Volpes, the Revolutionary
While I'm happy with the design I originally came up with for Volpes's debut card, I had a problem with both the mechanical complexity and verbosity of it's text, and my playgroup had a problem playing against it. I wanted to solve both problems by...
Enigma, Psionic Titan
If my memory serves, the first draft of this card was designed soon after I had finished writing the story of Emperor Enigma. The idea was simply to mechanically represent this powerful tyrant who empowers and brainwashes others, but differently than Volpes. Where Volpes subverts...
Azurium, the Kingpin’s First
Since Azurium was going to become such a key character in the story, it was only natural that I design a custom card for him, especially since the piece from LittleBadWolf illustrated him so beautifully. The challenge I laid upon myself was to design a card...
Enigma, Blackblood
This is the card that I used LittleBadWolf's art for. The idea was to mechanically represent the symbiote-enhanced Enigma. Though there was one more iteration of the card before this one. As you might be able to tell from the wording of the passive, this is...
Rabrandt of the Crimson Harvest
Naturally, with a piece as good as the one DanSyron made for me, I had to turn in into another custom MTG card design. Demons are the closest analog to voidsent in Magic, so I used that as the basis for my concept. Since Reapers fight...
Rabrandt Razorclaw (Card)
The card that I designed based of my Final Fantasy XIV character, and specifically his (read: mine) preferred class: Dark Knight. The first version of the card was originally printed with the art from Skyflu. In Final Fantasy, Dark Knights tend to grow stronger and inflict...
Rabrandt, Eorzean Ninja (Card)
Taking the art that LittleBadWolf drew of my FF XIV Ninja, I created this. At the time, one of my favorite Commander decks was helmed by Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow. (I still have it, but I don't bring it out frequently because of its reputation.)...
Mystical Tutor
What better way to demonstrate learning in card form than by using one of the most famous blue tutors in all of magic: Mystical Tutor? Kenjii's art depicting my short story was perfect for a "reprint". Since this isn't an original card design, there's not more...
Conducting the Storm (Card)
Naturally, I was going to use Marsel's artwork for an MTG card. I've always been fond of word play, so comparing a lightning storm to a symphony because both can be "conducted" was the first place my mind went when exploring flavorful concepts that Edmund could...
Enigma, the Infiltrator (Card)
Of course, the second purpose I had for the art from DanzaDragon was this card. This piece was commissioned specifically to serve as art for the card. Danza knew that going in, as I had provided the sample template for him to work with. You can...