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Form of the Saga or Saga of the Form Enchantment - Saga I - Create a form enchantment token. You are that token II - Wait, that doesn't work. Do it over III - Ok, no this time I've got it, seriously
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Several months ago, I challenged Mystic Mongol to make a rubik's cube.Mystic Mongol posted:What was the challenge again? It greatly delighted me! While we wait for this contest to wind down, I thought I'd share my own version that I came up with a few days ago  e: accidentally posted an old design Nebalebadingdong fucked around with this message at 20:29 on Apr 3, 2018 |
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Lots of great contribution. I did not expect the thread to go that far afield. Many submissions fulfilled the "change the rules of the game", but fewer really had a transformation flavor (as opposed to a regular enchantment). I think complexity creep was a problem for some; I found myself more excited by some short, to-the-point cards (which did not mean they did not have complex, far-reaching potential impact). Honourable mentions : Lone Goat's Form of the Goat  The only submission to follow the classic "Form of the [creature type]" template (Form of a goblin and Form of the Fungusaur were close). Nice and clean, I get it (I'd never play it, though). The rub is that while eating objects is a real-world stereotype about goats, Magic has not gone there so far. Maybe a bit too silly for black border. Lack of Bear's Verdant Transformation :  Becoming mana? That's a cool concept, and very green. Third Place : Eeevil's Form of the Titan:  Titan's not a creature type, but it could have been. This immediately brings to mind the 6/6 M11 Titans, and does of good job of representing being a big, imposing creature throwing your weight around on the battlefield. Second Place : Gorp's Form of Lightning  Become the lightning! I give it a slight edge over Xelada's Form of Flame (which was podium-worthy too) because it has some mechanical resonance (you become an instant) in addition to the flavour. First Place : Xelada's Vampiric Transformation  The moment I saw this I had a hunch it would be the winner. Two simple effects that are both classic black and completely resonate with the well-established tribe. This card truly feels like being a vampire, embracing the power... and the thirst. Congratulations Xelada. Kuiperdolin fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Apr 3, 2018 |
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Apr 3, 2018 22:41
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Kuiperdolin posted:Honourable mentions : Technically it should've been Form of the Atog (or Gremlin, I guess) but atog is an anagram of goat and I gotta stay on-brand.
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Spreadsheet updated. The gold and silver were claimed by new entries.
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Lone Goat posted:Technically it should've been Form of the Atog (or Gremlin, I guess) but atog is an anagram of goat and I gotta stay on-brand.  can't believe I never saw it before.
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Apr 4, 2018 07:42
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Plays on both sides Cards with "target" can theoretically apply to anything that fits the target type, but most are intended to only target one side, I mean, you could have your Tim ping himself, or Giant Growth one of your opponent's creatures, but outside of really janky strategies you are unlikely to do either of those. On the other hand cards like Path of Exile and Flicker are good cards to use on your own creatures, or your opponent's, depending on the context. So here's the challenge: Make (a) card(s) where there are good reason to target things on your side AND good reason to target things on your opponent's side Deadline: April 11, noon BST (ish)
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Apr 4, 2018 12:17
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Neat! I'm going to make a cycle of uncommons. Here are some placeholders: Blue U Instant Return target creature to its owner's hand. Its controller draws a card. Red R Instant ~ deals 5 damage to target creature. Its controller draws a card. White W Instant Destroy target attacking or blocking creature. Its controller draws a card. Green G Instant Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller draws a card. Black B Instant Target player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker. That player draws a card.
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Apr 4, 2018 12:32
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I would push my traitor mechanic again but it wasn't received well. Do they have to be targeting spells or can they enter under opponents control?  On an aside, this is literally a Yu-gi-oh card. The Gorp fucked around with this message at 12:52 on Apr 4, 2018 |
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Apr 4, 2018 12:41
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 The ultimate was the first thing I thought of. Eeevil fucked around with this message at 12:56 on Apr 4, 2018 |
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I think WotC doesn't like these kinds of cards the more I think about it. Berserk is the ideal green card to "make" for this contest and they like to pretend it never happened.  
