Salmeyo is certainly going to be destroyed within the month if I don't do anything about it. The thought was evident in everyone's mind and written on everyone's face.
The horrors of what was already being referred to as the Salmeyo Rift were clearly affected by the presence of so many near it. Twisted versions of what they thought of would show up, widening the Rift just a little more and hastening the demise of Salmeyo. Even thinking of ways to narrow the Rift only served to produce further distortions of reality...
For this round, begin by either adding two colors, removing two colors, or adding one and removing a second from your planeswalker's color identity. Create a land with another type (that is, either a land creature, an artifact land, or an enchantment land) with the resulting color identity. That land must have the word "sacrifice" somewhere in its rules text.
Submissions are due by 11:59pm Pacific, Saturday, April 6.
Critiques may begin at that time and are due by 11:59pm Pacific, Wednesday, April 10.
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.
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Yes, tribal is not being counted as a type. I'm also recommending heavily against making a planeswalker land.
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Round 2 - The Conversion
Salmeyo is certainly going to be destroyed within the month if I don't do anything about it. The thought was evident in everyone's mind and written on everyone's face.
The horrors of what was already being referred to as the Salmeyo Rift were clearly affected by the presence of so many near it. Twisted versions of what they thought of would show up, widening the Rift just a little more and hastening the demise of Salmeyo. Even thinking of ways to narrow the Rift only served to produce further distortions of reality...
For this round, begin by either adding two colors, removing two colors, or adding one and removing a second from your planeswalker's color identity. Create a land with another type (that is, either a land creature, an artifact land, or an enchantment land) with the resulting color identity. That land must have the word "sacrifice" somewhere in its rules text.
Submissions are due by 11:59pm Pacific, Saturday, April 6.
Critiques may begin at that time and are due by 11:59pm Pacific, Wednesday, April 10.
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
Vaicher critiques Naraue
Naraue critiques Keiste
Keiste critiques Bulstan
Bulstan critiques Vaicher
Vaicher critiques Keiste
Naraue critiques Bulstan
Keiste critiques Vaicher
Bulstan critiques Naraue
Vaicher critiques Bulstan
Naraue critiques Vaicher
Keiste critiques Naraue
Bulstan critiques Keiste
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...
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