The DCC - February 23rd, 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.
• 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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DCC Scoreboard

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netn10 64 (+8)
RattingRots 59 (+2)
void_nothing 53 (+2)
bravelion83 45 (+0)
Riria 45 (+3)
Rithaniel 43 (+4)
wizyard 33
folding_music 31
emily 21
marioguy3 12
Venedrex 11
Levin 6 (+3)
Surging Chaos 2

Probation: Levin (12 days)

Votes: netn10, Rithaniel

HM: void_nothing

Scriptures Guardian 1UB
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem (R)
Whenever you pay life to cast a spell or activate an ability, put a +1/+1 counter on Scriptures Guardian.
{UP}{BP}, T: Draw a card. Activate only as a sorcery. ({UP}{BP} can be paid with UB, {U/B} and 2 life, or 4 life.)
1/1

netn10, RattingRots

Thoughtstream
Instant (U)
Overflow (Each card with overflow you include in your deck while deck building increases your minimum deck size by one card.)
Draw two cards.

@folding_music

my response

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thanks to the various people who run this game but it just ain't a satisfying format, the votes and their rationale are just one big window into madness, eg, bravelion above explicitly punishing netn10 for trying something experimental

everyone has their own criteria when voting/judging. and while i mite lean more towards your side of the exploration-vs-standards debate, bravelion has the right to base his vote on whatever evaluation system makes sense to him.

i don't see that this should affect the fairness of the game itself, if everyone is using their own judgment criteria but applying it consistently to each card design what does it matter.

maro has written about the designer vs. developer dichotomy, and how he's been more willing to push the envelop and do things others have pushed back on. i think we need both types of people, the more developery folks help keep us pie in the sky people grounded

Votes: void_nothing, netn10

Old Guard Villain
Creature - Phyrexian Dragon (Mythic Rare)
Flying, fear
Infect
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a -1/-1 counter on Old Guard Villain unless you pay four life.
4/4

Votes: Levin, Riria

False Confidence 1UU
Enchantment (Rare)
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
At the beginning of your end step, remove a +1/+1 counter from each creature you control.

Reset – 2uuww
Instant (M)
Untap all permanents. Shuffle all hands and graveyards into their owners' libraries, then each player draws seven cards. The active player takes an extra turn after this one. End the turn.
Let's try that one last time.

Rots, ria

Votes: netn10, Rithaniel

Highbrow Treasurer BGU
Creature - Naga Advisor (R)
Creatures you control have "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to an opponent, that player discards a card and you draw a card." if a creature you control died this turn.
When the Mardu raid you, demand weregild. When the Abzan don't, frame them.
0/7

void_nothng, Rithaniel

Corrupted Ring 1
Artifact (R)
T: Add two mana of any combination of colors. Spend this mana only on phyrexian mana costs.

Votes: netn10, Levin

War Bear General 1G
Creature - Bear Warrior (R)
Other Bears you control get +1/+1.
Whenever War Bear General or another Bear you control attacks, you gain 1 life.
XGG, T: Reveal the top X cards of your library. Put each Bear permanent card revealed this way onto the battlefield and the rest onto the bottom of your library in any order.
2/2

riria rithaniel

Votes: netn10, Levin

Painted Mogote
Land - Mountain Plains R
(: Add or .)
Painted Bornhardt enters the battlefield unless you control a basic Swamp.
, Pay 1 life: Add .
"It bears a mural of our ancestors, who claimed this land, long ago, for us."
—Theade Leader

Cycle

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So, this would be a cycle of rare lands. The others would be a Forest Island that looks for a basic Mountain and taps for , a Plains Swamp that looks for a basic Forest and taps for , an Island Mountain that looks for Plains and taps for , and a Swamp Forest that looks for Islands and taps for . The flavor is not related to the wedge plane I've been working with.

[wizyard]

Levin, Rithaniel

battle rules

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Battles exist in the command zone.

Battles are two-sided cards.

Battles begin under no player's control on the Contested Battle side.

Players can attack contested battles with creatures during their turn and their opponents can block those attackers with creatures.

As a creature deals combat damage to a battle, it enters that battle and can't attack or block until it leaves the battle.

