MTG Salvation

Welcome to MtGS Design Idol everybody. Inspired by a somewhat popular television show, We have done away with the judges and put this entire contest in the hands of the voters. Myself, along with JeroenC will take you on a journey of design that will only end when we have crowned our next MtGS Design Idol.

We have a great lineup of designers, so without further ado, here they are.

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Maokun, penguinwriter, FuriouslySleepingIdea, Lorgalis, Solesticio, snoopYah
Alacar Leoricar, BlackBull, WUPBRGspellsPlanarChaos, Alabran, Froxy, seratonin
Cryptic_Hero, Autumn Willow, Green Opal, Kenaron, Krey, ShinyMan
Atrius, Rubin8or, .handslikeguns, GiftsTrix, DarkNightCavalier, Kami_of_Randomness
Ace, Lenus Altair, lgmhorus, Glorious Gnome, Jester20005, menma

Howler13, the previous Design Idol, will be joining us in Round 2. returning players know what happens next, but for new players, Here's a quick review of the rules:

1: Have Fun!!!
2: Each round, except the signup round, will have a theme, and the contestants will design cards to match that theme. Early on the themes will be more open. In the later rounds, they will become more specific and challenging.
3: Each round will have 3-4 days to submit cards and 2 days to to vote for the cards.
4: Judging is only done by poll and the player[s] with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated each round. Polls will be anonymous and open to the general public. You may vote for as many, or as few cards as you like (including yourself).
5: Any player that doesn't submit a card for any reason will be eliminated. It's harsh, but necessary to keep the game moving.
6: If a player submits a card or cards that does not meet the challenge requirements, that player may receive a DQ and be eliminated. If possible, the player in question will be notified to try and correct the problem before the end of the round. If the mistake is not corrected or is not caught until after the voting has begun, then the hosts will decide if a DQ will be assigned.
7: The game will continue until we have a single champion... our Design Idol.
8: The winner of the last Design Idol will earn a first round bye into the next game should he or she decide to defend his or her title (this means only one player).
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Round 1 is our sign up round. It is an open challenge, players were free to submit any card they choose. Here are their entries, vote for as many or as few as you like.

Good Luck everyone!

Quote from Maokun

Inescrupulous Tutor 2BB
Sorcery
Search your library for a card, reveal it, then put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
If you control more Islands than Swamps you may instead search target opponent's library for a creature and put it into play under your control.

Quote from penguinwriter

Spinewrecker Bloom 2RG
Creature - Plant Warrior (U)
Blossom (Whenever mana that shares a color with this is added to your mana pool, put a blossom counter on it.)
Spinewrecker Bloom gets +1/-1 for each blossom counter on it.
1/8

Quote from FuriouslySleepingIdea

Omnitog :1mana::symr::symb:
Creature - Atog
Sacrifice a permanent: Omnitog gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
1/2

Quote from Lorgalis

Psychavore UB
Creature - Lhurgoyf (Rare)
As Psychavore comes into play, choose a player.
Psychavore's power is equal to the number of cards in that player's graveyard minus the number of cards in you graveyard and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1.
*/*+1

Quote from Solesticio

Stagnated Lotus
Artifact
Threshold - :symtap:, Sacrifice Stagnated Lotus: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool. Play this ability only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Quote from snoopYah

Dark Wood Expeller :symb::symb::symg::symg:
Creature — Centaur Shaman (R)
When Dark Wood Expeller comes into play, target opponent discards two cards.
“Free your mind.”
4/4

Quote from Alacar Leoricar

Sylvan Prowess
Instant
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that creature is green, it gains trample until end of turn.
Draw a card.
"The forest is not a calm creature of growth; it shifts and feels pain, anger, and rage, and its power extends far beyond its borders."

Quote from BlackBull

Homeless Birdhouse
Artifact Creature - Construct
Flying
When Homeless Birdhouse comes into play, put a 1/1 white and blue Bird creature token with flying into play.
Whenever a creature with flying other than Homeless Birdhouse comes into play, remove Homeless Birdhouse from the game. Return it to play under target opponent control at the beginning of the next turn’s upkeep.
0/2

Quote from WUPBRGspellsPlanarChaos

Rakdos Armor 4
Artifact- Equipment
Equipped creature gets +2/+0, Double Strike and "This creature attacks each turn if able."
Whenever equipped creature attacks, sacrifice it and end of combat.
Equip 3
The Rakdos where armor not for protection, simply to increase the devastation they do.

Quote from Alabran

Hindering Storm - :symrw::symrw:
Enchantment - Aura [c]
Enchant Land
Enchanted Land's activated abilities cost 1 more to play.

