 1/2, but I'd need some playtesting to really be sure about it.. { fluffydeathbringer} I remember back when Exalted was first spoiled and many were rather sceptical about it – till they played with the cards featuring and could see it play out for real Personally I liked it right from the start, so I really, really like the idea of expanding it to a pseudo mechanic. Granting flying might be a bit too much on a 2/1 onedrop, though. { thaneofglamis} Oh, this one looks scary. Being able to untap without requiring any mana multiple times in a game pretty much beggs to get broken somehow. Not sure how to be honest, but at least in formats with a higer starting life total (Commander) I'm sure there would be a way.. { ZephyrPhantom} This one reminds me of Wild Cantor in a good way. Nice, clean – and definitely flavorful. As you probably know, I really like cards like this  { Jartis} A Phelddagrif Calf indeed Some people dislike tricolored hybrid mana quite a lot, but I actually like it quite much – even if your card rather uses it to do the reference justice on a CMC1 card rather than to represent tricolored hybrid mechanically. I'm a bit sad the reference makes the card rather unbalanced (I can't think of a situation I'd not use the life grating option in a traditional match), but that's not something you could have changed without maeesing with the reference in the first place. { sleepyjackdaw} Very interesting design. Seems like Daughter of Autumn is the only card with a similar ability ( Pariah-effects only redirect damage dealt to you and the Kor you mentioned redirect damage away from them) which I really didn't expect. I know WotC rarely does redirecting damage (anymore), but I really like your card – it might still be a bit too strong for a one-drop uncommon, though. { Daij_Djan} A Raging Goblin with upside? No way any other entry could ever beat this! You should totally get hired by WotC for this amazing use of newly found design space alone  { SilentKobold} and we finish things off with another Raging Goblin with upside? Nice  That aside, Territorial is indeed making me rather sceptical. I guess it could work given the right environment – and it might totally work for eternal formats – but still.. Without testing it, it's really hard to evaluate. |
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on May 21, 2020 6:06:16 GMT
Thanks for the win! Your next challenge is to take a card you consider an overpowered  or  , and downshift it to make a more balanced or card. Be sure to provide a short explanation if your card isn't something iconic like Black Lotus or Necropotence. Good luck! (Note: I'm okay with "overpowered" with being a subjective thing, as long as the explanation's convincing and makes some amount of sense.) |
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Post by viriss on May 22, 2020 1:20:35 GMT
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Post by SilentKobold on May 22, 2020 4:26:09 GMT
Blink  Instant Put up to one creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. Return it to your hand at the beginning of your next upkeep. Draw a card. "And you'll miss it." - Kara ShadowhandA new take on Flash taking inspiration from one of my favorite designs. Should fix the whole Hulk issue while not becoming the next Through the Breach; the bumping of the cost by including the cantrip effect also acts as a little combo insurance anyway.
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Post by gamma3 on May 23, 2020 17:14:35 GMT
Glorious Hellkite  Creature - Dragon Flying Whenever ~ attacks, you may have it deal 2 damage to target creature. 4/4 A downshifted Glorybringer, kinda
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Post by Jartis on May 24, 2020 6:23:29 GMT
Golgari Grave-Troll is restricted in Vintage, so that's probably a good enough argument for it being a bit overpowered. 
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MacabreAurora
0/0 Germ
Ezuri, Claw of Progress + 5 Experience + Sage of Hours = ? Game 2 ?
Posts: 28
Favorite Card: Master Biomancer
Favorite Set: Unstable
Color Alignment: Blue, Green, Colorless
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Post by MacabreAurora on May 24, 2020 14:28:59 GMT
Everyone's favorite Standard, Brawl, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy/Vintage powerhouse, Oko, Thief of Crowns!  |
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Post by Flo00 on May 26, 2020 16:22:54 GMT
I choose Expropriate. In a commander game it's basically "win the game" for 9 mana. And most of the times I was the one playing it. Also I think vote cards could benefit a lot from bullet points. Backyard Dealings Sorcery Council’s dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for time or money. • For each time vote, draw a card, then umtap a land. • For each money vote, you may exchange control of a permanent you control with a permanent that shares a type with it controlled by the voter. Now that I read it again, I'm not sure anymore this wouldn't be a . SilentKobold: Your card reminds me of Surprise Deployment. |
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MacabreAurora
0/0 Germ
Ezuri, Claw of Progress + 5 Experience + Sage of Hours = ? Game 2 ?
Posts: 28
Favorite Card: Master Biomancer
Favorite Set: Unstable
Color Alignment: Blue, Green, Colorless
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Post by MacabreAurora on Jun 21, 2020 14:34:32 GMT
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Jun 22, 2020 22:18:56 GMT
Unfortunately I've been really busy lately so I won't have time to do a full judging, but for the most part there were no real outstanding issues in design and most if not all the cards are set-ready. My favorite entries were generally those that stayed faithful to the card in some way while presenting or emphasizing different methods of play. 1st: Jartis - Efficient use of Escape on a design, perfect draft build-around and and Standard finisher. Print-ready. 2nd: SilentKobold - Indeed, it's a colorshifted Surprise Deployment but I think it's a plausible and interesting take on a Polymorph effect. I disagree with the cantrip actually - just being one mana cheaper than Through the Breach will be more than enough to make it see play in some kind of combo-sac engine, and at the increased number of copies will likely see this treated as a budget way to cheat out Griselbrand - in some contexts it might even be a better way to cheat him out. Other than it's a good remix of Flash while presenting some new ideas. |
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Post by Jartis on Jun 22, 2020 23:50:54 GMT
Thanks for the win! For the next challenge, design a four-color common or uncommon. I would like to see Wizards attempt a setting with the five 4-color factions, rather than relegating it to Commander sets and the Nephilim. And outside of creatures in general. I think there's room for it.
