Simples. I give you a theme, you make your own custom card in accordance with that theme, I judge the cards, and whoever wins the competition also wins the rights to create and judge the next WitJ blog.
This week's Theme is: Size Matters!!!
("Size" isn't anything precise here, this could mean high power/toughness, converted mana costs, or the size of an army, have fun with the variability of this theme.)
2) How do I do this?
Also simple, post your card (this includes Name, Cost, Type [And Subtypes if they exist], [Rarity isn't necessary, but it can help determine the power balance of the card], Rules Text [Flavor Text if you want to.])
Here's an example:
Godly Reverence 3WW
Enchantment - Uncommon
At the beginning of your end step, you may gain life equal to the highest converted mana cost among creatures you control.
"Provoke the Gargantuans and they will seek out revenge. Worship them, and they will reward you."-Mayael the Anima.
3) How do I know whether I've done enough?
I will be judging each card according to several criteria:
Balance: Whether the card itself has balance when it comes to the cost/power/rarity ratio. Also, whether or not the card feels like something WotC could create and print.
Creativity: It's not every day you get to create your own card, so be creative, be extravagant, be exotic (but remember to keep it balanced). You card must be able to have an interesting effect on the board. If you're having troubhink "what WotC could reveal before Spoiler Season" creative.
Form: This is an easy criteria, try to word your card in accordance to how a real card would be worded. Try not to think of Aspect of Wolf when doing your wording.
4) How do I know whether I haven't disqualified myself by accident? (aka the Rules!!!)
(The rules can vary a little with each judge, here's what I am proposing.)
1) One entry per person. This means you have one shot at this, so make it count!
2) Be ready to win. This means you have to be prepared to become the judge for next week (ie post the fifth installment, choose a theme, and judge during the whole week and ultimately choose a new winner).
5) How did the others fair?
Here are the past winners:
Week One (Theme: Flip/Transforming cards).
Trusted Advisor (2)(U/B)
Creature: Human Wizard
At the beginning of each upkeep, each player draws a card. Then if a player has eight or more cards in hand, flip Trusted Advisor.
0/3
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Evil Vizier
Creature: Demon Wizard
At the beginning of each upkeep, Evil Vizier deals 5 damage to each player with less than seven cards in their hand.
4/3
Week Two (Theme: Ninja's).
Juki, Xi's Assassin (1UB)
Legendary Creature: Rat Ninja
Hexprood
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. "Juki discovered that being untraditional had its advantages."
2/2
Week Three (Theme: The Clock is Ticking)
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 untaps Phyrexian Growth Vats and gains control of it. Double the number of counters on that player and on each permanent he or she controls.
T, sacrifice a permanent: Proliferate.
Put five 1/1 red an white Soldier tokens with haste onto the battlefield.Then, if you control 10 or more creatures, creatures you control get +2/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn.
"To raise such force and might one a small group! Perhaps the Boros should redefine justice." Arrester Lavinia, Tenth Precinct [Report]
Avatar of Tragedy costs {1} less to cast for each card type in your graveyard. (The card types are artifact, creature, land, planeswalker, instant, sorcery, enchantment, and tribal.)
When Avatar of Tragedy is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, exile one of each card type from their owner's graveyard, then exile Avatar of Tragedy. You may play those cards without paying their mana cost.
I'm not quite sure how to approach the theme, but here goes...
Avacyn's Prayersong [No Cost]
Sorcery Mythic Rare
(Non-existent mana costs can't be paid.) Exile each nonland permanent an opponent controls with converted mana cost higher than the greatest toughness among creatures you control.
Miracle WWWWW
"Avacyn's prayers strengthened the faithful, shielded the repentant and decimated her enemies."- Friar Cadlo [Report]
Memnon, Devourer of Worlds Creature - Demon 5BBB Deathtouch If - deals damage to a creature, place +1/+1 counters on it equal to that creature's power. Then, if there are 20 or more +1/+1 counters on - , - gains hexproof and becomes indestructible. 4/4
"His mind was a blend of many voices, each crying out in torment. I am not sure if he is one being any more, or if he is many." - Jace Beleren. [Report]
Dreveeza, Double Agent of Innistard Legendary Creature - Angel 1WWB Flying, Lifelink At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have more creatures, lands, and life then your opponent, you win the game. At the beginning of your upkeep if you have less creatures, lands, and life then your opponent you lose control of Dreveeza, Double Agent of Innistard. When you lose control of Dreveeza, Double Agent of Innistard take another turn after this one. 2/2
She appears to have great devotion to both sides, are you certain that she is on ours? Mikaeus, the Lunearch to Avacyn [Report]
Fear (5) Enchantment [M] Creatures you control have Intimidate. Whenever a black creature enters the battlefield, tap target creature an opponent controls.
