 Deckbuilding
Contest: Class-Wars!
1/25/08 - About two years ago Streetz ran a
class-based contest
designed to use a limited pool of Tribal based around the D&D style
classes. I speak of this only because Morningtide brings us to an
interesting crossroad; while it focuses heavily on the tribal lines
created by Lorwyn, it also is the first set to really ever focus on the
class aspect of creatures. As a result you're seeing numerous Faerie
Rogues, Goblin Warriors, and others all designed along the tribal lines
created by Lorwyn and the class lines being defined in Morningtide.
Which brings me to the contest... ~Cashew~
Enter Here. |
 Planeswalker
Contest Announcement.
10/22/07 - The journey to this contest actually began a couple months
ago. A goofy little card called Tarmogoyf was released in Future Sight.
A single, simple little word included in the reminder text unleashed the
largest rumor mill Magic has probably ever seen. It couldn't have been
any smaller - just the inclusion of the word "planeswalker" as a card
type – and the world began to spin faster. ~Cashew~
Entries Here.
Discuss Here. |
MOMP
Challenge #1: Sheltered Valley!
3/4/07 -
MOMP challenges you all to create a deck making full use of the
Alliance's land card, Sheltered Valley. Click on the above link to
read more about this. This contest will not be formally judged.
~Chris Newton~
Enter Here. |
Thematic
Landscaping:
Decks due 1/16/07!
1/12/07 -
This is just a friendly reminder that Thematic Landscaping, the
current MDV deckbuilding contest, has a deadline and that deadline is
this upcoming Wednesday. Remember your deck has to be LAND
THEMED... not just a land-based combo deck. Read up on the rules
here.
Be sure to include your name, the deck name and a short description of
the deck! Thanks for visiting Magic Deck Vortex! ~Streetz~ |
Deck
Contest: Thematic Landscaping.
1/2/07 -
Welcome to MDV’s first deckbuilding contest of 2007! This time around
the usual restrictions will apply but the focus will be completely
different than all others before it. Entries are due by the end of
1/16/07 and need to be submitted via email to
here. Your task: Create a land-themed deck with at least 28 lands.
Read more about it
here.
Thanks for visiting! ~Streetz~ |
Happy
Halloween!!! ...and a Deck Contest???
10/31/06 - Well, it's Halloween, kiddies!
And it's time to start building. While some of you are going to go
trick-or-treating around town, I know there are others of you that are,
well, a bit too old to trick-or-treat. And thus, BUILD A DECK!
This isn't a formal contest, but it's a contest to build the most
intriguing Halloween themed deck. Whether you are focusing on
Witches, Dark Spells, Dark Cats, Candy, Jack-o-Lanterns, Werewolves,
Ghosts, or anything else related to Halloween, make a deck out of it and
post it in
this
forum thread. MDV Staff will review the submissions and crown the
top three decks with a place in the MDV Deck Database. All decks
are due by the end of the day. Please
check out the forum thread on this for more details. Thanks
for visiting. ~Streetz~ |
Featured article:
MDV IDOL 3:
Deadline to Enter is Friday!
10/26/06 - If you haven't read up on the
MDV IDOL 3 yet, you can find that information
here. If you have and you want to
enter the contest, please know your submission is due this Friday.
That's not too far away... so please check out the guidelines to enter
and email your submission! Thanks for visiting Magic Deck Vortex! ~Streetz~
Discuss this article here.
|
Featured article:
MDV IDOL 3: Entering the
Contest...
10/13/06 - As
Tynion has previously mentioned, MDV IDOL 3 has begun. But this time, we
are doing it a wee bit different. This time, to become a contestant, you
have to do a little work first. What kind of work? Well, it’s easy.
Please keep reading to find out – I’m going to change something to make
things a little easier for you. But first know that this MDV IDOL will
be the best yet! ~Streetz~
Discuss this article here. |
Featured article:
MDV IDOL 2: Final Round Voting Polls Open!
9/25/06 - The final contestants will get
their review from the judges very soon. However, in the meantime,
we've opened up the polls for the final round. That's right, cast
your vote for the favorite card! You can find the final listings
here - you can cast your vote in the same place. Thanks for
visiting Magic Deck Vortex! ~Streetz~ |
Featured article:
MDV IDOL 2: Voting Polls
Open!!!
