rattingrots (love it!), void_nothing hm: sagharri -- really wish it had been "artifact creature" instead of just artifact, since it's such a pain to have a bunch of barely relevant counters sitting on random artifacts. Alright, that's probably enough fairy tale/camelot references from me: ...

shukkets, emily

Wakeful Princess W
Creature - Human Noble (C)
Wakeful Princess has vigilance as long as you control a Food.
"But though she lay upon one-and-twenty mattresses, still she could not find rest."
-Beyond the Great Henge
2/1

rattingrots, netn10 Curious Wife 2U Creature - Human Noble (U) When Curious Wife enters the battlefield, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card. 2/3 /// Horrible Discovery 2B Instant - Adventure (U) Target opponent sacrifices a creature with converted mana cost less than the number of cards ...

void_nothing, shukkets Strongbrew Dwarves 1RR Creature – Dwarf (U) Whenever Strongbrew Dwarves attacks, you may put a +1/+1 counter on any number of target attacking creatures you control. Those creatures gain trample until end of turn and don't untap during your next untap step. Their potions will ...

rattingrots, netn10 MarioGuy, I like the card concept but why is a legendary creature called "Field Plant Farmer"? Syr Bartilac, the Overgrown 2GG Legendary Creature – Plant Knight (MR) When Syr Bartilac, the Overgrown enters the battlefield, it fights target creature you don't control. At...

Yeah, I totally understand. I wasn't actually complaining, rather trying to express that you had seen something I had missed. Had I seen it originally, or had Henlock pointed it out, I wouldn't have deducted the points. So certainly not fair of me to withhold it just because it was a fellow judge wh...

Oh man, bravelion found the line. It does technically place counters on itself, and therefore very narrowly meets the letter of the subchallenge, contrary to my previous judgement. Adding half a point back in my judgement.

Between the storms growing harsher and the frequent raids from the Homarids in the north, the archipelago plane of Poralis has been through tough times lately. But stranger still are these secret gatherings in the night on Tosuma, and the looming shadow of what the goblin Island callers fear the mos...

You're welcome to take it up with void_nothing if you'd like, and I will happily defer to their judgement, but I would argue that your card isn't placing counters on anything; rather, it's giving the card an ability so that it places counters on itself. Here's the relevant material: Subchallenge: &q...

Strong, close round. Especially higher appeal scores than is typical. I guess everyone just likes proliferate (except maybe play design). Scarred Alpha 1rg Creature - Wolf (r) When Scarred Alpha enters the battlefield, if it has a +1/+1 counter on it, proliferate. Each Wolf and Werewolf you control ...

rithaniel, sagharri Davriel, Lord of Shadows BB Legendary Planeswalker – Davriel (MR) Whenever a player discards a card, put a loyalty counter on Davriel, Lord of Shadows. 0: Starting with you, each player may discard a card. Each player who does creates a 2/2 black Demon creature token with menace....

Yeah, I agree that it's a bit tricky within the rules. I could have made it simpler by making it an ETB trigger, but I didn't want the whole thing to be fizzled just by bouncing/killing the original target. Would be interested if anyone has a way to phrase it that doesn't run into this complication ...

emily, rithaniel (although I don't think it really needs to be 3-color and also don't know what's up with the weird latin name: "they twist of fate"?) hm: almost voted for rattingrots, but I think it's substantially too strong to be common -- straight up 4-mana draw two at instant speed is...

rattingrots, krishnath I believe the card should work as written, since it specifically says "target" both times. Unless I'm mistaken, that means that if there's a tie, the owner of Demanding Pitmaster gets to choose from among the tied creatures. Of course, I have no judging experience, s...

You're definitely right that duststorms are more likely to happen in areas with little to no plant life to prevent erosion, which certainly includes deserts. And in fact, many things that are called "sandstorms" don't actually include sand (by the USDA definition), since those grains are t...

Oh, whoops, I had no idea - that was way before my time. (Side note: kinda pissed that they *almost* got the plural of "numen" right, but still managed to mess it up.) As you said, I'm not sure if it fully rules it out as a mechanic name, but definitely another reason why it's suboptimal.

Sorry, what else is numen used for? I must have totally missed this? And there's a bit of debate on the subject, but it's generally believed that the "numina" were the local gods and spirits who presided over a place, especially in the parts of Roman religion that weren't dependent on the ...

Oh yeah, you're totally right about Ainok -- not sure how I managed to miss that. As for numen, I'm definitely open to other naming ideas. I figured it was fine because it is technically an English word (plus it's referencing a religion that no one has practiced in almost two millennia), but I'm cer...

void_nothing, emily Demanding Pitmaster 2G Creature – Human Rogue (R) At the beginning of your upkeep, target creature with the greatest converted mana cost among creatures you control fights target creature with the greatest converted mana cost among creatures you don't control. "I think he ha...

Yeah, between Hypergenesis and Living End (the latter is why I changed it to "Exile your hand"), I think Degenerate Rites would very easily earn its name and would almost certainly need to be banned in modern. Fortunately the cascading spell resolves before it does, since otherwise Restore...

Sacred-Fire Bonds 2W Enchantment - Aura (C) Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't attack or block. 1R : Deal 3 damage to enchanted creature. If enchanted creature would die this turn, exile it instead. Act of Devotion WW Instant (C) As an additional sacrifice to cost Act of Devotion, sacrifice ...

Krishnath - Rakina, Dustmother : I'm a PhD student in an earth sciences department, so I can tell you this confidently: dust is not the same thing as sand. In fact, while this card is very sand-flavored, I'm not sure what it has to do with dust, which is a fine powder that arises when things are gr...

rattingrots (love the card), rithaniel Happy to continue this in the discussion thread if you still disagree, but I think the "only any time you could activate a sorcery" rider makes this card much less busted. With that rider, it's very hard to engineer a situation where you get full valu...

rithaniel, netn10

Fleeting Loyalties 4UU
Enchantment – Aura (M)
Enchant creature
You control enchanted creature
Exile Fleeting Loyalties: Take an extra turn after this one. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
In one second of hesitation, a lifetime can pass.

krishnath, netn10 Reality Shimmer 1WU Instant (U) Exile target creature, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control face up or face down. (Face-down creatures are colorless 2/2 creatures.) "With a simple snap of my fingers, I could reshape your very essence." -Ixidor, Real...