Over 280 creature types exist in Magic. Some of them have been more prominent than others. All of them deserve some time in the sun. That's where this daily contest thread comes in. The rules are detailed below:
To Enter:
- Note the type for the day, which will be the creature type directly after the previous day's in alphabetical order.
- Design a creature (or tribal) card that has the day's specified creature type. This is the only restriction - as long as you have the right typeline, you can design any card you want. You can include any other types you like, as long as you have the specified one for the day.
- Vote for two of the other entrants from the previous day. (In the event that there are two or fewer entries that you are allowed to vote for, you may vote for only one.)
A running score tally will be kept for all players' totals throughout the length of this contest. In addition, an honor roll of the winners of each day (the champions of that day's creature type) will also be maintained in spoilered form in each day's thread. Once all the creature types have been cycled through, and voting for the final alphabetical type (presently Zubera) is done, there will be a highly prestigious overall winner as well!
Other Rules:
Just like any other daily contests, anyone is free to enter as many or as few days as they like and begin entering at any time.
The list of creature types that will be used in this contest is the Comprehensive Rules list, which includes "canon" creature types, those which are only used on tokens at this time, ones only used in Universes Beyond or D&D crossover products, and ones only used in Unfinity, the most recent acorn set. If new types are added to the Comprehensive Rules list during the run of this contest, they will be included in a thread if and only if they are alphabetically later than the current day's type.
The penalty for entering without exactly two votes for the previous day's cards will be 7 days probation, during which there will be no restrictions on continuing to enter the contest or score points. However, if a player fails to vote properly again during probation, their card will not be eligible for voting the next day.
Threads will be archived by letter: Once the first day with a type starting with B is posted, for example, all threads for types starting with A will be sent to the Contest Archives.
Scores:
Ink-Treader 124 (+6)
Subject16 118 (+0)
slimytrout 117 (+2)
Henlock 107 (+2)
void_nothing 102 (+3)
netn10 75 (+2)
lookingupanddown 72 (+0)
OneAndOnly 41
JovialJovian 34
kwanyeegor-ii 23
MonoRedMage 19
Feyd_Ruin 2
Wren 2 (+2)
Aetherborn: Ink-Treader
Alien: Ink-Treader
Ally: slimytrout
Angel: Ink-Treader
Antelope: ApocalypseChive, Henlock, Subject16
Ape: slimytrout, Subject16, netn10
Archer: Ink-Treader, Henlock, ApocalypseChive, netn10
Archon: slimytrout
Army: OneAndOnly
Artificer: slimytrout, Subject16
Assassin: Henlock, Subject16
Assembly-Worker: slimytrout
Astartes: ApocalypseChive
Atog: void_nothing
Aurochs: netn10, void_nothing, Ink-Treader
Avatar: Subject16
Azra: MonoRedMage
Badger: Subject16, OneAndOnly
Balloon: Subject16
Barbarian: Henlock
Bard: Ink-Treader
Basilisk: netn10, OneAndOnly
Bat: ApocalypseChive, Subject16
Bear: Ink-Treader, ApocalypseChive
Beast: slimytrout, Subject16
Beeble: Subject16
Beholder: void_nothing
Berserker: ApocalypseChive
Bird: kwanyeegor-ii
Blinkmoth: Subject16
Boar: void_nothing
Bringer: slimytrout
Brushwagg: JovialJovian
Camarid: JovialJovian
Camel: slimytrout, void_nothing
Caribou: Ink-Treader
Carrier: ApocalypseChive
Cat: Henlock
Centaur: void_nothing
Cephalid: ApocalypseChive, Ink-Treader, Subject16, Henlock
Child: Subject16
Chimera: Ink-Treader
Citizen: Ink-Treader
Cleric: JovialJovian
Clown: Subject16
Cockatrice: JovialJovian
Construct: Ink-Treader, Henlock
Coward: Henlock
Crab: ApocalypseChive, lookingupanddown
Crocodile: Ink-Treader
Two WH40k types in a row - maybe some of you have your fan wiki tabs for research still open.
