TotallyHaywire: "Create two 2/2 Blue Illusion..." I Wonder where you got the inspiration for using Lieutenant in a way we haven't seen before. Nice trade-off, where keeping this in the yard actually benefits you more. I would increase the initial casting cost, though, given the nearly automatic boost the tokens (and other Illusions you control) receive.
netn10: Does not match the Color Identity of your first round card, which was Black. This is Blue.
Algernone25: This is an odd state based check. And very Class-ist of you. Destroying Barbarians and Mercenaries I understand, but what about the tireless Advisors and overworked Serfs? Surely they deserve some mercy. The Flashback cost feels a touch high, and it would have been amusing to include sacrificing a Cleric, Druid, Shaman, or Wizard as part of the second cost.
Hemlock: The second half of the ability would probably need to be worded closer to Spark Double. This is also heavily undercosted and should probably be Blue, given the magical Clone token army you can generate.
kwanyeegor: Does not match the Color Identity of your first round card, which was Jund. This is Mardu.
Jimmy Groove: "All creatures get..." If you're going to make a dirt cheap (in multiplayer) Laguish variant, copy the wording properly.
Top 3
3. Jimmy Groove
2. Algernone25
1. TotallyHaywire
Yes, Magic (i.e. Chicago manual of style) ALWAYS uses the apostrophe-s - what Leo always calls the Saxon genitive - to form a possessive, even after a double s. See Enchantress's Presence. This is an objective issue.
Further proof nothing Chicago style, other than the blues, is worthwhile. Not their politics, not their pizza, and not their punctuation. However, I did not remove a .25 for a difference of opinion on the possessive. It was for the word 'cost' after 'upkeep' in the ability. It should not be there.
This round is giving me a headache. Trying to make something both elegant and sensible is proving difficult. May I request that we be allowed to design our own alternate casting cost mechanics?
Your request is denied.
However, you can always bypass one or both of the subchallenges. Better to lose 1 or 2 points there than a handful from unbalanced or convoluted cards.
Magus of Mephistopholes1BB
Creature - Human Wizard (M)
If a player would draw a card except the first one they draw in their draw step each turn, that player discards a card instead. If the player discards a card this way, they draw a card. If the player doesn’t discard a card this way, they put the top card of their library into their graveyard.
0/4
Argivian University
Legendary Land (R)
Argivian University enters the battlefield tapped. : Add or . , , Return Argivian University to its owner's hand: Return target spell to its owner’s hand. Some knowledge is better kept to oneself in Epityr.
Carnatog1BG
Creature - Atog (R)
Sacrifice a legendary permanent: Carnatog gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Its diet helps it maintain a historic figure.
1/3
Revenant Prioress
Creature - Spirit Cleric (U)
First strike
Other Cleric creatures you control get +1/+1 and have lifelink. She defends the monastery she led in life, and lends her strength to those that study the path she followed.
2/2
More questions for round 2.
Suppose I want to use emerge and I make a card with the exact same text as Abundant Maw but with no mana cost. Having no mana cost gives no other means to cast the card than emerge.
Much like Ancestral Vision, the card can be cast via other spells and effects, such as Cascade or the Expertise cycle, so it does qualify. The main challenge is to design a card with an alternate casting cost; the second subchallenge was to give an excuse to switch things up. For example, say, a creature with a Dash but no normal casting cost (which may be what a modern version of Viashino Cutthroat might look like).
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1. Does the cast ability count for subchallenge 1, as the only way you can cast the card and trigger that ability is via emerge? I think the answer is no, but I thought to ask just to be sure rather than making assumptions.
2. What if I substitute the cast ability with a different ability that cares about the sacrificed creature? For example if the Maw drained X life, where X is the sacrificed creature's cmc, power, or toughness.
3. Or would it just have to be literally "When CARDNAME's emerge cost is paid" or "if you paid CARDNAME's emerge cost"?
1. No, it would not, which is why I used Rix Maadi Reveler as an example. It has a different effect if the Spectacle cost was paid.
2. You're not getting an additional effect with a sacrificed creature, you're gaining an additional cost that is built into the spell.
3. Basically this, which is why I chose a specific card to illustrate an example that would meet the subchallenge.
EDIT: I added another note to the Clarifications, primarily regarding Subchallenge 2.
