It is currently Wed Dec 04, 2024 10:25 pm

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 18 posts ] 
Author Message
PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 12:24 am 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: May 18, 2015
Posts: 4753
Preferred Pronoun Set: he/him
Set Information:
Swap appears in every color equally. It only appears on creatures.

<cost>: Swap <number> (Look at the top card of your library. If it’s a creature card with converted mana cost <number> or less, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. If you do, put this card on top of its owner’s library.)

Example:
: Swap 1 (Look at the top card of your library. If it’s a creature card with converted mana cost 1 or less, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. If you do, put this card on top of its owner’s library.)


Experience only appears in Black, Blue, and Red. It works with all kinds of counters (+1/+1, charge, etc.). That being said, you could design a green or white card that synergizes with it (either negatively or positively).

Experience (For each counter on this permanent, increase its converted mana cost by 1.)

Green and white have a creature tokens theme.

Black, Blue, and Red have an anti-creature tokens theme.

Criteria:
- Create a card with Experience or Swap.
- Create a card that synergizes with Experience or Swap without having the keyword itself.
- Create a card within a theme of this set.


You can design a card for one, two, or all three criteria. Depending on the participation, I will award one, two, or three winners.
This contest will end in more or less 24 hours. It's likely that I won't grade until Tuesday EST (I'm moving states on Monday EST - LOL).


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 12:41 am 
Offline
Desperately Wants A Custom Title
User avatar

Joined: Sep 23, 2013
Posts: 4754
Identity: Man
Amp Helm --
Artifact - Equipment (U)

Experience (For each counter on this permanent, increase its converted mana cost by 1.)
Equipped creature has Experience and gets +X/+X, where X is Amp Helm's converted mana cost.
Equip

==xx==

Punish the False God --
Instant (U)

Choose a number equal to the amount of cards in target player's hand, then return target creature that player controls to its owner's hand. If the number of cards in that player's hand is equal to your chosen number, Punish the False God deals 3 damage to that player.

EDIT: I changed my first design. And I'm not sure about how to word the second one.

_________________
quotes wrote:
squinty_eyes: Alt, you have fantastic logic. And zero political prowess.
CKY: Through a convoluted series of events involving three tons of garden gnomes and a pickup truck, Henderson’s Magikarp defeats the Deoxys terrorizing the city.

My Cube | My Designs | My Art
Silver Soraka Main


Last edited by altimis on Mon Jun 01, 2015 7:26 am, edited 2 times in total.

Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:12 am 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Sep 23, 2013
Posts: 1155
Infinite Potential
Creature - Avatar
:x::x:: Swap X (Look at the top card of your library. If it’s a creature card with converted mana cost x or less, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. If you do, put this card on top of its owner’s library.)
What is it?
You mean what isn't it?

3/3

_________________
Let us flee said the fly.
Let us fly said the flea.


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 6:19 pm 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: May 18, 2015
Posts: 4753
Preferred Pronoun Set: he/him
Shameless self-promotion. /bump


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 1:49 am 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Oct 28, 2013
Posts: 3141
Young Tutor :1::u:
Creature - Human Advisor (U)

Experience
:g:, :t:: Swap X, where X is ~'s converted mana cost. Then, put a +1/+1 counter on ~.

1/2

_________________
Characters:
Hexion


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:32 am 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Feb 09, 2015
Posts: 191
Identity: Curious Cannoli
{m} Druid's Dominion :2::g::g:
Enchantment

Creatures on the battlefield or in graveyards, hands, or libraries have their mana costs reduced by :1:.
Instants and Sorceries in graveyards, hands, or libraries have their mana costs increased by :1:.
The wizard's stomach rumbled, and when he tried to conjure food no words flowed out.

_________________
"To believe something is to believe that it is true; therefore a reasonable person believes each of his beliefs to be true; yet experience has taught him to expect that some of his beliefs, he knows not which, will turn out to be false. A reasonable person believes, in short, that each of his beliefs is true and that some of them are false."


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:50 am 
Offline
Desperately Wants A Custom Title
User avatar

Joined: Sep 23, 2013
Posts: 4754
Identity: Man
BelangiaJo wrote:
Shameless self-promotion. /bump


Awww... There goes my chance at winning :p Fifty/fifty sounded pretty good to me.

_________________
quotes wrote:
squinty_eyes: Alt, you have fantastic logic. And zero political prowess.
CKY: Through a convoluted series of events involving three tons of garden gnomes and a pickup truck, Henderson’s Magikarp defeats the Deoxys terrorizing the city.

