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August MCC
Round 2 - Will It Blend?
Sometimes we get new Modern Horizons set during Summer. But not this year. Anyway, show me your best designs for the new Modern Horizons set as though it was right there!
This month, we make designs that we can likely see in Modern Horizons sets, with Modern playability and Horizons design philosophy in mind.
Good news: designs you come up with in early rounds won't affect your designs for further rounds! Like, at all.
Main Challenge - Make a card for Modern Horizons set that has two or more keyword abilities.
Subchallenge 1 - A) Your card has at least two keyword abilities that weren't put together on a card before OR/AND B) your card has at least one keyword ability that wasn't put on a card of this card type before.
Subchallenge 2 - Your card's name shares at least one word with the name of a card that's not legal in Modern (see list).
Clarifications
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Main Challenge - First of all, your card mast HAVE these abilities, unconditional (printed Trample is fine, printed "this creature has trample for as long as..." isn't! The list of options (see above) is broad enough, so everything goes, but keep in mind, we are talking about Modern Horizons set, so something unique and unprecedented like Throes of Chaos can be considered a brilliant example when Segovian Angel isn't so much although it passes too.
Subchallenge 1 - for option A, see Feaster of Fools as an example: convoke and devour weren't printed on a card together before. For option B, see Watcher for Tomorrow that was the first creature card with Hideaway (However, to satisfy the main challenge, you still need to add at least one more keyword ability from the list). Note: you may fulfill both options A and B, but it still counts as one so you don't really need to do both - you still earn 1 point for fulfilling the subchallenge 1.
Subchallenge 2 - It must be a noun, verb, adverb or adjective, so particles such as "the", "a", "to", "of" and so on don't count.
Subchallenge 1 - for option A, see Feaster of Fools as an example: convoke and devour weren't printed on a card together before. For option B, see Watcher for Tomorrow that was the first creature card with Hideaway (However, to satisfy the main challenge, you still need to add at least one more keyword ability from the list). Note: you may fulfill both options A and B, but it still counts as one so you don't really need to do both - you still earn 1 point for fulfilling the subchallenge 1.
Subchallenge 2 - It must be a noun, verb, adverb or adjective, so particles such as "the", "a", "to", "of" and so on don't count.
DEADLINES
Design deadline: Monday, August 14th 2023 at 23:59 Eastern Time
Judging deadline: Friday, August 18th 2023 at 23:59 Eastern Time
RUBRIC
MCC Rubric
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The MCC Rubric is given below, in an easily "copy and pasted" form. (Courtesy of Rithaniel.)
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[b]Design[/b]
[b](X/3) Appeal[/b] - Do the different player psychographics (Timmy/Johhny/Spike) have a use for the card?
[b](X/3) Elegance[/b] - Is the card easily understandable at a glance? Do all the flavor and mechanics combined as a whole make sense?
[b]Development[/b]
[b](X/3) Viability[/b] - How well does the card fit into the color wheel? Does it break or bend the rules of the game? Is it the appropriate rarity?
[b](X/3) Balance[/b] - Does the card have a power level appropriate for contemporary constructed/limited environments without breaking them? Does it play well in casual and multiplayer formats? Does it create or fit into a deck/archetype? Does it create an oppressive environment?
[b]Creativity[/b]
[b](X/3) Uniqueness[/b] - Has a card like this ever been printed before? Does it use new mechanics, ideas, or design space? Does it combine old ideas in a new way? Overall, does it feel "fresh"?
[b](X/3) Flavor[/b] - Does the name seem realistic for a card? Does the flavor text sound professional? Do all the flavor elements synch together to please Vorthos players?
[b]Polish[/b]
[b](X/3) Quality[/b] - Points deducted for incorrect spelling, grammar, and templating.
[b](X/2) Main Challenge (*)[/b] - Was the main challenge satisfied? Was it approached in a unique or interesting way? Does the card fit the intent of the challenge?
[b](X/2) Subchallenges[/b] - One point awarded per satisfied subchallenge condition.
[b]Total: X/25[/b]
*An entry with 0 points here is subject to disqualification.JUDGES
Raptorchan
Ink-Treader
PLAYERS
bravelion83
Rithaniel
void_nothing
Haywire
SronerOfKruphix
Venedrex
slimytrout
kwanyeegor-ii
BRACKETS (Top 2 from each bracket adv... whoops, it turned out to be 3)
Ink-Treader
slimytrout
kwanyeegor-ii
StonerOfKruphix
Venedrex
Raptorchan
void_nothing
bravelion83
haywire
Rithaniel
