The DCC - August 20th, 2021

[void_nothing]

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

---

How To Play

---

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.

---

Rules

---

• 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

---

Medieval Russian folktales feature a type of superhuman knight-errant character called the bogatyr. These bogatyrs usually had one outstanding power, such as exceptional wisdom and cunning or superstrength, and unusually, one of them was a benevolent giant named Svyatogor. The name bogatyr comes from the well-distributed Turkic word "baghatur" meaning "hero", cognates of which are present in modern languages from Mongolian to Hindi.

---

DCC Scoreboard

---

Sagharri 55 (+3)
Ink-Treader 49 (+2)
void_nothing 42 (+1)
bravelion83 41 (+2)
Rithaniel 34 (+6)
netn10 29 (+2)
emily 13
ayssia 8
kwanyeegor-ii 5

---

Votes: Ink-Treader, Rithaniel

Search the Loot 2U
Sorcery (R)
Kicker 3 (You may pay an additional 3 as you cast this spell.)
Improvise (Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for 1.)
Search your library for an artifact card with mana value X or less, where X is the number of artifacts you control. Reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. If this spell was kicked, put that card onto the battlefield instead of putting it into your hand.

Votes: bravelion83, Rithaniel

Sundered Aether CU
Enchantment (R)
When Sundered Aether enters the battlefield, you may pay X. If you do, return X target nonland permanents you don't control to their owners' hands.
Spells cost 1 or C less to cast.
Take care when punching holes in reality, lest the unreal seep in.

Votes: bravelion83, Sagharri

Order the Chaos WU
Instant (Rare)
Exile target spell or permanent that's red.
"From the ashes of your failure, success shell rise."
- Raad, Jeskai Loremaster

Rithaniel, void_nothing

Artificer Class 1U
Enchantment - Class (U)
When Artificier Class enters the battlefield, search your library for an artifact card with mana value 2 or less, reveal it, put it into you hand, then shuffle.
1U: Level 2
Artifact spells you cast cost 1 less to cast.
2U: Level 3
Whenever you cast artifact spell, look at the top card of your library. If it is an artifact card, you may reveal that card and put it into your hand.

Votes: netn10, Sagharri

Emulator Pendulum
Artifact R
Emulator Core has all abilities of all non-Aura enchantment cards in your graveyard, except with the text of those abilities changed by replacing all instances of the word "enchantment" with "artifact."
"A simple machine, its true complexity comes in its motion."
—Qkaun, the Machinist

Votes: Ink-Treader, Sagharri

Lord of the Rising 3GG
Creature - Treefolk Druid (R)
Lord of the Rising has indestructible as long as it's your turn.
Sacrifice a Forest: You may put a Treefolk permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.
2/5

netn10 rithaniel

[bravelion83]

Votes: netn10, void_nothing

Lost in the Sandstorm 2{G/W}B
Instant (R)
Exile target nonland permanent.
Cycling 2B (2B, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Lost in the Sandstorm, target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn.
Flashback 5{G/W}B (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

[netn10]

Votes: Sagharri, Rithaniel

Learning Curve 1U
Sorcery (Common)
Learn, then create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token with a +1/+1 counter on it for each time you learned this turn.

[Ink-Treader]

Vote: Rithaniel, void_nothing

Lostwind Wisp (C/U)
Creature - Elemental (C)
Flying
(C/U), Sacrifice Lostwind Wisp: Target permanent you control phases out.
"It truly represents our magic: As gentle as a spring breeze, as impenetrable as the mightiest storm."
-Falzhen, djinn sorceror
1/1

[Sagharri]

bravelion83, netn10

Aether Swap 1U
Instant (R)
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, its controller may search their library for a card with lesser mana value, reveal it, put it into their hand, then shuffle.

[Rithaniel]

Votes: Ink-Treader, void_nothing

Guardsman Contingent
Creature - Human Knight C
Selfless 3 (This spell costs less to cast, where X is 3 minus the number of creatures you control.)
First strike
"If we aren't the first on the ground, then the conflict isn't anything to worry about."
—Harrin, Guardsman
1/5

[void_nothing]

Votes: Ink-Treader, Rithaniel

Ogre Duelist 1RR
Creature - Ogre Knight (U)
Prowess
Whenever Ogre Duelist deals damage to a creature, it deals 1 damage to that creature's controller.
Spells you cast that would cause one or more creatures to fight cost 1 less to cast.
3/1