[Finished]Act Like Dr. Cakey Contest! (Finished!)

[Dr. Cakey]

Alright, this is my first contest. Let's see how it works out.

[u][b]Rules:[/b][/u]
This is a realistic card contest. You may use whatever card generator you prefer. The gimmick for this contest is that you [b][i]must[/i][/b] use the image of an official [i]Yu-Gi-Oh[/i] TCG or OCG card for your card's image, or use a card from the anime. You may use alternate arts. In the case that a card's artwork is altered between the OCG and TCG, or between anime and OCG/TCG, you may use either one. Any card with the text "This card cannot be used in a Duel" (such as YCS prize cards) may [b]not[/b] be used. You may not alter any card's artwork in any way. The card does not have to have been released yet, but the quality of the image will be a (small) factor in my grade for the card, so using unreleased cards may be difficult. You may not make a card that is support for an archetype or series.

There will also be more specific rules for each individual round of the contest. [s]The number of rounds and the manner in which people will be dropped will be determined once people join, but there won't be more than three, I think.[/s]

The overall contest rules are as follows: It'll be three rounds. At the end of the three rounds, the points for each contestant will be tallied up, and there the winners shall be determined. The gap between the highest and lowest score is only three points, so you all have a shot at the prestige and glory of winning this great battle.

Once a round begins, you will have exactly [b]48 hours[/b] to submit a card. I will tell your card doesn't fit the requirements, but I'm not on all the time. If you don't submit a card, you will be dropped. From a building. And the contest. Your points will be refunded.

As the deity for the contest, my word is final. I don't see why I would have to, but I will disqualify someone if I feel there's a reason to do so.

[b][u]Rounds:[/u][/b]
[url="http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/topic/292087-act-like-dr-cakey-contest-accepting/#entry6062187"]Rules for Round One[/url]
[url="http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/topic/292087-act-like-dr-cakey-contest-round-1-over-beginning-grading/page__st__20__gopid__6063925#entry6063925"]Rules for Round Two[/url]
[url="http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/topic/292087-act-like-dr-cakey-contest-round-2-grading-in-progress/page__st__20#entry6066710"]Final Round Rules[/url]

[u][b]Rubric:[/b][/u]
Image Quality: 2 points.
Image Appropriateness (How [i]well[/i] does the image fit the card's name/effects?): 3 points
Grammar (Correct formatting + good Engrish. Both Old OCG and Problem-Solving Card Text are fine): 3 points
Strength and Balance (Is it playable? Is it OP'd?): 3 points
Context (How well does it fit with the game right now? Does it make other cards broken?): 4 points
Creativity (The heart and soul of card-making): 5 points

Total: 20 points

[u][b]Prizes:[/b][/u]
1st Place: Two-thirds of the the points pot and, say, 1 rep.
2nd Place: One-third of the points.
3rd Place: I will say, "Good job, you got third place."

[b]Leaderboard:[/b]
D.A._Siegfried (26pts)
DeathSDelano (26pts)
Vinyl (26pts)
newhat (28pts)
- Neo - (34pts)

[b][url="http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/topic/292087-act-like-dr-cakey-contest-final-round-grading-in-progress/page__st__40#entry6069453"][size=5]For the final round excitement, check over here![/size][/url][/b]

[D.A._Sakuyamon]

Just so I completely understand. We only have to use a real card image? We don't have to have it the same effect of the card we are using the image from?

[Dr. Cakey]

[quote name='♥ D.A._Siegfried ♥' timestamp='1351719160' post='6058245']
Just so I completely understand. We only have to use a real card image? We don't have to have it the same effect of the card we are using the image from?
[/quote]
Correct, just the image.

[D.A._Sakuyamon]

[size=5]Okay then, I wish to enter this contest and my points have already been sent. [/size]

[Dr. Cakey]

[quote name='♥ D.A._Siegfried ♥' timestamp='1351720139' post='6058257']
[size=5]Okay then, I wish to enter this contest and my points have already been sent. [/size]
[/quote]
Accepted.

[DeathSDelano]

[size=5]Sure why not, will have to work on the card tomorrow, and I already know which image I am using. points on the way.[/size]

[Dr. Cakey]

Just realized there's key material missing from my rubric. Going to shuffle it around.

[quote name='DeathSDelano' timestamp='1351739732' post='6058494']
Sure why not, will have to work on the card tomorrow, and I already know which image I am using. pionts on the way.
[/quote]
There's something wrong with your registration form. And its not just that you spelled 'points' wrong. It leads me to believe you didn't read my post.

