July has officially come to an end and we have a winner: willows. Congratulations to them and thanks to everybody who played or judged. Final scores are in the round thread.
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MCC - Winner (6): Oct 2014, Apr Nov 2017, Jan 2018, Apr Jun 2019 || Host (15): Dec 2014, Apr Jul Aug Dec 2015, Mar Jul Aug Oct 2016, Feb Jul 2017, Jun Nov 2018, Feb Jul 2019 (last one here) || Judge (34): every month from Nov 2014 to Nov 2016 except Oct 2015, every month from Feb to Jul 2017 except Apr 2017, then Oct 2017, May Jun Nov 2018, Feb Jul 2019 (last one here) CCL - Winner (3): Jul 2016 (tied with Flatline), May 2017, Jul 2019 (last one here) || Host (5): Feb 2015, Mar Apr May Jun 2016 DCC - Winner (1): Mar 2015 (tied with Piar) || Host (3): May Oct 2015, Jan 2016
• The two public custom sets I've been part a part of the design team for: "Brotherhood of Ormos" - Blog post with all info - set thread - design skeleton / card list || "Extinctia: Homo Evanuit" - Blog post with all info - set thread - card list spreadsheet
• "The Lion's Lair", my article series about MTG and custom card design in particular. Latest article here. Here is the article index.Rather outdated by now, and based on the old MCC rubric, but I'm leaving this here for anybody that might be interested anyway.
• My only public attempt at being a writer: the story of my Leonin custom planeswalker Jeff Lionheart. (I have a very big one that I'm working on right now but that's private for now, and I don't know if I will ever actually publish it, and I also have ideas for multiple future ones, including one where I'm going to reprise Jeff.)
Just a couple of notes:
1. My original design (when I just had a placeholder posted) was very similar to Jimmy Groove's, but he posted it first so I had to think of something else. If I remember right, the one I was working on hit Planeswalkers too and dealt damage based on CMC.
2. I actually managed to sneak in a Wheel of Time reference this time!
As a judge, do I ignore card renders or can I potentially give extra points for flavor or whatever?
ManyCookies,
Card renders are ignored in terms of adding or taking of points from the participant. They are merely for "flavor" purposes, and should have no bearing on a result.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
—Eli Shiffrin, Rules Manager, on a design stacking lifelink instances
While I am being watchful of the MCC, I'm not omnipotent. If you feel there is an infraction going on please post in the thread or PM me if you feel more comfortable that way.
As is stands currently, AA posted within the grace period asking for an extension and has until tonight to post his judgings and the next round. Otherwise it will be an infraction as no more extensions can be given.
What no no, I was just teasing. I don't mind extensions if one needs em (for good reason), and I'm not gonna yell at the host who's already doing a bunch of extra work over me!
I'm not complaining, or at all want my score changed. Mostly just bringing it up because it's funny.
Main Challenge
For the main challenge, you have to design a card that would make sense in your chosen set. Your card will be evaluated as though it were printed in that set. You should take into consideration things such as set theme, storyline, and even power level.
My card had point's deducted for being underpowered.
My card was from COLDSNAP have you ever played in a Coldsnap draft? Literally everything is such trash I was worried my uncommon was overpowered. #TribalAuroks4Life
Aww crap I took balance points away from a Champions of Kawigama submission for being underpowered, should give those back.
The recover cards weren't THAT bad. They're playable-ish even if you never recovered them, I wouldn't be too embarrassed having one in a modern limited deck (aside from the lifegain card). If we're aiming for the "overcosted but playable" power level on display there, your card should create two tokens at 4 mana or something.
But at any rate, I'm glad you had fun this round at the MCC. I wish you good luck the next month you participate in And when you say "same criteria", do you mean the MCC rubric?
(1.5/3) Viability: Pseudo Upheaval stitched to Pseudo Wheel of Fortune. Not sure I like that the second choice can be played with just blue mana, but at least there’s red in the entwine cost. However, it’d be the first time an entwine card didn’t have a mono color identity (ever, not just in Mirrodin). Power-level-wise, it should be mythic, but the effect isn’t especially interesting, so rare seems OK. (1/3) Balance: The going rate for the first choice alone is 3UU. It would be undercosted without the second choice or the option to entwine them. This would dominate limited environments and definitely feature prominently in standard. Global effects like this get better in multiplayer formats, so suffice it to say I think this card is far too good.
I guess you missed the Windfall card, so without Entwine it will be slightly undercosted Devastation Tide or overcosted Windfall. I added red mostly to make card more unique, but each of these effects is blue (though second effect can be monored as well).
