The judge had a very rough day last day. Will be posting the judgments later today. Sorry for the delay.
My condolences Tilwin. Have another entry.
Draconian Connoisseur4RR
Creature - Dragon (R)
Flying, haste
Draconian Connoisseur can't attack if there are one or more Humans on the battlefield. R, T: Exile target Human. Put a +1/+1 counter on Draconian Connoisseur.
6/6
Ultimate Rebuttal2WWW
Instant [M]
Choose target player who controls two or more creatures that are attacking you. Remove all attacking creatures from combat and untap them. There is an additional combat phase after this phase. You control that player until the end of that combat. "You dare stand against Heliod? Face his overwhelming might and cower before his absolute authority."
Exhaustive Economy3UBG
Enchantment (R)
Spells you cast have delve.
Permanents you control have "Sacrifice this permanent: Add 1 to your mana pool."
Pay 1 life: Add 1 to your mana pool.
Venefic Research1UU
Enchantment (R) 1UU, Remove a poison counter from an opponent: Draw a card. 1UU, Remove three -1/-1 counters from among one or more creatures: Draw a card. "Hmm... too easily neutralized. Perhaps we need a new vector..."
-Malcator, Executor of Synthesis
Master MonkWW
Creature - Human Monk (R)
Sacrifice a hair from your body: Master Monk gets +1/+1 and gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. "Shave thyself."
2/2
IIW:
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I'll bet you wish you had a non-unglued/unhinged card that shared your first name.
Mercadian InvestmentU
Enchantment (R)
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a investment counter on Mercadian Investment.
At the end of your turn, if there are two or more investment counters on Mercadian Investment, remove all investment counters from Mercadian Investment and put a profit counter on Mercadian Investment.
Spells you cast cost 1 less to cast for each profit counter on Mercadian Investment.
Hargen Fen2UR
Planeswalker - Hargen M [+1] Draw a card. You get an emblem with "Your maximum hand size is reduced by one." [-2] You get an emblem with "At the beginning of each upkeep, you may tap or untap target permanent." [0] You may lose any number of emblems you have. Hargen Fen deals X damage to target creature or player, where X is three times the number of emblems lost. [[3]]
Magma Trudge3R
Enchantment (R) 1R, Exile the top ten cards of your library: Magma Trudge deals 2 damage to target creature or player. 3R, Sacrifice Magma Trudge: Until end of turn, you may play up to one card exiled by Magma Trudge.
The All-Nexus205
Legendary Artifact (M)
Affinity for everything (This spell costs 1 less to cast for each permanent, spell, triggered ability, activated ability or emblem you control.)
Spells you cast have affinity for everything. After the purification of Mirrodin, Koth found that the unity of the Machine Orthodoxy had resulted in the blinkmoths converging into a single mind.
This is intended to cost 25, but the mana symbols only go up to 20.
Thanking Post3
Artifact R 1, T: Target opponent may put a Thank You counter on Thanking Post. If he or she doesn't, Thanking Post does 2 damage to him or her. T: Remove three Thank You counters from Thanking Post: Draw two cards.
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No see you're putting the carriage before the horse. Red isn't protecting its creatures. Red creatures are turning themselves into flame, which entails damage in the way these cards do. A natural consequence of this is the protection it entails.
I think my mistake was not making t a cost. This would have prevented you from relying on the creature for combat, and I think would have justified giving it haste.
The All-Nexus
Affinity for everything (This spell costs 1 less to cast for each permanent, spell, triggered ability, activated ability or emblem you control.)
First of all, that implies that Progenitus has only protection from permanents, spells, triggered abilities, activated abilities and emblems, which is just not the case. It also has protection from players, Goblins, cards in libraries, people named Steve in un-games.
So should it not have affinity for players? Cards in libraries? Affinity for your life total? Cards in hand? I just do not feel that this truly has affinity for everything.
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702.40. Affinity
702.40a Affinity is a static ability that functions while the spell is on the stack. “Affinity for [text]” means “This spell costs you {1} less to cast for each [text] you control.”