My Cube | My Designs | My Art
Silver Soraka Main


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 1:02 pm 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: May 21, 2015
Posts: 335
Walls of Old Jericho
Creature - Wall (U)
Defender
Whenever a creature an opponent controls attacks, ~ gains ": Swap 5" until end of turn.
If a creature is swapped with ~, it must block this turn if able.
The Bastion of Old Jericho relied not on the brick of its walls, but the spirit of its people.
0/5


Last edited by Pacific Ninja on Tue Jun 02, 2015 5:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 3:55 pm 
Offline
YMtC Champ '11
YMtC Pro Tour Champion
YMtC Idol Winner
User avatar

Joined: Sep 23, 2013
Posts: 10665
Preferred Pronoun Set: he/him/my/mine/himself
Criteria #1

Sudden Entrance
Instant 〔R〕
Swap 6

Criteria #2

Wellspring of Dawn
Land 〔U〕
: Add to your mana pool.
, Sacrifice ~: Put target card in a graveyard on top of its owner's library.

Criteria #3

Voice of the Masses
Creature — Human Soldier 〔C〕
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under you control, ~ gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
2/2

flavor text is for chumps

_________________
[Warchief] Custom EDH Project
you're like the kind of person who would cast Necropotence irl


Last edited by Mown on Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:30 am, edited 1 time in total.

Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:06 pm 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: May 18, 2015
Posts: 4753
Preferred Pronoun Set: he/him
Alright, so it looks like the submissions are at a maximum. I will close this in the morning and begin grading - feel free to post until then.


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 11:56 pm 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Sep 23, 2013
Posts: 2583
1.
The Fencers of Talonheights -
Creature - Human Warrior
Experience, Double Strike
~ can't be blocked by creatures with converted mana cost less than it.
2/1

2.
Ironwoods Shaman -
Creature - Elf Shaman
Protection from creatures with converted mana cost 4 or more.
Other creatures enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 on it.
3/3


Last edited by Confused on Wed Jun 03, 2015 8:27 am, edited 1 time in total.

Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 1:48 am 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Feb 21, 2014
Posts: 2547
- Create a card that synergizes with Experience or Swap without having the keyword itself.

An-Tor Elder
Creature - Bird Wizard
Flying
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
Such is the burden of the An-Tor. To know the future, and yet be powerless to change it.
3/3

It's a "drawback". Trust me.

_________________
Dwarven Vow #7


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:26 am 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: May 18, 2015
Posts: 4753
Preferred Pronoun Set: he/him
Closed - grading in progress.


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:31 am 
Offline
YMtC Champ '11
YMtC Pro Tour Champion
YMtC Idol Winner
User avatar

Joined: Sep 23, 2013
Posts: 10665
Preferred Pronoun Set: he/him/my/mine/himself
I did a minor edit on #2. It now targets cards in graveyards, as opposed to some ambiguous undetermined zone.

_________________
[Warchief] Custom EDH Project
you're like the kind of person who would cast Necropotence irl


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:24 am 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: May 18, 2015
Posts: 4753
Preferred Pronoun Set: he/him
Criteria 1: Create a card with Experience or Swap.
altimis wrote:
Amp Helm --
Artifact - Equipment (U)
Experience (For each counter on this permanent, increase its converted mana cost by 1.)
Equipped creature has Experience and gets +X/+X, where X is Amp Helm's converted mana cost.
Equip

altimis, I like this design. Experience is a difficult keyword to activate on an equipment card, but I like that this card double buffs - both the equipment and creature will have experience.
dtolle wrote:
Infinite Potential
Creature - Avatar
:x::x:: Swap X (Look at the top card of your library. If it’s a creature card with converted mana cost x or less, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. If you do, put this card on top of its owner’s library.)
What is it?
You mean what isn't it?

3/3

The swap ability on this creature is actually relatively weak... You pay for a 1 CMC creature, for 2 CMC, for 3 CMC, etc. I understand that the ability scales very nicely, but at what cost? I like the concept of this card, but the execution could be a little better (maybe instead?)
Young Tutor :1::u:
Creature - Human Advisor (U)
Experience
:g:, :t:: Swap X, where X is ~'s converted mana cost. Then, put a +1/+1 counter on ~.
1/2

I really like the combination of abilities on this guy. If you can't swap (you hit a noncreature, a creature with too high CMC, or you choose not to swap), then the Young Tutor gains experience. It may need to be a 1/1 and have a more restrictive swap cost. You might also consider another type of counter (charge, perhaps?) to stop this guy from getting too powerful.
Walls of Old Jericho
Creature - Wall (U)
Defender
Whenever a creature an opponent controls attacks, ~ gains ": Swap 5" until end of turn.
If a creature is swapped with ~, it must block this turn if able.
The Bastion of Old Jericho relied not on the brick of its walls, but the spirit of its people.
0/5

This card is a headache, rules-wise. combat - opponent declares attackers, you declare blockers, you swap this wall out and something else in before combat damage... the "must block this turn if able" clause does not matter in this scenario. I like the concept, but I feel like there is a simpler approach.
Mown wrote:
Sudden Entrance
Instant 〔R〕
Swap 6

I don't know how I feel about this card. Until now, I have tried to make swap a creature-only mechanic - but this is a good indication that it will work on other spells/permanents. This card balances the right amount of risk with the right amount of reward. I like the flavor too. This is also really elegant.
Confused wrote:
The Fencers of Talonheights -
Creature - Human Warrior
Experience, Double Strike
~ can't be blocked by creatures with converted mana cost less than it.
2/1

This card is dangerous. I would want it to be a 1/1. It would be doing 2 damage a turn until the defending player gets a 3+ CMC creature on the field. At 2/1, 4 damage a turn is pretty brutal. What makes it even more brutal is the damage once you get one or more +1/+1 counters on it. It makes it more evasive and more powerful. That being said, the combination of the three abilities work perfectly together.

