Now that round is over I can seriously ask everyone: Didn't you really find Gerrard Mom's knight broken beyond measure? Coupled with any damage-prevention effect, it would turn easily any alpha-strike into a loss for the attacker, all on top of a cheap, efficiently-costed beater in black (the best colour at measuredly reducing one's own life). I cannot see this card not completely dominating standard and making it a dreadful format, forcing players to play always games of attrition where one cannot ever risk lowering the opponent's life without outright killing.
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.
Valduel's ability could be a drawback by letting your opponents gain life and turning you into a target (in multiplayer) when your total is high. The opponent also gets to choose if they want to continue beating you down once he is out, if they stop attacking and let you beat them down, they may get to the situation where they will gain life by attacking you. I think there are plenty of ways to play around it, and can't think of any super broken things to do with it in Standard, but feel free to let me know if you can think of some.
Also I'm because April is the first CCL that I haven't been playing or hosting in since CCLs have been recorded, but no beef
Valduel's ability could be a drawback by letting your opponents gain life and turning you into a target (in multiplayer) when your total is high. The opponent also gets to choose if they want to continue beating you down once he is out, if they stop attacking and let you beat them down, they may get to the situation where they will gain life by attacking you. I think there are plenty of ways to play around it, and can't think of any super broken things to do with it in Standard, but feel free to let me know if you can think of some.
Also I'm because April is the first CCL that I haven't been playing or hosting in since CCLs have been recorded, but no beef
I was mostly thinking about stuff that allows you to pay with life, so even if your opponent only dealt 1 damage to you, you can just get down to 1 before the end of turn, get your turn, win.
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.
Im not really a fan of the April CCL starting so early. I havent been in one for quite a while and I just checked, only to see that the signups already closed? ? ? Oh and in addition to that, its also limited in entry? I thought the CCL was so great because the concept can be fleshed out very much by the organizer, but in essence the playing of the game is carried by the players itself, not by a (small group of) organizers. Now it just kinda took that away for me. You might as well make it a separate game if its going to be like this more often...
Im kinda put off by this :/
The great thing about the CCL is that it only lasts a month.
So wait. Some people probably think this is a great concept.
In any event, I believe the organiser simply didn't believe it would fill up as rapidly as it did, which was an unfortunate miscalculation, but nothing more. One can only hope anyone considering using a similar format in the future will learn from this.
Exactly this. I'm used to giving a week for signups and only hitting 32 by the next-to-last day. I was somewhat tempted to throw in a second block of 32 signups, but didn't because I was highly doubtful that I'd get more than a quarter of that block.
I keep forgetting that my months are popular despite (or maybe because) their being "let's experiment with the format" months.
The only thought I had was that maybe you could allow replacements if people don't show up by your submission deadline. One extra day to open the spots of any people who didn't submit. I think this would probably be difficult to work in practice, but it's a thought in case you have a significant number of no-shows in Round 1.
You could if you want, but entries for Round 1 are still open for another 26 hours and change, so you might have to edit your critiques if someone edits their entry in response to your critique.
Sure, I guess. My personal preference, were I doing critiques, would be against them, but they do produce a card that is both a land and another type (that isn't tribal), so...
Eskimo_Rage has requested a replacement, so the first person to PM me will get that slot. You'll need to post R1 critiques and a card for Round 2, and your base color identity will be WUG (from which you'd have to either drop two colors, drop one color in place of either red or black, or go to WUBRG for your Round 2 card).
This CCL has been lacking options for expression. Just for future reference, allowing people to make 2-3 cards to help express their ideas and direction. For example people were wondering why my spell made a colorless token, because there are no other cards to see the ties, and causality.
Its like getting only one suspend card to judge and having never seen suspend before. We have a whole week practically to build 1 card? That should be enough to build 20 cards. Hah, that would be too much no doubt.
Personally, the lack of interaction with our PW's colors has been my peeve with this month, I picked RB becasue I wanted to make those style of cards, IMO, an a remove/add up to 2 colors would have been a better choice of restrictions.
that and I derped up on the wording of my land making it mostly unplayable, but meh.
Hoping for a return to our original colors in the next round
WUGPhelddagrif GGGOmnath, Locus of Mana BBBXiahou Dun, the One-Eyed RRRAshling, the Pilgrim BBWTeysa, Scion of Orzhov UUUTalrand, Sky Summoner UUBVela the Night-Clad GGBVhati il-Dal RUWRuhan of the Fomori
It's comparable to giving your opponent's creatures reverse lifelink.
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Christ, why'd I go four-color?
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
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I was mostly thinking about stuff that allows you to pay with life, so even if your opponent only dealt 1 damage to you, you can just get down to 1 before the end of turn, get your turn, win.
The great thing about the CCL is that it only lasts a month.
So wait. Some people probably think this is a great concept.
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
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Its like getting only one suspend card to judge and having never seen suspend before. We have a whole week practically to build 1 card? That should be enough to build 20 cards. Hah, that would be too much no doubt.
Just some thoughts.
that and I derped up on the wording of my land making it mostly unplayable, but meh.
Hoping for a return to our original colors in the next round
B Infect
BW Death & Taxes
UBR Affinity
R Burn
UBR Sac Land Tendrils
UBRG Oops, All Spells
WUG Phelddagrif
GGG Omnath, Locus of Mana
BBB Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
RRR Ashling, the Pilgrim
BBW Teysa, Scion of Orzhov
UUU Talrand, Sky Summoner
UUB Vela the Night-Clad
GGB Vhati il-Dal
RUW Ruhan of the Fomori
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