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I was going to make a fancy introduction for each of you, but we all know it would be extremely cheesy, and I don't know you all well enough anyway. Either way, now for more of me. As the last year's winner, I'm providing the criteria, and thus, I would have to make something that isn't completely terrible, as I've ruined this competition enough as it is. I wanted it to be sufficiently difficult, and while it asks you to solve a common problem, it's not often something I actively think about. I'm asking for four cards, both because four is my favorite number, and to give a broader spectrum of cards for the voting process. Finally, while my cards might sometimes hint otherwise, I'm quite passionate about functionality and user-focused design. This is the year's criteria:

Magic is a massive game, and it's showing no signs of stopping. It gets more cards in a year than most other do in their lifespan. However, as alluring as the future might be, the framework for it comes from the past. As a designer, it's important to know where the design space lies, and what's keeping the game back.

Choose Magic's four biggest mistakes, and fix them. For each, make a card related to it.

You may not go back in history and change the past, everything you do will happen in a coming expansion. Certain things are too ingrained into Magic's past to the point where they might not be possible to remove. It's up to you to decide what is acceptable to change and what isn't.

Good luck. Given the time of the year, I will provide extensions if necessary, but for now, the deadline stands at 10.1.2013.