Sanfonier of the Night
7/7 Elemental
Posts: 399
Favorite Card: The Prismatic Bridge
Favorite Set: War of the Spark
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Black, Red, Green, Colorless
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Post by Sanfonier of the Night on Oct 22, 2022 12:10:56 GMT
My prompt is "Destroy target creature and gain life equal to its power".  Probably this is the most tough work ever I designed here. {My thinking process}It has its name. I searched the three words for wiktionary and none came up. I barely found that Tretage can be tret + -age but then it would be a legendary creature with its name Testotst Powr and Tretage as its middle or nickname. I had no idea what kind of creature can have such a middle name. I chose to go for all the words as proper nouns. There are proper noun events like Ragnarok and Doomskar. But do you come up with any non-creature and non-planeswalker card with three proper noun words and no English word in its name? This kind of naming is the privilege for creatures and planeswalkers. There are many troubles if it was a planeswalker so I chose to make it a creature. I wanted a white or black one but clearly its mana cost is  . Something like kicker can cover it but this card has two lines at first and seems to have no mana symbol in it. So I decided to give it an activated or triggered ability to destroy target creature and so on. That is not all about its mana cost. It looks big and far from 1/1 or 2/2 so it got to have a hunted ability in Ravnica to be a fatty. I wanted to use whole the prompt without any change so I added activating condition which suited for the hunted ability after the prompt ability. I didn't read AI generated rule text unlike I did the name, card type and eonitity. Like some Germany cards, I thought this was a non-English version card and it has remnant of English in its name and type but its rule text is far from English. At first the hunters had reach and they were green because I thought this was a dragon. Then I realized that this was a Gagor and not a dragon. I wiktionaried for gagor, gazor, cagor etc and no good candidate came up. So this is a gagor which is unknown what they are. Now flying is not necessary for it so I removed it because the first two line seemed not to have keyword ability. About the card type, I saw it lacked the card type part for some reasons. If this was a subtyped sorcery it would be consistent here, but sorcery cannot have full proper noun name and is hard to have rule text before kind of kicker. After searching wiktionary for Iofotell, Cofotell, Iototell and so on, this got to be Iofotell Gagor. Eonitity is luckily easy. It has a property of eonite which has something to do with eon. I thought the reason of the place it is written is a kind of tombstone icon though I don’t know why it is so important information. However, the lucky ends there. This eonitity instructs V6. would be its cost and 6 is understandable but what is V? I tried to see it 1/6 and it resulted to think what kind of keyword can refer power/toughness in the template instead of freeing me from V. I examined some abilities with a size specializing but none of them had a taste of eonitity. I forced myself to see V is a very clumsy X but generic mana should come before . Finally, I decided to regard it as an untap symbol after several times of thinking over. Eonitity would have ,  or   , choose and discard a card in your hand or so in its format. I allowed myself to add hyphen between and 6. Then, here came the new restriction. Testotst must be in the battlefield to activate Eonitity. I discarded some idea that's a kind of suspending from your graveyard or becoming an emblem from your graveyard. Eventually I went for suspending from the battlefield. It was emblemizing himself from the battlefield paying , and its activating ability cost more "put 6 cards in exile you own into your graveyard" until last an hour I post this. But the activation ability is lacking of appearance to activate it from command zone. If it had more important ability, say "creatures you control gets +2/+2", you consider proactively eoniting him to ensure the ability in exchange for losing card advantage. None will treat the ability and only when is left for free and it is targeted by a removal spell. Then, emblemizing should be a triggered effect when it dies and not fit in with this card. At last, I started to think what is this. I regarded Iofotell is his(maybe her, either is ok) race and Gagor would be a title like Praetor. In the view of the feeling of sound, Gagor is more likely to be a draconic race than Iofotell. But if Gagor is a race, Iofotell will be another race or Elder-like title for its word order. I didn't hit on another word which treated as Elder and didn't want to think Iofotell's biology and the meaning of being both Iofotell and Gagor, I decided so. He has middle name and family name so he is the founder of Powr or a scion of Powr. Also he has an Eonitity he would be undying entity so the founder who living through a thousands decades is suitable for him. Nice creature type, may I use it in future works? Like an RPG, or in this board. I like the sonority. |
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Post by twintania on Oct 22, 2022 14:04:25 GMT
Nice creature type, may I use it in future works? Like an RPG, or in this board. I like the sonority. Sure, welcome and you can add or modify the setting as you like. |
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Post by Flo00 on Oct 22, 2022 20:17:56 GMT
The text box asked me to "Enter your prompt", so I entered "your prompt". This was the result:  Oh I just love how bad those image AIs are with text. And this is what I made out of it:  Periodic Confusion Enchantment  If a player would add  , they add  instead. The same is true for instead of ,  instead of , instead of and instead of . At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Periodic Confusion and draw a card. An opponent-colored version of Reality Twist/ Naked Singularity. |
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Post by ameisenmeister on Oct 24, 2022 20:04:41 GMT
Sorry, ameisenmeister , but you'll need to create a new card with a shorter prompt for the A.I. It's a pity, I really liked Purgatory Whiplash. No worries, I posted a new card. |
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Oct 25, 2022 3:07:38 GMT
Prompt: "Final Form Time"  |
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pernicious
8/8 Octopus
Posts: 440
Favorite Card: Mistmeadow Skulk
Favorite Set: Shadowmoor block
Color Alignment: Red
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Post by pernicious on Oct 26, 2022 13:28:37 GMT
Sanfonier of the Night - Talisman of the Mind Distortion: It's balanced enough, maybe I'd make it an uncommon. I think it should have been "produce mana" instead of "generate mana".
