The DCC - December 2nd, 2022

[void_nothing]

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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@Rithaniel switched back and forth between different themes and techniques this month to keep the designs fresh and walks away with a win! Next host is @bravelion83, whose thread posting timing I am unsure about, but will be either around this time or several hours later and will only affect December 3rd and January 2nd. I'd also like to welcome back some past DCC participants who are rejoining the contest for the first time in a while.

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DCC Scoreboard

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Rithaniel 108 (+5)
void_nothing 93 (+3)
bravelion83 76 (+9)
netn10 75 (+4)
wizyard 48
marioguy3 38 (+1)
Riria 8
OneAndOnly 6 (+0)

Votes: bravelion83, Rithaniel

Vine-Shrouded Sword
Artifact - Equipment (Rare)
Flash
When Vine-Shrouded Sword enters the battlefield, choose one-
- Draw two cards.
- Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has trample.
Equip

Votes: Rithaniel, void_nothing

Faithful Unburying 3WW
Sorcery (R)
Escalate 1W (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or more —
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
• Return target planeswalker card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
• Return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
• Return target enchantment card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Votes: marioguy3, void_nothing

Howling Elite W
Creature - Dog Soldier (Uncommon)
Whenever Howling Elite attacks, each player draws a card.
The best soldier for a woof situation.
2/1

netn10, Rithaniel

Votes: bravelion83, netn10

Scion of the Unspoken
Legendary Creature - Spirit Warrior U
Scion of the Unspoken's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures you control with mana value 3 or less.
: Reveal your hand. Scion of the Unspoken gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards with mana value 3 or less revealed this way. Activate only once each turn.
*/*

Vote: bravelion83, Rithaniel

Capricious Cait 1R
Creature - Cat Faerie (R)
Haste
Whenever Capricious Cait attacks, each player exiles the top card of their library. Each player may play cards they own exiled by Capricious Cait until the end of their next turn.
Whenever a player plays a card exiled with Capricious Cait, they untap Capricious Cait and gain control of it.
3/2

Votes: bravelion83, netn10

Impulsive Meditation RR
Instant (U)
Draw two cards. You skip your next draw step.
"'Seize the day'? How about, 'Seize the small fraction of time that has a name I can never remember.'"
-- Jaya Ballard

bravelion83, void_nothing

Lavaskimmer 3R
Creature - Elemental (C)
Evoke 1R
When ~ enters the battlefield, draw two cards, then discard two cards.
2/2

Votes: bravelion83, netn10

Ambitious Chaos Champion 3B
Creature - Astartes Warrior (R)
Other Astartes and Demon creatures you control have indestructible and deathtouch as long as they attacked this turn.
BBBB, T, Sacrifice an Astartes creature: You lose life equal to that creature's power, then create an X/X black Demon creature token with flying, where X is twice that creature's power.
3/3

Votes: bravelion83, Rithaniel

Heat Shield 1R
Instant (U)
Heat Shield deals 2 damage to target creature. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to that creature this turn.

[bravelion83]

Next host is @bravelion83, whose thread posting timing I am unsure about, but will be either around this time or several hours later and will only affect December 3rd and January 2nd. I'd also like to welcome back some past DCC participants who are rejoining the contest for the first time in a while.

I also like very much to see several returning players and I welcome back all of them!

The thread posting time will stay the same this month too, which is right about the time of this post. Consider the default to be 6 am for me (CEST), which is midnight Eastern and 9 pm of the previous day Pacific. If I checked time zones correctly, it should also be 2 pm in Japan and 1 to 4 pm in Australia depending on where you live in the country. I should be able to host every day this month, including Christmas day and New Year's Day. Should I have any problems with that, but I don't think so at the moment, I'll give advanced notice.


Votes: Surging Chaos, netn10

HM: Rithaniel

Enraging Mockery RG
Instant (U)
Rewind R (You may cast this spell for its rewind cost. If you do, all targets must be the same and you perform the listed actions in reverse order while resolving this spell. This is not a modal spell.)
• Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
• Enraging Mockery deals 1 damage to target creature.
"What's all this fuss about this damned box you want to get out of? That only enrages me!"

[wizyard]

emily, bravelion83

[marioguy3]

Votes: netn10, Ink-Treader

Gruul-Pained Elf
Creature - Elf (Uncommon)
Whenever you tap a creature for mana, if that creature's power is one, Gruul-Pained Elf deals 1 damage to each player.
: Add
1/2

[netn10]

Votes: Rithaniel, Surging Chaos (Welcome back!)

Make Sense U
Instant (Un-Uncommon)
Put a name sticker or an art sticker on target creature you control. Then, a person outside the game put two +1/+1 counters, a flying counter or a vigilance counter on that creature based on what the sticker is.

[Rithaniel]

Votes: bravelion83, Ink-Treader

Hey everyone, thanks for voting for my cards throughout November. I had fun, and am glad you liked what I put out.

Also, I really was bouncing around to different ideas throughout November. I even made a phantom card at one point. It was fun.

Choice of Failures
Sorcery U
Destroy target creature or planeswalker unless its controller sacrifices an artifact, enchantment, or land.
, Discard Choice of Failures: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays .
"Choosing between bad options is never any fun."
—Hklanna Rone, the Dishonorable

[Ink-Treader]

Vote: Rithaniel, Surging Chaos

Containment Protocol 1WW
Enchantment (U)
When Containment Protocol enters the battlefield or integrates, exile target nonland permanent until Containment Protocol or the integrated permanent leaves the battlefield.
Integrate 2WW (2WW, Exile this from your graveyard: Target creature you control gains this card's abilities. Integrate as a sorcery)
"Make sure you lock that in securely."
-Zand, warden of Artezia

[OneAndOnly]

Votes: SurgingChaos, emily
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Hold the Hourglass - XU
Instant. {R}
Target spell with mana value X phases out until its controller casts a spell with equal or greater mana value.

[Surging Chaos]

Votes: marioguy3, Ink-Treader

HM: RattingRots (would have likely voted for it if the ETB was a rummaging effect; looting is more of a blue effect)

Crime Scene
Land (R)
As Crime Scene enters the battlefield, choose an opponent. They investigate.
T: Add W or B.

[RattingRots]

bravelion83, Surging Chaos

Petrification 1G
Enchantment (R)
Whenever a player casts a spell, sacrifice ~. If you do, each of that player's opponents searches their library for two basic land cards and puts them onto the battlefield.

[void_nothing]

Votes: netn10 (surely that should say "ruff situation" though), Ink-Treader

Sunmask Recruiter 4R
Creature - Goblin Soldier (R)
Flying, double strike
When Sunmask Recruiter enters the battlefield or dies, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token, then you add WW. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps or phases end.
2/2