DCC - October 16, 2019

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Post by Flatline » 4 years ago

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Welcome to the DCC!
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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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  • 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.)



Notes of the Day



Sooo, we'll continue to continue to pretend....


DCC Scoreboard



Flatline 39 (+1)
void_nothing 36 (+3)
RattingRots 36 (+5)
netn10 31 (+5)
slimytrout 30 (+0)
wizyard 29
bravelion83 28 (+1)
Rithaniel 27 (+2)
Sagharri 27 (+3)
Krishnath 19
Henlock 18
FoilSquared 15
Blydden 3
kwanyeegor-ii 3
Legend 1
marioguy3 1



Flatline wrote:
4 years ago
Votes: Sagharri, nent10

This is meant for a Commander type release. I really wanted to name it Free Refill.....

Mental Refreshment 3uuu
Sorcery (R)
At the beginning of your first upkeep of the game, you may cast Mental Refreshment without paying its mana cost.
Shuffle your hand into your library, then draw seven cards.
Cycling 2 (2, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
RattingRots wrote:
4 years ago
Bravelion83, rithaniel

Ghostride R
Instant (U)
Target vehicle you control becomes a creature until end of turn.
Draw a card.
bravelion83 wrote:
4 years ago
Votes: netn10, void_nothing

Honorable mention for RattingRots.

Strike of Courage 3R
Instant (U)
Affinity for red permanents (This spell costs 1 less to cast for each red permanent you control.)
Strike of Courage deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
Adamant — If at least three red mana was spent to cast this spell, Strike of Courage also deals 3 damage to that permanent's controller.
When they're in battle together, Embereth knights always support each other with passionate words of incitement.
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The idea was to make an affinity spell that you don't always want to cast for the minimum possible cost because you might want to use the adamant ability.
Rithaniel wrote:
4 years ago
Love that note of the day.

Votes: Flatline, RattingRots

Otactli's Aspirant
Creature - Eldrazi Drone U
Kicker
If Otactli's Aspirant was kicked, it enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
When Otactli's Aspirant dies, if it had a +1/+1 counter on it, create two 2/2 colorless Eldrazi Mutant creature tokens with vigilance.
All Otactli really wants is to have a friend.
3/3
wizyard wrote:
4 years ago
Rithaniel, RattingRots
Sagharri wrote:
4 years ago
Votes: RattingRots, netn10

Maw of Abyss 4BG
Creature - Zombie Demon (R)
Menace
2BG, Exile ten other cards from your graveyard: Return Maw of Abyss from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. If five or more cards exiled this way share a card type, destroy target nonland permanent.
7/3
netn10 wrote:
4 years ago
Votes: void_nothing, RattingRots

Flee as Gust 2B
Instant (Uncommon)
Destroy target enchantment target opponent controls.
When Flee as Gust is put into your graveyard from your library, you may exile it. If you do, destroy target enchantment target opponent controls.
slimytrout wrote:
4 years ago
sagharri, void_nothing

Shifting Dreamland
Land (C)
T: Add C.
T, Sacrifice Shifting Dreamland: Look at the top 6 cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them onto the battlefield. If you don't, add one mana of any color. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
void_nothing wrote:
4 years ago
Votes: Sagharri, netn10

Oread Flamepourers 1RR
Enchantment Creature - Nymph (R)
Double strike
The first time each turn a source you control would deal noncombat damage to one or more permanents or players, it deals double that damage instead.
1/3
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Post by Flatline » 4 years ago

Votes: bravelion83, slimytrout

Fire Feeder 1r
Creature — Elemental (U)
Trample, haste
Vanishing 1 (This creature enters the battlefield with a time counter on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, put a time counter on Fire Feeder.
3/2
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Post by bravelion83 » 4 years ago

Votes: RattingRots, Sagharri
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Rithaniel - I'm not the biggest fan of the mechanics, but that flavor text hit me like a punch in the stomach. Shouldn't be a surprise if you remember what happened right here in this very contest a couple weeks ago for my birthday...
netn10 - Why do you need to target both the enchantment and the opponent? I would have just said "Destroy target enchantment an opponent controls."
So I decided to turn my card that's up for voting today into a whole cycle that I'll be posting (in WUBRG order) today and for the next three days.

