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 Current Theme 05/30/20 - 06/07/20: It's Time to (Not) Dual    Welcome to the second version of the MTG Create-A-Card Thread, a weekly(ish) contest to use Magic Set Editor (program) or MTG Card Maker (browser) to create custom Magic cards suiting a particular theme. If your card is chosen as the winner, you get to choose the next theme, and pick the next winner, and so the cycle begins again! You can check out the previous thread here. (Requires Archives) TL;DR for all the poo poo below: Don't be an rear end in a top hat, don't go AWOL if you're judging or you win, make decent cards, adversity breeds creativity. Tips for Judges
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Kabanaw posted:An important rule in designing cards is making sure that players don't have to remember that something exists without there being a visible reminder somewhere in the game. The reason cards like Obsidian Fireheart or Xathrid Gorgon put counters on things they change is so that a player can look at that card and remember "Oh, this has a petrification counter on it, it's an artifact creature with defender." It reduces the number of play mistakes overall and lets the players focus on their strategy and the game itself instead of wasting headspace remembering extra gamestate information. girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Jun 6, 2020 |
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Contests and Winners Podium Count, maintained by AJ Impy 2016 09/12/16, "RoboRosewater Debugger" - Festerpit by Anil dasharez0ne 09/19/16, "Silver Bordered Shenanigans" - Serra // Angel by Lottery of Babylon 09/26/16, "Auras for Noncreatures" - Earthen Memories by Irony Be My Shield 10/04/16, "Lands with Nonmana Effects" - Sorin's Sexy Swingers Party by black potus 10/14/16, "Cards With Downside (With Upside)" - Reposeful Oak by Lottery of Babylon 10/24/16, "Colorshift a Mechanic" - In Memoriam by Gildergun 10/31/16, "Lord of the Lordless" - War Council Convener by Irony Be My Shield 11/08/16, "Non-Creature Tokens" - Enchanters by PMush Perfect 11/22/16, "Legendary Ends" - Sunastian Peregrinator by Gynovore 12/12/16, "Great Limited, Poor Constructed" - Disciple of Brass by Veyrall 12/30/16, "Fill A Gap" - Surprising Return by Torchlighter 2017 01/11/17, "Superhero Smashup" - Deadman by Eeevil 01/22/17, "Non-Creature Subtypes" - Contraptions by ungulateman 01/29/17, "Tribes Matter" - Allied Forces by Lottery of Babylon 02/07/17, "Extra Shadows Over Innistrad" - World Enchants by Skyl3laser 02/16/17, "Gold Cube Cards" - Zoness' Set 02/24/17, "Large Enchantments" - Flesh Distortion by black potus 03/08/17, "Make A Vertical Cycle" - Phoenixes by ChewyLSB 03/16/17, "Teaser Cards" - Prisoner Manifest by Elyv 03/24/17, "Limited Uncommon Buildarounds" - Collar of Moonsilver by AJ_Impy 04/04/17, "Flesh Out An Obscure Tribe" - Brushwaggs by ungulateman 04/11/17, "Monuments" - Norin's Memorial by Lone Goat 04/21/17, "Free For All" - Collective Strength by ungulateman 05/02/17, "Limited Bomb" - Angel of Legacies by Lottery of Babylon 05/08/17, "Aftermath" - Jump // Conclusions by FuzzyMammal 05/17/17, "Mana Rocks" - Voxic Quarry by Lone Goat 05/26/17, "Fortified With Iron" - Custom Zendikon by Lottery of Babylon 06/06/17, "Brevity" - Facade of Glory by Gildergun 06/15/17, "Eleventh Hour Replacement" - Zenith Station by Lottery of