[DeathSDelano]

[quote name='Dr. Cakey Arclight' timestamp='1351740282' post='6058508']
Just realized there's key material missing from my rubric. Going to shuffle it around.


There's something wrong with your registration form. And its not just that you spelled 'points' wrong. It leads me to believe you didn't read my post.
[/quote]

fix'd [sorry half asleep right now]

[Dr. Cakey]

[quote name='DeathSDelano' timestamp='1351740639' post='6058517']
fix'd [sorry half asleep right now]
[/quote]
That's what they all say. Accepted.

[newhat]

I'd like to enter, but I want to retrain old cards and there's no way to get perfectly square images for them. So they'd end up squished or cropped...

[Vinyl]

[size=5]Well, I might as well join. Points are a-comin'.[/size]

[Dr. Cakey]

[quote name='newhat' timestamp='1351920638' post='6060067']
I'd like to enter, but I want to retrain old cards and there's no way to get perfectly square images for them. So they'd end up squished or cropped...
[/quote]
They're a different shape? If it's not too drastic you could clip off a little bit, couldn't you?
[quote name='Vinyl' timestamp='1351976519' post='6060451']
[size=5]Well, I might as well join. Points are a-comin'.[/size]
[/quote]
Accepted.

[Synchronized]

Gonna join.

Mobile so I can't change the font size but I read the rules.

Ill send the points tomorrow.

[newhat]

[size=5]Cropping is OK? In I go.[/size]

[Dr. Cakey]

[quote name='- Neo -' timestamp='1352005835' post='6060725']
Gonna join.

Mobile so I can't change the font size but I read the rules.

Ill send the points tomorrow.
[/quote]
Accepted once I receive teh points.
[quote name='newhat' timestamp='1352050182' post='6061021']
[size=5]Cropping is OK? In I go.[/size]
[/quote]
If you have to. Do older cards really have different dimensions for images. Anyway, accepted.

I think I'm going to give it one more day, and if no one else joins we'll get started with five people.

[Dr. Cakey]

That's that, then. We'll begin with four + -Neo- if he ever sends me his points.

[u][b]Round One![/b][/u]
The rules for round one are simple. In addition to the regular rules, the card you make [b]cannot be a monster[/b]. It [i]must[/i] be a Spell or Trap Card. The card art can be from a monster, but the card itself cannot be.

[b]Round one ends on Thursday, November 8 at 11:00 AM EST.[/b]

[newhat]

Here is my submission, from [url="http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Fiend_Sword"]Fiend Sword[/url].

[spoiler="Sword of Punishment:"][img]http://i.imgur.com/iFFZ4.jpg[/img]
Thought I would make a genuinely strong Equip Spell. Tip: Don't equip this to Tragoedia.[/spoiler]

[Vinyl]

I'm almost ashamed at how little thought I put into this. It's still pretty original though, I feel. Picture: Millenium Shield.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/g8XEY.jpg[/img]

Text:
When an opponent's card is activated that would target a card on your side of the field and remove it from the field: Force that card to target this card; If the target is incorrect, then destroy that card. After this card is activated: Set this card. This card is banished when it is removed from the field.

[DeathSDelano]

Turned Labyrinth Wall into little fun card. The grammar is most likely wierd as I do not know of any cards that would help me with it,


[img]http://i.imgur.com/tK45e.jpg[/img]
text:
At the start of either player's Battle Phase: all players Set their monsters face-down then rearrange them without looking. When a player declares an attack: the turn player chooses 1 of their face-down monsters without looking and reveal it; then choose one monster on your opponent's side of the field; Reveal that monster and return it to its original Battle Position before the activation of this card's effect, then have both selected monsters battle.

[Synchronized]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/d7f64.jpg[/IMG]

[quote]Target 1 face-up monster on the field; until the End Phase, that target cannot be removed from the field by the effect of a Spell, Trap, or Effect Monster Card except by being destroyed. If the targeted monster is a Spellcaster-Type monster; that target gains 800 ATK, until the End Phase. If this Set card is destroyed by an opponent's card: You can add 1 Level 4 Spellcaster-Type monster from your Deck to your hand.[/quote]

All good.

[D.A._Sakuyamon]

The image is from the continuous trap card. "Astral Barrier"

[spoiler=Card Submission: Past the Future]
[img]https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/550288_263239723799388_334781245_n.jpg[/img]
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[Dr. Cakey]

Alright, you all look good. I'll wait until the deadline to grade in case any of you are struck with inspiration and/or horror at some grammar mistake and want to change your cards.

