CCDD 103117—Animate Soul & Quick Stitch

Cool Card Design of the Day
10/31/2017 - This was the creepiest card I found sitting in my CCDD folder. I suspect the inspiration (from January) was to mess with base power and toughness while reanimating, or perhaps I wanted to do the Shade version of Rise from the Grave?

Magic's Terrible Value Proposition

Magic is my favorite game. It's a game millions of people play. And it's a terrible value proposition.

Many gamers never even try Magic because it's notoriously expensive.

How much does it cost to play Magic? Well, there are a ton of ways to play and Magic is literally its own economy, but we can answer this from the perspective of a consumer choosing between Magic and another game.

WeekendArtChallenge 102717—CarmenSinek

Click through to see the illustration and design requirements for your single  card submission, due Monday morning. Every submission warrants feedback, which you may use to revise your submission any number of times. I will aim to review the most recent submission from each designer.

CCDD 102617—Wreathe in Flame

Cool Card Design of the Day
10/26/2017 - Trying out some aura-on-the-stack tech.

CCDD 10/25/17—surprise auras

Cool Card Design of the Day
10/25/2017 - Here are some auras that can be played faster, cheaper, or both in specific situations.

CCDD 102417—Great Heights

Cool Card Design of the Day
10/24/2017 - This is like a slow trap. It gets cheaper/better in response to a certain action your opponent might take, but it's less preventative and more punitive.

Weekend Art Challenge 102017—AlexandrescuPaul

Click through to see the illustration and design requirements for your single  card submission, due Monday morning. Every submission warrants feedback, which you may use to revise your submission any number of times. I will aim to review the most recent submission from each designer.

CCDD 101917—Jungle Hunt, Hunt through the Mist, & Feral Curiosity

Cool Card Design of the Day
10/19/2017 - Here are three cards that show a progression into a vein of design space.

CCDD 101817—Lost in Battle

Cool Card Design of the Day
10/18/2017 - Lost in Battle is vaguely inspired by Settle the Wreckage, but only bounces creatures and is much more symmetrical:

CCDD 101717—Dragonette

Cool Card Design of the Day
10/17/2017 - Here's yet another pass at the baby dragon trope.

Weekend Art Challenge 101417 - J-Humphries and DevBurmak

Welcome to the Saturday Night edition of the Weekend Art Challenge. I didn't have a chance to schedule this in time, so here we go. Click through to see the illustration and design requirements for your single card submission, due Monday  Tuesday morning. Every submission warrants feedback, which you may use to revise your submission any number of times. I will aim to review the most recent submission from each designer.

CCDD 101217—Lucky Gambler

Scry's move to evergreen a few years ago was excellent for the game. It's a flavorful ability that is perfect as an evergreen. My one complaint is that it's a flavor fail for red, which is arguably the color that would benefit the most from it.

CCDD 101117—Lord of Vedalkis

For some reason I've had Tribal Lords on my mind. Can't figure out why for the life of me.

CCDD 101017—omen

Cool Card Design of the Day
10/10/2017 - Here's a mechanic that flavorfully rewards you for playing with a lot of scry.

Weekend Art Challenge 100617—exellero

Click through to see the illustration and design requirements for your single  card submission, due Monday morning. Every submission warrants feedback, which you may use to revise your submission any number of times. I will aim to review the most recent submission from each designer.

CCDD 100517—Planeswalkers' Getaway

Cool Card Design of the Day
10/5/2017 - In honor of yesterday's Magic Story, here's a spell about a gorgon and an amnesiac falling in love.

CCDD 100417—Sword Cabinet

Cool Card Design of the Day
10/4/2017 - This card might be a bad idea because of memory issues, but the equipment version of Primal Clay is cute, at least.

CCDD 100317—Unrelenting

Cool Card Design of the Day
10/3/2017 - This idea went through 7 revisions before I settled on this version. Originally, it was "when this dies, you can cast a copy of it from your hand for free." That seemed too limiting, so I let you scour the top of your library too. To save on words, to make it a cost, and to make both options viable, I had you exile those cards. The result is an uncertain sort of undying/persist that plays better in multiples (or with Arc-Slogger).