Welcome to the first MCC of the new year! Prepare for a month of challenges that will test your metal as you fill in cards late into a sets development! Be ready to try and tie your design and development skills.
Garadon is primal plane whose animals rule as sentient creatures without the influences of civilization. The feral nature of the magic of the plane emphasizes the will of the strong to survive. However a dark force has been introduced to Garadon; Man, and a cruel and malicious breed of man at that. Waylaid from a now dead plane, they seek not only to establish themselves but to wipe the animals out. The greatest of these beast have gathered together to snuff out Man before they call on their foreign power and reshape Garadon forever.
Main Challenge: Design a white mythic beast creature card to represent the "greatest of these beasts" cycle for the set, Garadon, above. (Each of the other beast have been nailed down!) Subchallenge 1: Your card has a converted mana cost of 7. (Every beast in this strict cycle cost 7!) Subchallenge 2: Your card in no way gains life. (Life gain isn't a big part of whites identity in Garadon. Emphasize something else!)
If you have questions about the challenge, please post in the MCC discussion thread. Best of luck!
Main Challenge
Your card has to be white, but isn't required to be mono white.
Your card can be a beast, or another sub type you feel fits the challenge. However the judges will decide whether your choice makes sense.
Sub Challenge 2
Remember, altering life totals counts as gaining life.
Design Deadline: All submissions are to be final and submitted by January 6th 11:59 PM EST
Judging Deadline: All judgements are to be final and completed by January 10th 11:59 PM EST
Design - (X/3) Appeal: Do the different player psychographics (Timmy/Johhny/Spike) have a use for the card? (X/3) Elegance: Is the card easily understandable at a glance? Do all the flavor and mechanics combined as a whole make sense?
Development - (X/3) Viability: How well does the card fit into the color wheel? Does it break or bend the rules of the game? Is it the appropriate rarity? (X/3) Balance: Does the card have a power level appropriate for contemporary constructed/limited environments without breaking them? Does it play well in casual and multiplayer formats? Does it create or fit into a deck/archetype? Does it create an oppressive environment?
Creativity - (X/3) Uniqueness: Has a card like this ever been printed before? Does it use new mechanics, ideas, or design space? Does it combine old ideas in a new way? Overall, does it feel “fresh”? (X/3) Flavor: Does the name seem realistic for a card? Does the flavor text sound professional? Do all the flavor elements synch together to please Vorthos players?
Polish - (X/3) Quality: Points deducted for incorrect spelling, grammar, and templating. (X/2) *Main Challenge: Was the main challenge satisfied? Was it approached in a unique or interesting way? Does the card fit the intent of the challenge? (X/2) Subchallenges: One point awarded per satisfied subchallenge condition.
Total: X/25
*An entry with 0 points here is subject to disqualification.
A reminder to everyone: In the MCC, putting rarity on cards is mandatory! If you don't put a rarity on your card, expect huge deductions in both Viability AND Quality.
Also, you should format your text cards accordingly to the forum rules (see the "this formatting looks best" spoiler in the linked OP). Again, expect deductions in Quality otherwise.
Tekna'tok, Primordial Protector4RGW
Legendary Creature - Elder Beast (MR)
Tekna'tok, Primordial Protector has shroud unless it is attacking.
Other non-Human creatures you control have tough hide. (This creature cannot be destroyed by lethal damage unless a single source deals enough damage to destroy it.)
4/7
Tough Hide (This creature cannot be destroyed by lethal damage unless a single source deals enough damage to destroy it.)
Colors = W (Primary) / G (Secondary) / R (Tertiary)
Baku, the Final Provocation5GW
Legendary Creature – Chimera {M}
Vigilance, trample Enrage – Whenever Baku, the Final Provocation is dealt damage, create a token copy of it, except it isn't legendary. "Hesitation in your strike will be the end of us all."
5/7
Tsume4WWW
Legendary Creature - Elder Wolf (M)
When Tsume enters the battlefield, create three 2/2 white Wolf creature tokens.
Tap X untapped creatures you control: Search your library for a creature card with converted mana cost X or less and put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library. Activate this ability only once each turn. Her message, a single note echoed in a thousand different howls and calls and roars, was clear to man and beast alike: hunt together or perish alone.
4/4
Gomna, Garadon's Voice4WWW
Legendary Creature - Elemental Beast (M)
Scaled. (If the effect of a spell or ability would cause it to leave the battlefield, counter that spell or ability and Gomna loses scaled.)
Creature spells may be cast from graveyards and not from hands. "Past ages often reenact their dramas in the minds of the old. Gomna alone can bring them to life on the world stage."
