Welcome to the first season of MTG Salvation Design Idol 2011! Who will it be this season? Only time and your votes will tell
The rules.
[B]1: [/B]Have Fun!!!
[B]2[/B]: Each round, except round 1 (signup round), will have a theme, and the contestants will design cards to match that theme.
[B]3[/B]. Players may submit a new, original card, or any card[s] they have created, so long as they are the players own original design and the card[s] meet the challenge requirements. Last word on meeting these requirements and any penalties is up to the hosts.
[B]4[/B]: Each round will have 4 days to submit cards and 3 days to to vote for the cards.
[B]5[/B]: Judging is only done by poll and the player with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated. Voting will be [b]public[/b] and open to the general public. You may vote for as many, or as few cards as you like (including yourself if you want). [b]The host(s) have final say on the validity of a vote in the case of questionable votes.[/b]
[B]6[/B]: Any player that doesn't submit a card for any reason will be eliminated.
[B]7[/B]: 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.
[B]8:[/B] If there's a tie for the lowest vote total, all those people get to stay in the game but they get a next to their name. Anybody who already had a :symb:, however, is out. Players that get a will keep it until he or she is eliminated or we reach the [B]Top 7[/B] bracket.
[B]Anybody with three or less votes in a single round will also receive a :symb:. Similar rules apply.[/B]
[B]9[/B]: The game will continue until we have a single champion... our Design Idol.
[B]10:[/B] If the winner of the last Design Idol returns to defend his or her title (he or she must now sign-up like everyone else), he or she will earn a beside his or her name. This means if he or she would earn a for a round, the falls off instead. Or, if that player would face single elimination, the will convert into a :symb:. If the goes unused by the time we reach the [B]Top 7[/B] Bracket, it will fall off.
[B]11:[/B] The Top 4 of the last Design Idol get the right to "shotgun" a place on the new season. The same is true for hosts, only they get shotgun rights for two seasons. (So any hosts of Season VI can shotgun in VII and VIII). They still have to create a card for the first round, however.[/B]
Thelas, Goblin Pile Shuffler, Koopa, and Solesticio each did not meet the minimum vote threshold and earn a :symb:. No eliminations this round!
Challenge for [b]Round 7[/b]:
Design a card without any restrictions for it. However, you must then also color/plane-shift it in the Planar Chaos style (Wrath > Damnation, etc).
I will be out of state all next weekend, so you will have extra time this round, please use it.
[b]Card submissions due by Friday, February 25th, 9:30 AM Eastern.[/b]
Challenge for [b]Round 7[/b]:
Design a card without any restrictions for it. However, you must then also color/plane-shift it in the Planar Chaos style (Wrath > Damnation, etc).
I will be out of state all next weekend, so you will have extra time this round, please use it.
[b]Card submissions due by Friday, February 25th, 9:30 AM Eastern.[/b]
Wait...so we have to make whatever card we want, then color shift it?
Doomsday Purge WWW
Sorcery (MR)
Return all creatures to their owner's hand. Then each player exiles all cards in their hand. "The infection has spread too far. We must cleanse the earth and our souls..." -Kyr Rubinus, the Last Arbiter
Reality Rift GGG
Sorcery (MR)
Return all creatures to their owner's hand. Then each player exiles all cards in their hand. Gone for a moment, gone for enternity.
Zzapper - :symur::symur:
Instant (R)
Destroy target permanent with a Z in its name. I'm the Z zapper. I zap Z's. I really don't like Z's. I just don't. I mean, who needs them? Z's. pfffft.
Yup, I'm online at all hours, I'm an insomniac, what of it?
Ben-Ben of the Blood Moon 3R
Planeswalker - Ben-Ben
[+2] Until end of turn, all creatures become red and all lands become Mountains.
[-2] Ben-Ben of the Blood Moon deals damage to each opponent equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.
[-8] For the rest of the game, at the beginning of each upkeep, gain control of a land you don't control.
[4]
Leshrac of the Bad Moon 3B
Planeswalker - Leshrac
[+2] Until end of turn, all creatures become black and all lands become Swamps.
[-2] Leshrac of the Bad Moon deals damage to each opponent equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.
[-8] For the rest of the game, at the beginning of each upkeep, gain control of a land you don't control.
