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Show Me Your Moxie -- CIRCUIT CHALLENGE
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The task for the contest was simply to make a mox that was balanced in standard and older formats. A 0 mana artifact with a mana ability that made one mana was the only entry constraint. I felt that I had made the criteria clear when I initiated the contest but perhaps I could have done better elucidating the judging criteria.
As for the Batman contest, you came close to placing with Victor Zsasz, which I liked a lot.
@bnew07 thanks for the contest!
Can you favorite these 2:
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/sachia-ursine-roamer
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/protective-matriarch
I looked at it again, and no those maxims do not come thru clearly for any of the reasons you listed. I really wish you'd just put such concise information in your rules as you did in your judging. No one needed to see about your scoring system break down that you put there since you didn't subject the majority of cards to it. This was wasted information instead of you know...putting your criteria in the fewest words possible so anyone glossing over your topic would easily understand.
Your examples are poor to be honest as they just give really vague examples to power level(as they don't fit into your own requirements in some instances), but it doesn't express the detail to why you feel that way. Should only shown what are valid examples and say why they are valid off whatever metric you want to go on. (You expect people play Goldie Locks of your examples and find just right, instead of saying what just right is.) Given the fact over half of the entries do not meet these requirements I can definitely say you did not provide enough info which is why I say this properly laid out rules. Look at the pattern, as these mechanics are all over the place, people simply were making cards and seeing what stuck to the wall.
Look at this contest here http://forums.mtgcardsmith.com/discussion/3736/brothers-from-other-mothers-circuit-challenge#latest KalamMekhar is very exact, but he clearly outlines what he DOESN'T want and does. When KrampisZman did his dinosaur circuit challenge, he made it abundantly clear he wanted realistic dinosaurs. http://forums.mtgcardsmith.com/discussion/3510/clade-dinosauria-circuit-challenge/p1You can be specific as you like, but you need clear examples and SAY what you want or don't. I would strongly recommend this sort of thing going forward.
*cough inside joke, carry on.* cough
It was a very interesting and fun contest in my opinion.
congratulations to all other winners and honorable mentiones.
Please fave these 3 plus 1 for the novel bonus.
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/angelina-heir-of-asenthia-1
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/hanna-bearer-of-faith
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/clementia-federation-mentor
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/byron-helpful-shepherd
If you would not like some of them then feel free to browse my collection for something you would like