Babylon 06/25/17, "Unusual Costs" - Elusive Consligiere by Kuiperdolin 07/06/17, "Hand Size Matters" - Primordial Flux by Lottery of Babylon 07/18/17, "Keyword Combinations" - Sylvan Manifestation by Gildergun 07/29/17, "Unpredictable Outcomes" - Wheel of Fireworks by AJ_Impy 08/10/17, "Strange Powers, Strange Places" - Tattered Heir by Lottery of Babylon 08/17/17, "Rehabilitate a Mechanic" - Radiance by Veyrall 08/27/17, "Weird poo poo" - Licheyard Conglomeration by ZorajitZorajit 09/11/17, "The Heist is on!" - TheChirurgeon's Set 09/21/17, "Planeswalker Signature Cards" - Tibalt's Partizan by Not Alex 09/30/17, "Vehicular Goonslaughter" - Let's Go To Space by Nebalebadingdong 10/08/17, "Timmy's Tokens" - Aerynth, Milldam of Beasts by The worst submarine 10/16/17, "Modal Randomness" - Nanobot Hive by Nebalebadingdong 10/23/17, "Halloween Spooktacular" - Dracula by Eeevil 11/01/17, "Lifelink" - Metastasizing Growth by ZorajitZorajit 11/09/17, "Transitory Cards" - Versatile Virtuoso by AJImpy 11/18/17, "Stronger Together" - Murbonius and Gudmar by Nebalebadingdong 11/26/17, "Magic Realism" - Wandering Merchant by The Gorp 12/02/17, "Trap Cards" - Princeleech Trap by The Worst Submarine 12/10/17, "Stock Photos" - Prime Time's Simic Slime by Nebalebadingdong 12/19/17, "Uncommon Ground" - Flamebound Splicer by ChewyLSB 12/26/17, "Design a Card for Chewy's Awesome Fanset" - Refract by black potus 2018 01/02/18, "doggos!" - Veteran Mastiff by ChewyLSB 01/10/18, "New Mechanic Across Rarities" - Coagulate by Lone Goat 01/17/18, " ¡LUCHA! ¡LUCHA! ¡LUCHA!" - Hot Tag by Torchlighter 01/24/18, "Mulitplayer Madness" - Grand Conspiracies by TheChirurgeon 02/03/18, "Opposing Forces" - Mercurial Oceanheart by AJImpy 02/12/18, "Gimmick Tribes" - Modrons by Nebalebadingdong 02/19/18, "Gotta Go Fast!" - Time Dilation by TheChirurgeon 02/25/18, "Hit for the Cycle" - One-Drop Hybrids by Torchlighter 03/05/18, "Fragile Beings" - Pustulent Ooze by Elyv 03/12/18, "Oops, It's Broken" - Felidar Protection by Kuiperdolin 03/20/18, "A Matter Of Form" - Vampiric Transformation by xelada 04/03/18, "Plays On Both Sides" - Flame Encapsulation by The Gorp 04/13/18, "The Pie Must Die" - Primordial Soup by Human Cruton 04/22/18, "Mirror Gallery" - Guybrush Threepwood by Nebalebadingdong 04/30/18, "Fixer-Upper" - Shwind, the Torch Lighter by PMush Perfect 05/07/18, "New Evergreen" - Retaliate by Not Alex 05/18/18, "A Tale Of Two Tribes" - Juggernauts vs. Shamans by The Lord of Hats 05/27/18, "Modal Combat" - Invocation of Courage by Eeevil 06/04/18, "Hybrid Mana" - Vampiric Ambush by Elyv 06/11/18, "Tribal Mechanic" - Druids by ChewyLSB 06/19/18, "Design a Cycle" - Quivering Masses by black potus 06/26/18, "Sagas" - The End As Promised by Lack of Bear 07/06/18, "Bring Protection" - Fog of War by Eeevil 07/13/18, "Draw A Dragon" - Obsidian Statue by Lack of Bear 07/21/18, "Magic doesn't have GUNS!" - More Dakka by AJ Impy 07/28/18, "Powers in Strange Places" - Stolen Uniforms by Kuiperdolin 08/05/18, "Four-Color Cards" - Disaster Magic and World Rift by Eeevil 08/13/18, "Angel, Sphinx, Demon, Dragon, or Hydra" - Knowledge Hoarder by TheChirurgeon 08/20/18, "Duals of the Planeswalkers" - Cannibal Copse by PMush Perfect 08/27/18, "Snow Permanents" - Hypothermia by Capfalcon 09/05/18, "A Specter Is Haunting Dominaria" - Common Knowledge by Nebalebadingdong 09/13/18, "Turn One Drops" - Brewcrazed