Card Design Competition : Elementshifted

[ZephyrPhantom]

Ohai there, entering my first competition (and making cards no. 3-5 at a minimum).

Card-making newb question, is there a simple resource showing all the in-game card images, aside from the profile picture list? CI&A images are larger than the profile pictures, so I was wondering if there was an easy way to get them at a higher quality.

Try looking at this post, which links to some of the original spore creatures used for the card. (The only images I would be iffy about using there is the original Phase Dragon and the original Discord, since they aren't as similar to their ingame versions.)

[Drake_XIV]

For those who didn't know...

http://elementscommunity.org/images/Cards/

[storyteller]

I am doing Time.

I am doing time as a collection of artifacts and effects of steady growth.

[ZephyrPhantom]

Four day extension due to lack of completed entries.

Get those submissions in!

[storyteller]

Im in finals, be patient!

can I design cards and do the art later? or just link to the art without downloading, uploading making cards etc?

I have 8-10 art pieces selected but dont have time to sort everything out right at the moment.

[russianspy1234]

Four day extension due to lack of completed entries.

Get those submissions in!

Awww I thought I was gonna get a free win.

[ARTHANASIOS]

  ALTERNATIVE LIFE

 This life differs with the original one via the following changes:

1st) No healing.
2nd) More rainbow-like.
3rd) More aggressive.
4th) More PC & CC.


Here we go...

NAME: Rainbow Bird ELEMENT: Life COST: 2 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 2|2 TEXT: Each turn, 3 random quanta are generated.	NAME: Elite Rainbow Bird ELEMENT: Life COST: 1 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 2|2 TEXT: Each turn, 3 random quanta are generated.

ART: wikimedia IDEA: ARTHANASIOS NOTES: Rainbow Bird & Elite Rainbow Bird are both Airborne creatures and replace Empathic Bond|Feral Bond in the alternative set by using a permanent-like but non-healing effect within an element which now favors rainbow. The quanta generating ability is like Quantum Pillar/Tower one. It is passive and can't be lobotomised. SERIES: Elementshifted Competition

NAME: Handler's Whip ELEMENT: Life COST: 2 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: 4|3 (while flying) TEXT: Weapon: Deal 4 damage at the end of your turn.   : Thrash	NAME: Tamer's Whip ELEMENT: Life COST: 2 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: 6|3 (while flying) TEXT: Weapon: Deal 6 damage at the end of your turn.  : Thrash

ART: wikimedia IDEA: ARTHANASIOS NOTES: The alternative to the Druidic/Jade Staff, this Handler's/Tamer's Whip is rather a damage-dealing than a defensive weapon. Thrash is a special ability which deals 1 damage to target creature and force that creature to ignore any shield effects to its next attack. In other words, a thrashed creature takes 1 damage but gains momentum for 1 attack (than means an Adrenalined creature will have momentum only at its very first attack if Thrashed this turn). Thrash can also be used as a CC effect against an enemy creature. In that case, the enemy creature takes 1 damage but it is unstoppable during its next attack if still alive. SERIES: Elementshifted Competition

NAME: Nature's Wrath ELEMENT: Life COST: 9 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: - TEXT: Your creatures ignore shield effects this turn. All your (remaining) quanta are consumed.	NAME: Greater Nature's Wrath ELEMENT: Life COST: 8 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: - TEXT: Your creatures ignore shield effects this turn. All your (remaining) quanta are consumed.

ART: wikimedia IDEA: ARTHANASIOS NOTES: Nature's Wrath|Greater Nature's Wrath replaces Heal|Impoved Heal in the alternative set and changing the healing aspect of life with the natural aggressiveness of living things. The effect works like a Momentum but without any +1|+1 buff that lasts for a single turn. SERIES: Elementshifted Competition

NAME: Enraged Cockatrice ELEMENT: Life COST: 3 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 4|4 TEXT: : Enrage, Enraged Cockatrice permanently gains +2|-2. Can be used only once.	NAME: Elite Cockatrice ELEMENT: Life COST: 3 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 5|5 TEXT: : Enrage, Elite Cockatrice permanently gains +2|-2. Can be used only once.

ART: wikimedia IDEA: ARTHANASIOS NOTES: Cockatrice stops being a vanilla creature and gains a werewolf-like ability which buffs its attack but reduces its health. SERIES: Elementshifted Competition

NAME: Reproduction ELEMENT: Life COST: 5 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: - TEXT: Create an original copy of target creature you controll.	NAME: Greater Reproduction ELEMENT: Life COST: 4 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: - TEXT: Create an original copy of target creature you controll.

