[Finished]CC Monthly Series [October 2017]

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Refer to this thread for any specific information regarding the policies of the CC Monthly. 

 

(Yes, CC tournaments still exist, but recall that it's based on whether I have free time and/or can develop an appropriate theme for a specific time. May try to do bi-monthly ones so there's a break in-between to think things over.)
 
Theme
 
Make a Halloween-themed card. 
 
Doesn't have to be a strictly Halloween-themed card like a pumpkin, haunted house, etc. Just something to do with it. Ghostrick cards are fair game.
 
Helpful Threads
 
http://forum.yugiohc...before-posting/
http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/topic/326458-combined-card-design-guide/
http://forum.yugiohc...ds-and-casuals/
 
Deadline
 
October 18th, 2017 @ 11:30 am Hawaiʻi Standard Time (GMT -10:00)

If you need help determining what time it'll be in your area when deadline hits, use this converter.
(Select USA - Hawaii - Honolulu in the "convert to" area)
 
For your safety, I highly recommend that you turn in your entries when it reaches 11:00 pm in your respective timezones, to avoid confusion [as the deadline here may come at an inopportune time in your area of residence]. However, most, if not all of you, live to the right of me in a higher timezone, so late entries should not be a problem.

 

Entry Fee
 
None, you just need to state your interest + provide an entry card with an appropriate explanation. 
 
Rules

 

[spoiler=standard stuff]

 

1. Standard YCM and Custom Cards rules apply in this section. Please remember to abide by / follow them in this contest. 
 
2. Written Cards are accepted, however if you opt to do this; do not use the cardmaker or TCGEditor to generate a pictureless image. Just type it out in text format. Also remember to post your card's effect underneath so it can be easily read if you post a regular card.
 
3. You are allowed to make minor edits to your card until the deadline (such as effect correction, OCG/spelling fixes, etc).
 
Changing your entry completely is prohibited, so please make sure that you want to go through with a certain design before submission. 
 
4. You may not design a card using Fake Types/Attributes nor use Divine-Beast/Creator God and the DIVINE Attribute. (Given the theme, you shouldn't be making DIVINE monsters).

 

All cards must abide by the maximum 5000 ATK/DEF rule for original stats.
 
5. Ritual Monsters and their corresponding Ritual Spell will be treated as a single card, but their individual scores will be averaged.
 
6. Any card that is known to us before the deadline is fair game, including leaks from YGOrganization. Please note that all entries are graded under the TCG lists.
 
7. You do not need to provide a submission immediately when you enter, but it needs to be here by the deadline if you want to be scored. No submissions mean a zero score.

 

8. Due to time constraints, I will be grading these as they come in so I can end this on time (though the scores will not be posted until the deadline). Therefore, if you do change anything, please make sure you notify me.

 

As mentioned in rule 3, you should ideally have designed it as a final product at the time of posting. 

 

9. You may not post any entries you submit for this contest until after they have been scored. Posting your card from an active contest gives you the unfair advantage of having someone review your work.

 

 

 

Prizing
 
1st - 6000 points + 4 reps + 1 month custom group (extension or equivalent thereof if you already got one; VIP doesn't count.)
2nd - 3000 points + 3 reps
3rd - 2000 points + 2 reps
4th - 1000 points + 1 rep
 
Additional prizes may be given out, if needed. 
Prizes listed here are subject to change, depending on number of entries and their quality.
 
Participants

• Dragon Sage
• Sleepy
• Reptilious
• Eshai
• Armoire
• cheewei27
• Dtwist11
• Dragulas

Judges

• Sakura

Scoring
 
[spoiler=Rubric]
This is the same score card I have used for the December 2016 CC monthly (in terms of point values).
 
SAKURA (100)

BALANCE/USABILITY (60)

• If this were ever printed, would it be too powerful, just right or pack filler?
• Do we have a reason to run this over another card that does something similar? Does card work out the way it's supposed to?

Both parts are worth 30 points each.

 

CREATIVITY/FLAVOR (25)

• Have I already seen this type of effect before on similar cards or this is something different?
• How creative did you get without breaking mechanics?
• Did you at least follow the theme? (Easy 5 points if you follow directions)

OCG (15)
 
These components comprise your grade for this section.

