#creation contest

As I'm sure you all are aware, there's few feelings more powerful than being able to create something with your own two hands. After all, it's a big part of the reason why we hold these contests, and why you all participate week after week (thanks for that, by the way).

And what do we do with powerful feelings? Why, capture them in Magic cards, of course?

Design a card that depicts the creation of something.

As usual, the first thought following something like that is to narrow down what exactly I'm asking. "Creation" encompasses a pretty wide range of things, after all. While admittedly, I did have something specific—like an inventor or an artist—in mind when coming up with the concept, I ultimately decided that it would be more interesting to go the other direction.

So, as long as you can offer me and yourself a sufficient reason why it would qualify as creation, I'm willing to accept just about anything. After all, it would feel wrong to do anything short of encouraging the boundless creativity you all display week after week.

—@spooky-bard

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Prodigious Products: Creation Contest Winners

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Our winners this week are @curiooftheheart, @izzet-always-r-versus-u, and @nine-effing-hells!

@curiooftheheart — Endless Drafts

I'm sure making this felt like going through endless drafts, but I digress. This is a fun twist on the typical "draw X" spell in a lot of ways, so let's break it down. First, the free cast does a lot to smooth over the main issue with these kinds of spells; namely, that if you want to get value out of them, they require you to sink an entire turn's worth of mana. On the flipside, though, being sorcery speed means you can't spend that mana during an opponent's end phase and actually have to commit, so there's a definite sense of tension there. We've seen effects that count copies in a graveyard before, but always as the sole decider of the value of X and not simply a discount off of the X cost, which is an interesting permutation. You're unlikely to cast multiple of these in the average game, so it'll likely require other methods to land copies in the yard. Plus, the flavor is just very fun. I do wish the flavor text didn't also use the word "drafts," but that's at best a minor gripe.

@izzet-always-r-versus-u — Stellar Cradle

Close on the heels of the first ever enchantment land is this fun little number. While not directly, it does somewhat harken back to the Theros-born association of dual type enchantments with the stars, which I always enjoy. The actual design is very reminiscent of Temple of the False God, though much more extreme and, more importantly, capable of actually doing something before the threshold is reached. Seven lands is a tall order, but it really does kick your mana production into overdrive. But even then, it doesn't feel unfair, as it's all still colorless mana. Fuels a mean X spell, though. The last ability is an excellent way to grease the wheels without making it wholly self-sufficient, too. I'm also just a sucker for this kind of flavor, and you pulled it off wonderfully here. You didn't include any art description, and yet I can vividly picture what kind of art this card would have if it was printed; the mechanics are just that evocative.

@nine-effing-hells — Tales of Strange Sightings

As you admitted yourself, this is a fairly unorthodox interpretation of the prompt but given that was precisely what I was looking for, you won't hear any complaint from me. It definitely fits the bill, though. That's how it always how it goes with these kinds of stories: a strange phenomenon here, a glimpse of something you couldn't quite make out there, and suddenly a creature has sprung whole cloth from the minds of a community. This card is a magnificent use of Duskmourn mechanics, and yet still feels as though it comes from its own world (with maybe a bit of overlap with Innistrad, to be honest). Manifest dread to reference the enigmatic nature of the suppose creature and the Eerie to represent the story spreading amongst people as it's retold are both phenomenal touches. As well, although the idea of a self-recursive Saga is quite spooky, it takes care to both not do anything unreasonable and also not make it all that easy to loop.

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The Joy of Creation Entries

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@bergdg — Preliminary Sketch @bread-into-toast — Deepening Dread @corporalotherbear — Starbirth @cthulhusaurusrex — Shadow of the Woods @curiooftheheart — Endless Drafts @dimestoretajic — Second Draft @feyd-rautha-apologist — Hardtack Bakery @hanavesinauttija — The Riptide Project @helloijustreadyourpost — Gulistan's Opus @izzet-always-r-versus-u — Stellar Cradle @khyrberos — Heart of Platinum @melancholia-ennui — Galant of the Great Work @misterstingyjack — Foundry//Forgery @nine-effing-hells — Tales of Strange Sightings @real-aspen-hours — Memorialize @sparkyyoungupstart — Write What You Know @stareyedesper — Zhalfirin Disciple @tanknspank — Spell Fusion @walker-of-the-yellow-path — Tower of the Heavens @wildcardgamez — Theorist's Blackboard @xenobladexfan — Diggy Diggy Hole @yd12k — Ghirapur Arbortect @yourrightfulking — Fickle Divinity

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