"Salmeyo is certainly going to be destroyed within the month if we don't do anything about it." The blunt phrasing of this fact did nothing to improve the Emperor's mood, but he settled for grumbling - can't go around executing every functionary - and waved one hand.
"What exactly do you propose We do about it? Our best wizards--"
The robed man to the Emperor's side coughed quietly. "With all due respect, Sire, our best wizards are capable of little more than parlor tricks. This situation requires outside talent if we want any hope of resolving it."
The Emperor frowned. "You propose that We... unseal Salmeyo? I hardly think that undoing what Our ancestors did is worthwhile."
"From what I've heard, Sire, it's no longer necessary anyway. We do get some news from outside, and it seems that those who would set themselves up as false gods can no longer exist. The ones who call themselves 'planeswalkers' now are merely a superior class of wizard."
"Fine, then. Send forth invitations. We shall have a great - if abbreviated - contest to see who can save Salmeyo."
For this round, post a planeswalker. However, there's one other minor restriction: you may not repeat a color combination that has already been entered. This means that we will have a hard cap at 32 people this month. (Teams will be decided at random.)
Clarifications: (1) "Colorless" is a valid color combination. However, Phyrexian mana will be treated the same as regular mana of the same color.
(2) If two or more planeswalkers are posted with the same color combination, the earliest one will be the only one accepted, based on the time of last edit if the post is edited.
Submissions are due by 7:30pm Pacific, Wednesday, March 27.
The teams are:
Team Vaicher Random_Nation WU
herbert west G
Ryoma Echizen R
Sir Karn RW
Noatz BRG
Socrates WUBR
TacticalCelebrant GWUB
Moss_Elemental GUB
Team Naraue Ninja Caterpie U
Solesticio WB
Rhand UB
Ink-Treader GW
Koopa BRGW
coolgriff14 URG
clcallag RGW
foo_intherain UBR
Team Keiste aurorasparrow B
LnGrrrR W
Arcel RG
arbitraryarmor BG
void_nothing RGWU
ohmusama UBRG
Thelas WUB
willows RWU
Team Bulstan Cardz5000 BR
Jimmy Groove 1
Maokun UR
Teraparsec GU
Eskimo_Rage GWU
Raikou Rider WUBRG
Rithaniel BGW
ced395 WBR
The Card Creation League is a monthly contest in which players compete over seven rounds. Each month has an overall theme and/or story, determined by that month's host.
Each round, the host will assign a card creation task to the players. This task may vary between teams or players.
The first three rounds are open to everyone who joined in the sign-up thread, which will be posted near the end of the previous month. After these rounds, the Top 8 players will move on to three elimination rounds to determine a winner.
Rounds usually last three to four days for submissions and about two days for critiques, but the host has final say in making the schedule.
For the first three rounds, players are divided into teams. Four teams is standard, but there may be more or less depending on the number of players. Each team will review another team's cards during the critique period of that round.
Each player must submit a Top 3 ranking for the team he or she critiques at the end of each round. Each 1st place is worth 3 points, 2nd place 2 points, and 3rd place 1 point.
Additionally, each player can receive 2 bonus points per round. One point is awarded for posting a Top 3, and one point for providing critiques for that team's cards.
Suggested areas to critique include creativity, balance, printability, and relation to the overall theme or that player's previous cards.
Players who do not post a card or a Top 3 will be put on "probation." Top 3 violations for a round can be removed by posting or PMing the host with your Top 3 before the end of the next round. Any player that would receive a second violation is disqualified from further competition that month.
At the end of the first three rounds, the Top 8 players will be selected by points (usually the top 2 from each team). In the case of ties, there may be more than 8 players advancing. The suggested scoring method is for each player to critique all remaining players in the same Top 3 style as the first three rounds, with the top half advancing each round, so Top 8, then Top 4, then Finals.
The final round is determined by public poll.
