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Duncan was a great actor.
Karn is kind of hard to find a match. You want someone tall, stocky, and solemn. maybe an athlete?
Destroying all lands is just not fun. Ever.
That's... a really cruel thing to do. "Destroy all creatures - but hey, if you're canny you can get back a bunch of your dead creatures to your hand! Oh, and we'll destroy all lands too! So those creatures in your hand, um, I guess they'll be stuck there..."
It's also a bit crazily good. Destroy all lands and creatures for the cost of 1 swamp from hand? An ACC wrath is a fine idea (see Sunscour), but to do a full Devastation you should probably ask for 2 or 3 cards from hand.
Funnily enough, the reverse of what I was hoping for has now happened. We have a planeswalker that became a legendary creature: Xenagos, the Reveler became Xenagos, God of Revels.
I'm with Alex on the second two abilities, but I do like the first.
I agree about Angelina for Liliana, too. I want to see Maleficent.
That -2 is cheaper than Beacon of Unrest has been, to my recollection. Zombify and Ashen Powder are 4 mana, but either of "any graveyard" or "artifact or creature" has always pushed the cost up to 5.
Also, um, what's up with that ultimate? It won't do anything against most players, and using it on yourself it's just a Buried Alive - which is good, but not planeswalker-ultimate-good, especially not one you've had to tick up to for four turns (cf Sarkhan Vol's ultimate firing after just two upticks). Maybe make it twenty cards and we'd be talking.
However, I agree Angelina Jolie is a very sensible choice for Liliana.
Angelina Jolie as Tomb Raider, uh, I mean Liliana, Grave Usurper
I prefer "all permanents" too, but I certainly agree V doesn't have to follow normal templating if he doesn't want to :)
FWIW, whether a real card could say this, I think:
The Balrog arrives when the dwarves dig too deep; and destroys moria.
And yes, I know this would need more and crappier words. It is the demon, they is the opponent you clashed with, everything is all permanents. As this isn't a real card, and it is perfectly obvious what is meant, I'm keeping it.
Added Karn, the Lost. I think, perhaps, I went about this challenge the wrong way. Thinking of a Planeswalker, then trying to find the right actor was very difficult. I'm going to try again later, but this time, think of an actor, then work my way backwards.
For Challenge # 098. Michael Clarke Duncan as Karn. Some thoughts:
I don't know what plots they plan to use for the MtG movie. It seems obvious to me to play the entire Jace/Lilliana/Chandra plot over some scroll, or whatever the heck that was. That plot lets them show off the 'new' planeswalkers, and lets them planeswalk a bunch. I get it. It makes sense. I can't help thinking, though, that I'd much prefer to see the Phyrexian assault of Mirrodin on the big screen. The fact that it all ends in disaster would be one of the big draws for me... and the reason why they won't do it, I suppose.
Strangely, I almost gave this role to Richard Karn, i.e., Al from Home Improvement. He's got the right body type for the job, at least. We've never seen him do a serious role, but I think he's got it in him... or at least I'd give him a shot. But at the end of the day, I don't think many people would believe it. They'd just see the host of Family Feud whenever they looked at him.
Michael Clarke Duncan, on the other hand, has the right, almost perfect, build for the role (I'm not even sure you'd need to do much more than sculpt a costume around him, and add some post sound effects) but has the acting chops (Seen the Green Mile much?) Unfortunately, he had a heart attack and died in 2012. That's unfortunate. I was unaware of this until I was mostly done working on the card, then decided it was fine anyway. This is our first choice for actor, even if the choice is now impossible, I guess.
It is almost impossible to find a picture of Michael not smiling, which made finding an image for this picture complicated. And his smile is huge. He sure looks like he lived a full life, at least
templating is there to keep judges from having to TOTALLY rip our hair out.
Wben Demon of Might enters the battlefield, tap all other non-Wizard creatures. When Demon of Might leaves the battlefield, you may pay 4. If you do, clash with an opponent. If you win the clash, destroy all permanents unless that player sacrifices a Wizard.
Also, you know as worded this spell doesn't do anything, right? "everything" is an inert word in the rules; it doesn't refer to anything, so you must write all permanents. Also it must be "when ~ leaves the battlefield, you may pay 4. If you do, clash with an opponent. If you win the clash, destroy all permanents unless that player sacrifices a Wizard."
"they" has no rules reference, and is a plural pronoun anyway. "if you win" has no meaning. if you win what? the duel? a dice roll? a pissing contest?
Ditch the "it" because Demon is not the source of the devastation; a triggered ability demon's controller controls is.
Also, destroy dwarves isn't in Balrog flavor. The demon doesn't kill Balin; an orc does. What Balrog DOES do is terrify the rest of the Fellowship so absolutely that all but Gandalf are paralyzed. Hence my suggestion of tap all non-Wizard creatures on entry, devestation on leaving.
I'VE GOT IT. MAKE BALROG AN ELEMENTAL DEMON, GIVE HIM EVOKE, AND MAKE THE DEVESTATION A LEAVES PLAY. Cause the idea of the Balrog in the world of Tolkein's novel is that he represented the demonic nature that will never be absent from life; the ethereal flavor of elementals can capture that.
Heh; yes, a companion riff card would be fun.
And you're right - it's not an exact match. I guess "Leaves the battlefield" in place of dies would be closer. And might still work.
When he enters, he destroys all the dwarves within reach. But that's really stretching what fits on a magic card.
I'm just happy someone got the not-very-hidden reference.
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And yes, 187 is slang for an enters-the-battlefield. Especially a destructive enters the battlefield, because in America a 187 is how police dial in a drive-by. Sorry, I just love this series and I'm an English teacher for profession; I didn't mean to look like a stickler.
Is it cool if I riff off you and make a Gandalf with transform? :)