Fit the Flavor 2008 Contest - Registration & Entry Thread

[Streetz]

This is the Registration & Entry Thread. Only post your submission in this thread. Discussion of this contest is limited to another thread found here.

Spoiler:

Originally Posted by Round One

“When the going gets tough…

… the tough quit!”

Spoiler:

Originally Posted by Round Two

“When all around you have fallen…”

Spoiler:

Originally Posted by Round Three

“It’s like I told ya, what goes around comes back around…”

Spoiler:

Originally Posted by Round 3.5

Here are your three cards:

Angel of Ill Destiny 2WW
Creature – Angel
Flying, Vigilance
Threshold – When a creature is put into the graveyard from play, put an Omen counter on ~.
BBB, Remove three Omen counters: ~ gains +4/+4, Protection from White, and Trample
2/3

Frenzied Raptor 1GG
Creature – Raptor
G: ~ Gains +1/+1
2RR: ~ Gains Doublestrike
2/1

Forge of Bogardan 3
Artifact
T: Add R to your mana pool.
1R, T: ~ deals one damage to target creature or player. Add an ore counter to ~.
2RRR, sacrifice ~: ~ deals damage equal to the number of ore counters on it to target creature or player.

There are your three cards. Remember your steps:
1.) Create a Flavor Text that goes with the three cards provided.
2.) Design a card to Fit the Flavor of the text you created.
3.) Submit both the Flavor Text and the Card Design in your submission post.
4.) Stay tuned to see how others are fairing in the contest.
5.) Figure a way to slow Azrael down, he is killing you guys.

Spoiler:

Originally Posted by Round Four

“Everyone wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to die.”

“Without him, the world would not know freedom. Without him, the world would not know war and death.”

Guidelines:

• All entries must be posted in the forum, in the thread that will be provided for you, for registration. You will be registered by simply posting your entry. Do not PM your entry to any Judge or Administrator.
• You must submit your entry no later than Friday of the week that the current round begins.
• The deadline for editing you entry will be the Sunday following that Friday. (Two days later)
• Your registered design must be in accordance to the rules that are set forth in these Guidelines,
• Design Rules, and Contest Rules, and according to the Contest Description provided above and at the top of the registration thread for this contest. All cards not following these rules will be disqualified.
• Make your card as flavorable as possible, as we are still The Site for the Casual Player.
• Do NOT post a card picture or link to a picture, just post the text version of your card.
• You may submit only one entry per round per flavor text. In the case a person submits more than one, only the first will be accepted. If you want to change your submission, edit your original post.

Design Rules:

• Your card can not include ante, flipping (ie. Chaos Orb, Falling Star, etc.), or any other mechanic of the game removed by Wizards of the Coast over the years.
• Your card should be designed to be part of a typical Magic: The Gathering expansion set, not Celixia, nor any other alternate expansion set (Unglued, Unhinged, Portal, etc.) released by Wizards in the past, present, or future. You may use mechanics found in expansions that are not carried into the Core Set. However you may not create your own mechanic.
• Do not use any symbols during your registration. This includes, but is not limited to: color symbols, tap symbols, etc... just use 12XWUBRG, T:, and Q:.
• Please note that you are to make a balanced card.

Contest Rules:

• Registration begins immediately! Get to work now!
• Following the registration, which will end on a Friday, there will be two days to edit your submission.
• The submissions will be judged by Tynion who will post his results in a timely manner.
• Each and every Monday following for the duration of the contest (four weeks) there will be a new Flavor Text found in the article provided for you. You are responsible for keeping up with the contest. Do not ask if you can submit an entry for a previous week.
• All Guidelines, Design Rules, Contest Rules, and Descriptions are subject to change at anytime.
• You will be notified by a posting at MagicDeckVortex.com in this event.
• All entries are to be submitted in the forum thread found here.
• Any discussion regarding the contest shall take place in this thread.

[Cashew]

Circa Fallen Empires!

General Khurzog R
Legendary Creature - Orc Soldier
If an opponent controls more creatures than you, return General Khurzog your hand.
3/3
“When the going gets tough…
… the tough quit!”

Spoiler:

Originally Posted by Tynion

“When the going gets tough…

… the tough quit!”

Tough flavor text. I decided I wanted to be the first in here to tackle the most obvious tribe - Orcs. Orcs often refuse to attack or block or do anything if they don't like the odds so I thought they would be the most likely to quit when the going gets tough. I also wanted to make him as the flavor text says Tough. How Tough? I wanted him to be the strongest creature in the game for his range. I asked myself, what's the largest a creature could be at a one drop....2/2...no...Kird Ape is 2/3...screw it let's go 3/3 and make it a big downfall - perfect!

