The DCC - July 19th, 2023

[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.
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(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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DCC Scoreboard

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Raptorchan 51 (+2)
void_nothing 47 (+2)
bravelion83 45 (+6)
RattingRots 40 (+1)
Riria 38 (+2)
Rithaniel 37 (+3)
netn10 36 (+3)
Komandon 18 (+1)
AnotherAlias 11
marioguy3 6

Rithaniel's probation: 4 days left.

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Votes: Rithaniel, Raptorchan (not a fan of the card name though)

HM: void_nothing (mutate is already a complex mechanic by itself and this makes it even more complex)

HM: Komandon (missing rarity, and also the word "armor" in the keyword "Totem armor" should not be capitalized)


Periodic Amnesia XBB
Sorcery (R)
Each opponent loses X life and discards X cards.
Cycling 2BB (2BB, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Periodic Amnesia, each opponent loses 1 life and discards a card.
BB: Return Periodic Amnesia from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only as a sorcery and only if no cards named Periodic Amnesia have been returned from your graveyard to your hand this turn.

Votes: bravelion83, void_nothing

Break b
Instant (U)
Destroy target artifact, enchantment, land or planeswalker if it's a creature.
Nothing breaks like a heart.

Votes: void_nothing, Rithaniel

No Singling Out U
Instant (U)
Counter target instant or sorcery spell with a single target.
There's a fine line between recursion and hypocrisy.

Votes: netn10, Rithaniel

Augmentation Sliver WU
Creature - Sliver (R)
Flash
Sliver creatures you control have "When this creature dies, you may distribute any number of its counters among Sliver creatures you control and attach any number of Auras and Equipment attached to it to Slivers you control."
2/2

Votes: Riria, bravelion83

Expedition Beneficiary 1W
Creature - Human Ally (Rare)
Whenever each player draws a card at the same time, amass Allies 1.
Whenever another ally enters the battlefield under your control for the first time each turn and whenever you put a +1/+1 counter on an ally you control for the first time each turn, each player draws a card and gains 1 life.
1/1

bravelion83, netn10

The Battle of Halimar 2U
Legendary Battle - Encounter (U)
(Any player may attack an encounter. When it's defeated, its owner sacrifices it.)
When ~ enters the battlefield, each player returns a permanent they control to its owner's hand.
Whenever a source deals damage to ~, its controller draws X cards, then discards X cards, where X is the damage dealt. (X can exceed ~'s defense.)
6

Votes: bravelion83, netn10

HM: Komandon - The wordings need work, but I like your ideas

Kakano Manipulation
Sorcery U
Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library if it's a creature or if was spent to cast this spell. Then, if was spent to cast this spell, its controller reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it and put it on top of their library.
"Keep them preoccupied, but not forever. Just for long enough."
—Ikarin, Governor of Kakano

Votes: Raptorchan, Riria

Night's Shatter
Enchantment (Rare)
Ward
Whenever an opponent casts a permanent spell during your turn, Night's Shatter deals 2 damage to that player and you gain 2 life.
At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice Night's Shatter. When you do, each player returns a creature card from their graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

rattingrots komandon

[Raptorchan]

Votes: bravelion83, RattingRots

Dungeon Cook 1g
Creature — Dwarf Rogue (C)
1, t: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. If you do, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "2, t, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")
"Don't ask."
"But... "‬‎
"Don't."
1/3

[bravelion83]

Votes: Riria, netn10

HM: Raptorchan

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There is an ambiguity in the wording. The "if it's a creature" applies only to planeswalkers or to everything that comes before it (as I think it should)? If you can destroy any artifact, any enchantment, any land, or an animated planeswalker (like any version of Gideon), it's not in pie, as it allows black to destroy artifacts and also to destroy enchantments at a better rate than green or white. It would also be universal land destruction at one mana and I don't even want to think about it. Yes, I get that part is meant to apply to everything in the list, and it makes total sense in pie as you're just destroying a creature that happens to have additional card types, but I can see it being read in the other way, maybe by malicious players who want to exploit their superior knowledge of templating by trying to destroy their opponent's land that they played on their turn one. Of course if you do something like that intentionally, it's cheating, not just in spirit but also in Magic rules.

How to avoid that ambiguity? Potential alternative templates:

• "Destroy target artifact creature, enchantment creature, land creature, or planeswalker creature."

• "Choose target artifact, enchantment, land, or planeswalker. Destroy the chosen permanent if it's a creature." (This is the one I would probably choose out of all in this list as it's the closest one in functionality: the check to see if it's a creature still only happens on resolution and targeting also works in the same way.)

• "Destroy target creature if it's also an artifact, an enchantment, a land, or a planeswalker."

• "Destroy target non-battle creature." (I would avoid this, but I'm just brainstorming and spitting out ideas.)

• Make it modal:
"Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact creature.
• Destroy target enchantment creature.
• Destroy target land creature.
• Destroy target planeswalker creature."

• Like the last one but with the restriction spelled out before the modes:
"Choose one. This spell can't target noncreature permanents.
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Destroy target land.
• Destroy target planeswalker."

Focused Stingbear 1GU
Creature — Bear Mutant (R)
Trample
Whenever Focused Stingbear attacks, you may choose target creature defending player controls. If you do, that creature blocks Focused Stingbear this combat if able and other creatures that player controls can't block Focused Stingbear this combat if able.
Whenever a creature dealt combat damage by Focused Stingbear this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Focused Stingbear.
2/2

[netn10]

Votes: RattingRots, Rithaniel

Court's Resolve 3W
Instant (Rare)
Put a shield counter on each nonland permanent you control.
Cycling GU
Whenever you cycle Court's Resolve, put a shield counter on target nonland permanent you control.

[RattingRots]

RIria, void_nothing

The Battle of Malakir 1B
Legendary Battle - Encounter (R)
(Any player may attack an encounter. When it's defeated, its owner sacrifices it.)
When ~ enters the battlefield, each player creates a 2/2 black Vampire creature token.
At the beginning of each player's end step, that player sacrifices a creature that didn't enter the battlefield or attack The Battle of Malakir this turn.
10

[void_nothing]

Votes: Raptorchan, netn10

Misfortune Sliver 2UBRG
Creature - Nightmare Sliver (R)
Slivers you control have "Whenever this creature enters or leaves the battlefield, target non-Sliver creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn and you gain 4 life" and "This creature can't be blocked except by four or more creatures."
4/4

[Riria]

Votes: RattingRots, Rithaniel

Rocks Fall B
Sorcery (R)
Destroy all creatures with 1 toughness.
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Fuse
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Everyone Dies 3BB
Sorcery (R)
This spell costs 1 less to cast for each creature that died this turn.
Destroy all creatures.

[Rithaniel]

Votes: void_nothing, RattingRots

Siresa Justice
Sorcery U
Siresa Justice deals 2 damage to target creature. If was spent to cast this spells, it deals 4 damage instead. Then you gain life equal to the amount of damage done this way if was spent to cast this spell.
"So, we had two merchants bickering over who got to sell what. So we just confiscated their stuff and kicked them out of town. No more fighting."
—Siresa Thug

[kwanyeegor-ii]

rattingrots rithaniel