Card Design Challenge (blue and blue/black uncommon) Voting
Community Set
squire1
2 December 2011
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2 December 2011
1815 views
Lots of great cards this time around as usual. So now it is time to vote for your favorites.
Voting Rules
- Each player should vote for their favorite card of each category (blue and blue/black) below. You may vote for cards by users or design team members
- Each player should provide feedback on the cards they vote for like possible changes.
- Each player may provide feedback on any of the other cards that are presented as well. Just be clear on what cards your are voting for and which you are simply commenting on.
- Design team members will not be voting, so if you do not like their designs and you all vote for something else, we will not win.
Other handy hints and things to remember
In this set there is no hybrid mana. Below is an article that shows all cards designed for Ulgris and an explanation of the shard for reference.
Ulgris
http://tappedout.net/mtg-articles/2011/sep/5/community-set-ulgris-summary/
User designs
| Flying Fish by SwiftDeath | |
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Design team Comments and suggestions: In general the design team did not like it having two types of evasion and flying did not really seem right for a fish, even though it is a flying fish. We suggest that it have with instead of flying. |
| Hidden Moth by warriorofgod13 | |
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Design team Comments and suggestions: The design team liked this overall. It may bee a bit strong, since it can't really be killed very easily, but overall very good flavor and idea. |
| Poison Dart by Jarrod_0067 | |
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Design team Comments and suggestions: Overall we liked this card. The design team had split suggestions. First it needs a p/t. We suggest 1/1. Then some people though a 4cmc would be better, others thought the -1/-1 should be until EOT. Others felt it could have an activation of "UB, T:". |
| Scour Mind by nightscape | |
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Design team Comments and suggestions: Some small tweeks suggested. one team member suggested it go on top of library not in hand. Another suggested that you should exile the top card of "your library" not "target player's library". |
| Thoughts Forgotten by ilikeoldcardsbetter | |
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Design team Comments and suggestions: This may be okay milling three cards. Something to keep in mind during playtesting. |
| Atrophic Mists by squire1 | |
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| Cerebral Tapeworm by mistergreen527 | |
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| Retaliatory Ooze by $ªmHεiπ | |
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| Murky River Crab by Xander574 | |
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User designs
| Contagious Ooze by SwiftDeath | |
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Design team Comments and suggestions: Like this as is. |
| Fizzle by shadowdart | |
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Design team Comments and suggestions: Just needs some wordsmithing maybe, but good overall. |
| Stalking Toad by dude1818 | |
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Design team Comments and suggestions: Good as is but could even be a 2/2 due to the ulticolored casting cost. |
| Taint Terrain by KrazyCaley | |
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Design team Comments and suggestions: Altering terrain fits a bit better in Irindu, but this makes sense too. Liked it as is. |
| Venomous AEther by shadowdart | |
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Design team Comments and suggestions: Liked it as is except the name. Aether does not really seem to fit here. |
Designs team designs
| Shoal of Piranha by squire1 | |
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| Essence Transfer by mistergreen527 | |
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| Apporting Blowfly by $ªmHεiπ | |
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| Cacooned Maggot by |
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All votes must be submitted in the comments below by midnight EST on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011.
Blue: Thoughts Forgotten. We need more cards that appeal to casual players. This does that well.
Blue/Black: Fizzle.
December 2, 2011 6:19 p.m.
Oh, before I forget, I'm in favor of upping the cards milled by Thoughts Forgotten to three.
December 2, 2011 6:30 p.m.
KrazyCaley says... #5
I like mine, but I still do like Fizzle. Good simple card.
December 2, 2011 9:15 p.m.
nightscape says... #6
Blue: Atrophic Mists.
I feel it fits the shard its meant for. Fine as is.
Multi: Fizzle.
My suggestion is to let the player choose the creature they put it on. Maybe word it like this: "Counter target spell. If you do, that spell's owner puts a -1/-1 counter on a creature they control."
Otherwise a counterspell and potential removal packed into 1 card at 3 CMC seems a bit overpowered at uncommon. Also, it doesn't require 2 targets this way.
December 2, 2011 10:11 p.m.
nightscape says... #7
Actually I just reread and it doesn't require a target creature. So scratch that comment.
December 2, 2011 10:12 p.m.
SwiftDeath says... #8
blue: thoughts forgotten. and im also in favor of making mill three but that might make it to good against creature heavy decks. like you said playtesting reveals all.
bue/black: contagious ooze.
December 2, 2011 10:27 p.m.
FatFailKid says... #9
blue: Thoughts Forgotten
blue/black: Contagious Ooze
December 3, 2011 12:57 a.m.
warriorofgod13 says... #11
For blue, I vote for Thoughts Forgotten. It's a good mill card, which the set doesn't really have yet.
For blue/black, my vote is for Fizzle. Just a good all around card.
December 3, 2011 6:19 p.m.
Skull_Creed says... #12
U: Thoughts Forgotten. Also in favor of three instead of two.
U/B: Fizzle.
Seems good. (On time this time, w00t)
December 3, 2011 6:25 p.m.
U: I'm voting for Poison Dart here, as long as they make it a 1/2. It would be balanced and interesting at these levels. Part of me thinks upping the activation cost to 1B might be a good idea, though.
Flying Fish is pretty close, though. It needs the two types of evasion because it wouldn't make a shabby common otherwise. Also, how often do you see a creature with flying and a -1/-1 counter on it?
UB: I'll vote for Essence Transfer here. It's potentially a 2-for-1, like Maelstrom Pulse , but to be fair, it can only destroy creatures and not more versatile permanents.
Can't agree with Fizzle, though. Even if it had to target a creature to put a -1/-1 counter on, it's too close to a 2-for-1'ing unrestricted counterspell to my taste. Soul Manipulation only worked because of the restrictions on what it could counter.
December 3, 2011 6:26 p.m.
Blue: Poison Dart. I think it should be Poison Dart Frog, though.
Blue/black: Stalking Toad. As 2/2 it seems good. I foresee a Frog tribal deck. :)
December 3, 2011 7:52 p.m.
ilikeoldcardsbetter says... #15
U/B - Stalking toad - Personally, I think 2/1 is fine. two mana for flash, wither and a -1/-1 when it dies seems fair to me.
December 7, 2011 2:02 p.m.
shadowdart says... #17
U- Thoughts Forgotten. Up the mill count to 5. HAHAHA!!! Its a recurring Tome Scour .
U/B- Essence Transfer looks enjoyable.
KrazyCaley says... #1
For blue cards, like Retaliatory Ooze. For blue-blacks, like Fizzle.
December 2, 2011 6:09 p.m.