The DCC - March 5th, 2023

[bravelion83]

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.
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• 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.
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Notes of the Day

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DCC Scoreboard

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netn10 11 (+3)
Riria 10 (+3)
marioguy3 7 (+5)
void_nothing 7 (+5)
RattingRots 6
wizyard 5 (+1)
bravelion83 4 (+1)
Rithaniel 4 (+2)
kwanyeegor-ii 2
Levin * 0

Levin's probation: 2 days left.

Votes: netn10, marioguy3

Cruel Intentions 3UBBR
Sorcery (R)
Speed up 2B{U/R} (You may cast this spell from your hand as though it had flash by paying 2B{U/R} rather than paying its mana cost.)
Target opponent discards three cards. You may play those cards until the end of your next turn, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those cards. Draw three cards. If Cruel Intentions was sped up, that opponent discards one card rather than three and you draw one card rather than three.

Riria, void_nothing

Cosmic Justice wwb
Sorcery (R)
Alternating (This spell is alternated if the most recent spell you cast before it that had alternating was not alternated.)
Deatroy all creatures. If Cosmic Justice is alternated, return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield instead.

Votes: Rithaniel, void_nothing

Hot-Sauce Box
Legendary Artifact - Equipment Box (Mythic Rare)
When Hot-Sauce Box enters the battlefield, you may pay . If you do, you get an emblem with "For the rest of the game, creatures you control can't be blocked for as long as you control a Box artifact."
Equipped creature gets +3/+3.
Equip - Pay life equal to the number of artifacts and creatures you control.

Votes: marioguy3, void_nothing

Suntail Sailor 2WU
Creature - Cat Pirate (U)
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Suntail Sailor.
Flow - You gain 1 life. (Whenever you cast a spell, if it's not the first spell you cast this turn and it doesn't share any types with the previous spell you cast, perform the Flow ability.)
The stereotypes are still true; I hate swimming. This only motivates me to not sink even more.
3/3

mario, riria
Endless Echoes – x2uuu
Sorcery (R)
Cleave xuu
[Flash\]
Choose X:

• Each player copies the next creature spell cast this turn.
• Each player copies then next artifact or enchantment spell cast this turn.
• Each player copies the next planeswalker spell cast this turn.
• Each player copies the next instant or sorcery spell cast this turn.

[Then exile this card. You may cast it from exile.]
The backslash is only there because of code limitations.

Votes: bravelion83 (Rewind is my kind of mechanic, I love it), void_nothing

Steal the Nightsky 1B
Instant (Uncommon)
Exile target enchantment you don't control. For as long as that card remains exiled, you may cast it, and your may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast it.
"The gods depends on beliefs, and beliefs are fickle.
Am I deceiving for preservation, or do I do so for staying true to our reality?
And if so, how my 'lies' not true?"
- Phenax, to The Five-Headed Sphinx

Votes: marioguy3, netn10

Echo of Old Fury
Creature - Elder Spirit U
When Echo of Old Fury dies, choose target player. At the beginning of that player's third upkeep from now, Echo of Old Fury deals 4 damage to them.
"I don't know who wronged you, but it wasn't me! Please, have mercy, spirit!"
—Gelish Uyen, explorer
4/1

Votes: netn10, Rithaniel

Lapse in Command W
Instant (R)
Split second
Players can't cast commander spells this turn.
You gain 2 life.

riria wizyard

Voice of the Einir 1G
Creature - Elf Shaman (Rare)
Spells with foretell you cast can't be countered. (This applies whether or not they were cast while foretold.)
Creatures with foretell you control get +1/+0 and have hexproof.
In evil times, the elves of Skemfar consult the seven Jaspera trees.
1/1

[bravelion83]

Votes: netn10, Riria

Riria

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Flavorfully your card (Suntail Sailor) could come from one of the several new custom planes in my famous multi-year plan (still ongoing), one that mechanically hasn't really been defined yet, so maybe mechanically too. Hypothetically speaking, if flow is in that set, your card could have been taken straight out of it as is. If flow is not in the set (more likely), just erase the flow line and then it could still be from that set. I have Pirates as a major theme on that plane, and I had planned other races for them to be, but now maybe I should go back and add some leonin Pirates there... And I love the play on the classic trope that cats hate water (not that true actually, at least for the two actual cats left in my house), that makes having leonin Pirates even better! That flavor text is just perfect! Yes, I need to add some leonin on that plane right now... Thanks for the inspiration!

On an unrelated note, is flow supposed to track spells you cast during previous turns? If so, I can see memory issues there... maybe a "this turn" should be added right after "the previous spell you cast"? Also, in "doesn't share any types", does the word "types" actually mean "card types"? If I cast a legendary creature, for example Urza, Lord Protector, and then one of the legendary sorceries from the 2018 Dominaria, for example Urza's Ruinous Blast, do they "share a type" even if "legendary" is a supertype and not a card type? And how about if I cast any Goblin creature, say Goblin Guide, and then Tarfire? "Goblin" is a subtype, do those two spells "share a type" despite being one a creature and the other a tribal instant?

Kaleidoscopic Revelation U
Instant (C)
Choose a color, then reveal the top card of your library. If it's a card of the chosen color, put it into your hand. Otherwise, you may put it on the bottom of your library. (Lands are colorless. Colorless is not a color.)

