Admirableadmrial: Frigid Wasteland and Blighted Traveler - So, is the Traveler from a town of horrors, or did it turn into a horror in the course of its travels?
What is this supposed to mean? Telling me why you didn't like the cards enough to rank them or what you would do to change them would be much more helpful than you asking me a question.
And it's from a town of horrors, if you're still curious.
Admirableadmiral: The land is a touch odd since most of the time it will read more akin to "Target attacking creature doesn't untap next turn" with the exception of vigilance creatures. Not a bad thing at uncommon, but I'm not sure if that is what you intended for it to do.
The card does exactly what I intended it to do. It taps the attacking creature because of vigilance. It was something of a reference to Ice Floe, which has the same functionality.
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Can we have a status report on the top 8 round of January? Koopa has been online and posting, but round 3 has been over for days already and still no new round.
Sorry I have been on but just from my phone the past few days. If somebody could do some point totals tonight I can have the challenge up tonight. If not it will have to wait until Tuesday (since we will probably be down all day tomorrow
Just FYI for everybody in February, I recommended to Antny that he speed up the rounds a little so we can get done sooner. Week-long rounds work for the MCC but there are 6 rounds including the elimination rounds for the CCL, so I think we should try for about 5 days between submissions and crits.
Well the intent of that rule is mostly just to provide incentive to do critiques. Personally, I tend to award full points for everyone who is done when I calculate the scores, even if that is after the stated deadline, but technically players miss out on the bonus points if they don't critique in time. 1 point is a reasonable compromise too, it's up to you.
Have you started calculating scores for Round 1, Antny? Ideally each round should have the cumulative scores through the previous round posted at some point, instead of waiting until after Round 3 to calculate and cut to Top 8. It saves time later and lets people know how they are doing.
US Eastern (UTC -5) time is the default for most of the contests. You can set the deadlines whenever it is convenient for you (default scheduling is about 3 days for submissions, then 2 for critiques), but it would be appreciated if you could do a quick conversion on the time to at least that time zone and maybe also UTC for Europeans.
Thanks for hosting. I might try to run April unless anyone really wants to do that.
Just letting everyone know the March CLL thread is going to go a little earlier than I initially planned due to some real life stuff.
The theme for this month is Worldbuilding. I expect to see some great work on both the creative and mechanical of cards.
As per Gerrard's suggestion each round will be 3 days to submit and 2 days to critique. (except the first round as explained)
Good luck everyone
Man, I gotta say I'm super put-out by almost everyone saying that Evolution's Zenith is a "rules nightmare" and just leaving it at that. All you have to do is look at the abilities among creatures you control, and eliminate duplicates, and that's your number. Swampwalk and forestwalk are different, protection from X or from Y are different. The only thing that's tough about it is counting - and it says "among creatures you control" so opponents obviously don't count. ETBs are abilities.
It's pretty easy to tell what an ability is and whether it's different from another one... Nobody noticed how the player gets the counters either, so you can pick up on your research if the first one gets nuked. Lame. I'll try again next month.
How many abilities does Big Game Hunter have? How many unique abilities do you have if you have out Fiendslayer Paladin, Paladin en-Vec, and Disciple of Grace equipped with a Sword of Light and Shadow? Abilities are not as easy to count as it may seem at first thought. I definitely credit your creativity, this is a pretty "outside the box" design, but if we are aiming to make cards that could actually be printable we have to keep all kinds of players in mind and realize that this game is pretty difficult. I've helped a new player get into EDH and try Sealed over the last couple of months, and she is still in the "how can you possibly keep all of this straight" mode, so I am pretty conscious of cards that would be too difficult for newer or less rules-focused players to interpret correctly.
Scoring spreadsheet in the OP if you need it. If you have any better ideas for scoring let me know and we can puzzle it out.
What is this supposed to mean? Telling me why you didn't like the cards enough to rank them or what you would do to change them would be much more helpful than you asking me a question.
And it's from a town of horrors, if you're still curious.
The card does exactly what I intended it to do. It taps the attacking creature because of vigilance. It was something of a reference to Ice Floe, which has the same functionality.
