These are all super cool. I always wanted to revisit these legends and actually make them... well... playable. Here's to hoping that WotC see's your designs and decides to take a stab at them!
Well this comment just made me happy glad you liked them
Yes, I think it's safe to say these are all vast improvements over the originals. I think I like the first half of them the most. The Unnamed Lady is pretty damn wild with Stomping Ground/Sheltered Thicket/Cinder Glade (and, yes, Taiga).
Should I stick the word "basic" on there or being shocked for those 3 mana a land is Good enough of a drawback?
So we had a bunch of legends that came in this set and they well most of them do nothing, or do little, anyways they were actually interesting character, some more than other and I decided to try out how would it be for then to have their abilities represented in card.
DISCLAIMER: Some of these may seem out of the color pie but I tried to stick to the colors they were given in the original set while staying mostly true to their characteristics, also used the original art and presented the cards in custom card for to give it another visual impact than text only.
Mu Yianling, Artist of Currents 2UU
Legendary Planeswalker - Yialing
Nonland permanents with flood counters on them become blue in addition to its others colors. Lands with flood counters on them are islands in addition to its other types. +2: Put a flood counter on target permanent. -1: Tap up to two target permanents, if those permanents are blue, they don't untap during its owner's next upkeep. -6: Return each Island and blue permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Add U equal to the number of cards returned this way to a player's hand. Loyalty: 3
Ashiok, Creator of Nightmares 2UB
Legendary Planeswalker - Ashiok +2: Each player reveals the top card of their library, you can put any number of those cards into its owner's graveyard, then exile the rest. -3: Create a blue and black 0/0 Nightmare creature token with "This creature gains +1/+1 for each creature card in exile.". -10: You may copy any number of cards in exile you may cast each copy without pay its mana cost. Loyalty: 4
Jiang Yanggu, Pet Master 3GG
Legendary Planeswalker - Yanggu
When Jiang Yanggu, Pet Master enters the battlefield create Mowu a 3/3 Legendary green Hound creature token. +1: Up to one target creature you control fights up to one target creature you don't control. +1: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one creature, if you do untap it. -8: You gain and emblem with "If one or more counters would be put on a permanent your control, that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters are put on that permanent instead." Loyalty: 5
The Wanderer, Faceless Hero 1WW
Legendary Planeswalker
When the Wanderer enters the battlefield, choose a nonland card name. Spells with the chosen name can’t be cast. +1: Until your next turn, target permanent can’t attack or block, and its activated abilities can’t be activated unless they’re mana abilities. -3: Exile target creature. Its controller creates a 1/1 colorless Shapeshifter creature token. Loyalty: 3
Well people asked and they delivered. Curious on the Green Leyline, they reprinted the White, Black, and Blue leylines the ones that have a huge price tag, for red they made a new one (the other red ones are not that sought after). Wonder if they will also make a new green leyline, if they do hope it is good.
In Standard, ye wilderness reclamation + krasis + leyline = grosssssssssss
Skrudd, King of Icebergs2WUR
Legendary Snow Creature - Giant Warrior
Vigilance.
You may pay SSSSS rather than pay the mana cost for Giant spells that you cast. SS, T: Target Snow permanent you control gains indestructible until the end of turn. 6/6
Winterwind Champion 5WW
Snow Creature - Giant Soldier
Giant creatures you control can block an additional creature each combat. 3UU: Return each creature blocking or being blocked by Winterwind Champion to its owner's hand. 3/7
Frostbreath Conjurer 3UUR
Snow Creature - Giant Wizard
Whenever you cast a Snow spell, you may tap target creature an opponent controls.
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast the top card of your library if it’s a snow card. 5/5
Iceclub Rampager 3RR
Snow Creature - Giant Berserker
First Strike.
Giants you control has haste.
Whenever a snow creature you control attacks you may pay WW, if you do target creature must block this combat. 6/3
Brismuth, the Iceberg's Club 3
Legendary Snow Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 for each snow permanent you control. SSS: Attach Brismuth, the Iceberg's Club to target creature you control.
Equip 3
The Cleanser's fine. But, Ashenbraids isn't because the creature transforms into a werebeast from its unaffected state. To date, all werewolves have been Human//Human Werewolf. I doubt WotC'll change werebeasts from a subspecies.