[Dr. Cakey]

Okay, round one is over, and the grading begins. This will also be the time I arbitrarily decide how many rounds we'll have and how people will be dropped. Because I'm so organized.

[spoiler='Vinyl']
[img]http://i.imgur.com/g8XEY.jpg[/img]

[b]Image Quality: 2/2[/b]

[b]Image Appropriateness: 2/3[/b]
I can see the shield, but I don't see the blaze.

[b]Grammar: 2/3[/b]
Three of you have effects involving "removing from the field". I will include a little talk about this for your edification. Aside from that, which I won't take away any points for, there are a couple of errors. First, "removed from the field" is "leaves the field" in the new OCG. Second, forcing the change of targets should be part of the effect, not listed as a cost the way it is there. Third, you completely messed up the the effect to Set itself after it resolves. The way you have it written, after the card resolves it [i]activates again[/i], with a separate effect, and Sets itself. See [url="http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Scrap-Iron_Scarecrow"]Scrap-Iron Scarecrow[/url] for a good example of how it should be done. Overall, even though there are errors, none of them obscure what the card [i]does[/i], so I can't take off much for it.

[b]Strength and Balance: 1/3[/b]
Well, it's definitely not overpowered, but it could be extremely useful in the right situation. And it's not useless. It's also immune to destruction negation because whether or not it will destroy is determined at resolution, but it's a Counter Trap so that's not much of a concern, anyway.[s] I think I'll just give it 3/3.[/s] I realized this can only be used when a [i]card[/i] is activated, not an effect. This...completely changes the card, and makes it much weaker.

[b]Context: 2/4[/b]
Since it can only be used when a [i]card[/i] is activated, it can only respond to Spells and Traps. This basically means the only cards it can respond to in the current format are Forbidden Lance, MST, and Night Beam. The last two don't really give you much of an advantage, and this card would be destroyed in by MST (not Night Beam, since it's not facedown), though negating the first could be handy in a pinch. I suppose this card could theoretically be side deck material.

[b]Creativity: 4/5[/b]
Good for you, you can pick up points back up over here for having a unique card. I like both the target-switching and re-Setting.

[b][u]Total:[/u] 13/20[/b][/spoiler]

[spoiler='newhat']
[img]http://i.imgur.com/iFFZ4.jpg[/img]
[b]Image Quality: 2/2[/b]

[b]Image Appropriateness: 2/3[/b]
3/3 if you consider 700 Life Points a punishment.

[b]Grammar: 2/3[/b]
There's an extraneous 'it' in the first line, but I took off the point for "is unaffected by any other effects" simply because this is a bit tricky to interpret. I would recommend "...is unaffected by card effects, except this card's effects" instead (er, that might be a little clunky-sounding).

[b]Strength and Balance: 2/3[/b]
You took Horn of the Phantom Beast, then made it generic and better. Mirror Force and D-Prison are relatively out of circulation, but the immunity effect is still pretty powerful, plus the 1000 ATK boost, piercing effect and, most importantly, the draw effect. The only reason I didn't grade it lower is because people [i]still[/i]
wouldn't use it, because Equip Cards...

[b]Context: 2/4[/b]
...so I'll mark you down in context instead, because it makes the following cards broken:

Monster Cards

[b]Creativity: 3/5[/b]
I guess it's kind of interesting because it makes the monster unaffected by its own effects, but most monsters don't affect themselves anyway. It's pretty straightforward otherwise.

[b][u]Total:[/u] 13/20[/b][/spoiler]

[spoiler='DeathSDelano']
[img]http://i.imgur.com/tK45e.jpg[/img]
[b]Image Quality: 2/2[/b]

[b]Image Appropriateness: 2/3[/b]
Since I see nobody wandering in this labyrinth, it seems more 'Labyrinth of Lost-ness' than 'Lost in the Labyrinth'.

[b]Grammar: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH[/b]
I could pick this apart and put it back together, but it would take at least half an hour and still might not be right. Since I understand what it does, and the twelve dozen loopholes that are probably in this card are obviously not intended, you can have a [b]2/3 [/b]like everybody else.

[b]Strength and Balance: 2/3[/b]
I was going to give this a 1/3 for sucking, but it picks up the extra point for being handy for recycling flippy monsters. All your opponent has to do is make sure they only have strong monsters whenever they plan on attacking.

