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Happy new year, everyone! This month, the CCL is doing noncreature mechanics -- we'll start with instants and sorceries.
Challenge
Design an instant or sorcery card with a new or existing mechanic that only goes on instants or sorceries.
Clarifications
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- If you use an existing mechanic, it is fine if it has only gone on instants or sorceries -- you don't need to dig into the Comprehensive Rules to check on the precise wording. And feel free to ignore things like Mystery Boosters and Un-cards -- Innocuous Insect doesn't disqualify buyback.
- If you make a new mechanic, be sure to include clear reminder text so that it is easy to understand how the mechanic works. Also, it should be fairly straightforward why that mechanic would only go on instants and sorceries.
- For reference, here is a quick list of all the existing keyword abilities that I found that fit this challenge, although I don't want to guarantee that it is 100% complete (i.e., the absence of a keyword from this list should not be taken to indicate that it doesn't satisfy the challenge): buyback, flashback, storm, entwine, splice, epic, replicate, gravestorm, conspire, retrace, rebound, miracle, overload, cipher, fuse, awaken, escalate, aftermath, jump-start.
- The mechanic doesn't need to be a keyword ability to satisfy the challenge, as long as it is clear what the mechanic is. So things like strive (an ability word), split cards (a rules concept), and adventure (a subtype of instants and sorceries) would all work.
Anyone can enter this first round! Your submissions are due Tuesday, January 7th, 23:59 EST.
Schedule
- Round 1 — Open to Everyone (January 1st–7th)
- Round 2 — Open to Everyone (January 8th–14th)
- Rounds 1 and 2 Critiques (Due January 17th)
- Top 8 — Open to top 8 finishers (January 18th–21st)
- Top 8 Critiques (Due January 23rd)
- Top 4 — Open to top 4 finishers (January 24th–27th)
- Top 4 Critiques (Due January 29th)
- Final (End of month, winner determined by public poll)
