#itsinthecards

Magic the Gathering might be the worlds oldest trading card game, but there’s a set of cards that predate them that we’re looking at this week.

TAROT

While starting off as (And still to this day played with as) a European deviation of Egyptian and Chinese playing cards, in the 1700s Cartomancers began to use Tarot cards in the art of divination, using cards of the major and minor Arcana to peer into the depths of the future and predict major life events.

This Week, your task is to create a magic card based on a tarot card of your choice. 

While you do have creative freedom on how you approach your design, be aware that I will be looking for cards that really represent the Tarot your card is based on. For example, if you make a kill spell based on Major Arcana 13 - Death just because it’s called “Death”,  I’ll know you didn’t do your research. I’ve got 3 Categories for you this week

Best Flavour - Whichever card most closely capture the spirit of it’s chosen tarot through flavour will win this category.

Best Mechanical Execution - If you want to focus more on mechanics than flavor, that’s fine. You’ll be aiming for this category.

I’ve beem 10000% enamored with A Hat in Time from the second that I bought it man like

The music & characters & settings just all brEATHE the kind of aesthetics I’m into, plus also make me super nostalgic for other games. (Especially all the frickin paper mario references this game keeps under its sleeves)

Wanted to try reALLY playing with 3d layers for this. The camera moves a bit faster than I wanted but any sorta tweaks to make it slower while keeping the speed of what I made jus kinda screwed other parts up. ‘Least I know for the future hhAHA

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Commissions

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It’s in the cards: Commentary The Moon by @martianjune I like the idea behind this card, but I feel 4 mana for a manifest and a face-down anthem is a little on the expensive side. Still a good idea. The Lightning-Struck Tower by @nine-effing-hells This card came very close to winning one of the categories, but I couldn’t help but feel like it was slightly undercosted. Odric, Lunarch Martyr by @shandylamb  I would have liked this card so much more if it wasn’t for how insanely undercosted his second ability is. Paying 2 life for abilities like double strike, lifelink or indestructible for every creature you control is so powerful, and if you flip Odric, you have won the game. 

The Chariot by @ezuard This card can and will easily deal 14 damage on the same turn you play it, as well as almost guaranteeing killing off a blocker before blockers can be declared. I would scale down the numbers on this card a lot.

The World by @hypexion  While I get what you were aiming for, but 21 mana to win a game instantly seems far to strong. While I understand what you were aiming for, I think that this card is very undercosted for how easily you can win with it.

The Tower by @mistershinyobject While I get the idea, and the design is really cool, there’s a fatal flaw. You forgot to fill in the type line. 

Soldier of Strength by @macaroni-and-squeeze I get what you were going for here, but I’m not sure I’m okay with paying 4 mana so my opponent gets first use of the shock ability. Also, for a creature that will probably never get a chance to attack because you didnt give it haste, it’s stats are very very low.

Empress of Nature by @fluffysheeplion This card had a really cool idea, and a great expression of The Empress, but it just fell short of winning a category. Great design.

Septistave by @gollumni I wasnt actually sure of what card you were trying to represent here, although it feels like it might be The Wheel or The Chariot. The design is super cool though, and narrowly missed winning the mechanics category. 

Eight of Pentacles by @aethernalstars 5 mana for 6 treasures OR a tutor is on the very close to being on the edge of under costed, but the treasures entering tapped is a cool idea that I’ve never seen before and is a really cool way to make treasures a little less broken.

Temperance by @dabudder This card is stasis with a slightly harsher upkeep cost. It would be so easy to break this card wide open while bringing the game to a grinding halt.

Major Arcana 16:The Tower//The Tower’s Portent by @tmstage I’m not sure why this is a DFC when it would work a hundred times better and make more sense as a split card. Again, I actually liked your original idea better, and I think you need to stop second guessing yourself when it comes to your entries.