Sci-fi Magic the Gathering Cards

Glimmervoid · Post by **Glimmervoid** » 2005-09-15 07:45am

Well inspired by Lord Zentei’s Magical Politicians thread I decided it might be fun to turn a lot of the ships in star wars (and other popular sci-fi) in magic the gathering cards. Would any people hear like to work on this?

My original idea was to do some thing akin to a set and so we would need to plan out cards (or at least basic ideas) a bit more than in Magical Politicians so the cards work together. So I wanted to see who was interested before I (or anyone) start making cards. -But that will probably take too much origination so just post cards/card idea and maybe we can make a set out of some of them as we are doing that.

Some basic preliminary ideas.

The empire should have lots of land destroy (DBZ, Deathstar, suncrusher, world devastator etc).

We would have to ignore the real power of thing when taking ships from different universes (Other wise if we gave the enterprise a defence of 1 an ISD would need a defence of around 21141649048). Perhaps power in the relative universe could be used.

I am not sure weather it should be kept to spaceships or ground craft and troops should be involved as well.

An example of what I mean.
The imagines in the cards in this thread are the property of other people unless otherwise noted.

EDIT: UPDATED CARD.

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2005-09-15 10:27am

Dude, there's a load of typos on that!

Post by **Surlethe** » 2005-09-15 10:46am

Maybe it should read instead:

Imperial Star Destroyer wrote: If Imperial Star Destroyer attacks and is not blocked, target land, and do not untap during controls next turn.

I'm not sure I got it right, since I don't know how to play Magic, but I do know English.

NeoGoomba · Post by **NeoGoomba** » 2005-09-15 11:18am

Marvin the Paranoid Android
-Artifact-
5 Colorless Mana

0/1

When Marvin comes into play, all opponents creatures are tapped.

Tap - Destroy Target Creature's self esteem
Tap (2 colorless mana) - Marvin remains tapped for the rest of the game

USEFUL!

Now someone make me this card!

Glimmervoid · Post by **Glimmervoid** » 2005-09-15 02:22pm

Orbital Nightcloak -3-
Enchant land.
Enchanted land can not tap or use activated abilities.

Galaxy gun -4-
Artefact.
Tap : destroy target land.

I could not find any pictures for these. So I will post them as ideas. If some one could find pics (or even draw them) it would be great.

Even though these are not ment to be funny hear is Marvin.

I utterly refuse to use that new travesty of him (well I hated the look in the new film).

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2005-09-15 04:10pm

The Shrike
4 white, 6 colorless

Flying, First Strike, Trample

1 white: regenerate

Attacking does not tap The Shrike. Whenever The Shrike leaves play from the table, return it to your hand. If Fehdman Kassad is sacrificed from play, remove The Shrike from the game.

20/20

There is no one The Shrike fears.

Glimmervoid · Post by **Glimmervoid** » 2005-09-15 04:15pm

Tasoth wrote:The Shrike
4 white, 6 colorless

Flying, First Strike, Trample

1 white: regenerate

Attacking does not tap The Shrike. Whenever The Shrike leaves play from the table, return it to your hand. If Fehdman Kassad is sacrificed from play, remove The Shrike from the game.

20/20

There is no one The Shrike fears.

What’s the shrike? I have never heard of it.

Lord Zentei · Post by **Lord Zentei** » 2005-09-15 04:16pm

Shouldn't your ships have Flying?

Also "Stops target attacking creature" should probably read "target attacking creature is blocked" though that is pretty outrageous. Perhaps this would work better: "any creature blocking target attacking creature gains First Strike till end of tun".

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2005-09-15 04:17pm

Glimmervoid, what card program are you using?

Glimmervoid · Post by **Glimmervoid** » 2005-09-15 04:22pm

Noble Ire wrote:Glimmervoid, what card program are you using?

Photoimpact(random photo editor) it’s the only way to get the new card backs. I even added my own set symbol. It’s this thing.
Linky the link

My full card creation process is...

What I do is go to www.anycraze.com save the correct card type on to the hard drive (e.g. right colour, sorcery, creature etc) then remove the picture and most of the text. I have created a library of all the card “base” I need so I only do this step occasionally.

I then load up the right “base” using adobe Photoshop elements copy in my set symbol. Merge all the lairs. Copy the image in the Photoimpact were I add picture, text (using HTML text because it is a lot clearer) and anything else it need. Upload to image shake and post.

Glimmervoid · Post by **Glimmervoid** » 2005-09-15 04:26pm

Lord Zentei wrote:Shouldn't your ships have Flying?