Prior to Top 8, players have a chance of getting a total of 100 points toward their score each Scoring Round. Scores for each Round are determined by the following equation:
Total points of Player A in round N = 100 * X/Y, where:
X = Total number of Scoring Points (Judge Points + Additional Points from Top 3 & Critiques)
Y = Total number of Possible Points (3 * Number of Judges + Additional Points)
3 points are given for a First Place Top 3 finish, 2 points for a Second Place, and 1 point for a Third Place. 1 additional point is awarded if a Top 3 is submitted. 1 additional point is awarded if Critiques are given for all entries to be judged.
This way the grading is more streamlined in the fact that all rounds prior to Top 8 are graded equally, and there is no handicap for any team that has fewer judges.
Each player accumulates points from each Scoring Round until the end of Round 3.
Kraum Strongbeard1RW
Planeswalker - Kraum (M)
[+1] Put a 1/1 red Dwarf Soldier creature token onto the battlefield.
[-1] Tap two target permanents.
[-5] Kraum Strongbeard deals 3 damage to target player and each creature he or she controls. You gain life equal to the amount of damage dealt this way.
{2}
Alvasha the Renewer2RG
Planeswalker - Alvasha {M}
[+1]: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool..
[-3]: Target land becomes the basic land type of your choice instead of its other types.
[-6]: Search your library for any number of basic land cards and put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
{2}
Bah, I really have to work on abilities, they all make sense thematically, but no one would use Alvasha like this...
Salerma the Temptress1UR
Planeswalker - Salerma (M)
+1: Gain control of up to one target creature until end of turn and untap it. It gains haste until end of turn.
-X: Gain control of target creature with converted mana cost X or less.
-5: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control but don't own get +2/+0 and are unblockable."
3
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.
Andred, Ruler of Jaspardia2W
Planeswalker - Andred (M)
+2: Andred gets protection from the color of your choice until the beginning of your next upkeep.
-4: Exile target creature.
-10: Search your library for any number of creatures with converted mana cost equal to 2 or less, then put those creatures onto the battlefield. Shuffle your library afterwards.
2
Ghora, Lord of the Grave1BG
Planeswalker — Ghora [M]
[+1] Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard. For each land card put into a graveyard this way, put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token onto the battlefield.
[-X] Return target creature card with converted mana cost X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
[-6] Put an black and green creature token named Lord of Extinction onto the battlefield. It has "This creature's power and toughness are both equal to the number of cards in all graveyards."
[2]
Nejai, Frost Born Soul2WU
Planeswalker-Nejai (M)
[+1] Target creature can't attack or block until its controller's next end step.
[-2] Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
[-6] Target player taps all permanents he or she controls and you gain X life where X is twice the number of permanents he or she controls. Those permanents do not untap during its controller's next untap step
[4]
Dol Embre2BGW
Planeswalker - Dol M [+1]: Put a 2/2 green and white Spirit creature token with lifelink and deathtouch onto the battlefield. [-2]: Sacrifice X creatures. If you do, destroy each nonland permanent with converted mana cost X, other than Dol. [-7]: You get an emblem with "You have no maximum hand size" and "Pay 1 life: Draw a card." [[4]]
Rajwan, something something1RWU
Planeswalker — Rajwan (M)
[+1] Target creature gains or loses flying until end of turn.
[-2] Copy the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn. You may choose new targets for the copy.
[-5] You get an emblem with, "Whenever you cast a spell, you may return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield."
[3]
Giterre the Celadon3GW
Planeswalker - Giterre (M)
+1: Until end of turn, whenever you cast an enchantment spell, you may draw a card.
-1: Search your library for an enchantment with converted mana cost 2 or less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Shuffle your library.
-7: You get an emblem with "Non-Aura enchantments you control are creatures in addition to their other types with power and toughness each equal to their converted mana cost." and "Enchantments you control are indestructable and have hexproof."
<4>
Nanjiro, Warlord of Sokenzan3RR
Planeswalker - Nanjiro (M)
+1: Put a 1/1 red Samurai creature token with bushido 1 onto the battlefield.
0: Nanjiro, Warlord of Sokenzan deals damage to target creature equal to the number of loyalty counters on him.
-5: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +2/+2 and have double strike."
[3]
Seyhr Krowloghus :2mana::symb::symb:
Planeswalker - Krowloghus [M]
+0: Proliferate.