I went with the best approximations for things you are likely to control.
-You could control other players, but this is a corner case.
-You don't control cards in any player's library.
-You don't control your life total.
-You don't control the cards in your hand.
It's affinity for everything that you're likely to be able to say you "control".
EDIT: Would you expect the phrase "bands with everything" to allow you to attack with your opponents' creatures or with your lands (ignore that this would just be represented as banding)? Or "splice onto everything" to let you splice onto cards in your library? Or "everythingcycling" to let you search through your graveyard for a card? These examples are loose, but "everything" means different things depending on the individual ability.
Palace AristocratBGU
Creature - Naga Advisor (R)
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland card. Put all cards revealed this way into your graveyard.
As long as Palace Aristocrat is on the battlefield, it has all activated abilities of all creature cards in your graveyard.
3/4
Exhaustive Economy3UBG
Enchantment (R)
Spells you cast have delve.
Permanents you control have "Sacrifice this permanent: Add 1 to your mana pool."
Pay 1 life: Add 1 to your mana pool.
All-Nexus deck is tearing tournaments as is, and you want to make it even faster? You are a mad man and a fiend.
Venefic Research1UU
Enchantment (R) 1UU, Remove a poison counter from an opponent: Draw a card. 1UU, Remove three -1/-1 counters from among one or more creatures: Draw a card. "Hmm... too easily neutralized. Perhaps we need a new vector..."
-Malcator, Executor of Synthesis
I like the symetry of removing the counter only from opponents and removing counters from any creature, really makes this card shine. I am afraid, though, that it is too potent of an engine.
Master MonkWW
Creature - Human Monk (R)
Sacrifice a hair from your body: Master Monk gets +1/+1 and gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. "Shave thyself."
2/2
IIW:
Considering the recent printing of Male Pattern Baldness in Innistrad II, this is almost useless against the Curse deck. Otherwise, using a single resource not only in a given match, but in your whole Magic career encourages the ever-constant shift from older to younger players. Intead of fixing the stale metagame, you fixed the people who create it. Brave and poignant decision.
Mercadian InvestmentU
Enchantment (R)
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a investment counter on Mercadian Investment.
At the end of your turn, if there are two or more investment counters on Mercadian Investment, remove all investment counters from Bank Account and put a profit counter on Mercadian Investment.
Spells you cast cost 1 less to cast for each profit counter on Mercadian Investment.
IIW: Thinking of something...
I feel your card is missing on techicalities of discounting process. Mercadian Gold and Silver only reduce the cost of the spells, but Mercadian Platinum also gives you 50000 miles of flying on your creatures!
Hargen Fen2UR
Planeswalker - Hargen M [+1] Draw a card. You get an emblem with "Your maximum hand size is reduced by one." [-2] You get an emblem with "At the beginning of each upkeep, you may tap or untap target permanent." [0] You may lose any number of emblems you have. Hargen Fen deals X damage to target creature or player, where X is three times the number of emblems lost. [[3]]
IIW: Artifacts that are cakes
Planeswalkers are usually well-designed, and this is no exception. He is even synergistic with other planeswalkers, as theit emblems are quite bothersome.
Magma Trudge3R
Enchantment (R) 1R, Exile the top ten cards of your library: Magma Trudge deals 2 damage to target creature or player. 3R, Sacrifice Magma Trudge: Until end of turn, you may play up to one card exiled by Magma Trudge.
Dude, can you please design an actual card? Your challenge is sweet and everybody wants to do it for like a month already, but the horrid designs are like a leper's bell.
The All-Nexus205
Legendary Artifact (M)
Affinity for everything (This spell costs 1 less to cast for each permanent, spell, triggered ability, activated ability or emblem you control.)
Spells you cast have affinity for everything. After the purification of Mirrodin, Koth found that the unity of the Machine Orthodoxy had resulted in the blinkmoths converging into a single mind.
This is intended to cost 25, but the mana symbols only go up to 20.
