I got bored, and started thinking about a contest I could make for you guys, my lamps. (Inside joke.) So, I started browsing the Theros cards and how much I hated them for both of my decks. Then it struck me: Maybe a new set would be nice, for mill. Then I realized, with all the contests going on here and being so AWESOME, I've decided that I'm going to make a contest for you guys, to make a BRAND NEW SET! But then I realized it mightn't go so well... So, I decided: I'll make a poll for it! I'll try to keep this running as long as possible to get an accurate depiction. Here's the tallies below!
I'll take part!!!! 6 ish
I will if I have time... 2
NEVER IN MY LIFE. 0
Here's how it would go:
It would span from October 20-January 21!
The set must be 149 cards total
It must have only up to 20 reprint cards, and only 1 can be a walker!
It must have a SLIGHT story line- About a paragraph or so.
There must be 5 walkers- 1 reprint, 2 new versions of an old one, and 2 completely new ones!
There must be about 10 cards OF EACH TYPE
There must be 1 land for each colour pairing. They all need to be almost the same, just different colours.
They must be organized, and easy to read in the eMail I get!
And there must be 5 mechanics (at least), each with two colours having it- Only one mechanic may be brought back, and it has to fit with the story!
And those would be the basic rules. Of course, there would need to be some PRETTY AWESOME prizes, so 1st gets something awesome (PM me to ask), 2nd gets the most money card from my coming Theros box (Unless it's Ashiok, that would go to use ;) ), and 3rd gets 4 Theros boosters from my coming box.
leave your vote below! THis poll will stand for 1 month!
(Voting will be done by me and some close associates- We'll pick the best 2 of every type (Except the lands) and then you guys will vote on who gets it!)
I'll do it if I have time.
In school so busy most of the time
If I have time I will.
Quote from: Destore117 on September 24, 2013, 05:09:25 PM
In school so busy most of the time
If I have time I will.
Should have thought of that. Maybe increase time period?
Quote from: Mlerner12 on September 24, 2013, 05:10:42 PM
Quote from: Destore117 on September 24, 2013, 05:09:25 PM
In school so busy most of the time
If I have time I will.
Should have thought of that. Maybe increase time period?
Well is each person coming up with their own set Idea? Based on your guidelines.
Quote from: Destore117 on September 24, 2013, 05:53:58 PM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on September 24, 2013, 05:10:42 PM
Quote from: Destore117 on September 24, 2013, 05:09:25 PM
In school so busy most of the time
If I have time I will.
Should have thought of that. Maybe increase time period?
Well is each person coming up with their own set Idea? Based on your guidelines.
It's really more cards, but they all need to directly relate. So, everyone is kinda coming up with an idea, but the story is really small.
I should be able to design a set from October 20-January 21, I'm in!
I guess I'll enter my ancient civilizations set in. Just have to flesh out each ones mechanic and I'm off
C'mon, we need more people! (5 for sure).
Can you ask for help?
Depends on who it is ;)
I just need to figure out black and red culture by mechanically making them mixable with there allied neighbors
Hey people! If you want this to happen then join! We need at least five people certainly going to do it! Hurry! And let me tell you, The 1st place is OWSHUM!
absolutely
Can I just make up my own walkers?
Edit: I'm not sure who would fit my set
Totally !
Nevermind. I think I know a walker that would be the perfect antagonist of civilization...however...I would have to make a whole new card for this walker because it is complete and absolute crap
When you say lands for each color pairing, do u mean dualies?
Yes, and you actually only need 5 if you do tri.
Ok gotcha. Just wanted to make sure I understood all the rules. I sent you a PM btw
Quote from: Mlerner12 on September 27, 2013, 01:37:53 PM
Yes, and you actually only need 5 if you do tri.
dang. I had something different in mind that would have helped...
Quote from: Birdbrain on September 27, 2013, 03:23:00 PM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on September 27, 2013, 01:37:53 PM
Yes, and you actually only need 5 if you do tri.
dang. I had something different in mind that would have helped...
You can do anywhere 5-10 actually :D
Are basic lands included in the 149?
Yes, but it 4 of each.
So. That's 20 correct?
Yes.
I already had my lands planned out, and multicolor cards planned out, and adding even five would mean I'd have 25 lands. Aren't you interested in the unique way I'm doing multicolor?
I meant 20 basics.
Quote from: Mlerner12 on September 27, 2013, 06:37:58 PM
Quote from: Birdbrain on September 27, 2013, 06:07:47 PM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on September 27, 2013, 05:55:53 PM
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Quote from: Mlerner12 on September 27, 2013, 04:17:14 PM
I meant 20 basics.
and I meant 20 nonbasics
Onlyn5-10 non basics!
