The DCC - April 12th, 2024

[void_nothing]

Welcome to the DCC!
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to post in the DCC Discussion Thread.

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How To Play

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How does this card-making game work? It's simple! Whenever your card receives a vote, you receive [1] point for the month. If your card ends up with the most votes for that day, you will receive [2] additional points for the month. In the event of a tie, each person who tied receives [1] additional point. At the end of each month, the person with the most points on the scoreboard wins that month, then the scoreboard is cleared for the next month. You can participate in as many or as few days as you want in any month.

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Rules

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• Each day you may post any card you want. On the next day all of the posted cards will be put into the thread as long as your card didn't get disqualified - see the next point for more details. If you post more than one card in a DCC thread, only the first card you post will be taken.
• When you vote, you need to make exactly two votes for two different people. Vote for the cards that are listed in the first post, not other cards being posted in the thread. If you notice that you've only voted for one person, include your second vote in a post, even if you're not submitting a card.
• If you want to change your vote for any reason, post that change in the day's thread (you can include it with your card if you want). Changed votes in the discussion thread will be ignored.
• Voting for only one person, for three or more people, or for yourself will earn you an asterisk by your name in the monthly leaderboard. So will failing to vote if you've posted a card. (We're not going to do anything about people who don't vote or post cards; that would be kind of silly.) This indicates that you're on probation for the next 21 days. If you're on probation and you make another improper vote, your card will be disqualified. Repeated disqualification is grounds for warnings and/or infractions for not following the game rules, so please don't do it.
• Voting for everything in the poll will be grounds for a lifetime ban from the DCC. Don't do it. It just wastes the thread creators' time.
• If you wish to post a render, please use the hyperlink option when posting your card and make the card name the image link. Renders are usually large enough to clog up the list, so submit a text-formed card and (optionally) a link in the name to the render.
• This thread is just for your card submission. Take your questions/comments to our discussion thread. If it's a question, comment, or complaint about probation, PM void_nothing and/or the month's DCC organizer.
• When posting make sure that:
  • You have included all of the previous day's entries.
  • You update the leaderboard with the previous day's scores.

(An easy way to post the new thread is to hit the multiquote button on every post in the previous day's thread, then click Post Reply. Select everything in this post, copy it, and then paste it into the first post for a new thread. You'll have to clean up a few small things, like quote tags around the opening post and the previous day's cards.)

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Notes of the Day

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OneAndOnly goes on probation for not voting yesterday. As we all know, this only means their card will not be included in the following poll only after a second non-vote. Players on probation are allowed and encouraged to keep participating for the month.

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DCC Scoreboard

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void_nothing 34 (+3)
bravelion83 33 (+1)
netn10 28 (+1)
Rithaniel 23 (+3)
OneAndOnly 16 (+3)
Raptorchan 9
archemediesx 7
marioguy3 4

Probation: OneAndOnly (21 days)

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Votes: OneAndOnly, Rithaniel

Missing Person U
Instant (Uncommon)
Exile target creature. It's controller investigate. That Clue gains "Whenever this Clue is sacrificed, return the exiled creature to the battlefield."
"Sometimes you get a gut feeling, and sometimes the gut just stares back at you. I know now where to go, but I also don't want to know…"
- Mikae, Guildless Detective

Votes: void_nothing, OneAndOnly (though technically the correct wording would be "becomes attached")

HM: Rithaniel, netn10. Yes, I liked every card today.

"One pierced heart, two mindful horns" Day 11/12 — The red member of the cycle are the enchanted stones that keep the Minotaur siblings Zonez and Ceztra in contact in the case one of them needs help from the other. I'd tell the story of these stones, but Zonez himself tells it in the flavor text. Mechanically, I wanted it to work with both Namezt siblings while still being mono-red (Zonez is Boros and Ceztra Gruul, from which the hybrid green/white ability), and I wanted the ability to represent you calling your sibling for help (if you have one, I do not but Zonez does). I thought of a dash/blitz like ability to do that, that's in red for sure. The hybrid ability puts creatures from your hand onto the battlefield (green can always do that) and the restriction on mana value and the +1/+1 counter are there to make something that mono-white could also do. It might be a small bend in white, but being able to do it only with small creatures does give it a white feeling in my opinion. Giving haste in the ability is not a problem as the card itself is red.

