Jeremy 11 months{"ops":[{"insert":"\nHello brewers,"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nAfter taking a brief break in April, we’re starting May’s "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.cardkingdom.com/"},"insert":"Card Kingdom"},{"insert":"-sponsored deckbuilding contest a bit early. To follow-up the aggressive lists from the Oathbreaker contest in March, we’re going for something a little more chill. This month, we’re looking for Commander decks designed around a shared visual theme. Details below!\n\nWhat’s the contest all about?"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Working within the parameters of the prompt provided below, construct a decklist with your own creative spin. Three chosen finalists will be awarded store credit to cardkingdom.com. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"For May’s deckbuilding contest, construct a Commander-legal deck designed around a shared visual theme. This is meant to be very open-ended: "},{"insert":"You might build something flavorful like a deck where all cards depict members of the Gatewatch"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":", or something silly like only using cards with chairs in their art. Extra consideration will be given to decks that are both thematic and playable!"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nHere’s how to participate:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Brew an EDH/Commander legal deck on Archidekt that satisfies the prompt.\nAny unreleased cards spoiled during the contest’s duration are allowed."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Silver-bordered and acorn cards, while cool, are not allowed. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Digital-only cards (such as those designed for the Alchemy format on Arena) are not allowed."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Strictly one deck submitted per user."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nReply to either this newspost or "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://twitter.com/archidekt/status/1654591720732913665?t=nz-s9G9ZiBEbcJQ7Wsxsiw&s=19"},"insert":"the announcement tweet"},{"insert":" from the "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://twitter.com/archidekt"},"insert":"@archidekt"},{"insert":" account on Twitter with a link to your deck before 9:00pm ET (UTC -5, currently) on Friday, May 12. Only one submission per user!\n\nFrom the eligible submissions, we'll select three finalists with lists that we believe best embody the spirit of the prompt. Additional characteristics by which your deck may be judged include playability and uniqueness (i.e. “spice”); budget has no direct bearing on your chances to win. Deck descriptions are not required but certainly may provide valuable context!\n\nOn Saturday, May 13, 2023, we'll tweet out a poll for the community to vote on its favorite of the three selected finalists' lists. Any finalists who submitted their lists on Archidekt will be notified via the email associated with their account. We’ll also publish a newspost on Archidekt announcing the finalists and linking to the poll on Twitter. Each finalist will be awarded store credit to cardkindom.com. The value of the credit is in US dollars and depends on the finalist's placement in the community poll at the end of its two day duration:\n1st Place Prize - $50"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"2nd Place Prize - $30"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"3rd Place Prize - $20"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Finalists will be contacted via Twitter or email (depending on where they submitted) regarding their winnings following the conclusion of the poll by Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Please note, you must have a Card Kingdom account in order to receive your winnings. It's quick and free-- "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.cardkingdom.com/register"},"insert":"register here"},{"insert":" if you don't have an account already!\n\nAn important note:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Unfortunately, due to wild variance in contest laws, eligibility is limited to residents of the United States and Canada (excluding Quebec). We’d love to allow all of our users to participate, but ensuring we are legally compliant with each country’s national laws is too great a barrier. For additional information regarding eligibility, check our official contest rules. \n\nSomething new:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"As you might have noticed, we added a new “Community Stuff” tab to the homepage. In addition to a variety of curated decks and stats, we display contest winners on this page until new ones are selected. If you haven’t already, check out March’s winners before they’re replaced in a week!\n\nThank you!\nIf you have any other questions, feel free to ask here, reach out on Twitter, or join "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://discord.gg/eZg3mvJd7v"},"insert":"our public Discord server"},{"insert":". We look forward to seeing what you all come up with! \n\nThe Archidekt Team"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nEdit: Our finalists have been announced! Check out "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://twitter.com/archidekt/status/1657435003628789760?s=20"},"insert":"our poll on Twitter"},{"insert":" to vote for your favorite. Congratulations to users BlueSquirrelGirl, Caramel_cactus, and powergirl!"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
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Farosh 11 months{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4499059/jhoira_circles"},"insert":"Jhoira Circles • (Commander / EDH deck) • Archidekt"},{"insert":"\nCircle, rings, wheels, and spheres a deck of round things.\n"}]}
