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Jacois
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 Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:28 am Post subject: CaC 131, Mana Mania, JUDGED! |
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Looks like a lot of entries for this one! Of course looks can be deceiving. Apparently half of the posts are arguing about the validity of a certain undying Tinder Wall. Oh you crazy ML'ers...
Onto the judging! Be aware that I am an emotional being who judges on a whim, no whining. A-F grading system, away!
| GunsAndDope wrote: | Gaea's Convoking | 1GG
Enchantment (Rare)
Tap an untapped creature you control: add G to your mana pool.
Governments conscript men for armies, religions conscript men for faith, nature conscripts nature for nature. |
Pretty boring, but for sure playable. There's probably even a broken loop given that creatures can be tapped for mana even if they have summoning sickness. That flavour text is terrible. "nature conscripts nature for nature"? What the hell does that mean? B-
| Duodax wrote: | Energy Caleidoscope 2
Artifact - Uncommon
T, reveal a colored card from your hand: Add one mana of the revealed cards' color to your mana pool. |
I don't think you have to, "reveal a colored card", to have the same effect. Revealing a colourless card would just give no mana. Sloppy wording imo.
Let me just let you in on a little secret. If your card had just said, "T : add 1 mana of any colour to your mana pool", I would have just given you the win. But because of the song and dance attached because you think you need a drawback..... B
| YiiiMTG wrote: | Flooding Orb | 3
Artifact - Rare
Sacrifice a land: Add 2 to your mana pool.
I'll come even faster - Emrakul, the Aeons Torn |
Too powerful. F
| AxiomBlurr wrote: | Griselbrand's Nail (1)
Artifact (Rare)
T, Put Griselbrand's Nail on top of your library:
Add (B) to your mana pool.
B, T, Sacrifice Griselbrand's Nail: Draw a card. |
I'm pretty sure I read this a couple days ago and something was different, can't quite put my finger on it. I don't remember it saccing. Why is this little baby ritual of a cantrip a rare? Anyways, I like it. Seems fun and tricksy. A
| thelemys wrote: | Same player, play again:
| Quote: | Mox Mirror (0)
Legendary Artifact (Rare)
Mox Mirror enters the battlefield tapped unless you return a land you control to it's owner's hand.
Tap: Add 1 to your mana pool.
"The mirrors refuses to continue its spinning. It stares itself away but can't stop reflecting." |
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Er..... how the fuck is this not broken? Coming into play tapped and tapping for colourless is traditionally 2 mana, but you have it for zero mana. What the hell were you thinking? Heck, you can just have 2 mana on the first turn as well. LOL, this thing is obv way too powerful.
Your original submission was much cooler. Don't go editing your cards fifty times because of trolls. F
| massOass wrote: | Rofello's Blessing (GG) Rare
Enchantment
Tap two untapped elves you control: Add G to your mana pool for each forest you control.
Nothing special, but a play off of an old card, but not as overpowered as the source card. |
What's that crazy Rofello's doing in T2? I don't like it, it's boring. F
| LuckyDucky wrote: | Animated Servant - 1
Artifact Creature - Construct - Common
T: Add 1 to your mana pool.
It serves endlessly, never tiring.
0/1 |
Seems reasonable. A
| ck3gds wrote: | Nature's Tender 1G
Creature - Human Druid (rare)
T: For each basic land type among lands you control, add one mana of that type to your mana pool.
Her bond with nature reaches out to the four corners of the world.
0/1 |
I gotta be honest, green cards that give mana are pretty boring and dumb. I don't even know or care of the power level of this, and the flavour? The flavour for all this green shit is all the same, dumb. I'm giving this an F because it makes me want to puke just reading it. Sorry. F
| PantheismFTW wrote: | Horrific Ritual
2BB
Sorcery - Mythic Rare
Put a 3/2 black Horror token with flying into the battlefield and you lose 1 life. This creature has "Tap, sacrifice a Horror: Add BBBBB to your mana pool."
"You don't even want to know what I had to pay to buy off all my my nightmares. No you *really* don't, trust me."
I know you wanted a creature, and this easily could be made into a creature, but I think it is better flavor wise and is less abuseable as just a sorcery that makes a creature token.