Also "Stops target attacking creature" should probably read "target attacking creature is blocked" though that is pretty outrageous. Perhaps this would work better: "any creature blocking target attacking creature gains First Strike till end of tun".

Well since I was not intending to do any non ships (since there could be no meaningful comparison between a storm trooper and an ISD) I was keeping flying for ships that have strange ways of getting to there targets.

As to the reword the first strike is probably the way to go.

NeoGoomba · Post by **NeoGoomba** » 2005-09-15 04:51pm

Glimmervoid wrote:
Even though these are not ment to be funny hear is Marvin.

I utterly refuse to use that new travesty of him (well I hated the look in the new film).

THANK YOU GOOD SIR!
*bows humbly*

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2005-09-15 04:59pm

Glimmervoid wrote:
Tasoth wrote:The Shrike
4 white, 6 colorless

Flying, First Strike, Trample

1 white: regenerate

Attacking does not tap The Shrike. Whenever The Shrike leaves play from the table, return it to your hand. If Fehdman Kassad is sacrificed from play, remove The Shrike from the game.

20/20

There is no one The Shrike fears.
What’s the shrike? I have never heard of it.

Did you just.... The Lord of Pain....

Wow...

Look here. Any image that looks like a humanoid cutlery drawer would be The Shrike.

Glimmervoid · Post by **Glimmervoid** » 2005-09-15 05:20pm

Tasoth wrote:
Glimmervoid wrote:
Tasoth wrote:The Shrike
4 white, 6 colorless

Flying, First Strike, Trample

1 white: regenerate

Attacking does not tap The Shrike. Whenever The Shrike leaves play from the table, return it to your hand. If Fehdman Kassad is sacrificed from play, remove The Shrike from the game.

20/20

There is no one The Shrike fears.
What’s the shrike? I have never heard of it.
Did you just.... The Lord of Pain....

Wow...

Look here. Any image that looks like a humanoid cutlery drawer would be The Shrike.

Could you give me some details about him? It’s just that i don’t like creating a card blind. Also who is Fehdman Kassad.

Glimmervoid · Post by **Glimmervoid** » 2005-09-15 06:31pm

Hear is some farscape.

Edited to include yet more cards.

And because my plan is to put together some thing like a set (or even a block!) hear is a card that is not just a straight starship.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-09-15 06:53pm

I can't believe I'm away from my home computer and my Death Star card

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2005-09-15 07:47pm

I've got a few:

Truth and Reconciliation
One Black, four colorless
Legendary Creature- Warship

"Tap": Tap target land. It remains tapped as long as this card is tapped. You may choose not to untap this card at the beginning of your turn.

4/5

Picture:
http://library.psyjnir.net/screens/63/T&R_1.jpg

The Pillar of Autumn
Two White, two colorless
Legendary Creature- Warship

First Strike

4/3

Picture:
http://library.psyjnir.net/screens/150/POA_space.jpg

The Great Journey
Sorcery
Two Blue, two Black, three colorless

Destroy all non-artifact, non-Flood creatures in play. They Cannot be regenerated.

You lose five life.

http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/cutscenes/ ... ale_th.jpg

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2005-09-15 07:49pm

Your card quality makes me cry, not to mention your phrasing and spelling is off so much >_>

Sriad · Post by **Sriad** » 2005-09-15 10:56pm

Glimmervoid wrote:Could you give me some details about him? It’s just that i don’t like creating a card blind. Also who is Fehdman Kassad.

'e's pretty hard to quantify, but if you crossed (The Flash)^2 with an unobtanium cuissenart, you'd have something very much like The Shrike.

(from Dan Simmon's excellent Hyperion novels)

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-09-16 12:42am

I can't believe that this one hasn't showed up:

Glimmervoid · Post by **Glimmervoid** » 2005-09-16 04:44am

Nice card.

Hear are some random star fighter cards.

mr friendly guy · Post by **mr friendly guy** » 2005-09-16 06:06am

How about

TARDIS

cost 2WWW

Creature - ship

TARDIS cannot be damaged by creatures or spells unless stated. If TARDIS is sent to the graveyard return it to your hand after 3 rounds.

Flying, TARDIS is unblockable.

2: any damage dealt to target creature is redirected to TARDIS instead

flavour text - You are looking at the heart of the TARDIS

0/3

Sonic Screwdriver

Artifact

Cost 5

3 : Tap sonic screwdriver. Target creature cannot be blocked until the end of turn.

3 : Tap sonic screwdriver. Sonic screwdriver does 1 damage to target creature or player. No more than 9 can be spent this way per turn.