9/4/06 -
Welcome fans to the MDV Reader Voting portion of MDV Idol 2: In the
Crossfire! During the last seasons voting session, we grouped all
the entries by the order of entry into the contest. This time, we
decided that we would have the grouping done by randomly pairing all the
contestants in groups, instead of just having the order of entry decide
the pairing. So I have taken the liberty and have randomly placed each
contestant into Groups A through E. Voting threads are located
here.
~Chris Newton~ |
Featured article:
MDV IDOL 2:
Editing Ends Today.
9/3/06 - ATTENTION contestants of MDV Idol
2. Submissions were due on 9/1/06. Now, editting your
submissions ends today. You can edit your submissions in the same
thread you posted them (same post in fact) to perfect them, add any
missing parts, or whatever. One people who have submitted
something can edit their entries. Next up, voting will begin on
9/4/06, tomorrow. Thanks! ~Streetz~ |
Featured article:
MDV IDOL 2: In The
Crossfire!!!
8/24/06 -
Since you guys did so well in the last season of Magic Idol, this time
we decided to handicap you a little bit.. That’s right! You guys are
pros at this now, and we can turn up the difficulty level a notch. So in
this season’s contest, we will give you a scenario, and you must design
your creature, with the setting presented, in mind. Lets see what
the contest will challenge you with this time... [READ
MORE]. Enter the contest
here.
~MDV Staff / Chris Newton~ |
"Class"-ified
Tribal decks due Monday!
8/10/06 -
This is just a reminder that the "Class"-ified Tribal deck contest
submissions are due by the end of the day on Monday (8/14). Be sure
and get your deck in by then. The challenge? Create a
tribal deck using a class as your main theme. The usual guidelines will
apply (mentioned on the contest page). Email your submissions to
streetz@magicdeckvortex.com. You can find out all of the
details about this contest
here.
Thanks for visiting MDV! ~Streetz~
Discuss this here. |
"Class"-ified
Tribal - Deckbuilding Contest!
8/4/06 - Welcome to Classified Tribal! It’s
the latest deckbuilding contest hosted by Streetz. This isn’t some
top-secret society of tribal deck-builders. Instead, it’s a "class"ic
deckbuilding contest centered on Tribal Classes. THE CHALLENGE: Create a
tribal deck using a class as your main theme. The usual guidelines will
apply (mentioned on the contest page). Email your submissions to
streetz@magicdeckvortex.com. Submissions are due by 8/14/06.
~Streetz~ |
Featured article:
Must Have Theme Contest
Wrap-up!
8/4/06 - Some
time ago, back in 2003, I posted a deckbuilding contest called “Must
Have Theme.” In this contest I challenged visitors of MDV to create a
tribal theme deck. The deck had to involvea creature type that I didn’t
have in the Deck Database at the time. Since then, MDV’s deck database
has grown significantly and I can’t really compare these decks to the
Database anymore. However, I thought it would be fun to re-visit this
contest and proclaim a winner.
Read on!
Discuss this article here.
~Streetz~ |
Featured article:
MDV Idol: Finale!
7/24/06 -
Welcome to the moment that you all have been waiting for! We have
gathered the comments and scores of our panel of Judges, and will now
reveal their opinions and find out who the first Magic Idol is!
Check the article out here.
You can
discuss this in the forums in this forum link.
Thanks for visiting Magic Deck Vortex! ~MDV Writing Staff~ |
Featured article:
MDV Comic Search: Deadline Extended.
7/19/06
- I am extended the deadline for entering this contest to 7/26/06.
Please post your comic in
this
thread to enter. Your entry can be a comic in black and white,
color, one frame, several frames... whatever you prefer. The only
restriction is that is has to be related to Magic in some way and
preferably amusing/comical. Thanks for visiting Magic Deck Vortex
- the site for the casual playa! ~Streetz~ |
Featured article:
MDV Idol: Voting Starts
Now!
7/11/06 -The
original plan was to have you vote for one card and the top five vote
getting cards would be sent to the Judges for the final round, in which
a winner would be selected. However, with the extra large number of
entrants, I have decided to break the cards down, into five groups. The
card in each group that gets the most votes, will go on to the finals.
The groups will consist of three groups of nine, and two groups of
eight. ~Chris Newton~ |
Featured article:
MDV Idol: Deadline
Reminder...
