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Post by Daij_Djan on Feb 18, 2019 20:58:02 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 fifty-fifth challenge!
The winner of the "It goes both ways" poll was Fleur with... And the challenge issued by our runner-up was... It's been a while since we've had a set that deals with -1/-1 counters, so they should be coming back soon. Design a card that uses -1/-1 counters in an innovative way.
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 gurfafflekins on Feb 18, 2019 21:40:27 GMT
 Sleekfang Viper   Creature - Snake  Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)~ deals double damage to creatures with a -1/-1 counter on them. “Aye, it doesn’t hurt now, lass. But wait until you get home.” - Crowley, viper hunter1/3 this counts as “innovative” right? |
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Post by kefke on Feb 18, 2019 21:42:40 GMT
"Innovative" is tough to design for!  |
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Post by Tesagk on Feb 18, 2019 23:42:18 GMT
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Post by sdfkjgh on Feb 19, 2019 0:02:14 GMT
Negahydra   Creature--Hydra  Trample
Negahydra gets +2/+2 for each -1/-1 counter on it.
Negahydra enters the battlefield with X -1/-1 counters on it.
 : Put a -1/-1 counter on Negahydra and another target creature. 0/0 |
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spazlaz
6/6 Wurm
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Post by spazlaz on Feb 19, 2019 0:39:16 GMT
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Post by kefke on Feb 19, 2019 1:30:22 GMT
Tesagk Your card was really confusing to figure out, and at first I thought it would just die when it entered the battlefield. I figured that part out, but I'm still left with one question. What happens if someone pays 0 for X? Zero-minus-one would make the result a total of negative one of -1/-1 counters. Seeing as -1/-1 and +1/+1 counters cancel each-other out, does that mean a negative number of -1/-1 counters is gaining a positive number of +1/+1 counter instead?
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Post by Tesagk on Feb 19, 2019 11:28:34 GMT
Tesagk Your card was really confusing to figure out, and at first I thought it would just die when it entered the battlefield. I figured that part out, but I'm still left with one question. What happens if someone pays 0 for X? Zero-minus-one would make the result a total of negative one of -1/-1 counters. Seeing as -1/-1 and +1/+1 counters cancel each-other out, does that mean a negative number of -1/-1 counters is gaining a positive number of +1/+1 counter instead? An unfortunate dilemma that may kill the entry, ultimately. Since +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters are intentionally kept as separate from the meta as possible, I wasn't sure of a better way to represent the power and toughness. In theory, however, it would hit the board as a 0/0 before any -1/-1 counters are put on, and would die immediately, no? |
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Post by Jartis on Feb 19, 2019 12:12:55 GMT
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Post by kefke on Feb 19, 2019 13:29:49 GMT
Tesagk Your card was really confusing to figure out, and at first I thought it would just die when it entered the battlefield. I figured that part out, but I'm still left with one question. What happens if someone pays 0 for X? Zero-minus-one would make the result a total of negative one of -1/-1 counters. Seeing as -1/-1 and +1/+1 counters cancel each-other out, does that mean a negative number of -1/-1 counters is gaining a positive number of +1/+1 counter instead? An unfortunate dilemma that may kill the entry, ultimately. Since +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters are intentionally kept as separate from the meta as possible, I wasn't sure of a better way to represent the power and toughness. In theory, however, it would hit the board as a 0/0 before any -1/-1 counters are put on, and would die immediately, no? Actually, the way it's worded should get around that. Since it's a "with" effect, it would already have its counters when it hits the battlefield. However, in the process of looking that up, I also managed to answer my own question. Meaning it would be a 0/0 with no -1/-1 counters, and die. So that's that, I guess...  |
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Post by Tesagk on Feb 19, 2019 13:47:54 GMT
Meaning it would be a 0/0 with no -1/-1 counters, and die. So that's that, I guess... Well, then it worked as intended, ignorant as I am of the rules. Yet I still fear the concept itself is too complicated. |
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Post by kefke on Feb 19, 2019 14:24:20 GMT
Well, then it worked as intended, ignorant as I am of the rules. Yet I still fear the concept itself is too complicated. That's never something I worry about - probably a consequence of my starting MTG in the old days. Then again, I also tend not to do well in these contests, so take my advice on that front with a liberal pinch of salt... |
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Post by melono on Feb 19, 2019 20:15:57 GMT
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Post by FLAREdirector on Feb 19, 2019 23:10:32 GMT
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Post by Tesagk on Feb 19, 2019 23:58:57 GMT
Updated the wording on my entry, hopefully it's less complicated, but still functional.
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Post by gurfafflekins on Feb 20, 2019 0:10:12 GMT
Tesagk Could just have an "X can't be 0" clause. It should fit better with the more condensed wording.
