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Post by sdfkjgh on May 4, 2020 20:48:50 GMT
xylophone: The  can do quite a lot. Picture any activated ability with  as part of its cost. If is the only cost, then the rules for Evermind, et al apply: (Nonexistent costs can't be paid.) If, however, is just one payment out of many (say, Dreamscape Artist), then you no longer need to tap it to activate that ability.
Also, "can't be untapped" is quite a bit stronger than "doesn't untap", as the former can get around things like Unwinding Clock. Plus, when combined with the static ability, the  is a bit more powerful than you seem to give it credit, as it targets any permanent, even lands. |
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HvT
1/1 Squirrel
Fugitive Wizard - Jim Nelson
Posts: 98
Formerly Known As: Heads vs Tails
Favorite Card: Foil Island
Color Alignment: Blue, Red
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Post by HvT on May 4, 2020 22:44:18 GMT
Thanks for the win, I actually struggled between making it a +1 or +0 ability.
Next Challenge: Assuming you have dice, roll one and create a brand new planeswalker from that corresponding plane.
1 - Fiora
2 - Kylem
3 - Lorwyn/Shadowmoor
4 - Amonkhet
5 - Kamigawa
6 - Tarkir
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on May 4, 2020 22:58:59 GMT
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Post by SilentKobold on May 4, 2020 23:12:51 GMT
Six. Hmm, time to come up with a non-Mardu, non-Jeskai walker. EDIT: Here we go, an aristocratic naga necromancer with a talent for dominating the undead of other mages.  {Lore}Once living a luxurious lifestyle at the tops of the Sultai Hierarchy Anhali's spark ignited fleeing from Sidisi's supporters after a failed bid for power, finding herself on unknown shores near Kabira. Through charm and intimidation, Anhali found a place among a rough group of explorers on an expedition into the Agadeem crypts. An expedition that met an unfortunate end for her companions leaving her with a small fortune in treasure. Setting off to the tropical shores of Beyeen, Anhali began to establish herself in Zulaport turning to a less hazardous life of organized crime. After several run-ins with Indorel's syndicate, Anhali eventually managed to overcome and control the vampire himself, gaining full control of the city by proxy. Though her newfound position was not to last. When the Eldrazi devastation eventually reached the shores of Beyeen, Anhali confronted and was utterly overcome during a brief encounter with Ulamog, barely escaping the plane sustaining permanent injuries. Passing from plane to plane, Anhali sought her way home to seal herself away from the terrors from the multiverse only to arrive on a Tarkir plagued by its own ancient terrors: Dragons. In an unfamiliar homeland, Anhali now stands a final relic of a bygone age, raising the final army of the Khans to depose her hated rival and the dragons her corpse serves. |
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Post by hydraheadhunter on May 5, 2020 2:10:35 GMT
Thanks for the win, I actually struggled between making it a +1 or +0 ability. Next Challenge: Assuming you have dice, roll one and create a brand new planeswalker from that corresponding plane. 1 - Fiora 2 - Kylem 3 - Lorwyn/Shadowmoor 4 - Amonkhet 5 - Kamigawa 6 - Tarkir 3: So question for Lorwyn/Shadowmoor, can we make a pair of cards representing each nature of the same character or do we have to design a single flip card/choose which one to go with. |
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Post by Flo00 on May 5, 2020 10:50:00 GMT
2 - Kylem Brrndrzzd, the Half-Wise   Legendray Planeswalker - Brrndrzzd  Soulbond (You may pair this with another unpaired creature when either enters the battlefield. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.) : The creature paired with Brrndrzzd gains flying and hexproof until your next turn.  : Put two +1/+1 counters on the creature paired with Brrndrzzd.  : Create three tokens that are copies of the creature paired with Brrndrzzd, except the tokens aren’t legendary if that creature is legendary and they are Illusions in addition to thair other types.  Who says you can only pair creatures with other creatures? And of course you can activate the abilities when it's not paired, they just won't do anything on resolution. |
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HvT
1/1 Squirrel
Fugitive Wizard - Jim Nelson
Posts: 98
Formerly Known As: Heads vs Tails
Favorite Card: Foil Island
Color Alignment: Blue, Red
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Post by HvT on May 5, 2020 12:54:53 GMT
hydraheadhunter: How ever you want to do it. If you want to make two planeswalkers that's just fine.
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Post by sdfkjgh on May 5, 2020 19:03:56 GMT
Velis Vel, Omnigrotto Legendary Tribal Land--Shapeshifter Changeling (This card is every creature type at all times.)
: Add  .
Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell with changeling or a permanent with changeling enters the battlefield, put a loyalty counter on Velis Vel, Omnigrotto.
, Remove a loyalty counter from Velis Vel, Omnigrotto: Add one mana of any color.
When the fourth loyalty counter is put on Velis Vel, Omnigrotto this turn, transform it.
Gach, Born of Mists  Legendary Tribal Planeswalker--Velis Vel
Changeling (This card is every creature type at all times.)
Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell with changeling or a permanent with changeling enters the battlefield, put a loyalty counter on Gach, Born of Mists.
: Each player gets an emblem with “Instant and sorcery spells you cast are Tribal Shapeshifter spells with changeling in addition to their other types and abilities” and “Each permanent you control is a Tribal Shapeshifter with changeling in addition to its other types and abilities.”
 : You gain X life and draw up to X cards, where X is the number of Tribal permanents you control.
EDIT: Forgot to mention: 3 - Lorwyn/Shadowmoor |
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HvT
1/1 Squirrel
Fugitive Wizard - Jim Nelson
Posts: 98
Formerly Known As: Heads vs Tails
Favorite Card: Foil Island
Color Alignment: Blue, Red
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Post by HvT on May 17, 2020 17:32:06 GMT
This challenge didn't really take off and I don't want hold up the game any longer, so I'm going give the win to SilentKobold. |
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Post by SilentKobold on May 18, 2020 5:04:42 GMT
Thanks for the win  Next Challenge: Design a planeswalker that can activate any of its loyalty abilities the turn it comes into play. |
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Post by sdfkjgh on May 18, 2020 17:14:39 GMT
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Post by Flo00 on May 19, 2020 7:51:10 GMT
Cchrest, Sire of Disruption  Legendary Planeswalker - Cchrest  Whenever a creature dies, put a loyalty counter on Cchrest, Sire of Disruption. : Target player draws a card and loses 1 life.  : Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.  |
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Evil Coco
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 110
Favorite Set: Shadowmoor
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Post by Evil Coco on May 19, 2020 19:48:47 GMT
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Post by sdfkjgh on May 19, 2020 20:30:53 GMT
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Post by pacifistwestwoman on May 19, 2020 22:04:54 GMT
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Post by kefke on May 19, 2020 23:11:41 GMT
What if it's a very small spider? |
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Post by Daij_Djan on Jun 1, 2020 15:50:38 GMT
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Jun 1, 2020 17:50:22 GMT
B'lwar the Snapshot   Legendary Planeswalker - B'lwar Flash You may activate loyalty abilities of B'lwar on any player’s turn any time you could cast an instant. : ~ deals 1 damage to any target. : ~ deals 3 damage to any target. 
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Post by SilentKobold on Jun 2, 2020 8:35:59 GMT
Judging is up. Lots of very creative (and somewhat game-breaking) designs this week { sdfkjgh}This reminds me a fair bit of O.G. Tamiyo, sacrificing a little of the inevitability of the emblem for increased versatility among all its abilities, so the bump in cost seems just fine. While cute as it currently stands, it would be better for the general health of the game if the second loyalty ability prevented activated abilities with being activated. While you couldn't go off with a Goblin Fireslinger there's still too much potential for abuse in signet style effects and value oriented tap abilities, limiting future design space. { Flo00}Always a fan of creative loyalty generation though I would probably bump the cost by at the very least. Overall a solid value engine for a traditional control deck, with the potential to gain absurd amounts of loyalty in creature match-ups while remaining relevant in more grindy matches recurring a key sticky threat. Probably a bit biased towards the design as it fits right into my play-style of choice { Evil Coco}As sdfkjgh pointed out, spiders need reach, it's what sets them apart from the general insect subtype. That said, a type change wouldn't hurt the flavour of the card much anyway. Dynamic loyalty dependent on other resources is certainly a concept wizards is looking to explore, and this is a fine shell for one based on creatures, as a sweeper is no too devastating of a blow. However, I recommend adjusting the CMC and/or number of creatures generated on hitting the battlefield as in most cases this is a 5 mana single-sided sweeper with the potential to generate future value. Finally, while I'm not usually a stickler for syntax as wizards are pretty inconsistent themselves, I would adjust the to a  and the  with a '*'. This would remove any confusion over whether the first loyalty ability adds either 1 or 2 counters, while * stands as the traditional representation for a dynamic value. { pacifistwestwoman}An interesting take on a werewolf planeswalker, though I am curious why this isn't a new iteration of Arlinn as being a werewolf is pretty much her planeswalker identity. While I like the general transformation theme, its unfortunately costed just at the wrong point for the first loyalty ability to perfectly curve into the powerful transformation triggers of Awoken Horror and Huntsmaster. As a small final note, I'd also drop the second loyalty ability as it's not terribly necessary for the overall function and keeps the four ability template free for notably powerful planeswalkers in lore. { Daij_Djan}Now this is the way wizards should've pulled off Abian. Overall a nice clean design for a black planeswalker that doesn't encroach too much on the identities of its peers. I would tweak the first ability to either hit either artifacts or planeswalkers over enchantments as black doesn't see much enchantment hate outside of Theros. { ZephyrPhantom}Surprised we didn't see a similar 'Instant Planeswalker' design make its way into the WAR to be honest. In hindsight of Wrenn and Six, I might just bump the cost by at least as the increased versatility of instant speed pinging is significant, especially if you can activate this during your turn and your opponent's. {Podium}Winner:Daij_Djan
Runner-up:Flo00 |
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Post by Daij_Djan on Jun 3, 2020 22:49:59 GMT
Big thanks for the win! The ability intentionally hits enchantments as MaRo explained them currently changing the color pie to grant black access to enchantment hate. Mire in Misery is considered the first (but not last) of its kind (for example see this article containing MaRo's full quote).
