Rastaban Warlord3RRR
Creature-Dragon Warrior (M)
Flying, Haste, Trample
Raze 5 (when this creature attacks, it deals 5 damage to defending player unless that player sacrifices a land)
5/5
Well, I did think about that...problem is (in my mind), considering the amount of time someone has to take to make a walker, backstory, (granted these two are recyclable), a story, and a card. I doubt it'd be instant, but it might, albeit, be faster than this one; even if five people participated in the thread it'd probably generate 1-2 posts a day, which would be more than this one.
Well, come the weekend, which is when I'll judge, if this round doesn't produce many entrants, I'll make another thread, making it a story by story basis.
Next challenge: While planeswalking, your walker comes into contact with a pocket of blue mana. Your walker appears on their home plane and come into contact with a pre-walker version of him/herself. This YOU is in trouble but fearing you may cause your current self to change if you appear before this person, you decide to look on from afar and decide to only interfere if YOU become in mortal danger.
The challenge: This is a broad challenge, but basically, make your own Legendary creature version of your walker. Let your walker recount this situation (they lived through it after all!) in your story. Your Legendary creature version of your walker will be your entry.
Granted it was up 2-3 days before the deadline, and I could say that I have work and have been playing Halo: Reach nonstop, and that I edited my card and added a name an hour before the deadline, but hey.
I think what happened was I saw the first "challenge" and I thought "how can I do this? Well, I'll make a creature that triggers when X amount of creatures are put into a graveyard then the next spell has gravestorm" but I decided to go for the tap abilities instead and sacrifice 1 point. THAT'S what screwed me up. I saw Gravestorm and the first challenge and wanted to make a creature. That's what my heart was set on. I didn't even realize it HAD to have gravestorm.
I saw make a card with gravestorm, not realizing that a card that GRANTS gravestorm wouldn't count, or could be DQ'd. I still like my example of a 0/1 with dreadge 0 would have been a legal and better entry.
Also, a PM would be nice, and MP13 actually DID do this, but when the whole server moved I deleted my cookies and for some damn reason I have to log in every 5 minutes if I'm inactive, so I didn't even look at that area of the screen all week due to the constant relogging in.
Again, bah. Really wished there had been more on this in clarifications (which, I seem to notice for the first time, there were none, nor was there even a bracket which could have been edited)
I really hate the fact that I could have added "unearth 0" to the text and my card could have made it judge eligible. ANY of the cards that have dredge, unearth, or gravestorm, could function as cards without said keywords. Ours (the DQees) can't. Hell, I could have made something like
Name0
Artifact creature
Unearth 0
0/1
A card I made up as I typed and it would have been accepted but the "spirit of the round" DQ's my card. Man, I am upset. I think this is the first time I have been DQ'd. This situation thinned the field a tad more than 10% before judgings were even made.
I really wanted to start judging/participating in alternating months but now I might just stick to judging because at least then I can participate ALL the time and even have a hypothetical entry that would be judged.
Oh, one final note...I think it was last round of September. One of the participants' cards didn't even work (due to a technicality; its toughness was 0 and its P/T triggered AFTER it entered the battlefield) but the judges (mostly) only took off in polish.
Rhyvaria, Hoax Mason1GUUB Planeswalker-Rhyvaria [+1] Creatures you control gain "when this creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card" until the end of turn. [-3] Target creature you control gains "Sacrifice this creature: Counter target spell." [-9] At the beginning of the end step, if six or more creatures you control have entered or left the battlefield this turn, you win the game. {5}
Rhyvaria was a born con artist but once she discovered magic she began manipulating people in a whole new way. Hopping from plane to plane, Rhyvaria would occasionally start small cults in order to gain more knowledge; when her servants died she could syphon their memories. She met Noa Onrec, who disagrees with her way of doing things. While he only manipulates the dead she manipulates the living, something Noa has great reservations about.
Ryhvaria's CharmGUB
Instant (R)
Split second
Choose one - Opponent's can't spend mana this turn; shuffle each creature that dealt combat damage to you this turn into its owner's library; or return target creature that was put into a graveyard from anywhere this turn to the battlefield under your control.