[4]
Arcane Aggression2RR
Enchantment (R)
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, any player may have Arcane Aggression deal 2 damage to him or her. If no one does, you choose all targets for that spell.
Stranglehold2BB
Enchantment (R)
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, any player may have Stranglehold deal 2 damage to him or her. If no one does, you choose all targets for that spell.
Exotic Weapon Master3W
Creature – Human Soldier (C)
Flash
When Exotic Weapon Master enters the battlefield, if R was spent to cast Exotic Weapon Master, it gains haste until end of turn. T: Tap target creature.
2/2
Barbed Wire Entangler3B
Creature – Human Rebel Rogue (C)
Flash
When Barbed Wire Entangler enters the battlefield, if G was spent to cast Barbed Wire Entangler, it gains haste until end of turn. T: Tap target creature.
2/2
Zzapper - :symur::symur:
Instant (R)
Destroy target permanent with a Z in its name. I'm the Z zapper. I zap Z's. I really don't like Z's. I just don't. I mean, who needs them? Z's. pfffft.
Yup, I'm online at all hours, I'm an insomniac, what of it?
Original: Merfolk Thoughtcycler1UU
Creature - Merfolk (U) T: Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Always looking for new knowledge.
2/2
Colorshifted: Goblin Junkdigger1RR
Creature - Goblin (U) T: Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Always looking for new toys.
2/2
I was looking for something a little different. I felt like I could have done a mechanic from Planar Chaos, but that would be just stapling Regeneration on a creature or letting Green have a different draw card. Instead I went with a mechanic that is being juggled around at R&D and will hopefully be ported over to red similar to how pinging has been ported over from Blue to Red.
Original Card Discover the Old GrowthX1G
Sorcery (M)
Spend only green mana on X.
Search your library for up to X Forest cards and put them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library. The canopy of primeval trees reached out to the heavens above.
Shifted in the Planar Chaos Encounter the ArchipelagoX1U
Sorcery (M)
Spend only blue mana on X.
Search your library for up to X Island cards and put them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library. The chain of lush isles stretched out to the horizons beyond.
Plunge into Darkness3BB
Sorcery (R)
Target player reveals his or her hand and discards each nonland card with converted mana cost 3 or less. Your hope ends now.
*SHIFT*
Plunge into Mists3UU
Sorcery (R)
Target player reveals his or her hand and discards each nonland card with converted mana cost 3 or less. Your future ends now.
Fertility of the Woods1GG
Enchantment G, sacrifice a Forest: Put a 1/1 green Elf token creature into play with "sacrifice this creature: add GG to your mana pool".
Brood of Flame1RR
Enchantment R, sacrifice a Mountain: Put a 1/1 red Goblin token creature into play with "sacrifice this creature: add RR to your mana pool".
I'm calling it right now- worst rare in the set. Even good limited players will find better bombs at common and uncommon no sweat. Worst. Episode. Ever.
I really do predict this to be our worst rare in set award winner. I'd be happier opening a jar of eyeballs, so I think anything worse is highly unlikely. This card wont just have zero constructed potential, but not be significantly better than a mass of ghouls in a draft.
Ætherflux1U
Instant (C)
Choose one - Return target creature you control to your hand; or counter target spell unless its controller pays 2. "Your wizardry has an inherent problem - I can simply undo it."
Becomes:
Nullify1W
Sorcery (C)
Choose one - Return target creature you control to your hand; or counter target spell unless its controller pays 2. "As impressive as your efforts were, I'm afraid I'll have to stop you now."
Aw, what the hell, I've been looking for a place to use this anyways:
Ramosian Frontrunner1W
Creature - Human Rebel Scout (C) ,T: Search your library for a Rebel permanent card with converted mana cost 3 or less and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library. If R was spent to play this, that creature gains haste until end of turn.
1/1
Riot-Razer1B
Creature - Human Rebel (C) ,T: Search your library for a Rebel permanent card with converted mana cost 3 or less and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library. If G was spent to play this, that creature gains haste until end of turn.
1/1
Knowledgehorder :1mana::symu::symu: Creature - Human Wizard [u]
Whenever Knowledgehorder deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on Knowledgehorder.
When Knowledgehorder leaves play, draw a card for each counter on Knowledgehorder.
