The DCC - January 28th, 2021

[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.
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Notes of the Day

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DCC Scoreboard

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Ink-Treader 76 (+2)
netn10 65 (+3)
void_nothing 64 (+8)
Riria 62 (+1)
folding_music 60 (+3)
Sagharri 52 (+1)
OneAndOnly 45 (+1)
RattingRots 37 (+0)
Rithaniel 26
Indighost 23
emily 22
MonoRedMage 9
kwanyeegor-ii 9 (+1)
Pygyzy 8
wizyard 7
archemediesx 7
marioguy3 2

Probation: Pygyzy (14 days)

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votes: Ink-Treader, void_nothing

Beds of Wild Garlic
Land - Forest (R)
Beds of Wild Garlic enters the battlefield tapped unless every land you control is a Forest.
While Beds of Wild Garlic is tapped and every land you control is a Forest, enchantments you control have hexproof.
(: Add .)

Votes: netn10, void_nothing (freakin' convergent evolution)

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(I'm actually not sure yet how to balance sagas in design, so someone let me know pls, not today but tomorrow, if it's okay for a saga to have effects that are individually stronger than the saga's entire mana cost as long as they're delayed on late enough chapters)

Once Upon a Midnight Dreary WUB
Enchantment - Saga (MR)
I - Untap all creatures you control. They gain vigilance until end of turn.
II - Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle your library. Draw a card.
III - Create Lenore, a legendary 3/3 black Zombie creature token with wither.
IV - Create The Raven, a legendary 2/2 blue and black Bird creature token with flying and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may discard any number of cards to have that player discard twice that number."

Votes: folding_music, Riria (Could definitely use some reading clean-up; I read it as "storm + void > 3", not "storm > 3, void > 3" Still seems absurdly powerful with proliferate.)
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Sapphire Prism -- 3
Artifact
: Add U.
, Sacrifice Sapphire Prism: Empty your mana pool, then add that much U.

Vote: folding_music, void_nothing

Glowering Siren 2B
Creature - Siren (U)
Flying, deathtouch
2U: Untap target creature an opponent controls. Until end of turn, its activated abilities can't be activated and it attacks you if able.
A beautiful aria from a hateful face.
1/3

Votes: folding_music, Ink-Treader

Sheltered Strider G
Creature - Elf Nomad Scout (R)
Sheltered Strider gets +1/+1 as long as you control another Elf.
Sheltered Strider gets +1/+1 as long as you control a non-Forest basic land.
G: Sheltered Strider gains your choice of trample or vigilance until end of turn.
1/1

Votes: OneAndOnly, void_nothing

Interweave Runes W
Enchantment (Rare)
As long as a Rune is attached to a creature or an equipment you control, treat each creature and equipment you control as if that Rune is attached to them.

Votes: void_nothing, kwanyeegor-ii

Emboldened Gladiator 2R
Creature - Human Warrior (C)
Intensify — When Emboldened Gladiator enters the battlefield, If more than one red mana was spent to cast it, it gains haste until end of turn.
Very few Tsagen captives survive the Coliseum, but those capable of feeding off the crowd's energy find glory to live another day.
3/2

Sagharri, netn10

Kami of Hope 2W
Creature - Spirit (C)
Flying
When Kami of Hope enters the battlefield, you may pay 3W. If you do, it enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it. Otherwise, you gain 3 life.

netn10 void_nothing

[Riria]

Votes: folding_music, OneAndOnly

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@OneAndOnly I considered how proliferate plays into the balance, but ultimately decided against nerfing the card to account for that because 1. you're still dependent on your opponent doing something (attacking) 2. you're spending a card and three mana in a heavy colored cost to (at least temporarily) do nothing 3. you're forced into the color combination that has the least proliferate support to begin with. Also, my general design philosophy when balancing cards has two requirements: that the card not be overpowered in the current Modern format, and that the card not be overpowered in Standard, not current Standard, but a hypothetical Standard that has a normal Standard power level but doesn't necessarily have the tools to make the card problematic (so for this card you could just release it when proliferate doesn't exist in Standard, though in my personal opinion it would be fine even then)

Chiri-Chiri 1UG
Legendary Creature - Insect Beast (U)
Flying
Whenever Chiri-Chiri deals combat damage to a player, you may tap up to two lands that player controls. They don't untap during that player's next untap step.
1/3

[folding_music]

votes: netn10, OneAndOnly

Heart Strings 2bg
Enchantment - Aura (R)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has deathtouch.
When enchanted creature dies, for each converted mana cost less than enchanted creature's converted mana cost, return a creature card with that converted mana cost from your graveyard to your hand.

[archemediesx]

Votes, Ink-Treader, RattingRots

Undead Neonate 2B
Creature - Zombie Vampire (C)
Deathtouch
Imbibe — Whenever Undead Neonate deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
I had assumed defanging the cretin would otherwise diminish it's potency. My mistake. — Goulcaller Gisa
1/3

[OneAndOnly]

Votes: Riria, archimediesx. HM to folding_music, but I think "while" should be "As long as..."
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Mindsuck -- BB
Sorcery
Target player discards a card. If they can't, they mill 3.

[Ink-Treader]

Vote: OneAndOnly, archimediesx

Mirrorworld Prison 3WU
Enchantment (R)
When Mirrorworld Prison enters the battlefield, exile target creature until Mirrorworld Prison leaves the battlefield. If you do, create a token copy of the exiled creature, except it's a Reflection in addition to its other types.
When Mirrorworld Prison leaves the battlefield, exile each Reflection that shared a name with the exiled card.
"It's really not so bad in there once you get used to it. It's just like out here, really."

[netn10]

Votes: OneAndOnly, RattingRots

Golden Bullet BB
Instant (Rare)
At the start of the game, you may exile this card from outside the game. If you do, you may cast Golden Bullet from exile once this game and also name a creature card.
Destroy target creature. If you named it with Golden Bullet, draw a card.
"Always save one for the special someone. It's just rude not to."
MaCoy, Bounty Hunter

[RattingRots]

Ink-Treader, netn10

Nixilith 3
Artifact (U)
T: Add one mana of any color.
3, T: Tap target creature.

[void_nothing]

Votes: Ink-Treader, netn10

Acorn Planter 2GG
Creature - Treefolk Druid (U)
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a basic Forest card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you do, create a 1/1 green Squirrel creature token.
2/4

[kwanyeegor-ii]

riria oneandonly