[Contest] Rainbow Mayhem

[Maleficent]

This is merely on a whim to pass time, and hopefully get some activity up in here :p. The title should explain it all - this contest will involve making 5-color decks :D here are the specifics:

*Each deck must be a minimum 60 cards, like most any other deck. The format is T1.
*You must have at least 20 gold cards, spanning across all colors. Hybrids and splits count.
*You must have at least 3 cards of every color. Gold cards count toward one color they are.
*Slivers are not allowed.
*You must include at least three of the following: A card of all colors - or - an Elder Dragon (any set will do - Chromium, Darigaaz, and Oros all are viable) - or - Nephilim. You may have them in any combination (3 of 1, 1 of each, 2 of 1 and 1 of another, it's all good).
*Transguild Courier, while frowned upon, does count as all colors.

*Clans and individual clan members may enter - both will be scored separate. Clans will have extra time.
*Clan members will have 2 weeks to complete their deck.
*Clans will have 4 weeks to complete their deck (because of communication crap).
*The countdown will begin once sign-ups are closed.
*Sign-ups begin as soon as this thread goes up.
*When finished, send your deck and description to the judge, with details on how it works and whatnot. Points will be deducted if you don't explain the thing.

As for the judging... we're taking volunteers :). If no one will, then I will, though I may not be able to test the decks :/. I'll mostly have to eye-ball them and 'goldfish' to get an idea of it, so you know :p. Here's the breakdown on scoring:

Overall Playability: 40
Creativity: 40
Focus: 20
Flavor: 10
Total: 100

So be innovative and make a deck that works with what focus you can (that is, having a game plan of sorts, rather than randomness). Also, if you want to add flavor to your deck, go ahead and get some bonus points doing it :p.

So all clans and clan members, sign up now if you so wish :D it will begin once there's a decent amount of people, or when so much time passes by. Hopefully we get people :p but I'm not going to wait too long.

Clan Contestants
The [League] of Defilement
The [Lorehold]
The

[B]Member Contestants
Friend Mairsil
Yezzandrix
Your Worst Nightmare
Necromaster
Samuel L. Jackson

[Friend Mairsil]

ok you bought me, im in.

[Yezzandrix]

I will notify the Deckmechs, and I will compete myself, as well.

/in

[Maleficent]

Yay ^^ ah and for the clans to enter, I will need a leader confirmation :)

[Yezzandrix]

We are currently debating that. It may need some time before you hear something, there. You will be notified, though, as soon as we know something.

[The_Defiler!]

Same here. The [League] is contemplating entering. We'll keep you posted... *cue Jeopardy final round music*

[Yezzandrix]

*whistles* Curse you, Defiler, you planted that melody into my brain. :ahhh: Might be DAYS before I can get rid of it.

Maybe some flushing with good music can do the trick ... :plotting:




*Each deck must be a minimum 60 cards with at least 3 lands that produce each of the 5 colors. Multi-lands count toward one color they produce.


@Mal: I think I didn't quite get that line. The first one is ok, even though a bit unnescesary, really, I mean, who WONT include such lands? But the second part bothers me. You say that the lands count towards one of their colors. But you didn't mention a restriction on the lands, so I basically am helpless towards whcih count these lands count... Is there soemthing like "your lands must produce equal parts of mana colors for all colors" or the like? Didn't quite get that...

[Maleficent]

The purpose of that line is to help prevent someone from running a deck that's basically one color with only a splash of the rest. Ach, now that I think of it, it doesn't really help... :/

Anyway, the idea was if you have Tundra, it only counts toward either White or Blue, so you can't merely have 3 Tundra, 3 Badlands, and the rest of your deck mono-Green. You could have 3 of each dual that produces Green, so it seems kind of pointless, but it is much better than the former route.

As I said, I made this on a whim, so rules are subject to change ^^

[Your Worst Nightmare]

Bah, I was waiting for the other contest to end before starting mine. Guess I shouldn't have... :paranoid:

In any case, I'm in.

[LawfulEvil]

ill give it a whack actually i already had an idea brewing.

[Maleficent]

:D YWN, why not just start yours? This one is no big deal (making a deck takes what, one day? If all goes well, of course), I'm sure running two at a time won't be a problem.

[The_Defiler!]

Well, The [League] has decided to join as well. We're in!

BE AFRAID! :ohnoes: BE VERY AFRAID!:ohnoes: :ohnoes:

[shadow_walker]

*You must include at least three of the following: A card of all colors - or -



Dumb question, does Transguild Courier count as being all colors for the contest?

[Maleficent]

You know, shadow walker, I'm very tempted to yell NO, since it isn't really any color at all, but yes, it does.

