Weekend Art Challenge 063017—JohnStoneArt

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 091715—Gorgoid Howler

Cool Card Design of the Day
9/17/2015 - This design came from the art. It does raise an interesting question of how much we can mess with races. I would balk to see an elf beast, but perhaps we can define gorgonism in Magic (or even just on one plane) as a condition that can affect more than just humanoid or sentient beings. And in that model, deathtouch needn't be a foregone conclusion. The end result is expanding a minor tribe, and in new directions. But does it go too far?

CCDD 010313—Jade Constrictor

Cool Card Design of the Day
1/3/2013 - There's nothing too crazy here. It occurred to me that all of the snakes in Magic, none really hit the constrictor concept. Krosan Constrictor kind of does, but the black-only targeting requirement is so lame. Boa Constrictor is… a stretch. You could argue that Kashi-Tribe Warriors and their clan have a constricting effect—and they could have—but it's clearly poison that's making their wrestling buddies so sluggish.

CCDD 032311—Lady of the Forked Tongue

Cool Card Design of the Day
3/23/2011 - Who doesn't like a crazy snake lady? Apart from men, women and snakes, I mean. This is no Deranged Hermit or Thelonite Hermit, but on the other hand, it is a crazy snake lady.