Lukka, Commander of Legions
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Posted on March 9, 2022, 8:44 a.m. by TypicalTimmy
I was having a dream that I was on the R&D team and I was tasked with the job of designing a new Planeswalker who has the ability to create additional Commanders for an upcoming Commander Legends set. The dream kept repeating details enough that when I woke up, I basically had this engrained in my brain so I put it to virtual cardstock before I forgot. Took a lot of time reviewing existing cards to get the proper formatting, such as how it's "nonartifact" and "non-Human", or how Partner doesn't have a period after it.
Red typically doesn't allow for land cards to go into your hand, but this is the way the card had it in the dream. The justification was that because this was released in Commander Legends, your draft deck may not contain enough legendary creatures to meet the benefit, so land card was included so that you don't +1 into nothing.
In the dream, we kept reviewing how to make his -7 work, bouncing off the idea of whether or not we needed an emblem and if we had to explain how it now has Commander tax. It was ultimately decided that Commander tax is an intrinsic property of being a Commander, and being a Commander is a permanent affix to the game, therefore an emblem shouldn't be required. Some people on the team wanted it, saying that it changes the play of the game permanently and therefore is required, but others insisted once it has the status of being a Commander, all Commander rules apply to it and therefore all players know how it works - and that multiple -7 activations of different Legendary Creatures mean multiple different emblems, all of which can't possibly be accurate as none of them have that actual Commander's on it. Therefore your Emblem would have incomplete information. For example, if you put Zurgo Helmsmasher into your Command Zone, your emblem would need to say "Zurgo Helmsmasher can be your Commander." and that means the emblem is impossible to print, therefore we do away with it entirely.
Grubbernaut says... #3
I feel like the second ability should be either a 0 or a minus, but it seems fine. However, 3 color partners are probably not super safe overall.
Ashdust says... #2
I once had a dream that death was chasing me and my brother around a track, and we ducked into a tent. Our Grandma appeared at the flap of the tent and said "Hey guys, I want you to meet my new husband"
And then death stepped out.
Weird, ah?
March 9, 2022 9:38 a.m.