Planeswalker Game

Judging this on Friday! Get your entries in!!

I begin judging now! Sorry for the delay.

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Flo00 - Laviosa (not leviosaah)

This is a very simple W design, reminiscent to some of the gideon designs we've seen. The +1 is pretty good, but the -1 feels a bit weak, I think it could be until your next turn and maybe even give vigilance so that it has pseudo protection. The ultimate is cool, I think the wording is fine, but some of the suggestions do fit better. In general though, it doesn't strike me as a very intresting pw.

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gamma3 - Banvar

Banvar feels too restricted for a 4 mana planeswalker.  The -2 is by far his coolest abilty, but the +1 is very niche and will genreally not help a lot, and the -6 is also kind of weak, but the idea of having a hybrid ward cost is kind of cool. I think it's missing something to make it stand out more, I could see the -2 being a +1 and changing the -2 entierly.

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Reality Glitch - @ ?

So, a pretty unique planeswalker, as it transforms into a creature and therefore cannot be attacked. It's a bit chaotic though, the -X is a bit weird, can this prevent damage to itself? Also, using X in the casting cost, the starting loyalty and the -X ability is pretty confusing. Honestly, I'd change the -X for something a bit more straightfoward. The flipside is cool, as it rewards you for keeping loyalty, but it still doesn't do very much, it's just a dragon. Maybe it can also get loyalty by hitting the opponent? I don't know what to think of this design, I can tell that there are a lot of ideas here but I am not sold on the card itself.

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kefke - Vimala Das

I think this is great flavor, I love the idea of a martyr that doesn't want to be one, and "avoids" it (I assume that was what you were going for), it's a very BW ordeal if you ask me. I like that the +2 is kind of a drawback, but then again, unless you are in a very special scenario (your opponent has nothing going for them), you'll rarely use it. I think I would like it a lot more of it also gave you something else, like draining the opponent or something like that. But other than that, it's a very original take on a pw, one that you don't mind getting attacked.

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Okay, judging's done and kefke wins with Vimala Das. Runner up Flo00.

Gonna extend this one and Land Designs to see if we can get a few more entries.

All right, it's finally time for judging.

If the challenge is insufficient, I can change it.

Animara's Echo
Legendary Planeswalker - Animara
: Tap target creature. It doesn’t untap during its controller’s next untap step.
Channel — , Discard Animara: Tap target creature. It doesn’t untap during its controller’s next untap step.

 

If you liked the concept feel free to use it, I liked a lot.

Probably for the better TBH as it means less rules need to be picked up on the fly when playing with it

Whoops! Now I’m the one who forgot!
kefke: Awaken’d Mage does feel like it should be a legendary planeswalker card since a) Wizards of the Coast has yet to set the precedent of nonlegendary planeswalkers, b) we aren’t talking in the context of a fan set the utilizes it as a set mechanic, and c) even with the random discard, that is insane card-filtering/deck-thinning in multiples. Also dock’d points for the nonloyalty ability increasing loyalty (which really should be worded “Whenever you cast […], put a loyalty counter on [this plneswalker].)
ZephyrPhantom: Animara's Echo feels underpower’d due to its nonloyalty ability not functioning from the battlefield. Even with that option, my prediction is that, nine times out of ten, players would rather wait for the first to expire, then play the next one. This would actually benefit from being nonlegendary.
viriss: Dimitris, Swarm Caller, I actually like (aside from the name, which sounds much more like ab Insect-token generator). In isolation, it’s a side grade of Ojutai’s Summons: creating two 2/2 fliers. However, giving that 2 extra power to more those two tokens pushes the card enough thatbit should cost at least as much as the rebound sorcery, maybe even 2UUU or 4UU.
@daij_Djan: I was worried about the seven starting loyalty, but the mana value of 5 and gold, rather than hybrid, makes it seem less scary. Still a little concern’d about how easy it might be to get those tokens, even with the mana only working for sorcery-speed spells. Also, more a nit-pick than a critique, but why aren’t Mystic creatures/tribals mystic? I also agree with gamma3 about the reminder text.
@ymonrah: I do like the concept. I initially thought it it would be too much for uncommon, but, thinking about it, it’s like having a static and trigger’d ability that can be removed without removing the card. Problem is, it you want’d to use a plane instead of an aura token, I’d have gone all-in on it being a planechase-exclusive and make it more mechanically like the other plane cards. As-is, my only gripes are a) templating (“Spirits enter the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter.” which should say “Spirit creatures” unless you intended Wings of Velis Vel to also get the counter, “When a player planeswalk to [this plane, <effect>].”, and “When this permanent enters the battlefield, planeswalk to Old Kamigawa.”), b) the card name and planar type being identicle, c) the plane effectively making Kasaki have a loyalty, a static, and a trigger’d, instead of just two of the three, and d) most importantly, the loyalty ability being + rather than a -, as it doesn’t create as interesting a gameplay loop, without the limit’d resource, since, after a certain point, the number of counters is irrelevant.

In my opinion, Daij_Djan’s Daria is the best design.

Reality Glitch That's...intentional? I was deliberately going for a PW that felt more like a flexible charm. I feel like you also missed that the Channel is instant speed and much harder to counter. I agree the effects themselves are underpowered after reviewing Master Decoy but not with the reasoning on how it would end up played. Being nonlegendary would also defeat the point of drawing the player's attention towards Channel.

You're right; did miss the instant speed application; still feels overly niche, but at least I can see that niche, now.
Ah! I was unaware; thank you for letting me know.

So here we go! As you all know, Magic planeswalkers come from many different races - but with the exception of the dragon bros most of them are at least of human-like size. I do like designing some smaller or bigger ones from time to time - so that's what you'll do this time as well!