The Upkeep: Announcing Darksteel Chef, our first contest!

Hey guys, it's Mike here.  I'd like to introduce you to the Sunday Upkeep, where we take a moment to reflect on things, as well as give you a look at what's coming up in the near future.

For this week though, I would just like to start by saying thank you.

This blog was started between a couple of friends who just loved Modern, and we really had no idea if we'd get any viewership outside our local circle.  We're only a few days in, and already you guys have proved us wrong.  Everyone on the team is super excited for the future of Modern Brew of the Day. While we will be jumping back into the brewing tomorrow, it's time now to announce our first contest/giveaway!  I'll let Mason take it from here.

Darksteel Chef!
Mason:
An idea I've had for the longest time is to hold a competition where each participant has an "ingredient" list for a magic deck, in the same vein as Iron Chef.  I figured there is no reason this would not work as an article series so, here it is:

The idea is to get people to submit lists or cards and rules for a deck to be constructed.  An example ingredient list might be:

4x Birthing Pod

0x Melira

0x Kikijiki

0x Archangel of Thune

Or it also might look something like this:

at least 2x Ephara, God of the Polis

A good ingredient list should be not be cumbersome to the deck designer while still forcing them to look at the format in a way that no one has done so so far.  The first list does this by making the deck designer look at an already known quantity (Birthing Pod being absurdly strong) but in a completely different light.  The second list requires the deck designer to use a card that is making real waves in standard and forces them to consider the card in the context of modern.  Shout off the ingredient lists you'd like to see someone brew, we will make it happen!  As an added bonus, the author of the list we choose in our next Sunday article will be sent two free packs of Born of the Gods as a thank for you participating and giving us your support!

Please post your lists in the comments below, and include a way for us to get a hold of you (an e-mail or even twitter works fine).  Saturday at midnight is the deadline for lists, and we will announce the winner next Sunday.

Thanks again for playing, see you next week with more brews!