The DCC - April 22nd, 2021

[Rithaniel]

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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Today's math fact is about associativity. Some might recognize a "viral math problem" like 8/2(2+2), as something. It's viral because it sparks debates on what it equals. Does it come out to 4(4)=16, or does it come out to 8/8=1?

The truth is this isn't actually a well defined expression, and the source of the ambiguity is associativity. Division isn't associative, meaning that a/(b/c) does not necessarily equal (a/b)/c. In this specific example, it's the fact that it is unclear whether we're looking at (8/2)(2+2) or 8/(2(2+2)).

Some argue that you should evaluate the operations from left to right. Others say from right to left. Some say that you do multiplication before division, but these are just attempts to help try and resolve this ambiguity which lack any mathematical justification. Going left to right has no basis in math. Division is just multiplication by an inverse, so there is no reason to do multiplication before division. It's just that 8/2(2+2) is a poorly written expression.

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DCC Scoreboard

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JessWill 71 (+2)
netn10 58 (+2)
Rithaniel 58 (+7)
Indighost 49 (+1)
void_nothing 49 (+3)
bravelion83 41 (+1)
RattingRots 25 (+2)
wizyard 5
scarbo 4
kwanyeegor-ii 3
MonoRedMage 3
Riria 3

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Votes: Rithaniel, void_nothing

Theorise Math 2U
Sorcery - Lesson (Rare)
Draw a card for each different converted mana cost among instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.
/// MDFC ///
Professor of Mathematics 1G
Creature - Elf Wizard (Rare)
When Professor of Mathematics enters the battlefield, learn or put a +1/+1 counter on it for each different converted mana cost among instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.
1/1

JessWill, Rithaniel

Playful Mimickery U
Instant (U)
Copy target spell with mana value 1. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Votes: Rithaniel, void_nothing

Courageous Knight 3R
Creature — Human Knight (U)
Cowards can't block.
Courageous Knight can't be a Coward.
R: Another target creature becomes a Coward until end of turn.
R: Target Coward loses all its creature types.
In the court of Embereth, lacking courage is the greatest shame for a knight.
3/3

Votes: Bravelion83, Voidnothing

Lapse of Reason 1R
Instant (U)
Exile target land or spell until end of turn, (That spell resolves.)
The map is not the territory.

Votes: RattingRots, Indighost

Essence Dissection
Sorcery R
Choose one —

• Each player loses life equal to the greatest toughness among creatures they control.
• Each player gains life equal to the greatest power among creatures they control.
• Each player sacrifices each creature they control with the greatest power or toughness among creatures they control.

netn10 jesswill

Votes: RattingRots, Rithaniel

Rule of Ideals WWW
Sorcery (R)
Exile each tapped creature your opponents control with mana value equal to or less than the number of enchantments you control.
Enchantmentcycling 5W

Rithaniel, Netn10

Bottle of Mindlightning 2
Artifact (U)
t, pay 1 life: Add c.
t, pay 2 life: The next time you Learn this turn, Learn an additional time.
A favorite of the procrastinating student, be it for projects, papers, or finals.

[bravelion83]

Votes: Rithaniel, void_nothing

Giver of Swords 1GWU
Creature — Human Soldier (R)
When Giver of Swords enters the battlefield or attacks, create a Sword token. (It's an artifact with "2, T, Sacrifice this artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.")
GWU, T, Sacrifice a Sword token: Until end of turn, another target creature you control gains +3/+3 and has flying and vigilance.
2/2

[netn10]

Votes: bravelion83, JessWill

Pest Dissection 2BB
Sorcery - Lesson (Rare)
Create a 1/1 green and black Pest creature token with "When this creature dies, you gain 1 life.",
then sacrifice a creature. You draw a card for each 1 life you gained this turn.
/// MDFC ///
Professor of Life Essences G
Creature - Dryad Shaman (Rare)
When Professor of Life Essences enters the battlefield, you learn or you gain 3 life.
0/1

[JessWill]

Votes: Netn10, Bravelion83

Spiritual Journey GW
Instant (U)
Exile target creature or planeswalker. At the beginning of the next end step, return it to the battlefield under your control. If it's a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on it. If it's a planeswalker, put a loyalty counter on it.

[Rithaniel]

Votes: netn10 (I usually try to avoid voting for cards that use the "new-and-shiny" keywords from a recent release, but it's math. How can I not?), RattingRots

Interesting Pheonix
Creature - Phoenix R
Flying
When Interesting Phoenix enters the battlefield, you may pay and exile a creature card from your graveyard. If you do, Interesting Phoenix becomes a copy of that creature, except it has flying and is a Phoenix in addition to its other types.
: Return Interesting Phoenix from your graveyard to the battlefield.
The most interesting phoenix in the world.
2/2

[RattingRots]

JessWill, Indighost

Deliverance 1WW
Sorcery (R)
Destroy all creatures.
Each player draws a card for each creature they controlled that was destroyed this way.

[MonoRedMage]

Votes - netn10, JessWill

Caged Combustion R
Creature - Weird {R}
Whenever Caged Combustion becomes the target of a spell or ability, it deals 1 damage to you and each other creature and planeswalker you control.
4/4

[Indighost]

Voidnothing, Rithaniel

Colossus Crawlers 6{b/g}{b/g}
Creature - Worm (R)
~ cost 1 less to cast for each creature card with power 4 or greater in your graveyard.
Menace
1{b/g}: Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on ~. If it was a creature card with power 4 or greater, draw a card.
Everything is bigger on Ikoria, from apex predators to bottom feeders.
3/6

[kwanyeegor-ii]

rithaniel indighost

[void_nothing]

Votes: RattingRots, JessWill

Rain-Kin Dowser UU
Creature - Elemental Shaman (R)
Whenever you cast an instant spell, up to one target creature you control gets +2/-2 or -2/+2 until end of turn.
Whenever an opponent casts an instant spell, add U. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell.
1/3