Idea - Dine the Offerings: A cheaper Zombify, I like the way it uses the Food tokens, it's well balanced. I think it should have been "As long as you control no creatures" and "the number of Food tokens you sacrificed this way". Good flavor and cute ghost.
ameisenmeister - Contagion Construct: That's a neat card, I like how you gave the Phyrexian tokens wither and not infect, it would have been too OP otherwise. The flavor of the infection spreading once it has taken hold is well represented through the card's effects.
vizionarius - Lava Leeches: Very nice overall, but I would reduce the upkeep damage down to 1.
twintania - Testotst Tretage Powr: Kudos for designing a card with such a name. Its mechanics are really interesting and well balanced. Its flavor would suit for a surreal themed set. I think it should have been "Destroy target creature. You gain life equal to its power.", with ".You" instead of "and".
Flo00 - Periodic Confusion: A more radical, but shorter lived Naked Singularity. I'd maybe raise its cost up to or even to since it can actually fully disrupt your opponents' plan for an entire round, while it also makes you draw a card.
ZephyrPhantom - Pyrdrin, Lava's Apex: I like the first two abilities, but the third one gives a massive card advantage at a loyalty cost that is far too low in my opinion; for such an effect I would make it cost at least a -7. Cool art, it looks like a Bionicle.
The winner is twintania! With Idea and ameisenmeister as runnerups.
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Post by vizionarius on Oct 27, 2022 20:09:52 GMT
vizionarius - Lava Leeches: Very nice overall, but I would reduce the upkeep damage down to 1. I actually had it at 1 damage originally, but then I realized that then it would only do 2 damage in total over the course of 2 turns (the enemy's upkeep only sees this at 2 and 1 stun counters, since they remove one before the start of upkeep during untap), which felt a little too weak for the + compared to Impede Momentum (which also has scry). But seeing that you also had the feeling that 1 would be good, the 2 damage does now feel like much. Especially if you play multiples of this; it can really start to burn. |
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Post by twintania on Oct 28, 2022 14:27:31 GMT
I'm glad because it was the one I took the most effort to think. The next challenge is Giorgio de Chirico. This is a sample. You can choose any one of his works.  I actually had it at 1 damage originally, but then I realized that then it would only do 2 damage in total over the course of 2 turns (the enemy's upkeep only sees this at 2 and 1 stun counters, since they remove one before the start of upkeep during untap), which felt a little too weak for the + compared to Impede Momentum (which also has scry). But seeing that you also had the feeling that 1 would be good, the 2 damage does now feel like much. Especially if you play multiples of this; it can really start to burn. If you want it to be 3 damage, you can word it "as long as it is tapped". |
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Post by melono on Oct 28, 2022 15:35:44 GMT
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Post by Idea on Oct 29, 2022 15:34:56 GMT
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Post by Flo00 on Oct 30, 2022 23:15:30 GMT
 Child of Ephara  Legendary Enchantment Creature - Demigod   ,  : Untap up the three target Humans. Inspired — Whenever Child of Ephara becomes untapped, put a +1/+1 counter on it if your devotion to white is three or greater and draw a card if your devotion to blue is three or greater. 3/3 EDIT: Thanks for the catch ZephyrPhantom. I switched from 4 to 3 and changed the wrong word. |
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Oct 31, 2022 2:18:14 GMT
Child of Ephara Legendary Enchantment Creature - Demigod , : Untap up the three target Humans. Inspired — Whenever Child of Ephara becomes untapped, put a +1/+1 counter on it if your devotion to white is three or greater and draw a card if your devotion to three is four or greater. 3/3 Honest question, how would devotion to three work? Does it track in card costs? Or did you mean devotion to blue? |
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pernicious
8/8 Octopus
Posts: 440
Favorite Card: Mistmeadow Skulk
Favorite Set: Shadowmoor block
Color Alignment: Red
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Post by pernicious on Oct 31, 2022 11:35:33 GMT
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Post by emberfire17 on Nov 1, 2022 16:26:17 GMT
