#oldwalkers

(Phyrexian Negator by John Zeleznik)

CR16 NE Medium Aberration (Phyrexian)

(The negator is another iconic creature, although one whose card is simply not up to snuff nowadays- the balance of power has tipped so that its astronomical drawback is not worth the creature you get. Still, the obliterator is clearly a riff on it- and got its own, incredibly aesthetically boring riff later- and even then it's simply too fabulous a design not to use. Can you say "xenomorph"?

Lorewise, these explicitly saw most usage in the leadup to full invasion- perhaps, in a hypothetical Phyrexia campaign, this could be the final boss of the second act, before the REAL invasion force finally arrives.)

CR16 NE Medium Aberration (Phyrexian)

Negators are perfected assassins of Phyrexia, designed to eliminate key targets with compleat efficiency. They are singleminded in this pursuit- one infamous document stated simply "It exists to cease." Indeed, a negator's heart is terribly stilled- they are not known to experience any emotion but the satisfaction of a job well done and the desire to achieve so.

Negators, being stealth operatives and assassins, are rarely used once a full-scale invasion begins, although they are often deployed just in the leadup to it. Each negator is given all Phyrexia knows of its target, and is simply placed as close as Phyrexia can get it without garnering attention and sent to kill. Negators are surprisingly skilled at stealth and disguise, able to walk as a hunched figure through whatever streets it may need to to reach its target, and are surprisingly eloquent and skilled actors when they need to lie. Once it makes its kill, however, a negator rarely makes time for stealth. Such negators will begin a return to Phyrexia (such that they might possibly be reset, reprogrammed, and reused), but generally lack the precautions of one who has yet to make a kill. These assassinations are its purpose; it seems some higher part of it shuts off once it is done.

Too self-absorbed to understand anyone else’s point of view

There was a time. Before they had been taken down, before the multiverse had settled, there were the old walkers. They were powerful like gods, as strong as whole worlds, as wonderous as galaxies. Magic story’s come a long way, but there’ve always been the ancient planeswalkers of old to remember as artifacts of a larger story. 

This week, design a creature or planeswalker card based on a pre-mending planeswalker from Magic’s history. You can find a complete list of old walkers HERE.

Simple enough, but there’s some challenge and some research to be done. Also, yes, you may redesign cards based on characters that have recently been made into cards such as Lord Windgrace and Freyalise. For them, though, you have to do some major tweaking to make them unique.

Still On the Walk

Sorry for the delay in all this. New contest coming up in a couple minutes. Things have been hec to the tic.

Oldwalker, Latewalker, Time is a Mystery

Whoof. Sorry, everyone. Congrats to @reaperfromtheabyss and @snugz!

I’ll make things short, but in general, we were big fans of Azor’s strengths, and I was especially fond of the -4 ability. It’s a card that loves control, and the ultimate is strong enough for casual players while being balanced by the intensity of the first two mechanics. Ravi/Sengir is insanely powerful, and so much fun to play. If she goes off, she goes OFF. A planeswalker with six abilities like this, with all the complexities that come with it, is fun as hell. My only personal qualm is the +2 on the Ravi side; it’s a blue ability through and through.