Oracle by Torchlighter 09/21/18 "Red or Blue?" - Heat of the Garrison by Lack of Bear 09/30/18, "Spooky Scary Skeletons" - Remove Skeleton by Eeevil 10/07/18, "Back From The Dead" - Flickering Image by Lack of Bear 10/14/18, "Reach for the Sky" - Haboob Elemental by ZorajitZorajit 10/22/18, "The Climate Change Episode" - Peak Mana by TheChirurgeon 10/29/18, "The Spirit of Giving" - Patron of the Backwoods by Lack of Bear 11/04/18, "Get out the VOTE!" - Kleptocracy by Hardcordion 11/12/18, "Name Droppers" - Godfather's Punishment by Kuiperdolin 11/20/18, "X Marks The Spot" - Sanctioned Passage by Lack of Bear 11/28/18, "Card Advantage Engines" - Loot the Battlefield by AJ_Impy 12/06/18, "Limit Breaks" - Fodder for War by Entropic 12/14/18, "Jolly Green Giants" - Clever Girl by Nebalebadingdong 12/23/18, "Stocking Stuffers" - Maelstrom Paradox by TheChirurgeon 12/31/18, "Legendary Rehab" - Shelkin Brownie by Kuiperdolin 2019 01/07/19, "Fine Art" - AJ_Impy's Set 01/15/19, "It's Alive!" - Nature's Scorn by Eeevil 01/25/19, "Guild Mechanics" - Simic Waterblade by GyroNinja 02/04/19, "WWhite Knights" - Spectral Partition by Lack of Bear 02/13/19, "Guild/Battlemages" - Kicker Battlemages by AJ_Impy 02/21/19, "Before They Were Famous" - Teve Loneglade by TheChirurgeon 03/05/19, "Direct Damage Spells" - Feed the Flames by Tulul 03/11/19, "Dungeons & Dragons!" - Mimic Trap by Lack of Bear 03/18/19, "Birds That Are Not Bird People" - Cockaturtle by Tulul 03/25/19, "Procrastination" - Grip of Time by Only 17 characters 03/31/19, "1 Power" - Amalgam of Frailty by Lack of Bear 04/07/19, "Loyalty - Bolas the Broken by AJ_Impy 04/15/19, "Start your engines!" - Galvanitank by PMush Perfect 04/21/19, "Pervert a Mechanic" - Mana Spasm by Eeevil 04/29/19, "Angelarium" - Primyr, the Autaugmented by Hardcordion 05/06/19, "Pokemon, the Catch'eming" - Elite Four by itsmekidney 05/14/19, "Lands Matter" - Dreamwood Logger by pup tart 05/23/19, "Foxes that are not fox people!" - Fennix by Eeevil 06/02/19, "Copycats" - Impolite Orgg by PMush Perfect 06/09/19, "Chunky Boys" - Prideful Dragon by Mikl 06/17/19, "Let's Make Some Noise!" - Castlevania Cycle by TheChirurgeon 06/25/19, "Exactly Two Non-Evergreen Mechanics" - Scrounging Quartermaster by AJ_Impy 07/02/19, "Perfect 10" - Tenfold Titan by Eeevil 07/08/19, "Destroy Something Beautiful" - Necrosis Agent by an_mutt 07/15/19, "You Thought I'd Never Come Back, Huh?" - Divine Strength // Profane Weakness by Lack of Bear 07/24/19, "Coveted Jewels" - The Monarch by desktop_metaphor 07/29/19, "Li'l Folks" - Blackjack Snoopy by pup tart 08/05/19, "Elder Goon Highlander 2019" - Herald of the Octagon by Only 17 characters 08/12/19, "Legalize Lasagna!" - John's Naptime by desktop_metaphor 08/19/19, "It Becomes You" - Trust No One by itsmekidney 08/26/19, "Fay Jones Week" - Night Colony by Lack of Bear 09/04/19, "Wordy Mess" - Aeum, the Walking Words by Tulul 09/16/19, "Eldraine Rejects" - Swallowed Whole by Kuiperdolin 09/23/19, "More Than Four" - White Noise by PMush Perfect 10/01/19, "It's Time To Duel!" - Decode Talker by Jade Rider 10/07/19, "Light It Up" - Sanctifying Light by Lack of Bear 10/15/19, "It's Time to Get Trashy" - bane, poison ivy's friend by desktop_metaphor 10/21/19, "Dollar Tree's Halloween Aisle" - Shadow of the Living by Tulul 10/29/19, "Segovia, the Tilt-Shift Plane" - Vulmonok, the Diminutive Dread by Nebalebadingdong 