tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post1137550972883304344..comments2024-03-11T02:32:15.295-04:00Comments on Goblin Artisans: Design Challenge #1: ResultsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-88221023744743951282012-05-17T22:55:30.663-04:002012-05-17T22:55:30.663-04:00Thanks to HV for setting up these challenges and t...Thanks to HV for setting up these challenges and thanks to everybody who entered. I hope this will be an ongoing feature. I love to see everyone's designs.Jacob Munfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12449154843255824938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-41572756637216201492012-05-15T18:54:54.009-04:002012-05-15T18:54:54.009-04:00My Innistrad submission was by far my strongest.
...My Innistrad submission was by far my strongest.<br /><br /><br />Headless Horseman 2B<br />Creature - Zombie Knight (c)<br />2/2Pasteurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058331124653341978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-35957852737602862522012-05-15T14:14:59.545-04:002012-05-15T14:14:59.545-04:00Good catch! I totally forgot that card existed.Good catch! I totally forgot that card existed.HavelockVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698268009797139251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-1615581427007821292012-05-15T12:54:37.250-04:002012-05-15T12:54:37.250-04:00Ha, forgot about that one. Other than Clasp and En...Ha, forgot about that one. Other than Clasp and Engine and Viral Drake, I don't really remember playing any of the proliferate cards with any degree of satisfaction.metaghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18301191638894756414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-80966548459103521162012-05-15T12:43:15.572-04:002012-05-15T12:43:15.572-04:00This was a fun challenge. I enjoyed participating....This was a fun challenge. I enjoyed participating. These were my entries (as well as my thinking behind them), if anyone would like to see others' contributions to the challenge:<br /><br />[Zendikar Missing Card]<br />Enticed Hunter<br />1B<br />Creature - Vampire Warrior<br />Common<br />2/1<br />As long as an opponent has 10 life or less, ~ has first strike.<br />“The scent of a mere drop of blood drives him wild.”<br /><br />I wondered why the Vampires of Zendikar were based around Native Americans (hunters), but there weren't really any Vampires that felt like they were hunters. Just hungry. The bloodied 'mechanic' was a nice touch for the race, but there were only four cards that featured it.<br /><br />[Scars of Mirrodin Missing Card]<br />Rapid Production<br />5GG<br />Enchantment<br />Rare<br />At the beginning of your end step, you may proliferate. You may put a 1/1 green Insect creature with infect onto the battlefield under your control for each creature that dies this way.<br />“Survival of the fittest... none are exempt.” - Glissa<br /><br />I understood that the entire Scars block was about the people of Mirrodin becoming compleat over time and becoming Phyrexians, but there weren't any cards that truly demonstrated this midgame (aside from Viridian Betrayers, but even they already appear Phyrexianized). After playing around with different types of counters to "kill" creature, I decided general proliferation was the way to go.<br /><br />[Innistrad Missing Card]<br />Vampiric Conversion<br />1R<br />Sorcery<br />Uncommon<br />Tap target Vampire you control. Gain control of target non-Vampire creature until end of turn. It is a Vampire in addition to its other types and gains haste.<br />“There are no old vampire hunters.”<br /><br />Again, aside from a few cards (Chosen of Markov/Markov's Servant and Loyal Cathar/Unhallowed Cathar) I felt there wasn't really enough feeling of one of the block's tribes (this time Vampires) growing in number. I wanted this card to work like Victim of Night but I really felt that it was then too wordy for Uncommon, and I felt that targeting only Humans was too restrictive for non-Constructed formats.Aarian Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-91714719259682379622012-05-15T12:12:31.905-04:002012-05-15T12:12:31.905-04:00Your "Lurking in the Mist plus cantrip" ...Your "Lurking in the Mist plus cantrip" sounds a lot like Scout's Warning. I prefer the Innistradian flavour that Evan gave his version though.<br /><br />This was a lot of fun, even though I didn't get around to entering myself. I'm most definitely in favour of more challenges in the GDS style like this in future!AlexChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674122775216494431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-29367189558013320192012-05-15T12:09:34.957-04:002012-05-15T12:09:34.957-04:00Apart from Steady Progress, that is?
