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Post by Boogymanjunior on Jun 10, 2019 23:43:27 GMT
Time to judge! ludvikevervioletThis card goes the good route of using feelings to correlate with the song's low level of specificity, and it fits well. The effect also reflects a good kind of playful chaos, mixing sifting with healthy life gain. The card itself seems a little bit weak as the sifting has to carry the main load against the fact that it brings no card advantage, rather even card disadvantage. The life gain is too irrelevant in the shadow of those two sides colliding. But per se, a fun card, both mechanically and flavourwise. virissFirst of all, this card captures the song up to it's drop extraordinarily. And a saga is always good in highlighting a song's „steps“. With the drop however, the flavour is missing a bit as the song is too playful and bouncy for a real, strategic battle between soldiers. But the song is kinda hard to combine with an organized card feel, I admit. The card itself is balanced and straight-forward, although it is a little bit too similar to a mixture of History of Benalia and Song of Freyalise. The effects reflect nicely it's flavour, assembling the soldiers, drumming for courage/strength, riding with the rising sun against an possibly unprepared enemy. melonoHee hee, a funny approach to a fun song, using it's unpredictability and the seemingly random dog barking in between for a creature which arrives to halt the machinations of the opponent, especially if cat-fueled. Although the card is still a little bit too orderly in it's implementation, you're working nicely around the song's conveyance. On it itself balanced and cool. A tiny drop of bitterness plonks when thinking that often an opponent's creature enters the battlefield after the combat phase, where the flash (+narrow protection) makes only half as fun. ameisenmeisterAh yes, Un-design and ths template is a good choice here. Up to the drop, it reflects the tension of waiting for the dice to fall on the correct side nicely. And the dice drop brings the line drop, which brings the song drop, which brings the jaw drop of the opponent when facing a eager mixture of rampaging animals. Although the song feels a little bit more bouncy and light-hearted than the feeling of swollen creatures trampling through the woods. The card itself is considerably situational, but the impact of the effect and the fact that you can pretty much almost use this effect with only some creatures given makes up for that. {And the winner is...} ameisenmeister! This was pretty close, as each card had it's own strenghts and weaknesses. Ludvikeverviolet's design had the most fitting overall flavour feel, but the weakest card. Viriss had the best „beginning flavour“, the weakest after-drop-flavour and a card on par with melono's, whose card had the most interesting flavour. Ameisenmeister design's flavour was only a little bit below melono's, but the card was the best of them, compensating the weakness about enough to give it the edge all in all. |
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Post by ameisenmeister on Jun 12, 2019 0:02:16 GMT
The next song might be a bit of an off choice because it's not an English song. I'm fully aware that only a minority will understand the lyrics but it isn't important to do so. Show me the feels the song gives you and please also tell me whether you understand German or not, it won't be relevant for judging.
Have fun!
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Post by viriss on Jun 12, 2019 1:33:48 GMT
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Post by Boogymanjunior on Jun 14, 2019 23:50:08 GMT
So, as I understand German (Kollegah is one of my favourite rappers, and this a very nice track), the lyrics match with the feel of the song, so an asian crime syndicate is quite fitting.  Note the wording "once for each spell". I think such an effect is unprecedent, so take the wording how you want. |
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Post by Jartis on Jun 15, 2019 8:52:38 GMT
Cultural Fusion      Legendary Enchantment  Choose two creature types. Creatures of one type are also the other type. Creatures you control get +1/+1 for each of their types. I don't understand German, but this song gave me vibes for both Shadowrun: Dragonfall and Shadowrun: Hong Kong. Since Shadowrun is, at its core, about bringing together a group of misfits under a common banner, I would represent that mechanically. |
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Post by Boogymanjunior on Jun 20, 2019 18:47:24 GMT
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Post by ameisenmeister on Jun 22, 2019 13:20:42 GMT
I will judge this tomorrow.
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Post by ameisenmeister on Jun 23, 2019 22:38:25 GMT
Time to judge!
{viriss}
A very nice card! I assume that you speak German because the card matches the lyrics so well. I like that you delivered the Asian flavor through artwork and ninjutsu while also playing into the gangster vibe by having the guy steal permanents.
{Boogymanjunior}
Interesting. I'm not sure whether this works within the rules (the second ability) but probably it does. The card is unique in what it does and also matches the song. I don't know whether it might be just a bit too do-nothing-esque for my taste.
{Jartis}
Cultural fusion is pretty appropriate, seeing that a German uses an African (American) music style to sing about Asian stuff. Thumbs up for that! Seeing that the song is pretty gangster, you're card strikes me as a bit too optimistic. It's also completely broken with changelings, but that might actually be okay.
{And the winner is...} viriss! Boogymanjunior and Jartis, you designed some interesting cards, both playing into different aspects of the song. In the end, I liked viriss' straightforward execution the most because it also hit all the flavor boxes for me. Thanks for participating! |
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Post by viriss on Jun 24, 2019 1:07:13 GMT
Thanks! I had fun making that one. (I did google the lyric translation.)
