Another OAA legend here, this time a commander for Zombies.
Thanados, Lich King4BB
Legendary Creature - Zombie Wizard
At the beginning of each upkeep, you may exile target creature card from a graveyard. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types. WUBRG: Until end of turn, Zombies you control gain deathtouch, lifelink, menace, and "When this creature dies, you may draw a card."
5/5
Since repeat recursion can be a little unfun, Thanados goes for an Embalm/Eternalize-esque option of bringing the creature back once in the form of a token. His WUBRG ability gives your Zombies four abilities that all tie to black while overlapping with another color.
Although, I am thinking of other abilities Thanados could have that tie to the graveyard, like Entombing cards from your library or being able to cast cards from graveyards using Zombies as cost reduction.
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MTGS Wikia Article about "New World Order"
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
Flavor wise, I think it's weird to stick WUBRG on a "lich king". Five mana of colors together are special. They are the Coalition of all world fighting the phyrexian invasion, or the Conflux of Alara or maybe the Guildpact. And Jodah who's defining characteristic as a mage was using all five colors.
The design as well is a bit weird. WUBRG feels very tacked on here because all the four abilities are Bx and feels like the card could accomplish everything it does using only black. It doesn't feel WUBRG enough in my opinion.
Flavor wise, I think it's weird to stick WUBRG on a "lich king".
Depends on what he's the lich king of. Generically speaking his flavor would be monoblack, sure, but if he's supposed to be the guy who took over Grixis post-Conflux, well... that's more justifiable.
Flavor wise, I think it's weird to stick WUBRG on a "lich king". Five mana of colors together are special. They are the Coalition of all world fighting the phyrexian invasion, or the Conflux of Alara or maybe the Guildpact. And Jodah who's defining characteristic as a mage was using all five colors.
The design as well is a bit weird. WUBRG feels very tacked on here because all the four abilities are Bx and feels like the card could accomplish everything it does using only black. It doesn't feel WUBRG enough in my opinion.
So, what's Najeela's reason? She just that popular with Warriors? The flavor could be adjusted to, say, an ancient Pharaoh of Amonkhet, though then I'd probably make the card WB or WUB with a WUBRG ability. Hey, Jodah got away with it.
I do acknowledge the problem with using such overly black effects, but I wanted keywords that felt like they fit an empowered Zombie horde. I did consider adding trample, but with menace it felt less necessary. I also considered indestructible, but that worked poorly with the death trigger.
Again, I'm open to alternatives.
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MTGS Wikia Article about "New World Order"
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
So, what's Najeela's reason? She just that popular with Warriors?
Warriors are in all colors in Battlebond. Najeela is a bit like General Tazri in that regard.
The weirdness might also be in part because black is the color that most often rewards using its own resources (lots of Swamps, lots of black mana, etc).
Well, this could be a Commander card, or it could appear in a set where Zombies are in all colors (like Amonkhet). I went with Lich King at first because it sounds like the most resonant title for a Zombie leader, but maybe a different flavor is in order, like a Pharaoh.
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MTGS Wikia Article about "New World Order"
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
So, what's Najeela's reason? She just that popular with Warriors? The flavor could be adjusted to, say, an ancient Pharaoh of Amonkhet, though then I'd probably make the card WB or WUB with a WUBRG ability. Hey, Jodah got away with it.
I think in Najeela's case it makes sense because of how Kylem is a very cosmopolitan world. The arena heroes of battlebond all being of opposing colors is to further reinforce the theme of a world so cosmopolitan that opposites work together. Najeela is the poster girl of this by going all the way to be a all-color commander and tribal leader of a 5-color tribe. She plays along side the theme of unity of WUBGR. Mechanically, she works exactly because she uses abilities outside of her color in contrast to your Lich King.
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Standard - Serious BGU Control R Aggro
Standard - For Fun BG Auras
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Thanados, Lich King 4BB
Legendary Creature - Zombie Wizard
At the beginning of each upkeep, you may exile target creature card from a graveyard. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.
WUBRG: Until end of turn, Zombies you control gain deathtouch, lifelink, menace, and "When this creature dies, you may draw a card."
5/5
Since repeat recursion can be a little unfun, Thanados goes for an Embalm/Eternalize-esque option of bringing the creature back once in the form of a token. His WUBRG ability gives your Zombies four abilities that all tie to black while overlapping with another color.
Although, I am thinking of other abilities Thanados could have that tie to the graveyard, like Entombing cards from your library or being able to cast cards from graveyards using Zombies as cost reduction.
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
The design as well is a bit weird. WUBRG feels very tacked on here because all the four abilities are Bx and feels like the card could accomplish everything it does using only black. It doesn't feel WUBRG enough in my opinion.
BGU Control
R Aggro
Standard - For Fun
BG Auras
Depends on what he's the lich king of. Generically speaking his flavor would be monoblack, sure, but if he's supposed to be the guy who took over Grixis post-Conflux, well... that's more justifiable.
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So, what's Najeela's reason? She just that popular with Warriors? The flavor could be adjusted to, say, an ancient Pharaoh of Amonkhet, though then I'd probably make the card WB or WUB with a WUBRG ability. Hey, Jodah got away with it.
I do acknowledge the problem with using such overly black effects, but I wanted keywords that felt like they fit an empowered Zombie horde. I did consider adding trample, but with menace it felt less necessary. I also considered indestructible, but that worked poorly with the death trigger.
Again, I'm open to alternatives.
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
She is
Strong (Green)
Honorable (White)
Fiery (Red)
Merciless (Black)
Cunning (Blue)
or wotc was on weed when they created her
Warriors are in all colors in Battlebond. Najeela is a bit like General Tazri in that regard.
The weirdness might also be in part because black is the color that most often rewards using its own resources (lots of Swamps, lots of black mana, etc).
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
I think in Najeela's case it makes sense because of how Kylem is a very cosmopolitan world. The arena heroes of battlebond all being of opposing colors is to further reinforce the theme of a world so cosmopolitan that opposites work together. Najeela is the poster girl of this by going all the way to be a all-color commander and tribal leader of a 5-color tribe. She plays along side the theme of unity of WUBGR. Mechanically, she works exactly because she uses abilities outside of her color in contrast to your Lich King.
BGU Control
R Aggro
Standard - For Fun
BG Auras