Edit to fix it up a bit, make the wording correct (I hope) and put flavor text on. |
Not a permanent. F
| kumagmd wrote: | Freyalise of the Forest
GG
Planeswalker - Freyalise (M)
+1: Add G to your mana pool
+1: Put a 1/1 Fyndhorn Elf token with' t: add G to your mana pool' onto the battlefield.
-5: Each forest you control becomes a 4/4 green forest elemental that are still lands.
(1)
flavour text (although there might not be enough space on the card):
Leaf and elf and tree and elemental - all these shall rise up against the invaders of the forest.
also, what happened to the Gruul? |
Too powerful imo. 2cc Planeswalkers shouldn't just pump out Llanowar Elves. F
| iSperia wrote: | Mystic Elves - (G)
Creature - Elf Druid (mythic rare)
T:reveal the top card of your library. Add X to your mana library, where X is that card's converted mana cost.
They organize the biggest mysteries
1/1 |
Well, I guess it's a Mythic Rare, so you should be able to have 10 mana on turn 2. On second thought.... F
| CMA-Flippi wrote: | Selesnya Undead {(g/b)(g/b)}
Creature - Zombie Elf (Common)
2/2
T: Add B to your mana pool.
Communism is in conflict with human nature. - Ernest Renan |
Neato.... I guess. It's just the old card but easier to cast. Boring. F
| Candace wrote: | Macabre Blossom 2BG
Enchantment
Sacrifice a creature you control: Add BB or GG to your mana pool.
Even in the rotting decay of death, new life festers.
Time for Prosperous Bloom to make it's long-awaited return as part of the Golgari in RTR.  |
Hrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......
I love it! I'm just wondering how utterly broken this is. Nah, too good with Gravecrawler. You need some kind of a restriction to keep this from getting out of hand. I do really like it, but too easy to break it. B-
| Sprouts wrote: | Bloom Specialist
1G - Creature - Elf (rare)
1/1
Bloom Specialist enters the battlefield with a bloom counter on it
tap: add g to you mana pool
tap, remove a bloom counter from Bloom Specialist: add one mana of any color to your mana pool for each tapped land your opponent controls. |
What the hell is up with that send ability to add mana for tapped lands an opponent controls? That just seems awkwardly wordy and randomly unflavourful. I hate it more than anything in the world. F
| sc4rs wrote: | Erupting Volcano
Land - Rare
Erupting Volcano enters the battlefield tapped.
T: Add R to your mana pool.
T: Add RR to your mana pool. You may not play this ability during your main phase.
Lava or leave it. |
I really really like it but.... lol, I would totally just use 4 in a mono blue deck. The restriction on the RR part isn't restricting enough. B
| Balaviaris wrote: | Abandoned House
Land - Rare
Tap: Add (1) to your mana pool.
Exile a creature you control: Put a population counter on Abandoned House. If there are 4 or more population counters on Abandoned House, sacrifice it and return all cards exiled with it to the battlefield under their owner's control. |
Too broken. Awful name. F
| JacobMatthew wrote: | Manaburn Maniac - Mythic Rare
1BB
Human Wizard
1/1
Whenever you empty your mana pool, you lose 2 life for each mana emptied in this way.
At the beginning of your precombat main phase, add B to your mana pool for each card in all graveyards. Spend this mana only on black spells or abilities from black sources.
"The spells... THE SPELLS!!!" - Famous last words
Now he's balanced.
all the editting is because i changed him to a 2/1 for 1bbb because i was afraid of dark ritual, but i dont think this guy is too broken for legacy. |
Add B for EACH card in ALL graveyards? LOL, yeah right buddy, not at that cc on a body. You be crazy. F
| Bairdsy wrote: | Senate Chamber
Land - R
T: Add UW to your mana pool. Play this ability only if you control a plains and an island.
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Fucking awesome card. Very simple and really sweet. Maybe too good in Modern or Legacy, but we're talking standard and the shocklands aren't confirmed. I would love to see this card! A+
| ikazuchi wrote: | Rakdos Velocifer BR
Creature — Devil (Rare)
T: Add B or R to your mana pool. If that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains first strike and haste until end of turn.
