The DCC - September 5, 2019

[void_nothing]

The DCC: 09/05/19

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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• 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.
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Notes of the Day

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This was the wildest day of Magic news I can remember, ever, and it came out of nowhere.

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DCC Scoreboard

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void_nothing 14 (+6)
emily 10 (+6)
RattingRots 7
bravelion83 7 (+3)
Rithaniel 6 (+3)
slimytrout 5 (+1)
Henlock 5 (+4)
shukkets 5 (+1)
Sagharri 5
netn10 3 (+0)
marioguy3 3
Legend 2
kwanyeegor-ii 2 (+2)
Ink-Treader 1
Krishnath 0 (+0)

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Votes: Henlock and Rithaniel

Harvest Witch G
Creature - Hag Shaman (R)
Sacrifice a creature: Choose X target lands that haven't been targeted by this ability this turn, where X is the sacrificed creature's toughness. Until end of turn, whenever a player taps those lands for mana, they add one mana of any type that land produced.
1/1

henlock, bravelion83

Thought Leak
o Sorcery (R)
Each player puts the top four cards of their library into their graveyard, then draws a card.
Flashback U (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Votes: emily, void_nothing

Roadbeaten Chariot G
Artifact - Vehicle (Common)
Whenever Roadbeaten Chariot attacks, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield tapped.
Crew 1
2/3

emily, voidnothing

Stand Out
Enchantment - Aura (u)
Enchant token creature
Enchanted creature has +2/+2
When Stand Out is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.

Votes: Henlock, Rithaniel

Honorable mention for emily.

Unscrupulous Trader 2R
Creature — Human Rogue (R)
When Unscrupulous Trader enters the battlefield, amass 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. If you don't control one, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
3{G/W}, T: Populate. The token enters the battlefield with an additional X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on the copied token. (To populate, create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)
In times of war, even the Selesnya were forced to traffic with zombies. The Rakdos were more than happy to provide supplies.
2/2

emily, void_nothing

hm

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Bravelion - love this, but I think I'd give it flash so it can be used as a combat trick.

Tidal Prison U
Enchantment - Aura (U)
Enchant Creature
Retract 2 (This permanent enters the battlefield with 2 time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last time counter is removed, return it to it's owner's hand.)
1: Tap enchanted creature.

Votes: shukkets, emily

Summons of Othaias
Sorcery U
Search your library for two creature, instant, or sorcery cards, put them into your graveyard, then shuffle your library.
"Make sure you don't draw attention of the witch. She's pulled entire fleets to the sea floor, just to use the ships as decoration."
—Stefan Uldhart, boatswain

Votes: emily, Rithaniel (four color madness engine? Nice)

Vacate the Crypts 3BB
Legendary Sorcery (Rare)
Exile all creature cards in all graveyards. For each creature card exiled in this way create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Zombies you control have haste until end of turn.

Votes: bravelion83, void_nothing

Sanav, Karagha Warden 3WR
Legendary Creature - Human Solider (R)
First strike
When you cast Sanav, Karagha Warden, create X tokens that are a copy of Sanav, Karagha Warden except they aren't legendary, where X is the number of exiled cards your opponents own.
2/2

Votes: Henlock, emily

I really like "Adventure" mechanic from Throne of Eldraine

Adventurer's Scars 1W
Enchantment (U)
Each creature your control enters the battlefield with additional +1/+1 counter if you cast it from exile.
Each of them has its own story.

Votes: kwanyeegor-ii, void_nothing

Grand Recall 5U
Instant (R)
Draw three cards.
Adamant — If at least three blue mana was spent to cast this spell, instead look at the top seven cards of your library, put three of them into your hand, then put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Votes: Ink-Treader, bravelion83

Elephant Army
Sorcery - Rare
Put X X/X green elephant creature tokens onto the battlefield.
From the beyond, the elephants create a similar identity to the others.

Votes: slimytrout, kwanyeegor-ii

Ragaanoa 1RGW
Creature - Spirit (R)
Haste, protection from noncreature permanents
When Ragaanoa dies, you gain 13 life.
The World Spell was maintained and remade by the work of many.
3/3

[netn10]

Votes: Rithaniel, Sagharri

Heartfire Lance RW
Artifact - Equipment (Rare)
Equipped creature has double strike.
R: Equipped creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
W: Equipped creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.
Equip Knight 2
Equip 4

[slimytrout]

netn10, sagharri

Zoll, Jetwing Bone-Eater 2B
Legendary Creature – Bird (R)
Flying
Whenever a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere, you gain 1 life and Zoll, Jetwing Bone-Eater gains deathtouch until end of turn.
3B: Put Zoll, Jetwing Bone-Eater from your graveyard onto the battlefield transformed.
"From a necromancer's nemesis..."
1/3
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Souleater, Bonewing Jet
Legendary Artifact – Vehicle
Flying, First Strike
Whenever Souleater, Bonewing Jet deals combat damage to a player, look at the top four cards of that player's library, exile one of them, then put the rest into their graveyard. You may play cards exiled by Souleater.
Crew 2
"...To his conveyance."
3/1

[RattingRots]

Sagharri, marioguy3

hms

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I really liked both of these, and essentially didn't vote for them because of minor templating/costing issues.