Lorwyn has 16
so?
so, some sets have more
Quote from: Birdbrain on September 27, 2013, 06:43:05 PM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on September 27, 2013, 06:37:58 PM
Quote from: Birdbrain on September 27, 2013, 06:07:47 PM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on September 27, 2013, 05:55:53 PM
Quote from: Birdbrain on September 27, 2013, 04:24:23 PM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on September 27, 2013, 04:17:14 PM
I meant 20 basics.
and I meant 20 nonbasics
Onlyn5-10 non basics!
Lorwyn has 16
so?
so, some sets have more
This one can't sorry!
Ok. I'll find a way to work within you accommodations.
I don't know which three of my four land cycles to axe...
Edit: it's not a mono colored set, and all of these cycles were nessicary. So I guess I'm out of the contest
Quote from: Birdbrain on September 27, 2013, 06:57:42 PM
I don't know which three of my four land cycles to axe...
Edit: it's not a mono colored set, and all of these cycles were nessicary. So I guess I'm out of the contest
Why are you out? I'll let you use them as long as it doesn't guarantee a win ;)
Quote from: Mlerner12 on September 28, 2013, 11:56:50 AM
Quote from: Birdbrain on September 27, 2013, 06:57:42 PM
I don't know which three of my four land cycles to axe...
Edit: it's not a mono colored set, and all of these cycles were nessicary. So I guess I'm out of the contest
Why are you out? I'll let you use them as long as it doesn't guarantee a win ;)
they don't
Quote from: Birdbrain on September 28, 2013, 12:22:04 PM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on September 28, 2013, 11:56:50 AM
Quote from: Birdbrain on September 27, 2013, 06:57:42 PM
I don't know which three of my four land cycles to axe...
Edit: it's not a mono colored set, and all of these cycles were nessicary. So I guess I'm out of the contest
Why are you out? I'll let you use them as long as it doesn't guarantee a win ;)
they don't
I'll let you do it.
What if there were no planeswalkers in the block I'm revisiting? How would I reprint old ones if they didn't exist?
Well, you need to find a way ;)
Quote from: EvACiDe on September 28, 2013, 04:43:13 PM
What if there were no planeswalkers in the block I'm revisiting? How would I reprint old ones if they didn't exist?
The Planeswalkers were drawn there by an ancient/mysterious/powerful/ect. force or maybe someone is attacking the Plane like Nicol Bolas/Phyrexians/Eldrazi and the Superfriends have to defend it.
Well I understand how I can bring some into it. I'm just curious about how I'm going to make a copy of a planeswalker from that block if they didn't exist in it. Does that make sense? Can I just make NEW planeswalkers that were Legendary Creatures at the time? Or can I reprint planeswalkers from OTHER blocks and insert them into this new one?
Quote from: EvACiDe on September 28, 2013, 06:10:27 PM
Well I understand how I can bring some into it. I'm just curious about how I'm going to make a copy of a planeswalker from that block if they didn't exist in it. Does that make sense? Can I just make NEW planeswalkers that were Legendary Creatures at the time? Or can I reprint planeswalkers from OTHER blocks and insert them into this new one?
The walkers can be all new or new versions.
I'm actually taking the worst planeswalker and revamping him because he is the perfect antagonist for my plane...and yes. I am talking about tibalt. I'm making a playable version of him
Quote from: Birdbrain on September 28, 2013, 08:14:42 PM
I'm actually taking the worst planeswalker and revamping him because he is the perfect antagonist for my plane...and yes. I am talking about tibalt. I'm making a playable version of him
Oh Tibalt -sigh-
Is there still interest in this?
Def yes!
Good. Anybody else's worlds producing interesting lore and history out of nowhere as they think about it?
Just saying I'm looking at a Post apocalyptic sort of plane.
I have a mechanic name for one of the cultures in my set. Not sure what it does yet, but I have a mechanic name, and am going to use the meaning of the phrase for what it does
Quote from: Birdbrain on October 11, 2013, 07:51:11 PM
I have a mechanic name for one of the cultures in my set. Not sure what it does yet, but I have a mechanic name, and am going to use the meaning of the phrase for what it does
It's a start ;)
I have 10 mechanics down but I'm working on story as well as cards to fit them ATM ^-^
Also lightly unsure of what I should make the lands do
Quote from: Destore117 on October 11, 2013, 07:57:48 PM
I have 10 mechanics down but I'm working on story as well as cards to fit them ATM ^-^
Also lightly unsure of what I should make the lands do
If I forgot to mention, they can't copy any duals from Alara+ or the original duals.