ART: wikimedia IDEA: ARTHANASIOS NOTES: Reproduction replaces Mitosis with a more PU-like effect, but with the following differences; it can target ONLY a creature you controll on the field and it creates an ORIGINAL copy of than creature (without any buffs, penalties, damage, posion etc). SERIES: Elementshifted Competition

NAME: Horned Frog ELEMENT: Life COST: 3 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 3|3 TEXT: Evolution, Horned Frog becomes permanently a Giant Frog.	NAME: Giant Frog ELEMENT: Life COST: 4 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 6|3 TEXT: : Burrow, Giant Frog can't be trageted, but its damage is halved.

ART: wikimedia IDEA: ARTHANASIOS NOTES: Horned Frog|Giant Frog becomes more expensive (3 instead of original 2 ), but it gains two interesting abilities to play with. Burrowed Adrenalined Giant Frogs, hmm... SERIES: Elementshifted Competition

The rest of the cards (Mark of Life, Emerald Pillar, Life Pendulum, Emerald Dragon, Rustler, Forest Spirit, Thorn Carapace, Emerald Shield, Adrenaline, Forest Scorpion, Green Nymph) remain the same... For now...

[ZephyrPhantom]

Im in finals, be patient!

can I design cards and do the art later? or just link to the art without downloading, uploading making cards etc?

I have 8-10 art pieces selected but dont have time to sort everything out right at the moment.

Yes, you may post cards first and add art later.

[Rutarete]

NAME: Mummy ELEMENT: Death COST: 4 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 5 | 3 TEXT: Mummy turns into a Pharaoh if targeted with Reverse Time. Unwrap: Become a Sacred Skeleton.	NAME: Mummy ELEMENT: Death COST: 3 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 5 | 3 TEXT: Mummy turns into a Pharaoh if targeted with Reverse Time. Unwrap: Become a Sacred Skeleton.

ART: ElementstheGame IDEA: Rutarete NOTES: Mummy cannot be rewound after using Unwrap. I've often wondered how Mummy would be like unwrapped, and this is only part of an idea. I haven't seen this come up in the CIA board, interestingly. For the moment, the Unwrap ability is rather plain, and I will likely change it to be more original/interesting. SERIES: Elementshifted

NAME:	Sacred Skeleton
ELEMENT:	Death
COST:	4
TYPE:	Creature
ATK|HP:	4 | 4
TEXT:	Defiling this creature will damage the source.

NAME:	Sacred Skeleton
ELEMENT:	Death
COST:	4
TYPE:	Creature
ATK|HP:	5 | 5
TEXT:	Defiling this creature will damage the source.

ART: ElementstheGame IDEA: Rutarete NOTES: Defiling means any negative change of state. For damaging CC, it, if it survives, deals an equal amount of damage to either the player or creature (depending on the source). If Gravity Pull, Freeze, some form of Delay (Warden, Turtle Shield, etc.), Poison each count for 1 damage to the player. SERIES: Elementshifted

NAME: Vulture ELEMENT: Death COST: 3 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 2/4 TEXT: Hunt: Deal 1 damage to target weakened creature and gain +1/+0.	NAME: Condor ELEMENT: Death COST: 3 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 2/4 TEXT: Hunt: Deal 1 damage to target weakened creature and gain +1/+0.

ART: ElementstheGame IDEA: Rutarete NOTES: While still retaining the sense of the Scavenge ability, this is now Death's form of direct CC. Instead of feasting on the dead body, the bird eats at it. Weakened means that either the hp is lower than it started as, or the creature has a status effect on it - poison, delay, freeze, etc.  Vultures do attack sick prey, which allows this to retain thematics. SERIES: Elementshifted

NAME: Soul Catcher ELEMENT: Death COST: 1 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Gain one counter per death. Targeting effects may vary. Open: Create a skeleton for each counter and reset count.	NAME: Soul Catcher ELEMENT: Death COST: 0 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Gain one counter per death. Targeting effects may vary. Open: Create a skeleton for each counter and reset count.

