Glowcharge Mist RWU
Enchantment [U]
Whenever you cast a spell with rebound, Glowfire Mist deals 1 damage to target creature or player and you gain 1 life.
IIW: Positive emotions via red.
I don't get what makes rebound more white then it is black or green (red and blue I can understand)
White has the strongest connection to exile, though I do admit it was a bit of a stretch. I know black or green is the "regrowth" color but rebound seems more flickery/spell like to me.
ImplicateU
Instant (U)
Put target blocking creature on top of its owner's library. You lose life equal to its power.
You don't get my flavor? I explained my flavor, I also had more than that creature for several hours before your judging to show design space...
Also, how the hell is "screams for combos" necessarily a bad thing. The game is all about interaction, so you are going to do your best to deal with the down-sides of your cards...
Anyway, whatever.
Xegum, the Relentless Crag - 1WBR
Legendary Creature - Elemental
Each creature gains Absorb X(If a source would deal damage to this creature, prevent X of that damage.) where X is equal to the power of that creature.
5/1
You don't get my flavor? I explained my flavor, I also had more than that creature for several hours before your judging to show design space...
Also, how the hell is "screams for combos" necessarily a bad thing. The game is all about interaction, so you are going to do your best to deal with the down-sides of your cards...
Anyway, whatever.
First of all, not everything I said was a 'bad thing' sometimes I just make observations, and one of the observations I made was that is likes to be comboed, not a bad thing, just felt worth mentioning to me.
You listed things that were mechanical reasons that the keyword fit the wedge, but when I say I don't get the flavor, it means that flavor wise I don't understand what the creature does to make the 'soulbleed' happen or even what 'soulbleeding' is in the first place.
as for the other creatures you have some cool ones, but I was mainly looking at the Keywords during this challenge, and they didn't effect my judging.
Bloodmonger3BR
Creature - Devil Monger
First strike 3, Pay half your life, rounded up: Exchange your life total with target creature's power. Any player may activate this ability.
5/2
Blazing Shuriken1R
Artifact (Un-U)
Throw Blazing Shuriken, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:: Blazing Shurken deals 2 damage to each player it hits while in the air. The next player to pick up Blazing Shuriken gains control of it.
IIW: Something that goes boom.
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A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
No idea what the challenge is, but I have to post this.
Chicken on a Raft1UUBB Enchantment [R]
Cumulative Upkeep - Each player mills until he or she mills a land card. (To mill, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
Whenever ~ would leave the battlefield, remove all counters from it instead. More than one mage has been driven insane by the sound of the singing relentlessly grinding away.
That doesn't work as a cumulative upkeep. You can't pay "each player mills until he or she mills a land card" as a cost because you can't know ahead of time whether or not there are any land cards left in a player's library. Throw in a "or has no cards left in his or her library" and I think it works, though.
EDIT: After the changed wording, you want a "for each age counter on Chicken on a Raft".
How about scrapping the whole optionality? At the beginning of your upkeep put an age counter on ~, then each players mills until they mill a land card for each counter on ~.
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The only safe lotus variant: White Lotus0
Artifact
Sacrifice White Lotus, Q: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool. Answering a simple puzzle to unleash legendary power
Equal Exchange :4mana::symw::symu:
Sorcery (R)
Two target players gain control of each permanent the other owns. When one walks in another's shoes, their own are left for the taking.
You have been on a raft with a chicken for 56 minutes 47 seconds
What's that you say?
"New challenge: Chicken on a Raft"?
Zur'sZodiac Chicken on a RaftGUB
Creature - Bird (M)
Plainswalk, Islandwalk, Vigilance
:sympb::sympb:: Each player discards a card. Zur's Zodiac Chicken on a Raft is indestructible this turn. Any player may activate this ability.
2/1
IIW: Chicken on a Raft
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"My will is my own. I won't bow to fate." - Volrath, Null Profusion
Plot of Dragon's Maze:
Niv-Mizzet plays Realmwright, chooses "Gate". Then a dramatic retelling of the ensuing argument.