• Are you following guidelines for standard English grammar and writing? Did you spellcheck your work?
  • I won't deduct points for differences in American/British spelling (but I think English language cards go to American spelling nowadays)
  • Please note that card grammar has slightly different standards from "correct" English.
• Can I understand your card without having to get a ruling query?
• Usage of terminology that actually exists on TCG/OCG cards.
  • You should write your cards in PSCT as it is easier to follow, but anything from late 5Ds/ZEXAL is fine (earlier formats have more confusing wording).
    • Either ARC-V or VRAINS PSCT will be accepted, but please be consistent with your styles. 
    • You may also use hybrid PSCT as you deem necessary without penalty (this is the form that YGOrganization uses, and the version I tend to use for cardmaking nowadays). 
  • Points will not be deducted if you accidentally mix up ARC-V / VRAINS grammar terms, but they will be docked if you didn't spellcheck and/or use appropriate grammar found on actual cards.

tl;dr, spellcheck your work and make sure that you use terms that are actually used.

 

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Please note that all parts are interconnected; if I cannot understand your card's wording or if it's difficult to read due to mistakes, it will affect other areas.
 
It is your responsibility to make sure your card's intent is clear.

 

 
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If you have any questions, either post in this thread or send me a PM. 
 

Best of luck to all participants.

You may also use hybrid PSCT as you deem necessary without penalty (this is the form that YGOrganization uses, and the version I tend to use for cardmaking nowadays). 

[Northern Sage]

Urgh, I'm in. I guess you're going to be as harsh on wording as usual despite not really specifying any of that in the OP?

Also, could you please consider organizing the OP in spoilers? It is really big right now.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Urgh, I'm in. I guess you're going to be as harsh on wording as usual despite not really specifying any of that in the OP?

Also, could you please consider organizing the OP in spoilers? It is really big right now.

 

Most of it will just be on whether or not you spellchecked your work and used proper grammar. If I do deduct points, it's going to be for major mistakes. As I mentioned earlier, points won't be docked if you accidentally get ARC-V and VRAINS grammar mixed up, but just try to be consistent. 

 

Or let's say I'm going to be more lenient on wording than I have been in the past. (I haven't been fixing OCG for members lately, so...)

 

[unless you really mess up, you should get good marks in this portion.]

 

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But yeah, you're in.

 

Will fix the OP. 

[Sleepy]

This sounds like fun. I wanna join. I'll try to manage. Maybe I can make an illustration while I work on Inktober or something... Doesn't matter that it gets no extra points.... it just sounds fun to do... xP

Goes away to plan stuff out*

 

Edit:
Our submissions will be posted here in the comments, right?

I'll re-read in case I missed something though.

[👀 REP 👀]

All in baybee. Time to think of a spooky card idea.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

This sounds like fun. I wanna join. I'll try to manage. Maybe I can make an illustration while I work on Inktober or something... Doesn't matter that it gets no extra points.... it just sounds fun to do... xP

Goes away to plan stuff out*

 

Edit:

Our submissions will be posted here in the comments, right?

I'll re-read in case I missed something though.

 

Yeah, you submit entries in the thread itself. Makes it easier to grade and all.

 

Artwork won't get extra points, but if you want to use it, that's fine. Might help with that art thing [which I have to do too, well, after I get my schedule cleaned up a bit]. For this theme, you probably may find a few arts that are to your liking.

 

All in baybee. Time to think of a spooky card idea.

 

Alright.

 

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Both of you are in though. 

 

As for OCG/grammar, bulk of it is generally comprehension and whether or not your wording can pass for an official card. Like I said before, there have been some changes between ARC-V and VRAINS grammar (which is shortening). I won't deduct points if you intermingle the two (because it might happen), but try to be consistent. 

 

Same rules apply on wording conflicts between similar effects; won't deduct points if there's more than one way to write it or for a simple "if/when" thing. I generally use IF for optional and WHEN for mandatory, though Konami seems to have reversed this lately, so IDK. 

 

[And yes, Links are permissible.]

[Eshai]

I'm in. Generics not Archetypes right?

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

I'm in. Generics not Archetypes right?

 

Yeah, just make a single card and that's it. (All of the CC tournaments will be like this unless otherwise specified)

 

This isn't the AGM entry contests where you have to build an entire Archetype to win prizes and get into the club. I don't have time to grade full Archetypes, let alone have the motivation to review multiples at once. (I do have something else in mind for after this ends)

 

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But noting your entry.

[Blake]

I believe he was asking if it had to be a generic card or if it could be an archetypal card.