6/7
Untamed Sovereign4WWW
Creature - Beast [R]
Vigilance
Other untapped creatures you control have indestructible.
Whenever Untamed Sovereign deals combat damage to a player, untap all other creatures you control. Garadon might yet break, but it will never bow.
5/7
Anaskar, Lawkeeper1WW
Legendary Creature - Cat Avatar (MR)
Vigilance
Whenever an untapped creature you control blocks, becomes blocked, or becomes the target of a spell or ability, you may tap it. If you do, that creature gains indestructible until end of turn and Anasker, Lawkeeper gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Anaskar's pride consists not just of lions, but all those who recognize him as Keeper of Garadon's Law.
4/3
Gadora, Mother of Purity5WW
Legendary Creature — Pegasus (M)
Flying, vigilance, protection from converted mana cost 3 or less.
When Gadora, Mother the Purity enters the battlefield, destroy all other creatures with converted mana cost 4 or greater. "In a world full of savagery, someone must watch out for the innocent among us."
5/6
(22 Total) - October 2014; December 2014; January 2015; April 2015; June 2015; August 2015; September 2015; November 2015; December 2015(T); January 2016; March 2016(T); April 2016; June 2016; October 2016; December 2016(T); February 2017; April 2017; December 2017; November 2018(T); January 2019; April 2019; June 2019
(8 Total) - May 2015; May 2016; June 2016; August 2016; October 2016; December 2016; October 2017; May 2019
(7 Total) - September 2015; October 2015; January 2016; March 2016; April 2016; July 2016(T); March 2019(T)
Madin the Majestic4WWW
Legendary Creature - Beast
When Madin the Majestic enters the battlefield, exile all other creatures until Madin the Majestic leaves the battlefield.
Madin the Majestic has double strike and indestructible if it is the only creature on the battlefield No one has ever heard its roar.
5/5
We'll see if I'm needed to judge this month, but in the meantime...
Exador, Bane of Humanity4WWW
Legendary Creature — Beast (M)
When Exador, Bane of Humanity enters the battlefield, if you cast it from your hand, exile all Humans.
Protection from Humans
Other non-Human creatures you control get +1/+1 and have protection from Humans. “Us, animals. Them, men. Who’s the real beast?”
5/5
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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.)
Varaus, Herd Emperor2GGGWWW
Legendary Creature - Elder Beast
Flash, convoke
When Varaus, Herd Emperor enters the battlefield, put X +1/+1 counters on it and on each creature tapped to cast it, where X is the number of creatures tapped to cast Varaus. Loyalty to Varaus seems to be the last trace of pure instinct left in the heart of Garadon creatures.
6/6
Bantisu, the Last Guardian4WWW
Creature - Cat Avatar (M)
Vigilance W: Target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn.
Sacrifice Bantisu, the Last Guardian: Destroy all creatures. “For a thousand years, I have watched Garadon flourish. If this is my destiny, then so be it.”
7/7
Aventa, Hope of the Wild - 5WW (mythic)
Legendary Creature - Beast Spirit
Flying, Indestructible
When Aventa, Hope of the Wild enters the battlefield, create two 1/1 Beast Spirit tokens with flying.
If damage would be dealt to you or a creature you control, prevent X of that damage, where X is the number of nonhuman creatures you control. The desperate called for help… and were answered.
3/7
Angelus, Who Never Gone4WWW
Legendary Creature - Dragon Beast (M)
Flying, First Strike
Angelus can block any number of creatures.
When Angelus dies, you may exile it with X plus one time counters on it, and it gains Suspend. X is the number of creatures blocked by Angelus this turn.
4/4
Mojaga, Mother of Mammoths3GGWW
Legendary Creature - Beast (MR)
When you cast Mojaga, Mother of Mammoths enters the battlefield, create a token copy of each creature token you control.
Return Mojaga to the top of your library: Creature tokens you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
When Mojaga leaves the battlefield, creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn.
4/6
Celedorn, Locus of Adaptation3GGWW
Legendary Creature – Elemental Beast (M)
When Celedorn, Locus of Adaptation enters the battlefield, search your library for any number of creature cards with flying, first strike, double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, trample, or vigilance and exile them.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a card exiled with Celedorn onto the battlefield.
4/7
Iselia, the Absolute Purity3WWWW
Legendary Creature - Archon Beast (Mythic)
Flying, vigilance
You may cast Iselia, the Absolute Purity from exile.
