The DCC - February 4th, 2024

[Rithaniel]

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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I've been in a bit of a brain-fog these last few weeks.

Also, hey, 3-way tie.

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DCC Scoreboard

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RattingRots 8 (+4)
Rithaniel 6 (+4)
bravelion83 5 (+4)
void_nothing 5 (+1)
OneAndOnly 4 (+2)
marioguy3 3 (+1)
netn10 2 (+1)

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Votes: RattingRots, marioguy3
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Hazlitt's Journal - 4
Artifact {R}
2, T, Exile the top card of your library: Draw a card.
"His writing fascinated me - the deep philosophical turns, the occasional poetic musing. But so much was lost to his indecipherable, scrawling handwriting! If only I could have met him in person, I thought I might have a chance of understanding his genius." - Melcim, biographer

Votes: OneAndOnly, bravelion83

Whirling Mantle
Enchantment - Aura U
Enchant creature
As long as enchanted creature is red, lethal damage dealt to it is determined by its power rather than its toughness.
As long as enchanted creature is green, it assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
: Switch enchanted creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

Votes: OneAndOnly, Rithaniel (idk how you are doing it, but keep on doing it lol. Four colors are way too hard and you are making them with ease.)

Family Business w
Sorcery (Rare)
Cleave GGWUU
You [and target opponent each] draws a card for each permanent you control that's exactly three colors, then put a shield counter on each of these permenants.

bravelion83, RattingRots

Case of the Hidden Connections 3WU
Enchantment - Case (R)
Cases you control have ward 2.
To solve — You control four or more solved cases. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.)
Solved — At the beginning of your upkeep, you win the game.

bravelion83, void_nothing (although this is definitely too cheap/too little opportunity cost to start comboing with it)

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OneAndOnly - really like the idea of a triggered level ability, but I think making it universally good makes more sense than making itself worse as it works. And with this particular card I really don't care about the leveling aspect because I'd want to put it in a deck with no other lifegain and then I'll have already dealt 9 lifelink damage by the time it levels to a 2/2. I guess its a slight liability in multiples but I don't think that's enough of a big deal.
netn10 - Really like the idea of restarting your own turn. I think this card happens to be doing a lot of other things I'm not quite as interested in, and it essentially is an I win button which to me makes that part less interesting. I also like the idea of the stands, but I think the way this works, you're mostly getting a pile of stats and you use the restart your turn ability if you happen to have the mana.

Academy Codekeeper 2U
Creature - Human Wizard (R)
Flash
As ~ enters the battlefield choose any number for X other than 0.
~'s power is equal to the number of instant cards in your graveyard.
Whenever you would draw your Xth card of each turn, instead surveil X, then draw a card.
*/3

Votes: RattingRots, Rithaniel

Leo's personal notes

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I'm posting late as I was at the MKM 2HG prerelease almost the whole day. There are so many reasons I am happy to have acutally done it. I'll never thank my friend enough in my life for this. I needed it. He was Dimir and I was obviously Boros. We ended in second place at the end of the tournament, not bad but that wasn't the important thing today for me. I want to get back to play paper Magic more often, now I realize just how much I was missing it. I wonder whether Boros might be viable in Standard...

Collective Joy RW
Sorcery (U)
You may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards and each other player draws a card.
Life is all about the little things that bring joy to you and those you care about.

Votes: netn10, Rithaniel

Difficult Guest 1WB
Creature - Vampire (U)
Lifelink
When Difficult Guest dies, target opponent loses 3 life and discards a card. You create a Food token and a Blood token.
1/1

[wizyard]

bravelion83, void_nothing

Sphinx's Guidance 2U
Enchantment - Aura (U)
Assured (If this spell would be put into your graveyard from the stack, return it to your hand instead.)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+1 and has flying and "Ward-Mill seven cards."

[Rithaniel]

Votes: OneAndOnly, netn10

Boiling Shadow
Creature - Weird Shade C
: Boiling Shadow gets +1/+1 until end of turn
: Switch Boiling Shadow's power and toughness until end of turn.
1/6

[netn10]

Votes: Rithaniel, RattingRots

It's Basic, Dear Detective U
Sorcery (Common)
If you sacrificed a Clue this turn, create a 2/2 white and blue Detective creature token. Otherwise, investigate.
"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact." - Said Proft
"Except, perhaps, a beautiful fairy-tale." - Replied Kellan

[OneAndOnly]

Votes: Rithaniel, RattingRots. This "Choose any number for X" semi-cycle is really cool to see.

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Resolute Defenders -- WW
Creature - Human Soldier {C}
Whenever Resolute Defenders blocks, put a shield counter on target creature you control.
"It's always, 'Pick up your sword, put up your shield; do your duty -- One of these days, Kendreck, we'll have no more duty than to enjoy the harvest, and sleep the entire night through." -- Lammar, at the wall
1/4

[bravelion83]

Votes: OneAndOnly, Rithaniel

Undercover Cop 3W
Creature — Human Soldier (U)
Disguise 3WW (You may cast this card face down for 3 as a 2/2 creature with ward 2. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
When Undercover Cop is turned face up, exile up to one target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Undercover Cop leaves the battlefield.
3/3

[RattingRots]

netn10, void_nothing

Veteran Trainer 1WW
Creature - Human Soldier (R)
Ward 2
As ~ enters the battlefield choose any number for X other than 0.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay 2. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on each of X target creatures you control.
2/2

[void_nothing]

Votes: Rithaniel, RattingRots

Pollen of Weariness 1U
Sorcery (U)
Double the number of stun counters on each permanent your opponents control.
Plainscycling 2