11/04/19, "Rats! (And Rats that are Rat People!)" - Labyrinth Rats by itsmekidney 11/11/19, "Wedge!" - Foundry Weirding by Lack of Bear 11/19/19, "Silver Lining" - Google(TM) Bridge by Nebalebadingdong 11/26/19, "North American Folklore" - Hidebehind by President Ark 12/04/19, "Some Sort of Digital Heaven" - Listening Post by Nebalebadingdong 12/12/09, "A Good Leader" - Elder Gomazoa by PMush Perfect 12/24/19, "New Year's Resolution" - Focused Research by pup tart 2020 01/01/20, "First Turn of the Decade" - Sporecap Grove by Lack of Bear 01/12/20, "Greater Auramancy" - Eternities Void by itsmekidney 01/19/20, "Spells That Cast Other Spells" - Kahn, Architect of Kings by Tulul 01/27/20, "Congratulations, You're The World Champion!" - Cantor of Keral Keep by Nebalebadingdong 02/04/20, "Post Your Favorite" - Ebay Platinum Reserve by itsmekidney 02/10/20, "Magic as an Edutainment Tool" - Allergic Cliffs by desktop_metaphor 02/17/20, "Tell Me A Saga" - 1001 Nights by Lack of Bear 02/24/20, "BUT AT WHAT COST" - Mechwork Assimilator by Jade Rider 03/02/20, "Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like A Bee - Watchful Pollinator by Anshu 03/11/20, "All The Colors Of The Wheel" - Soul Prism / Vada, Spectrum of Life by PMush Perfect 03/17/20, "Don't Be Blue, You Get Counterspells Too!" - Expel by Lack of Bear 03/25/20, "Social Distancing" - Obsessive Pursuit by Eeevil 04/02/20, "Curses!" - Wall's Burden by itsmekidney 04/08/20, "New Identities" - Ashkeliz, the Toll Collector by AJ_Impy 04/17/20, "Absolutely Removed From The Freaking Game Forever" - The Collector by Kuiperdolin 04/29/20, "Cool but Awful Timmy Goblins" - Goblin Vanguard by AJ_Impy 05/05/20, "Fun with Counters" - Exciser of Identity by Tulul 05/11/20, "Dr. Juluis Jumblemorph's Jamboree" - Incarnations of Sin by OfChristandMen 05/21/20, "DESTROYING YOUR OPPONENT'S STUFF AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!" - The End is Nigh by President Ark 05/30/20, "It's Time to (Not) Dual" - Ongoing Posion Mushroom's Personal Favorites Festerpit by Anil dasharez0ne Mystic Mongol being a smarmy little poo poo. God dammit, Veyrall. The Sickening Harvest by Skyl3laser Jump // Conclusions by FuzzyMammal Sharuum's Last Riddle by Veyrall Blazewind Gale by TheChirurgeon The entire Lifelink contest, honestly. Tree of Concentration by Nebalebadingdong Untimely Distraction by Kuiperdolin Antirakdos Watchdog by Kuiperdolin Living Explosion by Eeevil Spellfire by Eeevil Vampiric Ambush by Elyv Hell's Reckoning by Lack of Bear Fury of the Dracogenius by Torchlighter Stolen Uniforms by Kuiperdolin Remove Skeleton by Eeevil Traumatic Recollection by ZorajitZorajit Largo, Reckless Profiteer by Eeevil Pitched Debate by TheChirurgeon Illusory Assault by Eeevil The entire Pervert a Mechanic contest. Mana Spasm by Eeevil Mr. Mime by Only 17 characters Prideful Dragon by Mikl Zombie Headbanger by Lack of Bear Bad Horse by President Ark The End Is Nigh by Mikl Bees Within by Puptart Hell Drake by Eeevil Ashes//Ashes, Dust//Dust by itsmekidney Decode Talker by Jade Rider Two With Nothing by Kuiperdolin Segovian Grove by itsmekidney Rat Familiar by Eeevil Focused Research by pup tart Wooden Cube by pup tart Expel by Lack of Bear Siphoning Dragon by Mikl Kiora's Citadel by Lack of Bear girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Jun 6, 2020 |