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Mr.Hummus 11 months{"ops":[{"insert":"I have created a deck that embodies the spirit of a general pointing at something and yelling \"Charge!\" or \"Go kill that thing!\" Every nonland card art in the deck contains someone or something pointing (or at least gesturing emphatically), with Alesha, Who Smiles at Death leading the charge. While maybe not the strongest or most optimal Alesha deck, I think there is a chance that it can be somewhat viable, with some high-synergy cards that I was able to find that fit the theme. Unfortunately, I could not find any lands featuring someone pointing, and due to the virtually zero ramp or fixing I could find, I made the choice to include nonbasic lands that are not quite on theme. However, I did create the mana base on a budget and with the requirement that all of the lands had to include people in their art so as to still build with a restriction. I hope you find this amusing, here is:\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4522186"},"insert":"Straight to the Point"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
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stpddm 11 months{"ops":[{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sol'kanar the Swamp King"}},{"insert":" may be the king of swamps, but he is sick of the color black. Between his life gain ability and his swampy-ness, it's all he's ever really known. But he's ready to hit the big city and move on to another color! In a personalized mud-covered letter I received, Sol'kanar told me that he wants to be a white card from now on. Although, based on this deck list he sent me, I'm not sure he knows what that really means...\n\nEvery card in "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4511793/solkanars_nonwhite_white_deck"},"insert":"this deck"},{"insert":" is "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"white bordered"},{"insert":".\n\nThat's right. The often forgotten and ignored white-headed step-child of MtG's history makes a full showing in this deck. Not only will your opponents recoil when they lay their eyes on your gleaming battlefield, but you can laugh in their faces as you change the color of their cards too! "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sleight of Mind"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mind Bend"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Magical Hack"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Distorting Lens"}},{"insert":" all let you mix around colors to force your opponents to join in on the color-changing revolution. Take full advantage of these shenanigans with cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hibernation"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Deathgrip"}},{"insert":" (among many others) to really mess with your opponents.\nBut that's not all! Sol'kanar may be the swamp king, but who's to say he can't be the mountain king, or the island king? Give him mountainwalk and islandwalk with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Burrowing"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fishliver Oil"}},{"insert":" respectively, and then mess with your opponents' lands with cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blood Moon"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Evil Presence"}},{"insert":", or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phantasmal Terrain"}},{"insert":". Regretting where you've put one of those auras, or maybe having second thoughts about your "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Confiscate"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Control Magic"}},{"insert":"? No worries! Move it over to something else with everyone's favorite: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Enchantment Alteration"}},{"insert":"!\n\nAnd that's it! Keep your hand full with lots of card draw, control the board with a variety of removal, and hope to beat face with your commander by using some color/type changing effects!\n\nIs this deck good? Definitely not. Being restricted to only white bordered cards is surprisingly difficult. Especially considering I've kept the deck down to a (sort of) low low price of "},{"attributes":{"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"$150"},{"insert":"! (Goodbye "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Underground Sea"}},{"insert":", goodbye "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wheel of Fortune"}},{"insert":".)\nBut is this deck cool and fun? Well...that's for you to decide. In the maybeboard is a long list of cards that I considered for the deck, but eventually cut for one reason or another (there are definitely good cards in the board that were left out because of price). One of the biggest struggles of this deck is probably color fixing, because we are pretty much limited to only basic lands. All in all, this was a fun deck-building exercise and it gave me an excuse to create a love letter to the white border that I love!\n\nAll hail Sol'kanar the White Border King!\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4511793/solkanars_nonwhite_white_deck"},"insert":"Sol'kanar's Non-White \"White\" Deck"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
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Wolfman19 11 months{"ops":[{"insert":"The deck is just all about the bears every card has dem bears somewhere in the art (well except the land). \n\nSay hello to the "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4494982/may_2023_deckbuild_bear"},"insert":"un-BEAR-able deck"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
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LuminaryLux 11 months{"ops":[{"insert":"In this deck, the artwork doesn't necessarily look the same however they do have a cohesive theme. This deck is based of Frank Herbert's Dune book series with a focus on the Bene Gesserit. The artwork was chosen to represent women (as well as the single male Kwisatz Haderach) of mystical power along with imageries of the vast desert of Arrakis, the wet lands of Caladan or other worlds of the Galactic Empire. When possible, imagery of mid century sci-fi art was included for artifacts, sorceries, instants, and enchantments. A part of the cohesive nature of the deck include cards with names such as \"Long Term Plans\", \"Disinformation Campaign\", and \"As Foretold.\"\n\nhttps://archidekt.com/decks/4148754/sen_triplets_dune\n"}]}
