Cool Card Design of the Day3/9/2016 - The big problem with tutor effects is that players tend to get the same thing with them time and again, leading to repetitive gameplay. What if there were a tutor that could never get the same thing twice?
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
CCDD 030916—Demonic Connoisseur
Cool Card Design of the Day3/9/2016 - The big problem with tutor effects is that players tend to get the same thing with them time and again, leading to repetitive gameplay. What if there were a tutor that could never get the same thing twice?
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Spotlight Challenge 4 Initial Review—Czynski
Here's the challenge Czynski is taking lead on:Design a cycle of each color's iconic creature—Angel, Sphinx, Demon, Dragon, and Hydra—for a specific plane. You may choose or invent a plane if you like, otherwise design for Tesla/Kaladesh. Also design a sixth card—a common or uncommon—that mentions one or more of these creature types in an organic way.
Monday, March 7, 2016
Weekend Art Challenge Review 030716—Anastase's Birthday
Weekend Art Challenge Review
Hello Artisans!
This week I asked you to design some cards for me, given my idiosyncrasies. I was hoping to print them out and show them to you in decks, but life got slightly in the way of my plans. Thank you for the cards you all designed for me. Here they are:
Hello Artisans!
This week I asked you to design some cards for me, given my idiosyncrasies. I was hoping to print them out and show them to you in decks, but life got slightly in the way of my plans. Thank you for the cards you all designed for me. Here they are:
Friday, March 4, 2016
Weekend Art Challenge 030416—Anastase's Birthday
Weekend Art Challenge
Hello Artisans, Anastase here. This week is my birthday! So we are doing something strange:
Design a card for me.
Here are some tips on what I like:
I mainly play Commander and limited formats.
I love mill, +1/+1 counters matters and rules that totally change how an aspect of the game plays (Doran, Phenax, Silent Arbiter).
I love interaction. There is nothing worse to me than an opponent with whom I do not get to interact.
I like flavorful cards that give a new but on-color way to deal with problems each color has.
I love cards that make me reinterpret the card's image.
I dislike tutors.
I will judge the cards as though I did not know they were designed "for" me.
Hello Artisans, Anastase here. This week is my birthday! So we are doing something strange:
Design a card for me.
Here are some tips on what I like:
I mainly play Commander and limited formats.
I love mill, +1/+1 counters matters and rules that totally change how an aspect of the game plays (Doran, Phenax, Silent Arbiter).
I love interaction. There is nothing worse to me than an opponent with whom I do not get to interact.
I like flavorful cards that give a new but on-color way to deal with problems each color has.
I love cards that make me reinterpret the card's image.
I dislike tutors.
I will judge the cards as though I did not know they were designed "for" me.
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Weekend Art Challenge Review 022616—Conspiracy 2.0
Weekend Art Challenge Review
Welcome back, artisans to the review of this weekend's challenge. My name’s Zeno Rage a.k.a Walter Christy, and this week I asked everyone to do a little bit of theorizing on what’s going to be in the recently announced Conspiracy: Reign of Brago.
What’s that? Brago’s dead! Again! Sorry, my bad. I’ll just fix that.
Conspiracy:The Reign of Brago The Empty Throne.
What now! Someone took the throne? Good Urza, why can’t Wizards make up their minds? I swear, this is the last time I’ll change it.
Conspiracy:The Reign of Brago The Empty Throne Take the Crown.
With all of that confusion settled, let’s go over some of the things I’m looking for so we can get right into the cards. Anything that affects the draft, or is affected by being drafted, is one way to go. This could include conspiracies and the typical cogwork constructs. Second thing: cards that interact well in multiplayer. This could be done through the use of the mechanics from the original Conspiracy (Will of the council, Dethrone, Parley), or you could’ve come up with something original. Finally, I’ll be looking to see if the card is iterating on what the first set had done and expanding and exploring on those themes and ideas.
One last thing to take note of: all of the draft matters cards—much like lands, foils, rares, and double faced cards from Innistrad—have their own slot in the booster pack. This means that you won’t have multiple of them in a pact, and players will just have an extra (super fun and exciting) choice to choose from. Now, let’s get right into it!
Welcome back, artisans to the review of this weekend's challenge. My name’s Zeno Rage a.k.a Walter Christy, and this week I asked everyone to do a little bit of theorizing on what’s going to be in the recently announced Conspiracy: Reign of Brago.
What’s that? Brago’s dead! Again! Sorry, my bad. I’ll just fix that.
Conspiracy:
What now! Someone took the throne? Good Urza, why can’t Wizards make up their minds? I swear, this is the last time I’ll change it.
Conspiracy:
With all of that confusion settled, let’s go over some of the things I’m looking for so we can get right into the cards. Anything that affects the draft, or is affected by being drafted, is one way to go. This could include conspiracies and the typical cogwork constructs. Second thing: cards that interact well in multiplayer. This could be done through the use of the mechanics from the original Conspiracy (Will of the council, Dethrone, Parley), or you could’ve come up with something original. Finally, I’ll be looking to see if the card is iterating on what the first set had done and expanding and exploring on those themes and ideas.
One last thing to take note of: all of the draft matters cards—much like lands, foils, rares, and double faced cards from Innistrad—have their own slot in the booster pack. This means that you won’t have multiple of them in a pact, and players will just have an extra (super fun and exciting) choice to choose from. Now, let’s get right into it!
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Spotlight Challenge 4—Czynski
This fortnight, Czynski is going to take lead on this challenge:Design a cycle of each color's iconic creature—Angel, Sphinx, Demon, Dragon, and Hydra—for a specific plane. You may choose or invent a plane if you like, otherwise design for Tesla/Kaladesh. Also design a sixth card—a common or uncommon—that mentions one or more of these creature types in an organic way.
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