-2: Put two 1/1 black Insect tokens with Infect onto the battlefield.
-6: Each player sacrifices a permanent for each poison counter he or she has.
[4]
Thados, Temporal Manipulator4UU
Planeswalker - Thados (M)
+2 Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.
-5 Take an extra turn after this one. On that turn, you can't activate abilities of Thados, Temporal Manipulator.
-11 Target player shuffles all cards he or she owns into his or her library, then draws seven cards. That player's life total becomes 20.
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You got 99 attackers but I'm blocking with 1.
The Winner is Judge | 7
This Winner is Also Judge | 6
Club Flamingo | Lots
Dyonis, Puppet Master2UUB
Planeswalker - Dyonis (M)
+1: Return target creature to its owner's hand. That creature's controller discards a card.
-3: Put target creature from any graveyard into play under your control.
-7: Choose a player. Search that player's library, graveyard and hand for up to 3 creatures. Put those creatures into play under your control.
[4]
Nemata, the Conservator 2GG
Planeswalker - Nemata (M)
+1: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
+1: Target land becomes a 2/2 creature that's still a land. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
-6: You get an emblem that says "At the beginning of each player's upkeep, put a 1/1 green Saproiling token onto the battlefield."
(3)
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
Ramussa, Master Shaman 1GUB
Planeswalker - Ramussa (M)
+1: Target player reveals cards from the top of his or her library until he or she reveals a land card, then puts those cards into his or her graveyard.
-4: Draw a card for each creature card in target player's graveyard.
-7: You get an emblem with "Whenever a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere, put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of that card."
[4]
Rumex, Fifth Strain 1UG
Planeswalker - Rumex (M)
+1: Untap target permanent. If it is a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
-2: For each counter on target permanent, put another of those counters on that permanent.
-8: Gain control of all permanents with counters on them.
[3]
Odine Calut1WB
Planeswalker — Odine (MR)
+1: Up to two target permanents you control gain protection from the color or colors of your choice until your next turn. You lose 1 life.
-2: Draw a card. You gain 2 life.
-7: Destroy each creature you don't control, then return each creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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Trophyless guy.
Thought of the Month: I gave up from trying to require the 'i' on my name: SolesticIo
Arion the Rugged 2URG
Planeswalker-Arion (M)
+2 Reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all land cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
-3 Put a creature token onto the battlefield that is a copy of target creature you control.
-9 You may cast any number of spells from your graveyard and your hand without paying their mana costs until end of turn.
[5]
Helpful note, these combos have been used so far: G,WUG,GUB,UG,BW,WR,GR,UR,W,BG,UW,BGW,RWU,GW,R,B,U,WRB,UB,URG
Korus, The Awakened Plane6
Planeswalker - Korus (MR)
When Korus, The Awakened Plane enters the battlefield, exile the top twenty cards of your library face-down.
[+1]: Turn face-down exiled cards face-up until you reveal a land card. Put that card onto the battlefield.
[-3]: Turn face-down exiled cards face-up until you reveal a non-land card. You may cast that card as though it were in your hand without paying its casting cost.
[-6]: Turn all face-down exiled cards face-up. You may play those cards without paying their casting cost.
[4]
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Signups - The Conclave
"Salmeyo is certainly going to be destroyed within the month if we don't do anything about it." The blunt phrasing of this fact did nothing to improve the Emperor's mood, but he settled for grumbling - can't go around executing every functionary - and waved one hand.
"What exactly do you propose We do about it? Our best wizards--"
The robed man to the Emperor's side coughed quietly. "With all due respect, Sire, our best wizards are capable of little more than parlor tricks. This situation requires outside talent if we want any hope of resolving it."
The Emperor frowned. "You propose that We... unseal Salmeyo? I hardly think that undoing what Our ancestors did is worthwhile."
"From what I've heard, Sire, it's no longer necessary anyway. We do get some news from outside, and it seems that those who would set themselves up as false gods can no longer exist. The ones who call themselves 'planeswalkers' now are merely a superior class of wizard."
"Fine, then. Send forth invitations. We shall have a great - if abbreviated - contest to see who can save Salmeyo."