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Post by kefke on Feb 20, 2019 0:54:03 GMT
Updated the wording on my entry, hopefully it's less complicated, but still functional. Could just have an "X can't be 0" clause. It should fit better with the more condensed wording. This is honestly what I was thinking, too. The old version was still functional, just took a little thought to figure out (which is the definition of a high-rarity card). This new version, on the other hand, loses something of the original effect, and makes the X-cost seem weird. Also, it changes it from a card that can be used to set up your army of spiders, to a card that only works properly when you already have a bunch. |
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Post by Daij_Djan on Feb 20, 2019 9:55:15 GMT
Well, I'm having some issues with the plane template and its  symbol right now - so I'll leave my entry here already and figure this out to add the render later on  {Text Version} IfnirPlane - Amonkhet  If one or more counters would be put on a creature, that many -1/-1 counters are put on that creature instead. Whenever you roll , destroy target creature with a -1/-1 counter on it. EDIT: And here we go:  |
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Post by Tesagk on Feb 20, 2019 12:13:20 GMT
Updated the wording on my entry, hopefully it's less complicated, but still functional. Could just have an "X can't be 0" clause. It should fit better with the more condensed wording. This is honestly what I was thinking, too. The old version was still functional, just took a little thought to figure out (which is the definition of a high-rarity card). This new version, on the other hand, loses something of the original effect, and makes the X-cost seem weird. Also, it changes it from a card that can be used to set up your army of spiders, to a card that only works properly when you already have a bunch. I'm confused, gurfafflekins' suggestion seemed to be to add it to the new version, but your quote seems to indicate wanted to reword it to make up for the lost spider creation effect. Am I wrong? |
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Icarael
0/0 Germ
Don't call it a comeback-- I've been here for years!
Posts: 33 
Favorite Card: Coiling Oracle
Favorite Set: Ravnica: City of Guilds
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Post by Icarael on Feb 20, 2019 14:20:51 GMT
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Post by mrlozano on Feb 20, 2019 19:37:21 GMT
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Post by viriss on Feb 20, 2019 19:44:13 GMT
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Post by Daij_Djan on Feb 20, 2019 22:10:58 GMT
Added a render to my entry. |
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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 Feb 20, 2019 22:48:24 GMT
I looked at this week's challenge and thought gosh I feel like doing a card based on the eponymous protagonist of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray so that's what I did  Ageless Libertine Creature — Human Noble  Ageless Libertine enters the battlefield tapped. Decadence 1 (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, if it isn’t decadent, put a -1/-1 counter on it and it becomes decadent.)When Ageless Libertine dies, if it was decadent, return it to the battlefield. 2/2 Vice and pleasure are their own chains.Decadence was designed by Neottolemo and it's pretty neat. Obviously similar to renown, except that the -1/-1 counters give it an interesting split in power (bigger body vs unique bonuses depending on whether it's smacked a player yet) |
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Post by korakhos on Feb 20, 2019 23:10:13 GMT
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Post by Xenagos on Feb 21, 2019 3:46:54 GMT
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qorbin
0/0 Germ
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Favorite Card: The Gitrog Monster
Color Alignment: Black, Green
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Post by qorbin on Feb 22, 2019 3:35:05 GMT
Necrosword Legendary Artifact - Equipment Equip equipped creature has Wither and “this creature takes damage in the form of -1/-1 counters” sacrifice ~, Remove all -1/-1 counters from equipped creature: Put that many +1/+1 counters on target creature. activate this ability only as a sorcery. |
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HonchkrowDavid
1/1 Squirrel
Try your best! And if that isn't working, try someone else's best!
Posts: 90
Formerly Known As: ThisisSakon
Favorite Card: Elesh Norn
Favorite Set: Innistrad bby
Color Alignment: White, Black
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Post by HonchkrowDavid on Feb 22, 2019 3:42:59 GMT
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Post by Lady Mapi on Feb 22, 2019 9:24:28 GMT
Akavu Pyresage -  Creature - Human Wizard , put a -1/-1 counter on Akavu Pyresage: Untap Akavu Pyresage. It gets +2/+1 until end of turn. The brightest flames burn the swiftest.2/2
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jrey15
0/0 Germ
Player of mostly Standard and EDH. Lover of all things Tribal.
Posts: 15
Favorite Card: Surrak, Dragonclaw
Favorite Set: Theros
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Post by jrey15 on Feb 22, 2019 16:48:26 GMT
Attachment DeletedInfectious Revival - - Instant  Put target creature card from your graveyard onto the battlefield under your control with X -1/-1 counters on it, where X is that creature's toughness minus one. It is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types and has "At the beginning of each end step, remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature."
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