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And now, the first week's theme! RoboRosewater Debugger!  RoboRosewater gets some pretty decent card designs sometimes! It's in the same position we are where the cards will never get published anyways, so why not work together? Create a card that is a 'fixed' version of a RoboRosewater card. Make sure to link to the original card you're basing yours off of. Rules
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Some thoughts on cards, because that is a thing that judges do sometimes: Draconic Tribute - I'm not actually sure about the power level of this card? On one hand, giving yourself a five-turn clock is rough, but on the other hand, even in Modern, there's plenty of very scary dragons that don't need five turns to kill you. I think the card might be better served by being just a little more Johnny. Ephemeral Vale - The effect is fine, but the flavor feels both generic an indistinct. The effect is solid, and is a nice smoothing out of what was already a pretty solid RoboRo card, but the image is a mountain? When the effect is green/white? You try to cover it with the flavor text, but that just muddies things even more (and 6+ lines is always ugly with flavor text). Especially since Vale means "valley". Solid mechanically, needs a flavor rework. Darkcrawler - What Barry was implying is that your card is actually more messy and complicated than the card you're basing it off of, and I think I have to agree. Where is the -1/-1 counters thing coming from? There's a lot of directions to take Darkcrawler, and I feel like you skipped over a lot of them. You might want to look at how the Leylines work and go from there. The 1: Untap ability may bear some fruit, too, and it'd let you get away with it being a little stronger. Maybe something like Darkcrawler, 2W, Creature - Hound, 2/2, If ~ is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield tapped. ~ does not untap during its controller's untap step. (W): Untap ~. That's probably too many lines and a little messy, but you get the idea. Bring it back closer to the original, and you'll have something promising. Curse of Endless Resurrection - I really like this. The Ninjutsu thing reminds me of the "pervert the mechanics" challenge from the last thread in a pleasant way, and it otherwise not having a mana cost makes it a very interesting Johnny card. I don't care much for the presentation, though, since as fun as old movie references are, I feel like it undermines the very fascinating mechanical flavor that's already in the mechanics. Great Vineheart - I think you overcomplicated a card that might have already been fine with just a flavor change. It's going to be horrifying in Legacy either way, you might as well embrace it. Bargain Dustbowl - You're right about Prophetic Firespank, but I'm not sure if this is the best direction to take it? I dunno, it feels... messier than it has to be. Hydratic Horse - When I saw the first line, I oohed. When I saw the second line, I ahhed. And when I saw the third line, I quite literally laughed aloud. I think it's becoming pretty apparent that I love Johnny stuff, and this is a fun direction to take the card. Loving all the turnout so far! If this is what I've got after one day, I'm girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 23:28 on Sep 12, 2016 |
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Welp. That's a lot cleaner, but it feels weird for some reason.
