The DCC - August 31st, 2026
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2026 4:57 am
Welcome to the DCC!
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to post in the DCC Discussion Thread.
How To Play
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.
Rules
- 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.
Notes of the Day
Alright, folks, we are at the last day to submit for August! It's been an interesting month of cards, but, after we vote on the cards that are submitted today, we'll have a winner. We currently have netn10 and Flatline as our favorites, but just about everyone is within range of the victory, if they just get a large enough upset over these last two days.
Story of the Day: "How long have I been here?"
The grass was soft against Amon's legs as he sat on the ground, resting beneath the shade of the great oak tree. The field was windy, and great, white clouds drifted through the rich, blue sky, somehow avoiding blocking out the light of the sun as they billowed by.
The other figure was not a person, as best he could tell, but it took the general shape of one. A figure of shimmering, soft light that was arranged into a humanoid shape. Amon could see straight through it, and it lacked any features on its face. It even lacked a mouth with which to speak, yet still it spoke, "Time is a concept that does not apply to the context in which you find yourself. I could answer by telling you that you have been here only a moment or by telling you that you have been here for all eternity. Both answers would be correct in some respects but incorrect in many others."
Amon blinked, bit his lip and mumbled, "Uh huh." His eyes sliding off of the figure as he tried to parse what it had said, "So, uh, if I have been here for all eternity, how come I don't know what this place is?"
"This place is not meant for you. You are a mortal mind, made for lower spaces. Ones where time is an all-encompassing force. Here, in this space, time is but one name in a long list of laws that may or may not apply. You do not remember because your past is shallow. You only began to experience change when I arrived, and sat down beside you."
He nodded, eyes wide and not pointed at the other figure, "Oookay, and uh, who . . . what are you?"
"I am a concept, conjured into existence and given autonomy by necessity. The most accurate name you can give me is 'Message,' because I lie on the border between information and law, the border between secrets and truth, the border between curiosity and guidance. I am one that is meant to set you on your journey. I am one that is meant to teach you the ways of this space. I am one that is meant to enable you to do what you must do."
Amon wasn't really sure how to feel about all that. Maybe he was having some sort of drug trip. He'd dropped some hallucinogens in his time, but nothing had ever felt like this. He decided to just go along with it, for now, "Okay, Message, and what is it that I must do?"
"You must save us."
DCC Scoreboard
netn10 71 (+5) (+2)
Flatline 69 (+3)
wizyard 66
SinisterSister 64
Rithaniel 59 (+2)
Indighost 57 (+2)
JessWill 56 (+2)
Alchemist 51 (+2)
bravelion83 32
Apellosine 9
CunningGabe 6
kwanyeegor-ii 2
BatBite 1
Flatline 69 (+3)
wizyard 66
SinisterSister 64
Rithaniel 59 (+2)
Indighost 57 (+2)
JessWill 56 (+2)
Alchemist 51 (+2)
bravelion83 32
Apellosine 9
CunningGabe 6
kwanyeegor-ii 2
BatBite 1
netn10 wrote: ↑2 weeks agoVotes: Rithaniel, Flatline
Vigorbloom's Silence
Instant (Rare)
Counter target activated or triggered ability. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
"We command life itself. Look, your own limbs betray you..."
SinisterSister wrote: ↑2 weeks agoVotes: JessWill, Netn10
Haunting Poltergeist
Creature - Spirit (R)
Flying
Spells you control cost an additional 1 life to cast unless that spell is cast from a graveyard.
Hexcraft (: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield under your control transformed enchanting target player.)
4/4
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Haunting Nightmare
Kindred Enchantment - Spirit Aura Curse (R)
Enchant player
Spells controlled by enchanted player cost an additional 1 life to cast unless that spell is cast from a graveyard.
JessWill wrote: ↑2 weeks agoVotes: Netn10, Indighost
Shadow Mirror
Kindred Artifact - Illusion (R)
Whenever a nontoken creature enters under your control, create a token copy of it, except it's an Illusion in addition to its other types and gains "If this creature is targeted by a spell or ability, sacrifice it".
"I walked through, only to find another, darker version of myself staring at me." - Journal of Archeologist Deekin Valarius
Flatline wrote: ↑2 weeks agoVotes: Alchemist, netn10
Spiketail Broodling
Creature - Drake (U)
Flying
Sacrifice this creature: Counter target spell unless its controller pays .
Offspring (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
1/1
Alchemist wrote: ↑2 weeks agoVotes: Rithaniel, JessWill
Compressor Cave
Land - Cave (U)
This land enters tapped with two charge counters.
, Remove a charge counter from this land: Add one mana of any color.
: Put a charge counter on this land.
, Sacrifice this land: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the number of charge counters on this land as it was sacrificed.