Top-down design for Shinichiro Tamaki, the annoying whiner on the Black Knights' side. I really wanted him to be a one-drop, but equally he couldn't have more than one power because he's useless in combat; 2 toughness works quite well though because he somehow avoids dying. But he didn't want to have a very beneficial ability either. This is what I came up with.

The abilities could mention Rebels if I want. I could also make him 0/1 or 0/2, as he's really rubbish at fighting. I do want the card to be a common, though, and while it doesn't need to be good I want it to be at least sometimes somewhat playable.

Ooh, nice flavor. Too bad he's not the Coward creature type. :)
Should be "~ gets +1/+0," by the way.

I quite like the idea of simplifying this to a 0/2 with "Haste" and the conditional +1/+0. That'd be particularly good if the set ends up containing anything similar to Raid where there's a possible benefit to attacking with a 0-power creature. (Disowned Ancestor being one of the best Raid enablers in KTK.)

That would be quirky and interesting.

I really like this guy. I think he may be a bit good; but he does get overwhelmed quite quickly.

Hilarious interactions when he changes who he's working for; and hilarious interactions when you use a pacify.