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Could I get some feedback? Is it balanced or not?

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I'd say it's fairly balanced, although it wouldn't hurt to make some changes. First, I'd change the name. Next the typy/subtype. Is it an angel or a wall? Or is the Ultimate Defense the wings on the being and the aura around him? If the second, then I would make this an enchantment instead.

 

As far as Legendary goes, I would say that you should only give Legendary statuses to things that are actually unique in the Magic Universe, and normally unique things have a unique name. If I were going to make a card out of you, I would make it a Legendary card because no one else shares your name, unless you're a clone... o.o

 

As far as the "as many as you wish" line, I'm not sure that's the language the developers would use for that kind of ability, but I'm a bit fuzzy on that so if you can show me an older card that uses that language, I'd be fine with it.

 

But as far as the 3WWWW goes to have the ultimate blocker for 4 full turns, it sounds good and fair. Though, honestly, a bit risky to play because of removal, but even Avacyn was risky =P

 

All in all, I'd give you a 7/10, and you could make the other three up by making the name/image/type/ability consistent. =)



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The actual wording would be "can block any number of creatures". And the last ability...it's called Vanishing 4 :P



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The actual wording would be "can block any number of creatures". And the last ability...it's called Vanishing 4 :P

Oh my, it would be wouldn't it? xD I knew it sounded familiar!



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as much as i don't think that is going to block against trample, it's an interesting card. 

this is going to get instakilled by disfigure, though. 

 

since it is a legendary I wouldnt mind making this a 2WW or 3WW

 

make it an angel

nice art btw!


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I would change your initial wording from "Ultimate Defense is Indestructible" to "Indestructible" as that is a keyword (If I remember from Avacyn correctly).

Just aesthetic stuff mostly, the content of the card is nice :)


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Indestructible is actually not a keyword, Genjutsu; the original wording was correct. It's a very common misunderstanding though, so don't feel bad. Same thing with unblockable.

 

I agree with most of what Elegant Totality said. Name needs a change, art doesn't match (not something I really care about on custom cards that much), last ability is indeed Vanishing 4, which would be a much cleaner, if somewhat random way of using that ability. As for the middle part, IceMetalPunk is right about that wording, but for the rest of it, you would actually have to spell out exactly what type of evasion abilities don't work for this card. Such as, "~ may block creatures with flying, landwalk, and protection from any color as though those creatures didn't have those abilities." It's somewhat ugly, but it is what Wizards would do.

 

And I think it should cost less. Probably like 2WWW or maybe even 1WWW. I don't think the fourth colored mana is necessary to make sure you don't splash it in a different-colored deck, because three white mana is still very demanding. And as Slayer pointed out, trample still spills right over it, so it's going to look better than it actually plays, so you don't want it super expensive and have people feel bad they paid all this mana for something that a Garruk's Companion laughs at.






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