October MCC Round 3
Fork in the road
Your adventure on Eldraine has now come to a fork in the road. Only two options remain. Which one will you choose?
Main Challenge - Choose one of the following. You cannot choose any options that you've already chosen in Rounds 1 and 2. Be careful because you will literally make your own adventure on Eldraine this month: your choices in each round will be tracked and will influence future rounds. Please see clarifications, especially the "additional rule".
Pay attention: the card types have been rotated among the different options!
• Adventure - Design a noncreature artifact, or noncreature enchantment card that has an adventure.
• Adamant - Design a creature card with adamant.
• Food - Design a creature card that creates Food tokens or uses Food as a cost.
• Knights - Design an instant or sorcery card that mechanically cares about your Knights.
Subchallenge 1 - Your card is exactly monocolored and does not share any colors with your cards from Round 1 and Round 2.
Subchallenge 2 - Your card's flavor text is a quote attributed to a character that has a legendary creature or planeswalker card in Throne of Eldraine (including the legends from the planeswalker decks and the Brawl decks, and the Buy-a-box promo). Please see Clarifications > Subchallenge 2 for a full list of the characters that count.
• Yes, no players will be able to choose the "Adventure" option because they've all already chosen it in earlier rounds. I've still included it for completeness, and because it would have been that anyway this round.
• You cannot mix and match the options.
• You can mix and match the four referenced mechanics from Throne of Eldraine though, as long as the overall card meets one of the options.
• ADDITIONAL RULE: If somehow your card meets more than one option at the same time, you MUST choose one specific option that you're going for this round and you MUST mention your chosen option in your submission post. If you don't do this, your submission will NOT count and your card DQ'ed. This rule is necessary for the proper continuation of this MCC month. Please, please, don't make me actually do this! I did say please!
If your card only meets one option, that's automatically your chosen option. You CAN mention it in your submission post, but your submission will still count if you don't.
To be sure, it's advisable that you mention your chosen option anyway. You will never be DQ'ed for that in any case, and you don't want to take the risk of not realizing that your card unwillingly meets a second option and you get DQ'ed for not mentioning which of the options you were going for, though it was obvious to you. But I and the other judges are not telepaths, we can't see what was in your mind as you designed your card, so, again, please don't make me DQ cards for this! I really don't want to!
Please note: this is a specific exception to the "don't post anything in your submission post except for the text card and an optional render" rule for this round, and counts only for mentioning the chosen option. If you post any other additional content in your submission post that is not your chosen option, normal rules apply and you WILL be penalized.
• If you're wondering, yes, the rotation among options not being perfect is intentional, and actually just due to the fact that Adventures can't be on instant and sorceries.
bravelion83 wrote: ↑4 years agoI'd like to remind everyone that those are just while we wait for an official MSE Adventure frame (hopefully coming soon). And anyway, this won't be a problem anymore in the last two rounds as all the six "surviving" players have already used the Adventure option.
netn10I'm answering your question here in the discussion thread, where it belongs. I've quoted it here exactly so that you can remove it from your submission post before the design deadline. The only additional thing you can include in your submission post this round is the specific option you're choosing (no need to mention all your previous choices, I'm tracking them all in an Excel sheet, just mention what you're going for in this specific round). Any other questions, doubts, etc... go here.
Anyway, the answer to your question is yes, it counts. See this sentence from Clarification > option-specific > Knights:And nowhere does it say that the tribal Knight part can't be a cost. Your card, as quoted above, passes the Main Challenge - option "Knights".
• A creature card (that's a card that has the card type "creature" on its type line) doesn't count for this option, regardless of whether it has additional card types, or of whether it can turn into a noncreature. Notably, an "Artifact Creature" or "Enchantment Creature" does NOT count for this option.
• No, the Tribal card type is not allowed. A "Tribal Artifact – Knight" does NOT count for this option.
• Your card must have an adventure. A card that doesn't have an adventure doesn't count for this option.
• A creature card (that's a card that has the card type "creature" on its type line) doesn't count for this option, regardless of whether it can turn into a noncreature and of whether it has an adventure or not.
• Q: How should I format my adventurer card?
A: Just like if it were a split card. Write the creature part as a normal text card, then add a separator below it (a double forward slash, //, is advised), and then write the Adventure part as it would be written on the left side of a real adventurer card's text box. In the Adventure part, don't forget the "Adventure" subtype and not only you can not put rarity in, but you should not. On real adventurer cards, there is no colored expansion symbol on the type line of the Adventure part.