I passed the first round challenge so everything is fine but I feel like I should explain more.
And about flavor - kinda agree, it fits Fifth Dawn better than Mirrodin (but Entwine was introduced in Mirrodin, not in the third set of the block). Totally can't agree about Glissa and need for green color identity because it shouldn't be a case all the time. For example, we have monowhite Hour of Revelation spell that was planned by Bolas and performed by Razaketh but no one of them is white.
Ok yall better think real hard about whether your card is actually appropriate at common. Because if it's clearly not, I'm taking the subchallenge point AND taking multiple points off viability. Don't screw up a good uncommon just for 1 point, the competition isn't that cutthroat!
Judgements are done, do love me a common/limited focused challenge. I feel people were being unique for the sake of being unique rather than actual practicality. I blame the MCC rubric for that.
MCC - Winner (6): Oct 2014, Apr Nov 2017, Jan 2018, Apr Jun 2019 || Host (15): Dec 2014, Apr Jul Aug Dec 2015, Mar Jul Aug Oct 2016, Feb Jul 2017, Jun Nov 2018, Feb Jul 2019 (last one here) || Judge (34): every month from Nov 2014 to Nov 2016 except Oct 2015, every month from Feb to Jul 2017 except Apr 2017, then Oct 2017, May Jun Nov 2018, Feb Jul 2019 (last one here)
CCL - Winner (3): Jul 2016 (tied with Flatline), May 2017, Jul 2019 (last one here) || Host (5): Feb 2015, Mar Apr May Jun 2016
DCC - Winner (1): Mar 2015 (tied with Piar) || Host (3): May Oct 2015, Jan 2016
• The two public custom sets I've been part a part of the design team for:
"Brotherhood of Ormos" - Blog post with all info - set thread - design skeleton / card list || "Extinctia: Homo Evanuit" - Blog post with all info - set thread - card list spreadsheet
• "The Lion's Lair", my article series about MTG and custom card design in particular. Latest article here. Here is the article index. Rather outdated by now, and based on the old MCC rubric, but I'm leaving this here for anybody that might be interested anyway.
• My only public attempt at being a writer: the story of my Leonin custom planeswalker Jeff Lionheart. (I have a very big one that I'm working on right now but that's private for now, and I don't know if I will ever actually publish it, and I also have ideas for multiple future ones, including one where I'm going to reprise Jeff.)
Just a couple of notes:
1. My original design (when I just had a placeholder posted) was very similar to Jimmy Groove's, but he posted it first so I had to think of something else. If I remember right, the one I was working on hit Planeswalkers too and dealt damage based on CMC.
2. I actually managed to sneak in a Wheel of Time reference this time!
ManyCookies,
Card renders are ignored in terms of adding or taking of points from the participant. They are merely for "flavor" purposes, and should have no bearing on a result.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
—Eli Shiffrin, Rules Manager, on a design stacking lifelink instances
I liked every card I judged in some way. Even the cards with significant problems still had some fun ideas behind them.
As is stands currently, AA posted within the grace period asking for an extension and has until tonight to post his judgings and the next round. Otherwise it will be an infraction as no more extensions can be given.
For the main challenge, you have to design a card that would make sense in your chosen set. Your card will be evaluated as though it were printed in that set. You should take into consideration things such as set theme, storyline, and even power level.
My card had point's deducted for being underpowered.
My card was from COLDSNAP have you ever played in a Coldsnap draft? Literally everything is such trash I was worried my uncommon was overpowered. #TribalAuroks4Life
The recover cards weren't THAT bad. They're playable-ish even if you never recovered them, I wouldn't be too embarrassed having one in a modern limited deck (aside from the lifegain card). If we're aiming for the "overcosted but playable" power level on display there, your card should create two tokens at 4 mana or something.
I balanced off buyback token spells completely totally expected it to lose out on being underpowered, no one really cares about those spells.
We should have a thread where we rate real magic cards with the same criteria we do here. That sounds fun.
I was just making a stab at Coldsnap.
I guess you missed the Windfall card, so without Entwine it will be slightly undercosted Devastation Tide or overcosted Windfall. I added red mostly to make card more unique, but each of these effects is blue (though second effect can be monored as well).
I passed the first round challenge so everything is fine but I feel like I should explain more.
And about flavor - kinda agree, it fits Fifth Dawn better than Mirrodin (but Entwine was introduced in Mirrodin, not in the third set of the block). Totally can't agree about Glissa and need for green color identity because it shouldn't be a case all the time. For example, we have monowhite Hour of Revelation spell that was planned by Bolas and performed by Razaketh but no one of them is white.
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