First off I would like to apologize for getting this up so late. I had a full plate on top of being sick. But enough chit-chat. Let's get this contest under way!
This is how it works:
I will post a theme, and you create a card along those lines. At the end of the week I will choose a winner from among the entries, and that person will create the fourth installment of Winner is the Judge. That person will post a new theme next Monday for all of us here at MTG:Deckbuilder to try and create a card for.
This weeks theme is...
The clock is TICKING
Example:
Llanowar Explosives {1GB}
Artifact
~ enters the battlefield with three charge counters on it.
T, remove a charge counter from ~: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. Then if there are no charge counters on ~, each player sacrifices two permanents, loses two life, and discards two cards.
"Not many lived for long once the elves were angered."
Rules and regulations: **May change depending on current Judge**
One Entry Per Person! Hopefully this will cause people to work extra hard on designing a great card, after all if you only get one shot, you better make it count right?
Also, if you submit a card, you must be willing to win, that means copy/paste this blog and/or redesign it, and come up with a new theme, to be posted next monday.
What i will be looking at while judging:
Balance: A card should not be over powered, or useless, maybe it is a Jack-of-Trades utility card, or maybe it fits a niche deck perfectly(but not brokenly). Leaning too far in either direction on the power scale will lose you points.
Creativity: A card should be interesting to play, or have a unique effect on the game. If your card is boring, you will lose points.
Flavor: How well the card fits into the MTG universe, as well as flavortext, name, and other "Fluff". You will not lose points for not having a flavorful card, but you will earn bonus points if it is extra flavorful.
Form: Try and word your card as closely to what WotC would have done if they were making the card. That is, try and make the wording as simple and concise as possible. If your cards text reads like the reminder text of Banding, you will lose points.
Past Winners:
Week 1:
Trusted Advisor
(2)(U/B)
Creature - Human Wizard
0/3
At the beginning of each upkeep, each player draws a card; then if a player has 8 or more cards in hand, flip Trusted Advisor.
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Evil Vizier
Creature - Demon Wizard
4/3
At the beggining of each upkeep, Evil Vizier deals 5 damage to each player with less than 7 cards in hand.
Week #2:
Juki, Xi's Assassin {1BU} Rare
Legendary Creature - Rat Ninja
Hexproof 1B: Prevent all combat damage that ~ would deal this turn. Put X 1/1 black rat ninja creature token onto the battlefield under your control where X is the amount of damage prevented this way.
2/2
"Juki discovered that being untraditional had its advantages."
Burning Wall (2)R Creature-Wall Defender ~ ETB w/ 3 +1/+1 counters. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a +1/+1 counter from ~. 0/0 "Half as long, twice as bright." [Report]
Burning Phoenix {R}
Flying; Haste
When ~ deals combat damage to a player, put a -1/-1 counter on ~.
{T}: remove a -1/-1 counter from ~
3/3
"It's fire burns bright, but like any fire, it fades with time." [Report]
"The final countdown" come into play with 10 time counter on, at the beginning of your upkeep remove a time counter from "The final countdown" if "The final countdown" have no time counters on it sacrifice it, exile all permanents and each player takes 10 damage.
Meditating Priest 4W Creature - Human Monk (T):Put a Meditation Counter on Meditating Priest. Whenever Meditating Priest taps, you may sacrifice it. If you do, put +X+X counters on all creatures you control where X equals the number of Meditating Counters on Meditating Priest. 2/2 [Report]
Shroud All nonland permanents have "Cumulative upkeep 1". Whenever another permanent with Cumulative upkeep is sacrificed, put an age counter on Teferi's Time Bomb.
"Bolas and Markov searched the time rifts desperately, but I had already recovered this little trinket."- Tezzeret [Report]
LegendXp, you can interpret it however you would like. Bombs are fun. Timers are also fun. Clocks can be maddening unless it is an Unwinding Clock. [Report]
Phyrexian Growth Vats (4) Artifact (Mythic Rare) When Phyrexian Growth Vats enters the battlefield, each player gets a poison counter and put a -1/-1 counter on each creature. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player gains control of Phyrexian Growth Vats. Double the number of counters on that player and on each permanent he or she controls. T, sacrifice a permanent: Proliferate. [Report]
At the beginning of the end step of enchanted creature's controller, put a disease counter on ~. Then, deal damage equal to the number of disease counters on it to enchanted creature and its controller.
When ~ is sent to the graveyard from the battlefield return it to the battlefield attached to target creature.
"Blaarrgg" -Sick Victim --------------------------------- @TheCommunistManatee - Lol. Love your card, great idea.
-During your upkeep Put a -1/-1 couter on Aging Man.
when Aging man dies if they are any -1-1 counters on him Exile him instead of putting him in your graveyard, Draw a card.
-If again man Toughness is 2 or less it has Shroud.
Pay 2 life: return target creature to their owner's hand.