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Sep 12, 2016 23:28
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Simic Fodder: At first I didn't like the "separate creature" clause because I felt like it limited some really great Johnny potential. Then I realized it was Common, and saw what you did. This is a card designed for Limited play, isn't it? Festerpit: I could actually see this getting printed. You worked off the template of the old card really well, but I wish there was a way that you could have tied the name into it somehow. Fertile Farmland: Once again, my Johnny is screaming. I think I like this better than the Draw A Card versions. My first thought for how to exploit it was actually Blood Moon, because that would be kind of amazing. Ironarn Duelist: Unexciting, but a nicely done Tim with a gimmick. Sink Burdy: 
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More card opinion times! Rullor Dav: If there's a particular award for artistry in "make sense of an 'old computer' card". this might get it. How you interpreted Totalwolk is brilliant and I wish that ability existed on a real card. I know you were sticking as close to the card as possible, but I think it might work better as a 2/1, though. As a 1/1, the ability is basically useless on its own without a buff of some kind. Carcass Crab: I'd actually say this feels a lot more Golgari than Simic, between the graveyard love and the auto-death, and even the name. Still very interesting design, and I could see the GB version winning a different contest (so hold onto it), but it feels a bit too much like a departure from the original. Bloodcaster Savant: Can definitely tell what you were going for, but I think the 'colorless that can be spent like any type' is a little overcomplicated, and relies too much on player memory. Control Gravity: Interesting idea, but I'm not really seeing at all where this comes from the linked card, and that's saying something, considering how little there is to go on. Some kind of intentionally pie-bending Gruul flight card might have been a better way to go with this. Racka Rornoshy: Oh, hey, a card that kept the random name, and made it work! I like this, another fun land that opens up all that delicious Crucible of Worlds nonsense without having to pay (3) or  Temur Enchantress: I like where you went with this, but you could easily get away with changing the color costs to be more in line with color identity. Green on the tokens and black on the life loss (or red for damage), maybe? It's a great idea for a card, but the color weirdness puts it on shaky ground. Vampiric Cavern: Yeah, as others have said, that ability is very overcosted for what it does. Though you could reduce it to B, sacrifice a creature and ~: Add BBB to your mana pool. Then it's a Dark Ritual callback. Mindblast Orb: You were kind of painted into a corner here, since Merpents is already pretty similar to Psychogenic. Letting it target creatures or players (and probably deal Shock damage, instead of Bolt) might refresh it, but it's still stuck being in a niche that already exists. Bacchin: I realize it's only Black because it's supposed to be a Commander, but I'm still not sure how that plays into the color identity at all. Soul Devourer: 3 for "sacrifice a creature, put a 2/2 zombie token into play" feels pretty overcosted. 2 is enough to make it a slightly better Prowler's Helm, which isn't a bad thing considering Prowler's is strictly mediocre while Whispersilk exists. Also, I love the Johnny potential of this card, and spent a little while trying to figure out how to make an infinite with Brass Squire. (For the record, best I found was Soul Devourer + Brass Squire + Intruder Alarm + Life and Limb = Infinite Mana) But I'm sure there's better ways to make it work. Short version: It's neat, I like it, feels overcosted. girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 20:44 on Sep 17, 2016 |
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AJ_Impy posted:You're in luck, it does exist on a real card. Admittedly a draft fodder evasive creature from a terrible set over a decade and a half ago, but it's there. I avoided going for a higher power owing to how it scaled: It starts out as just a look at your or your opponent's next draw, but stick any equipment on it and you can fateseal lock your opponent, Jace the Mind Sculptor style. I thought that was worth requiring the extra effort, and makes the card play better by incentivizing your opponent to tap out once it becomes that manner of threat, but an ignorable steady source of damage unboosted.
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A heads-up to everyone that I'm starting to work on my results and I'll probably post them right around midnight, PST, so if you've got cards still bouncing around in your head, now's the time to either make them, or let me know you need a few more hours!