But I agree ...Apart from Steady Progress, that is?<br /><br />But I agree Glistening Wellspring would actually be best in NPH rather than SOM.AlexChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674122775216494431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-2598358156109424642012-05-14T21:10:22.327-04:002012-05-14T21:10:22.327-04:00By the way, Jules, you accidentally sent in two cr...By the way, Jules, you accidentally sent in two creatures, and I didn't notice until after the deadline. So that disqualified you from the main competition, but your individual cards were still great. I really liked the creepy painting.HavelockVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698268009797139251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-16058686928422350842012-05-14T21:06:32.729-04:002012-05-14T21:06:32.729-04:00This was a lot of fun, and I'm glad I got a me...This was a lot of fun, and I'm glad I got a mention! I'll be sure to submit some more cards to your design challenges in the future.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00212481266399665507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-30524040794955790132012-05-14T20:52:46.752-04:002012-05-14T20:52:46.752-04:00This challenge was a lot of fun, and I love gettin...This challenge was a lot of fun, and I love getting to see everyone's designs. The only thing I would change is how the cards are shown off at the end. Since there's no prize, we don't really need a single winner, so I'd love to see the best submission for each set/rarity combination. For instance, we didn't get to see the best Innistrad rare with this setup.<br /><br />Anyhow, I didn't think my Scars submission was very good, but I ran out of time. I did, however like this little number for Innistrad:<br /><br />Artful Observation 1U<br />[Art is a painting with eyes following the viewer.]<br />Enchantment (U)<br />Each player plays with the top card of his or her library revealed.<br />Flavor text: Some spirits linger out of malevolence, and some out of a sense of duty. Others just want to watch their legacy unfold.Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784920130399590671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-6545334496823378632012-05-14T20:17:56.309-04:002012-05-14T20:17:56.309-04:00Cool, I'm glad you enjoyed it.Cool, I'm glad you enjoyed it.HavelockVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698268009797139251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-68781485179443123362012-05-14T20:01:01.270-04:002012-05-14T20:01:01.270-04:00I promise HavelockV, you don’t need to pump me up ...I promise HavelockV, you don’t need to pump me up or defend yourself. It’s just one of those things were I thought my designs would rate better than they did. I thought more focus would be put on how well the cards fit in holes in each first set’s design or metagame. I feel picky about some of the choices, but I don’t want to be that guy. Like I said in the first thread, this was a fun challenge.Nich Graysonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-19387824711303676242012-05-14T19:29:28.750-04:002012-05-14T19:29:28.750-04:00Nich, I actually liked all your cards quite a bit....Nich, I actually liked all your cards quite a bit. The curse felt uncommon to me, and I think you're mistaken about traps sharing triggers. But you were very close to third place, and I hope you continue to participate in these challenges!HavelockVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698268009797139251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-81935303541815362502012-05-14T18:58:43.185-04:002012-05-14T18:58:43.185-04:00I think some of these picks are pretty controversi...I think some of these picks are pretty controversial. Anyway, here's what I submitted for the curious.<br /><br />Curse of Bestial Paws (Common)<br />G<br />Enchantment - Aura Curse<br />Enchant player<br />At the beginning of enchanted player's end step, that player unattaches an equipment he or she controls.<br /><br />[If I could have included art or flavor text, this would have been called "Curse of Bestial Form. It's the no opposable thumbs downside of Beauty and the Beast. I liked it for limited, where equipement was king. I thought it was an appropriate common. And I liked giving Green the Curse it never got in real life.]<br /><br />Scrapyard Myr (Rare)<br />4<br />Artifact Creature - Myr<br />1/1<br />Imprint - When Scrapyard Myr enters the battlefield, you may exile target artifact.<br />Scrapyard Myr gets +X/+X, where X is the exiled artifact card's converted mana cost.<br />When Scrapyard Myr leaves the battlefield, you may return the exiled artifact card to the battlefield under its owner's control.<br /><br />[Probably my most generic design, I still like an all-upside Oblivion Ring for artifacts that can eat your opponent's Wurmcoil Engines and Swords. It may be too powerful that you can get your artifact back when it dies if you want, and I don't know how to feel about Black having access to this. But artifacts bleed the colorpie like crazy, so I went for it.]<br /><br />Sinkhole Trap (Uncommon)<br />3BB<br />Instant - Trap<br />If an opponent had two or more lands enter the battlefield under his or her control this turn, you may pay 1B rather than pay Sinkhole Trap's mana cost.<br />Destroy target land. It's controller loses 2 life.<br /><br />[A few of the Traps share triggers, so I wasn't worried about using Lavaball Trap's trigger again. Black was underplayed in Zendikar, and mana ramp was so fast in the format that I wished a card like this existed. I'd like to think a Xb deck could have kept Valakut in check if it had this Trap.]Nich Graysonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-52738545507057932102012-05-14T18:44:37.830-04:002012-05-14T18:44:37.830-04:00While I agree that Wellspring is awesome, I don...While I agree that Wellspring is awesome, I don't think Glistening Wellspring would've made sense in Scars, especially since common-proliferate wasn't introduced until Besieged to show the growing influence of Phyrexia. That said, in an ideal world they would've had Mycosynth Wellspring in Scars and Glistening Wellspring in New Phyrexia.metaghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18301191638894756414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-2302997261627410032012-05-14T17:04:02.658-04:002012-05-14T17:04:02.658-04:00Congrats to Jacob and thanks to HavelockV for a fu...Congrats to Jacob and thanks to HavelockV for a fun challenge. My personal favorite among these cards in terms of really fitting into its set is Glistening Wellspring. Mad Olaf nailed that one.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-76299839304614280112012-05-14T15:28:47.987-04:002012-05-14T15:28:47.987-04:00Thanks for the mention!
One of my submissions ac...Thanks for the mention! <br /><br />One of my submissions actually started identical to Chimes of the Wayfarer except it was a CIPT land. <br /><br />I was worried about being able to trigger allies so easily with no mana cost though being really overpowered. I didn't actually play during Zendikar so maybe I was too swayed by the cost of Join the Ranks. I even played around with "may pay (2)" etc, but based on what I knew second hand of Zendikar, I ended up at this:<br /><br />Allied Headquarters<br />Land<br />Mythic Rare<br />T: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool.<br />Allied Headquarters does not untap during your untap step. Whenever an Ally enters the battlefield, untap Allied Headquarters.Trevor Murdockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319974214320307907noreply@blogger.com