Dont feel bad flatline. I got an unearned DQ for the last month. The card may have problems as you have rules lawyered out for us but that has never equaled a dq so long as the main challenge was met in the history of the competition. I'm really glad this is shutting down.
Your card was missing rules text to make it functional. I DQ'd someone else last month because the submitted card did not work. If it isn't functional, how is that fair to the other players? "Well, your card couldn't be used in playtesting because it's fundamentally broken, but you managed to not misspell any words, so you can advance to the next round." Setting aside the DQ, you would have had a score of 12.5. The result was the same either way.
Garruk, Plagueridden
Legendary Planeswalker - Garruk (U)
All damage is dealt as though its source had infect.
[-1]: Garruk, Plagueridden deals 1 damage to any target.
[6]
IIW: Legendary Creature versions of PWs from War of the Spark that do not already have Legendary Creature versions.
Welcome to the Final MCC for MTG Salvation. Due to the desire to make sure this contest concludes before the site is archived into read-only mode, there will only be three rounds. Contestants will have four days to design, and judges will be given four days to complete scoring. We will do our best to adhere to this schedule. For the penultimate Round of MCC at MTGS, the time has come to make a choice of how to execute your task.
Round 2 Challenge: Design a card that employs an alternate casting cost mechanic, other than Flashback or Suspend (in deference to the challenges offered by GMom for the Final MTGS CCL).
Subchallenge 1: The alternate cost has a different or additional effect when paid (such as Rix Maadi Reveler) outside of rules effects associated with that ability. Subchallenge 2: The card has no mana cost (such as Ancestral Vision).
Valid mechanics for the primary Challenge include: Awaken, Bestow, Dash, Emerge, Evoke, Flashback, Jump-Start, Madness, Miracle, Morph, Overload, Prowl, Retrace, Spectacle, Splice, Surge, Suspend, or the Trap mechanic from Zendikar (which is undefined in the Comprehensive Rules save that the card has the 'Trap' subtype).
Regarding the card having no mana cost, please take into consideration what would happen if the card were cast via the Expertise cycle or Omen Machine or Knowledge Pool.
Design Deadline is the 16th of June, 2019 at 23:59 EDT.
Judging Deadline is the 20th of June, 2019 at 23:59 EDT.
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: /25
*An entry with 0 points here is subject to disqualification.
Surprising no one, we're running behind. Which is why the last MCC will only have three Rounds. I already budgeted time to allow for this to occur, especially as void_nothing and I are also judging the May MCC. I had an unexpected dinner party I was required to attend earlier this evening, which consumed a few hours. I am trying to finish the June Round 1 judgments now. I do not yet know when void will have theirs completed.
Read the "End of an Era" article, then wait for the new site to be established around the end of June/beginning of July, and then you can just start anew (like the rest of us will need to).
TotallyHaywire: "Create two 2/2 Blue Illusion..." I Wonder where you got the inspiration for using Lieutenant in a way we haven't seen before. Nice trade-off, where keeping this in the yard actually benefits you more. I would increase the initial casting cost, though, given the nearly automatic boost the tokens (and other Illusions you control) receive.
netn10: Does not match the Color Identity of your first round card, which was Black. This is Blue.
Algernone25: This is an odd state based check. And very Class-ist of you. Destroying Barbarians and Mercenaries I understand, but what about the tireless Advisors and overworked Serfs? Surely they deserve some mercy. The Flashback cost feels a touch high, and it would have been amusing to include sacrificing a Cleric, Druid, Shaman, or Wizard as part of the second cost.
Hemlock: The second half of the ability would probably need to be worded closer to Spark Double. This is also heavily undercosted and should probably be Blue, given the magical Clone token army you can generate.
kwanyeegor: Does not match the Color Identity of your first round card, which was Jund. This is Mardu.
Jimmy Groove: "All creatures get..." If you're going to make a dirt cheap (in multiplayer) Laguish variant, copy the wording properly.
Top 3
3. Jimmy Groove
2. Algernone25
1. TotallyHaywire
Further proof nothing Chicago style, other than the blues, is worthwhile. Not their politics, not their pizza, and not their punctuation. However, I did not remove a .25 for a difference of opinion on the possessive. It was for the word 'cost' after 'upkeep' in the ability. It should not be there.
Your request is denied.
However, you can always bypass one or both of the subchallenges. Better to lose 1 or 2 points there than a handful from unbalanced or convoluted cards.