Next Song
Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes (Galantis Remix)
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Post by gateways7 on Jun 24, 2019 15:33:55 GMT
The ideas of saying goodbye to someone and a fun, happy, and wildly energetic remix blend together perfectly for the flavor of Rakdos. |
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Post by Boogymanjunior on Jun 27, 2019 22:20:50 GMT
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Post by marshmellow on Jun 28, 2019 9:01:09 GMT
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ludvikeverviolet
0/0 Germ
Posts: 41
Formerly Known As: Lucas
Favorite Card: Chasm Skulker
Favorite Set: Ixalan
Color Alignment: White, Blue
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Post by ludvikeverviolet on Jun 28, 2019 18:14:27 GMT
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Post by Boogymanjunior on Jul 3, 2019 11:30:58 GMT
viriss When will this be judged? |
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Post by viriss on Jul 3, 2019 16:35:55 GMT
gateways7 I love the flavor of this card. Boogymanjunior I enjoy these "recovery" type cards. I thought "each upkeep" would be too good, but it's really dependent on having the right opponent, so it's probably fine. marshmellow I think you're missing some text like "Enchant creature" and stuff, but I like the idea. You could probably even cost it cheaper. ludvikeverviolet I like this personal power fog. The last line, I'm not sure if that's draw a card for each permanent, or if one or more, then draw one max? Either way very green/white. Nice. All in all these are really great! {Winner} gateways7 I like the way you captures the frenetic energy.
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Post by gateways7 on Jul 3, 2019 17:04:35 GMT
Thanks! Your next challenge is going to be Skywalker by Miguel ft. Travis Scott.
Good luck!
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Post by Boogymanjunior on Jul 7, 2019 17:37:07 GMT
 So I tried to use the notion of a man who made it to the top and is now living his life to the fullest advising others to overcome every obstacle (haters, steps) to also reach the top. Attacking in life and blocking the obstacles earns you an achievement after you’ve accomplished that action, until you can use this personal growth to live a good life. (But beware, just as you can lose the life points again, just as the stairway crumbles a little bit, what you made in life can fade again) |
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Post by viriss on Jul 7, 2019 19:26:51 GMT
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Post by gateways7 on Jul 9, 2019 23:46:08 GMT
24 hours left!
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Post by ameisenmeister on Jul 10, 2019 12:41:29 GMT
Sit down and chill with me! And if you don't, I can at least enjoy the drinks and snacks I bought.
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Post by Boogymanjunior on Jul 13, 2019 8:48:19 GMT
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Post by gateways7 on Jul 13, 2019 14:53:02 GMT
Thanks for the reminder, and this is closed! Judging up soon. EDIT: Judging! {Judging / Winner} Boogymanjunior: While I don't really see how it relates to the song, I do like the card, although 5 +1/+1 counters might not really be worth giving up for 10 life. It does create interesting play though! viriss: I really like how this card expands on WOTC's recent themes with lands in graveyards, and also that the last ability will technically trigger off the tokens. It seems like a pretty interesting playstyle that fits green's land theme and white's creature theme to gain a lot of life and make a couple of blockers. I also like the flavor as a little fungus party! ameisenmeister: While I love the flavor and the gameplay effect this has, it seems like a really complex way of wording what could probably be a less complex card. I do like how you're the last player that chooses just because of how you get the final choice in how the card works. Out of these cards, I've decided that ameisenmeister is our winner! Thanks everyone for participating! |
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Post by Boogymanjunior on Jul 13, 2019 15:41:26 GMT
Thanks for the reminder, and this is closed! Judging up soon. EDIT: Judging! {Judging / Winner} Boogymanjunior : While I don't really see how it relates to the song, I do like the card, although 5 +1/+1 counters might not really be worth giving up for 10 life. It does create interesting play though! viriss : I really like how this card expands on WOTC's recent themes with lands in graveyards, and also that the last ability will technically trigger off the tokens. It seems like a pretty interesting playstyle that fits green's land theme and white's creature theme to gain a lot of life and make a couple of blockers. I also like the flavor as a little fungus party! ameisenmeister : While I love the flavor and the gameplay effect this has, it seems like a really complex way of wording what could probably be a less complex card. I do like how you're the last player that chooses just because of how you get the final choice in how the card works. Out of these cards, I've decided that ameisenmeister is our winner! Thanks everyone for participating! Did you miss my design explanation under the card or did you consider it too far-fetched? Anyways, glad that you liked it! I could see removing those counters when the creature dies anyway (and you have the mana), but yes, was unsure whether five counters is a bit much or not. |
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Post by gateways7 on Jul 13, 2019 17:28:20 GMT
Thanks for the reminder, and this is closed! Judging up soon. EDIT: Judging! {Spoiler}{Judging / Winner} Boogymanjunior : While I don't really see how it relates to the song, I do like the card, although 5 +1/+1 counters might not really be worth giving up for 10 life. It does create interesting play though! viriss : I really like how this card expands on WOTC's recent themes with lands in graveyards, and also that the last ability will technically trigger off the tokens. It seems like a pretty interesting playstyle that fits green's land theme and white's creature theme to gain a lot of life and make a couple of blockers. I also like the flavor as a little fungus party! ameisenmeister : While I love the flavor and the gameplay effect this has, it seems like a really complex way of wording what could probably be a less complex card. I do like how you're the last player that chooses just because of how you get the final choice in how the card works. Out of these cards, I've decided that ameisenmeister is our winner! Thanks everyone for participating! Did you miss my design explanation under the card or did you consider it too far-fetched? Anyways, glad that you liked it! I could see removing those counters when the creature dies anyway (and you have the mana), but yes, was unsure whether five counters is a bit much or not. I did see the explanation, but I thought it was a bit contrived - not to say it was wrong, I just think the other two did a better job of capturing the idea of the theme. |
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Post by ameisenmeister on Jul 14, 2019 15:45:09 GMT
Thanks for the win!
Your next song will be almost a classic (at least to me), so have fun!
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Post by Boogymanjunior on Jul 30, 2019 19:30:32 GMT
Okay, borrowing from the lyrics this way is a bit silly, but I think this simple, aggressive effect fits with the pushing theme and sound.^^  |
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Post by viriss on Aug 5, 2019 21:37:52 GMT
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