Raftmaster of the Chicken River2UG
Legendary Creature-Human Townsfolk
Island-and-Forestwalk (This creature is unblockable if the defending player controls a land that is both a forest and an island)
Whenever Raftmaster of the Chicken River deals damage to a player, put 4 0/1 white Bird tokens onto the battlefield. "I raft with birds. These are my only traits. End of Story." Ezekaynenialkatrayers, Raftmaster
3/3
IIW: please go look at my actual entry.
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The only safe lotus variant: White Lotus0
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Sacrifice White Lotus, Q: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool. Answering a simple puzzle to unleash legendary power
Chicken of Saint TraftWU
Legendary Creature - Chicken Cleric (R)
Hexproof
Whenever Chicken of Saint Traft attacks, put four 1/1 blue and white Chicken creature tokens with flying named Cucco onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Exile those tokens the next time a creature dies.
1/1
Chicken of Saint LinkWU
Legendary Creature - Chicken Cleric (R)
Hexproof
Whenever Chicken of Saint Link attacks, put four 1/1 blue and white Chicken creature tokens with flying named Cucco onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Exile those tokens the next time a creature dies.
1/1
IIW: Nobody remembers what the challenge is.
FTFY.
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The only safe lotus variant: White Lotus0
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Sacrifice White Lotus, Q: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool. Answering a simple puzzle to unleash legendary power
Megiddo, will you invoke your thread powers (which are actually the powers you have everywhere and including real life), and move the challenge thingie along?
If not that's cool. I know you're a busy guy, handing out avatar upgrades and such. Oh yeah and the whole being a mod thing. I totally understand.
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Seven Knights gathered under a single banner, but soon came to learn one more would join their cause.
Grafted ExochickenG
Creature - Chicken (C)
Graft 1
When a +1/+1 counter is moved from Grafted Exochicken to another creature, put an additional +1/+1 counter on that creature.
0/0
changing graft???
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If you're having creature problems I feel bad for you son
You got 99 attackers but I'm blocking with 1.
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This Winner is Also Judge | 6
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Megiddo, will you invoke your thread powers (which are actually the powers you have everywhere and including real life), and move the challenge thingie along?
If not that's cool. I know you're a busy guy, handing out avatar upgrades and such. Oh yeah and the whole being a mod thing. I totally understand.
Go to sleep. You'll have your judging in the morning.
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Check out the thread for my cube if you have the time, and tell me how terrible it is.
Generals meant to be drafted first in a single pack of 6 cards.
And here is the actual cube, meant to be drafted in 4 regular sized packs. (60 card decks)
Polarizing Pneumatite1UR Creature - Weird (R)
Flying, haste
Whenever Polarizing Pneumatite attacks, you may switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn. To Flig, it was his "Happy Lil' Storm Cloud". To the Azorius, it was a week's worth of paperwork and bad hair days.
1/3
Because I'm closed minded and don't appreciate your individuality, I will only judge cards that in some way involve physically turning the card around. (And not un cards)
The_Cooler
You know what I really don't like? Cards with a flip trigger and not an enters the battlefield trigger.
Maokun
This card is cute. the 3/1 unblockable spirit for 3 kinda makes this sub par, but it's still cute and it isn't bad per-se.
Moon-E
Wow. The card is too confusing, and unflipping is the least of it's concerns. When you show this to a new player I'd bet good money they have no idea how they should be flipping it. Hell, I'm not entirely sure how I should be flipping it. It's a funny idea but...
Prophylaxis
I don't really like how this isn't actually a riding drake as an enchantment. That's a great flavor opportunity missed there. Other than that it's... Fine I guess? I dunno. Unexciting. But if it was a riding drake you would have won.
Bloodyspasm
This is not common. The complexity on this card is stupid high, so it doesn't belong at common. Also, I wouldn't go paying for a creature I only get one hit in with when I could play a burn spell that'd do the same thing for less or the same. It'd also not give my opponent a blocker.