Siblings' Stones R
Artifact (U)
2{G/W}, T: You may put a creature card with mana value 2 or less from your hand onto the battlefield. It gains haste and "At the beginning of the end step, return this creature to its owner's hand, then put a +1/+1 counter on another creature you control."
"The last gift I made to my younger sister Ceztra as she left the family to join the Gruul. A means for us to keep contact in the case either of us needed help."
—Sergeant Zonez Namezt

Sanguine Vessel - BB
Legendary Artifact - Equipment {R}
When Sanguine Vessel becomes attached to a creature for the first time, put a +1/+1 counter and a persist counter on that creature.
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has persist.
Equip 1

Votes: bravelion83, void_nothing

Dudian, Claimant of Beauty
Legendary Creature - Spirit Rogue R
Dudian can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or less.
Whenever Dudian deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.
, : Put a protection from everything counter on target noncreature permanent. Activate only if an opponent has no cards in hand.
"The light is not yours. It belonged to us spirits long ago. I will return it to my people, by darkening the minds of you thieves."
2/2

Votes: netn10, Rithaniel

Partly inspired by the April CCL round 2 challenge - which is still open for anyone to enter!

Banshee Scorpion 2BB
Creature - Scorpion (R)
T: Banshee Scorpion deals half X damage rounded down to any target and half X damage rounded up to you, where X is the number of Deserts you control.
Tap two untapped Deserts you control: Banshee Scorpion gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.
2/2

[netn10]

Votes: Rithaniel, bravelion83

Hyparfixation UU
Enchantment (Rare)
When Hyparfixation enters the battlefield, exile all cards in your hand but one.
Whenever you cast a spell, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permenant spell becomes a token.)
Some Strixhaven first-years become so obsessed with their first-ever spell that they tirelessly perfect and refine it throughout their study period, regardless of how mundane the spell might have started as.

[Sagharri]

Votes: bravelion83, void_nothing

Miasma Sower 1B
Creature - Zombie Wizard (U)
Whenever you cast an undead spell, each opponent loses 1 life. (Shades, Skeletons, Specters, Spirits, Vampires, Wraiths and Zombies are undeads.)
2/2
Its foolish rituals brings only more death.

[bravelion83]

Votes: OneAndOnly, netn10 ("it's" vs. "its" yet again though... there should be no apostrophe there in this case)

"One pierced heart, two mindful horns" Day 12/12 — The murder weapon. The mechanics are designed specifically to represent shooting a poisoned arrow. The red activation is there to represent Zbalek's Gruul color identity, taking advantage of the fact that biting is an overlap between red and green. This is the last card (for now) inspired by my story from the March MCC, tomorrow and the day after I'll post the adjusted versions of the two cards I designed for Round 1 of the April MCC. And after that, back to random designs.

Zbalek's Bow G
Artifact — Equipment (U)
Equipped creature has deathtouch.
3R: Equipped creature deals damage equal to its power to target creature an opponent controls. Activate this ability only as a sorcery and only once each turn.
Equip 2
"A poisoned arrow would be enough to kill even tougher guys than that meager loxodon!"
—Zbalek

[OneAndOnly]

Votes: Rithaniel, netn10
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Breaking the cycle somewhat ...
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Honey-Mead Tankard - UU
Legendary Artifact - Equipment {R}
Whenever equipped creature deals damage to an opponent, if it's the first creature equipped by Honey-Mead Tankard this game, draw a card.
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has "T: Draw a card."
Equip 1

[void_nothing]

Votes: bravelion83, Rithaniel

Plover Maverick 2W
Creature - Kithkin Knight (U)
Flying
Plover Maverick gets +1/+1 for each time you've clashed this turn.
Plover Maverick has lifelink and indestructible as long as you've won a clash this turn.
2/1

[Rithaniel]

Votes: netn10, bravelion83

Hall of Prisms
Land R
Hall of Prisms enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
, , Discard two cards that share a color: Add two mana in any combination of colors from among the colors of the discarded cards. Then draw a card.