Rules Edits: The whole "land" part is gone. The restrictions on cards' colors are enough. Do whatever you want with the land. T1 Format added (didn't have one before). Transguild Courier blurb added.

I'll let this contest begin in a few days, so if you want in, hurry up :p

[Dreager_Ex]

20 gold cards? I think Pillar of the Paruns nuff said

[shadow_walker]

You know, shadow walker, I'm very tempted to yell NO, since it isn't really any color at all, but yes, it does.

That's what I was thinking to. Then I thought "what the hell" I should at least ask.

[Yezzandrix]

Since gold and multicolor cards count towards one color they are, not all of them, you are fine with teh artifact, anyways.

I would like to ask if Kicker-cards count as multicolor, too. Well, if they are sapning two or more colors, of course. Since split counts, I think kicker should, too... I mean, many a splitcard is played in the end as a monocolored card... :paranoid:

[Maleficent]

I would like to ask if Kicker-cards count as multicolor, too. Well, if they are sapning two or more colors, of course. Since split counts, I think kicker should, too... I mean, many a splitcard is played in the end as a monocolored card...

Nope. Kicker is an ability, and abilities don't make cards' colors :p Split cards (at least the ones with different colors) are still single cards with more than one color in the cost(s). Hybrids can be mono-colored too, but aren't. I'm not looking at the half, but the whole :p

[Yezzandrix]

meh. Spite//Malice counts, but Jilt and Thornscape Battlemage don't?

Oh well, gotta find some replacements, then...

[Friend Mairsil]

hey the lorehold is in this now. yay?

[Maleficent]

meh. Spite//Malice counts, but Jilt and Thornscape Battlemage don't?

Oh well, gotta find some replacements, then...

They don't count towards the 20 gold cards, but you can still use them :p

All right, so that makes 2 clans and 4 people - anyone else want to join before I set the deadline?

[Maleficent]

All right then, members' decks are due May 8th, and clan decks are due May 22nd. That should be plenty of time, eh? If you fail to meet that deadline, you're out :p no extensions. Go ahead and send those decks to me :p

[shadow_walker]

Question, can we use future sight cards?

[Samuel L. Jackson]

Seems good to me, Im in And ill assume that my clan probably is as well.

[Maleficent]

Question, can we use future sight cards?

Yes, of course ^^


Seems good to me, Im in And ill assume that my clan probably is as well.

:paranoid: wonderful timing. Since this contest is fairly short on members, I'll add you both. Remember, no extensions :p

[Your Worst Nightmare]

Sent. :)

Not my best, but I've been playtesting it today and it's really fun to play. :D

[Maleficent]

Sweeet, thanks YWN :) oh btw, you could probably start sign-ups for your contest now/soon. Let that run 'till this is close to over perhaps?

[Saikann]

i would love to be a part of this but im not in a clan so if anyone needs an extra dude ill be happy to join :paranoid:
edit and of course i never see the second page ><

[Friend Mairsil]

well sir the [lorehold] is always looking for some new blood, why dont you stop by and we'll see what we can do.

[Maleficent]

HAHAHAHA!! Well Saikann, it's a day past the deadline, so I guess that means I can judge the member's deck too...

Yes, deck. Singular. As in I've only recieved one. Well, I'm sticking to what I said about not extending deadlines, so here it is, submitted by YWN:

Call of the Multicolor

Lands (22)
2 City of Brass
4 Taiga
4 Bayou
4 Savannah
4 Tropical Island
4 Underground Sea

Creatures (21)
1 Intet, the Dreamer
1 Teneb, the Harvester
1 Rith, the Awakener
1 Crosis, the Purger
1 Darigaaz, the Igniter
1 Numot, the Devastator
1 Razia, Boros Archangel
2 Simic Sky Swallower
2 Phantom Nishoba
2 Iridescent Angel
2 Mindleech Mass
2 Angel of Despair
4 Birds of Paradise

Other Spells (17)
4 Farseek
4 Call of the Wild
3 Clutch of the Undercity
3 Mystic Speculation
3 Sensei's Divinning Top

Pretty simple, lots of bombs, pretty much all bombs, not too creative really... play a land, accel mana, drop uber bomb, yay. And horray for dragons! Well, I'll just judge this by looking at it, since it doesn't really matter anyway XD

Overall Playability: 30
-Plenty of green mana to accelerate and fix lands to play the critters, with a little top-spinning and speculation to smooth out draws... it ain't perfect, but it works.

Creativity: 3
-Uber straightforward, but a few points for the mixed up card choices and dragons... better than nothing :).

Focus: 20
-Looks pretty focused to me.

Flavor: 0

Total: 53

Congratulations, YWN, for winning the contest by default! lol. Now in a couple more weeks, the clan deadline will be up... and I haven't recieved any of those yet O.o.