[b]Context: 1/4[/b]
I'm really not sure what to do with this card. Whether it sucks or is amazing is going to vary turn by turn and duel by duel. I'm going to grade you low in this category because otherwise you'll be significantly ahead of the two previous cards, and this card doesn't to me seem any better than them.

[b]Creativity: 5/5[/b]
Take it and be happy, you monster.

[u][b]Total:[/b][/u][b]14/20[/b][/spoiler]

[spoiler=' - Neo -']
[img]http://i.imgur.com/d7f64.jpg[/img]
[b]Image Quality: 1/2[/b]
Kinda blurry.

[b]Image Appropriateness: 2/3[/b]
Seriously, I see no curses.

[b]Grammar: 3/3[/b]
There's something about that middle sentence...it should probably be combined with the first in some way.

[b]Strength and Balance: 3/3[/b]
The fact that the target can still be destroyed is a positive point, as it's not simply a "idk wat my opponent is goin 2 do, but no matter what it is i still win". Also, MST bait.

[b]Context: 3/4[/b]
Maybe it's just me, but I think searching a Level 3 or lower Spellcaster would be more interesting.

[b]Creativity: 4/5:[/b]
Variance of generic and specific support, usefulness in a variety of situations, and uses the still-under-utilized "when this facedown card is destroyed" gimmick.

[b][u]Total:[/u] 16/20[/b][/spoiler]

[spoiler='D.A._Siegrfried']
[img]https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/550288_263239723799388_334781245_n.jpg[/img]
[b]Image Quality: 2/2[/b]

[b]Image Appropriateness: 3/3[/b]
I can see the name in the effect, so why not.

[b]Grammar: 1/3[/b]
Missing word (same what?), missing space, a misspelled word, and "Spell/Traps" instead of "Spell/Trap Cards". When I said "grammar" I meant card grammar, not English grammar, but /ok.

[b]Strength and Balance: 2/3[/b]
It's a -1, which counteracts the fact that it makes the target 99% invincible to anything, so it might actually be useful. The price isn't hefty, but it is present and a bit interesting.

[b]Context: 3/4[/b]
I don't see anything particular useful about it in the current format, but nothing very [i]un[/i]useful about.

[b]Creativity: 4/5:[/b]
I particularly like the cost. And the world doesn't have enough Quick-plays.

[b][u]Total:[/u] 15/20[/b]
[/spoiler]

[b]Removing From The Field![/b]
"Removing from the field" is really weird. This is why actual cards may say "cannot be targeted or destroyed" or "is unaffected by card effects" but not "cannot be removed from the field". The original awkwardness came from the fact that cards like Reborn Tengu don't have their effects activated when they're returned to the deck, because shuffling and deck and resetting and stuff. But the monster is still obviously no longer on the field (one might say it was on the field, but got "removed"). So a card that says "When [i]x[/i] leaves the field, do [i]y[/i]" would still activate in such a case. Now we have Xyz Materials, which may or may not be on the field and may or may not be cards depending on the rule in question, who you ask, and the phase of the moon. So avoid these words when possible.

[b][u]Contest Rules:[/u][/b]
Yes, I've now finally decided on the rules. It'll be three rounds. At the end of the three rounds, the points for each contestant will be tallied up, and there the winners shall be determined. The gap between the highest and lowest score is only three points, so you all have a shot at the prestige and glory of winning this great battle.

[u][b]Round Two:[/b][/u]
The rule for round two is as follows: You can make whatever card you want, but the image for the card [b]must[/b] come from an anime-exclusive card. That's right, the card must have appeared [b]only[/b] in the anime (well, it could have appeared in the manga or video games, too, but you know what I mean).

[b]Round Two ends on Saturday, November 10 at 2:00 PM EST.[/b]

[newhat]

Well, the images for these are gonna be interesting.

[DeathSDelano]

I used [url=http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Knight_of_Destiny]Knight of Destiny[/url] as the image

[img]http://i.imgur.com/Gj741.jpg[/img]
[spoiler = Text]

1 LIGHT or Warrior-Type Tuner + 2 or more non-Tuner monsters
You can only control 1 "Amatan, The Shining Knight." Once per turn, you can Special Summon 1 Warrior-type or LIGHT monster from your Graveyard to your side of the field. That monster's effect is negated and cannot be used for Synchro or Xyz material except for the Special Summon of a Warrior-type or LIGHT monster. This card cannot attack the turn you activate this effect.
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