The DCC - September 9th, 2026

[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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Thread posting time is between 7 and 9 am CET, please adjust for your time zone. That time might shift during the month, if it does I'll try to give advance warning the day before.

How to make a card inspired by the lastest Magic Story episode, only for them to reveal a real card with the same name and basic mechanic inspiration (O-Ring) in the very next episode, while also winning the DCC day by far, getting all the votes I could. I don't know how I'm supposed to feel. Thankful for the votes sure, but then what? Prideful as an amateur MTG card designer that I've correctly guessed a good part of a real card, including its name? Angry because the real card's existence essentially erased my custom card and turned my submission into one as good as a blank one? Neutral because parallel design is a thing and people liked a lot my version anyway? This is one of reasons why I usually wait for a set to come out to begin designing cards about that set and its story and mechanics. I've made a special exception for Reality Fracture as I am reading the story every day and I'm absolutely loving it! One of the best ever in my opinion. I also really like Alison Luhrs as a writer, I already did before this story, but here she's absolutely at her A-game. In my opinion, she and Seanan Mc Guire are the best two current MTG writers. I hope they both keep writing Magic Story.

Leo's Mineral of the Day: magnetite.

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DCC Scoreboard

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Alchemist 20 (+2)
Rithaniel 19 (+2)
JessWill 16 (+3)
bravelion83 14 (+7)
netn10 12
SinisterSister 11
wizyard 8

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Submissions up for voting today:

Votes: Rithaniel, Bravelion83

Crone of the Pond
Creature - Hag Shaman (U)
When this creature enters, put a polymorph counter on target creature. (This creature loses all abilities and becomes a Frog with base power and toughness 3/3.)
"Would you brave a kiss for a lonely old woman?"
3/3

Votes: JessWill, bravelion83

Sortition Engine 4
Artifact (Rare)
You have no maximum hand size.
If you would discard one or more cards outside of your cleanup step, discard that many cards at random instead.
Whenever you discard a card, draw a card.
A brain in the search of the self.

Votes: JessWill, bravelion83

Saltcrust (W/U)
Instant (U)
Target creature's controller creates a token that is a copy of that creature, except it is a Food artifact and has "2, T, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.". Then, exile that creature.
Packed in salt as both a preservative, and as a seasoning! Rinse well before serving.

Votes: Alchemist, bravelion83

Open Reflection
Instant R
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay or have an opponent fateseal 3. (To fateseal 3, they look at the top three cards of one of their opponent's library, then put any number of them on the bottom of that player's library and the rest on top in any order.)
Draw two cards.

Votes: JessWill, Bravelion83

Monochrome Barbs
Artifact (R)
Whenever a player casts a spell, if that player cast it from their hand, this artifact deals 1 damage to that player for each color of mana beyond the first spent to cast that spell.

Votes: Rithaniel, Alchemist

Put to Sleep 2U
Instant (U)
Tap target creature and put a stun counter on it. If W was spent to cast this spell, put an additional two stun counters on that creature.

[bravelion83]

Votes: Alchemist, SinisterSister

Mythological Lair 4GW
Enchantment — Room (U)
When you unlock this door, create a 3/3 green and white Centaur creature token, then populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

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Foggy Expanse {G/W}
Enchantment — Room (U)
Flash (You may cast this half anytime you could cast an instant. This does not apply to the other half.)
3{G/W}: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. This ability costs 0 to activate if you unlocked this door this turn.

[SinisterSister]

Votes: Netn10, Alchemist

Fateful Rapture
Kindred Instant - Spirit (U)
Exile target creature you control, then create a token copy of it, except it's a Spirit in addition to its other types and gains flying.
"I want to fly away into the sky, and I don't care if I die."
- Epitaph of Argon Braveheart

[JessWill]

Votes: SinisterSister, Bravelion83

Phaedra, the Rainbow Chaser
Legendary Creature - Human Scout (R)
Whenever you cast a creature spell, if was spent to cast that spell, it has lifelink. If was spent to cast that spell, it has hexproof. If was spent to cast that spell, it has deathtouch. If was spent to cast that spell, it has haste.
2/2

[netn10]

Votes: JessWill, Rithaniel

Alhammarret, Jace's Nightmare 5BB
Legendary Creature — Sphinx Nightmare (Mythic Rare)
Flying, menace
When Alhammarret enters, if you cast it, target opponent exiles their hand. Search that opponent's library for any number of cards with total mana values equal to the total mana value of cards exiled this way, then that player puts those cards into their hand. If you didn't, you lose the game.
5/5

[Alchemist]

Votes: JessWill, netn10

Magnetic Crane 3UW
Artifact Creature - Bird (R)
Affinity for artifacts
Flying
When this enters, return target artifact from your graveyard to the battlefield if its mana value is equal to or less than the number of artifacts in your graveyard.
3/3

[Rithaniel]

Votes: netn10, bravelion83

Mark of Toil
Enchantment - Aura U
This spell costs less to cast if it targets an enchanted creature.
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has defender, haste, and its activated abilities cost less to activate.

[wizyard]

Rithaniel, netn10

Rain of Ashes XR
Sorcery (U)
Put a finality counter on each of up to X target creatures. Then this spell deals up to X damage to each creature.