Thank you, Aquila! It means a lot. I really appreciate all the love people gave the card. I agree with Aquila that segura’s Aristocrat is elegant and interesting and would’ve been a great winner as well.
We should all thank and congratulate Doom_Shark: he started this thing that we’ve all come to enjoy, and now, over two years later, we’re at the 100th contest!
The quality of last couple of week’s contests is going to be tough to follow. I’ve been very impressed (and am a bit intimidated) by the job – both of presentation and analysis – that anordinaryman and Aquila accomplished. Also, the contests themselves left a wonderful amount of open breathing space for real creativity.
I certainly won’t be able to equal the analytical strength of recent judging (I simply don’t have the Dominion skills), but it would be great if the contest itself were worthy of the 100th. I have an idea that isn’t quite polished enough, that I will use if necessary, but if no one objects, I would like to leave this space open for 24 hours for contest suggestions. If anyone has a big idea to celebrate the 100th (cards with at least 100 words? cards costing $100? but seriously . . . ), it would be great to hear it. Anyone?