For example, Flaxen Intruder would be written out like follows.
Flaxen Intruder
Creature — Human Berserker (U)
Whenever Flaxen Intruder deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice it. When you do, destroy target artifact or enchantment.
The middle blade was just right.
1/2
//
Welcome Home
Sorcery — Adventure
Create three 2/2 green Bear creature tokens. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)
• Your card must have adamant. An card that doesn't have adamant doesn't count for this option even if it has the "creature" card type.
• A card that doesn't have the "creature" card type on its type line doesn't count for this option, regardless of whether it has adamant or not.
• Your card must either create Food tokens as an effect or use Food as a cost. Anything else doesn't count for this option.
• "Using Food as a cost" means having to sacrifice Food as an additional or alternative cost to cast your spell, as part of an activation cost, as a cost you have to pay while a triggered ability is resolving, or anything else you can think of. Essentially, there must be the text "sacrifice N Foods" and it must be a cost.
• Your card can have both an effect that creates Food tokens and a cost that uses Food at the same time.
• It has to be a cost or effect of the card itself, not something granted to other things. For example, "Spells cost an additional 'Sacrifice a Food' to cast" doesn't count for this option because it's not a cost or effect of the card itself.
• A card that's not a creature (that is a card that doesn't have the "creature" card type on its type line) doesn't count for this option, regardless of whether it creates Food tokens/uses Food as a cost or not.
• Your card must have an ability that cares about Knights you control. A card that doesn't have such an ability doesn't count for this option.
• "Caring about other Knights of yours" means interacting with one or more Knight creatures on your side of the battlefield or Knight cards you own in any zone other than the battlefield. The interaction can be anything you can think of, doesn't matter whether positive or negative, even if I don't know why you would want to interact in a negative way with your own Knights.
• The interaction, whatever it is, has to specifically include your own Knights. For example, "Knights your opponents control get -1/-1" doesn't meet this option, while "All Knights get +1/+1" does, because it includes your own Knights too. "Target Knight gets +1/+1 until end of turn" also counts, because it can target your Knights, even though it can also target other players' ones. "Search your library for a Knight card" also counts, as you're taking your own Knights out of it. You essentially have to ask yourself: "can this affect one or more of my own Knights on the battlefield or my own Knight cards anywhere else?"
• If your card grants a bonus to "target Knight", it must be able to target one or more Knights you control. All that matters is that it can target one or more Knights if there are on your side of the battlefield. Of course, you can just say "target Knight you control" and have none of these problems.
- It must be monocolored, that is have only one color of mana in its mana cost. We're looking specifically at the mana cost here, not the color identity of the card. Colorless cards and multicolored cards (both traditional gold and hybrid) automatically fail this subchallenge.
- It can't have any of the colors of your cards from Round 1 and Round 2. No need to quote your cards or chosen options from Round 1 and Round 2, I'm tracking everything myself (see the list of players below).
• If only one condition is met, the card does NOT satisfy this subchallenge. Both have to be met at the same time.
• This round, off-color symbols in rules text are allowed.
• Traditional hybrid mana (like ), anywhere on the card, automatically fails this subchallenge (it's not monocolored).
• Monocolored hybrid (so-called "two-brid", like ) passes this subchallenge, because, well... monocolored hybrid is monocolored! That's as long as you haven't already used that color in Round 1 or Round 2.
• For convenience, here is the list of all legendary creatures and planeswalkers from ELD, including the main set, the planeswalker decks, the Brawl decks, and the Buy-a-box promo. Your flavor text must be a quote from one of these characters:
- Alela, Artful Provocateur
- Ayara, First of Locthwain
- Chulane, Teller of Tales
- Emry, Lurker of the Loch
- Gadwick, the Wizened
- Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
- Grumgully, the Generous
- Kenrith, the Returned King
- Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
- Linden, the Steadfast Queen
- Oko, the Trickster
- Oko, Thief of Crowns
- Questing Beast
- Rankle, Master of Pranks
- Rowan, Fearless Sparkmage
- Syr Alin, the Lion's Claw
- Syr Carah, the Bold
- Syr Elenora, the Discerning
- Syr Faren, the Hengehammer
- Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale
- Syr Konrad, the Grim
- The Royal Scions
- Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
- Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig
• If you want to quote Garruk, you can quote him in his insane state while he was still cursed, or in his sane state after his curse is broken. Both count as quoting Garruk.