ART: ElementstheGame IDEA: Rutarete NOTES: Targeting with devouring cretaures allows them to eat souls, like eating a creature, but with no more death effects, as it is already dead. Stealing will only work if there are 0 counters. Stealing while there are counters will steal one counter, which turns into a skeleton. Explosion also removes one counter only. I feel that this represents the name Soul Catcher much more thematically, by allowing the souls to be used. SERIES: Elementshifted

NAME: Bone Eater ELEMENT: Death COST: 1 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 1/2 TEXT: 0 Eat: Sacrifice a skeleton to generate	NAME: Bone Eater ELEMENT: Death COST: 1 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 1/3 TEXT: 0 Eat: Sacrifice a skeleton to generate

ART: ElementstheGame IDEA: Rutarete NOTES: A new weenie for Death.    SERIES: Elementshifted

NAME: Weak Poison ELEMENT: Death COST: 2 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Inflict 3 poison damage each turn. 5% chance to be removed each turn.	NAME: Strong Poison ELEMENT: Death COST: 2 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Inflict 3 poison damage each turn. 5% chance to be removed each turn.

ART: ElementstheGame IDEA: Rutarete NOTES: A weak poison is easy for the body to adapt to. A stronger one, not so much. SERIES: Elementshifted

NAME: Plague Generator ELEMENT: Death COST: 6 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: When played, goes to the opponent's field. Creatures may be infected when coming into play.	NAME: Plague Generator ELEMENT: Death COST: 5 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: When played, goes to the opponent's field. Creatures may be infected when coming into play.

ART: IDEA: Rutarete NOTES: Unupped chance is 40%, upgraded is 50%. This is a replacement for the current Plague card. SERIES: Elementshifted

NAME: Miasma Cloud ELEMENT: Death COST: 5 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Things entering your field may be poisoned. Lasts 3 turns.	NAME: Miasma Cloud ELEMENT: Death COST: 4 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Things entering your field may be poisoned. Lasts 3 turns.

ART: ***Insert artist name*** IDEA: Rutarete NOTES: The range of this card includes Gravity Pull, Steal, and Attacking Creatures. In Steal's case, the player is poisoned. SERIES: Elementshifted

NAME: Death's Patience. ELEMENT: Death COST: 4 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 3/4 TEXT: Patience: Gains Hp as opponent loses Hp.	NAME: Death's Patience ELEMENT: Death COST: 4 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 4/4 TEXT: Patience: Gains Hp as opponent loses Hp.

ART: ***Insert artist name*** IDEA: Rutarete NOTES: Great mono synergy, as well as making more decks available - gravity pull, catapult, acceleration, etc. This also gives death a high Hp creature, which it currently does not have. It's not a vampire. Patience is Lobotomizable. SERIES: Elementshifted

[Annele]

Gravity

Gravity Elementals like being strong; whether it be by rushing the opponent to death before he can blink, or by slowing the game down to a snail's speed while always staying one step ahead. They use cards like 'Inertia' to turn their creatures into powerful but brittle attackers; and 'Force Shield' to slowly turn their opponent's creatures into big but weak monsters.

In this version of Elements, Gravity is not about being big machine-like devils, or about moving something from one place to another. This Gravity is about being as strong as possible.

May the Force be with you.


Instead of the plain Gravity Shield, which is a weak, situational card (not at all up to the -new- Gravity’s standards) we have the Force Shield:

Spoiler for Hidden:

NAME: Force Shield ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 6 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Shield:  Attacking creatures gain -1 / +1.	NAME: Gravity Shield ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 6 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Shield:  Attacking creatures gain -2 / +2.

ART: Ingame IDEA: Annele NOTES: Cannot go into negatives. SERIES:

Momentum is still here, as is Sapphire Charger, because they are both immensely powerful cards. However, Sapphire Charger has 6/2 attack, and Elite Charger has 7/3. The -new- Gravity is not so much about big monsters, so the health is not too important, and it needs good rushers to balance out its stalling capabilities to maximise strength potential.

The stats of Sapphire/Elite Charger are also perfect when it comes to another -new- Gravity card, Inertia (which is in place of Acceleration), because their low health isn’t too affected by Inertia’s downside:

Spoiler for Hidden:

NAME: Inertia ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 4 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Target creature’s attack is doubled but its health is reduced to 1.	NAME: Improved Inertia ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 3 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Target creature’s attack is doubled but its health is reduced to 1.

