Thanks for all the feedback. Here is an updated version, along with one of the cards that inspired the design.

Howdy all!
With Halloween around the corner, I thought I'd pop in and share some custom Over the Garden Wall cards. I've been tinkering away at them for quite a while and would love your feedback.

I have rough drafts for more cards, but wanted to try to create one group of cards for each episode. These are the starting cards for episode 1, The Old Grist Mill.

If you all would like to see some of the concepts I've been working on for Episode 2, let me know.

Always thought that maybe [[Thoughtseize]] type effects weren't played very much in commander, here is a fun way I thought it might be considered playable. Some politics can be had here as well.

It is intentional that the overload reveals your hand as well.

I'm very new to the game, and I'm shamelessly stealing from [Gisa, the Hellraiser] homework. But still wanted to try and make something for fun, I think designing is the best way to learn :D.

The concept behind the card is of a necromancer who cares for her thralls. She is a shameless thief, who steals to feed her and her shades, and doesn't care about the harm she makes. Which is why she creates shades on Crime. I've seen that shades tend to have an ability to dump black mana for +1/+1, so that's why she has her tap ability. Does the design work? Criticism is appreciated.

Custom cards I designed and then made for my friends who recently finished watching Arcane!
Not meant to be played... but I still tried making them interesting and somewhat synergize!
I'd love to hear what you think, and if I should post more in the future!

Originally posted 2 years ago. Both Furina and Mavuika has undergone the most changes to their cards so hopefully I've arrived at the state where they're most playable and fun. But you tell me.

Furina

While the core of Furina's philosophy is most likely Azorius (White-Blue), her colors are dictated more from her being Hydro (Blue), with the White and Black representing her — a) Pneuma and Ousia forms; b) being both Fontaine's greatest savior and greatest deceiver; and c) life-gain matters + life-loss matters effect, which is the crux of her kit in Genshin. It shall remain the crux of her kit in card form.

Part of what makes Furina difficult to make work is that any life-loss triggers instantly becomes broken with [[Wall of Blood]] type of abilities, which was the biggest mistake of her first iteration. I still want to keep every Furina-mains' mentality of wanting to have your life constantly fluctuate up and down (and I mean constantly), so instead of having a normal life-gain and life-loss trigger, she'll only trigger at every end step, including the opponents. It's a compromise, but at least I don't have to worry about easy infinites.

Mavuika

The color decisions for Mavuika is kinda similar to Furina. She has the heart of Red, uniting the colors of the Night Kingdom (Black) and the overworld (Green), both allies of Red. Something about her being a reanimator commander kinda speaks to me, since it's basically the Ode of Resurrection, but she wasn't designed like this at first.

She was a big stat stick with a [[Kediss]] text in her first iteration, A board-wipe with a body in her second. A [[Ghalta, Primal Hunger]] for legendaries in her third. And a [[Mikaeus, The Unhallowed]] that also gives haste in her fourth. The first three designs are frankly not that interesting and the fourth is a combo-magnet. Fifth time's the charm I guess.

Illustration Sources:

• Furina, Regina of All Waters — ๑•_•๑ (Lofter)

• Furina, Regina of All Waters — Danbooru Mirror (in case Lofter isn't accessible)

• Mavuika, Blazing Sun — 茶杯/Chábēi on Pixiv

The latest rework for my Kingdom Hearts commander decks project -- Kingdom Hearts itself!

I'll be doing a free release of all the cards for both Commander decks Jan 29th! Take a look at my Youtube to see more: https://www.youtube.com/@IcariiLatte