[Yezzandrix]

darnit. I thought it'd be 7th today. But the sad thing is, that means this contest is the least of my worries, with my future job beeing at the upper end o.O

[Maleficent]

XD Aye, real life > internet stuff any day :p

[Maleficent]

HAHAHA! Ok, well, the clan deadline is up, and yet again, I recieved one entry from the Lorehold:



//CREATURES
4x Rakdos Guildmage
4x Dimir Guildmage
3x Orzhov Guildmage
4x Selesnya Guildmage
4x Azorius Guildmage
1x Eternal Dragon

//SPELLS and SUCH
2x Tithe
4x Mirari's Wake
4x Glittering Wish
4x Vindicate
4x Sylvan Scrying

//LANDS
4x Underground Sea
4x Badlands
4x Scrubland
4x Tundra
4x Savannah
4x City of Brass

//SIDEBOARD
1x Coalation Victory
2x Terminate
2x Angel of Dispair
1x Hunting Grounds
2x Heroes' Reunion
1x Borborygmos
2x Hull Breach
2x Pillory of the Sleepless
2x Simic skyswallower

the deck is just a beatdown with some small form of control, but the build runs smooth, and well it wont win everygame, but it will be a fun game. :D

Ladies, gentlemen, and slackers - your winner! Well, let's see how this thing scores, shall we? :p Technically, it should get 0 for not having any cards of all colors or Elder Dragons or Nephilim, but we're a little short on contestants here so...

Overall Playability: A bit of mana accel I see, and LOTS of guildmages, sheesh! The Wake would help use their abilities, yes yes, and the mages seem to be good choices - much defense and a possibility for finishers. The Wish is a great inclusion IMO - instant win with the Victory or any of many specificish tools and bombs. Not bad.

I'll give it a 33/40. Could be more drawing power to get the much-needed Wake for the mana intensiveness, and though the Dimir Guildmage helps, it's expensive too O.o. But the Vindicates + Wishes for something should help stall long enough. However, FM calls this beatdown - with 19 guildmages? O.o

Creativity: Not a great deal here - it's a lot of guildmages + the mana to power them, but the Wish inclusion gets a few, it's a nice touch :) 10/40

Focus: Often times, with lack of creativity comes focus. It's straightforward and simple, overall, so 20/20

Flavor: 0/10

Total: 63/100

So this deck beats YWN's by 10 - congrats Lorehold!

Yeap, this contest was a huge flop, yo MODS, go ahead and trash this, will ya? :p

[shadow_walker]

Ladies, gentlemen, and slackers - your winner! Well, let's see how this thing scores, shall we? Technically, it should get 0 for not having any cards of all colors or Elder Dragons or Nephilim, but we're a little short on contestants here so...

I had a feeling we forgot somthing.

[Yezzandrix]

Jup, you screwed up the mana base. You lack green mana overall. With 8 green mana sources and a green land-fetch-sorcery (you likely never use), that will not really work, as green is most likely the color you would search for :rolleyes: Plus, you forgot to cut two cards.

@Mal: If you still do some judging, I will be sending my old decklist, just for kicks and giggles ;)

[Friend Mairsil]

Jup, you screwed up the mana base. You lack green mana overall. With 8 green mana sources and a green land-fetch-sorcery (you likely never use), that will not really work, as green is most likely the color you would search for.

well thats why tithe and the dragon were main deck, i can search out a plains to get a forest. but i see what you mean.

man and we spent all that time trying to find the right bombs for the sidebaord. when we could have just thrown in the dragons, damn.

WOOT!! [Lorehold] wins...ok now that thats outs of the way. congrats to YWN for winning the singles match :D. and lets give a round of applause :clap: to the man who put this together. the nicest phyrexian i know, Maleficent.

[Maleficent]

@Mal: If you still do some judging, I will be sending my old decklist, just for kicks and giggles ;)

You realize it won't count for anything and I'm far from anything of a deck expert, right? :p Anyway, I don't mind lol

Anyone else have contest ideas that may be more successful? :p

[Luthervamplord]

I suggest that since the Clanwar's Card Game is loomingin the distance; each clan take the time out to concentrate on that and this has nothing to do with me being part of the design team for that projects *shifty eyes*

[Ryuzaki]

I have an er idea...

I'll throw rocks at everyone in mdv, one clan member at a time, in a random order. I'll start over with the first person, the last one aliv-...*cough* er standing...wins!

[Friend Mairsil]

ha sounds like one hell of a game CJS.

[Your Worst Nightmare]

Damn I'm good! XD

[Yezzandrix]

That, and you won that contest, as well :paranoid:

*coughbydefaultcough*

:rolleyes:

[Your Worst Nightmare]

Damn I'm good! XD