This rivals Hot Soup both in terms of being serious and tournament playability. I know you need to throw Vintage Players a bone, but this is ridiculous. Also broken with "Affinity for mentions of Affinity for everything on cards you control", so it rocks even in multiples.
Thanking Post3
Artifact R 1, T: Target opponent may put a Thank You counter on Thanking Post. If he or she doesn't, Thanking Post does 2 damage to him or her. T: Remove three Thank You counters from Thanking Post: Draw two cards.
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I will trade this well memed meme for my very rare copy of Omnibian.
Vortex of RebirthXXUG
Sorcery (M)
As an additional cost to cast Vortex of Rebirth, sacrifice a creature.
Delve
Exile the top X cards of your library. Put any number of creature cards with total converted mana cost X onto the battlefield.
Wait, the creature is reborn into multiple creatures? I need to revise everything I know about reincarnation.
Shallow Grave of Kuumba
Legendary Land (M) T: Add B to your mana pool
Whenever a creature you control dies, you may put a Grave counter on Shallow Grave of Kumba. T, Remove all Grave counters from Shallow Grave of Kumba: Add B to your mana pool for each Grave counter removed from Shallow Grave of Kumba.
Verdant Forest of Kalimar
Legendary Land (M) T: Add G to your mana pool
Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may put a Bloom counter on Verdant Forest of Kalimar. T, Remove all Bloom counters from Verdant Forest of Kalimar: Add G to your mana pool for each Bloom counter removed from Verdant Forest of Kalimar.
Ethereal Tower of Vryn
Legendary Land (M) T: Add U to your mana pool
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may put a Knowledge counter on Ethereal Tower of Vryn. T, Remove all Knowledge counters from Ethereal Tower of Vryn: Add U to your mana pool for each Knowledge counter removed from Ethereal Tower of Vryn.
Magma Foundry of Kaladesh
Legendary Land (M) T: Add R to your mana pool
Whenever a red source you control deals noncombat damage to target creature or player, you may put a Magma counter on Magma Foundry of Kaladesh. T, Remove all Magma counters from Magma Foundry of Kaladesh: Add R to your mana pool for each Magma counter removed from Magma Foundry of Kaladesh.
Holy Temple of Heliod
Legendary Land (M) T: Add W to your mana pool
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained life this turn, you may put a Prayer counter on Holy Temple of Heliod. T, Remove all Prayer counters from Holy Temple of Heliod: Add W to your mana pool for each Prayer counter removed from Holy Temple of Heliod.
Palace AristocratBGU
Creature - Naga Advisor (R)
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland card. Put all cards revealed this way into your graveyard.
As long as Palace Aristocrat is on the battlefield, it has all activated abilities of all creature cards in your graveyard.
3/4
I like how this keeps to the theme of the challenge.
I'll do this a bit later.
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Wizards can start putting booster packs inside dog poo and dog owners will still complain.
I like the symetry of removing the counter only from opponents and removing counters from any creature, really makes this card shine. I am afraid, though, that it is too potent of an engine.
Just inquiring if this part was sarcasm... seeing as it's not symmetrical... otherwise, yeah, probably could use higher mana costs.
@Ink-Treader
Everything here is ether sarcasm or bad jokes, pay no mind. Card is not symmetrical, engine is really bad(infect decks are usually fast, so this doesn't help them, and if there are three or more counters on creatures on the field, you have a developed board and don't need more cards) - it's overcosted. Also, this breaks the rule of "no poison removal" - a huge flavour thing with Phyrexians is inevitability. Otherwise, I like the design, but it certainly needs work.
@Atogaholic
Yeah, the whole thing was pretty mean. Sorry. Here's the actual review:
Arc-Slogger callback fits really nicely with new red-draw. I wish you pushed the card a bit further, as the investment is perhaps too huge. I would especially like if the last ability scaled depending on X or something of that kind, as measly one card is not enough compensation for destroying your deck and wasting 1+ turn. Otherwise, the design is enjoyable and novel.
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Wizards can start putting booster packs inside dog poo and dog owners will still complain.