Quote from Froxy

Daybreak Mirror - 3
Artifact
Sunburst
t, Remove a charge counter from Daybreak Mirror: Choose a basic land type. Each land you control becomes that type until end of turn.
"The suns will always rise and cast their glow upon the land,
But what happens to their grand domain is all the Reflector's plan."
-Mirrodin Proverb

Quote from seratonin

Blackbalde 8
Legendary Artifact-Equipment {R}
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 for each land you control.
Equip 4

Quote from Cryptic_Hero

Avenger Martyr 3WW
Creature - Angel Spirit
Flying, vigilance
When ~ leaves play, put a 3/3 white Angel creature token with flying into play.
Lost in eternity's binds, Serra's final words were "Hope is the key."
3/4

Quote from Autumn Willow

Sibling's Spite RR
Sorcery
Destroy target artifact unless its owner sacrifices a permanent with a higher converted mana cost.
Some folk stories say that Mishra would threaten to break Urza's toys as a child, foreshadowing things to come.

Quote from Green Opal

Twisted Ransacker 1UB
Creature - Human Wizard
B,T: Each player discards a card. Play this ability only any time you could play a sorcery.
U,Q: Each player draws a card.
A soft word, a shazy gesture, and his pretty gift becomes a terrible curse.
1/2

Quote from Kenaron

Jund Rain Dancer 2BRG
Creature - Giant Shaman {U}
When ~ comes into play, destroy target land. If that land was nonbasic, ~ gains haste until end of turn.
He dances not for water to nourish the land but for fire to purge it.
4/4

Quote from Krey

Raging Hydra 3RR
Creature – Hydra (R)
Raging Hydra comes into play, put three +1/+1 counters on it.
RR: Put a +1/+1 counter on Raging Hydra
Remove a +1/+1 counter from Raging Hydra: Put a 1/1 Red Snake Token
0/1
“The hydra is the mother of all snakes” - Argilian Folklore

Quote from ShinyMan

Shadowstalker 2B
Creature - Horror
As long as another creature is attacking, Shadowstalker can't be blocked unless all other attacking creatures are blocked.
You'll never who's hiding in the shadows of your invaders.
3/1

Quote from Atrius

Kamigawa the Unveiled
World Land
Instant and sorcery cards in player's hands, libraries and graveyards are Arcane in addition to its other types.
Creatures have soulshift X, where X equals that creature's toughness.
Creature cards in graveyards are Spirits.
:symtap:: Add one mana of any one color to your mana pool. Play this ability only if you control a Spirit creature and a non-Spirit creature.

Quote from Rubin8or

Polar Melting UR
Instant
Polar melting deals 2 damage to each creature without flying.

Quote from .handslikeguns

Swift Arcane
Instant [R]
The next instant spell you play this turn has split second.
Draw a card.
The next spell is definitely getting through.

Quote from GiftsTrix

Respite Sanctuary
Land R
T: Add 1 to your mana pool.
1WU, T: Return target attacking creature to it's owner's hand. Its controler gains life equal to it's power.

Quote from DarkNightCavalier

Eternal Edge 2WR
Enchantment-aura
Enchant creature
Enchant Creature gets +2/+1 and Double Strike and Lifelink
When Eternal Edge is sent to the graveyard, return it to your hand.
The blade of a true warrior shall never break.

Quote from Kami_of_Randomness

Primal Advocate 4GG
Creature - Elf Warrior Wizard
When ~ comes into play, destroy all artifacts.
Sacrifice ~ : Distribute X +1/+1 counters on any number of target creatures, where X is the number of enchantments put into a graveyard from play this turn.
"Spells? Auras? Bah! Mere trinkets. We forest dwellers will trump you on mere might alone."
3/2

Quote from Ace

Guardian of the Protectorate :2mana::symw:
Creature - Human Soldier
Whenever Guardian of the Protectorate is dealt damage, remove it from the game with that many time counters.
Suspend 1 -
3/3

Quote from Lenus Altair

Mutation Flux :symug::symug::symug:
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant Creature
Cumulative Upkeep: Remove a +1/+1 counter from enchanted creature
Whenever a card changes zones, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.

Quote from lgmhorus

Reality Veil 2UU
Enchantment
Whenever a player plays a non-creature spell, counter that spell unless it has at least one target.
Divine intervention is unlikely.

Quote from Glorious Gnome

Life Drain
Sorcery (U)
Life Drain is black.
Spend only black mana on X.
Target opponent loses X life. Then if that player has X or less life, where X is what you payed for this spell, you lose X life.

Quote from Jester20005

Beast of the Sylvan GW
Creature - Wolf (U)
If you control an Elf creature, Beast of the Sylvan has forestwalk.
2/2

Quote from menma

Elvish Rite :sym2g::sym2g::sym2g:
Tribal Enchantment - Elf (Rare)
Whenever an Elf creature card comes into play or is put into a graveyard from play, search your library for a Forest card and put it into play tapped. Then shuffle your library.
"A tree is planted twice during the circle of life; at birth and at death."

I didn't see anything against voting for one's self. If that isn't allowed then please take one vote off for me, but I assumed everybody playing was going to vote for themselves. I don't know if the poll lets you know this, but I voted for five other cards as well.

Voting for one's self is allowed. Voting for other cards as well is highly encouraged

Hey longshot i just rendered my pic and added to the original thread....i was wondering if it wasnt too much to ask if you could link my card to my render. If not thats cool. Thanks.

Will be voting!

^ Sounds nifty.