The only thing to fear, is Fear itself. - Dr. Jonathan Crane
Miming Mana {2WUBRG} Sorcery {Mythic Rare} Name a color For each permanent of the chosen color, each player puts a token onto the battlefield that is a copy of that permanent. "What seemed like a small force at first, grew to be the most formidable army I have ever laid my eyes on." -Jurn, Century Commander [Report]
Whenever a creature you control deals damage to another creature, put a +1/+1 counter on each of those creatures.
At the beginning of your end step, you may tap any number of untapped creatures you control. If you do, each of those creatures fight another target creature.
Decrepit Angel {XBBW} Mythic Creature - Angel ~ enters the battle field with X +1/+1 counters on it. Pay 5 life: Double the number of +1/+1 counters on ~. ~ has flying and lifelink as long as it has power and toughness greater than 13. 0/0 [Report]
When Battle of Titans enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature without a +1/+1 counter on it.
4: Double the number of +1/+1 counters on creatures you control. Any player may activate this ability. Any player may pay 3 to counter this ability. Activate this ability no more than twice each turn, and only when you could play a sorcery.
"As the war raged on, the unstable mana turned skirmishes of soldiers into duels of gods." [Report]
Shift into Memories (5)(UU)
Rare
Sorcery
Remove your hand from the game. Then return each card in your graveyard to your hand. Place the cards removed this way into your graveyard. For the rest of the game you have no max hand size. Exile Shift into Memories.
"He won't remember any of this, but maybe his past will" [Report]
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may sacrifice X non-creature permanents he or she controls. If that player doesn't, each opponent gains X life.
"Each day we fight the very air grows hotter. It's as if the stars themselves wish our conflict ended." [Report]
Living Library (3)(u)(b) Artifact creature- rare defender -At the beginning of your upkeep draw an extra card -At the beginning of your upkeep have target player lose 1 life and draw a card Living Library's power and toughness is equal to x/x, where x is the amount of cards in your hand */* "Unending knowledge, unending power, and unending hunger....Best to enter this room." -Geralf [Report]
@Nazsmith Please, don't do planeswalkers. They are hard to make good and usually all the entries are grossly overpowered, copy stuff we've already seen and have no real of development to them. If you go about making a character, it requires a lot of work and during these card entry contests, I find most people like to sit down, draft something and post it just for fun. We may have a legendary character/planeswalker competition but if so I would imagine 95% of the entries wouldn't be anywhere near at the level or have the proper background for Wizards to consider publishing, and they almost always tend to be stupidly overpowered because everyone wants their card to be the best. [Report]
Mind’s Recurrence cannot be the target of spells or abilities.
Each player discards their hand into their graveyard, then chooses X non-land cards each with converted mana cost X or less from their graveyard and exiles them. At the beginning of each player’s upkeep, that player may cast any of these cards from exile at random. Once all cards have been played this way, remove Mind’s Recurrence from the game.
“Memory’s greatest fault is that we are destined to repeat the past.” - Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Mind’s Recurrence cannot be the target of spells or abilities.
Each player discards their hand, then chooses X non-land cards each with converted mana cost X or less from their graveyard and exiles them. At the beginning of each player’s upkeep, that player may cast any of these cards from exile at random without paying their mana cost. Remove these cards from the game at the beginning of that player's end step. Creatures cast this way gain haste. Once all cards have been played this way, remove Mind’s Recurrence from the game.
“Memory’s greatest fault is that we are destined to repeat the past.” - Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
When this card dies. Put two 5/5 spider tokens onto the battlefield that have "when this card dies put two 3/3 spider tokens onto the battlefield that have 'when this card dies put three 1/1 spider tokens onto the battlefield.'"
