MTG Salvation

Quote from Clockwork Gamer

Clarifications time!
''aura card that doesn't enchant a creature.'' Does that mean under no (normal) circumstances can it be applied to a creature?
Challenge aside, would Confiscate be disqualified?

Quote from CompRules »

303.4. Some enchantments have the subtype “Aura.” An Aura enters the battlefield attached to an object or player. What an Aura can be attached to is restricted by its enchant keyword ability (see rule 702.5, “Enchant”). Other effects can limit what a permanent can be enchanted by.

303.4a An Aura spell requires a target, which is restricted by its enchant ability.

303.4b The object or player an Aura is attached to is called enchanted. The Aura is attached to, or “enchants,” that object or player.

303.4c If an Aura is enchanting an illegal object or player, the object it was attached to no longer exists, or the player it was attached to has left the game, the Aura is put into its owner’s graveyard. (This is a state-based action. See rule 704.)

303.4d An Aura can’t enchant itself. If this occurs somehow, the Aura is put into its owner’s graveyard. An Aura that’s also a creature can’t enchant anything. If this occurs somehow, the Aura becomes unattached, then is put into its owner’s graveyard. (These are state-based actions. See rule 704.)

303.4e An Aura’s controller is separate from the enchanted object’s controller or the enchanted player; the two need not be the same. If an Aura enchants an object, changing control of the object doesn’t change control of the Aura, and vice versa. Only the Aura’s controller can activate its abilities. However, if the Aura grants an ability to the enchanted object (with “gains” or “has”), the enchanted object’s controller is the only one who can activate that ability.

303.4f If an Aura is entering the battlefield under a player’s control by any means other than by resolving as an Aura spell, and the effect putting it onto the battlefield doesn’t specify the object or player the Aura will enchant, that player chooses what it will enchant as the Aura enters the

battlefield. The player must choose a legal object or player according to the Aura’s enchant ability and any other applicable effects.

303.4g If an Aura is entering the battlefield and there is no legal object or player for it to enchant, the Aura remains in its current zone, unless that zone is the stack. In that case, the Aura is put into its owner’s graveyard instead of entering the battlefield.

303.4h If an effect attempts to attach an Aura on the battlefield to an object or player, that object or player must be able to be enchanted by it. If the object or player can’t be, the Aura doesn’t move.

(And remember, an aura can't be attached to a permanent that it's not authorized to be attached to, so if an aura with "enchant land" is attached to a land and the land becomes a creature, the aura goes to the graveyard per SBEs.)

Quote from MotionPicture13

Your enchantment does not produce mana, nor does it give the enchanted land the ability to create mana. You could place your aura on The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale (I'm sure you wouldn't), and it wouldn't produce mana.

Quote from The letter 3

Dulled Metal


Design (9/10)
Creativity – This card fits somewhere between Prison Term and Pithing Needle. I like it.
Elegance – No problems here.
Potential – This card would be sideboard material in an artifact-heavy metagame. I could see Johnny trying to mix this with Liquimetal Coating, but It may be too limited in scope for Timmy and Spike to use on a regular basis.

Development (9/10)
Viability – No problems here.
Balance – This card is a clever way to shut down equipments, artifacts with “gets” or “has” abilities, and artifact creatures with keyword abilities (goodbye Darksteel). It doesn’t shut down activated or triggering abilities, but that’s okay, considering that it would be stepping on the toes of Pithing Needle if it did. The power level is also right at the common rarity. The attach ability should be a little White-intensive at 1W, but other than that this card is solid.
Creative Writing – The name and flavor text are great.

Polish (4/5)
Challenge – Both met.
Quality – The ability should be reworded to, “Attach Dulled Metal to another target artifact.” (see Spellweaver Volute).

Total: 22/25

Quote from Rithaniel

Inspired

Design (10/10)
Creativity – Well then, something that interacts with a planeswalker. That's territory has been touched upon pretty often in all 'homebrew' circles, but, it's so utterly untouched by WotC, that this is still a generally fresh area. This particular card, of course, is a pretty neat little idea, to be honest. "Hey dude, check out this trick." - "Whoa, how'd you do that!" - "Well, lemme show ya." Check and check on the creativity.
Elegance – So, you cast this spell, then the enchantment is you expending some effort teaching your 'buddy' how to use it. Pretty smooth, to be honest.
Potential – Timmy finds nothing but upside here, and he enjoys planeswalkers, so, making his planeswalkers better is always good for him. Johnny would make some kind of infinite turn combo with this, somehow. Spike has is a little concerned with the high 2-for-1-ness of this, but, knowing him, he'd likely hit a Preordain for maximum card advantage. Everybody is generally pleased.

Development (8/10)
Viability – Blue is one of the main colors for spell recursion. Since planeswalkers have been restricted to Mythic up till now, putting this any lower than rare would be very bad for limited. Not only that, but most 'hard' recursion spells, like this, are found at rare. All the same, of course, it'd be a blank pull in a draft, unless you had the massive luck to have pulled a planeswalker as well. This hurts it a tiny bit in the field of viability.
Balance – The costing feels appropriate. The effects feels acceptable, though "[-2]: Destroy target nonblack creature" or "[-1]: Scry 2, then draw a card" would both be quite dangerous. On the upside, you didn't allow for any loyalty costs in the positive. That would have been very bad. Also, there are the problems with cards like Restore Balance that make players weep tears of blood. As a whole, we'll call this one 'fair enough'.
Creative Writing – Not sure as to why the name of the card is an adjective instead of a noun or verb. It feels like it should be a verb, to be honest, or an idea, such as 'Inspired Training'. To be frank, trying to pull off an adjective as the name for something is just a dangerous activity. The flavor text is cute. Fair enough on the creative writing.

Polish
Challenge (2/2) - Your accuracy is supreme.
Quality (0/3) – For starters, the ability it grants should definitely be worded "-X: Copy a card exiled by Inspired with converted mana cost X or less. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. [X is the converted mana cost of that card.]" Look at Prototype Portal. In the flavor text, the speaker's name goes on a different line. The first part of the card (the exiling a card from your graveyard part) needs to target. There is no reason it shouldn't. Also, you used tildes. Very bad. Very, very bad.

Total: 20/25

Quote from Aurora Illumina

I know my card has the top score currently, but there seems to be a mistake in this judging, if that would affect anything; the card makes the enchanted artifact lose all abilities, including the triggered and activated ones. There might be a change of scores in order...

Quote from Aurora Illumina

EDIT: I got an answer. (This has got to be my most concise submission for the MCC ever...)