1/3
Ancient Serpent :1mana::symg::symg:
Creature - Snake [u]
Whenever Ancient Serpent deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on Ancient Serpent.
When Ancient Serpent leaves play, draw a card for each counter on Ancient Serpent.
1/3
Surprise Assault2RR
Instant (U)
Creatures you control get +2/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn. Strike fast, strike hard. --Viashino Warfare Manual
Surprise Strike2BB
Instant (U)
Creatures you control get +2/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn. The first bite is the deepest. --Vampire Warfare Manual
Just an FYI, by colorshifting I meant use the shfited Color Pie as well.
That means: overbored, brasil, your cards could be printed in either color under standard color pie guidelines, any chance you could mix it up a bit?
Pie guildelines from MaRo: part 1, part 2
Aspiring Wish1UU
Sorcery
You may choose a planeswalker card you own from outside the game, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Exile Aspiring Wish. She wished for help, but not for a friend to give it.
Strapping Wish1GG
Sorcery
You may choose a planeswalker card you own from outside the game, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Exile Strapping Wish.
He wished for strength, but not for an ally to have it.
All shifted cards (or almost all) were shifted for a color that makes sense. Black has mass removal (Damnation), green has draw (Harmonize) etc. Why aren't my entries valid? Beside Burning Wish, red has no tutoring effects, while blue has ton of them. The rest was just fitting into the color flavor.
Private Mod Note
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Trophyless guy.
Thought of the Month: I gave up from trying to require the 'i' on my name: SolesticIo
I'm calling it right now- worst rare in the set. Even good limited players will find better bombs at common and uncommon no sweat. Worst. Episode. Ever.
I really do predict this to be our worst rare in set award winner. I'd be happier opening a jar of eyeballs, so I think anything worse is highly unlikely. This card wont just have zero constructed potential, but not be significantly better than a mass of ghouls in a draft.
For one thing, a timeshifted card from Planar Chaos is a mirror image (exact stats) of the card its copying. Only the colour and possibly creatures type(s) are different. Solestico's cards are different: One searches for a blue instant card while the other one searches for a red sorcery card...
We have extra time this round because Shineko is out of state.
Red does have several tutors. Dragonstorm, Flamekin Harbinger, Gamble, Goblin Matron and Goblin Recruiter, Godo, Bandit Warlord, Hoarding Dragon, Imperial Hellkite. Hoarding is a very recent card, so it shows that it is still capable in red's pie. And like Marco pointed out, the shifts only would change a color word, if anything, and not anything else.
I linked MaRo's articles on what shifts were done as the guidelines, since it also explains WHY the shifts were done how they were.
Welcome to the first season of MTG Salvation Design Idol 2011! Who will it be this season? Only time and your votes will tell
The rules.
[B]1: [/B]Have Fun!!!
[B]2[/B]: Each round, except round 1 (signup round), will have a theme, and the contestants will design cards to match that theme.
[B]3[/B]. Players may submit a new, original card, or any card[s] they have created, so long as they are the players own original design and the card[s] meet the challenge requirements. Last word on meeting these requirements and any penalties is up to the hosts.
[B]4[/B]: Each round will have 4 days to submit cards and 3 days to to vote for the cards.
[B]5[/B]: Judging is only done by poll and the player with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated. Voting will be [b]public[/b] and open to the general public. You may vote for as many, or as few cards as you like (including yourself if you want). [b]The host(s) have final say on the validity of a vote in the case of questionable votes.[/b]
[B]6[/B]: Any player that doesn't submit a card for any reason will be eliminated.
[B]7[/B]: 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.
[B]8:[/B] If there's a tie for the lowest vote total, all those people get to stay in the game but they get a next to their name. Anybody who already had a :symb:, however, is out. Players that get a will keep it until he or she is eliminated or we reach the [B]Top 7[/B] bracket.
[B]Anybody with three or less votes in a single round will also receive a :symb:. Similar rules apply.[/B]
[B]9[/B]: The game will continue until we have a single champion... our Design Idol.
[B]10:[/B] If the winner of the last Design Idol returns to defend his or her title (he or she must now sign-up like everyone else), he or she will earn a beside his or her name. This means if he or she would earn a for a round, the falls off instead. Or, if that player would face single elimination, the will convert into a :symb:. If the goes unused by the time we reach the [B]Top 7[/B] Bracket, it will fall off.
