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4 months ago ::
Feb 14, 2013 - 3:17AM
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Card of the Week
2/12/13 - 2/18/13 Welcome to Card of the Week! This is an on-running contest of sorts where great cards are given the celebration they deserve, the praise for what perhaps went unnoticed.
Late again! Vacations do that. Things should be a bit more on point for the next few weeks. Last week's winners were zammm and Detektor with a pair of fun submissions:
Holding Cell -  
Sorcery
Exile target creature. Return that card to the battlefield when a player casts a spell named Holding Cell.
Azorius prisons are notoriously overcrowded.
Judge of Armaments 
Creature - Human Judge
Having a +1/+1 counter put on you is against the law.
Whenever a creature breaks the law, detain it.
1/3
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1/1/13 - 1/7/13 theAtog
Body Sinker 
Creature - Merfolk Assassin
Islandwalk
If a creature an opponent creature would die, you may have it becomes an island instead. (It's no longer a creature.)
4/1
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1/8/13 - 1/14/13 Imidazoline; Silly_Dragons
Polarize |
Enchantment
Creatures you control are white and get +1/+1.
Creatures opponents control are black and red.
Born on the same street. Buried in plot miles apart.
Serra's Lament 
Sorcery
Destroy all creatures, then planeswalk. Instead of returning the current plane to a planar deck, remove it from the game.
Only in memory is her world forever pure.
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1/15/13 - 1/21/13 Hairless Thoctar
Cage Fighter
 
Creature-Ogre Berserker
Creatures your opponents control have " : Fight Cage Fighter"
6/5
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1/22/13 - 1/28/13 Mown
Order of the Pale Road
Creature - Human Monk
If a permanent would leave the battlefield, exile it instead.
The lessons in life shapes you, like bricks in a wall. It is only when complete, that you find it does naught but prevent your return.
2/2
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1/29/13 - 2/4/13 zammm; Detektor
Holding Cell -
Sorcery
Exile target creature. Return that card to the battlefield when a player casts a spell named Holding Cell.
Azorius prisons are notoriously overcrowded.
Judge of Armaments
Creature - Human Judge
Having a +1/+1 counter put on you is against the law.
Whenever a creature breaks the law, detain it.
1/3 Nomination Rules:
Anyone may nominate a card from any thread in YMTC as long as it was posted between 12:00 AM of the starting date and 11:59 PM of the ending date of that week's thread, Pacific Standard Time (that's what I live by, and I'm not fancy enough to use UT1).
All nominations require the following: 1. The full card posted into this thread.
2. A link to the post/thread where the card originated.
3. The name of the card's creator.
You may nominate up to two cards a week.
You can't nominate your own designs.
All designs nominated will be put into a poll in the next week's thread. The design with the most votes is declared Card of the Week! Voting Rules:
You may vote for any number of entries. Remember, every vote you cast matters, so try to vote only for the cards you really think deserve to win.
You may vote for yourself.
All cards carrying the most votes when the poll closes are elected as the winner for that week.
All winners and winning cards will be collected in the sblock above.
Nominations for 1/29/13 - 2/4/13
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Ouroboros Demon -- 
Creature - Demon Beast
Flying, trample
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may return a creature card from his or her graveyard to the battlefield.
At the beginning of each player's end step, that player sacrifices a creature.
Beginning and End. Two words for the same thing.
5/5
by SilentTwin
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Horrific Yet Cleansing Experience
Sorcery
Name a card type. Target player sacrifices a card of the named type unless they discard a card of the named type.
by HairlessDud
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Curious Command
Sorcery
Choose two – Draw a card; or draw two cards, then discard a card at random; or draw three cards, then discard three cards; or you may discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards. (Perform the actions in the order they are written.)
If the Izzet are good at one thing, it's overcomplication.
by chinkeeyong
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Arathon the Tinkerer
Planeswalker -- Arathon
[0]: Proliferate.
[0]: Put a 0/0 Construct artifact creature token onto the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
[0]: Remove any number of counters from target permanent you control. Draw that many cards.
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by Libe
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Irrigated Field
Land - Plains
After your third turn of the game, Irrigated Field is an Island.
For eight thousand years, the Iteru had always flooded its banks just in time for the famers to plant flax. Was the river spirit offering a gesture of constancy in a world torn apart by war? Or was she the one seeking reassurance?
by Detektor
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Fallowed Footsteps
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature card in a graveyard
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a token that's a copy of enchanted card onto the battlefield.
AEther can turn a gravesite into a rave site.
by ChaosLight
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Mighty Legs of Yore
Enchantment
Trample is "(This creature assigns its combat damage as if it weren't blocked)."
"Saproling? Why that is but a normal and tiny tree my friend."
- Optolob, Illusionisto
by Nephrolith
Nomations for this week and votes for last week end Tuesday the 18th, close to its end.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 14, 2013 - 9:18AM
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detek probalby got this. But i voted for you libe XD
"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupry MLP
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Congratulations, you've found My Lie Policy:
Only when i'm prompted, i might lie. (policy still in the refinement process.)
I am both rational and instinctive. I value self-knowledge and understanding of the world; my ultimate goal is self-improvement and improvement of the world around me. At best, I am focused and methodical; at worst, I am obsessive and amoral.
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I am Blue/Green
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4 months ago ::
Feb 14, 2013 - 9:26AM
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Date Joined:
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I voted for me and neph :D
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4 months ago ::
Feb 14, 2013 - 9:59PM
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Date Joined:
May 30, 2010
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Wait, I was nominated?
