The design space that planeswalkers allow is as tremendous as the concept of snow mana . The latter has yet to be explored as far as anyone knows. Imagine it applied to a guild, shard, or a tribe of sorts, instead of a blanketing concurrence of flavor across the cards.
I really liked Nissa. At least I tried to.
She was so disappointing to many players that just wanted to play with something new. The best way I can describe it? You ask for a Transformers toy and get a Go-Bot toy instead. Pretty much a miserable experience if cracked in a pack. Go-Bots....
After seeing Jace, Elspeth, Garruk, and now Tamiyo jump across several worlds. I started to wonder "what if Nissa found Ravnica?" It's the perfect spot for her.
At first I thought it'd be cool to transpose her name ala Niv-Mizzet, but I forgot that people hate too much change. They love a comeback and being able to identify with it. Besides, you can't cast black magic spells in R/U/G.
Nissa Rivane, Lich Queen
2BG
3 Loyalty
+1: Put 1/1 zombie elf token into play
-4, sacrifice a creature: destroy target non-land permanent.
-8: reveal any number of creature cards in your hand, for each creature revealed this way, return a creature card from a graveyard to the battlefield under your control, then put the revealed creatures on the bottom of your library.
Not wanting to go into depth too much, I wanted this to explore what Nissa was aiming to do for some time. Please feel free to message me if the flavor is off, numbers are wrong, or the casting cost is even questionable. This is all in fun, so please add some flavor ideas anyone may have!
-amos