[B]11:[/B] The Top 4 of the last Design Idol get the right to "shotgun" a place on the new season. The same is true for hosts, only they get shotgun rights for two seasons. (So any hosts of Season VI can shotgun in VII and VIII). They still have to create a card for the first round, however.[/B]
Thelas, Goblin Pile Shuffler, Koopa, and Solesticio each did not meet the minimum vote threshold and earn a :symb:. No eliminations this round!
Challenge for [b]Round 7[/b]:
Design a card without any restrictions for it. However, you must then also color/plane-shift it in the Planar Chaos style (Wrath > Damnation, etc).
I will be out of state all next weekend, so you will have extra time this round, please use it.
[b]Card submissions due by Friday, February 25th, 9:30 AM Eastern.[/b]
Current Standings:
1) Marco 51
2) Asrama 49
3) Gerrard's Mom 49
4) overbored 48
5) FuriouslySleepingIdea 47
6) ParaSiempre 46
7) brasil_dude101 45
8) Thelas 44
9) SClone 43
10) Oculus 42
11) Koopa 38
12) Maokun 36
13) Solesticio 36
14) Goblin Pile Shuffler 33
15) Zzapper 33
16) optimis344 25
17) Rocket_Powered_Turbo_Slug 28
18) netn9 22
19) ImpulsiveKnowledge 25
20) StormBlade 14
21) shikadi 23
22) Jimmy Groove 20
23) PsiJet 5
24) MichMash 7
25) Altaurus321 7
26) lifeinsepia 3
Challenge for [b]Round 7[/b]:
Design a card without any restrictions for it. However, you must then also color/plane-shift it in the Planar Chaos style (Wrath > Damnation, etc).
I will be out of state all next weekend, so you will have extra time this round, please use it.
[b]Card submissions due by Friday, February 25th, 9:30 AM Eastern.[/b]
Shifting guide for Planar Chaos: part 1, part 2
Wait...so we have to make whatever card we want, then color shift it?
Doomsday Purge WWW
Sorcery (MR)
Return all creatures to their owner's hand. Then each player exiles all cards in their hand.
"The infection has spread too far. We must cleanse the earth and our souls..." -Kyr Rubinus, the Last Arbiter
Reality Rift GGG
Sorcery (MR)
Return all creatures to their owner's hand. Then each player exiles all cards in their hand.
Gone for a moment, gone for enternity.
Ben-Ben of the Blood Moon 3R
Planeswalker - Ben-Ben
[+2] Until end of turn, all creatures become red and all lands become Mountains.
[-2] Ben-Ben of the Blood Moon deals damage to each opponent equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.
[-8] For the rest of the game, at the beginning of each upkeep, gain control of a land you don't control.
[4]
Leshrac of the Bad Moon 3B
Planeswalker - Leshrac
[+2] Until end of turn, all creatures become black and all lands become Swamps.
[-2] Leshrac of the Bad Moon deals damage to each opponent equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.
[-8] For the rest of the game, at the beginning of each upkeep, gain control of a land you don't control.
[4]
Enchantment (R)
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, any player may have Arcane Aggression deal 2 damage to him or her. If no one does, you choose all targets for that spell.
Stranglehold 2BB
Enchantment (R)
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, any player may have Stranglehold deal 2 damage to him or her. If no one does, you choose all targets for that spell.
Creature – Human Soldier (C)
Flash
When Exotic Weapon Master enters the battlefield, if R was spent to cast Exotic Weapon Master, it gains haste until end of turn.
T: Tap target creature.
2/2
Barbed Wire Entangler 3B
Creature – Human Rebel Rogue (C)
Flash
When Barbed Wire Entangler enters the battlefield, if G was spent to cast Barbed Wire Entangler, it gains haste until end of turn.
T: Tap target creature.
2/2
Merfolk Thoughtcycler 1UU
Creature - Merfolk (U)
T: Draw two cards, then discard two cards.
Always looking for new knowledge.
2/2
Colorshifted:
Goblin Junkdigger 1RR
Creature - Goblin (U)
T: Draw two cards, then discard two cards.
Always looking for new toys.