Exile Iselia from your hand: You get an emblem with "You can't cast nonwhite spells and tokens you control have indestructible".
7/7
Durmol, Beacon Surpassingly Bright5WW
Legendary Creature - Avatar Beast (M)
Trample, vigilance
Creatures you control get +1/+1 for each enchantment you control.
Whenever Durmol, Beacon Surpassingly Bright deals combat damage to a player, create a white enchantment token named Durmol's Light. It has "At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 2/2 white Unicorn creature token." A glorious tapestry woven from fur, horn, and resolve.
5/5
Magrilla the Trackless5WW
Legendary Creature - Beast Spirit (R)
Foretold (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you exile after you're done activating mana abilities pays for 1.)
Flash
When Magrilla the Trackless leaves the battlefield, return all creature cards you own in exile to the battlefield under your control.
3/6
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January MCC 2018 Round 1 - Completing the Cycle
Welcome to the first MCC of the new year! Prepare for a month of challenges that will test your metal as you fill in cards late into a sets development! Be ready to try and tie your design and development skills.
Garadon is primal plane whose animals rule as sentient creatures without the influences of civilization. The feral nature of the magic of the plane emphasizes the will of the strong to survive. However a dark force has been introduced to Garadon; Man, and a cruel and malicious breed of man at that. Waylaid from a now dead plane, they seek not only to establish themselves but to wipe the animals out. The greatest of these beast have gathered together to snuff out Man before they call on their foreign power and reshape Garadon forever.
Main Challenge: Design a white mythic beast creature card to represent the "greatest of these beasts" cycle for the set, Garadon, above. (Each of the other beast have been nailed down!)
Subchallenge 1: Your card has a converted mana cost of 7. (Every beast in this strict cycle cost 7!)
Subchallenge 2: Your card in no way gains life. (Life gain isn't a big part of whites identity in Garadon. Emphasize something else!)
If you have questions about the challenge, please post in the MCC discussion thread. Best of luck!
Main Challenge
Design Deadline: All submissions are to be final and submitted by January 6th 11:59 PM EST
Judging Deadline: All judgements are to be final and completed by January 10th 11:59 PM EST
(X/3) Appeal: Do the different player psychographics (Timmy/Johhny/Spike) have a use for the card?
(X/3) Elegance: Is the card easily understandable at a glance? Do all the flavor and mechanics combined as a whole make sense?
Development -
(X/3) Viability: How well does the card fit into the color wheel? Does it break or bend the rules of the game? Is it the appropriate rarity?
(X/3) Balance: Does the card have a power level appropriate for contemporary constructed/limited environments without breaking them? Does it play well in casual and multiplayer formats? Does it create or fit into a deck/archetype? Does it create an oppressive environment?
Creativity -
(X/3) Uniqueness: Has a card like this ever been printed before? Does it use new mechanics, ideas, or design space? Does it combine old ideas in a new way? Overall, does it feel “fresh”?
(X/3) Flavor: Does the name seem realistic for a card? Does the flavor text sound professional? Do all the flavor elements synch together to please Vorthos players?
Polish -
(X/3) Quality: Points deducted for incorrect spelling, grammar, and templating.
(X/2) *Main Challenge: Was the main challenge satisfied? Was it approached in a unique or interesting way? Does the card fit the intent of the challenge?
(X/2) Subchallenges: One point awarded per satisfied subchallenge condition.
Total: X/25
*An entry with 0 points here is subject to disqualification.
Judges:
IcariiFA
Raptorchan
Flatline
Contestants:
The first round is open to everyone!
A helpful tip for those formatting their cards:
Legendary Creature - Elder Beast (MR)
Tekna'tok, Primordial Protector has shroud unless it is attacking.
Other non-Human creatures you control have tough hide. (This creature cannot be destroyed by lethal damage unless a single source deals enough damage to destroy it.)
4/7
Tough Hide (This creature cannot be destroyed by lethal damage unless a single source deals enough damage to destroy it.)
Colors = W (Primary) / G (Secondary) / R (Tertiary)
Legendary Creature – Chimera {M}
Vigilance, trample
Enrage – Whenever Baku, the Final Provocation is dealt damage, create a token copy of it, except it isn't legendary.
"Hesitation in your strike will be the end of us all."
5/7
Legendary Creature - Elder Wolf (M)
When Tsume enters the battlefield, create three 2/2 white Wolf creature tokens.
Tap X untapped creatures you control: Search your library for a creature card with converted mana cost X or less and put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library. Activate this ability only once each turn.
