October CCL Final Poll

[slimytrout]

It's time for the much-anticipated final poll for the October CCL! The challenge was:

Design five cards, sharing no card types or supertypes, representing five moments in your villain's life:

• Their origin story
• Their most sought-after prize
• Their greatest triumph
• Their biggest mistake
• Their death/destruction
  

And the entries are:

Mirari's Memories 3UU
Instant (Rare)
Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. At the beginning of the next end step, draw a card for each instant and sorcery spell that resolved this turn

Spark Container 2
Artifact (Rare)
1, T, Sacrifice Spark Container: Destroy target planeswalker
3, T, Sacrifice Spark Container: Search your library for a planeswalker card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library

Mastery of Argentum 2UU
Enchantment (Mythic)
When Master of Argentum enters the battlefield, create two 1/1 colorless Myr creature tokens
You may cast artifact spells as though they had flash
Whenever you cast a spell for less mana than its converted mana cost, distribute X +1/+1 and/or charge counters among any number of target artifacts you control, where X is the amount of mana less than that spell's converted mana cost you paid

Memnarch's Arrogance UU
Sorcery (Uncommon)
Return up to two target nonland permanents you don't control to their owner's hands. Each of those permanent's controllers draws a card

Destabilized Core
Land (Rare)
T: Add C
7, T, Sacrifice Destabilized Core: Destroy all artifacts

Reckless Boarder br
Creature - Human Pirate (U)
Menace
4br: Return Reckless Boarder from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking. Activate this ability only if a creature you control is attacking. This ability costs 1 less to activate for each attacking creature you control.
2/2

Princess Apricot 4
Legendary Artifact - Vehicle (R)
Whenever Princess Apricot deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token for each Pirate that crewed it this turn.
Crew 2
"What did you expect? "Black Death"? Or maybe "Revenge"?!"
- The Grim Captain
[5/5]

Form a Coalition 4ur
Sorcery (M)
Until end of turn, whenever a creature you control but don't own deals combat damage to an opponent, gain control of it.
For each opponent, gain control of up to one target creature that player controls until end of turn. Untap them. They gain haste until end of turn.

Treacherous Deck 3br
Enchantment (R)
When Treacherous Deck enters the battlefield, destroy target land or Vehicle.
Whenever a land or Vehicle leaves the battlefield, its controller sacrifices a creature.

Return to the Sea 4u
Instant (U)
The owner of target nonland permanent shuffles it into their library.
Legend says that the Grim Captain is not dead yet - he is waiting.

For reference, here are the villains:

kwanyeegor-ii

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Memnarch, Puppetmaster of Mirrodin 4UU
Legendary Artifact Creature--Wizard (Mythic)
Artifact spells you cast cost 2 less to cast
At the beginning of your upkeep, search target player's library for an artifact card and exile it. You may play that card this turn. That player shuffles their library
5/5

Raptorchan

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The Grim Captain 3ubr
Legendary Creature - Zombie Pirate (M)
Each creature you control that's Zombie or Pirate has haste.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return up to one Pirate creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. If you don't, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie Pirate creature token with menace.
2u: Untap target Zombie or Pirate.
For the Grim Captain, death is never an excuse to skip duty.
4/4

The poll will last for six days. Anyone can vote. Best of luck to both contestants!

[slimytrout]

And the poll is done! Congratulations to @Raptorchan, who not only won the final round in overwhelming fashion, but also multiple of the previous rounds!

[void_nothing]

Congratulations @Raptorchan

[Raptorchan]

Thanks judges and thanks @kwanyeegor-ii! My vote was for you of course.
(speaking of which, this is the first time I won CCL ever if I remember correctly, including mtgsalvation.)