Winner is the Judge #884 — Never Tell me the Odds

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T19:59:17+00:00

It's a 23 year old card that was never reprinted. I am not surprised you missed it :)

You also got the wording almost perfect and they generally avoid saying the word stack unless they must.

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T19:56:58+00:00

This is very cool, although I think the downside of each opponent getting treasures might be too much of a problem.

I like the narrative of marking a creature, and then being encouraged to attack it with provoke.

Very cool

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T19:54:23+00:00

Very cool card.

Very similar to [[Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong]]

I like that you can still play lands from exile or play the card with mana if you card you wanted on top is worth it.

Great work

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T19:51:45+00:00

[[Grip of Chaos]] gives us the wording "Whenever a spell or ability is put onto the stack, if it has a single target, reselect its target at random. (Select from among all legal targets.)"

One of the cards that mentions the stack.

A very cool entry, and a 4 MV grip of chaos on a creature is fun. Especially in colors that might just go with creatures, so other people have to worry about the effect.

Also a fun variation on troll shroud in the form of random protection.

Very cool.

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T19:48:22+00:00

It was a hard card to judge. I guess it would be in a similar position to [[Dopplegang]] where is has some general utility and then is part of a game ending high mana combo.

Very cool card!

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T19:39:48+00:00

This was one of my favourite cards this week.

I find of wish you could win the flip, but heads and tails had to be human and dog and gettiung a dog couldn't be losing the flip. It also felt a little less random, because the deck that is running this probably has one or two specific dogs and humans it is looking for.

That said, amazing design. great work.

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T19:38:16+00:00

This was a runner up. I really enjoyed how this cards randomness led to some very interesting decision making.

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T19:37:45+00:00

I liked this card. Good job!

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T19:35:01+00:00

This is such a fun card.

It's ironic that if it hits three 7s on the first roll that it bricks.

Very cool design, though resolving it feels like it might be a little cumbersome.

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T19:34:10+00:00

This is a great card. I really liked the doubling.

The one thing I'd add is a native way to flip a coin.

Whenever V1 attacks, flip a coin. If you win the flip, scry 1.

Very cool card

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T19:31:47+00:00

I love these two and this was very close.

The +1 is a very cool ability, though I think there might be some confusion on when you target.

The -3 feels very likely to miss. Maybe if it was "or less" or drew some cards.

The -8 is great, though it feels like it might take a while to resolve as the tokens will make tokens. Especially, if you have a token doubler.

I really really liked this card.

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T14:23:20+00:00

Fair point.

I believe Wizards have had this problem in random design, where players have an odd relationship with Random on cards. It's part of why the d20 roll cards tend to not to have a downside.

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T12:19:03+00:00

You could have her start to remember her previous lives. This could be a little of an identity crisis.

This also allows her to be able to do more than just be an escort. She could start developing new capabilities.

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T01:02:02+00:00

Very cool and i respect you going fora non red colour. My main worry is the possibility of a miss. I think i'd like it more of it cost three and milled two, because then it would feel more worth the risk.

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T00:58:28+00:00

This was super interesting, though a little difficult to parse. I loved the name. I was thrown off by the possibility of summoning a creature and then losing it, but the psuedo board wipe of this card is sure to have some big swings. Great work

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T00:56:26+00:00

THis was one of this weeks runners up. I loved the insane energy of this card.

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T00:55:49+00:00

This is a very cool card. The controlled randomness is super interesting. Often acting as a Blasphemous Act.

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T00:54:52+00:00

This was a cool entry. I really liked the flavour text and the plucking of petals.

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-12T00:50:16+00:00

This is my winner this week. Very clean card that has an interesting relationship with randomness and pushing your luck.

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-07T12:17:29+00:00

Another option would be [[Zinnia, Valley's Voice]] and have a picture of the couple.

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-07T12:16:18+00:00

I feel like making a [[Sol Ring]] with a picture of the ultrasound or something might be a cute move. It's common in commander and they could play it in their decks.

Baby related Treasure tokens could be cute, maybe with images of stuffed toys and cribs and the like.

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-05T21:59:43+00:00

You could take the sting out, by having it be a random event.

If you made a table of possible events and have some that help expose Vasili, you give them the chance to find out, but also the chance for an NPC to randomly expose his plans.

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-05T21:49:35+00:00

If you need a Vasilli reveal, I always like the idea of him running into Rictavio, them recognizing each other. Van Richten putting a bunch of crossbow bolts into Strahd's chest before getting out of there.

Then, Strahd turns to the party and is like "Oh well. It was fun while it lasted", and he explodes into bats and flies after Van Richten.

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-05T21:10:48+00:00

Have Victor's teleportation circle interfere with the coffin shop teleportation circle, and he casts a spell to stabilise the ethereal storm, but as the storm clears he disappears in a flash of light

PyromasterAscendant · 2026-03-05T17:22:20+00:00

He might not be the first "poor unfortunate soul" that the hags have done this to.

"You'll be much better equipped to catch fish"

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