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Lend White a Helping Hand **Circuit Challenge**
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https://mtgcardsmith.com/user/KorandAngels/cards
(Not entering any cards, but I do this with every white card I make.
Subdue ({t}: Declare a target creature. Both you and the opposing player put the top card of the library into the graveyard. Compare the converted mana cost. If yours is higher than your opponent's, exile target creature, else this creature fights target creature.)
Out of the 26 cards submitted so far, only the following 5 meet the contest criteria:
Pious Arcanist & Tireless Angel by @Faiths_Guide
Angel of the Silver Legion by @EternalWolf88
Divine Ascension by @sanjaya666
Summon Heroic Spirit by @Xero0
The rest are invalid entries because they either:
1) Undermine white’s core weakness by generating raw card advantage through “Draw a Card” effects (This includes investigate).
2) Use or combine effects that are already available to white without #3
3) Fail to demonstrate a mechanic that expands white's mechanical color pie or innovates in new/unused space.
What I am looking for are cards that showcase effects that haven’t yet been done in white and will help with its problems in older formats and commander without drawing cards. These problems center around but are not limited to white’s ability to stay relevant into the late game and generate card advantage WITHOUT drawing cards.
Here is an example of what I am looking for:
This card plays well with other white cards (not a requirement for the challenge but a bonus) by taking what is usually a drawback of effects like Oblivion Ring and turning it into an upside. It generates card advantage without card draw AND plays into never before used mechanical space for white (“converting” cards that white has “imprisoned”).
If anyone has any questions, please post them in the thread.
white did get quite a few "copy this spell/ability by paying said costs" at one point
second entry, white has a lot of preventing combat and mass effects, so I was suprised light mine field was the only white card that did this, this is like that but costs more, only affects creatures attacking you, and can be made into a big wall in case you need it
super stall lmao
I did see a bunch of "storm" and "conspire." but I didn't see anything like this.
there was only one card(that I could find) that did that
https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=366426
Yes it does
https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=450603
https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=470551
this are 3 cards I've found that do it without a keyword specifically for it
third entry, I'm surprised that (as far as I know) only two white creatures heal you when they take damage (both of wich are really powerful and I'm surprised they arent so wildly used haha), so I decided to make a card that does that, also idk if white got the blocking multiple creatures before or not but flavour wise it is a very white thing so I added that too
Not trying to be rude, but most of your disagreements with other smiths on the forums lately seem to be a direct result of your misunderstanding some point, jumping to conclusions, or assuming something was correct without taking the time to verify.
In this case, your issue is that you aren't reading the contest directions carefully enough, don't understand the directions well enough, and/or don't know what is meant by some of the MtG terms being used. I believe if you re-read the rules carefully (and maybe study the article I linked on page one) you will figure this all out on your own. If not, feel free to ask questions, but don't challenge the hosts knowledge of their own contest and its rules.
If you don't want to abide by what the host wants, don't enter their contest.
I’ve not seen very much white lose life draw cards.
The contest was very clear, but it was a difficult brief. Good luck on your future entries wherever they may be!
The contest rules clearly stated that card draw is a break in white and would not be accepted in the challenge. The use of happily ever after was only as a visual aid to show how WOTC has so far decided to expand white's color pie.
The reason I didn’t include examples is because the design space for this challenge is already very limited and by posting examples I thought that I would either 1) eat up some design space that I would rather have the contestants use independently or 2) inadvertently bias the contestants to conform to the design space in the examples.
The one commonality between the Mox challenge and this one was the narrow design space. In both challenges I believe the rules were stated clearly but we can agree to disagree.
In any case, all entrants are free to replace the entries that did not meet the contest criteria before the deadline.
I don't think we're supposed to do draw cards...
Yes, that is a valid entry.
@Dizzydude
For this challenge symmetrical draw is not allowed so that entry doesn’t meet the contest criteria
So, self contained in the card, if you don't keep her up as a blocker, you can basically tap, exile a land, and, if you missed your land drop that turn, at least replay that land to get mana for that turn. If not needed, a 2/4 is a real body.
Synergy wise, you can fetch a few times then Rest In Peace or use the upcoming escape mechanic or any of the bajillion ways to exile cards from graveyards to put lands into exile.
The spice are cards like the hideaway lands that have etb triggers. Cards like the temples, aether hub, and the life gain lands come to mind for standard. As a lands player in commander, I would enjoy a way to reset my Glacial Chasm, get zombies from Field of the Dead, or switch what land Vesuva is a copy of.