Strike of Strength 3G
Sorcery (U)
Affinity for green permanents (This spell costs 1 less to cast for each green permanent you control.)
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Adamant — If at least three green mana was spent to cast this spell, also put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control. Creatures you control gain trample until end of turn.
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The adamant ability is worded like that because while you cast a spell, you choose targets before actually paying the costs.
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Post by Rithaniel » 4 years ago

Votes: bravelion83, slimytrout
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Well, don't worry. I'd say everyone here are friends on some level. I mean, we all have the same obscure hobby, so it simply makes sense to say that we are each happy to see each other post and to give each other well wishes.

That being said, Otactli is the third 'Eldrazi child' I've made. The three: Xodhreh, Mlaole, and Otactli, are each supposed to embody some aspect of being young, and so cast the Eldrazi in a different kind of light. Xodhreh (blue) embodies curiosity, Mlaole (black) embodies the desire to control or to win, and Otactli (green) embodies the desire to belong. They're part of a custom set I've been turning over in my head.

Though, what did you dislike about the mechanics? Anything I could improve upon?
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Post by Sagharri » 4 years ago

slimytrout, Rithaniel

Urborg's Custodian 2BB
Creature - Demon (R)
Flying
Whenever an opponent gains life, create 1/1 black Eye creature token with flying.
Eye creatures can't attack or block.
4/3

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Post by wizyard » 4 years ago

Flatline, RattingRots

Gaea's Voice 1G
Creature - Elf Druid (R)
Whenever you draw a card, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
2/1

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Post by slimytrout » 4 years ago

sagharri, flatline

Voidling 2CC
Creature - Eldrazi Shapeshifter (R)
C: Change the target of target spell or ability that targets only Voidling.
C: Until end of turn, Voidling can only be blocked by creatures with even power.
C: Voidling gains protection from multicolored until end of turn.
1: Voidling gets +1/-1 or -1/+1 until end of turn.
3/3

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Post by netn10 » 4 years ago

Votes: Rithaniel, RattingRots

Caller of the Demonic BB
Creature - Human Cleric (Rare)
Demon spells you cast cost 1 less to cast.
T, Sacrifice a creature: Add BB.
"Your blood is calling to me, but only I will stand to answer my masters."

2/2

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Post by void_nothing » 4 years ago

Votes: Flatline, Sagharri

Render Foul 1B
Enchantment - Aura (C)
Flash
Enchant creature or land
Enchanted permanent gets -1/-1 if it's a creature and is a Swamp if it's a land.
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Post by RattingRots » 4 years ago

bravelion83, void_nothing
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Flatline - I think the ability to unmulligan yourself is OP. It's a bit frustrating because I really like the elegance of making a splashy card like this use the same text for a completely different-feeling effect. However, I think the potential to just unmulligan after you mulligan down to 5 or less is just too powerful. The main problem is that if I know I have 4 of these in my deck, especially with the new mulligan rules, I can just mulligan aggressively to try to find a really good 7 or 6 card hand, and then if I don't find it, keep mulliganing until I have a copy of Mental Refreshment in hand, then just reset to 7. It allows any deck that has this card and can afford to cycle it when it ends up in a kept hand to basically eliminate a large percentage of mediocre draws for almost no investment. It's also an example of a card where I think optimal play would lead to some boring games - I thnk it's correct even if you are down to a 3 or 2 card hand to keep mulliganing to try to find this, and that will occasionally lead to a complete non-game where you don't find it and have to play with a 1-card hand. Even if you intend this as a casual card, I think it's dangerous to do this, because casual players can start down the road of super-optimizing cards like this and the dichotomy between not wanting to play boring games versus trying to win can lead to bad experiences.

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Target creature or vehicle gets -3/-3 until end of turn. If this would reduce a vehicle's toughness to 0, that vehicle's controller sacrifices it.

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