Quote from: Mlerner12 on October 11, 2013, 07:59:43 PM
Quote from: Destore117 on October 11, 2013, 07:57:48 PM
I have 10 mechanics down but I'm working on story as well as cards to fit them ATM ^-^
Also lightly unsure of what I should make the lands do
If I forgot to mention, they can't copy any duals from Alara+ or the original duals.
Yes you've mentioned and I'm sure they won't! :D
Quote from: Destore117 on October 11, 2013, 08:06:14 PM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on October 11, 2013, 07:59:43 PM
Quote from: Destore117 on October 11, 2013, 07:57:48 PM
I have 10 mechanics down but I'm working on story as well as cards to fit them ATM ^-^
Also lightly unsure of what I should make the lands do
If I forgot to mention, they can't copy any duals from Alara+ or the original duals.
Yes you've mentioned and I'm sure they won't! :D
Kewl :D
I'm working on a comprehensive timeline of my world. Can I submit that as part of the contest, or do I have to make my own thread for it?
Submit it as part of the context!
Can it be related to other sets and or planes?
My set will have a drastic change based on the plane of course.
Quote from: Destore117 on October 11, 2013, 08:41:01 PM
Can it be related to other sets and or planes?
My set will have a drastic change based on the plane of course.
As long as it's not just like an exact copy. And no repeat mechanics of that plane! Except for Dominaria. You can use Future Sight mechanics, except for Suspend ;)
No no I have my own mechanics but I'd like to relate it to The guilds if possible :3
Quote from: Destore117 on October 12, 2013, 03:15:54 AM
No no I have my own mechanics but I'd like to relate it to The guilds if possible :3
That's fine.
I'll try this out. Quick questions.
What if we don't have multicolor lands in our set. Or perhaps we even are doing shards how would we go about making. The lands?
Can we have more then just one paragraph of stirrings (because I love a good story ;))
We don't have to have any reprints if we want right. And if so, do we have to include the fifth reprint planeswalker. And instead do a defferent version of an old one?
Quote from: FlickerYourOwnIdentity on October 12, 2013, 11:00:00 PM
I'll try this out. Quick questions.
What if we don't have multicolor lands in our set. Or perhaps we even are doing shards how would we go about making. The lands?
Can we have more then just one paragraph of stirrings (because I love a good story ;))
We don't have to have any reprints if we want right. And if so, do we have to include the fifth reprint planeswalker. And instead do a defferent version of an old one?
You need Multicoloured lands! I don't care what they do as long as they're ORIGINAL! And yes, you can do that for the walkers and story.
ok, i got my skeleton set up, and a story rolling through my head...
now that i has a story can i use 6 walkers??? Very nessicary
Quote from: FlickerYourOwnIdentity on October 13, 2013, 12:11:58 AM
ok, i got my skeleton set up, and a story rolling through my head...
now that i has a story can i use 6 walkers??? Very nessicary
No. Sorry, but most large sets have 5 and this is a small set... Most sets of this size have 2! ;)
Quote from: Mlerner12 on October 13, 2013, 12:17:01 AM
Quote from: FlickerYourOwnIdentity on October 13, 2013, 12:11:58 AM
ok, i got my skeleton set up, and a story rolling through my head...
now that i has a story can i use 6 walkers??? Very nessicary
No. Sorry, but most large sets have 5 and this is a small set... Most sets of this size have 2! ;)
Dangat, he/she was gonna finish off the pie
Quote from: FlickerYourOwnIdentity on October 13, 2013, 12:20:58 AM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on October 13, 2013, 12:17:01 AM
Quote from: FlickerYourOwnIdentity on October 13, 2013, 12:11:58 AM
ok, i got my skeleton set up, and a story rolling through my head...
now that i has a story can i use 6 walkers??? Very nessicary
No. Sorry, but most large sets have 5 and this is a small set... Most sets of this size have 2! ;)
Dangat, he/she was gonna finish off the pie
Your new profile picture is weird. And sort of creepy. And, given who/what it is, awesome.
Its a chibi SORIN X3
it makes me happy. :)
Just figured out the white cultures mechanic
And it works with both blues mechanic and greens mechanic very well.
Now to figure out a red mechanic that works with greens mechanic and against whites mechanic and blues mechanic. And a black mechanic that works with blues mechanic and against greens mechanic and whites mechanic....
And have the red mechanic and the black mechanic work together....
That's a realy tall order.....
Gah! This set has an awful lot of restrictions...(even more than just the mech restrictions)
Too many to count...
And that's not including Mlearners restrictions
Quote from: Birdbrain on October 13, 2013, 10:56:28 AM
Gah! This set has an awful lot of restrictions...(even more than just the mech restrictions)
Too many to count...