Asianinvasion
This card seems riddled with fundemental design flaws, no offense. It flips when an opponent stops playing spells, which is traditionally when their hand is very low or even empty so the specter has low or no P/T. The fact that attacking lowers its own power produces a lot of unwanted tension, and the one specter printed with similar abilities was disliked because of that.
WINRAR: MAOKUN
Challenge: Creature based on fiction character. (I'm paraphrasing.)
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Check out the thread for my cube if you have the time, and tell me how terrible it is.
Generals meant to be drafted first in a single pack of 6 cards.
And here is the actual cube, meant to be drafted in 4 regular sized packs. (60 card decks)
White has the strongest connection to exile, though I do admit it was a bit of a stretch. I know black or green is the "regrowth" color but rebound seems more flickery/spell like to me.
Implicate U
Instant (U)
Put target blocking creature on top of its owner's library. You lose life equal to its power.
Riffing off Condemn.
IIW: Tribal Charms
Also, how the hell is "screams for combos" necessarily a bad thing. The game is all about interaction, so you are going to do your best to deal with the down-sides of your cards...
Anyway, whatever.
Xegum, the Relentless Crag - 1WBR
Legendary Creature - Elemental
Each creature gains Absorb X(If a source would deal damage to this creature, prevent X of that damage.) where X is equal to the power of that creature.
5/1
Compare to: Doran, the Siege Tower
I switched it
IIW: Wedge Charms
First of all, not everything I said was a 'bad thing' sometimes I just make observations, and one of the observations I made was that is likes to be comboed, not a bad thing, just felt worth mentioning to me.
You listed things that were mechanical reasons that the keyword fit the wedge, but when I say I don't get the flavor, it means that flavor wise I don't understand what the creature does to make the 'soulbleed' happen or even what 'soulbleeding' is in the first place.
as for the other creatures you have some cool ones, but I was mainly looking at the Keywords during this challenge, and they didn't effect my judging.
Creature - Devil Monger
First strike
3, Pay half your life, rounded up: Exchange your life total with target creature's power. Any player may activate this ability.
5/2
IIW: Vampires
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Format Fixer B
Instant (U)
Destroy target Gideon.
Draw a card.
IIW: the other mythic Boros card.
Artifact (Un-U)
Throw Blazing Shuriken, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:, :symtap:: Blazing Shurken deals 2 damage to each player it hits while in the air. The next player to pick up Blazing Shuriken gains control of it.
IIW: Something that goes boom.
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
That doesn't work as a cumulative upkeep. You can't pay "each player mills until he or she mills a land card" as a cost because you can't know ahead of time whether or not there are any land cards left in a player's library. Throw in a "or has no cards left in his or her library" and I think it works, though.
EDIT: After the changed wording, you want a "for each age counter on Chicken on a Raft".
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
The only safe lotus variant:
White Lotus 0
Artifact
Sacrifice White Lotus, Q: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool.
Answering a simple puzzle to unleash legendary power
Trust in the Savior. Through him we are protected. We follow his works. He will lead us to perfection.
Sorcery (R)
Two target players gain control of each permanent the other owns.
When one walks in another's shoes, their own are left for the taking.
IIW: Gate interaction
What's that you say?
"New challenge: Chicken on a Raft"?
Zur's Zodiac Chicken on a Raft GUB
Creature - Bird (M)
Plainswalk, Islandwalk, Vigilance
:sympb::sympb:: Each player discards a card. Zur's Zodiac Chicken on a Raft is indestructible this turn. Any player may activate this ability.
2/1
IIW: Chicken on a Raft
Plot of Dragon's Maze:
Niv-Mizzet plays Realmwright, chooses "Gate". Then a dramatic retelling of the ensuing argument.
Raftmaster of the Chicken River 2UG
Legendary Creature-Human Townsfolk
Island-and-Forestwalk (This creature is unblockable if the defending player controls a land that is both a forest and an island)
Whenever Raftmaster of the Chicken River deals damage to a player, put 4 0/1 white Bird tokens onto the battlefield.
