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Magus of the BLANK **Circuit Challenge** FINISHED
So, if you don't know, Wizards of the Coast do this thing where they systematically reprint artifacts, lands, enchantments, and sorceries as creatures - Human Wizards to be exact. They are called Magi (singular Magus) and are all named Magus of the [some part of the name of the original card]. For example:
As you can see, they pretty much mimic the cards they are based on. One last example: here's one I made earlier:
Your task is this: Smith me a Magus! It can be based on any card type except a creature, and it has to be a Wizard, preferably a Human one, named Magus of the [something]. So pick your favourite artifact, land, enchantment, sorcery, or instant (?), and get going!
Rules:
1. No more than 2 entries each, unless a cycle of 5 or 10 cards is entered. One card can be "old", but the rest must be recently made.
2. Please do your best to credit the artist.
3. This contest will be judged on the balance (see what I did there) of the cards, the flavour/flavour text (but don't feel pressured into adding flavour text if there's no room), and how well the Magus replicates the original card.
4. This contest ends on December 13th.
Prizes
1st: 1 follow, 1 Circuit Point and 3 favourites on cards of your choice. 3 Theros: Beyond Death booster packs!
2nd: 3/4 Circuit Point and 3 favourites on cards of your choice. 3 Theros: Beyond Death booster packs!
3rd: 1/2 Circuit Point and 2 favourites on cards of your choice.
Honorable mentions: 1/4 Circuit Point and favourites on the entries themselves.
Booster packs kindly sponsored by @Murkletins!
Enjoy! I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
As you can see, they pretty much mimic the cards they are based on. One last example: here's one I made earlier:
Your task is this: Smith me a Magus! It can be based on any card type except a creature, and it has to be a Wizard, preferably a Human one, named Magus of the [something]. So pick your favourite artifact, land, enchantment, sorcery, or instant (?), and get going!
Rules:
1. No more than 2 entries each, unless a cycle of 5 or 10 cards is entered. One card can be "old", but the rest must be recently made.
2. Please do your best to credit the artist.
3. This contest will be judged on the balance (see what I did there) of the cards, the flavour/flavour text (but don't feel pressured into adding flavour text if there's no room), and how well the Magus replicates the original card.
4. This contest ends on December 13th.
Prizes
1st: 1 follow, 1 Circuit Point and 3 favourites on cards of your choice. 3 Theros: Beyond Death booster packs!
2nd: 3/4 Circuit Point and 3 favourites on cards of your choice. 3 Theros: Beyond Death booster packs!
3rd: 1/2 Circuit Point and 2 favourites on cards of your choice.
Honorable mentions: 1/4 Circuit Point and favourites on the entries themselves.
Booster packs kindly sponsored by @Murkletins!
Enjoy! I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
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Based on both "Wrath of God":
And "Damnation":
I was originally going to do them separately, but decided that since they are the same card, just in different colors, to combine them.
(You kinda beat me to it)
I made my favorite enchantment from the Tarkir block "Hardened Scales"
For my second submission, I Magified "Reset" from Legends
Magus of the Magi by @Temurzoa
Magus of the Dark Matter and Magus of the Heroic by @Lastjustice
Magus of the Righteousness by @TenebrisNemo
Magus of the Wildfire by @Tomigon
Magus of Reclamation by @FantasticKill7
Magus of the Loam by @Tommia
Magus of the Top by @benw
Magus of Wrath and Damnation by @EternalWolf88
Magus of the Door by @SpellPiper2213
Magus of the Scales and Magus of the Reset by @zamshala
Keep up the good work, only 9 days till closing and there's now Physical Prizes courtesy of @murkletins.
Is it ok to remove "the"? My friend thinks "Magus of Wildfire" sounds better than "Magus of the Wildfire"
Based on "All is Dust":
here's the first batch of spells for this haha, to give an idea of how I'm making em
In that case I'll change it back to "Magus of the Wildfire", because I think that's WotC probably would do.
Edit: turned into a cycle
Edit: turned into a cycle.
I attempted to balance them by keeping their CMC equal to the original cards, their combined P/T equal to their CMC+1, their activated abilities costing {1} more, and their passives not affecting themselves (except the bident which I powered down a bit).
The three original colors that had flavor text (white, blue, and red) still have flavor text
@twighlight8
Does this count as all my entries, or one of two?