The DCC - June 16th, 2021

[bravelion83]

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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Rememer the ionic product of water from yesterday? This one:
k_w = [H⁺] ∙ [OH^-] = 1 ∙ 10^-14
Always from the ionic product, we can calculate the pH of pure water, that's called the "neutral pH". Each molecule of water dissociates in exactly one H⁺ and one OH^-, so at equilibrium H⁺ will be equal to OH^-. Let's call it "x" and solve the equation:
x² = 1 ∙ 10^-14
Let's make the square root:
x = [H⁺] = 1 ∙ 10^-7
So:
pH = -log([H⁺]) = -log(1 ∙ 10^-7) = 7
Surprise! (Maybe.) The neutral pH is 7! Acids have a pH lower than 7, bases higher. I don't know in other countries, but here in Italy there are many soaps advertized to have a neutral pH of 5.5, but that's technically wrong. They call pH 5.5 neutral because it's the same pH as human skin, but technically you shouldn't call it "neutral". That's 7. I hope all this math we've done in the last days hasn't bored you. Tomorrow we'll go back to more theoretical things.

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DCC Scoreboard

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emily 45 (+3)
JessWill 43 (+6)
netn10 38 (+3)
void_nothing 29 (+1)
folding_music 26 (+2)
bravelion83 25 (+1)
JovialJovian 17
saltyplumsoda 17
RIthaniel 12
marioguy3 3

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Votes: netn10, JessWill

Advanced Textbook 2U
Artifact (R)
Whenever you learn, draw a card.
1, T, Discard a card: Learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)
"Every day you can learn something new, you just have to pay attention."

Votes: emily, void_nothing

Squirrel Away U
Instant (Common)
Return target creature to its owner's hand. It's controller creates a 1/1 green Squirrel creature token.
"Better have words play than swords play."
- Darrin, Leximancer

votes: emily, JessWill

Tax Haven
Land (R)
: Add .
Pay X life, Sacrifice Tax Haven: Counter target spell or ability you don't control which asks you to pay an additional . (For example, Mana Leak asks you to pay an additional ; you can counter it spell by paying 3 life and sacrificing Tax Haven.)

Votes: folding_music, JessWill

Fall from Grace BG
Sorcery (U)
Destroy target creature. If that creature had flying, its controller loses life equal to its toughness.
"Pride goeth before... whatever you just did."

Votes: Netn10, Emily

Locust's Kiss 1BG
Sorcery (R)
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token with flying.
The most bittersweet kiss is the kiss of death.

Votes: bravelion83, netn10

Pathfinding Jerboa W
Creature - Mouse (U)
First strike
Whenever Pathfinding Jerboa deals combat damage to a player, untap target Desert you control.
1/1

Votes - folding_music, JessWill

Wyvern Seeker 1RR
Creature - Viashino Scout {R}
Drakes you control get +1/+0 and have first strike.
T, Discard a card: Draw a card and reveal it. If a red creature card is revealed this way, untap Wyvern Seeker. Activate only as a sorcery.
1/1

[bravelion83]

Votes: emily, JessWill

Interguild Warrior 2G
Creature — Human Warrior (R)
Graft 2 (This creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this creature onto it.)
Riot (This creature enters the battlefield with your choice of an additional +1/+1 counter or haste.)
Facing the invasion of Bolas's Eternal army, the guilds had to start working together.
0/0

[folding_music]

votes: netn10, void_nothing

Turbo Umbrellas 1ur
Creature - Wall (R)
Defender, reach
Whenever an opponent attacks you, return target creature with mana value X that player controls to its owner's hand, where X is the number of creatures attacking you.
They really repel the rain.
0/5

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red cos blue doesn't get reach, and red walls do!

[netn10]

Votes: folding_music, MonoRedMage

Dog Trainer W
Creature - Human Scout (Rare)
Dogs spells you cast cost 1 less to cast.
W, T: Put a +1/+1 counter or a vigilance counter on target Dog creature.
WW, T: Return target Dog you control to its owner's hand.
0/1

[JessWill]

Votes: Netn10, Voidnothing

Neutralize Power 1W
Instant (R)
Until end of turn, each nonland permanent controlled by target player loses all abilities.
Incarnate 2WW (2WW: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield transformed.)
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Impotence
Enchantment - Aura Curse (R)
Enchant player
Each nonland permanent controlled by enchanted player loses all abilities.
If Impotence would go to your graveyard, exile it instead.

[emily]

Votes: void_nothing, MonoRedMage

Everbloom
Sorcery (U)
(Nonexistent mana costs can't be paid.)
Search your library for a basic land card and put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Splice onto instant or sorcery 2G

[void_nothing]

Votes: emily, JessWill

Hermit Draugr B
Creature - Zombie Cleric (R)
Hermit Draugr can't block.
Boast - 1, Sacrifice another creature: Add BBB.
If Hermit Draugr would die, exile it instead.
2/2

[Rithaniel]

Votes: folding_music (Cool idea, but tricky to word), void_nothing

Converging Routes
Land R
: Add .
, , Discard a card: You gain 7 life and draw a card.
Vixadna, a god of trade of Surutun, believes that trade should only be used as a means towards an end, and that end is more valuable than anything that could be traded.