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Results Time! This was quite a list, especially for a first time back. I was worried that there wouldn't be much turnout, but I am glad to be proven wrong. Can't wait to see what else we've got in store for the future. As a disclaimer, There were enough great entries that I had to get pretty pedantic about things to properly trim down the field, including minor violations of color identity, and any card where I could think of any way to improve upon the final version mechanically. Third Place  Rullor Dav, Mindspy by AJ Impy, based off of Rullor Dav Slavish devotion to the card as presented bore fruit very well here, while also keeping its power level and complexity well within reason. Sadly, the rather uninspired image and creature type kept it from being higher on this list. Second Place  Hydratic Horse by Lottery of Babylon, based off of Horse Counter Horse. This is a brilliant, brilliant extrapolation of a statement with almost no information, and uses the wonderful counter/counter pun. I can only imagine how much fun this card would be in a deck with Judge's Familiar. And the 1st place card is something that struck me immediately as something I would need to give a spot to, no matter what came next. something that struck me not only as "I could see this printed", but as "why hasn't this been printed yet?". It's a masterwork not only within the context of fixing a RoMaRo card, but of card design in general. But first, some honorable mentions.
And the winner is...  Festerpit by Anil Dasharez0ne, based on Myr Ulleuger! I wish I had the MtG vocabulary to describe just why I like this card so much. It's a dead ringer for older Magic design, for the rare occasion where you had no idea if it was designed top-down or bottom-up, but it worked spectacularly in either context. This is not only my favorite custom card in this contest, but that I've seen at all in recent memory. So, congratulations, Anil Dasharez0ne! You have the next choice! Please announce the theme and end date within 48 hours, if possible.
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First, a couple I thought of that don't need much in the way of visual editing.  Edit Edited Jace to be even more full of hilarious greed-based mind games. girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 22:41 on Oct 2, 2016 |
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 Ashnod's Coupon, meet card name puns. girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 22:44 on Oct 2, 2016 |
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Did somebody say "more terrible puns"? I think I heard somebody say "more terrible puns".  
girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 22:46 on Oct 2, 2016 |
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LupusAter posted:I think this should specify the units for the weight.
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Sep 21, 2016 17:40
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 I spent way more time on this image than the card deserves.
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Mystic Mongol posted:I really appreciate that those are all 2/2 bears.
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I was really hoping one of those split cards (ha) was gonna win. It's a really clever concept.
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I started with "enchant enchantment because it sounded silly... and ended up with something I'd probably actually play. There's not a lot of precedent for the mana cost on something like this. Indestructibility hits any permanent, but is too expensive to be playable in anything but limited. W felt far too low for a source of indestructible. Copy Enchantment has a lot of ways you can abuse it coming with actually having two of whatever you're copying, and WW would make it almost unplayable on anything except white anthems. So 1W it is!  This one doesn't need much introduction, I think. Sometimes a card is just a little too powerful, but the concept is too good to throw away. It's an Artifact Enchantment (Enchantment Artifact?) to make it extra vulnerable to removal, and it's 1U instead of U so it doesn't just give the most degenerate combos 8 copies of Voltaic. girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Sep 26, 2016 |
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Well now I feel bad. How about an enchantment counterspell? It's basically a Remand that doesn't cycle, but I think it balances out with delaying the spell, or possibly hard-countering it, if the player doesn't have enchantment removal.  Because who the gently caress needs Leyline of Sanctity? The costing is a little weird, but I think it's justified, since it doesn't actually stop burn or discard spells, it just copies them. There's probably also shenanigans to be had with using self-targeting spells. girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 00:48 on Oct 1, 2016 |
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Oct 1, 2016 00:35
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That is a lot of entries. 