 

Considering you listed Ghostricks, going to assume the card can be archetypal.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Card just has to be related to Halloween in some shape or form; can be a generic or Archetypal if you can figure out how to work it in. If you want to make Ghostricks, then that's fine since their whole theme is this and wouldn't be out of place.

[Eshai]

Alright, this was a bit funnily convenient in naming and support for an archetype but seriously there was a reason that wasn't just because we're doing Halloween stuff.

 

Headless Horseman

EARTH - Level 6 - Fiend/Fusion/Effect - 2150 ATK/2650 DEF

1 Fiend monster + 1 Beast monster (preferably Headless Knight and Mystic Horseman)

Must first be either Fusion Summoned, or Special Summoned by discarding the above cards from your hand (in which case you do not use "Polymerization"). This card can attack twice during each Battle Phase. While this card is in your GY: You can destroy 1 Level 7 or higher Fiend or Beast monster you control to Special Summon this card, but banish it when it leaves the field. You can only Summon this monster with its own effects, once each per turn

 

Originally was a joke, but if there was artwork it would be a Headless Centaur, which makes a bit more sense namewise. If it didn’t click yet, OBVIOUSLY FABLED SUPPORT since Soulkius is a bit terrible. This can end up getting you into the Level 9 Fabled Leviathan, which when destroyed adds up to 3 of your Fabled monsters from your GY to your hand, which is exactly the cards you discarded +1. I think this is the kind of card (and most notably the kind of Fusion) this Deck would need, considering they don’t have a great way to discard several cards at once when they get a bad hand. This card offers a lot of speed to the Deck, gets around and even synergizes with Link Format, and most notably it along with maybe something else can skyrocket the utility in discard Decks since discarding Materials isn’t a cost.

 

 

Also posting this in Advanced Singles to A. get some reviews and B. advertise the competition.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Alright, this was a bit funnily convenient in naming and support for an archetype but seriously there was a reason that wasn't just because we're doing Halloween stuff.

 

Headless Horseman

EARTH - Level 6 - Fiend/Fusion/Effect - 2150 ATK/2650 DEF

1 Fiend monster + 1 Beast monster (preferably Headless Knight and Mystic Horseman)

Must first be either Fusion Summoned, or Special Summoned by discarding the above cards from your hand (in which case you do not use "Polymerization"). This card can attack twice during each Battle Phase. While this card is in your GY: You can destroy 1 Level 7 or higher Fiend or Beast monster you control to Special Summon this card, but banish it when it leaves the field. You can only Summon this monster with its own effects, once each per turn

 

Originally was a joke, but if there was artwork it would be a Headless Centaur, which makes a bit more sense namewise. If it didn’t click yet, OBVIOUSLY FABLED SUPPORT since Soulkius is a bit terrible. This can end up getting you into the Level 9 Fabled Leviathan, which when destroyed adds up to 3 of your Fabled monsters from your GY to your hand, which is exactly the cards you discarded +1. I think this is the kind of card (and most notably the kind of Fusion) this Deck would need, considering they don’t have a great way to discard several cards at once when they get a bad hand. This card offers a lot of speed to the Deck, gets around and even synergizes with Link Format, and most notably it along with maybe something else can skyrocket the utility in discard Decks since discarding Materials isn’t a cost.

 

 

Also posting this in Advanced Singles to A. get some reviews and B. advertise the competition.

 

I didn't think I'd have to mention this (because it should've been implied), but you may not post cards that you are currently using in an on-going contest within the regular CC area. Doing so would permit other users to give you critique and thus an unfair advantage in scoring.

 

So yeah, either make another card for this contest or just modify the thread to have something else. I do appreciate the advertising, though it shouldn't need it because Contests is dead. [i have hidden the thread for now]

 

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You may post this card AFTER it is scored and the contest finishes. 

[Armoire]

I'll join!

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Very well then.

 

But yeah, note to other members, don't post your entries in main CC until after I grade them, announce results and close this. If you fix your cards, they must be done on your own without any outside help.

[Eshai]

I didn't think I'd have to mention this (because it should've been implied), but you may not post cards that you are currently using in an on-going contest within the regular CC area. Doing so would permit other users to give you critique and thus an unfair advantage in scoring.

 

So yeah, either make another card for this contest or just modify the thread to have something else. I do appreciate the advertising, though it shouldn't need it because Contests is dead. [i have hidden the thread for now]

 

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You may post this card AFTER it is scored and the contest finishes. 

 

<sorry>

I'm going to keep my card in. I think it's cool. Would probably submit it into the AGM and maybe the DPR along with Quasar level of Synchro for Fabled if it gets approved. 