Her message, a single note echoed in a thousand different howls and calls and roars, was clear to man and beast alike: hunt together or perish alone.
4/4
Legendary Creature - Elemental Beast (M)
Scaled. (If the effect of a spell or ability would cause it to leave the battlefield, counter that spell or ability and Gomna loses scaled.)
Creature spells may be cast from graveyards and not from hands.
"Past ages often reenact their dramas in the minds of the old. Gomna alone can bring them to life on the world stage."
6/7
Creature - Beast [R]
Vigilance
Other untapped creatures you control have indestructible.
Whenever Untamed Sovereign deals combat damage to a player, untap all other creatures you control.
Garadon might yet break, but it will never bow.
5/7
Legendary Creature - Cat Avatar (MR)
Vigilance
Whenever an untapped creature you control blocks, becomes blocked, or becomes the target of a spell or ability, you may tap it. If you do, that creature gains indestructible until end of turn and Anasker, Lawkeeper gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Anaskar's pride consists not just of lions, but all those who recognize him as Keeper of Garadon's Law.
4/3
Legendary Creature — Pegasus (M)
Flying, vigilance, protection from converted mana cost 3 or less.
When Gadora, Mother the Purity enters the battlefield, destroy all other creatures with converted mana cost 4 or greater.
"In a world full of savagery, someone must watch out for the innocent among us."
5/6
Legendary Creature - Beast
When Madin the Majestic enters the battlefield, exile all other creatures until Madin the Majestic leaves the battlefield.
Madin the Majestic has double strike and indestructible if it is the only creature on the battlefield
No one has ever heard its roar.
5/5
Exador, Bane of Humanity 4WWW
Legendary Creature — Beast (M)
When Exador, Bane of Humanity enters the battlefield, if you cast it from your hand, exile all Humans.
Protection from Humans
Other non-Human creatures you control get +1/+1 and have protection from Humans.
“Us, animals. Them, men. Who’s the real beast?”
5/5
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.)
Legendary Creature - Elder Beast
Flash, convoke
When Varaus, Herd Emperor enters the battlefield, put X +1/+1 counters on it and on each creature tapped to cast it, where X is the number of creatures tapped to cast Varaus.
Loyalty to Varaus seems to be the last trace of pure instinct left in the heart of Garadon creatures.
6/6
Creature - Cat Avatar (M)
Vigilance
W: Target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn.
Sacrifice Bantisu, the Last Guardian: Destroy all creatures.
“For a thousand years, I have watched Garadon flourish. If this is my destiny, then so be it.”
7/7
Legendary Creature - Beast Spirit
Flying, Indestructible
When Aventa, Hope of the Wild enters the battlefield, create two 1/1 Beast Spirit tokens with flying.
If damage would be dealt to you or a creature you control, prevent X of that damage, where X is the number of nonhuman creatures you control.
The desperate called for help… and were answered.
3/7
Legendary Creature - Dragon Beast (M)
Flying, First Strike
Angelus can block any number of creatures.
When Angelus dies, you may exile it with X plus one time counters on it, and it gains Suspend. X is the number of creatures blocked by Angelus this turn.
4/4
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Legendary Creature - Beast (MR)
When you cast Mojaga, Mother of Mammoths enters the battlefield, create a token copy of each creature token you control.
Return Mojaga to the top of your library: Creature tokens you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
When Mojaga leaves the battlefield, creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn.
4/6
Legendary Creature – Elemental Beast (M)
When Celedorn, Locus of Adaptation enters the battlefield, search your library for any number of creature cards with flying, first strike, double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, trample, or vigilance and exile them.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a card exiled with Celedorn onto the battlefield.
4/7
Legendary Creature - Archon Beast (Mythic)
Flying, vigilance
You may cast Iselia, the Absolute Purity from exile.
Exile Iselia from your hand: You get an emblem with "You can't cast nonwhite spells and tokens you control have indestructible".
7/7
Durmol, Beacon Surpassingly Bright 5WW
Legendary Creature - Avatar Beast (M)
Trample, vigilance
Creatures you control get +1/+1 for each enchantment you control.
Whenever Durmol, Beacon Surpassingly Bright deals combat damage to a player, create a white enchantment token named Durmol's Light. It has "At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 2/2 white Unicorn creature token."
A glorious tapestry woven from fur, horn, and resolve.
5/5
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Legendary Creature - Beast Spirit (R)
Foretold (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you exile after you're done activating mana abilities pays for 1.)
Flash
When Magrilla the Trackless leaves the battlefield, return all creature cards you own in exile to the battlefield under your control.
3/6