Yesterday's Submissions:
(Yesterday's Type: C'tan)
lookingupanddown wrote: ↑1 year agoVotes: Ink-Treader, Henlock
Shard of the Deceiver
Creature - C'tan
Flying
Grand Illusion — When Shard of the Deceiver enters the battlefield, creatures you control gain menace until the end of your next turn.
Cosmic Insanity — At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent discards two cards at random. Each opponent who can't loses 3 life.
5/5
void_nothing wrote: ↑1 year agoVotes: netn10, Wren
Shard of the Worldshaper
Creature - C'tan (R)
Planets Remade... - , Sacrifice a land: Destroy target land. Add .
...And Filled with Death - : Exile two target land cards from a single graveyard. If you do, each C'tan and Necron you control gets +1/+1 and gains your choice of flying, first strike, lifelink, or trample until end of turn.
6/6
ApocalypseChive wrote: ↑1 year agoCrocodile votes: Ink-Treader, void_nothing
Shard of the Endless Swarm
Creature - C'tan (M)
Ward - Pay 3 life
Wave of Withering — Reveal the first card you draw each turn, When you do, any opponent may pay 3 life. If they don't, other creatures get -X/-X until end of turn, where X is that card's mana value.
Tide of Misery — Whenever a creature you control dies, if it had 0 toughness, return it to your hand.
6/9
Subject16 wrote: ↑1 year agoApocalypseChive, slimytrout
Shard of the Burning One
Creature — C'tan (R)
Flying
Webway Navigation — Artifact creatures you control can't be blocked except by other artifact creatures.
Cosmic Fire — Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, its controller loses life equal to that creature's power.
"Nyadra'zatha, the Burning One. May your fires guide us through the dark, and bring us victory."
—Illunimor Szeras
5/5
Wren wrote: ↑1 year agoVotes: netn10, ApocolyseChive
Shard of the Broken
Creature - C'tan (R)
Flying
Sow and Weap - When Shard of the Broken attacks, each player may sacrifice a nonland permanent they control. If they don't, Shard of the Broken gains indestructable until end of turn.
Reap what was Sown - When Shard of the Broken leaves the battlefield, you may choose a creature card that's in any player's graveyard. Put that card onto the battlefield under your control.
"The broken spread like a disease. The more things broken, the more things break."
5/6
netn10 wrote: ↑1 year agoVotes: Ink-Treader, ApocalypseChive
Shard of The Damned Harvest
Creature - C'tan (Mythic)
You Reap - Ward - Pay half of your life, rounded up.
Flying
What You Didn't Sow - At the beginning of each of your opponent's end step, if that player didn't target Shard of The Damned Harvest this turn, you gain life equal to half their life, rounded up.
7/7
slimytrout wrote: ↑1 year agoInk-Treader, void_nothing
Tsara'noga, the Outsider
Legendary Creature - C'tan (M)
Flying, indestructible, haste
Lord of Insanity - When Tsara'noga, the Outsider enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you have no cards in hand.
Whenever Tsara'noga deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles that many cards from their hand and that many cards from the top of their library.
Once each turn, you may cast a spell exiled by Tsara'noga by paying life equal to its mana value rather than paying its mana cost.
8/8
Ink-Treader wrote: ↑1 year agoVote: netn10, void_nothing
Shard of the Spiral Flame
Creature - C'tan (R)
Flying
Rising Pyre - At the beginning of your end step, put two +1/+1 counters on Shard of the Spiral Flame, then each non-C'tan, nonartifact creature gets -0/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on Shard of the Spiral Flame
6/6
Henlock wrote: ↑1 year agoWren, InkTreader
Shard of Hateful Dreams
Creature - C"tal (r)
Flying
Woe of the Infidels- At the beginning of cambat each turn, choose a creature, planeswalker or enchantment an opponent controls. That player sacrifices it unless they pay X life, where X is the number of nonblack mana symbols in its mana cost. If a player does, put that many +1/+1 counters on Shard of Hateful Dreams.
4/4