For this round, post a planeswalker. However, there's one other minor restriction: you may not repeat a color combination that has already been entered. This means that we will have a hard cap at 32 people this month. (Teams will be decided at random.)
Clarifications: (1) "Colorless" is a valid color combination. However, Phyrexian mana will be treated the same as regular mana of the same color.
(2) If two or more planeswalkers are posted with the same color combination, the earliest one will be the only one accepted, based on the time of last edit if the post is edited.
Submissions are due by 7:30pm Pacific, Wednesday, March 27.
The teams are:
Team Vaicher
Random_Nation WU
herbert west G
Ryoma Echizen R
Sir Karn RW
Noatz BRG
Socrates WUBR
TacticalCelebrant GWUB
Moss_Elemental GUB
Team Naraue
Ninja Caterpie U
Solesticio WB
Rhand UB
Ink-Treader GW
Koopa BRGW
coolgriff14 URG
clcallag RGW
foo_intherain UBR
Team Keiste
aurorasparrow B
LnGrrrR W
Arcel RG
arbitraryarmor BG
void_nothing RGWU
ohmusama UBRG
Thelas WUB
willows RWU
Team Bulstan
Cardz5000 BR
Jimmy Groove 1
Maokun UR
Teraparsec GU
Eskimo_Rage GWU
Raikou Rider WUBRG
Rithaniel BGW
ced395 WBR
Y = Total number of Possible Points (3 * Number of Judges + Additional Points)
(Probably NSFW) So you may have heard I'm trying to write a TV series...
Most Nominated for Random Categories, 2013
Planeswalker - Kraum (M)
[+1] Put a 1/1 red Dwarf Soldier creature token onto the battlefield.
[-1] Tap two target permanents.
[-5] Kraum Strongbeard deals 3 damage to target player and each creature he or she controls. You gain life equal to the amount of damage dealt this way.
{2}
Alvasha the Renewer 2RG
Planeswalker - Alvasha {M}
[+1]: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool..
[-3]: Target land becomes the basic land type of your choice instead of its other types.
[-6]: Search your library for any number of basic land cards and put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
{2}
Bah, I really have to work on abilities, they all make sense thematically, but no one would use Alvasha like this...
Artist: //gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&artist=[%22Daniel%20Ljunggren%22">"]Daniel Ljunggren
Planeswalker - Salerma (M)
+1: Gain control of up to one target creature until end of turn and untap it. It gains haste until end of turn.
-X: Gain control of target creature with converted mana cost X or less.
-5: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control but don't own get +2/+0 and are unblockable."
3
Planeswalker - Andred (M)
+2: Andred gets protection from the color of your choice until the beginning of your next upkeep.
-4: Exile target creature.
-10: Search your library for any number of creatures with converted mana cost equal to 2 or less, then put those creatures onto the battlefield. Shuffle your library afterwards.
2
Club Flamingo Wins: 1!
Planeswalker — Ghora [M]
[+1] Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard. For each land card put into a graveyard this way, put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token onto the battlefield.
[-X] Return target creature card with converted mana cost X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
[-6] Put an black and green creature token named Lord of Extinction onto the battlefield. It has "This creature's power and toughness are both equal to the number of cards in all graveyards."
[2]
Planeswalker-Nejai (M)
[+1] Target creature can't attack or block until its controller's next end step.
[-2] Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
[-6] Target player taps all permanents he or she controls and you gain X life where X is twice the number of permanents he or she controls. Those permanents do not untap during its controller's next untap step
[4]
The Anabyn
Stay Hungry My Friends....
Planeswalker - Dol M
[+1]: Put a 2/2 green and white Spirit creature token with lifelink and deathtouch onto the battlefield.
[-2]: Sacrifice X creatures. If you do, destroy each nonland permanent with converted mana cost X, other than Dol.
[-7]: You get an emblem with "You have no maximum hand size" and "Pay 1 life: Draw a card."
[[4]]
Planeswalker — Rajwan (M)
[+1] Target creature gains or loses flying until end of turn.
[-2] Copy the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn. You may choose new targets for the copy.