7/7/06 - This is just a reminder that all entries are
due today (7/7/06). You have the option of editing your final
submission by the end of 7/9/06 (Sunday). If you have posted
several cards in the forums as your entry, please clarify which one is
your final submission. If you have no idea what I am talking
about, please click on
this link. Then you can make your
entries and submit them or edit them
here.
Thanks for visiting Magic Deck Vortex! ~Streetz~ |
Featured article:
MDV
Comic Search! -- Enter with your comic.
7/5/06 - Many sites all over the net have
had MTG related comic strips including UG Madness, Pro Magic Online and
Manascrewed. Not that I am trying to compete, but I would like to
see what you all are capable of. Anyone can enter, as long
as you can host the comic image to post in the
forums. Submit a comic strip, small or large, balck and white
or color, deep or shallow in the forum. The winner will be voted
upon and posted on the main site. Please post your comics, ideas,
concepts and comments
here.
Thank for visiting Magic Deck Vortex! ~Streetz~ |
Featured article:
MDV IDOL: Bestest Broken
Card Contest!
6/23/06 - Over
the years, players have abused Magic cards created by Wizards,
originally intended to be good or average cards, until Wizards were
forced to restrict them. (Such as Necropotence, Land Tax, and the
Wishes.) There were times in the past, however, when cards were just
simply broken from the moment that they left the printer. [READ
MORE]. Enter the contest
here. ~MDV Staff / Chris Newton~ |
Forum
Art Contest #5 submissions due 4/3...
3/23/06 - This is a friendly reminder that submissions for Tekk's Art
Contest #5 are due April 3rd (quickly approaching). For more
information on the contest, please click on the link above. Basically,
Tekk has a very cool green card which you need to illustrate based on his
criteria. Mind you, his criteria are rather open. If you thought of
joining, you still have time. Thanks for visiting Magic Deck Vortex!
~Streetz~ |
Create
a Card
Contest!
Create the coolest Druid card Contest!
3/6/06
- This is a tight contest. You are given approx. three days to make
the coolest druid. You get only one entry and Ghurhgs and I will
judge. The winning card wil be featured on MDV on Friday or Saturday!
There are some specific guildlines (like your card must be a creature)
so check out the thread for more information. Ghurhgs and I will be
judging this contest so be sure to give it your best effort. You can
click here to go to the thread. Thanks for visiting MDV during
Druid Week! ~Streetz~ |
 [FaP]
Contest #1 - Write a story!
3/5/06 - [FaP] stands for Fiction and Poetry which is one of the forums
of MDV. What you need to do: Write a
story involving a pirate named 'Captain Farsee'. He is an evil pirate
with secret powers. This is all the outline entails, just write an adventure
involving him. The story must be between 800 and 1000 words in order
to qualify. Submit in
this
thread and a new thread will be made with a poll for the best one. Deadline
is March 15! This contest is being hosted by
stolin. ~Streetz~ |
Forum
Contest!
Card Creation Contest from Art, Round 3
3/5/06
- Round two is over and congratulations to Yawgmoth who scored highest.
Yawgie's card will be submitted to the Powershift designers for review. In the
meantime, Round Three is now upon you. Create a fictional magic card from the following art:
[Image Removed]
I feel this art should stimulate some interesting
concepts. Note about it - the original card proposed using this
art was denied by the designers of Powershift. Remember, the judges are looking for originality,
balance and something that flavorfully fits the art. Good luck.
Click
here to join (or post in) the contest; thanks for visiting MDV!
~Streetz~ |
Forum
Art Contest #5 (by Tekk).
2/26/05 - Can you draw? Better yet, can you draw based on an art
description provided by Tekkactus for a card? The card is very cool
(and green) and well, all you have to do is submit original art based on the
description Tekk provides. Click on the link above to check out more
information about the contest. As of right now there is no deadline
but already a few people have signed up. Become a part of the forum
happenings and join the contest - and good luck! Thanks for visiting
MDV. ~Streetz~ |
Forum
Contest!
Card Creation Contest from Art, Round 2
2/20/06
- Round one is over and congratulations to Neuro who scores highest
and to Maleficent who scored second highest. Both of their cards
with be submitted to the Powershift designers for review. In the
meantime, Round Two is now upon you. Can you accept the
challenge? Create a fictional magic card from the following art:
[Image Removed]
Note about the creature pictured in the art - it
is an Estos. Note that your card doesn't have to be a creature.