 I wanted to make an artifact out of this one but the picture is so vertical that I decided to go with a saga instead. |
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Sanfonier of the Night
7/7 Elemental
Posts: 399
Favorite Card: The Prismatic Bridge
Favorite Set: War of the Spark
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Black, Red, Green, Colorless
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Post by Sanfonier of the Night on Nov 1, 2022 21:47:21 GMT
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Post by vizionarius on Nov 2, 2022 17:27:35 GMT
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Post by twintania on Nov 6, 2022 12:42:47 GMT
{Arrival of a Difference/ melono } Interesting restriction for a tutor. Can be used variously from tribal deck to shrine or curse and cost seems valid. There's no way to look a gift horse in the mouse. Is the name after Difference of Arrival? Mixing with the art, it emphasizes a surrealistic feeling for the word play reminds me Raymond Roussel. {Self-Made Self/ Idea } Valid cost. Artifact-heavy set might abuse the two artifacts for one mana but it is not responsible for this card. I mainly think about Standard ( an imaginary standard where the card is in ) and limited so I don't much care about possibility to be used in a broken way in pauper affinity, modern urza food or so. Self-Made Self theme will be easily inspired by this art but expressing it in this way is unique. {Child of Ephara/ Flo00 } It is nice that the pointing finger seems dictating. Very weird looking for a Theros demigod but it would be match with Nyx if focused on surrealistic dreams. Or, maybe he is an unwanted moinstrous child born in any reason. Like Kamigawa was remade as a cyber world, Theros where old gods are in symbolically twisted form like Megami Tensei might be fun. {Dervish of Legend/ pernicious } It has a potential to be used in constructed though it needs a preparation to gain card advantage. If your deck has evasive cards like Elspeth, Knight Errant or Angelic Destiny, he can be a candidate. I wanted it to have some flavor text about the legend for I think most people can't grasp its flavor though I investigated about dervish and got that they gets unified with God and become indestructible. {The Great Machine/ emberfire17 } Saga is difficult to judge. Most sagas seem to have abilities with total mana value nealy equal to the card's mana value. e.g. Elspeth Conquers Death does exile ( about 3 mana ), twice Thalis ability for 1 turn( I guess it worth for 2 mana ), then reanimate( 5 mana ) and total ability mana value is 10. This Machine creates a token ( valid for 1 mana ), give all artifacts mana ability ( say 3 mana ), then brings 3 indestructibilities (I think this is 6 or 8 mana ). About second ability, abilities that counts number of one type of permanent (except simply counts land ) or buff all permanents tend to balance at 2 or 3. Most affinity spells are a bit heavy if you have two affinity targets and nicer than same kind of spells if you have three. Charge and Giant Growth ties at both +3/+3 in total buff point. So I valuated its mana value 3. And looking at some auras, giving an indestructibility would be 2 mana. Total of three 2 mana is 6 mana, but like Pinnacle of Rage or Furious Reprisal, multiplied effect costs some tax except multiplied mana. So I think this is overpower even considering there are some risks that an opponent's mass destruction will turn over your plan before chapter 2 or 3. Imagining actual game plays, I think this would be the game ender on the most games and for four mana is too cheap. The flavor which junk artifacts gahter by themselves to build up a solid Great Machine is nicely depicted. Personally speaking, I feel this art is more static thing like the machine was there before time begun but it's only my interpretation. {Overgrown by Flowers/@ymonrah}
Crazy life gain.
Playing this card at turn 2 and once you cast a mass destruction, aggro decks have less hope to win.
Even control decks are hard to ignore this card for a Baneslayer Angel quartet are stalled if you have a couple of it.
At a first glance, I thought it is a utility card that helps your mana filter and play on your opponent's mishra land at late game to virtually kill it.
But I missed the crux of this card. This card can quits with damages from multiple mishra lands. No need to play on opponent's ones.
This card can be an end card against control decks just focusing creature removal.
In addition to that, it can stop some lands like Blast Zone which cannot be nullified by life gaining.
I think this is broken, but interesting way of broken.