Anyway, for your next challenge.. Choose one --
- Design a monowhite planeswalker not creating tokens.
- Design a monoblue planeswalker not drawing cards.
- Design a monoblack planeswalker neither destroying nor sacrificing creatures.
- Design a monored planeswalker not dealing damage.
- Design a monogreen planeswalker not mentioning lands.
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 4, 2020 1:56:06 GMT
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Post by SilentKobold on Jun 4, 2020 3:48:24 GMT
Nahiri, Roilsmith  Legendary Planeswalker - Narhiri Activated abilities of artifacts you control cost less to activate. This ability can't reduce their cost below . : Put a +1/+1 counter on each equipped creature you control. Those creatures gain vigilance until end of turn. : You get an emblem with "Equipment you have "Sacrifice this permanent: Equipped creature gains indestructible until end of turn.""  Just FYI, I'm aware of the monolith combos, but there's enough of those already anyway and I didn't want the design to be too narrow.
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thaneofglamis
8/8 Octopus
Thane's activated abilities can't be activated
Posts: 444
Favorite Card: Slimefoot, the Stowaway; Phyrexian Rager; Swarm Shambler
Favorite Set: Midnight Hunt
Color Alignment: Green
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Post by thaneofglamis on Jun 5, 2020 6:46:13 GMT
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Post by viriss on Jun 6, 2020 2:10:45 GMT
 Taking the new mill action word(?) keyword for a test drive... |
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Post by Flo00 on Jun 6, 2020 11:41:21 GMT
Koth the Earthshaker Legendary Planeswalker - Koth : Up to two target creatures each get +2/+0 and first strike until end of turn. : Exile the top card of your library. You may play it until your next turn.  : Each opponent separates all permanents they control into three piles. Then each opponent chooses one of their piles at random and sacrifices those permanents. sdfkjgh Oh. Hm. Right. Well, I changed it to the card I was originally thinking of. |
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 6, 2020 15:51:14 GMT
Flo00: It feels really wrong to take the ultimate from Liliana of the Veil and give an even more powerful version of it to Koth. On Lili, it absolutely fits storywise, character-wise, colorwise, and gameplay-wise, but on Koth, it feels like a violation.
*Tinfoil hats on*
The last time we had cards that felt this much like violations was in New Phyrexia, with cards such as Psychic Barrier, Vapor Snag, Inquisitor Exarch, (5:27) Check out this butt shot, Numbing Dose, and Victorious Destruction. Does your card show a compleated Koth? Have the Phyrexians attained their Final Victory over Mirrodin? Are you one of them, you monster?!
*Tinfoil hats fearfully off* |
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Jun 6, 2020 22:13:39 GMT
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Post by sdfkjgh on Jun 14, 2020 18:27:47 GMT
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Post by Daij_Djan on Jun 21, 2020 22:02:16 GMT
Completely forgot about this. As tomorrow is reserved for CotW and DC stuff, this challenge will be closed on Tuesday - so get your final entries in everyone |
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Post by gluestick248 on Jun 22, 2020 13:34:42 GMT
Freyalise, Sylvan Avenger  Planeswalker — Freyalise : Create a 1/1 green Elf creature token.  : Add for each Elf you control. : Creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control. |
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: Target player draws X cards and gains X life.
"When in doubt, do a common." 
: Exile target tapped creature.