I don't really think my card needed an explanation, but I thought hey, I'll start an annoying trend by doing it. I thought about quit with Orc's, I could have him not block/attack, or sacrifice him or return him to hand, or shuffle him into library. Who knows, I'm wily this may not be my final version, or my entry at all. Merely having made an Orc to make everyone not do an Orc and weaken their entries with hairbrained ideas. Yeah, I'm sly like fox. I've already changed it twice muhaha.

General Khrurzog is definitely the epitome of a quitter, having domiated all the empires of Sarpadia before the Thrulls turned on them. Outnumbered his forces left the goblins to die and took shelter in the Crimson Peaks vast cave system. Unfortunately, they couldn't hide from the horrific Thrull evolutions that were designed specifically to hunt in caves called Cave Stormers. But hey if you read this site you know this stuff already from an article on Cave Stormers and an entire week on Sarpadia!

[CoglineErro]

Poltroonery
2WU
Enchantment
Whenever a creature becomes blocked by more than one creature, remove it from the game. Return it to play under its owner's control at end of turn.
“When the going gets tough…
… the tough quit!”

[Luthervamplord]

Round 1 Entry
Silkskin Wurm 2GG
Creature - Wurm
Silkskin Wurms power is equal to one plus the highest power of a creature in play.
Silkskin Wurms toughness is equal to one plus the highest toughness of a creature in play.
If Silkskin Wurms power or toughness is less then the number of creatures in play, remove Silkskin Wurm from the game.
1+*/1+*
“When the going gets tough…… the tough quit!”

[final_press]

Hasty Retreat U/W 2
Instant
Put target blocking creature with power 3 or greater on top of its owner's library.
"When the going gets tough... the tough quit!"

[Relentless Poker]

Tough Luck - 1WW
Enchantment
Whenever a creature becomes blocked, untap that creature and remove it from combat. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.
“When the going gets tough…

… the tough quit!”


I finnaly get to participate in an official contest!!

[hamsandwich]

Name: Throg, Underpaid Mercenary 1RR
Type: Creature- Goblin Assassin
Rarity: Rare
Rules Text:
When Throg, Underpaid Assassin leaves play, you may have it deal 3 damage to target creature or player.
When any opponent succesfully casts a creature spell, sacrifice Throg, Underpaid Assassin.
Haste
2/2
"When the going gets tough... the tough quit!"

[Zaknifa]

Uprising of the Meek 2WWW
Sorcery
Destroy X target creatures, where X is the number of creatures you control with power less than three. Creatures destroyed this way can't be regenerated.
“When the going gets tough…
… the tough quit!”
{Rare}

[cps84]

Borkk, Goblin Poltroon (R)
rr
Legendary Creature - Goblin Coward Warrior
Borkk, Goblin Poltroon can't block.
When Borkk, Goblin Poltroon becomes blocked, return it to its owner's hand at end of combat.
3/3
When the going gets tough...
...the tough quit!

[3nd3r]

Fearful Wizard 1UU
Creature: Human Wizard

Flying
T: Destroy Fearful Wizard and a creature target opponent controls.

“When the going gets tough… the tough quit!”

2/1

[Maleficent]

Overwhelmed - 4RG
Enchantment
When a player declares an attack assigning a number of creatures whose total power is 40 or greater, the defending player loses the game.
“When the going gets tough…

…the tough quit!”

[Teisho]

Compulsions of Affliction 3 W/G W/G W/G
Enchantment Rare
Attacking creatures get +3/+3 until end of turn.
Whenever a creature with power 6 or greater is dealt damage, remove it from the game.
"When the going gets tough...
...The tough quit!"

[Planeswalker]

Rot Blade Assassin B/R B/R B/R
Creature - Human Assassin Uncommon
Deathtouch, Haste
Whenever this creature is blocked, sacrifice it at the end of combat.

When the going gets tough... the tough quit!
3/3

[Drathro]

Jamuraan Typhoon
2UU
Enchantment
Whenever a creature becomes tapped, return that creature to its owner's hand unless that creature's controller pays 2.

"When the going gets tough...
... the tough quit!"

[Cloud_2k]

Gutless Cinder B/R
Creature - Elemental Mercenary

Trample
At the end of each turn, if an opponent controls a creature with power equal to or greater than ~ toughness, remove ~ from the game.

3/1

“When the going gets tough…
… the tough quit!”