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Legendary Creature - Human
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Vigilance
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Rudyard 1 2 1 2 3 = 9/21 = 43 + 1 2 3 1 = 7/15 = 47 = 90 + 0 = 90
aftermarketradio 2 2 3 3 1 = 11/21 = 52 + 2 = 2/15 = 13 = 65 + 2 3 2 3 2 = 12/15 = 80 = 145
MagicProfessor28 2 3 2 2 = 9/21 = 43 + 3 = 3/15 = 20 = 63 + 0 = 63
Gerrard's Mom 2 2 3 1 1 = 9/21 = 43 + 3 1 2 2 3 = 11/15 = 73 = 116 + 1 2 1 1 5/12 = 42 = 158
wantonwizard 3 2 1 3 = 9/21 = 43 + 2 2 = 4/15 = 27 = 70 + 1 2 1 3 = 6/12 = 50 = 120
AmShegar 2 1 = 3/21 = 14 + 2 2 2 = 6/15 = 40 = 54 + 2 3 2 2 3 2 = 14/15 = 93 = 147
Ixias 2 2 2 = 6/21 = 29 + 3 2 1 1 = 7/15 = 47 = 76 + 0 = 76
Team Frost:
Moss_Elemental 2 3 1 = 6/21 = 29 + 2 2 3 2 = 9/18 = 50 = 79 + 2 = 2/15 = 13 = 92
SelesnyaNewLife 2 2 2 2 = 8/21 = 38 + 2 1 = 3/18 = 17 = 55 + 2 2 3 3 = 10/15 = 67 = 122
Raikou Rider 1 1 1 1 2 = 6/21 = 29 + 3 1 2 1 = 7/18 = 39 = 68 + 0 = 68
L0ng5h0t 2 3 = 5/21 = 24 + 2 3 2 1 1 = 9/18 = 50 = 74 + 2 1 2 1 1 = 7/15 = 47 = 121
Jimmy Grove 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 = 15/21 = 71 + 2 3 = 5/18 = 28 = 99 + 1 3 = 4/15 = 27 = 126
herbert west 1 2 3 3 2 = 11/21 = 52 + 1 1 1 = 3/18 = 17 = 69 + 2 3 2 1 2 = 10/15 = 67 = 136
ClearwaterStilts 3 2 = 5/21 = 24 + 2 3 2 3 = 10/18 = 56 = 80 + 3 1 2 = 6/15 = 40 = 120
Team Snow:
Ink-Treader 2 2 3 2 2 = 11/21 = 52 + 3 2 2 3 3 2 = 15/15 = 100 = 152 + 2 1 2 2 3 = 10/12 = 83 = 235
Eventide Sojouner 3 3 1 1 3 = 11/21 = 52 + 2 = 2/15 = 13 = 65 + 0 = 65
Monkey Playing MTG 2 = 2/21 = 10 + 0 = 10 + 0 = 10
Egak 3 2 1 2 3 = 11/21 = 52 + 2 1 = 3/15 = 20 = 72 + 2 3 1 2 = 8/12 = 67 = 139
Eskimo_Rage 2 1 2 = 5/21 = 24 + 1 1 2 1 2 = 7/15 = 47 = 71 + 1 2 2 = 5/12 = 42 = 113
drewdagreek 1 3 2 1 1 = 8/21 = 38 + 1 = 1/15 = 7 = 45 + 3 3 1 2 = 9/12 = 75 = 120
void_nothing 1 2 2 = 5/21 = 24 + 2 3 2 2 3 = 12/15 = 80 = 104 + 2 = 2/12 = 17 = 121
The Man at the River 2 = 2/21 = 10 + 0 = 10 + 0 = 10
Team Cold:
admirableadmiral 1 2 2 2 1 = 8/21 = 38 + 1 1 2 = 4/18 = 22 = 60 + 0 = 60
Legend 1 2 = 3/21 = 14 + 3 2 2 2 3 = 12/18 = 67 = 81 + 1 1 1 = 3/12 = 25 = 106
Asrama 2 1 3 2 1 = 9/21 = 43 + 2 1 = 3/18 = 17 = 60 + 2 3 2 2 = 9/12 = 75 = 135
Antny223 2 2 1 1 = 6/21 = 29 + 2 3 2 = 7/18 = 39 = 68 + 1 = 1/12 = 8 = 76
Polendino 2 2 1 2 =7/21 = 33 + 2 2 1 = 5/18 = 28 = 61 + 1 3 2 = 6/12 = 50 = 111
willows 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 = 20/21 = 95 + 2 3 = 5/18 = 28 = 123 + 3 2 2 3 2 = 12/12 = 100 = 223
Fresh Meat 2 = 2/21 = 10 + 2 3 1 1 3 2 = 12/18 = 67 = 77 + 0 = 77
Close scores this month, Frost in particular had 3 people within 6 points of the 2nd slot.
Top 8 is bolded above, here is the list (unless any of that math doesn't add up, feel free to check).
Gerrard's Mom
AmShegar
Jimmy Groove
herbert west
Ink-Treader
Egak
Asrama
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Thank you posting them anyway.
Out of interest what is standard practice for crits after the deadline?
Do I give Raikou Rider 2 points anyway, 1 point since he was late or 0 points?
Have you started calculating scores for Round 1, Antny? Ideally each round should have the cumulative scores through the previous round posted at some point, instead of waiting until after Round 3 to calculate and cut to Top 8. It saves time later and lets people know how they are doing.
Just wondering what time zones for deadlines suit people as I'm in Australia?
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Thanks for hosting. I might try to run April unless anyone really wants to do that.
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The theme for this month is Worldbuilding. I expect to see some great work on both the creative and mechanical of cards.
As per Gerrard's suggestion each round will be 3 days to submit and 2 days to critique. (except the first round as explained)
Good luck everyone
Are you designing commons? Check out my primer on NWO.
Interested in making a custom set? Check out my Set skeleton and archetype primer.
I also write articles about getting started with custom card creation.
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My custom sets:
Dreamscape
Coins of Mercalis [COMPLETE]
Exodus of Zendikar - ON HOLD
Wow. So, no pressure to expedite the crits, then.
It's pretty easy to tell what an ability is and whether it's different from another one... Nobody noticed how the player gets the counters either, so you can pick up on your research if the first one gets nuked. Lame. I'll try again next month.
Are you designing commons? Check out my primer on NWO.
Interested in making a custom set? Check out my Set skeleton and archetype primer.
I also write articles about getting started with custom card creation.
Go and PLAYTEST your designs, you will learn more in a single playtests than a dozen discussions.
My custom sets:
Dreamscape
Coins of Mercalis [COMPLETE]
Exodus of Zendikar - ON HOLD