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7 months ago ::
Nov 15, 2012 - 9:21PM
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Butterside Down #8:What's that even mean?
When you put butter on your toast, which way does it go into your mouth? Butterside up, followed by the grinding mastication of a cow chewing cud? Or Butterside down? Your mouth is filled with a flavour explosion, letting you savour each buttery bite as though it was ambrosia.
What?
This is a flavour contest. The eighth one.
Rules?
- This contest will be open until approximately the 10th of December with grades following as soon as I can practically do it (I'll try to provide updates, even if grading is incomplete).
- Grading of each card will follow a rubric of:
- 10 points for wording issues. Autoinclude of 10 points here, with points taken off for the aforementioned issues.
- 40 points for mechanical issues, be it cost, colour, balance, rules problems, what have you.
- If you submit a vanilla / french vanilla card, this grade will be out of 20 points.
- A whoppingly enormous 50 points for flavour. This includes name, f-text (note: this is still entirely optional - some of the most flavourful cards in Magic have no flavour text), 'card as a whole' feel and how well your card matches your cycle.
- If you submit a vanilla / french vanilla card, this grade will be out of 70 points.
What cycle?
So - your task in this contest is to produce a whopping five card cycle to impress me with. The cycle can be vertical, horizontal, show story progression, character progression, I don't care but make them relevant to each other. The only one I won't accept is a mechanical cycle where the cards have nothing in common except their mechanics work well together. Give me a short (short!) sentence or two describing your cycle if you like. This is after all - a flavour contest. And I'm hungry. Butterside FAQ
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So you kept the scoring system from the second contest?
Sure did. Given that I made what was apparently a highly inflammatory remark about vanillas, I got some strong submissions from those with no text in their boxes, so the 70 points possible for maximum flavour stays for these cards - but be warned - I will judge cards presented solely on flavour very harshly!
Anything else?
Well - no. There's a fair few contests around based on restrictions (which is good by the way), but as this contest is primarily based on flavour, there are no restrictions. I will note though, that this is still a YMtC contest, so if you submit a vanilla creature you'd better be damn good at writing flavour text.
Who won the first seven?
The first contest was won by JohnnyValdez, while the second was taken out by Mata_Hari in her guise as Dr_Kraid.The third was also won by Mata_Hari, and the fourth was an honorary butterside, given to JohnnyValdez again for this cool cycle of cards. Joining this illustrious pair by winning the fifth contest was razorborne, presenting 5 cards of a 14 card pyramid cycle (let's not do that again). The sixth was taken out by DrJWilson, with Elevate getting the seventh as an honorary for his fixed entry to Butterside #6. Additional
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I should mention that for some reason I will give your cycle a completely unfunny, potentially pun based name. You have been warned.
Also, I wasn't lying about by popular request - thanks to those who PM'd me about running another one of these and allowing me to recover after worlds.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 15, 2012 - 9:39PM
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Thank you for revealing a whole new way of eating toast to me. No longer will I chew the cud now that I know the path to ambrosia. I thought about using my "sudden" cycle, but I already posted those on the forums before. Instead I present the cycle of Zahl (under construction) Keeper ven-Zahl  Creature - Human Cleric [u] Defender At the beginning of each opponent’s upkeep that player gains two life. “I maintain the rituals to restrain the Sealed One lest they fail and he escape”1/4 Observer ven-Zahl  Creature - Human Wizard [u] Unblockable At the beginning of each opponent’s upkeep that player draws a card. “I study the Sealed One to arm us all lest he escape”2/1 Assailer ven-Zahl  Creature - Human Warior [u] Haste At the Beginning of each opponent’s upkeep that player may have ~ deal one damage to another target creature or player. “I train in fighting the Sealed One to combat him lest he ever escape”2/1 Gardener ven-Zahl  Creature - Human Druid [u] Trample At the beginning of each opponent’s upkeep put a 1/1 Saproling creature onto the battlefield under his or her control. “I work to undo the devastation of the Sealed One so the world may survive lest he escape”2/2 and lastly: Zahl, the Betrayer Unsealed   Legendary Creatue - Demon [m] Flying, trample, haste During your upkeep target opponent gains control of a creature you control. "You, I shall kill. The ones responsible for binding me here I shall find a more apropriate fate for." 7/7 By all means tell me what you guys think. I'm going way out on a limb with this one and I'm not sure howbest to deliver on what I'm trying to do.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 15, 2012 - 10:15PM
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didn't I already win this? why would I do it again? 
120.6. Some effects replace card draws.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 16, 2012 - 2:09AM
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Story cycle with so much text that it probably would never fit on an actual card. Urgent Conscription -   Instant Cast ~ only if you do not control any non-token creature. Put X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield. 'When those army boys came knocking on our door, I knew instantly that the rumors of the imperial battalion's defeat was true. They were not here looking for an army to defeat the enemy, but cannon fodder to buy them time. Even as I write this, I still remember my daughter's tears as she asked where her Daddy was going.' - A Soldier's Diary.Letter - Artifact When ~ enters the battlefield, you gain 4 life. At the beginning of each end step, if you do not control any creature, sacrifice ~ and draw a card. "The fighting had just gotten even worse, my love but worry not, I will be fine. I miss the old days where you, me and our little Cecilia would sit under the pine trees and eat your delicious apple pies. One day, we shall do that again when all of this fighting is done. I will return, I promise. Stay safe." - Samuel, your loving husband and doting father of Cecilia.Warring Fields -   Enchantment Creatures get +2/+0, has vigilance and must attack each turn if able. Whenever a creature deals combat damage to a player, that player sacrifices a permanent and put a 1/1 white solider creature token onto the battlefield under his or her control. "We fought valiantly, we fought furiously and we would have fought to the last man if need be but we fought not for victory. We fought for survival. We fought for the right to return home." - Recount, Days at WarFinal Strike -  Sorcery Cast ~ only if you control the least number of creatures among all players. (If an opponent controls the same number of creatures as you, it still counts as the least.)Creatures you control gets +7/+0 until end of turn. At the beginning of the end step, you lose the game. "Even as we raised our swords in these final moments, thoughts of home swelled within us. We might never see our families again. I might never hear my daughter again. But the chance that we will again is more than worth fighting for. We will not lose." - Samuel, Peasant HeroFaithful Yearning -  Enchantment When ~ enters the battlefield, exile a creature card from your hand and draw a card. Sacrifice ~: Put a creature card that shares the same name as the exiled card from your hand onto the battlefield. She still waits under the pine trees for his return.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 16, 2012 - 2:18AM
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TLDR
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7 months ago ::
Nov 16, 2012 - 4:06AM
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didn't I already win this?