ART: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1242894 IDEA: Annele NOTES: SERIES:

The Alchemy card and Nymph of the -old- Gravity still fit the theme of the -new- Gravity as well, so we still have Black Hole. However, there is no more Shard of Focus. The Gravity themed Shard is now Shard of Power:

Spoiler for Hidden:

NAME: Shard of Power ELEMENT: Other COST: 6 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Destroy target non-pillar permanent. All your creatures gain +0 / +2,  +2 / +0 if they are a creature.	NAME: Shard of Power ELEMENT: Other COST: 4 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Destroy target non-pillar permanent. All your creatures gain +0 / +2,  +2 / +0 if they are a creature.

ART: Ingame IDEA: Annele NOTES: You HAVE to destroy a permanent to get the bonus. Non-pillar includes pends and stand alone marks. This is because there is no power in these things except the quanta-generating aspect that is destroyed with the pillar. Normal perms, though, have internal energy that is not destroyed and is used to make your creatures strong. It also helps stop spamming, as most players have pillars, but not all use perms, and if they don't, you can't just sacrifice a pillar, you have to get rid  of something -important-. SERIES:

Graviton Mercenary is utterly different:

Spoiler for Hidden:

NAME: Graviton Mercenary ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 3 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 1 | 5 TEXT: : Gravity Pull The target creature gains -1 / -1. Graviton Mercenary gains +1 / +1.	NAME: Elite Mercenary ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 3 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 1 | 5 TEXT: : Gravity Pull The target creature gains -2 / -1. Graviton Mercenary gains +1 / +2.

ART: Ingame (Best picture I could find, and as I can't edit . . .) IDEA: Annele NOTES: SERIES:

As you probably can tell from the name of the Mercenary’s ability, Gravity Pull (the card) doesn't exist in the -new- Gravity. Not because the name is taken, just because it is a fairly weak form of CC, and it has Armagio for the job.

Yes, Armagio still exists, with a passive called ‘Heavy Mass’ which does the same as it usually does, just without the activation cost. If there are more than one Armagios on the field, the one in the lowest number spot gains the Gravity mark at the end of the round. (This means if it dies, and the opponent still has more creatures, the creatures attack you, not your next Armagio.)

Speaking of big fat creatures, the -new- Gravity’s dragon is almost the same, though both the upped and unupped have Momentum, and the up’s stats are 9/20. The dragons have to be unstoppable, not slow, lazy fat things!

Otyugh has almost completely changed, because its old ability has a real anti-synergy with its shield:

Spoiler for Hidden:

NAME: Otyugh ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 4 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 4 | 6 TEXT: : Charge Attack target creature.	NAME: Elite Otyugh ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 4 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 5 | 7 TEXT: : Charge Attack target creature.

ART: vrt IDEA: Annele NOTES: Attack means deal damage equal to Otyugh's current attack power. For example, I play an Otyugh and my opponent plays a Golden Dragon. The next turn, I use Charge on the Golden dragon, leaving it with 6 health. Current attack means the number showing on the field, not its max attack or its original attack. SERIES:

Graviton Firer Eater is still here, for the same reason it is here today. The reason? I have no idea. Though it slowly but steadily gains power, and actually fits better into the -new- Gravity than it did in the -old- one.

Titan is still here as well. Catapult is too.

Chimera no longer has Gravity Pull, and has 6hp for each creature. In -new- Gravity, it’s either rush or defence, not a mix of both, and Chimera is more rush. (Also, I’d get in trouble if I destroyed Instosis, so . . .)

And finally, a completely new card because I love you all so much, and if Zanz had made this version of Gravity, he’d love it so much it’d have gotten a new card last update. Magnetism focuses on the ‘strong defence’ side of the -new- Gravity, and is based on a very popular idea I have seen floating around the CIA. (By popular, I mean it is suggested a lot.)

Spoiler for Hidden:

NAME: Magnetism ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 5 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: The target can now be the only target of spells and ablities for its kind.	NAME: Improved Magnetism ELEMENT: Gravity COST: 4 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: The target can now be the only target of spells and ablities for its kind.

ART: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/981072 IDEA: Annele NOTES: If you target a creature, any spells/abilities that would target creatures can only target that creature. If you target a permanent, any spells/abilities that would target creatures can only target that permanent. SERIES:

To recap, this is Gravity’s new cardbase:

Spoiler for Hidden:

and

And this is the end of fantasising about a Gravity that focuses completely on being epic; has a good rusher in unupped; has a worthy shield; has a much better dragon; has a nicer Armagio; and a completely new Otyugh and Mercenary.
Sigh. (And vote for me!)