Embrace imagination.
Lord of YMtC | Ten Rounds Contest Winner
Solphos – A fan set with a 'combo matters' theme
Fool's Gold – The second set of the Solphos blockMore
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Each of its nine tails is imbued with supernatural power, and it can live for a thousand years.
My Standard deck: Setting SunThink of how Neo couldn't beat the robots, but they kept him around anyways to defeat Agent Smith. Sure, the robots might not like having a Neo running rampant because instead of playing their favorite 4 drop fatty robot, they have to play a bunch of one mana Matrixs to contain him, but at least Neo keeps Agent Smith from reanimating an Iona on turn two.
Are you saying I'm trying to blame my loss on something? I don't care that I lost, I care that he's a sore loser, and a cheater, and a liar.
CKY, are you bad at anything?
I really enjoy imagining this from Kevin's perspective. Because in Kevin's world, Rosewater actually reads everything he types. Mark is sitting there right now, reading this, and thinking "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled. . ." Or some such. He chuckles low, then clicks on "The Best Of KEVINSET" and says "Yes, this'll do just fine. A busty lady with banding who deals direct damage to Zones!? Why this will be the star of my next set, and no one will ever believe you Kevin." Then he closes his Macbook, so his servant may move it out of the way, while another servant puts a Fetal Richard Garfield Clone lathered in Steak Sauce in front of him. Then Mark Feasts.
I mean, In KevinWorld, Mark is reading the very words I'm typing as well. Heck, in KevinWorld maybe I am Mark.
I'm beginning to think CKY may be anime in real life...
Don't go anywhere CKY, I need to crash dramatically through your window and propose marriage and I don't want you throwing off my paradrop.
[In response to a thread about how hard grading is]
Upon reading this, I've found myself completely unable to operate in the world. I tried to decide what to eat for breakfast, and pondered the vast consequences of my choice. How do I balance my dietary needs against my desire to eat good-tasting food? Should I factor in how long it takes to prepare? Cereal is ready in moments, but bacon takes longer to cook.
Then there is the impact on other industries. Do people in the cereal industry deserve to be employed more than people in the bacon industry? Which industry should I support? I don't even have the data regarding HOW MUCH the cereal industry benefits from me eating a bowl of cereal, or how much the bacon industry benefits from me eating a side of bacon. How can I compare two qualities I can't even quantify?
And let's not forget the milk on the cereal. In addition to determining whether or not milk is healthy for me, how much that benefits the milk industry, and how much the people in the milk industry deserve my support, we have to factor in the fact that cows are put under brutal conditions in order to collect thier milk. Of course, the same goes for the pigs, and then they get killed. Of course, I really like bacon. So I need to come up with a scale that compares the value of cow happiness to pig happiness to my happiness. What trade-offs am I willing to make here? Does the fact that the pig gets put out of its misery count as a plus or a minus? Isn't bacon bad for me anyway?
Deciding what to eat for breakfast (or any meal) is impossible. Help me!
I must admit chinkeeyong, you have the most interesting character ideas; and you play them well.
Anyway, you'd be surprised about Time Stop. When I first saw that card as a relatively new player I didn't see its full potential until I read the reminder text. Is it that unintuitive, though? Mine I mean. What is possibility? Is it possible for me to type these words with my tusks? No, because I don't have tusks. Although I am now tempted to go buy some - obviously not from poachers or whatever - and use them as typing apparatus. I could be the best secretary ever. "What's your words per minute sir?" "Well, only six, but I use these tusks to type them." "You're hired!" That was the interview. And is anyone else disappointed that "apparati" is not the plural form of apparatus? I just could strangle a dictionary, because "apparatuses" is a real word. I guess it sounds pretty cool. I'll call them my Apparatusks.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 14, 2013 - 10:11PM
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Date Joined:
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And I nominated both the winners!
[*c]Island[*/c] minus the * = Island  Really. You need to know this. Also
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We are the Izzet
Some think we are scattered after the disappearance of Niv-Mizzet
He is connected to us by the firemind
He has formulated a master plan
Before, we were just experimenters, looked down upon
Now we have a greater purpose
This bit is random
And so is this
Yeah
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4 months ago ::
Feb 15, 2013 - 3:44AM
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Neph and CKY, 'cause I love me an innovative modal.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 15, 2013 - 11:41AM
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Date Joined:
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Wait, I was nominated?
>shrug
You might say your design charmed me. ;D
Wait, that's stupid, they're commands.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 15, 2013 - 4:02PM
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Fo' real? That's shugga sweet yo. Puttin' me up with the big league makers, the designers of renounced deity-hood. Let them verbalize the objectives with clarity and subjugatshuned by the outsiders from within. Tell them to begin at first with chagrin. Chagrin fo' lyfe - my cronies and homies. I ain't admittin' nothin' until I get out, but I don't want to sway the winds for the rulers, and rollers, and trollers, and tricksters. But, let me spell Impressed with erry design. My soft spots align with this plebiscite grind. Hustlas toast to that. Now.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 18, 2013 - 4:09AM
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Week's almost over and no nominations! Guess I'll have to hunt them all down myself.
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4 months ago ::
Feb 18, 2013 - 4:11AM
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This one! Detektor's contest. Ma'ruf the Cobbler
Legendary Creature-Human
You may play lands from outside the game. (They still count towards your land per turn limit.)
Wish, above all else, for the worlds that lie beyond. Weep, above all else, for the burdens which you bring.
2/1
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