And that's not including Mlearners restrictions
;) ;) ;)
Quote from: Mlerner12 on October 13, 2013, 10:58:31 AM
Quote from: Birdbrain on October 13, 2013, 10:56:28 AM
Gah! This set has an awful lot of restrictions...(even more than just the mech restrictions)
Too many to count...
And that's not including Mlearners restrictions
;) ;) ;)
dont lift anymore restrictions though. This is making me come up with some realy wonky stuff...
Quote from: Birdbrain on October 13, 2013, 11:04:25 AM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on October 13, 2013, 10:58:31 AM
Quote from: Birdbrain on October 13, 2013, 10:56:28 AM
Gah! This set has an awful lot of restrictions...(even more than just the mech restrictions)
Too many to count...
And that's not including Mlearners restrictions
;) ;) ;)
dont lift anymore restrictions though. This is making me come up with some realy wonky stuff...
Don't worry! ;)
I would like to participate even if i've been busy this really looks like fun
I have one question, does the story have to be based on Theros ??
Quote from: Mizark on October 17, 2013, 11:55:36 PM
I would like to participate even if i've been busy this really looks like fun
I have one question, does the story have to be based on Theros ??
It CANT be based off another standard set
Quote from: Mlerner12 on October 17, 2013, 11:56:30 PM
Quote from: Mizark on October 17, 2013, 11:55:36 PM
I would like to participate even if i've been busy this really looks like fun
I have one question, does the story have to be based on Theros ??
It CANT be based off another standard set
Oh ok cool thx
Quote from: Mizark on October 18, 2013, 12:00:07 AM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on October 17, 2013, 11:56:30 PM
Quote from: Mizark on October 17, 2013, 11:55:36 PM
I would like to participate even if i've been busy this really looks like fun
I have one question, does the story have to be based on Theros ??
It CANT be based off another standard set
Oh ok cool thx
;) ;) ;)
I threw in some cards for {donate} shenanagins in my set
I may have to drop out of this contest. I'm having too much trouble figuring out what red is all about in this set
Quote from: Birdbrain on November 15, 2013, 03:25:28 PM
I may have to drop out of this contest. I'm having too much trouble figuring out what red is all about in this set
You can ask for help if it's not for anything specific. Like, "Hey what should green do in this set?" Is okay while "Make me some cards, please?" Is NOT.
I think ill do it. As long as I have time, but I probably will. Can we make new mechanics?
Quote from: DimirOverlord1300 on November 15, 2013, 06:48:04 PM
I think ill do it. As long as I have time, but I probably will. Can we make new mechanics?
You must make 4 new mechanics, at least.
Ok.
I'm totally in! Just checking, the 20 basic lands DO count towards the 149 total cards, right?
Quote from: abstractApathist on November 16, 2013, 07:02:32 PM
I'm totally in! Just checking, the 20 basic lands DO count towards the 149 total cards, right?
Yes.
Quote from: Mlerner12 on November 16, 2013, 07:03:44 PM
Quote from: abstractApathist on November 16, 2013, 07:02:32 PM
I'm totally in! Just checking, the 20 basic lands DO count towards the 149 total cards, right?
Yes.
i thought you said 149 or 249?
Quote from: Mlerner12 on November 16, 2013, 07:19:03 PM
Quote from: Birdbrain on November 16, 2013, 07:18:42 PM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on November 16, 2013, 07:03:44 PM
Quote from: abstractApathist on November 16, 2013, 07:02:32 PM
I'm totally in! Just checking, the 20 basic lands DO count towards the 149 total cards, right?
Yes.
i thought you said 149 or 249?
I did.
ok
I'm definitely dropping out
I just have hit a brick wall with my set.
:/
Quote from: Destore117 on December 08, 2013, 02:41:09 PM
I just have hit a brick wall with my set.
:/
Take a hammer to it!
How much longer do we have?
Alright. I'll see if I can't get back to work on it.
When will it end?
Quote from: Destore117 on December 08, 2013, 02:41:09 PM
I just have hit a brick wall with my set.
:/
i'm having the opposite problem. I'm having too many ideas
I just don't know a storyline yet. I had a bunch of ideas but none of them seemed worthy of Mlerner's prizes :/
Quote from: Destore117 on December 08, 2013, 09:28:02 PM
I just don't know a storyline yet. I had a bunch of ideas but none of them seemed worthy of Mlerner's prizes :/
Aww give it your best shot, I'm not harsh :)
Probably interested. That doesn't make sense. Count me in. Can I use a set I've already been working on for a while?
Quote from: InfinitiveDivinity on December 09, 2013, 02:22:47 PM
Probably interested. That doesn't make sense. Count me in. Can I use a set I've already been working on for a while?
Sure, but is it okay then that I judge a little harsher? ;) (Harsher? More harsh? Lol)