P.S What the heck am I supposed to do with a patch? All Zanz does is write down what cards are being added. So I’m sorry if I didn't follow the rules by the letter, but I have no idea how to pretend I’m Zanz AND say everything I needed to say. (No offence Zanz. I still worship you.)

[nensuru]

In this modificion i tried to focus on better use of healing to stall and creature spam.

Replacing heal. Represents the power of the elementalist to grow stronger as well as healing himself. This act inspires the creatures to do the same.

Spoiler for growth:

NAME: Growth ELEMENT: Life COST: 2 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: - TEXT: Until the end of your turn healing also raises max hp and vice-versa. Heals 5hp for each 10 you have	NAME: Improved Growth ELEMENT: Life COST: 1 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: - TEXT: Until the end of your turn healing also raises max hp and vice-versa. Heals 5hp for each 10 you have.

ART: In game IDEA: nensuru NOTES: Similar to Stone skin. Creatures are also affected by this spell. SERIES: -

Modification. When dealing with life, only the stronger will survive.

Spoiler for empatic bond:

NAME: Emphatic Bond ELEMENT: Life COST: 3 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: - TEXT: Each player heals 2 for each creature on the field. Life creatures get +0 | 1	NAME: Feral bond ELEMENT: Life COST: 5 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: - TEXT: Each player heals 3 for each creature on the field. Life creatures get +0 | 1

ART: In game IDEA: nensuru NOTES: Similar to eclipse, this card affect both players. The effect does not stack. SERIES: -

This card represents the interactions (not always positive) of the creatures.

Spoiler for mantis:

NAME: Mantis ELEMENT: Life COST: 2 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 2|1 TEXT: When there is 2 active mantis on the board one is killed and the suvivor gains the ability Reprodution:	NAME: Giant Mantis ELEMENT: Life COST: 2 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 2|5 TEXT: When there is  2 active mantis on the board one is killed and the suvivor gains the ability Reprodution:

ART: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Praying_Mantis_Sexual_Cannibalism_European-27.jpg IDEA: nensuru NOTES: Mantis ability is named Sexual cannibalism and it is passive. Reprodution will generate 3 delayed mantis. Upped version will produce unnuped mantis. "Active"means that the card is not delayed. Everytime a mantis attack it will check if there is another mantis has attacked on that turn, if yes that mantis will be killed. This way the first mantis will always be killed and the last one will always survive, and no mantis will die before attacking. Sexual cannibalism trigger death effects. SERIES: -

Similar to vulture, this card represents the renovation of energy.

Spoiler for Detritus eater:

NAME: Detritus eater ELEMENT: Life COST: 1 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 0 |1 TEXT: Decomposer: When a creature dies, get its quanta cost back : Burrow	NAME: Detritus eater ELEMENT: Life COST: 1 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 0 | 1 TEXT: Improved decomposer: When a creature dies, get its cost + defense back in quanta back. : Burrow

ART: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earthworm.jpg IDEA: nensuru NOTES: Decomposer / improved decomposer can be lobotomized. The quanta you get is the same as the creature element. Doesnt work on other creatures and enemy creatures. SERIES: -

Replaces cockatrice. Airborne creature for life and situational cc.

Spoiler for Eagle:

NAME: Eagle ELEMENT: Life COST: 4 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 4 | 4 TEXT: : Captured prey Kill target non airborne little creature (atk < 3)	NAME: Elite Eagle ELEMENT: Life COST: 7 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 7 | 4 TEXT: : Captured prey Kill target non airborne little creature (atk < 3)

ART: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Golden_Eagle_in_flight_-_5.jpg IDEA: nensuru NOTES: Airborne passive. SERIES: -

Modification. More cc resistent.

Spoiler for Mitosis:

NAME: Mitosis ELEMENT: Life COST: 3 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: - TEXT: Create a copy in your hand of the last card played by you. Absorb	NAME: Mitosis ELEMENT: Life COST: 3 TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: - TEXT: Create a copy in your hand  of the last card played by you. Absorb 4 rainbow quanta.

ART: In game IDEA: nensuru NOTES: The effect will happen only once per turn, once for each mitosis. Works life emphatic bond, as the turn ends this card checks what was the last card played, consume the quanta and then create a copy of it in your hand. Doesnt work if you have 7 cards in your hand. (Similar to how houghlass doesnt work with full hand) SERIES: -

[ZephyrPhantom]

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