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The Dimensions they are A-Changin': Timeshifted Contest
Hello fellow Cardsmiths! It's been a while since I've done one of these. But I've had this idea for a little while now and I haven't been as active as usual lately (college, urgh), so I figured this would be a good way to re-integrate with the community.
In the set Planar Chaos, there were a set of special border cards printed that were basically colorshifted versions of previous, classic cards. Examples below:
These are all colorshifted versions of other popular cards (Silver Knight, Whirling Dervish, and Force Spike, respectively).
This challenge is to create a card that is a colorshifted version of an existing Magic card. There are some additional guidelines I want to add:
1) No explicit breaks of the color pie. A red Cancel will not be acceptable. You are allowed to change an effect of a card slightly in order to prevent a breakage of the color pie, however. For instance:
It's a timeshifted version of Birds of Paradise, but the ability was changed slightly in order to stay within blue's area of the color pie. Also, minor breaks (a keyword in a color that doesn't typically get that keyword) will be acceptable, but please provide explanation in your entry why the effect is valid.
2) Multicolored cards are allowed, but ALL colors of the card must be changed in the timeshifted entry. An Orzhov (white-black) card, for instance, must be either Simic (green-blue), Izzet (blue-red), or Gruul (red-green).
3) Up to five entries are allowed. If you want to change entries, comment that your entry is replacing an older one.
4) Please post an image or a link to the original card.
PRIZES AND LOOT!
First Place: Five favorites of cards of your choosing, critique on five cards of your choosing, and a follow if I'm not already.
Second Place: Five favorites of cards of your choosing and critique on one card of your choosing, OR one favorite of a card of your choosing and critique on five cards of your choosing. Your choice. (I might have overdone something here).
Third Place: One favorite and one critique.
Honorable Mention: I dunno. A cookie? Sure, let's go with that. Or an unglued vanity card made by yours truly.
Happy smithing!
In the set Planar Chaos, there were a set of special border cards printed that were basically colorshifted versions of previous, classic cards. Examples below:
These are all colorshifted versions of other popular cards (Silver Knight, Whirling Dervish, and Force Spike, respectively).
This challenge is to create a card that is a colorshifted version of an existing Magic card. There are some additional guidelines I want to add:
1) No explicit breaks of the color pie. A red Cancel will not be acceptable. You are allowed to change an effect of a card slightly in order to prevent a breakage of the color pie, however. For instance:
It's a timeshifted version of Birds of Paradise, but the ability was changed slightly in order to stay within blue's area of the color pie. Also, minor breaks (a keyword in a color that doesn't typically get that keyword) will be acceptable, but please provide explanation in your entry why the effect is valid.
2) Multicolored cards are allowed, but ALL colors of the card must be changed in the timeshifted entry. An Orzhov (white-black) card, for instance, must be either Simic (green-blue), Izzet (blue-red), or Gruul (red-green).
3) Up to five entries are allowed. If you want to change entries, comment that your entry is replacing an older one.
4) Please post an image or a link to the original card.
PRIZES AND LOOT!
First Place: Five favorites of cards of your choosing, critique on five cards of your choosing, and a follow if I'm not already.
Second Place: Five favorites of cards of your choosing and critique on one card of your choosing, OR one favorite of a card of your choosing and critique on five cards of your choosing. Your choice. (I might have overdone something here).
Third Place: One favorite and one critique.
Honorable Mention: I dunno. A cookie? Sure, let's go with that. Or an unglued vanity card made by yours truly.
Happy smithing!
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Nice entry! Also I forgot to specify to link an image or web address to the original card, so please do so. Updated contest description.
Grave Bramble
Writhing Earth
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/deaths-analysis
Wizard's
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=383298&type=card
I opened this in draft (passed it I was in boros.) and thought why in Heliods great name is this not Black?
Well hope you like it gonna sleep now i'll make more tomorrow.
Original Card - Illicit Auction
Custom Version - Glorious Auction
Colorshifted version coming.
New:
The New
I feel like most of these cards shifted pretty well. Some cards needed their rarity shifted, mana cost adjusted, or ability tweaked in some way to make it work. Alot of the expliation is on the flavor text of the cards, answering why that color might justify doing something another color would normally do. Also I picked enemy colors to make sure it was as challenging as possible. Edit: I didn't know there was already a black fog effect so I replaced fog with Thragtusk and my card.
Shifted
(Got a few randoms on the database and picked Foster.)
(More random database cards. Hamlet Captain seemed perfect.)
Wizards ----------------------------> Mine
Random card search, seemed fun to remake.
My card
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=407649
Original card
My card:
[Replaced with Silkstitcher.]
Realize now that there was a cycle, but whatever.
so this is both
http://magiccards.info/query?q=!Darkness
What i made it the oppisite of but also of course
http://magiccards.info/ema/en/167.html
New:
Glad to get an opportunity to try out Bestow mechanics on a custom card. I think this colour-shift works well in the enchantment heavy Theros block.
Mine____________________________Original
Dropped the rarity since the effect is weaker.
Is there a deadline?
My cards:
No deadline has been stated.