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CardName: Splinter of Jace Cost: 1U Type: Planeswalker - Jace Pow/Tgh: /5 Rules Text: [-1] Draw a card, then discard a card. If Splinter of Jace is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, search your library for a planeswalker card and put it into your hand, then shuffle your library. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Multiverse Design Challenge Common |
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For Challenge # 042
The idea is, to have a common card which is useful in a hypothetical planeswalkers-matter set. And I embraced the "legend rule for planeswalkers" effect, where two of these turn into two real planeswalkers.
Unfortunately (a.) I tried to balance this so it would occasionally be correct for the opponent to attack it, but i don't think it ever is -- only if they're sure you don't have a planeswalker in your deck.
And (b.) this seemed a really simple effect, but it still is too wordy :(
It could almost be "When ~ dies, dig for a planeswalker." Sadly; abuses the dies terminology in a way wizards haven't done yet, and uses a keyword from a set I created :)
Anyway, yeah. Sideboarding this to kill the real Jace seems funny. Otherwise; can I attack it with a -4/2 creature please?
I did consider adding counters when it was attacked, but if so, I might as well not have bothered making it count down rather than up in the first place :)
Hm, I did consider "dies", but I thought it might count only "destroyed", not "put into the graveyard due to state-based effects". But I was wrong, it does include going to the graveyard for any reason. So I'd be happy to use it for planeswalkers, but I probably shouldn't as the flavour is, the planeswalker wanders off bored, not dies. Hm, maybe "deserts"? Or "defects"?
And yeah, any cheap planeswalker will have use as an answer to the grown-up version :)
Interesting take on the challenge. This is a pretty good card for a common - a hasted Merfolk Looter that tutors for a PW when it dies or after several loots. Still, I like the idea you're going for here.