"I raft with birds. These are my only traits. End of Story." Ezekaynenialkatrayers, Raftmaster
3/3
IIW: please go look at my actual entry.
The only safe lotus variant:
White Lotus 0
Artifact
Sacrifice White Lotus, Q: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool.
Answering a simple puzzle to unleash legendary power
Trust in the Savior. Through him we are protected. We follow his works. He will lead us to perfection.
KFC Double Down 1W
[U]Creature - Bird[/U] [U]
Kicker W
Flying
When ~ etb, if it was kicked, put a 1/1 white bird token with flying otb.
2/1
Legendary Creature - Chicken Cleric (R)
Hexproof
Whenever Chicken of Saint Traft attacks, put four 1/1 blue and white Chicken creature tokens with flying named Cucco onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Exile those tokens the next time a creature dies.
1/1
IIW: Nobody remembers what the challenge is.
(Probably NSFW) So you may have heard I'm trying to write a TV series...
FTFY.
The only safe lotus variant:
White Lotus 0
Artifact
Sacrifice White Lotus, Q: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool.
Answering a simple puzzle to unleash legendary power
Trust in the Savior. Through him we are protected. We follow his works. He will lead us to perfection.
WUB Esper Control
Legacy
WU Miracles
Edh
WUBErtai, the corrupted
Modern
GR Welcome to the Jungle
If not that's cool. I know you're a busy guy, handing out avatar upgrades and such. Oh yeah and the whole being a mod thing. I totally understand.
Creature - Chicken (C)
Graft 1
When a +1/+1 counter is moved from Grafted Exochicken to another creature, put an additional +1/+1 counter on that creature.
0/0
changing graft???
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You got 99 attackers but I'm blocking with 1.
The Winner is Judge | 7
This Winner is Also Judge | 6
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Go to sleep. You'll have your judging in the morning.
Generals meant to be drafted first in a single pack of 6 cards.
And here is the actual cube, meant to be drafted in 4 regular sized packs. (60 card decks)
Creature - Weird (R)
Flying, haste
Whenever Polarizing Pneumatite attacks, you may switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.
To Flig, it was his "Happy Lil' Storm Cloud". To the Azorius, it was a week's worth of paperwork and bad hair days.
1/3
iwsig
I think you missed your morning.
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The_Cooler
You know what I really don't like? Cards with a flip trigger and not an enters the battlefield trigger.
Maokun
This card is cute. the 3/1 unblockable spirit for 3 kinda makes this sub par, but it's still cute and it isn't bad per-se.
Moon-E
Wow. The card is too confusing, and unflipping is the least of it's concerns. When you show this to a new player I'd bet good money they have no idea how they should be flipping it. Hell, I'm not entirely sure how I should be flipping it. It's a funny idea but...
Prophylaxis
I don't really like how this isn't actually a riding drake as an enchantment. That's a great flavor opportunity missed there. Other than that it's... Fine I guess? I dunno. Unexciting. But if it was a riding drake you would have won.
Bloodyspasm
This is not common. The complexity on this card is stupid high, so it doesn't belong at common. Also, I wouldn't go paying for a creature I only get one hit in with when I could play a burn spell that'd do the same thing for less or the same. It'd also not give my opponent a blocker.
Asianinvasion
This card seems riddled with fundemental design flaws, no offense. It flips when an opponent stops playing spells, which is traditionally when their hand is very low or even empty so the specter has low or no P/T. The fact that attacking lowers its own power produces a lot of unwanted tension, and the one specter printed with similar abilities was disliked because of that.
WINRAR: MAOKUN
Challenge: Creature based on fiction character. (I'm paraphrasing.)
Generals meant to be drafted first in a single pack of 6 cards.
And here is the actual cube, meant to be drafted in 4 regular sized packs. (60 card decks)
EDIT: Nath'd.
Draft my cube! (630 cards)
You continue to impress. So you don't like 99% of morph creatures? Got it.