[-5] You get an emblem with, "Whenever you cast a spell, you may return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield."
[3]
Planeswalker - Giterre (M)
+1: Until end of turn, whenever you cast an enchantment spell, you may draw a card.
-1: Search your library for an enchantment with converted mana cost 2 or less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Shuffle your library.
-7: You get an emblem with "Non-Aura enchantments you control are creatures in addition to their other types with power and toughness each equal to their converted mana cost." and "Enchantments you control are indestructable and have hexproof."
<4>
Choose one of these judge of creation:
Make Strionic Resonator shine!
You can not grasp the true form of Ashiok's attack!
Planeswalker - Nanjiro (M)
+1: Put a 1/1 red Samurai creature token with bushido 1 onto the battlefield.
0: Nanjiro, Warlord of Sokenzan deals damage to target creature equal to the number of loyalty counters on him.
-5: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +2/+2 and have double strike."
[3]
Planeswalker - Krowloghus [M]
+0: Proliferate.
-2: Put two 1/1 black Insect tokens with Infect onto the battlefield.
-6: Each player sacrifices a permanent for each poison counter he or she has.
[4]
4th place at CCC&G Pro Tour
Chances of bad hands (<2 or >4 land):
21: 28.9%
22: 27.5%
23: 26.3%
24: 25.5%
25: 25.1%
26: 25.3%
Planeswalker - Thados (M)
+2 Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.
-5 Take an extra turn after this one. On that turn, you can't activate abilities of Thados, Temporal Manipulator.
-11 Target player shuffles all cards he or she owns into his or her library, then draws seven cards. That player's life total becomes 20.
5
You got 99 attackers but I'm blocking with 1.
The Winner is Judge | 7
This Winner is Also Judge | 6
Club Flamingo | Lots
Planeswalker - Dyonis (M)
+1: Return target creature to its owner's hand. That creature's controller discards a card.
-3: Put target creature from any graveyard into play under your control.
-7: Choose a player. Search that player's library, graveyard and hand for up to 3 creatures. Put those creatures into play under your control.
[4]
Planeswalker - Nemata (M)
+1: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
+1: Target land becomes a 2/2 creature that's still a land. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
-6: You get an emblem that says "At the beginning of each player's upkeep, put a 1/1 green Saproiling token onto the battlefield."
(3)
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
Planeswalker - Ramussa (M)
+1: Target player reveals cards from the top of his or her library until he or she reveals a land card, then puts those cards into his or her graveyard.
-4: Draw a card for each creature card in target player's graveyard.
-7: You get an emblem with "Whenever a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere, put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of that card."
[4]
Planeswalker - Rumex (M)
+1: Untap target permanent. If it is a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
-2: For each counter on target permanent, put another of those counters on that permanent.
-8: Gain control of all permanents with counters on them.
[3]
L1 Judge
Planeswalker — Odine (MR)
+1: Up to two target permanents you control gain protection from the color or colors of your choice until your next turn. You lose 1 life.
-2: Draw a card. You gain 2 life.
-7: Destroy each creature you don't control, then return each creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
//3
Thought of the Month:
I gave up from trying to require the 'i' on my name: SolesticIo
Planeswalker-Arion (M)
+2 Reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all land cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
-3 Put a creature token onto the battlefield that is a copy of target creature you control.
-9 You may cast any number of spells from your graveyard and your hand without paying their mana costs until end of turn.
[5]
Helpful note, these combos have been used so far:
G,WUG,GUB,UG,BW,WR,GR,UR,W,BG,UW,BGW,RWU,GW,R,B,U,WRB,UB,URG
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Planeswalker - Korus (MR)
When Korus, The Awakened Plane enters the battlefield, exile the top twenty cards of your library face-down.
[+1]: Turn face-down exiled cards face-up until you reveal a land card. Put that card onto the battlefield.
[-3]: Turn face-down exiled cards face-up until you reveal a non-land card. You may cast that card as though it were in your hand without paying its casting cost.
[-6]: Turn all face-down exiled cards face-up. You may play those cards without paying their casting cost.
[4]