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See the Abyss - Contest (Closed)
Greetings, and welcome to See the Abyss! In this contest, each participant designs up to four cards of any type that use my brand new "Gaze into the Abyss" mechanic, inspired by "venture into the dungeon" mechanic from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms and "the Ring tempts you" mechanic from the upcoming The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth!
Criteria
Presentation, art selection, templating, spelling, balance, creativity and flavor.
Rules:
1. Each entry must either have the "Gaze into the Abyss" mechanic OR interact with the mechanic in some way.
2. Post a link to your card with your entry (if it's made on Mtgcardsmith).
3. Each Cardsmith is allowed to submit up to 4 entries.
4. Cards can be edited and switched out before the due date.
5. No old cards (even if you somehow had made cards with "Gaze into the Abyss" mechanic before this contest).
6. No joke cards, but humor can be involved.
7. Credit the artist of the artwork you use (even if it was AI generated).
Prizes:
1st Place
- 3 favorites of your choice.
- One of the following of your choice:
⦁ 2 months of Cardsmith Premium Subscription (10$ value).
Criteria
Presentation, art selection, templating, spelling, balance, creativity and flavor.
Rules:
1. Each entry must either have the "Gaze into the Abyss" mechanic OR interact with the mechanic in some way.
2. Post a link to your card with your entry (if it's made on Mtgcardsmith).
3. Each Cardsmith is allowed to submit up to 4 entries.
4. Cards can be edited and switched out before the due date.
5. No old cards (even if you somehow had made cards with "Gaze into the Abyss" mechanic before this contest).
6. No joke cards, but humor can be involved.
7. Credit the artist of the artwork you use (even if it was AI generated).
Prizes:
1st Place
- 3 favorites of your choice.
- One of the following of your choice:
⦁ 2 months of Cardsmith Premium Subscription (10$ value).
⦁ 1 month of Discord Nitro (nonbasic, 10$ value).
- 2 favorites of your choice.
3rd Place
- 1 favorite of your choice.
The winners and honorable mention(s) will have their entries favorited by me. The top three winning entries will also get a -TROPHY- and added to the -HALL OF FAME-!
The contest will be closed for judging in two weeks, on 16th of June, 23:59 EEST. The judging will take a few days at least.
Gaze into the Abyss, and the Abyss gazes also into you!
⦁ 10$ Gift Card on Steam.
2nd Place- 2 favorites of your choice.
3rd Place
- 1 favorite of your choice.
The winners and honorable mention(s) will have their entries favorited by me. The top three winning entries will also get a -TROPHY- and added to the -HALL OF FAME-!
The contest will be closed for judging in two weeks, on 16th of June, 23:59 EEST. The judging will take a few days at least.
Gaze into the Abyss, and the Abyss gazes also into you!
This discussion has been closed.
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Nine days until deadline!
Edit: Increased War of the Abyss mana value by {1}
Edit 2: Changed the words "activate" to "trigger" on War of the Abyss.
Abysmal Resurgence by jpastor | MTG Cardsmith
(Edit: Simplified the card and activates --> triggers)
Yet another example card from me, though this card's power level should best be avoided!
Six days 'til judging!
Edit: Changed the words "activate" to "trigger" on Abyssal Recall.
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/terues-the-desperate?list=user
A Father's Battle//Terues the Desperate
Abyssweaver's Grasp by jpastor | MTG Cardsmith
(Edit: Activates --> Triggers)
This card should be a welcome sight for almost any of the Abyss' triggers.
It seems like everyone's leaning into embracing the Abyss. Here's an example of the forces of good that push back against it. The two abilities were supposed to be named (Draw to the Light & Dispel the Darkness) but there wasn't enough space on the card.
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/grim-revalation
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/temple-to-the-mad-god
Attention!
There's a minor error in the reminder text of the mechanic, which @Jadefire pointed out few days ago. Whenever a player gazes into the Abyss, they trigger the emblem's next ability instead of activating it. The abilities are not "cost: effect" abilities on the emblem, so you don't activate them, but trigger them by gazing into the Abyss.
It's a small change, but still worthy of mention, and it won't affect the judging process if you had typed "activate" instead of "trigger" on your entries, since it was my mistake. Sorry about that, and thank you @Jadefire for bringing this to my attention!
Three days 'til judging!
Alright, here are my finished cards for this mechanic
Enjoy!
Here's a set with all of them:
https://mtgcardsmith.com/user/TheBiggestBrainMindSculptor/sets/72154
Those who are prepared to fully surrender themselves to the darkness attain heights of power unimaginable to mortal minds.
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/rarg-abyss-pathlighter-1
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/plars-abyss-strix
Abyssal Insight by jpastor | MTG Cardsmith
Veil of Shadows by jpastor | MTG Cardsmith