2/2
I was looking for something a little different. I felt like I could have done a mechanic from Planar Chaos, but that would be just stapling Regeneration on a creature or letting Green have a different draw card. Instead I went with a mechanic that is being juggled around at R&D and will hopefully be ported over to red similar to how pinging has been ported over from Blue to Red.
BGStandard Green AggroGB
UWRGModern Saheeli CobraGRWU
UBRGLegacy StormGRBU
Wizards Certified Rules Advisor
Discover the Old Growth X1G
Sorcery (M)
Spend only green mana on X.
Search your library for up to X Forest cards and put them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
The canopy of primeval trees reached out to the heavens above.
Shifted in the Planar Chaos
Encounter the Archipelago X1U
Sorcery (M)
Spend only blue mana on X.
Search your library for up to X Island cards and put them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
The chain of lush isles stretched out to the horizons beyond.
Sig courtesy of Disappointing Signet Inc.
My Cubes:
Goblin Pile Shuffler's 360 Card Pauper Cube - updated 1/4/2014
Goblin Pile Shuffler's 270 Card One-Drop Cube - updated 1/4/2014
Sorcery (R)
Target player reveals his or her hand and discards each nonland card with converted mana cost 3 or less.
Your hope ends now.
*SHIFT*
Plunge into Mists 3UU
Sorcery (R)
Target player reveals his or her hand and discards each nonland card with converted mana cost 3 or less.
Your future ends now.
[Clan Flamingo] Tier Archivist
[15:21] <@CC> Remember, if you argue, you are an idiot.
Untrophied Wins:
Perfect MCC Scores: 2
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Enchantment
G, sacrifice a Forest: Put a 1/1 green Elf token creature into play with "sacrifice this creature: add GG to your mana pool".
Brood of Flame 1RR
Enchantment
R, sacrifice a Mountain: Put a 1/1 red Goblin token creature into play with "sacrifice this creature: add RR to your mana pool".
Instant (C)
Choose one - Return target creature you control to your hand; or counter target spell unless its controller pays 2.
"Your wizardry has an inherent problem - I can simply undo it."
Sorcery (C)
Choose one - Return target creature you control to your hand; or counter target spell unless its controller pays 2.
"As impressive as your efforts were, I'm afraid I'll have to stop you now."
Ramosian Frontrunner 1W
Creature - Human Rebel Scout (C)
,T: Search your library for a Rebel permanent card with converted mana cost 3 or less and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library. If R was spent to play this, that creature gains haste until end of turn.
1/1
Riot-Razer 1B
Creature - Human Rebel (C)
,T: Search your library for a Rebel permanent card with converted mana cost 3 or less and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library. If G was spent to play this, that creature gains haste until end of turn.
1/1
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Creature - Human Wizard [u]
Whenever Knowledgehorder deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on Knowledgehorder.
When Knowledgehorder leaves play, draw a card for each counter on Knowledgehorder.
1/3
Ancient Serpent :1mana::symg::symg:
Creature - Snake [u]
Whenever Ancient Serpent deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on Ancient Serpent.
When Ancient Serpent leaves play, draw a card for each counter on Ancient Serpent.
1/3
Instant (U)
Creatures you control get +2/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn.
Strike fast, strike hard. --Viashino Warfare Manual
Surprise Strike 2BB
Instant (U)
Creatures you control get +2/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn.
The first bite is the deepest. --Vampire Warfare Manual
That means: overbored, brasil, your cards could be printed in either color under standard color pie guidelines, any chance you could mix it up a bit?
Pie guildelines from MaRo: part 1, part 2
Sorcery
You may choose a planeswalker card you own from outside the game, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Exile Aspiring Wish.
She wished for help, but not for a friend to give it.
Strapping Wish 1GG
Sorcery
You may choose a planeswalker card you own from outside the game, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Exile Strapping Wish.
He wished for strength, but not for an ally to have it.
Thought of the Month:
I gave up from trying to require the 'i' on my name: SolesticIo
Thought of the Month:
I gave up from trying to require the 'i' on my name: SolesticIo
Also I think that by this point of the competition, rounds should be shorter.
We have extra time this round because Shineko is out of state.
I linked MaRo's articles on what shifts were done as the guidelines, since it also explains WHY the shifts were done how they were.