Burning Out2R Enchantment(R) 0: Draw a card. You skip your second main phase. Activate this ability once and only as a sorcery. 0: Draw a card. You skip your declare blockers step. Activate this ability once and only as a sorcery. 0: Draw a card. You skip your draw step. Activate this ability once and only as a sorcery. (All effects last until the end of the game)
IIW: Expand the design space of underused mechanic
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Wizards can start putting booster packs inside dog poo and dog owners will still complain.
Thanks, Dissapointing Sigs!
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Draconian Connoisseur 4RR
Creature - Dragon (R)
Flying, haste
Draconian Connoisseur can't attack if there are one or more Humans on the battlefield.
R, T: Exile target Human. Put a +1/+1 counter on Draconian Connoisseur.
6/6
IIW: Cumbercards
Instant [M]
Choose target player who controls two or more creatures that are attacking you. Remove all attacking creatures from combat and untap them. There is an additional combat phase after this phase. You control that player until the end of that combat.
"You dare stand against Heliod? Face his overwhelming might and cower before his absolute authority."
IIW: Everything is a resource
Creature - Demon R
As an additional cost to cast ~, Sacrifice two creatures.
Flying, Trample
Whenever ~ attacks, Defending player sacrifices a noncreature permanent.
6/6
Enchantment (R)
Spells you cast have delve.
Permanents you control have "Sacrifice this permanent: Add 1 to your mana pool."
Pay 1 life: Add 1 to your mana pool.
IIW: What is real?
Enchantment (R)
1UU, Remove a poison counter from an opponent: Draw a card.
1UU, Remove three -1/-1 counters from among one or more creatures: Draw a card.
"Hmm... too easily neutralized. Perhaps we need a new vector..."
-Malcator, Executor of Synthesis
IIW: Single word card names
Choose one of these judge of creation:
Make Strionic Resonator shine!
You can not grasp the true form of Ashiok's attack!
Creature - Human Monk (R)
Sacrifice a hair from your body: Master Monk gets +1/+1 and gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
"Shave thyself."
2/2
IIW:
Enchantment (R)
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a investment counter on Mercadian Investment.
At the end of your turn, if there are two or more investment counters on Mercadian Investment, remove all investment counters from Mercadian Investment and put a profit counter on Mercadian Investment.
Spells you cast cost 1 less to cast for each profit counter on Mercadian Investment.
IIW: Surprise me!
* Edited a typo and added a IIW.
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Planeswalker - Hargen M
[+1] Draw a card. You get an emblem with "Your maximum hand size is reduced by one."
[-2] You get an emblem with "At the beginning of each upkeep, you may tap or untap target permanent."
[0] You may lose any number of emblems you have. Hargen Fen deals X damage to target creature or player, where X is three times the number of emblems lost.
[[3]]
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Enchantment (R)
1R, Exile the top ten cards of your library: Magma Trudge deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
3R, Sacrifice Magma Trudge: Until end of turn, you may play up to one card exiled by Magma Trudge.
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Legendary Artifact (M)
Affinity for everything (This spell costs 1 less to cast for each permanent, spell, triggered ability, activated ability or emblem you control.)
Spells you cast have affinity for everything.
After the purification of Mirrodin, Koth found that the unity of the Machine Orthodoxy had resulted in the blinkmoths converging into a single mind.
This is intended to cost 25, but the mana symbols only go up to 20.
IIW: Green two-drops
Draft my cube! (630 cards)
Creature — Demon (M)
Flying
You may spend life as though it were black mana.
6/6
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Artifact R
1, T: Target opponent may put a Thank You counter on Thanking Post. If he or she doesn't, Thanking Post does 2 damage to him or her.
T: Remove three Thank You counters from Thanking Post: Draw two cards.
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I think my mistake was not making t a cost. This would have prevented you from relying on the creature for combat, and I think would have justified giving it haste.
See this children? This is what happens when you don't respect chain mail/custom cards.
Sorcery (R)
Supremacy (This spell cost 1 less for each opponents.)
Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.