Magus of Mephistopholes 1BB
Creature - Human Wizard (M)
If a player would draw a card except the first one they draw in their draw step each turn, that player discards a card instead. If the player discards a card this way, they draw a card. If the player doesn’t discard a card this way, they put the top card of their library into their graveyard.
0/4
Argivian University
Legendary Land (R)
Argivian University enters the battlefield tapped.
Some knowledge is better kept to oneself in Epityr.
Carnatog 1BG
Creature - Atog (R)
Sacrifice a legendary permanent: Carnatog gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
Its diet helps it maintain a historic figure.
1/3
Revenant Prioress
Creature - Spirit Cleric (U)
First strike
Other Cleric creatures you control get +1/+1 and have lifelink.
She defends the monastery she led in life, and lends her strength to those that study the path she followed.
2/2
Much like Ancestral Vision, the card can be cast via other spells and effects, such as Cascade or the Expertise cycle, so it does qualify. The main challenge is to design a card with an alternate casting cost; the second subchallenge was to give an excuse to switch things up. For example, say, a creature with a Dash but no normal casting cost (which may be what a modern version of Viashino Cutthroat might look like).
1. No, it would not, which is why I used Rix Maadi Reveler as an example. It has a different effect if the Spectacle cost was paid.
2. You're not getting an additional effect with a sacrificed creature, you're gaining an additional cost that is built into the spell.
3. Basically this, which is why I chose a specific card to illustrate an example that would meet the subchallenge.
EDIT: I added another note to the Clarifications, primarily regarding Subchallenge 2.
Your card was missing rules text to make it functional. I DQ'd someone else last month because the submitted card did not work. If it isn't functional, how is that fair to the other players? "Well, your card couldn't be used in playtesting because it's fundamentally broken, but you managed to not misspell any words, so you can advance to the next round." Setting aside the DQ, you would have had a score of 12.5. The result was the same either way.
Please incorporate one (or more) of the
1816 mechanics listed in the clarification section to design your card.Legendary Planeswalker - Garruk (U)
All damage is dealt as though its source had infect.
[-1]: Garruk, Plagueridden deals 1 damage to any target.
[6]
IIW: Legendary Creature versions of PWs from War of the Spark that do not already have Legendary Creature versions.
Welcome to the Final MCC for MTG Salvation. Due to the desire to make sure this contest concludes before the site is archived into read-only mode, there will only be three rounds. Contestants will have four days to design, and judges will be given four days to complete scoring. We will do our best to adhere to this schedule. For the penultimate Round of MCC at MTGS, the time has come to make a choice of how to execute your task.
Round 2 Challenge: Design a card that employs an alternate casting cost mechanic, other than Flashback or Suspend (in deference to the challenges offered by GMom for the Final MTGS CCL).
Subchallenge 1: The alternate cost has a different or additional effect when paid (such as Rix Maadi Reveler) outside of rules effects associated with that ability.
Subchallenge 2: The card has no mana cost (such as Ancestral Vision).
Valid mechanics for the primary Challenge include:
Awaken, Bestow, Dash, Emerge, Evoke,
Flashback, Jump-Start, Madness, Miracle, Morph, Overload, Prowl, Retrace, Spectacle, Splice, Surge,Suspend, or the Trap mechanic from Zendikar (which is undefined in the Comprehensive Rules save that the card has the 'Trap' subtype).Regarding the card having no mana cost, please take into consideration what would happen if the card were cast via the Expertise cycle or Omen Machine or Knowledge Pool.
Judging Deadline is the 20th of June, 2019 at 23:59 EDT.
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: /25
*An entry with 0 points here is subject to disqualification.
Judges
Eventide Sojourner
void_nothing
The_Hittite
Contestants
Algernone25
Artorias
bravelion83
Hemlock
IcariiFA
kwanyeegor
Mr. Rithaniel
StonerOfKruphix
Subject16
Judge Assignnments
Eventide Sojourner
Artorias vs IcariiFA vs StonerOfKruphix
bravelion83 vs kwanyeegor vs Subject 16
The Hittite
bravelion83 vs kwanyeegor vs Subject 16
Algernone25 vs Hemlock vs Mr. Rithaniel
void_nothing
Algernone25 vs Hemlock vs Mr. Rithaniel
Artorias vs IcariiFA vs StonerOfKruphix