Be quick or be dead!
2/2 |
Yeah, that's pretty neat I guess. Not totally sure if it fits the colour pie..... A-
| blitzer2k7 wrote: | Because spoiler season has yet to hit for RtR.....
Birds of Paradise G
Creature - Bird (Rare)
T: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.
0/1 |
Create a Card, not predict a card. F
| judas_bcn wrote: | Steam Maze
Land....mythic
Tap, add 1 to your mana pool.
Tap, pay 4 life: exile target attacking creature. At the beginning of your next upkeep, return it to its owner's hand.
UURR, sacrifice Steam Maze: Steam Maze deals 5 damage to target creature or player. Draw a card.
It's the perfect defence. |
Too complex and wordy and unflavourful. Simple is good, this is not. F
| Mr_Weebles wrote: | Llanowar Armaments - G
Artifact - Equipment (Uncommon)
Living weapon
Equipped creature gets +1/+1, has "Tap: Add G to your mana pool.", and is a green Elf in addition to its other colors and types.
Equip G
As Llanowar rallied around Eladamri's banner, all were welcome to join the cause. |
Llanowar Elves is a solid, playable common. I see no reason to just, make it a 1/2 that gives it's mana ability to other creatures. What the hell were you thinking? F
| Kaesh wrote: | Scrying Talisman
2
Artifact
Scrying Talisman enters the battlefield tapped.
T: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool. Scry 1.
Uncommon |
Simple, borderline broken..... Lame name, but seems like the kind of name WotC would have given it if it was in M12. I'm glad you made it come into play tapped though, good call. I really like it. You should have made it a 1/1 elf for 1G though.  A+
| pg8 wrote: | Energy Sphere -- 3
Artifact (Uncommon)
As long as ~ is untapped, creatures you control get +0/+1. As long as it is tapped, creatures you control get +1/+0.
{T}: Add {1} to your mana pool. |
Booooooo! F
| pseudodespot wrote: | Rainbow Chalice {3}
{4},{T}: Add {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} to your mana pool.
The Apprentices are given a simple task on their end of their first curriculum. The have to walk around looking the chalice without fainting. It will become their first healthy sleep since months. |
WOWIE ZOWIE!!!!! F
| Rockets wrote: | Radha's War Shaman RG
Creature - Goblin Shaman - Rare
Whenever Radha's War Shaman attacks, you may add R or G to your mana pool at the beginning of the next main phase.
1/2 |
Maybe it's good, maybe it's bad, I don't know. Maybe it's just so much exactly like another card that wasn't played that I just don't care. This card really doesn't even seem playable like.... in any format at any time. Terrible card. F
| thelemys wrote: | Ok, I know it won't count but I got another idea anyway. And Mox Mirror isn't completely mine anymore...
Wall of Fern G
Creature - Wall (Commun)
Defender, Undying
Sacrifice Wall of Fern, add G to your mana pool.
"In the silence of the night, fastest fern growth occurs in a warm bowels environment."
0/1 |
Too small to read, besides, you already submitted. And you're an idiot, you know that? You probably would have won with your first Mox, and you probably could've won with this card, but you can't just add 2 cards and edit them both 50 times. FF
| Canabiest wrote: | Wellspring of the Commune
3
Artifact
Uncommon
Wellspring of the Commune enters the battlefield tapped.
T: Each player adds GW mana to his or her mana pool.
"There is enough water to quench everyone's thirst but it tastes sweetest to the enlightened" |
I see no reason why it should be giving mana to your opponent, seems balanced enough without that drawback. If you'd cut that part and made it flavourfully fit Selesnya you could have won this thing. As is... F
| BIRDYYY wrote: | City of Ravnica. (Mythic Rare)
Legendary Land.
Tap, Pay 1 life. Add 1 mana of any color to your mana pool.
