@necarg - I do tend to forget about green having life gain, and I am a proponent of blending the wheel when the flavor warrants it. When I mentioned that, it was in no way a detriment to the card.
@Damnation - That is a cool observation about the colors that share borders. I had not realized that!
The feature they both share is that the duration of their "turn-into-creature" effects can vary greatly. For instance, if you +2 Leria into a Crow, you can save that crow from a Flame Slash or a Doom Blade by casting a Thought Scour or Brainstorm in response. On both, this feature puts a challenge into keeping that creature alive for you to reap the rewards of their powerful -effects; or you crack them right away, at the price of your planeswalker being dead. Decisions, decisions...
@ery333 I didn't favorite it because for some reason it doesn't show your name. It does show up in your cards though... so that's strange. Also, I've been at work all day.
My inspiration for this challenge was to make Planeswalkers that can be cast for 2 mana that have relevant abilities, could be seen in standard, but are not overpowered.
Thanks for the feedback. I wish I could go back and change the placeholder name. I made 2 more witht the +X ability, but I know you said 2 submissions only.
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@Damnation - That is a cool observation about the colors that share borders. I had not realized that!
The more you know!
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/thrienel-elemental-king#.VRcxhpVFDIU
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/venaria-herald-of-fate?list=user#.VRd_iGZZUeI
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/velkor-weaver-of-souls?list=user#.VRd_tmZZUeI
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/rune-fur-muragandas-cub-2#.VRfHEPmsWy1
A bear planeswalker, building on Muraganda Petroglyphs' mechanic of boosting vanilla creatures - and thus, bears.
Leria, Eye of the Storm:
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/leria-eye-of-the-storm#.VRfH2PmsWy0
A Storm Crow-based planeswalker. What more needs to be said, really?
The feature they both share is that the duration of their "turn-into-creature" effects can vary greatly. For instance, if you +2 Leria into a Crow, you can save that crow from a Flame Slash or a Doom Blade by casting a Thought Scour or Brainstorm in response. On both, this feature puts a challenge into keeping that creature alive for you to reap the rewards of their powerful -effects; or you crack them right away, at the price of your planeswalker being dead. Decisions, decisions...
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/jilsha-death-charmer#.VRgMXUvY91M
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/space-ghost?list=user
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/korra-22?list=user
@Chairforce and @nogalbink - You both missed Rule #2, which is to use at least one of the **NEW** features... which can be found here
http://forums.mtgcardsmith.com/discussion/90/dtk-icons-and-planeswalker-improvements#latest
@Tomigon - You can't see it, but my brain exploded.
Here it is again: http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/velkor-weaver-of-souls?list=user
I've tried before. You can't, unfortunately.
@Damnation
Thanks for the feedback, I'll definitely put somtime into making more cards. Really love the site and the community!
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/dragos-the-ruthless?list=user#.VRoFC4j3aK0
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/omni-the-all-knowing?list=user#.VRw6DfnF_lg
Darcio: http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/darcio-the-bold?list=user#.VRyN4fnF9RQ
Zkirax: http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/zkirax-simic-mentor?list=user#.VRyOxPnF9RQ
Any feedback on the ones I made?
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/darcio-selfless-champion#.VR3wlPnF9RQ
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/kurz-the-slaughterer?list=user#.VR3yvPnF9RQ
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/rosett-tamer-of-wills?list=user#.VR3yiPnF9RQ
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/zkirax-simic-mentor?list=user#.VR3y1vnF9RQ