You can enter the contest at any time. The round one art may
have been a bit more difficult, but this one should be a little
easier. Remember, the judges are looking for originality,
balance and something that flavorfully fits the art. Good luck.
Click
here to join (or post in) the contest; thanks for visiting MDV!
~Streetz~ |
Forum
Contest!
Celixia Card Creation Contest ... from Art! #1
2/9/06
- Are you
prepared? Prepared to design a card from art (called top
down design?) Well, even if you aren't I would encourage you to
enter this contest in the
forum. I post a piece of art
and you design a card based on it. Simple enough, right?
Well, there will be three rounds of this and a final top 3. Each
round there will be a new art piece to design a card from. The
winner at the end will get to influence Powershift in some way, the
next set to come out in the Celixia block. What is Celixia?
It's a fictional set of Magic cards by myself. Thanks for
visiting MDV! Click
here to join the contest - note: I am looking for at least one
judge. ~Streetz~ |
 MDV Tournament!!!
Winter Break Celixia Tourney-Top 8 Pairings!
1/31/06
- I can't say the tournament has been a flop, but many of the people
that originally entered the contest were unable to play and thus,
after three rounds I have opted to go straight to the top 8.
Mind you, this was a suggestion by the other players in the
tournament. So, below are the pairings for the top eight (round
one):
Top 8
Pairings:
Oyzar Vs. Evilrabitman
Yusuke Vs. K. Buriag
D_B_B Vs. Boiwithteeth
Lionden_56 Vs. Streetz
Good luck to everyone in the tournament. I
would like to have this round completed by Sunday. Thanks for visiting MDV! ~Streetz~
|
MDV Tournament!!!
Winter Break Celixia Tourney - Round 2!
12/23/05
-Round two pairings have been posted in the
forum. All participants need to submit their results in
this thread. You have 2-3 days to complete your match and
any rules questions must be resolves among each other.
All round 2 matches must be complete by 12/26/05. Remember
to keep track of your opponent's deck code (which you must submit with
your results)...
Round Two
Pairings:
AgentofAquarius vs. Kristoffer
boiwithteeth vs. Streetz
Crystal Fire Dragon vs. Shadow Mage Alpha
Death_By_Beebles vs. Yusuke
Einstenmonkey vs. Interpolled
evilrabbitman vs. K_Buriag
Glenn vs. lionden_56
Interpolled vs. EinsteinMonkey
K_Buriag vs. evilrabbitman
Kristoffer vs. AgentofAquarius
lionden_56 vs. Glenn
Mad Mat vs. oyzar
Maleficent vs. stolin
oyzar vs. Mad Mat
Shaarda vs. TJ
Shadow Mage Alpha vs. Crystal Fire Dragon
stolin vs. Maleficent
Streetz vs. biowithteeth
Tekkactus vs. UnknownKnowned
TJ vs. Shaarda
UnknownKnowned vs. Tekkactus
Yusuke vs. Death_By_Beebles
Good luck to everyone in the tournament. Thanks for visiting MDV! ~Streetz~
|
MDV Tournament!!!
Winter Break Celixia Tourney - Round 1!
12/20/05
-Round one pairings have been posted in the
forum.
All participants need to submit their results in
this
thread. You have 2-3 days to complete your match and any rules
questions must be resolves among each other. Remember to keep track of
your opponent's deck code (which you must submit with your results)...
Round One
Pairings:
oyzar vs. Tekkactus
Kristoffer vs. Maleficent
Shadow Mage Alpha vs. Shaarda
Streetz vs. TJ
evilrabbitman vs. Death_By_Beebles
Yusuke vs. Crystal Fire Dragon
UnknownKnowned vs. Glenn
K_Buriag vs. Mad Mat
Interpolled vs. AgentofAquarius
boiwithteeth vs. lionden_56
Good luck to everyone in the tournament. Thanks for visiting MDV! ~Streetz~
|
Featured article:
 Celixia
Files: Tournament Worthy?