Rift Mox 0
Legendary Artifact T: Add one mana of any color. Exile Rift Mox with three time counters on it and it gains suspend (At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from that card. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost.). Activate Rift Mox ability only once each turn.
Swiftwing, Heir of Kangee 2WU
Legendary Creature - Bird Soldier
Flying
At the beggining of your end step, if one or more birds you control have dealt combat damage to a player this turn, you get an experience counter.
Other birds you control get +1/+1 for each experience counter you have. 2/2
Odiberr, Thallid Cleanser WG
Legendary Creature - Fungus
Hexproof from artifacts and enchantments.
Whenever one or more nonland, noncreature permanent your opponents control are destroyed, you get an experience counter, then you create a 1/1 green Saproling token for each experience counter you have. 2/2
Ashenbraids, Kessig's Predator 3RG
Legendary Creature - Werewolf Horror
Haste, Trample.
Whenever a creature you control transforms, you get an experience counter.
At the beggining of your upkeep, if you have 3 or more experience counters transform Ashenbraids, Kessig's Predator. 4/4
--------------------------------- Ashenbraids, Howl of Abomination
Legendary Creature - Eldrazi Werewolf Horror
Non-human Werewolf creatures you control have trample and haste.
Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, Ashenbraids deals damage equal to the number of experience counters you have to that player. Color identity: Colorless 6/6
Impling, the Torturer 1BR
Legendary Creature - Devil
Menace
At the beginning of each end step, any player may have Impling, the Torturer deal 3 damage to them. If no one does,you get an experience counter, and if you do, each opponent discards a card for each experience counter you have. 3/1
Zul, Artist of Deceit 1UB
Legendary Creature - Illusion Wizard
Whenever you counter one or more spells, you get an experience counter. UUBB, T: Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand unless its controller pays 1 for each experience counter you have. 1/1
What about making it a Level Up creature where the theme is, the bigger the level the close to Doom you are.
Like Uthraxis, Awakened Nightmare UUBB
Legendary Creature - Nightmare Horror Uthraxis enters the battlefield with a number of level counters on it equal to the number of times it’s been cast from the command zone this game.
Level up 1. Level 3-5: Menace. During each of your turns, you may play up to one card from your graveyard. [4/8] Level 7+: Menace. During each of your turns, you may play up to one card from each player's graveyard. [8/8] 0/8
That seems...bad. Your level-up progress is going to be reset every time this dies, so it'll soak up a ton of mana to not do all that much.
Actually...that gave me another Better idea...see bolded part
What about making it a Level Up creature where the theme is, the bigger the level the close to Doom you are.
Like Uthraxis, Awakened Nightmare UUBB
Legendary Creature - Nightmare Horror
Whenever Uthraxis dies or is exiled, you may put it into its owner's library third from the top.
Level up 1. Level 3-5: Menace. During each of your turns, you may play up to one card from your graveyard. [4/8] Level 7+: Menace. During each of your turns, you may play up to one card from each player's graveyard. [8/8] 0/8
Well this comment just made me happy glad you liked them
=D
EDIT: Added a poll too to helping get more inputs
Should I stick the word "basic" on there or being shocked for those 3 mana a land is Good enough of a drawback?
Added 6 new cards BTW
Thank you very much for your input, glad that you liked the cards.
DISCLAIMER: Some of these may seem out of the color pie but I tried to stick to the colors they were given in the original set while staying mostly true to their characteristics, also used the original art and presented the cards in custom card for to give it another visual impact than text only.
EXTRA
Legendary Planeswalker - Yialing
Nonland permanents with flood counters on them become blue in addition to its others colors. Lands with flood counters on them are islands in addition to its other types.
+2: Put a flood counter on target permanent.
-1: Tap up to two target permanents, if those permanents are blue, they don't untap during its owner's next upkeep.
-6: Return each Island and blue permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Add U equal to the number of cards returned this way to a player's hand.
Loyalty: 3
Ashiok, Creator of Nightmares 2UB
Legendary Planeswalker - Ashiok
+2: Each player reveals the top card of their library, you can put any number of those cards into its owner's graveyard, then exile the rest.
-3: Create a blue and black 0/0 Nightmare creature token with "This creature gains +1/+1 for each creature card in exile.".
-10: You may copy any number of cards in exile you may cast each copy without pay its mana cost.