The winner of Criteria 1 is altimis by a small margin.

Criteria 2: Create a card that synergizes with Experience or Swap without having the keyword itself.
{m} Druid's Dominion :2::g::g:
Enchantment

Creatures on the battlefield or in graveyards, hands, or libraries have their mana costs reduced by :1:.
Instants and Sorceries in graveyards, hands, or libraries have their mana costs increased by :1:.
The wizard's stomach rumbled, and when he tried to conjure food no words flowed out.

I like that this card actively works against experience cards (something green would do). It also works towards swap cards (another thing green would do). It also punishes blue, black, and red mages for attempting to remove your creatures (yet another green-aligned ability). That being said, it is hard to determine whether this card is too good in its current state or not quite good enough. Also, the second ability can just increase the cost to cast Instants and Sorceries.
Mown wrote:
Wellspring of Dawn
Land 〔U〕
: Add to your mana pool.
, Sacrifice ~: Put target card in a graveyard on top of its owner's library.

This land is simple, but effective. It either stops your opponent's swap strategy or it enables your own. For the former, it may be too slow - seeing as they can swap in response. For the latter, it is perfect. I like this change better than the original.
Confused wrote:
Ironwoods Shaman -
Creature - Elf Shaman
Protection from creatures with converted mana cost 4 or more.
Other creatures enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 on it.
3/3

I really like this design. The synergies with experience are enjoyable (particularly in the colors that don't utilize the mechanic). Great design!
Silly wrote:
An-Tor Elder
Creature - Bird Wizard
Flying
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
Such is the burden of the An-Tor. To know the future, and yet be powerless to change it.
3/3

Let me begin by saying, I like this card. It is both really good and really bad. Good: You no longer have to gamble to swap creatures - you know if it's going to be able to swap or not. Bad: Your opponent can predict your every swap AND your every draw. Let me end by saying, I really do like the risks that come with this card. Good job!

The winner of Criteria 2 is Silly by a small margin.

Criteria 3: Create a card within a theme of this set.
altimis wrote:
Punish the False God --
Instant (U)
Choose a number equal to the amount of cards in target player's hand, then return target creature that player controls to its owner's hand. If the number of cards in that player's hand is equal to your chosen number, Punish the False God deals 3 damage to that player.

I like the way this punishes creature token decks (literally). Otherwise, this is just an overpriced bounce spell (but that's okay!). I like the name quite a bit too. It adds some pizzazz to the flavor of the card.
Mown wrote:
Voice of the Masses
Creature — Human Soldier 〔C〕
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under you control, ~ gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
2/2

This is simple, but effective. Commons are difficult to design without making them unoriginal, overpowered, or too geared towards the limited environment. This, I believe, straddles these three very well!

The winner of Criteria 3 is Mown by a small margin.

Also, congratulations are in order for Confused for designing excellent cards for the first two criteria, but not quite beating out the competition!


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:29 am 
Offline
YMtC Champ '11
YMtC Pro Tour Champion
YMtC Idol Winner
User avatar

Joined: Sep 23, 2013
Posts: 10665
Preferred Pronoun Set: he/him/my/mine/himself
I'm not quite sure what you think my second card originally did, because it didn't actually do anything. I just accidentally omitted what zone it targeted in.

_________________
[Warchief] Custom EDH Project
you're like the kind of person who would cast Necropotence irl


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:32 am 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: May 18, 2015
Posts: 4753
Preferred Pronoun Set: he/him
That's why I like the updated version better... your second card didn't specify a starting location for the card you put on top of the library hahah.


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 3:03 pm 
Offline
Desperately Wants A Custom Title
User avatar

Joined: Sep 23, 2013
Posts: 4754
Identity: Man
WOO! I still got it! :p
This was fun; I always enjoy contests! Thanks for hosting.

My inspiration was Banshee's Blade, one of my old favorites.

==xx==

With Punish the False God it is also applicable in multiplayer games andor Mind Control scenarios. A definite sideboard card in limited :p

_________________
quotes wrote:
squinty_eyes: Alt, you have fantastic logic. And zero political prowess.
CKY: Through a convoluted series of events involving three tons of garden gnomes and a pickup truck, Henderson’s Magikarp defeats the Deoxys terrorizing the city.

My Cube | My Designs | My Art
Silver Soraka Main


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 18 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group