12/16/05 - Welcome
back to Celixia Files! This time around I hope to enlighten you all,
especially those that are going to be in the Winter Break Tournament, on
certain Celixia cards and combos to watch out for. While I won't be
featuring 'combos' like in the combo section of MDV, there will be hints
scattered throughout the article. First up in today's Celixia Files is
a top ten list for Celixia cards. This is really just for fun but I give you
a little more info on each card as I go along. Some of you may
disagree if you know anything about Celixia, but here I go. You can discuss this article in the forums
here.
~Streetz~ |
|
MDV Tournament!!!
Winter Break Celixia Tournament!!!
12/17/05
- Note: Decks are due by 12/18. I have extended this date to
help the players out there with finals this week... Join
the Celixia Block Constructed tournament to take place over the Winter
Break later this month. I am currently taking sign-ups in the
forum thread found
here. I will be hosting the tournament although I may play
in it as well. Some things to note:
- We will be using MWS to do the tournament.
- You should be a member of the
MDV forum.
- Email your decklist and your decklist code to
streetz@magicdeckvortex.com by 12/18.
- You can view the CELIXIA visual-text spoiler
here.
- You can download MWS here.
- You can find out more information about getting CELIXIA into your
MWS
here
(along with information about the tournament).
- The games will start on 12/19 (or around
there).
- The winner will get to design
a cycle of uncommon or common cards for one of the next two sets in
the Celixia Block (Celixia, Powershift, Equilibrium). There
must be at least 12 people signed up for this to happen.
There will be a few articles before the tournament deck due date to
help you build your deck. You may want to check out
Celixia 101,
Celixia Files I,
Celixia Files II and
Celixia 101.2 for starters.
There are already 19 people signed-up!!! I encourage you all to
sign-up
and test your skills with a new (not so real but fun) magic set called
CELIXIA!!!. Thanks for visiting MDV! ~Streetz~
|
Round
2 - Create a Christmas Card Contest.
11/24/05 - Round one is now over. There were
quite a few cool entries. The judges have made their marks and the
winner of round one will be announced shortly. In the meantime,
round two has begun. Your mission this time is to creature an
artifact or artifact creature with the subtype - ornament. You
must include with your submission a LINK to a picture of the art you
want on your card. Challenging? Not really... there are
plenty of strange and cool ornaments pics on the net to find. You
can post more than one card but if you do, make note which card you want
scored.
Enjoy, enter, and have fun! Note: You can join the contest at
any time - some of these cards will be featured on MDV next month.
~Streetz~ |
Create
a Christmas Theme Card Contest v2.0!
11/10/05 - A long time ago, I hosted a card creation
contest on the Wizard's forums for creating Christmas theme cards. I
have finally decided to dredge the contest back into existence (I had
plenty of cards in my library to do so)... and so... I present to you,
Streetz’s Christmas Them Card Creation Contest V2.0!!! Your mission is
to design a card that has something to do with Christmas, whether it be
a crazy present, Santa Claus, a Christmas tree or whatever... it could
be a movie character... it could be a candy cane. Make it fun. Make it
cool. NO CARD IMAGES. If you have an idea for a picture, link to it, DO
NOT POST THE CARD IMAGE. You will judges out of 10 for originality,
humor, and functionality.
Enjoy, enter, and have fun! ~Streetz~ |
Original
artwork contest.
10/10/05 - Can you draw? If you can, you may want to join
lionden's Artwork contest in the forums (linked
here). There he will give you instructions on drawing something...
and all you have to do is submit it. Make sure to post in that thread
that you want in on the contest. After the contest is over, your
artwork will be posted on the main page of Magic Deck Vortex! Thanks
for visiting MDV. ~Streetz~ |
Round
3: Create an Artifact card contest!
9/22/05 - Round two for the forum 'create an artifact
card' contest linked
here
is now over and scored. The winner of ROUND 2 has been declared...
congrats to Mad Mat for winning round 2.
Now we are onto Round 3. Round 3 is all about creating a zero
casting cost artifact. There are a few restrictions like it can't
produce mana.. but aside from all of that you should enter. Your entry
could be a card in Powershift. Plus, you can enter the contest
at any time.. so if you haven't signed up..
sign up
now! Quite a few forum members have already started
posting their submissions for the
Round 3.
Thanks for visiting MDV! ~Streetz~ |
Round
2: Create an Artifact card contest!
9/14/05 - Join the forum contest (linked above) of
creating an artifact card. Round One is over and the winner will be
declared, but round two is now in session. In this round you need to:
"Create an Artifact
Creature (that isn't an Orb) that is big with a drawback. Make the drawback
as original as possible. The casting cast must be between 6 and 13."
