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Origins Custom Planeswalker Challenge
Is there anyone here who isn't excited about the upcoming transform planeswalkers? Since this is a community of custom card creators, we'll be having a challenge in honor of this entirely new card concept. To compete, simply submit your own custom planeswalker with their non-ignited side. Beyond this, I'm really hoping to see how creative everyone here gets.
I'll be judging these cards based on their originality and balance, as well as how interesting their abilities and inborn flavor are.
Rules:
1. No existing characters from MTG or other franchises.
2. Artists must be credited on the submitted cards.
3. 2 sets of entries (planeswalker and origin card) per person.
4. Submissions due and judging begins May 2.
Prizes:
1st place - 5 favorites and 5 comments on cards of your choice. I will make 3 cards to accompany your winning entry.
2nd place - 3 favorites and 3 comments on cards of your choice.
3rd place - 1 favorite and comment on a card of yours.
I'll be judging these cards based on their originality and balance, as well as how interesting their abilities and inborn flavor are.
Rules:
1. No existing characters from MTG or other franchises.
2. Artists must be credited on the submitted cards.
3. 2 sets of entries (planeswalker and origin card) per person.
4. Submissions due and judging begins May 2.
Prizes:
1st place - 5 favorites and 5 comments on cards of your choice. I will make 3 cards to accompany your winning entry.
2nd place - 3 favorites and 3 comments on cards of your choice.
3rd place - 1 favorite and comment on a card of yours.
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Comments
Make a card on the Cardmaker (the main website), then link to it. For example,
Inkfeather, Angelic Refugee
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/inkfeather-angelic-refugee#.VTWnDpTF-F4
Inkfeather Incarcerated
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/inkfeather-incarcerated#.VTWnRJTF-F4
His creature form: http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/totum-adept-adventurer#.VTW2UZNUWp0
His planeswalker form (originally made to be stand alone, but just take away the mana cost to make it a transform): http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/totum-walker-of-worlds-3?list=user#.VTW12JNUWp0
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/ravenstvo-the-balanced?list=user#.VTbc9pOTXD8
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/braen-new-feathered#.VTbkJnD3arU
Older Planeswalker (not for contest): http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/ala-is-valorous-decent?list=user#.VTb5jSFViko
FOR CONTEST:
CREATURE:http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/ala-is-patron-of-justice?list=user#.VTb5dyFViko
PLANESWALKER:http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/ala-is-champion-of-light#.VTb5ayFViko
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/taurus-rune-felled#.VTfA8mRVhBc
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/cory-blessed-crusader?list=user#.VTh-uCFVhBd
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/cory-bane-of-shadows?list=user#.VTh-JyFVhBc
Creature version: http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/jane-duelist-for-hire-6?list=user#.VTk-FE3wtxI
Planeswalker version: http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/jane-planestalker-2?list=user#.VTk-Fk3wtxI
A few design notes:
Jane was designed as a counter/burn specialist (a red-blue archetype that is currently not represented among planeswalkers).
In her creature form, her counter-magic is represented by giving her hexproof, which makes her a difficult threat to deal without giving her a board-wide counter mechanic (which she gets in her ignited form). Her basic ability, direct damage, is red. It is restricted to creatures, both to balance the fact that it is 2 damage instead of 1 and to represent the fact that she does not yet consider herself up to the task of hunting planeswalkers. She is, however, a serious threat to most enemy wizard-esque creatures, which represent her favored prey at this stage in her career.
Both of these aspects are clearly represented in her ignited form, with her counter mechanic becoming board-wide and serving as her primary source of power (essentially draining mana from your opponent's efforts) and her burn mechanic becoming a significant threat to the opponent as well as becoming a much more powerful removal tool.
The card draw on her ignited version is a reflection of her transform mechanic. It is a negative loyalty ability both because it is potentially quite powerful and because it represents a facet of her job--intelligence gathering--that she does not particularly enjoy. She'd much rather be confronting her targets directly, shutting them down before annihilating them with her spectacular burns!
Think this'll be a fairly close competition no matter who comes out on top, they're all so interesting.
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/braen-malori?list=user#.VTohT3D3arU
Sorry for the delay (and sorry for designing them both as standalones, in case that makes it more awkward).
As she grew older, her body became dependent on constant infusions of mana to live. Unfortunately, the more mana she absorbed, the more she seemed to need. With a strong enough infusion of mana, Svidaniya's planeswalker spark will ignite. Unfortunately for her, those that burn brightest burn out fastest. She becomes a powerful ally until her supply of mana runs out, killing her.
Svidaniya, Mana Addict
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/svidaniya-mana-addict-1
Svidaniya Infused
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/svidaniya-infused-1
(Assume standard tranformation text. There isn't enough room.)
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/hentou-insane-inventor?list=user#.VT7EsTfL-po
And then this, and trust me, it's not a photo.
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/saran-wanderer?list=user#.VT7FNDfL-po
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/hentou-maker-of-madness?list=user#.VT7GJzfL-po
In my opinion, it's almost as good as jace, the mind sculptor.
All of these need a permanent side to be submitted, so far they're just planeswalkers. Choose the two you like most and add permanent sides to have your entries.
@Lonelymonster
I would like to see both posted and fully constructed to make sure I'm getting the right information.
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/jace-inborn-telepath?list=user#.VUDqsqO1b58
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/jace-master-nullmage-1?list=user#.VUDqr6O1b58
Creature: http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/arakh-the-hunter?list=user#.VUD5OV33-iw
Planeswalker: http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/arakh-reborn-guardian?list=user#.VUD6HV33-iw
Nirra the Archer
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/nirra-the-archer#.VUHDcWfD_IU
Nirra the Dragon Rider
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/nirra-the-archer#.VUHDcWfD_IU
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/xirldar-midnights-fury#.VUHxwFa_0rg
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/xirldar-living-shadow?list=user#.VUH2_Fa_0rg
One day, he was driven over the edge by the death of someone he cared about. How they died is uncertain, but it can be assumed it had something to do with one of the forbidden magics Erdelm had learned. Anyway, he went insane and tried to flush out all of the secrets and knowledge he had accumulated over time. If I could have put flavor text on the planeswalker, it would have been something along the lines of "Please let me forget! I want to FORGET!"
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/erdelm-seeker-of-secrets#.VUPSfvlViko
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/erdelm-the-ruptured-mind#.VUPUn_lViko
Design/flavor choices-
Erdelm, Seeker of Secrets has a draw ability to represent him seeking out knowledge. He also has a Morbid ability (can only be activated after a creature dies) that allows him to transform after you discard your hand. This is representative of the death he suffered, and the subsequent attempt to forget everything (in magic lore, your hand and your deck are symbolic for your mind).
He gets loyalty equal to the number of cards you discard because he would obviously be stronger if he had accumulated more knowledge and power.
Erdelm, the Ruptured Mind's abilities are all based around drawing as few cards as possible and keeping your hand size small. This is because of him trying to purge his brain of knowledge.
(end Design/flavor choices)
Please note, I know we were supposed to credit the author, but I got these from a site that didn't post that with the picture.
Creature: http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/yihoeth-the-forgotten?list=user#.VUQLcivF-Ew
Walker: http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/yihoeth-cursed-queen?list=user#.VUQLkivF-Ew
Walker:http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/athenacrazed-worldmaker?list=user