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2005-09-16 06:53am

Tasoth wrote:The Shrike
4 white, 6 colorless

Flying, First Strike, Trample

1 white: regenerate

Attacking does not tap The Shrike. Whenever The Shrike leaves play from the table, return it to your hand. If Fehdman Kassad is sacrificed from play, remove The Shrike from the game.

20/20

There is no one The Shrike fears.

There should also be Haste in that one too and some modifier which allows the Shrike to attack multipule targets per attack round. As well as some repeatable abilty to remove something from the Game.

The Shrike is something the Culture couldnt handle.

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2005-09-16 07:02am

Glimmervoid wrote:What’s the shrike? I have never heard of it.

linky

"It was there. Just a moment ago, the shining metallic humanoid form made of razors and hooks and needles was over there. Now it’s here, its arms around you, slowly, almost tenderly embracing you. At first you hardly feel the spikes sliding into your flesh, but then you are lifted and carried. A distant wail of agony becomes clearer as the Tree comes into view through a visible fog of suffering. You are being taken to it, to be impaled on one of its many steel thorns, writhing in unceasing agony as the Tree moves outside of time."

...

The Shrike (the mysterious metal reaper around which the story evolves) is a truly marvelous monster. A classic terror, capable of generating a fear that is greater than the fear of death, perhaps even the more terrifying because it’s seemingly technological origins remove it from the realm of the supernatural (in which one might have hope of supernatural aid). The lucky victims of the Shrike live only long enough to suddenly realize they have just been torn apart by razor sharp blades, without so much as the blink of an eye between life and death. The unlucky ones are taken to the Tree. The Shrike’s Tree of Pain is a poignantly gruesome, if somewhat overly symbolic image. An enormous shining metal thorn tree reaching into the sky, it exists outside of time and upon it’s giant barbs are impaled the undying bodies of The Shrike’s victims, writhing in a chorus of agony as they ever futilely attempt to pull themselves off the frictionless spikes. Since the Tree exists outside of time, as does the Shrike itself, this allows for the truly horrifying possibility of seeing ones self on the Tree, knowing you are fated to be impaled there, knowing in a way you already are.

The tree is a dominant image in these books, which is interesting given the technological future they encompass. I was hooked on Hyperion from the very beginning, with the depiction of the Templars’ Tree Ship, the Yggdrasill an actual tree of immense dimensions, which travels through space in some kind of space-bending field. The image of people spiraling up the exterior of a giant tree in space, the stars turning around them and sparkling through the foliage, the base of the tree always "down" because of a false gravity, held me mesmerized.

Majin Gojira · Post by **Majin Gojira** » 2005-09-16 10:31am

Behold, the power of my KAIJU KARDS!

if it's hard to read:
Trample, Rampage 2
Godzilla may block creature's with Flying.
Tap: Destroy target land, Godzilla does not untap next turn.
G: Regenerate
R: +1/+0 until end of turn.

Flying, Trample
During your upkeep, destroy 3 target permanents on any side of the feild of bury King Ghidorah. If those permanents were creatures, theymust have power and toughness of less than 5.

Flying, Trample
RRR, Tap: Send all creatures on an opponents side of the feild with a toughness of 3 or less to the controllers hand. Rodan cannot untap during thenext untap phase.

Trample
Creatures damaged by King Kong Cannot regenerate this turn.
Can only be blocked by legendary or artifact creatures.

Tap: Increase the amount of any counters on any Mothra card by 1.
UU, Tap: Give all creatures you control +1/+2 until endof turn.
If a Mothra's Egg token is sacrificed, you may sacrifice 3 lands and Elias Twins to place a second Mothra Larva into play.* (I needto re-edit this text).

Trample
Sacrifice Mothra Larva and a land to put a (Edit: White) 0/7 Cocoon token into play. Each turn, place a metamorphasis counter on the Cocoon. After 7 counters are in place, sacrifice the cocoon to search your library for a Mothra-Adult. (Edit: Should also read: Mothra Adult comes into play Tapped).

Vigilance, Flying
If Mothra-Adult leaves play, place a 0/5 Blue Egg token into play and place a -2/-2 on any creature(s) that sent it to the graveyard every turn. 6 turns later, you may sacrifice (Edit: the blue egg token) to search your library for any Mothra-Larva.

And just because I can post it:

UU Tap: Counter target Sorcery, Instant or Ability.
"Sure, we lie, cheat, and swindle. We've been known to deal in a bit of bullshit ourselves. So some of you may ask, "Why pee on someone else's parade?" One important difference: WE TELL YOU WE'RE LYING!" - Penn