If at any point a player controls creatures entered into a contested battle whose total combined power exceeds both the challenge level of that battle and the total combined power of creatures each other player has entered into that battle, that player gains control of that battle and turns it onto the Concluded Battle side.

Iona, Shield of Zendikar
Legendary Creature - Angel (M)
Flying
When Iona, Shield of Zendikar enters the battlefield, choose a color and begin the Battle for Zendikar. (Put a battle card you own named Battle for Zendikar into the command zone from outside the game.)
Creatures of the chosen color your opponents control can't enter battles.
7/7

Battle for Zendikar?

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Battle for Zendikar
Contested Battle (R)
When this battle concludes, destroy all nonlegendary creatures that didn't enter into this battle.
[Challenge Level 7]
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Battle for Zendikar: The Aftermath
Concluded Battle (R)
Creatures you control get +2/+2.

extra battle thoughts

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JumpStart obviously took inspiration from the boardgame SmashUp, and i suspect that the new Battle card type that's coming could be like the Bases in that game

the logo and vibe of March of the Machine also feels like that game. mashing characters together, mashing worlds together. also echoes of Shards of Alara and the Conflux here.

[bravelion83]

Votes: netn10, marioguy3 (though life is written with a numeral: "unless you pay 4 life.")

Honorable mentions

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RattingRots - "Add two mana in any combination of colors. Spend this mana only on Phyrexian mana costs."

Rithaniel - I believe a very important word is missing there: "tapped". "Painted Bornhardt enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a basic Swamp." I believe this was what you were going for, and if it was it would have absolutely gotten my vote. I really like the idea, but that missing word changes everything functionally unfortunately.

Glorious Mitehill 2W
Artifact (R)
1{WP}, T: Create a 1/1 colorless Phyrexian Mite artifact creature token with toxic 1 and "This creature can't block." (Players dealt combat damage by it also get a poison counter. {WP} can be paid with W or 2 life.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more Mites, draw a card.
Even in a single little mite you can see the glory of the whole Phyrexia.

[Riria]

Votes: bravelion83, netn10

Highbrow General RWB
Creature - Orc Soldier (R)
Creatures you control gain indestructible as long as they have the highest power or toughness.
At first glance, the Mardu are principled warriors, valuing both strength and honor. But good luck challenging the honor of their strong.
0/7

[Rithaniel]

Votes: wizyard (I don't think it's good as a keyword, but it inspired my card for today), Riria

Rithaniel - I believe a very important word is missing there: "tapped". "Painted Bornhardt enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a basic Swamp." I believe this was what you were going for, and if it was it would have absolutely gotten my vote. I really like the idea, but that missing word changes everything functionally unfortunately.

Ah dangit, you're right. I also failed to update the name of the card. I switched from Bornhardt to Mogote partway through.

Otherworldly Watcher
Creature - Eye R
As long as Otherworldly Watcher is in your sideboard, your minimum deck size is reduced by two.
You can't move Otherworldly Watcher from your sideboard into your deck during a tournament or match.
"We have recorded it for generations. In all that time, it has never once blinked."
—Yune Historian
0/5

[netn10]

Votes: wizyard, bravelion83

Colossal Huntship 2
Artifact - Vehicle (Rare)
When Colossal Huntship enters the battlefield, target opponent creates a 6/6 green Dinosaur creature token named Colossal Dreadmaw.
Whenever a creature named Colossal Dreadmaw dies, you gain 6 life and you draw three cards.
Crew 2
6/7

[Levin]

Reduce to Chaos – {u/r}{r/w}
Instant (r)
Exile target permanent. Its controller may cast a spell from their hand with mana value less than or equal to the mana value of the exiled permanent.
For all flows from the primordium, all will return. One need only hasten the process.
Lion, void

[RattingRots]

netn10, wizyard (although I think there are some issues with the execution here, but don't have time to put my thoughts down right now)

Font of Mishra 5
Artifact (R)
T: Each player draws two cards.
Unearth 2

[kwanyeegor-ii]

bravelion83 rithanie

[void_nothing]

Votes: netn10, Levin

Nature's Demand GG
Instant (U)
Choose one or both -
• Exile any number of Auras and Equipment attached to target creature.
• Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control.