(1) sacrifice gain 4 Life. |
Yeah.... that's neat I guess..... There's a lot of tension with this card, but the good kind of tension. I really don't know how to judge this, but it looks fun and it's thought provoking. Good job. A+
| KnowN wrote: | Birds of golgari - BG
Creature - zombie bird
Flying
Sacrifice a creature - put a +1/+1 counter on birds of golgari and add BG to your mana pool
1/1
It's song saps the life from all whom listen |
First turn Gravecrawler, second turn infinite/infinite flyer and infinite Green mana. Probably too good. F
| Desmonthesis wrote: | This is a single card in a cycle. I'm only posting the one as the example, but you should be able to figure out the rest from how this one works:
Watershed Savannah
Land - Plains
(T: Add W to your mana pool)
Watershed Savannah enters the battlefield tapped.
T, Pay 1 life, sacrifice Watershed Savannah: Search your library for a Forest or Island card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library. |
I see what you're doing, but I don't like it. It's too busy. F
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And the winner is.... Bairdsy!!! For making a land that taps for 2 mana and not having it be broken or completely terrible! Props to Kaesh for his Scrying Talisman, it was a close call. Thanks for playing everybody!
| Bairdsy wrote: | Senate Chamber
Land - R
T: Add UW to your mana pool. Play this ability only if you control a plains and an island.
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Canabiest
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:46 am Post subject: |
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| You are not very good at this judging thing. |
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Sprouts
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:48 am Post subject: |
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| well, my cards mechanic is designed so it will be interactive and require some skill and decision making. I doubt you thought much about it, but I found quite some interesting scenarios for such a simple card. But well, ty for your oppinion. |
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Duodax
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:04 am Post subject: |
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| you are insane look at signets they are to strong already look which drawbacks sphere of the suns has... thought you have knowledge about card design apparently not |
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thelemys
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:06 am Post subject: |
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I cant stop being an idiot: Sorry  |
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Kaesh
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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| BEST JUDGING EVER |
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thelemys
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe senate chambers should mention basic lands? |
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Candace
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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| My card isn't nearly as strong as you think it is, or at least not for the reason you gave. It's a three-card on-board creature-based combo to generate infinite mana, which is already in Standard. The combo that's in Standard has seen absolutely no constructed play whatsoever, not even a little. This combo is a little more consistent because it doesn't require two of the same card in play, but that's not enough to push it from being a completely useless combo to broken. |
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pg8
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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| So did you just get bored and stop judging near the end? |
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GunsAndDope
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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I said this when Jacois won the last CaC, and behold, my prophecy came true.
But yes, it appears Jacois got cranky towards the end. |
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sc4rs
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:01 pm Post subject: Re: CaC 131, Mana Mania, JUDGED! |
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| Quote: | | And the winner is.... Bairdsy!!! For making a land that taps for 2 mana and not having it be broken or completely terrible! |
I dunno, I think it's far too swingy - it either loses you the game because you can't find a color and you're stuck with a useless land or you're curving into a turn 3 4 drop with no drawback.
Nonetheless, City of Ravnica was one of the coolest cards I've ever seen in any CaC. I'm very surprised it didn't win. Kudos, BIRDYYY. |
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Candace
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Am I the only one who dislikes City of Ravnica? It's just a significantly better City of Brass. There isn't even a flavourful reason it should randomly have a huge life gain ability stapled on to it. Especially given that it's a solid land in its own right, being able to sacrifice it to completely negate its drawback and then some when you're flooded is strong, and it even negates the legendary drawback in the same manner. |
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Bairdsy
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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Firstly - thanks Jacois for the judging... not just because I won!
Secondly - I completely agree Candace. I liked City of Ravnica alot but thought that a Legendary City of Brass was cool enough in itself and didnt need the extra ability tagged on |
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judas_bcn
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| i can't really see the complexity on my card... 3 abilities, each one easy to understand. they're even not unique. guess you were already bored when judging it. |
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Jacois
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 12:10 am Post subject: |
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| Bairdsy wrote: | Firstly - thanks Jacois for the judging... not just because I won!
Secondly - I completely agree Candace. I liked City of Ravnica alot but thought that a Legendary City of Brass was cool enough in itself and didnt need the extra ability tagged on |
You're welcome!
I really liked how the land was legendary. The sacrifice ability both helped offset the life loss, as well as free up extra copies in your hand at the cost of a land drop. It was a very clever card. |
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