Well, I hit 500 followers a little while ago, but I think it’s just about time to do a new contest just because. This one is a little bit different, so please read the rules carefully.

- In order to enter the contest, reblog this post with a card that follows one of the prompts below. The winner will create the best card overall from all the cards entered this way. Simple enough, right? You don’t have to be following me, but you know. I’d like it if you were. - If you can’t download MSE for some reason, find someone who can or make a really, really clever image edit of some MSE render. Cards will fare FAR better if they have images, and ONLY WITH ARTIST CREDIT. Seriously, if you make a post with art and don’t attribute the artist, you’ll be disqualified. For real. - The winner will receive their choice of any combination of FIVE standard booster packs and a FOIL Conspiracy “Swords to Plowshares.” If you are outside of the U.S. and are chosen, please include instructions for how to mail stuff to you.

These are the prompts:

- Create an archetype of any animal of your choice. How do the card’s mechanics reflect the intended flavor? Do they succeed in that flavor? A brief explanation doesn’t hurt.

- Invoke an emotion that most people wouldn’t associate with the color of the card you make. For instance, recklessness in blue, or compassion in black. It’s okay to get stereotypical, if you’re into that.

- Interact with the graveyard in a way that we haven’t seen in Magic before. How can you play with it without breaking the rules? Bonus points if you create a new ability for it.

- Show the story of a transformation. This can be any part - how X transformed, why X made a transformation, the end result of X’s transformation, etc.

- Make a card that marginally benefits all players, but still helps out its controller - and do it without making something that only works in single- or multi-player games, i.e. make it able to work in all game types.

- Design the first card in a cycle that implicitly explains each other card in the cycle.

As always, if you want to make me really happy, new mechanics, good digital art, and general creativity help. Fandom cards, anime cards, and IRL cards will probably not help much.

And as always, thank you all.

-Abelzumi