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Apr 4, 2018 12:55
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The Gorp posted:I would push my traitor mechanic again but it wasn't received well. What sort of format would you anticipate this for? Because in limited, this represents milling more than half a deck over five mana. If opponent keeps 7 then they're down to just nine cards on turn 3.
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Apr 4, 2018 14:55
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The first card is inspired/stolen from another card I saw somewhere, probably this thread. So it's out of the competition, it's just super cool, I think. The other two are good.  
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Apr 4, 2018 15:05
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Neat contest! Back to Basics 1G/U Uncommon Instant Target creature has no ability text until end of turn. (Any variables in its power/toughness become 0.)
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Apr 4, 2018 15:58
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The Gorp posted:I think WotC doesn't like these kinds of cards the more I think about it. Sea Legs is literally in the most recent set
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Apr 4, 2018 16:01
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 A nice Persecute/Mind Sludge/Eureka/Dramatic Entrance/Fastbond mashup.
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Melt Into Ooze BG Instant Rare Destroy target creature. If you do, that creature's controller creates X black and green 1/1 Ooze creature tokens, where X is that creature's converted mana cost.
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Apr 4, 2018 19:46
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PMush Perfect posted:Melt Into Ooze you've been making lots of ooze stuff lately. is there something you're not telling us????
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Nebalebadingdong posted:you've been making lots of ooze stuff lately. is there something you're not telling us???? PMush's Secret BUW Enchantment - Aura Special Enchant Player Whenever enchanted player reveals a custom card, if it is an Ooze card, that player gains 2 life. Otherwise, they lose 2 life.
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PMush Perfect posted:Melt Into Ooze Um... Er... AJ_Impy fucked around with this message at 20:42 on Apr 4, 2018 |
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Apr 4, 2018 20:40
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 Shame planeswalkers don't have as convenient templating as "Haste."
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Apr 4, 2018 20:48
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Not Alex posted:
You can template it as "you may activate the loyalty abilities of that planeswalker twice this turn rather than only once" and then you get a bonus activation if your opponent hasn't already activated their PW when you use it
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Apr 4, 2018 20:52
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I'm actually trying to avoid the double activation for enemy walkers. Don't want it to be too easy to minus them to death. Plus the double is supposed to be the incentive to target your own walker.
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Seems red, not blue Also, I think it should let you target creatures too. Planeswalker only cards are way too narrow to actually print into a set.
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Not Alex posted:
It's a sorcery. There are exceptionally few means of activating a planeswalker off turn. Otherwise you can use the Chain Veil's wording."you may activate one of its loyalty abilities once this turn as though none of its loyalty abilities have been activated this turn." AJ_Impy fucked around with this message at 21:43 on Apr 4, 2018 |
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Apr 4, 2018 21:40
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Whoops. Okay that second one is absurdly overcosted if the controller makes the tokens, but point taken with the first one.
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PMush Perfect posted:Whoops. second one you (the caster of the spell) get the tokens regardless of whose creature it is.
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 I am still stuck in transformation mode.
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ZorajitZorajit posted:What sort of format would you anticipate this for? Because in limited, this represents milling more than half a deck over five mana. If opponent keeps 7 then they're down to just nine cards on turn 3. If giving up turns 2-3 in terms of board presence and drawing your opponent four cards is worth the cost. Specifically in limited where you won't run into multiple copies of this most likely, it seems fine. Unless games in that format go on for 15 turns or more. With that said I only play constructed and mill is historically a limited bomb. See Hedron Crab. Keeping that in mind your choice with mill cards would be "Never print them" or "accept the fact that they will ruin drafts or be useless".  I guess I could tone it down. The Gorp fucked around with this message at 01:04 on Apr 5, 2018 |
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Apr 5, 2018 00:43
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that card is extremely strong and would see modern and probably legacy play
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I see it as equatable to Mind Funeral or Sign in Blood.
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Both sides you say ? (I know it doesn't work with the rules as they are.)
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Kuiperdolin posted:Both sides you say ?
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 Not really sure if this is the right cost.
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The Gorp posted:I see it as equatable to Mind Funeral or Sign in Blood. If you're not playing a combo deck(and maybe even if you are) this card is basically 1B draw 2 Flashback 2BBB. You might not want to play the full four copies in your deck but the first two are pretty far above rate
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