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CFAC #20 Entries (part 4)

@gideon-likes-bondage:

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Yeah, no. This card is way, way overpowered. A single mana for a cantrip removal spell that’s significantly better than removal spells we currently have access to, and it upgrades to an insane one? It’s definitely too powerful as-is. This is a pretty logical upgrade deal, though. I would personally remove the cantrip and increase the mana cost.

Thanks for the submission! For meeting the art prompt and the design challenge, you’ll be awarded two points.

@hammerofblogardan:

My immediate thought was that the wizard in the art was getting backlash that was destroying their research. Since monoblue doesn’t do opponent discard, I wanted to then attack the library if we were delirious. But, on Innistrad, a full ‘yard is often a positive. Since we don’t want to enable our opponents, I opted to exile off the top instead of standard milling. (The normal mode is a slightly more versatile Spell Blast, hence the shoutout name.) Since Spell Blast isn’t a particularly good counterspell, this isn’t a very powerful card, but I wanted it to be a flavorful “my derangement makes my counterspells even more punishing.”

I like it. It’s a nice callback to another card, and has an interesting but not overpowered Delirium effect. It’s also appropriately flavorful, like you described. Nice job!

Thanks for the submission! For meeting the art prompt and the bonus challenge, you’ll be awarded two points.

@nine-effing-hells:

Draw seven cards for two mana! What’s not to love?

Well, except for the fact that you need 7 cards in the bin to cast it, and that you need an additional 4 to not lose a hefty chunk of life. Eh, details.

The art looked like that person’s learned some things they maybe shouldn’t have, or had their mind messed with in some way. So, draw cards at a hefty price (that isn’t just a high mana cost).

Anyway, I phrased the first part like that so that you had to have the seven cards to cast Information Overload, but you wouldn’t just lose them if the spell got countered. And I’m pretty sure that, since the Delirium part is under the exile part, it checks after the exile. Not completely sure, though.

To be sure, it may have been better to have exiling the cards as an additional cost to cast it, rather than making the ruling debatable and confusing for newer players. It would be cool if this was actually a delve spell with a high mana cost, instead. It’s still probably too cheap to draw you seven cards, though.

Thanks for the submission! For meeting the art prompt and the design challenge, you’ll be awarded two points.

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CardsFromArt Challenge #20!

Art by Marius Bota

Source: http://mariusbota.deviantart.com/art/Flash-Of-Delirium-317719255

Hello everyone! We’re back (better late than never), so let’s take a look at another piece of excellent fantasy art for you guys to use to show off your Magic: the Gathering card design skills! All you have to do is be sure to include the artist credit in your image (if you so choose to make an image). You have a few options to choose from:

For the busy tumblr card creation aficionado, simply reblog this post with a text version of your card! Something similar to this will work perfectly:

Name - mana cost Type - subtype, rarity ability/abilities, power/toughness

I’ll create a full image of the card, and give you a few friendly critiques.

If you’re already a user of Magic Set Editor (or mtgcardsmith or a similar card-making program), you can either reblog this post with a full mockup of your card or submit them here, and I’ll comment/reblog them with some suggestions. Just remember to include the artist’s credit!

This week’s piece is called Flash of Delirium. The art felt perfect for a card (which is appropriate, as it was originally for another game). I’m looking forward to seeing what you all come up with!

BONUS CHALLENGE: Inspired by this card’s name and the awesome new cards and mechanics revealed by Wizards this week, design a spell using the new ability word, Delirium! For those that are unaware, Delirium is a threshold mechanic that turns on when there are four or more different card types in your graveyard. You can use it to pump up spells, or give bonus abilities to creatures. Good luck!