[Riria]

Votes: bravelion83, void_nothing

bravelion

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Welcome. As a previous owner of a british shorthair who I'm not sure *liked* baths, but was too lazy to complain, I know not all cats hate water, but making cards flavored after funny stereotypes is a guilty pleasure of mine.

I don't think flow has memory issues because one of the parameters of flow is that it can never proc on the first spell you cast in a turn. So whenever you type-compare you are always comparing within the same turn, by necessity. I did this specifically for balance reasons, not memory issue reasons, but it works out to solve both.
Yes, type is supposed to be card type, it's meant to count types the same way as tarmogoyf or delirium, good catch!

Makima, Fourth Horseman 3WB
Legendary Creature - Demon Noble (MR)
Vigilance, deathtouch
Sacrifice a creature: Put a shield counter and a +1/+1 counter on Makima.
T, Sacrifice a creature: Target player sacrifices a creature of your choice.
"Kneel."
1/1

[netn10]

Votes: bravelion83, kwanyeegor-ii

Bullet With Your Name 1
Artifact - Ammo (Rare)
When Bullet With Your Name enters the battlefield, name a legendary creature.
Loaded equipment has "Tap equipped creature if it's untapped and sacrifice Bullet With Your Name: Exile target creature with the chosen name."
Load 1 (1: Attach this to target equipment you control.)

[Levin]

void net
Chaos Bolt – {2/u}r{2/w}
Instant (r)
~ deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker, then deals 2 more damage for each r you spent to cast this spell
If you spent u to cast this spell, that creature or planeswalker can't attack or block, and loses all abilities.
If you spent w to cast this spell, if that creature or planeswalker would leave the battlefield, exile it instead.
"Careful now. I've seen people go down to these, and it's not beautiful. I mean, how they died."

[wizyard]

void_nothing, kwanyeegor-ii

Cursed Ring of Azhul 2
Artifact - Equipment (M)
Equipped creature has double strike and indestructible.
When Cursed Ring of Azhul becomes attached to a creature, if that creature has vanishing, remove a time counter from it. Otherwise, put two time counters on that creature and it gains vanishing.
Equip {2/r}{2/w}

[marioguy3]

Votes: bravelion83, Riria

Steal Momentum
Instant (Rare)
Destroy target creature with power 5 or greater. You may put up to X +1/+1 counters on target creature, where X was that creature's power.

[WhiteBorderStoneRain]

bravelion83, void_nothing

bravelion83

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You would need to exile the cards after or instead of discard, because if the opponent can easily interact with their graveyard or have Madness, etc, then this really messes with your card's function. I think the Speed Up cost can drop by . Being a turn sooner on Speed Up feels like a playable spot for it to sit in because your opponent would likely have more cards in hand, thus more choices of card to gift you. Leaning a bit into the alternate cost being more on-curve and cost-effective helps negate a portion of the disappointment if you strategically decide to hold off and wait for the full cast and the opponent just plays out their hand in the next 4-5 turns. At least in that case, you can comfortably guarantee the 1 for 2 option is there once you hit 3 mana and it would sit in a similar position to Kolaghan's Command, but I'd say it's less powerful than that on average.

void_nothing

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As a direction comparison to Silence, I think that Lapse in Command is a bit too narrow. On the plus side, that narrowness is why I find this card's potential design space so interesting. While Silence can be outright frustrating when abused because it is so all-encompassing, I don't think the same would apply to preventing the casting of Legendary spells, which is only slightly broader than commander spells. I also find that the rest of the text on Lapse in Command feels tacked on and opens it up to usage in an way that doesn't compliment the narrowness or flavor. Split Second is a mechanic that a majority of casual commander players aren't going to like because it straight up prevents interaction, and that's no fun, but also coupling that with an effect that is targeting the life of the format is really going against the current. Going against the current is fine, and it is going to factor into your design, but I think you can drop Split Second unless the aim is to design a card that's a necessary evil. Gaining 2 life doesn't inherently compliment or detract from the card, but I think since you've already gone to a narrow space, why not go further? The first thing I thought about as a unique tack-on to this card was something like "remove N commander damage", or "prevent the next N commander damage dealt this turn." To summarize, I think the bonus text is holding Lapse in Command back from being a very interesting design.

Worker Bees

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Creature — Insect

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying and/or reach.)
Sacrifice Worker Bees: Worker Bees deals 1 damage to target player.
A deck can have any number of cards named Worker Bees.

Inspired by Thrumming Stone combos.

0/1

[RattingRots]

bravelion83, marioguy

Curator's Excursion 1B
Sorcery (U)
Exile target card from a graveyard. Surveil X, where X is the exiled card's mana value.
Draw a card.

[void_nothing]

Votes: wizyard, netn10

Recurring Dream Sequence 3RR
Sorcery (U)
Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell this way, you may copy that spell and choose new targets for the copy.

[Rithaniel]

Votes: bravelion83, wizyard

Telaakon, Who Aspired
Legendary Creature - Human R
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card. Then, if you have more cards in your hand than each opponent, Telaakon becomes a Demon with flying.
, Pay 4 life: If Telaakon is a Demon, exile target creature. If a God is exiled this way, Telaakon becomes a Demon God with flying and indestructible.
, Pay 6 life, sacrifice an Elder creature: If Telaakon is a God, exile all other nonland permanents. Then Telaakon loses all abilities and becomes an Elder Horror with base power and toughness 1/1 and indestructible.
3/3

[kwanyeegor-ii]

levin rithaniel