Loyalty: 4
Jiang Yanggu, Pet Master 3GG
Legendary Planeswalker - Yanggu
When Jiang Yanggu, Pet Master enters the battlefield create Mowu a 3/3 Legendary green Hound creature token.
+1: Up to one target creature you control fights up to one target creature you don't control.
+1: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one creature, if you do untap it.
-8: You gain and emblem with "If one or more counters would be put on a permanent your control, that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters are put on that permanent instead."
Loyalty: 5
The Wanderer, Faceless Hero 1WW
Legendary Planeswalker
When the Wanderer enters the battlefield, choose a nonland card name. Spells with the chosen name can’t be cast.
+1: Until your next turn, target permanent can’t attack or block, and its activated abilities can’t be activated unless they’re mana abilities.
-3: Exile target creature. Its controller creates a 1/1 colorless Shapeshifter creature token.
Loyalty: 3
Watch green one ending up being Leyline of Lifeforce
I rather like this one, we do need more miracles in the game.
Legendary Snow Creature - Giant Warrior
Vigilance.
You may pay SSSSS rather than pay the mana cost for Giant spells that you cast.
SS, T: Target Snow permanent you control gains indestructible until the end of turn.
6/6
Winterwind Champion 5WW
Snow Creature - Giant Soldier
Giant creatures you control can block an additional creature each combat.
3UU: Return each creature blocking or being blocked by Winterwind Champion to its owner's hand.
3/7
Frostbreath Conjurer 3UUR
Snow Creature - Giant Wizard
Whenever you cast a Snow spell, you may tap target creature an opponent controls.
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast the top card of your library if it’s a snow card.
5/5
Iceclub Rampager 3RR
Snow Creature - Giant Berserker
First Strike.
Giants you control has haste.
Whenever a snow creature you control attacks you may pay WW, if you do target creature must block this combat.
6/3
Brismuth, the Iceberg's Club 3
Legendary Snow Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 for each snow permanent you control.
SSS: Attach Brismuth, the Iceberg's Club to target creature you control.
Equip 3
Messed up with buttons will complete asap
Eldritch Moon Werewolves are not human at all though see Conduit of Storms // Conduit of Emrakul for references.
Fixed both issues tell me how are they now.
Legendary Artifact
T: Add one mana of any color. Exile Rift Mox with three time counters on it and it gains suspend (At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from that card. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost.). Activate Rift Mox ability only once each turn.
Legendary Creature - Bird Soldier
Flying
At the beggining of your end step, if one or more birds you control have dealt combat damage to a player this turn, you get an experience counter.
Other birds you control get +1/+1 for each experience counter you have.
2/2
Odiberr, Thallid Cleanser WG
Legendary Creature - Fungus
Hexproof from artifacts and enchantments.
Whenever one or more nonland, noncreature permanent your opponents control are destroyed, you get an experience counter, then you create a 1/1 green Saproling token for each experience counter you have.
2/2
Ashenbraids, Kessig's Predator 3RG
Legendary Creature - Werewolf Horror
Haste, Trample.
Whenever a creature you control transforms, you get an experience counter.
At the beggining of your upkeep, if you have 3 or more experience counters transform Ashenbraids, Kessig's Predator.
4/4
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Ashenbraids, Howl of Abomination
Legendary Creature - Eldrazi Werewolf Horror
Non-human Werewolf creatures you control have trample and haste.
Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, Ashenbraids deals damage equal to the number of experience counters you have to that player.
Color identity: Colorless
6/6
Impling, the Torturer 1BR
Legendary Creature - Devil
Menace
At the beginning of each end step, any player may have Impling, the Torturer deal 3 damage to them. If no one does,you get an experience counter, and if you do, each opponent discards a card for each experience counter you have.
3/1
Zul, Artist of Deceit 1UB
Legendary Creature - Illusion Wizard
Whenever you counter one or more spells, you get an experience counter.
UUBB, T: Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand unless its controller pays 1 for each experience counter you have.
1/1
Actually...that gave me another Better idea...see bolded part
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Uthraxis, Awakened Nightmare UUBB
Legendary Creature - Nightmare Horror
Whenever Uthraxis dies or is exiled, you may put it into its owner's library third from the top.
Level up 1.
Level 3-5: Menace. During each of your turns, you may play up to one card from your graveyard. [4/8]
Level 7+: Menace. During each of your turns, you may play up to one card from each player's graveyard. [8/8]
0/8