Consumer of Worlds 4BB Creature- Horror {M} At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice another nonland permanent, then put a consumption counter on ~. At the beginning of your end step, if you control no other nonland permanents, sacrifice ~. Target opponent sacrifices X permanents and you gain X life, where X was the number of consumption counters on ~. 6/7
Creeping Swamp (2)(b)(b) Elemental -rare At the beginning of your upkeep put a marsh counter on target land
All lands with a desert counter become a marsh in addition to their types and can only tap for (1) generic mana 4/4 "It's heart lies the heart of man, the phylactery of a lich, filled with hatred for any life." [Report]
Every two turns put an age counter on Clock of the universe
When Clock of the universe has 20 age counters on it sacrifice Clock of the universe, all players then exile their hands, exile all graveyards, exile all cards on the field, all players then draw 7 cards.
"One day, This clock will call for the new beginning." -Suranoth, the wizard [Report]
enters the field with 2 time counters on it. (tap) remove a time counter, when bottled lightning has no time counters left, sacrifice it, it deals 3 damage to target creature or player and 2 damage to a creature you control.
Cumulative Upkeep: Exile a creature. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then exile a creature for each age counter on this permanent. If you can't, sacrifice Astral Disaster.)
"The sky is falling!"- Flbthp __________________________________________________________________________
The clock is ticking until doomsday with this card! Card art would be a bunch of meteors flying down and people running for safety!
If you need help with card mechanics, it requires you to exile creatures, including your own. The only way to prevent this is to kill the enchantment. It may seem OP, but It's essentially a board wipe!
Entry is here: http://s14.postimage.org/pdgbqiz01/Explosive_Wall.jpg
I made this for one of my old sets long ago, I thought it would be a nice fit for this competition. Probably a bit overcomplicated for an uncommon but the more of a Vorthos you are the easier it is to understand. Stop thinking about rules and start thinking HOLY THIS IS A WALL MADE OF BOMBS. Well actually, since it's not a creature it's a trench made of bombs. The reason I went this way is because I found having it be a creature would completely upset the power balance, add more stuff to the card when it's already complicated enough and after making it a creature, I could have to add a rule about blowing it up when it died, so no one would actually use the fuse counter part (which is the main focus of this card.) Sure, your opponent's creatures can climb over it but it acts as a powerful deterrent. The reason it is so cheap is because to be used effectively, this will need a large investment of mana but if used right can seriously hamper your opponent.
Overall, I think this card is pretty balanced. If I had anything I would like different for this card it would probably be getting some good card art. [Report]
Sorry wrong image, the card is actually here: http://s12.postimage.org/jmn7ihjel/Explosive_Wall.jpg
They are both the same, I just renamed the card for the sake of making sense (it makes no sense to call it explosive wall and then not have it actually be a wall.) [Report]
End the Turn. After your opponent's next combat phase, untap all creatures your opponent controls. They have an additional main phase followed by and additional combat phase.
"No time like the present? Ha! I prefer tomorrow."-Time research crew leader Prescott [Report]
"Emptying armory" enters the battlefield with {X} weaponry counters on it Every time a creature enters the battlefield remove a weaponry counter from "Emptying Armory"
All creatures you control get +1/+1 When no weaponry counter remain sacrifice "Emptying armory" all creatures get -2/-2
"Sir, we are out of swords, axes, and spears!" "What about pitchforks?" "Those too" "Lets hope we still have pointy sticks" "...." ~Grallix commander of the first battalion, before the massacre of the First battalion
Age counters are something that work with Cumulative Upkeep ability. At the beginning of each upkeep you add an age counter and then you have to pay X where X is the amount of age counters on it, or it is sacrificed. [Report]
Time to announce the winner! I am not going to go in depth with all of the cards like RoarMaster. I will just explain why I chose the card I did.
It came down to Ratface20's Consumer of Worlds, Senseigold9's Sundial of Ages, Subject16's Phyrexian Growth Vats, and ManaLeak' Teferi's Time Bomb.
I felt like Consumer of Worlds would never see play because it is a fairly high cost. Making it a bit smaller would have improved the balance greatly.
Sundial of Ages is just too hard to remove seeing as it doesn't receive any counters itself. But I did like that even if a card was played, it wouldn't be removed instantly.
I had a VERY hard time decided whether Phyrexian Growth Vats or Teferi's Time Bomb should win. Phyrexian Growth Vats fit very well into the world of Phyrexia and Mirrodin. I also liked the fact that anyone could use it and that it would could hurt players and creatures while at the same time help Planeswalkers. Teferi's Time Bomb is nice because it doesn't affect players and it can remove itself if needed. It also had great flavor text. One thing I did not like about it was that it would be almost impossible to pay the cumulative upkeep cost on it. Unless you were running a mana heavy deck, There would be a good chance that you would have to sacrifice it before it could to devastating damage.
In the end I decided on...
Subject16's Phyrexian Growth Vats! Congratulations to you!
Good job everyone and I wish you all good luck for next week! [Report]
Congrats Subject16! I must admit, my card was a little ineffective. I just want to say, Subject16, that I hope to see a great challenge from you, and great job in this challenge! [Report]
Wow, I have to say I'm impressed with all the other cards people have made, and I must say that I'll do my best to keep on bringing original and innovative cards ;D [Report]