10/10
"So I killed the mother and thought I was done. Next thing I knew, I was fighting the whole family." [Report]
at the beginning of each combat phase, put a 1/1 black skeleton creature token onto the battlefield. Skeleton creatures you control have "This creature gets +x/+x, where x is the amount of skeletons on the battlefield."
Trample, lifelink, hexproof Warriors you control get +1/+1 for each other Warrior you control. When Marisi's Legion enters the battlefield, put two 1/1 green Cat Warrior creature tokens onto the battlefield.
@ Yshabash - I think that there must be someone realizing enough to see if there card is to over powered, and make revisions, anyone can tell that certain abilities are just TO overpowered. I love this game and I'm more then sure that people actualy though about it, they could try and make it less OP. OP < Creativity
Just saying. [Report]
Defender Sacrifice a creature with defender: add a number of +0/+1 counters equal to double the sacrificed creatures defense and Never-ending wall may block an additional creature this turn.
Sacrifice Never-ending wall: put a number of 0/1 walls into play with defender equal to half of Never-ending wall's defense
0/10
"Sir this is genius! But, I have one question? What if they fly over?" Boros Warrior to the Reckoner [Report]
Okay, so some of these cards look like they don't really fit the theme of the week. If you have an idea but it doesn't fit, hold onto it for another time.
@thebraineater, you should have the goblin type on your card just for lols.
@jabasolo, I feel like they should have less power but also have reach.
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Midget Goliath Mutilator 2[B][B]
Creature - Giant Rogue [Uncommon]
[Tap]Pay 2 Life: Target creature with power greater than 3 becomes a 3/X-1, where X is that creature's toughness. Tap that creature.
3/3
"Kick me around because of my size will they? Let's seem them do that without any legs!"
-Jargo the wimp [Report]
First Strike, Deathtouch At the beginning of each upkeep you lose 2 life. If ~ were to deal damage to a player, prevent that damage and that player loses life life equal to half of their life total and you lose 3 life.
3/7
"Atfer losing what he called a 'spark', he raved insanities until the shadows took him." -Local Legend [Report]
Balthazar, the army raiser {x}{G}{G}{G}{G}{G}{G} legendary Creature - Hydra Mythic legendary card If - is dealt damage to by a creature, place Hydra tokens on the battlefield under your control equal to that creature's power. Whenever a Hydra enters the battlefield put a +1/+1 on -. Place x +1/+1 counters on -, where x is the number of mana used to cast -. 0/0
"There was no way to kill the beast, only to make him stronger and make his army grow" - Garruk [Report]
As Mutating Horror enters the battlefield, you may exile X target creature cards from your graveyard. This creatures power and toughness is equal to the power and toughness of those cards combined.
It seems the creature has an unending appetite, so I let it out. — Barlod, Mad Scientist
I wasn't sure what you meant by size, my submission is not particularly large in and of itself (neither in size nor CMC), but it can enable pretty ridiculously big drops on all sides of the field. By the looks of things, I would guess that people have different interpretations on the challenge topic. [Report]
All right then, Judgment Time. And although I’d love to rate each card like Wolfking3000 said, I simply cannot because there are far too many of them, and I simply don’t have the time for it, especially with the community set re-spawning and whatnot. Anyways, here are the five contenders for the prize of next week. [Report]
1) Miming Mana {2WUBRG} (By Wolfking3000) Sorcery {Mythic Rare} Name a color. For each permanent of the chosen color, each player puts a token onto the battlefield that is a copy of that permanent. "What seemed like a small force at first, grew to be the most formidable army I have ever laid my eyes on." -Jurn, Century Commander
Balance: Overall, this is a fairly balanced card. It’s fun to play with. And there’s no way you can abuse it, seeing as it affects all players, and makes you choose one color whilst forcing you to run a five-color deck. I like the balance of it. 5/5 Creativity: Aside from the balance, this is quite a nice card. Very neat, and in sync with the theme: If you want this spell to be good, then Size Matters. 4/5 Flavour: Very flavourful. I like it a lot. I can picture sheer mana warping and twisting into all sorts of creatures and enchantments. 4/5 Form: It’s not perfect (choose a color), but it could be a lot, lot worse. 4/5 Total: 17/20