Notes: No Orbs. No Dax. Colossus/Golems are OK. You might be better, flavor
wise, to not give it a creature type.. although you won't lose any points if
you do. When I say Big I mean 6/6, 7/7, 8/8 - 12/12 or higher (2/20 works,
20/3 works) Whatever, make it big and fantastic but costed right with a draw
back." Please join in the fun. Many people have already started
posting their submissions for the
contest.
Thanks for visiting MDV! ~Streetz~ |
CELIXIA
(forum) Contest - create a card!
8/30/05 - There is a new forum contest called Create
an Artifact for CELIXIA! In this contest you need to sign up and post a
card that satisfies the current round's theme. Round one is: Create a
rare artifact card that screams - make a deck out of me! The card cannot
cost less than 4, and not more than 7. You must have a name, cost, type,
ability and flavor text. If you haven't joined the forums and want an
opportunity to design a card for one of the sets in the fictional
CELIXIA block, now's your chance. Enjoy and good luck! The link to the
thread is
here. ~Streetz~ |
Dark
Pools - Deckbuilding Contest
8/28/05 - The guidelines for the latest deck building
contest have been revamped. This deck building contest is all
about building a deck around the Vanguard version of Ink-Eyes.
Deadline for submissions is 9/4/05 and the submissions must be emailed
to Yusuke. Please click above to read more about the contest, how
it is scored and more. Thanks. ~Streetz~ |
Featured article:
Saprolings & Squirrels Contest Wrap-Up!
8/20/05 - Anxious to see the results from the
most recent deck building contest - In the Spirit of Saprolings and
Squirrels? Look no further. In this article Death-By_Beebles
presents to you the decks, the winners, the combos and the tokens!
Please check this out and be sure to post your comments on it in this
thread in the forums. ~Streetz~ |
 RTDB:
In the Spirit of... Deck Contest!
7/22/05 - The deck you
will be creating is a Post-Rotation Extended TOKEN deck. That means you
are only allowed to use cards from Invasion onward. (9th Edition is not
legal at the time of this writing. 9th Edition cards that are not in any
other set from Invasion forward are not allowed to be in the deck.)
Decks must be built around a token theme. Decks not following these
requirements will be disqualified. Deck submissions are to be sent
to
Death_By_Beebles and must be
received no later than 7/29/05!! ~Streetz/Death_By_Beebles~ |
RTDB:
Land Savvy Contest Results!
6/29/05 - This week's RTDB is a not really an RTDB but
a presentation sponsored by RTBD... it's by Death by Beebles and
showcases the results and decks from his Land Savvy RTDB Deck Rebuilding
contest from two weeks ago. Please check it out as it has some
interesting decks and cool combos throughout. ~John Streetz~] |
Contest
pages get a facelift.
5/31/05.
Once again, to make the site more visual consistant and organized, I
have updated the main contest page to be a portal for all contests on or
through Magic Deck Vortex. Thanks for visiting Magic Deck Vortex!
~Streetz~ |
Powershift
Contest Over, Winner Declared.
5/30/05.
There has been a contest running in the MDV/MTP forums for Powershift,
the next set in the fictional CELIXIA block. The contest involved
creating a new mechanic for Powershift, and let me say there were some nifty
mechanics submitted from the submitters. It is finally complete, and
of the many contestants in the contest, Hymnologist has won with his
"Duplicate" mechanic. Soaring Estos is a card he created that shows
the mechanic. Please click on the above link to find out more and to
see the Powershift card in it's early stages. Thanks for visiting MDV.
~Streetz~ |
MDV
Deckbuilding Contests on hold...
4/17/05. The contests on Magic Deck Vortex are on hold until further
notice simply because there hasn't been enough time to devote to reviewing
the decks submitted. I do plan on posting the results in the future, but for now, please understand.
If you have some serious concerns about this, please email me or discuss it
in the forums. Thanks as always for visiting MDV. ~John Streetz~ |
Dec.2003
- Age Counts - scores posted!
11/02/04 - This contest was all about using the Cumulative Upkeep cards.
This contest was judged and the article written about it can be found in the
above link. Thanks for visiting MDV. ~John Streetz~ |