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Post by viriss on Jun 23, 2020 3:00:58 GMT
 I went with "non-white" having white's ally colors and hybrid enemy.... i'm not really sure what I made. lol |
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Post by Flo00 on Jun 24, 2020 3:11:58 GMT
I hope this counts. Die  Instant Each player sacrifices a creature. ------------ Live Sorcery Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard, then exile it.)Return target creature card from your graveyard that was put there this turn to the battlefield. |
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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 Jun 24, 2020 4:33:53 GMT
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Post by Jartis on Jul 8, 2020 19:13:55 GMT
This one wasn't incredibly popular, presumably because 4-color is kinda hard space to design in, so I'll just kinda give a quick judgement here. viriss I do like the idea of representing non-x this way, because it doubles the amount of design space. You can do white's allies with hybrid enemies, or white's enemies with hybrid allies, depending on what aspect of the excluded color you want to focus on. I definitely see each color represented here, and I do like seeing the occasional Mutant. It's a fun subtype to throw in from time to time. Flo00 Split-cards is something that I hadn't even considered, but yeah it definitely counts. There's not a ton to say about this, it's really straightforward, well costed, I like that Live is kinda a reference to Saffi Eriksdotter, it works in any deck that can run it without being an auto-include. It's good. thaneofglamis I don't know that I necessarily see green, here, but I do like that it has so much utility. It works as both targeted removal and a potential boardwipe, with the extra kick of direct player damage as well. I'm gonna give the win to Flo00. It may not have been the most direct interpretation of a 4-color design, but it works really well. |
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Post by Flo00 on Jul 8, 2020 19:47:18 GMT
Thanks for the win Jartis! I knew doing a split card was a bit stretching the rules, yet it was the only thing that came to me naturally wihtout being a Fusion Elemental ripoff. Next challenge: I'd like to see some commons or uncommons that are specific to a certain environment.I mean somehting like a conspiracy or contraption. Maybe something aimed at drafting, THG or commander. Feel encouraged to interpret this as broad as you like. |
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Post by Jartis on Jul 8, 2020 20:44:41 GMT
I'm assuming this counts? The Hero's Path cards all had a rarity indicator that was black, so while they aren't traditional cards, they do claim to be common. Also I really wanna see WotC do more solo/co-op/AI-driven stuff.  |
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Post by kefke on Jul 8, 2020 21:32:35 GMT
Royal Privilege
Sorcery Scry 3. Then, if you are the monarch, draw a card. It's good to be the king.
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Post by SilentKobold on Jul 8, 2020 22:29:46 GMT
While not explicitly draft-matters, these effects are always leagues better in drafts than any other format... Canopy Marksman  Creature - Elf Archer Reach When ~ enters the battlefield, target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature you control named ~. There's no such thing as a lone elf warrior.1/4 |
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Post by Flo00 on Jul 8, 2020 22:49:45 GMT
Jartis: Sure counts. I'd also be happy to see some situations where I could use my hero cards.
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Post by gamma3 on Jul 8, 2020 23:46:04 GMT
Is silver-bordered conspiracy a specific enough environment? A Roc  Artifact Creature - Bird (silver border) Flying Draft A Roc face up. When you draft A Roc, you may draft it face up and say, "I got A Roc." If you do, each other player in the draft must turn one of their face down cards face up and say "I got ..." and that card's name. 3/3 |
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Post by Flo00 on Jul 14, 2020 12:21:10 GMT
Judging somewhere in between 24 and 36 hours. {Jartis}You hit the power level of the Born of the Gods heroes prety good. This would be a nice addition to their group.
{kefke}That's a clever way of conspiracy-ing Preordain. Well done! {gamma3}I'd soo love to see a real Unspiracy. I admid, I had to look that reference up. Cute. A Roc is a good card fro silver-border conspiracy. It does something funny, is easy to understand and still has an interesting effect. While in theory you could to the same effect in blck border without the announcing, this has much more of an effect and makes the whole thing more memorable. A weird side effect this would have is that the other player's cards like Noble Banneret can get a second name noted. All of the entries were really quite simple. Which is a good aim in this game. I enjoyed this round. |
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Post by gamma3 on Jul 17, 2020 5:33:54 GMT
Thanks for the win! Your next challenge is to design some sort of split card. Regular splits, fuses, aftermath, adventures all qualify. I'll also allow more adventurous submissions in the vein of Who//What//When//Where//Why, if you're so inclined. If you have a custom mechanic, it would also qualify, so long as the two (or more) halves can be cast individually and have their own printed mana cost. |
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Post by Jartis on Jul 18, 2020 7:24:39 GMT
For some reason none of my split templates have rarity indicators, so just know that I place this one at Uncommon  |
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So finally, here we go:
That aside, Territorial is indeed making me rather sceptical. I guess it could work given the right environment – and it might totally work for eternal formats – but still.. Without testing it, it's really hard to evaluate.
