Developing some fanwalker concepts…
Miyun, Explorer of Lost Lands
One is Miyun, an ambitious elf explorer who loves to seek out legendary ruins and historical places. Black/Green, originally based on this post by @ezurad
He loves being the first and only person to claim a place and knowing things that nobody else knows. However, he also delves deep into places because he cares about making sure that these important places are appreciated rather than forgotten - their value doesn’t go away just because they’ve been lost. It’s important to map them out for others to follow. He planeswalked for the first time after receiving accolades for his work on a particular Zendikari ruin. He realized that he didn’t know what was next, and his excitement to go see what was out there drove him to leave the plane entirely.
I think he gets into a relationship with the interplanar seer Samuel and they bond over their love of exploration and seeing cool places. Sometimes Samuel scouts out places with Miyun, and Miyun provides tips for places for Samuel to seek out.
His powerset involves being able to use lost magics and summon historical figures and extinct or rare creatures. He can create illusory landscapes of different places he’s been. He is also pretty athletic, with enough physical enhancement magic to to get around and subsist in these hostile places and conjuring things like climbing gear or knives.
Mechanically he cares about:
-lands, specifically nonbasics or the number of differently named lands you control
-tutoring for any card, maybe legendary ones to be more balanced
-returning things from graveyard to hand and playing things from the graveyard, especially lands
Also, I find it kind of funny that he would fit in with the Lorehold school but is not in their colors at all
Nick was a young lad on Ixalan who was born to a whore and worked for and with pirates his whole life. He has a quiet secret, though, one that others whisper of but don’t know the full truth of - he’s a storm mage, and struggles to quiet the way storms call to him and speak to him. Ships he works on always seem to find storms... but they also always make it out. He unwillingly gets the nickname “Stormlucky”. Later, a ship he is on is attacked, and he planeswalks away in the destruction, eventually ending up with the Prismari mages on Strixhaven. There he learns to appreciate his gifts and becomes a skilled stormsinging bard, returning to become a feared pirate captain on his home plane, known to steer empty ships for ambush with his control over the waves. Blue/Red
Mechanically he cares about:
-vehicles, especially crewing them, making them unblockable, and giving them hexproof or ward.
-summoning elementals, mostly the 4/4s from strixhaven
-shock/lightning bolt effects
-some versions of him have protection from red and blue. the storms are his friends and don’t want to hurt him :)
A showsman and storyteller who loves infodumping about the natural world and different tactics for survival, originally from somewhere else but absolutely in love with Ikoria. Big zoo presentation vibes. They can inflate or deflate the appearance of themself and other creatures to make them underestimated or overestimated. Their summons and modifications are partially illusory and partially material, like Vivien’s Arkbow summons, with whom they get along like a house on fire. Likely Blue/Green, but maybe Blue/Green/Red
Mechanically they care about:
-messing with mana values and mana costs
-giving creatures skulk and/or trample and benefiting from making contact with players
-sometimes giving ability counters for other abilities and +1/+1 counters
-drawing creatures from the top of your library