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New version below. There aren't a lot of interesting common lands, and even fewer that have a use beyond 'low budget mana fixing'. So, hell, why not build one around being common? With one, it's a repeatable Electritrickery, but at four, it's a repeatable Flameslash. That feels pretty good for an ETBT land, honestly, especially in a draft where you might be able to pluck two or three for some repeatable removal. Edit Decided to embrace the 'feels like a pre-NWO land' thing. girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 05:31 on Oct 5, 2016 |
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New version below Because Bant always needs more help, right? In contrast to the last one, I wanted to make a Mythic land that actually felt Mythic. Something with that "I want to build a deck around this" factor. The name is a reference to the fact that this would probably get banned in everything except Vintage/Legacy pretty drat quickly. girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 05:30 on Oct 5, 2016 |
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Elyv posted:you realize both these lands are straight up insanely overpowered right Lottery of Babylon posted:Technically this one doesn't have any abilities other than producing mana, but I feel it fits the spirit of the contest:
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  Double post for (hopefully) not-broken versions.
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Lottery of Babylon posted:So Cathedral of War, but legendary instead of colorless?
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Take a chill pill, LoB, you're getting a little overinvested in Internet Pretend Card Game Contests.
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 Khalni Gardens is fun. Slivers are fun. Two great tastes that oh god they're eating my face
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Land destruction is just about my least favorite mechanic in Magic, being totally honest, but I think I'd mind it a little less if there were more ways to deal with it.     For example, a cycle of lands that answer land destruction. girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Oct 6, 2016 |
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Skyl3lazer posted:Or can my wastelands just constantly go back to my hand?
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Skyl3lazer posted:Is it from graveyard to hand as a trigger, or a replacement effect for being put into the graveyard?
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Elyv posted:strictly better 
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Darksteel Citadel's better than Wastes. Nonbasic land are kind of expected to be, in most cases?
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TWIST FIST posted:Don't know if that reminder text is accurate or not, oh well vOv Put a creature you control and an island you control on top of their owners' libraries, T: Draw two cards.
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Put them on the bottom? "Scry 4, then draw 2 cards"? A nontoken creature and a land for what's basically a repeatable Brainstorm is not bad at all.
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 We have precedent for Land Creatures, for Legendary Lands, for colorless Commanders. Why not do all three at once? girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 15:01 on Oct 8, 2016 |
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 Primal exists at least partially as a solution to a problem I see a lot of in Modern. There's plenty of hate for nonbasic lands, things that you can use to counteract cards that are especially problematic for your deck to deal with, and so there's reasons to not play nonbasic lands. However, that's not the same thing as there being a reason to play basic lands, which is a subtle but important difference.  Primary in green and secondary in red, Primal is intended for, but not at all exclusive to, mono or dual-color decks, and has some mild synergy with Devotion, as cards like Leatherback Baloth get along quite nicely with Primal decks.  Mana fixing is, of course, still important if you want to see Primal end up in anything except monocolored decks (which have historically done very poorly in competitive). It's a keyword that's technically a downside, but that encourages you to play unexciting but reliable spells with a solid and uncomplicated mana base. It's the kind of set mechanic you'd put into something you intended as a stepping stone for a casual player into eternal formats. Something simple to understand and easy to build around.  Mostly. girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 12:15 on Oct 15, 2016 |
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I dunno, personally my favorite downside mechanic has always been Decaying.    Kind of ended up in the same camp as Vanishing, a mechanic where you'd get a creature for only a certain number of turns. Yeah, to be fair, the early stuff was mostly filler, with the occasional limited bomb like Plaguebearer Horde.     But then they finally started getting creative. Militia Camp still shows up in some white Modern decks. ("Wall of Duh" is still one of my favorite nicknames for a card ever, even if it caused a lot of fights about the whole -1/-1 vs +1/+1 counters thing.)  And I've never seen an entire table gang up on me faster than when I play my Formucor EDH deck. girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 11:24 on Oct 16, 2016 |
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Mystic Mongol posted:Do you live in Philadelphia? We should be best friends.  If Decaying wins, we should collab on the contest idea.
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