"Look at all the delightful pawns...that angel looks unwavering, though. I'd be better to stay with the..." Ryhvaria paused as she searched for a word to describe the weird creatures she intended to use for her gains. "Hmm...well, I shan't be remembering them anyway; why bother to classify them?"
She started to weave her spell and focused it towards the battlefield. Once the angel noticed some of its abilities were being inhibited, it turned its attention to her. It attacked her and Rhyvaria felt some of her life force begin to sway. She let loose her spell and the angel was gone; vanished.
The Strange Ones approached her, and soon she was being cared for by these twisted beasts. They would be hers, and Rhyvaria would soon lay claim to all the knowledge that was to be gleaned in this plane, whether they knew it or not.
Well, this is a no contest since wobbles didn't judge. I'm in a mood so I'll go ahead and ban him from this next contest as per the rules of the thread. Anyway, new contest:
BAH. My day just got worse. Tons of small bad things happening today and me missing this cool "new" contest really pisses me off. Hope the next challenge is fun. :-P
Feign ignorance. Just let it go its just a contest anyway.
Normally I would but DG is a friend of mine on another site AND missed out last month for accidentally editing his entry after the deadline, so it'd be a shame if DG missed out this month when he actually SHOULD have moved on...
Umm, I noticed a grave error in Deusofcalamity's judging. Designer Genes' score was 18 but if you add up the numbers DG's score is actually 19.5, meaning DG would advance and Pseudofate wouldn't...:-/ What is normally done in this situation?
I'm writing the story now. Should have it AND the card up within 3 hours.
Noa Onrec, Lifeweaver1BGW Planeswalker-Noa [+1] Put a 1/1 black and green Plant Zombie creature token onto the battlefield with “when this creature leaves the battlefield, put a loyalty counter on Noa.” [-3] Return target creature card in your graveyard to your hand. You gain life equal to its converted mana cost. [-8] Put a legendary 10/10 black, green and white elemental creature token with trample and lifelink named Necromycon onto the battlefield. {4}
A former life mage for the great kingdom, Jirtai, he was exiled after he resurrected his ruler; necromancy being taboo. While exiled, he discovers how to hone his necromancy skills. One day, he kills a gargantuan beast but is mortally wounded. He forces the beast's remaining life energy into him, thereby awakening his spark. Somewhat eccentric and cocky, Noa will interfere in any matter that peaks his interest, provided the parties involved have deep pockets. However, he does have a soft spot for the helpless, and has been known to take on jobs for free so long as he gets to make the offending party suffer.
Noa had not been to Mirrodin before but learned it was a favorite place of his rival, Rhyvaria, so it made him determined to assist the Mirrans if in doing so would just spite Ryhvaria. Over a few days he had seen what the Phyrexians were capable of and soon began devising a way to deal with their poisoning ways.
Since his days as a lifeweaver, Noa had been taught how to preserve his comrades. Since he was a practitioner of black magic, he knew how to counteract some of its affects. He began going village to village, town to town, explaining the Phyrexian threat to the people and handing out mystical wards to combat the Phyrexian infection. It wouldn't keep them perfectly safe but it would definitely give the Mirrans a slight advantage when all out war would break out.
Preserving Ward
Enchantment-Aura (U)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature's power and toughness cannot change.
Guess I'll just judge from now on.
Creature-Dragon Warrior (M)
Flying, Haste, Trample
Raze 5 (when this creature attacks, it deals 5 damage to defending player unless that player sacrifices a land)
5/5
Well, I thought with the 16 people who voted in the poll positively this thread would have thrived. Guess not.
Taking entries till Friday night. I predict, though, that I will be doing an "Instant Coffee" version of this thread.
Well, come the weekend, which is when I'll judge, if this round doesn't produce many entrants, I'll make another thread, making it a story by story basis.
Next challenge: While planeswalking, your walker comes into contact with a pocket of blue mana. Your walker appears on their home plane and come into contact with a pre-walker version of him/herself. This YOU is in trouble but fearing you may cause your current self to change if you appear before this person, you decide to look on from afar and decide to only interfere if YOU become in mortal danger.