{Peg and Loon, Cortegianos/ vizionarius } Mysterious card. -2 is not a good removel if you're playing aggro but +1 is not so useful if you're playing control. So it would be used in midrange mainly. Cost is not invalid. But what are they? They are cortegianos. In my understanding, they are flattering someone in obsequious way. Okay, one might have a +1/+1 counter if they is praised. Maybe their obsequious attitudes have one get vigilant. But how they stonize one or crush them? Their magic compliments endlessly thrown spirits one away into this timeless plane? Or, erosioning one's body with marble or some tools while their flattering let one's guard down? Thinking the more about it, the more their eerie and ominous presence get emphasized. And I must confess I don't grasp what peg and loon implies if the name has some implicit meanings. Btw, "Peg Loon" or Peg-and-Loon for pw type would be probably fit with your intent. {winner} vizionarius for mysterious and enigmatic planewalker. Like Chirico's art, I enjoyed its unknowable and wonderful flavor. Runner up is Idea for the innovative expression of the theme which is suited for the surrealistic art. I felt some sense of contemporary art in the ability. It is a good model for conscious and unconscious, or body and mind. And ZephyrPhantom , I think Overgrown by Flowers by Ymonrah is a good sample for wreck. |
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Post by vizionarius on Nov 7, 2022 20:54:59 GMT
Thanks for the win twintania ! I used Peg and Loon because one of the statues has a peg head, and the other has a balloon.  They always come as a pair. And yes, they are mysterious. The idea was that they can increase your power and qualities, but also have the ability to strip you of your power, even to the point of destroying you. ------- Take an art of Dominik Mayer (one of my favorite MTG artists), but don't use any of his art commissioned for Magic. Use an art from one of his non-Magic albums. |
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Post by melono on Nov 7, 2022 21:23:14 GMT
 An art from their personal work called Dead Flowers. |
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Post by Idea on Nov 7, 2022 23:03:05 GMT
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Post by emberfire17 on Nov 8, 2022 17:09:27 GMT
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Post by Flo00 on Nov 9, 2022 19:52:17 GMT
 Visions of the Black Rose  Sorcery Council’s dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for fire or psychosis. • Fire — Visions of the Black Rose deals 1 damage to each opponent and each creature your opponents control. • Scry X and each opponent discards X cards, where X is the number of psychosis votes. |
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pernicious
8/8 Octopus
Posts: 440
Favorite Card: Mistmeadow Skulk
Favorite Set: Shadowmoor block
Color Alignment: Red
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Post by pernicious on Nov 11, 2022 18:59:45 GMT
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Post by vizionarius on Nov 22, 2022 8:30:46 GMT
Whoops, time flies! Judging in the next 16 32 hours.
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Post by Flo00 on Nov 23, 2022 17:21:42 GMT
Whoops, time flies! Judging in the next 16 32 hours. A bit odd to use powers of 2 instead of multiples of 6 when talking about a time interval. |
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Post by vizionarius on Nov 23, 2022 20:56:39 GMT
A bit odd to use powers of 2 instead of multiples of 6 when talking about a time interval. Haha, because I did the math of when I'll be free. And I work too much with powers of 2 so it felt natural.... ------- Feedback: melono : I like the card a lot, slid common, would be happy to be picking this up in drafts. The art really fits as well! Idea : Your card mechanics fit the art, but I feel there is a little too much going on here. The redemption counter does nothing until the last chapter, and the conditions to get the redemption counter feel a little awkward too. It's also hard to know which would be better in 2 turns, since the board state might change a lot by then. Chapter I feels weak for the 5-cost. I like Chapter II, but also, kind of expensive at 5-cost, especially since it's not even immediate. Chapter III feels like it could have been both effects happening, since it does take time to get off. The card would have felt better without the redemption counter, and just have both of the last effects happening. emberfire17 : I like this a lot. Card fits the art nicely, and I like that you made a twist on flanking that feels very . Good flavor text too! Would be happy to draft this pretty aggressively. Flo00 : For Fire, did you intend it to deal 1 damage for each fire vote? I'll assume so, since that's how your psychosis vote works. I love that art, and I like that you linked it with Fiora/Conspiracy/ Marchesa (and Bite of the Black Rose). I think you captured the card's feel really well! Definitely a neat political card in Commander. pernicious : Great art, and fits the card well! Feels a little over-costed for a rare. Could have made it cost 4 and it might find a home, though I don't think it would be amazing then either. 3-mana would likely be pushing it though, but might still be fine. Winner: emberfire17 with a nice, clean card that fits the art really well and uses a neat yet simple mechanic to give to knights other than flanking. Close were Flo00 and melono . |
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Post by emberfire17 on Nov 27, 2022 21:57:56 GMT
Thanks for the win! Sorry for the late reply, I've been busy with Thanksgiving break the last few days. This may have been done before, but the next challenge will be use a music album cover as your art.
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Post by Idea on Nov 27, 2022 23:49:52 GMT
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pernicious
8/8 Octopus
Posts: 440
Favorite Card: Mistmeadow Skulk
Favorite Set: Shadowmoor block
Color Alignment: Red
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Post by pernicious on Nov 28, 2022 18:01:16 GMT
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Post by vizionarius on Nov 28, 2022 19:25:11 GMT
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They always come as a pair. And yes, they are mysterious. The idea was that they can increase your power and qualities, but also have the ability to strip you of your power, even to the point of destroying you.