10 Ace points to someone who makes a 0/Y creature

Idol holder

NOTE: As always, SOME cards horribly worded gets votes, and cards tremendously overpowered as a couple there does too.

I think I don't share the criteria that manages some people here, and isn't funny to play pretending that everything is ok when you're watching clearly that u're not "the worst" but your entries finishes getting less votes than mediocre cards. (not people. CARDS). C'mon... my card is well balanced and is absolutelly original (and funny). I did spent more than 20 min in order to make the rule text, and it has less votes than some cards that... my God.

At least I want to see my entries losing just against better quality designed cards (I mean thoroughly designed ones).

I'm out of this. Sorry. Good luck for the rest. hmm... Not sure yet.

EDIT: Oh, and sorry for leaving the "kind way" for a while, but I needed it. (Catharsis week)

Lol, I entered the thread expecting to have not received one vote and low and behold I tied the leader? I wish I got one of you folks for my judge in FCC, I didn't have as much luck there.

All that's important is not getting the lowest totals. I'm happy with anything better than the cutoff point, which I'm doubting will be an issue but strange things can happen.

I'm hoping I'm not getting the boot but it looks grim.

Aww...

...this poll makes me sad :(.

I guess my card was overpowered... or something.

Quote from Ace

^ Sounds nifty.

10 Ace points to someone who makes a 0/Y creature

And here I am hosting and not playing

Quote from Ace

^ Sounds nifty.

10 Ace points to someone who makes a 0/Y creature

I can do that

Hmm...Challenge seems doable...But..who stays and who gets the boot?

Double Gasp
Sorry about switched words
2nd And should be at
where should be wear

Nifty challenge

Quote from Lenus Altair

Aww...

...this poll makes me sad :(.

I guess my card was overpowered... or something.

Considering that you get counters whenever cards are drawn and two when spells are played (once for movement to stack, and again to graveyard) I would say so. Just assuming your opponent draws a card and plays a land then you do the same gives 3 +1/+1 counters before the next change to attack. Spells will be played in between, so this can get rather large. Cumulative upkeep isn't relevant so much because you can just choose to not pay it and keep the +1/+1 counters, and let's not forget that there is no shortage of ways to remove +1/+1 counters for effect.

Edit - When is the deadline for round two? I hope it hasn't already started because it would be pretty aggravating for someone to have made a card only to find out they were eliminated from the previous round's poll.

hmm... Just in case... Damn... PH. ¬¬

Also, are we posting Round 2's entry here?

Quote from Kenaron

Considering that you get counters whenever cards are drawn and two when spells are played (once for movement to stack, and again to graveyard) I would say so. Just assuming your opponent draws a card and plays a land then you do the same gives 3 +1/+1 counters before the next change to attack. Spells will be played in between, so this can get rather large. Cumulative upkeep isn't relevant so much because you can just choose to not pay it and keep the +1/+1 counters, and let's not forget that there is no shortage of ways to remove +1/+1 counters for effect.

Yeah... I forgot the the option to simply not pay cumulative upkeep. The rest I understood while designing.

It is a large error.

Sorry Ace, round two's cards should be posted in their own thread. JeroenC will put it up shortly after the poll closes. We just post the next challenge early so that everyone can get a head start on the next round.

Quote from Lenus Altair

Yeah... I forgot the the option to simply not pay cumulative upkeep. The rest I understood while designing.

It is a large error.

It happens to everyone. Depending on how many people get cut each round you could survive. All that matters is being not in the bottom so many. Following Ace couldn't have helped though.

I'm surprised so many people voted for mine. Is Sinkhole ok again?

Quote from BlackBull

Idol holder

NOTE: As always, SOME cards horribly worded gets votes, and cards tremendously overpowered as a couple there does too.

I think I don't share the criteria that manages some people here, and isn't funny to play pretending that everything is ok when you're watching clearly that u're not "the worst" but your entries finishes getting less votes than mediocre cards. (not people. CARDS). C'mon... my card is well balanced and is absolutelly original (and funny). I did spent more than 20 min in order to make the rule text, and it has less votes than some cards that... my God.

At least I want to see my entries losing just against better quality designed cards (I mean thoroughly designed ones).

I'm out of this. Sorry. Good luck for the rest. hmm... Not sure yet.

EDIT: Oh, and sorry for leaving the "kind way" for a while, but I needed it. (Catharsis week)

BlackBull, excuse me if Im misunderstanding your card, but as it's worded, the bird house will blink when the token itself produces comes into play. In other words: for just you are getting a 1/1 with flying every turn from turn 1 on, and the only possible way of stopping it is by casting shock or terror on the birdhouse in the tiny window of chance between it coming into play every turn and its token coming into play. Bitterblossom looks unplayable next to this.

How many participants will be disqualified in the first round? Not many people liked my diabolic tutor that can become bribery

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I'm surprised so many people voted for mine. Is Sinkhole ok again?

Got my vote purely because it dealt with something unusual, and dealt with it well. Anything that makes me step back and think about a section of design is worth a vote.

Darn, I'd meant to change the word "artifacts" in my card in the first sentence to "enchantments"... Oh well.