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Would the [-9] be correct if it was worded "For each any number of target creatures, its controller sacrifices it and you gain life equal to its power."?
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Hmm... On the other hand, I feel this might be a better design if the [0] cost [-1] instead. Remember creatures are the principal means that most decks have of dealing with planeswalkers. As it is, unless you have haste creatures, you can cast a creature a turn and just get it killed by this, endlessly. If it cost [-1] then there'd at least feel like there was an end in sight, or the prospect of a breather turn occasionally when you're forced to do the +2 to gather a little loyalty.
If all planeswalkers are too strong, and this is equal to any of them except Jace, the Mind Sculptor, then it's good. :)
I agree with Alex's analysis in general, but would have guessed it was still too strong. But then, I'm bad at guessing the power level of planeswalkers (most of the existing ones seem too strong as well :)).
The [0] is certainly strong. But the [+2] is fairly weak for a 5-mana planeswalker, and the [-9] doesn't directly win you the game. Put another way, the [0] would be the reason people would play this card. So it'd have to be strong.
The closest comparison is Visara the Dreadful. That was 6 mana rather than 5 to kill a creature each turn, could be killed by creature kill spells but not by being attacked, and could then swing in the air for 5 rather than gaining you life.
So as a comparison to Visara, I think this is probably OK.
It's not within bolt removal range; so possibly. Its first use is fine; it's removal for 5 as a sorcery; but getting to do that over and over seems a bit hard to cope with. Still, it costs five, in two colours. I'd probably have made it a -1 rather than a 0. The +2 is weak, but then it's only there to power the ultimate - and what an ultimate! Although it will almost always resolve into "Ah, you're on 8 counters - all my creatures attack your plainswalker."
Is the 0 ability too powerful?
Seems fair as a splitting of Phyrexian Rebirth.
Interesting to compare with March of Souls.
more gets you all the tokens.
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I thought I'd just tell you, this silly gif has become my 18-month-old daughter's absolute favourite image on the whole internet, surpassing even the impossibly cute Google Image Search hits for "cat and baby". :)
Yes, it did, didn't it? I can't even find a way to escape it to make it work. Spaces are the best I can do.
Is this too tribal a planeswalker? I don't want something like Nissa Revane, especially since this isn't a tribal set.
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Um, Alex? Your tag parser ate most of my comment...
Can someone figure out how to get the original picture as the actual printed card image? Pretty please?

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