The DCC - August 1st, 2022

[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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Alright, everyone, welcome to the beginning of the August 2022 DCC. I'll be posting today and tomorrow's thread, after which I believe void_nothing will be taking over as host for the month. Today is the last day to vote on cards for July and the first day to submit cards for August.

This is the highest score I've ever gotten in a month of the DCC, reaching a considerable margin past the 100 mark. I'm comfortable in saying that I'm the definitive winner, as the gap between first and second is larger than the gap between second and last.

Thank you guys for voting for my designs throughout the month of July. I'm glad you enjoyed them. I had some fun building up the world and story of Harriskane.

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DCC Scoreboard

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Rithaniel 128 (+4)
bravelion83 62 (+2)
void_nothing 61 (+1)
netn10 59 (+4)
kwanyeegor-ii 26
wizyard 13
OneAndOnly 4 (+4)

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Votes: netn10, bravelion83 (but, needs more Wizard of Oz)
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Odd Flex -- UG
Instant
Choose one:
* Target creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn;
* Target creature gets +0/+3 until end of turn;
* Target creature's power and toughness become equal to the greater of the two until end of turn.
"Peculiar boast, but alas..."

Votes: bravelion83, OneAndOnly

Starry Night 3B
Sorcery (Common)
Choose one -
* Destroy target enchantment you don't control.
* Return target enchantment card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

@Rithaniel Something's wrong in the card quotes today...

Rithaniel

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...notice how everything is italicized in the last three cards. I think it might be the italics tag in the (keyword action version, that would need to be defined as a different keyword in the CR as it has a different functionality, of) evoke reminder text that isn't closed. I can tell because things like this have definitely happened to me too as host and usually something like that was the cause.

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netn10, bravelion83 (but, needs more Wizard of Oz)

First let me tell you that I'm very happy to see you back here. Anyway, I know nothing about the Wizard of Oz except that it exists. Fearful Leonin is a last minute top-down design inspired by something that happened to me yesterday in real life and that I prefer not to share here. Nothing bad, don't worry. It's just that I had to make a choice and I felt like I chose the way of the coward, which is a saying that we have in Italian (literally "scegliere la via del codardo") but I don't know if it exists in English. Then I thought about how bushido is "the way of the warrior" and the symmetry inspired me. I also thought to make it a Samurai with bushido, but in the end I decided against it. That leonin is just me making a difficult choice in everyday life. The "can't block" ability is obviously piggybacking on the few existing Cowards in Magic, which all can't block. Then I wanted a sacrifice activated ability to represent him running away, and I just needed an effect, the one I chose in the end was for the symmetry with the "can't block" on himself. That's the whole story. No Wizard of Oz involved at all. Anything about that is mere coincidence. In fact, I can clearly remember something very similar coming up a couple years ago with another custom card of mine here, where the Wizard of Oz was also mentioned. I told myself I would have to read that book but in the end I still haven't read anything about it up to this day.

Votes: Rithaniel, void_nothing

Deep Thoughts U
Sorcery (U)
Draw a card.
Cycling 2U (2U, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Deep Thoughts, draw a card.
Flashback 2U (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Votes: OneAndOnly, Rithaniel

Shogidef, Lash of the Thunderscape 1BRG
Legendary Creature - Lizard God (R)
Trample
When Shogidef enters the battlefield, return a black, red, or green creature you control to its owner's hand.
Attacking black creatures you control get +1/+0.
Attacking red creatures you control get +1/+0.
Attacking green creatures you control get +1/+0.
3/3

Votes: netn10, OneAndOnly

Memory of Field
Sorcery U
Create three 1/1 green Druid creature tokens with ": Add ."
"Back on the farm we used to make a bread just like this."
—Cotte Deld, planeswalker

netn10 rithaniel

[netn10]

Votes: Rithaniel (congratulations!!), void_nothing

Party Leader W
Enchantment - Background (Uncommon)
Commander creatures you control have "As long as you control a full party, this creature and that party have indestructible and 'Whenever this creature attacks, venture into the dungeon'"

[bravelion83]

Votes: Rithaniel, void_nothing

Playful Apprentice 2R
Creature — Goblin Wizard (U)
When Playful Apprentice enters the battlefield, exile the top card of your library and a card at random from your graveyard. Until end of turn, you may play cards exiled this way. (If you cast a spell this way, you still pay its costs. You can play a land this way only if you have an available land play remaining.)
Despite his master's repeated warnings, choosing which spells to cast is still as much fun to him as actually casting them.
2/2

[OneAndOnly]

Votes: netn10, Rithaniel

Brine Corona -- 2U
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has ward X, where X is its devotion to blue. (A creature's devotion to blue is equal to the number of blue mana symbols in its mana cost and rules text.)
Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to a player, to may return Brine Corona to hand. If you do, scry X. If X is greater than 3, you may draw a card.

[void_nothing]

Votes: netn10, Rithaniel

Rimaxa, Dread Beacon 2WBG
Legendary Creature - Dinosaur Scion (R)
Deathtouch
Stalwart (This creature can be assigned to block an additional time each combat.)
Whenever an opponent attacks you and/or a planeswalker you control with one or more creatures, you gain half that much life, rounded up.
Each creature you control with mana value equal to or less than the amount of life you've gained this turn gets +1/+1 and has indestructible.
2/5

[kwanyeegor-ii]

bravelion83 rithaniel

Enveloping Mummy 2WW
Creature - Zombie (Rare)
When Enveloping Mummy enters the battlefield, exile target artifact or enchantment until Enveloping Mummy leaves the battlefield
At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1 if the exiled card is an artifact and you gain 1 life if the exiled card is an enchantment
4/3

[Rithaniel]

Votes: OneAndOnly, void_nothing

Memory of Ideals
Sorcery U
Choose three target creatures. Put a +1/+1 counter on one, a vigilance counter on another, and a lifelink counter on the third.
"I haven't forgotten where I came from, nor do I intend to."
—Cotte Deld, planeswalker