Rithaniel - I'm not sure if I'm allowed to search for 2 different types (like a creature and an instant for example). I think I would be able to, but the wording is a little unclear. If that is the intent, I think it's the better way to go - if the intent is to force them to be the same type, I think it's too arbitrary a restriction. I really really like this, but I have a tough time voting for something when I can't exactly parse how it's supposed to work. Also I don't think this is the end of the world, but there's a universe where you pay RG and tutor for creatures and instants which feels a bit off color - not a dealbreaker and I think it's worth it to make this interesting mana cost but just a minor knock against this card.

emily - My complaint is super minor - I think a splashable draw 3 is an example of a card that makes colors too unimportant - it would be too easy to throw this into any old deck that can barely generate any blue mana. I think if it was a sorcery you could maybe justify it, but as an instant I think it's too good in too many decks can just splash for it. Personally I'd reduce the cost and make it an instant speed draw 2.

Ardor R
Enchantment - Aura (U)
Enchant Creature
Enchanted creature has haste.
1U, Return Ardor to it's owner's hand: Research (You draw a card, then discard a card).

[Ink-Treader]

Vote: Henlock and RattingRots

Time's Grip W
Enchantment (R)
Player's can't cast spells with converted mana cost greater than their turn count. (A player's turn count is the amount of turns they've started.)
Sacrifice Time's Grip: Until end of turn, spells cost 1 more to cast.

[kwanyeegor-ii]

krishnath voidnothing

Eater of Ingenuity 1R
Creature--Gremlin (Rare)
You can't cast this spell unless you control an artifact
When Eater of Ingenuity enters the battlefield, sacrifice three artifacts. If you sacrifice three artifacts in this way draw three cards
3/3

[bravelion83]

Votes: netn10, void_nothing

Honorable mention

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marioguy3 - I like the card but it's just a functional reprint of Gelatinous Genesis, and "functional" only because the creature type of the tokens is different, otherwise it would just be a straight up reprint.

Notes about ELD

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Two things:
• I fully agree with void_nothing's note of the day.
• It's usual for me in the DCC, but I'll still mention it explicitly here as it's the first preview season on this site. I always wait until the full set is revealed to design and vote for cards involving the mechanics from the new set. Who knows if the card you've designed is actually real and just not revealed yet. And yes, it can happen. I know it because it happened to me with the enemy creature lands from BFZ. I had designed my own BW one during preview season when the cycle hadn't been revealed yet. Then a few days later it was revealed, and surprise! The actual BW one was exactly the one I had designed myself, only with a different creature type when animated and a different name. But it had the same exact activation cost, base stats and ability (lifelink) as the one I had made. I've been applying this self-made rule since then. So, if you're wondering why you're desiging Adventures or cards with adamant or that create Food tokens or that are clearly made to interact with any of the mechanics every day and it looks to you that I'm ignoring your designs, this is the reason. I'm just waiting for the whole set to be revealed because you never know, the card that you've just designed might be a real one. And if you're wondering why you're not seeing cards with those mechanics from me yet, that's also the reason. Don't worry, I will design plenty once the whole set is public and I'm sure I'm not overlapping with a real card. This is not an official rule or anything like that, it's just my own. I will do this for every set, but I won't repeat this every time. I'm just saying it here now because it's the first time it happens on Nexus. Ok, with this out of the way, let's move on.

Conclave Educator 1G
Creature — Elf Advisor (R)
3G: Populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)
5G: Draw a card.
Teamwork (Your creatures can help activate this permanent's abilities. Each creature you tap while activating an ability of this permanent pays for 1 or one mana of that creature's color.)
"The Izzet and Simic brag about their scientists' genius, but a group of barely educated people can surpass them just by working all together."
1/2

[Rithaniel]

Votes: slimytrout, RattingRots

Response to RattingRots

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Actually, you have a very good point. Looking up similar cards just now, I found that the correct wording would have been "creature, instant, and/or sorcery cards," likely because it is ambiguous otherwise. You learn something new every day.

Also, it would be quite "interesting" to see Gruul tutoring instants to the graveyard, but you could also justify it that this is Izzet teaming up with Golgari and just so happening to be wearing the same color clothing as Gruul.

Crawling Fortress
Artifact - Vehicle U
Trample
You may crew Vehicles with creatures based on their total toughness rather than their total power.
Crew 4 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 4 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
7/7

[Krishnath]

Votes: Sagharri, emily,

Armory 2R
Enchantment (Rare)
1, Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
"Money can't buy everything, but it can buy weapons and armor."

Edit: I accidentally a word.

[shukkets]

Votes: sagharri, emily

Most Poisonous Poison 1BG
Enchantment (R)
Flash
Whenever a source with deathtouch you control deals damage to a planeswalker, destroy that planeswalker
Whenever a source with deathtouch you control deals damage to a player, that player loses 3 life and gets a poison counter.

[Henlock]

netn10, shukkets

Monastery Flamekeeper r
Creature - Efreet Monk (u)
Prowess
, Sacrifice Monastery Flamekeeper: Add rrr. Activate this ability only if Monastery Flamekeeper's power is 4 or greater.
0/1

[Sagharri]

Votes: RattingRots, slimytrout

Baked Valor W
Enchantment - Aura (C)
Enchant Food
Enchanted Food is 2/2 white Knight creature in addition to its other types.
"You have my sword…"
"…and you have my bow…"
"…and my bread!"

[emily]

Votes: slimytrout, Krishnath

Surprised we haven't seen a landfall/fight card.

Rambunctious Baloth 4GG
Creature — Beast (R)
Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on Rambunctious Baloth, then you may have it fight target creature an opponent controls.
4/5

[marioguy3]

Votes: shukkets, Krishnath

Maddening Thoughts
Instant - Uncommon

Destroy target blue creature. Draw two cards, then discard two cards at random.

[void_nothing]

Votes: RattingRots, Sagharri

Slice to the Soul 2B
Instant (U)
As an additional cost to cast this spell, tap an untapped permanent with deathtouch you control or pay 3.
Destroy target nonartifact permanent an opponent controls.