The challenge: This is a broad challenge, but basically, make your own Legendary creature version of your walker. Let your walker recount this situation (they lived through it after all!) in your story. Your Legendary creature version of your walker will be your entry.
I think what happened was I saw the first "challenge" and I thought "how can I do this? Well, I'll make a creature that triggers when X amount of creatures are put into a graveyard then the next spell has gravestorm" but I decided to go for the tap abilities instead and sacrifice 1 point. THAT'S what screwed me up. I saw Gravestorm and the first challenge and wanted to make a creature. That's what my heart was set on. I didn't even realize it HAD to have gravestorm.
I saw make a card with gravestorm, not realizing that a card that GRANTS gravestorm wouldn't count, or could be DQ'd. I still like my example of a 0/1 with dreadge 0 would have been a legal and better entry.
Also, a PM would be nice, and MP13 actually DID do this, but when the whole server moved I deleted my cookies and for some damn reason I have to log in every 5 minutes if I'm inactive, so I didn't even look at that area of the screen all week due to the constant relogging in.
I really hate the fact that I could have added "unearth 0" to the text and my card could have made it judge eligible. ANY of the cards that have dredge, unearth, or gravestorm, could function as cards without said keywords. Ours (the DQees) can't. Hell, I could have made something like
Name 0
Artifact creature
Unearth 0
0/1
A card I made up as I typed and it would have been accepted but the "spirit of the round" DQ's my card. Man, I am upset. I think this is the first time I have been DQ'd. This situation thinned the field a tad more than 10% before judgings were even made.
I really wanted to start judging/participating in alternating months but now I might just stick to judging because at least then I can participate ALL the time and even have a hypothetical entry that would be judged.
Oh, one final note...I think it was last round of September. One of the participants' cards didn't even work (due to a technicality; its toughness was 0 and its P/T triggered AFTER it entered the battlefield) but the judges (mostly) only took off in polish.
Planeswalker-Rhyvaria
[+1] Creatures you control gain "when this creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card" until the end of turn.
[-3] Target creature you control gains "Sacrifice this creature: Counter target spell."
[-9] At the beginning of the end step, if six or more creatures you control have entered or left the battlefield this turn, you win the game.
{5}
Instant (R)
Split second
Choose one - Opponent's can't spend mana this turn; shuffle each creature that dealt combat damage to you this turn into its owner's library; or return target creature that was put into a graveyard from anywhere this turn to the battlefield under your control.
She started to weave her spell and focused it towards the battlefield. Once the angel noticed some of its abilities were being inhibited, it turned its attention to her. It attacked her and Rhyvaria felt some of her life force begin to sway. She let loose her spell and the angel was gone; vanished.
The Strange Ones approached her, and soon she was being cared for by these twisted beasts. They would be hers, and Rhyvaria would soon lay claim to all the knowledge that was to be gleaned in this plane, whether they knew it or not.
Make a legendary creature card.
Normally I would but DG is a friend of mine on another site AND missed out last month for accidentally editing his entry after the deadline, so it'd be a shame if DG missed out this month when he actually SHOULD have moved on...
Planeswalker-Noa
[+1] Put a 1/1 black and green Plant Zombie creature token onto the battlefield with “when this creature leaves the battlefield, put a loyalty counter on Noa.”
[-3] Return target creature card in your graveyard to your hand. You gain life equal to its converted mana cost.
[-8] Put a legendary 10/10 black, green and white elemental creature token with trample and lifelink named Necromycon onto the battlefield.
{4}
Since his days as a lifeweaver, Noa had been taught how to preserve his comrades. Since he was a practitioner of black magic, he knew how to counteract some of its affects. He began going village to village, town to town, explaining the Phyrexian threat to the people and handing out mystical wards to combat the Phyrexian infection. It wouldn't keep them perfectly safe but it would definitely give the Mirrans a slight advantage when all out war would break out.
Enchantment-Aura (U)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature's power and toughness cannot change.