Just started judging, and I've never had to do this before, but I need a clarification as a judge: what does "could have appeared in Mirrodin" mean exactly? I.e., do all of the keywords on the card have to have existed by that point? Obviously I'm not going to disqualify someone because t...

Nuisance Processor
Artifact — Fortification (U)
Fortified land has ", Sacrifice this land: Create two 0/1 colorless Pest artifact creature tokens."
Fortify (: Attach to target land you control. Fortify only as a sorcery.)

@Sojourner Dusk Sorcery speed barely matters. You usually know ahead of time when you're losing. It would only improve your odds against combo decks. Speaking of which, let's do some math. Sorcery speed doesn't matter? Must be why all those board wipes are printed at Instant speed, then. With this ...

Balance 0/3 - Broken beyond measure. Virtually any Blue-centered deck could play this and never lose a game (unless facing a Control deck which could counter this). This should cost twice that much mana and still be extremely powerful. Insta-ban for sanctioned play. If that wasn't enough to warrant...

Round 1 is closed. Judges, please advance the Top 2 from your groups.

@Sojourner Dusk
BaconCatBug
netn10
Freyleyes
StonerOfKruphix

@slimytrout
RaikouRider
MonoRedMage
marioguy3
Subject16

@void_nothing
kwanyeegor-ii
Feyd_Ruin
Lorn Asbord Schutta

Tidehollow Starfish [sym=1][sym=wb][sym=u] Artifact Creature — Starfish (R) Tidehollow Starfish gets +1/+1 for each other Starfish you control. If Tidehollow Starfish would die, instead create two tokens that are copies of Tidehollow Starfish, then sacrifice it. The first was a curiosity. The thous...

@Lorn Asbord Schutta: 29 hours (as of now) to get your Round 4 July MCC entry in! I need to defeat two opponents to prove superiority in design skills.

And counting.

Mostly counting. Helps being polydactyl, I suppose.

Huh. Can't ever recall a time where there were more Judges than Players for Round 1 more than 24 hours after the threads were posted.

Another month, another MCC, If you've judged before here or on MTGSalvation just post that you're interested. If you've never judged before, it's easy - there's a rubric ready for you to follow. Design (X/3) Appeal : Do the different player psychographics (Timmy/Johnny/Spike) have a use for the card...

Welcome to the MTG Nexus August 2020 MCC! [hr] Back in 2003, as Eighth Edition was preparing to be unveiled, WotC had decided on implementing two changes to Magic: The Gathering. The first was a new card frame. The second was replacing the word "colorless" with a new symbol: [sym=C]. This...

Efficacity
Sorcery (M)
Restart the game.
Cycling
When you cycle Efficacity, scry 4.
Why put off until tomorrow what you can change yesterday?

Oof, I hope I didn't make it too similar to what you had planned. (Or do you just mean you plan to have subchallenges that will be difficult to design around? Because those are totally fair game.) Degree of difficulty/complexity. All the Rounds will share a Subchallenge to match the month's theme. ...

void_nothing wrote: ↑

3 years ago

Subchallenge 1: Your card's rules text uses a word that currently does not appear in any card's Oracle rules text.

And now I feel like less of an [EXPLETIVE] for some of the subchallenges I thought of for next month. Thanks for that, void.

Did you intend to only gain 1 life for your attack step with the emblem? I don't believe this is the case, although it's possible that I'm wrong -- I think that because it's all one effect, it will trigger in full each time a creature attacks, so it gains you 1 life for each attacking creature. You...

Almost there. Subject16 : Setting aside the templating fixes... A Paradox Haze static, with a +1 to cheat the top card of your library (sped up by the static). Thankfully, free spells are never problematic. The -3 means you need to keep a Storm count with a Planeswalker that doesn't show any interes...

Cloud Dancer
Creature — Faerie (U)
Flying, protection from red
Sidestep (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, exile it. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at end of combat.)
In their native tongue, they're known as 'dragonragers'.
1/1

I've got the MCC for August 2020, which will be brought to you by... eh, why spoil the theme for the month now?

Illiya, Despondent [sym=1][sym=w][sym=b] Legendary Planeswalker — Illiya (R) If you would gain life, an opponent of your choice loses that much life instead. +1: Up to one target creature you control gains lifelink until end of turn. -4: You get an emblem with "Whenever a creature attacks, you...

Got caught up (yay, life). Not enough time for reviews.

Top 3
3. Subject16
2. slimytrout
1. marioguy3

Density Regulator
Artifact (U)
: Target creature gets -0/-1 until end of turn.
: Target creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.
Requests to use the device increase exponentially as solstices approach.

The rule I mentioned has a global application. There are plenty of wordings that have not been printed specifically inside a combat damage trigger, it doesn't make them any less real. I've linked numerous different examples proving this. From the rules perspective, the trigger could be anything, et...

@Sojourner Dusk I believe my wording is correct. "The creature" should be used when the previous part of the rules text wasn't about "target creature". See Die Young Boros Fury-Shield ;) It's not. On the two cards you mention, there is a single instance resolving. Only one creat...

@Sojourner Dusk I believe my wording is correct. "The creature" should be used when the previous part of the rules text wasn't about "target creature". See Die Young Boros Fury-Shield ;) It's not. On the two cards you mention, there is a single instance resolving. Only one creat...

Illiya, Samite Vestige WWW Legendary Planeswalker — Illiya (M) +1: Until your next turn, if a source would deal damage to you or another permanent you control, prevent 2 of that damage. -3: Until your next turn, opponents can't cast spells and creatures can't attack. -8: You get an emblem with &quo...

Scores are done. The following is from the Nexus MCC Guidelines and FAQ , the link to which is normally found in bravelion83 's signature. The recommended way to format your card submissions is as follows. Not following this formatting in your submission might cause point deductions in the Quality s...