• If your chosen character is only mentioned in the flavor text, it doesn't count. It has to be a quote attributed to that character. Of course, you can still mention that or other characters in the flavor text, but all that counts is the attribution.
• And please, remember that flavor text must be in italics and that the attribution goes on a separate line, with an em dash (ALT+0151 in Windows) , not a hyphen, right before it and no spaces between the em dash and the character's name.
This is a hyphen: -
This is an em dash: — (you should also be able to copy and paste it from here if you want)
Examples follow.
These are wrong:
Attribution not on a separate line, hyphen instead of em dash, space between the dash and the name."This is the challenge I've created this round." - Leo, the Cowardly Lion
Attribution not on a separate line, hyphen instead of em dash."This is the challenge I've created this round." -Leo, the Cowardly Lion
Hyphen instead of em dash, space between the dash and the name."This is the challenge I've created this round."
- Leo, the Cowardly Lion
Attribution not on a separate line, space between the dash and the name."This is the challenge I've created this round." — Leo, the Cowardly Lion
Attribution not on a separate line."This is the challenge I've created this round." —Leo, the Cowardly Lion
Space between the dash and the name."This is the challenge I've created this round."
— Leo, the Cowardly Lion
This would be correct if only it were in italics."This is the challenge I've created this round."
—Leo, the Cowardly Lion
This is correct:
"This is the challenge I've created this round."
—Leo, the Cowardly Lion
• Remember that spelling and grammar do matter!
• This subchallenge only specifically looks at the flavor text. If the name of your chosen character is mentioned in the card name but not in the flavor text, it doesn't count. Of course, you can still just mention it in both.
DEADLINES
Design deadline: Wednesday, October 23th 23:59 EDT
Judging deadline: Saturday, October 26th 23:59 EDT
RUBRIC
(X/3) Appeal - Do the different player psychographics (Timmy/Johhny/Spike) have a use for the card?
(X/3) Elegance - Is the card easily understandable at a glance? Do all the flavor and mechanics combined as a whole make sense?
Development
(X/3) Viability - How well does the card fit into the color wheel? Does it break or bend the rules of the game? Is it the appropriate rarity?
(X/3) Balance - Does the card have a power level appropriate for contemporary constructed/limited environments without breaking them? Does it play well in casual and multiplayer formats? Does it create or fit into a deck/archetype? Does it create an oppressive environment?
Creativity
(X/3) Uniqueness - Has a card like this ever been printed before? Does it use new mechanics, ideas, or design space? Does it combine old ideas in a new way? Overall, does it feel "fresh"?
(X/3) Flavor - Does the name seem realistic for a card? Does the flavor text sound professional? Do all the flavor elements synch together to please Vorthos players?
Polish
(X/3) Quality - Points deducted for incorrect spelling, grammar, and templating.
(X/2) Main Challenge (*) - Was the main challenge satisfied? Was it approached in a unique or interesting way? Does the card fit the intent of the challenge?
(X/2) Subchallenges - One point awarded per satisfied subchallenge condition.
Total: X/25
*An entry with 0 points here is subject to disqualification.
JUDGES
bravelion83
Gateways7
Blydden
PLAYERS
This is the versus round. Players will be paired against each other, with each pair judged by two judges. From each pair, the player with the highest combined score will advance to the final round.
Next to the name of each player I've reported the options available to them to pass the Main Challenge and the colors available to them to pass Subchallenge 1.
Flatline
Available options: Adamant, Food
Available colors:
Henlock
Available options: Adamant, Knights
Available colors:
netn10
Available options:Adamant, Knights
Available colors:
Subject16
Available options: Adamant, Food
Available colors:
The_Hittite
Available options: Adamant, Food
Available colors:
void_nothing
Available options: Food, Knights
Available colors:
A reminder to everyone:
In the MCC, putting rarity on cards is mandatory! If you don't put a rarity on your card, expect huge deductions in both Viability AND Quality.
Please check out the MCC Guidelines and FAQ if you have the will and time. Link here and in my signature. Among the many things you can find there are a detailed explanation of the rubric (section 6.2) and the recommended card formatting (section 4) that you should use to format your text cards. Expect deductions in Quality otherwise.
BRACKETS
Judge: bravelion83
Flatline vs. Henlock
netn10 vs. void_nothing
Judge: Blydden
netn10 vs. void_nothing
Subject16 vs. The_Hittite
Judge: Gateways7
Subject16 vs. The_Hittite
Flatline vs. Henlock