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CardName: Namuginga, the Shaper Cost: {G}{R}{2} Type: Planeswalker - Namuginga Pow/Tgh: /2 Rules Text: [+1] Exile target creature from a graveyard: put a 1/1 spirit-warrior token into play. [-1]: All spirits gain +1/+1 until end of turn. [-5]: Sacrifice all creatures you control. Search your library for creatures with total converted mana cost less than the total converted mana cost of creatures you sacrificed. Put those creatures into play, then shuffle your library. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Multiverse Design Challenge Mythic
Namuginga, the Shaper
   +1 Exile target creature from a graveyard: put a 1/1 spirit-warrior token into play.
-1: All spirits gain +1/+1 until end of turn. -5: Sacrifice all creatures you control. Search your library for creatures with total converted mana cost less than the total converted mana cost of creatures you sacrificed. Put those creatures into play, then shuffle your library. 2
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African god of (mostly everything) but largely reincarnation. He sorts the spirits and returns them to life, or sends them on. His assistant and his spell do much the same thing. Not too happy with them as a cycle, but I like the ultimate.
See also Walumbe, Namuginga's Assistant and Judged by Namuginga.
One rule of planeswalker design is that the ultimate should usually nearly-but-not-quite win you the game. In particular, helping other players as well isn't likely going to win you the game.
The ultimate is fun because sometimes you want to target yourself and sometimes other players. Perhaps "Target player" or "Any number of target players"?
Unfortunately, the ultimate is also way too wordy for a real planeswalker ultimate; and it actually doesn't have all the words it'd need with modern templating, because it needs "his or her" / "he or she" a few times, and "then shuffles his or her library".
Bah humbug.
Made it self only, which helps the length. Leaving the templating alone, because evil.
I'll agree with the "evil".
That ultimate is actually a really interesting ability. It's just a better fit for a sorcery than a planeswalker ultimate.