Creature - Elemental Trample, haste Whenever a creature you control deals damage to another creature, put a +1/+1 counter on each of those creatures. At the beginning of your end step, you may tap any number of untapped creatures you control. If you do, each of those creatures fight another target creature. 7/5
Balance: Seven mana gives us a 7/5 haste that pumps up all our creatures and acts as some very accurate removal whislt still pumping your guys up. That’s very powerful, I would balance it out a little more by simply removing the “you control” for the +1/+1 counter effect. 3/5 Creativity: Probably one of the best uses of the Fight mechanic that I’ve seen so far. And creative-wise, I think it’s great fun to furtherly enhance that mechanic by making your creatures harder to kill. 5/5 Flavour: No Flavour Text here, but the word Vehemence speaks to me. You can tell it’s a creature that’s looking for a fight, that wants violence and bloodshed, because it only makes it stronger. 4/5 Form: Nothing wrong here. Perfectly in order. 5/5 Total: 17/20
3) Mutating Horror - {6BBB} (By Sleazebag) Creature - Ooze Horror (Mythic Rare) Trample As Mutating Horror enters the battlefield, you may exile X target creature cards from your graveyard. This creatures power and toughness is equal to the power and toughness of those cards combined. It seems the creature has an unending appetite, so I let it out. — Barlod, Mad Scientist 3/3
Balance: All in all, it’s a bit too balanced. The ‘may’ condition is nice to see, but for what it can do, it’s pretty expensive. 3/5 Creativity: Sadly, this reminds me awfully of Suture Ghoul. The Power and Toughness may be a lot higher, but that’s all there is to it. 2/5 Flavour: It has a lot more flavour than Suture Ghoul, however. I like the idea of the mad scientist unleashing his monstrosity on the world. 4/5 Form: It’s good, but I feel that the “this creature’s power and toughness” part could have been done better. 4/5 Total: 13/20
4) Symbiotic Tide – XXXXUUGG (By Buzz0198) Sorcery (Mythic) Put (X) copies of each creature you control onto the battlefield (excluding Legendary Creatures) "Together we grow, together we fight, with all we march and vanquish enemies in sight" Balance: I agree that this ability is powerful, but XXXX may be a bit too much. I think replacing two Xs by UG would have been reasonable. At that point, 10 mana would triple your creatures, and maybe add “nontoken” too. 4/5 Creativity: Unlike Miming Mana, this spell doesn’t make you share. This makes it more powerful, but it also costs a lot more, and although this reminds me of a few other cards, like Mirrorweave or Infinite Reflection, this card is different. 5/5 Flavour: I don’t know whether this was your intention, but this card definitely has the ‘Simic’ feel. Chanelling all that mana into your creatures via a massive spell, its Simic right for you. 5/5 Form: It should be “For each nonlegendary creature you control, put X tokens onto the battlefield that are copies of it.” Otherwise, the card explains what it does without any confusion. 4/5 Total: 18/20
5) Decrepit Angel {XBBW} Mythic (by Origami_Munchkin) Creature - Angel ~ enters the battle field with X +1/+1 counters on it. Pay 5 life: Double the number of +1/+1 counters on ~. ~ has flying and lifelink as long as it has power and toughness greater than 13. 0/0 Balance: 5 Life is a hefty price to pay to pump her up, but she does benefit from this later on thanks to Lifelink You also have to cast her at quite a high mana to use her without losing too much (seven mana/4 counters to start with, doubled twice is the cheapest mana/life ratio I can think of). 5/5 Creativity: Well, this is a nice card indeed. An Orzhov Angel isn’t uncommon amongst custom cards, but this one is neat. 4/5 Flavour: I can almost sense the flavour from this Angel here. If you want her to help you, you need to help her, and she comes at quite a price. 4/5 Form: Perfect Wording, have a cookie. 5/5 Total: 18/20
And so, the winners are at a tie. It’s between Origami-Munchkin and Buzz0198 at eighteen points each. But since Origami-Munchkin has already hosted a WitJ blog, I will grant this victory to Buzz0198!
Congratulations. I hope you’ll deliver something really neat for us. [Report]