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-You could control other players, but this is a corner case.
-You don't control cards in any player's library.
-You don't control your life total.
-You don't control the cards in your hand.
It's affinity for everything that you're likely to be able to say you "control".
EDIT: Would you expect the phrase "bands with everything" to allow you to attack with your opponents' creatures or with your lands (ignore that this would just be represented as banding)? Or "splice onto everything" to let you splice onto cards in your library? Or "everythingcycling" to let you search through your graveyard for a card? These examples are loose, but "everything" means different things depending on the individual ability.
Affinity is completely different from protection.
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Creature - Naga Advisor (R)
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland card. Put all cards revealed this way into your graveyard.
As long as Palace Aristocrat is on the battlefield, it has all activated abilities of all creature cards in your graveyard.
3/4
IIW: turn a 1C card into a CC card
Where's the pepsi judgments?
All-Nexus deck is tearing tournaments as is, and you want to make it even faster? You are a mad man and a fiend.
I like the symetry of removing the counter only from opponents and removing counters from any creature, really makes this card shine. I am afraid, though, that it is too potent of an engine.
Considering the recent printing of Male Pattern Baldness in Innistrad II, this is almost useless against the Curse deck. Otherwise, using a single resource not only in a given match, but in your whole Magic career encourages the ever-constant shift from older to younger players. Intead of fixing the stale metagame, you fixed the people who create it. Brave and poignant decision.
I feel your card is missing on techicalities of discounting process. Mercadian Gold and Silver only reduce the cost of the spells, but Mercadian Platinum also gives you 50000 miles of flying on your creatures!
Your card has 11% on Rotten Tomatoes, so I can't really say it is remotely good.
Planeswalkers are usually well-designed, and this is no exception. He is even synergistic with other planeswalkers, as theit emblems are quite bothersome.
Dude, can you please design an actual card? Your challenge is sweet and everybody wants to do it for like a month already, but the horrid designs are like a leper's bell.
This rivals Hot Soup both in terms of being serious and tournament playability. I know you need to throw Vintage Players a bone, but this is ridiculous. Also broken with "Affinity for mentions of Affinity for everything on cards you control", so it rocks even in multiples.
The essence of egoism, self-reliance, fear and loathing? I don't want to spend my life this way, thank you very much.
I will trade this well memed meme for my very rare copy of Omnibian.
Wait, the creature is reborn into multiple creatures? I need to revise everything I know about reincarnation.
Opponent's what? Or are you doing this Affinity for Everything thing everybody just loves this days?
The green land seems a bit sub-par.
I like how this keeps to the theme of the challenge.
I'll do this a bit later.
Just inquiring if this part was sarcasm... seeing as it's not symmetrical... otherwise, yeah, probably could use higher mana costs.
Choose one of these judge of creation:
Make Strionic Resonator shine!
You can not grasp the true form of Ashiok's attack!
Everything here is ether sarcasm or bad jokes, pay no mind. Card is not symmetrical, engine is really bad(infect decks are usually fast, so this doesn't help them, and if there are three or more counters on creatures on the field, you have a developed board and don't need more cards) - it's overcosted. Also, this breaks the rule of "no poison removal" - a huge flavour thing with Phyrexians is inevitability. Otherwise, I like the design, but it certainly needs work.
@Atogaholic
Yeah, the whole thing was pretty mean. Sorry. Here's the actual review:
Arc-Slogger callback fits really nicely with new red-draw. I wish you pushed the card a bit further, as the investment is perhaps too huge. I would especially like if the last ability scaled depending on X or something of that kind, as measly one card is not enough compensation for destroying your deck and wasting 1+ turn. Otherwise, the design is enjoyable and novel.
Enchantment (R)
0: Draw a card. You skip your second main phase. Activate this ability once and only as a sorcery.
0: Draw a card. You skip your declare blockers step. Activate this ability once and only as a sorcery.
0: Draw a card. You skip your draw step. Activate this ability once and only as a sorcery.
(All effects last until the end of the game)
IIW: Expand the design space of underused mechanic