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BlueSquirrelGirl(Common Patron)
11 months{"ops":[{"insert":"This deck is focused on having a creature companion with the main character depicted in the artwork, either to the side of the main character or sitting on a shoulder or arm. The function of most/all of the cards includes generating a companion or an ability that relies on other creatures in play. If a card does not have this, it isn't in the deck (sorry mana rocks!).\n\nThe goal of the deck is to try and generate enough tokens through multiple cards like Carefree Swinemaster, Faldorn, Master of the Wild Hunt, etc. Use other creatures to put counters on creatures and follow up with Tuskguard Captain to give them all trample. If you can't overwhelm your opponents, finish with the job with Proud Wildbonder. This isn't a tuned commander deck by any means, but it's nice to have friends on your side!\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4505054/very_companionable"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4505054/very_companionable"},{"insert":"\n\n"}]}
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Jeremy 11 months{"ops":[{"insert":"Hey there! Just reaching out about you winning third place with this submission. I emailed you a couple days ago from contact@archidekt.com to the address associated with your Archidekt account asking for some information to get you your Card Kingdom credit. If you could respond there or let me know if you didn't get it, I'd appreciate it!\n"}]}
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neurotaku 11 months{"ops":[{"insert":"For my fellow bibliophiles out there, a celebration of books, reading, and the primacy of the written word. Complete with basic lands that have wayyyy too much text on 'em.\n\nhttps://archidekt.com/decks/4519535/verba_non_acta\n"}]}
Edited 5/12/2023, 4:12:20 AM
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Imaginary_Fiend 11 months{"ops":[{"insert":"My entry- a fairy tale mood board of fluffy porportions!\nhttps://archidekt.com/decks/4496621/princess_of_the_enchanted_forest\n"}]}
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Lithomancer 11 months{"ops":[{"insert":"The Summer Olympic Games, also known as Iroan Games, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major interplane multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in Theros, and the most recent Games were held in 2019 in Kylem. The Interplane Olympic Committee (IOC) is responsible for organising the Games and for overseeing the host plane's preparations. The tradition of awarding medallions began in Theros as well; in each Olympic event, pearl medallion are awarded for first place, ruby medallion for second place, and sapphire medallion for third place. The Winter Olympic Games were created out of the success of the Summer Olympic Games, which are regarded as the largest and most prestigious multi-sport international event in the world. The first Winter Olympic Games took place during the Ice Age of Dominaria. The host plane in 2023 is Strixhaven, which is hosting the Summer, while the Winter Games are set to occur in Kaldheim, that is, if the Doomskar or Phyrexian Invasion do not destroy the plane first. IOC's God-President Esika says there's no reason to worry, as the UP (United Planes) has been working ceaselessly to guarantee the event's safety. The population of Strixhaven is eager to host their first ever Olympic Games and promises visitors an unforgetabble experience at their newly renovated Strixhaven Stadium. \n\nhttps://archidekt.com/decks/4487823/olympic_games_kaldheim_2023\n\n\n"}]}
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Biggeek 11 months{"ops":[{"insert":"Here is Liliana and some demons from her past. Unfortunately, Griselbrand is banned, but the rest of them have attended.\nhttps://archidekt.com/decks/4530729/lily_and_her_demons\n"}]}
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Woobles 11 months{"ops":[{"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4510701/may_2023\n\nShowcasing Myrkul! Every card in this deck is a showcase art (including the basics)! Get creatures on board, and when they die they become enchantments. There's also a creature making sub-theme that allows for a general token strategy (and getting rid of the token makers just makes them into enchantments ready to make more tokens!)\n"}]}
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BenBen37234 11 months{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4497010/say_cheese"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4497010/say_cheese"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
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yogibear93 11 months{"ops":[{"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4540368\nClimb to Glory! Take one step at a time to the summit of wherever it is you are going. However, dont be a savage, use the stairs and be civilized about it. Whether you're headed to the courthouse, through an alley in dimir territory, or on the side of the pyramid while zetalpa attacks your city (this one is debatable) the stairs are there for your use!\n"}]}
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Lolzy_lolz_lol 11 months{"ops":[{"insert":"Lightning's pretty, Thunder is relaxing. There's a lot of cards depicting a storm, so I let "},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":"Zeu"},{"insert":"...Keranos have his field day. Welcome to Stormchasers 101: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4511155/the_ire_of_the_storm"},"insert":"The Ire of the Storm"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
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subparchickenwrap 11 months{"ops":[{"insert":"Mono red Jeska/Dargo glass cannon aristocrats deck, it's a blast to play! check the "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4095576/glass_cannon"},"insert":"deck"},{"insert":" description for a more in-depth explanation. \n"}]}
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