I'll post it after.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Yeah, just hold on until I grade everything and announce winners. 

 

As for other users, make sure that you get your stuff in by the deadline. (Reminds me that I have to update the OP with the new arrivals)

[Kid Gambino]

Ooooooooooooooh, I'm so in! I came to the contest board just to see if something Halloween-y was going on lol.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Well, there's this and the site-wide Halloween event for monsters, so...you can do both if you choose. (In the sense of participating, as latter has the monster slots filled)

 

But you're in though; just make sure you get an entry in by next Wednesday. Same goes for everyone else.

[Kid Gambino]

 

HALLOWEENLAND

Continuous Trap Card

Each time a monster is Summoned, the opponent must activate this effect: Look at and reveal 1

monster from your Deck with a different name, then shuffle the revealed card into the Deck.

As long as this card remains face-up on the field, the Summoned monster's name, Attribute

and Type become the revealed monster's name, Attribute and Type. Once per Duel, while this

card is in the Graveyard: You can place it face-up in your Field Card Zone as a Field

Spell Card. (This card is NOT treated as a Trap Card.)

 

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Forgive me if the card name is too "on the nose" haha... but here is my submission, Halloweenland,

a Trap Card that is meant to throw a huge wrench into your opponent's plans to utilize specific card names,

Attributes, or Types to achieve their plans, just like DNA Surgery and DNA Transplant. While the "masking"

of the monster is required, this can still be abused by the opponent (in very rare instances) to their gain to

achieve certain card effects or monster summonings. Additionally, this also requires YOU to not be attached

to your monster's name, Attribute, or Type, since the opponent can be running monsters very different

from your own. The last effect is just an additional flavor showcasing the "transforming" effect of the card

while also allowing it to be more efficient due to self-revival. This is a generic card that I don't believe would

fit into any specific archetype, and at most can be treated as powerful anti-meta or a sideboard card.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Alright, so just Sage, Sleepy and Reptilious need to submit something at this point. 

[Armoire]

This is my entry:

 

 

[spoiler=Lore]Cannot be Special Summoned from the GY. If this card is destroyed by battle: Destroy the monster that destroyed this card. If this card was sent from the field to the GY because of an opponent's card, if your opponent battles a Level/Rank 3 or lower monster you control: Your opponent's monster loses 100 ATK x its own Level during damage calculation only. This card must be in the GY to activate and resolve this effect.

 

[spoiler=Design Notes]

• It has a pseudo-continuous effect in the Graveyard, similar to Helpoemer and Imprisoned Queen Archfiend, something that I feel is underutilized.

• Level 1, DARK, and Zombie to make it easier to search.

• Helps decks with lower-level monsters that often lack ATK power like Ghostricks and Rank 1 Decks by letting monsters run over your opponent's while preserving yours.

• Destroys the monster that destroys it so it's not a waste of a Normal Summon/Set when setting it up.

• Cannot be SS'd, a callback to Helpoemer. No other reason than to prevent spamming it for links.

• Reliant on opponent's cards so you can't just use it as a material and get 3 of them in the GY right away, while still getting their effects.

 

[spoiler=Flavor Notes]

• Image found in Kyng's image dump (from the Advanced Card Guide's references).

• Chose the image of a ghost being shocked/shocking something, as is the spirit of Halloween.

• The effect of it destroying a monster when destroyed is supposed to mimic the "shock" or "scare" that ghosts provide, disabling the victim.

• "Lingering Grudge" is the name because like a good horror story, spirits/negative emotions are persistent even after death.

• The ATK loss is related to "Grudge" and how a grudge usually wants to get revenge on someone/something.

• Art chosen and name were inspired by .

Hope you enjoyed it. Good luck to everyone and Happy Halloween!

 

 

Edit: Card image didn't upload so I had to re-upload it. Also adjusted format for better reading.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

I was just about to tell you that, but yeah, you have it now so fine. (Also won't dock points because image is from an actual card, since I know how difficult it is to find suitable art).

[👀 REP 👀]

Here's my entree

 

 

[spoiler=Effect]

When your opponent Special Summons a monster (Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand to the GY; Negate its effect, then destroy it during your 2nd End Phase after activating this effect, also, Special Summon this card from your GY. You can only use this effect of "Grimm, Reaper of Souls" once per turn.

 

 

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Alright, noting that you got something in. 

[cheewei27]

Can i join too? Halloweeb theme right?