why would I do it again?
Well, you don't have to. Otherwise I'd have a lot of entries, yes?
community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/758...
Hello person. Please don't use my thread to advertise your own. Very bad form.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 16, 2012 - 5:13AM
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Mar 18, 2003
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The Assassins GuildThe Apprentice:
Assassin's Apprentice 
Creature - Human Assassin (C)When Assassin's Apprentice enters the battlefield, destroy target creature that was dealt damage this turn. 1/1 "You get to finish him off, and do it quick." - Master Kelva
The Novice:
Novice Assassin
Creature - Human Assassin (C)When a creature enters the battlefield under an opponents control, sacrifice Maedhros Assassin and destroy that creature. 2/1 "Messy...but at least you had the guts." - Master GerranThe Hardened Killer:
Contract Killer
Creature - Human Assassin (U)When a creature is put into a graveyard by Hired Killer, draw a card. 2/3
"He's good sure...but getting a bit big for his britches." - Master Kelva
The Guildmaster:
Guildmaster Tulgan Legendary Creature - Human Assassin (R)Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain life equal to that creatures toughness and that creatures controller loses life equal to its power. 4/3
"He doesn't do the killing himself anymore, but don't think that makes him weak." - Master Gerran
The Legend:
Brimstone Sal, Beast of the Trenches  Legendary Creature - Human Assassin (MR)When Brimstone Sal, Beast of the Trenches enters the battlefield, destroy all tapped creatures. Draw a card for each creature destroyed in this way. 5/5
"in his breast pulses the heart of a demon. Each victim that falls is a feast for his soul." - Guild chant
A cycle depicting the rise of a young man named Lucas Tulgan through the ranks of an Assassins Guild, from initiate to legend.
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These cards are Ball Tightening.
Perfect originality is overrated and often ugly. The best and most beautiful cards I've ever seen were clearly inspired by something else.
Cards are not entirely unlike living organisms in this regard. All the good ones are a result of long evolution; the 'original' ones are either monocellular or mutant aberrations.
Graveborn are strictly better than Zombies. I mean, look at that wicked beard  . You try growing that when your dead. And I know aging fellows who are suffering from Male Pattern Baldness, who would kill for a Mop like Ribsy's over there.
Hey Dudibus, I can't take you seriously until you take your shirt off!
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7 months ago ::
Nov 16, 2012 - 6:52AM
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Have I won this before? I can't remember, but I don't think.
I'll see if I can cook up something.
Everything Mown does is elegant.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 16, 2012 - 7:06AM
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Date Joined:
May 15, 2009
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The Usual Suspects 
Sorcery
Prowl Search your library for up to four Rogues, reveal them and put them into your hand. Then shuffle your library. "Well? What are you waiting for? Go round 'em up!" - Chief CoulombCareful Planning
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Look at the top five cards of each players library and put them back in any order. Draw a card. A good thief knows what his next move is at all times. A great thief knows everyones.
Cat Burglar
Creature - Cat Rogue
As long as you control another rogue, ~ is unblockable. Whenever ~ deals damage to a player, draw a card. 1/1 Daring Heist
Instant
Target artifact becomes a treasure until end of turn. (Whenever a creature deals combat damage to a player, that creatures controller gains control of target treasure defending player controls.)
"Yoink!"
The Getaway
Instant
Prowl - Tap an untapped rogue you control. Return any number of creatures you own to your hand.
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Morgothra has the Syntax and Grammar of a God.
I love this card.
I can't compete with this.
CKY and magicpablo666 combined ingenuity and silliness to win a Summer fUn contest each!
vlord beat the rest to become the architect of a better tomorrow in Build it and they will come!
CityofAs pranced masterfully to victory in Skipping Merrily!
ConfusedAsUsual conquered both tropes and opponents ascend in Metafiction!
FirstTurnKill condensed Success into Art form in Summing it Up!
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7 months ago ::
Nov 16, 2012 - 8:37AM
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Cat Burglar has no P/T.
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These cards are Ball Tightening.
Perfect originality is overrated and often ugly. The best and most beautiful cards I've ever seen were clearly inspired by something else.
Cards are not entirely unlike living organisms in this regard. All the good ones are a result of long evolution; the 'original' ones are either monocellular or mutant aberrations.
Graveborn are strictly better than Zombies. I mean, look at that wicked beard . You try growing that when your dead. And I know aging fellows who are suffering from Male Pattern Baldness, who would kill for a Mop like Ribsy's over there.
Hey Dudibus, I can't take you seriously until you take your shirt off!
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