Rules interaction question. Shelob, Child of Ungoliant + a PW + An ability that turns it into a creature. If Shelob kills a PW while it is a creature, does she still make a food of that "creature"? Does it still have Loyalty Counters/can it activate Loyalty abilities? Is it still killed upon having no Loyalty Counters on it?
Shelob will always make food out of whatever dies to one of your spiders, so the fact that it's a planeswalker or something else that's not normally a creature doesn't matter.
You'll make a token copy of the printed card except it's a Artifact - Food instead of its other types. In the case of a planeswalker, that means your copy of Sarkhan the Masterless will be a Legendary Artfact - Food that enters with no loyalty counters on it. You can still use one of its loyalty abilities on each of your turns, adding or removing loyalty counters as needed*, but it's not a planeswalker and so it can't be attacked and it won't die due to having 0 loyalty counters on it.
*(Loyalty abilities still work normally because they're a special class of abilities with their own rules. However, entering the battlefield with loyalty counters only happens for planeswalkers, so the food starts with none.)
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Compleated Planeswalker Theories
Welp, here we go. I'm sure you've seen this image from earlier:
We were told that five of these Planeswalkers would not make it through the events of All Will Be One without being compleated. So for the next month we get to think long and hard about which ones it'll be. For now, however, here's who I think we'll be losing to Phyrexia and who will survive to fight the good fight.
EDIT: I should mention that a big part of why I theorize who will be compleated and who won't be is primarily due to the assumption that each side will have a mono-colored cycle of Planeswalkers. I'm also looking at the What If artwork and making huge guesses about which color they'd fall into based on the design. My pairs are:
White - Kaya (ceramic and flesh) and the Wanderer (Elesh Norn styled helmet)
Blue - Jace (lots of neon and tubes, robotic features) and Kaito (neon accents)
Black - Nissa (spines and rotted plates and noxious fungus) and Vraska (sharp segmented Sheoldred-like body, skeleton motifs in the background)
Red - Koth (blazing furnace chest and also revealed card) and Nahiri (looks like she's in full control, least deformed)
Green - Lukka (large body set in the Tangle / Hunter's Maze) and Tyvar (emphasis on muscles, "natural" features like hair and tentacles)
Koth of the Hammer
They already showed us his card! That said, his "What If" art is pretty neat.
SAFE (from compleation - nobody is safe from Phyrexia)
Jace Beleren
Everyone's noticed it by now, but in his What If art, Jace has Luxior sticking out of his exposed heart. That's a very specific detail that all the other characters are lacking, and hints at some major story implications. Jace has been one of the poster boys for the game since his introduction, so it definitely fits the trope of a veteran leaving at the end of a massive crossover story arc.
That said, it gives me hope that the heroes will find a way to undo the damage of compleation, should they want that at the end of the storyline and beyond.
COMPLEAT
Vraska
I think Jace's compleation is going to be a motivating factor for Vraska, and possibly even what causes her to join the fight.
At least that's what I set out to say. After considering each character's design and color alignment, a couple of predictions got shuffled around. At least her What If art is incredibly awesome, and very fitting for her.
COMPLEAT
Lukka
Aside from the fact that his What If artwork is super fitting (and awesome), Lukka hasn't been a good character the handful of times we've seen him, and this could be a way for Wizards to sweep him under the rug. I think they'd even be willing to snip the whole "voice in his head plot" thread to get rid of him.
Again, that's what I would have said, but look at this art. We don't see any beasts in this piece. That said, it's him or Tyvar for the green rep, and I think Lukka is more likely to be safe in the end. If I'm right about the colors, we'd be seeing at least one Planeswalker in a new color in this set, and I don't think they'd introduce a new color identity to a Planeswalker after all the previous emphasis on how compleated versions of the characters have twisted versions of their personalities.
SAFE
The Wanderer and Kaito Shizuki
They just introduced these two, and there's a lot more story left to tell for both of them. Tamiyo was already compleated. Jace and Vraska are a much more emotionally resonant couple in the story. And yes, there's a personal desire to see the Wanderer and Kaito have a chance at a happy ending, despite how amazing their What If artwork is (especially Kaito's monstrous spider form).
As a side note, Kaito's spark doesn't reside within him, and the Wanderer's is unstable. It's possible that Jin-Gitaxias would be able to fix both of those things, but unlikely, I think.
SAFE
Tyvar Kell
Dude is such a lovable himbo, but ultimately I can see Tyvar sacrificing himself to save someone else OR taking on a fight he doesn't know he can't win just to punch something. Either way, we just met him and have relatively little investment in his story.
Between him and Lukka as the green representative, I think Tybar is more likely to be compleated. I love the twisted Saitama vibes on his incredibly unsettling What If art.
COMPLEAT
Nissa Revane
Simply put, Nissa has too many loose plot threads dangling. Emrakul, Zendikar, Chandra, Liliana. I think Jace has a much better chance of being the veteran who bites it, and I doubt they'd off two original members of the Gatewatch in the same story.
That, and the face on her What If art looks a little too much like her regular face. I love the vibes though. It really screams (or perhaps whispers) "I am this forest."
SAFE
Kaya Cassir
Kaya is an active character with a lot of story left in her, but it would make a lot of sense if she were compleated as an extension of that. She's already been a noble, an assassin, and guild leader, an assassin, a hero, an assassin, and most recently, a cog vital component in Teferi's time machine.
At the moment, she's super OP as a Planeswalker, able to transport other living creatures across the planes AND through time, apparently. Her What If art shows a very Norn-inspired look, which suits her pretty well.
COMPLEAT
Nahiri
The fact that Nahiri's What If artwork looks so much like her original form made me think she was going to be one of the ones who were safe at first. However, she looks like she's actively enjoying her new state. And, unlike Tyvar, completely in control. That makes me think that she might strike a deal with Urabrask, undergoing Phyrexianization willingly.
Plus, I mean, sword arms.
COMPLEAT
And there you have it. That's my theory on who's going to be compleated, and who's going to continue the resistance against the Phyrexian tide. I tried to look for details in the artwork that may hint at specific story points (like Jace with Luxior), as well as keeping in mind the fact that we'll be seeing two color-balanced cycles.
As always, please share your own thoughts and theories. I look forward to seeing what we all come up with!
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RIP Tyvar. You're still 100% alive, you just can't get away from your brother whenever you want now.
Get rekt Ob Nixilis! LOL The only Planeswalker to lose their Spark TWICE. And here we all thought Tibalt was the joke character.
RIP Narset. I hope wherever you are has books and is accommodating to autism.
RIP Kiora- wait, you're still alive? I'm glad, it's just that we hadn't seen you in so long that I kinda figured you, uh, nevermind. I hope you're on a water-world with hot merfolk and krakens.
Dear Story Team, please let Karn catch a break. Let him be a Zhalfiran farmer now. Please let him retire. Thank you.
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Androphit, The Omniscient Trial-Keeper
Race: Sphinx
Birthplace/Homeplane: Amonkhet
Status: Alive (Standing Azorius Guildleader in the 38th district)
**Backstory Summery:** Originally an Amonkhet sphinx Androphit went by their dead name of “Travophit”. Travophit worked in the Trial of Knowledge and under Kefnet as trainer of new viziers. Travophit sparked after finding a small group of their new vizier’s had lost their minds after experimenting with scrolls that Kefnet had hidden away. Travophit saw this opportunity to ditch their old identity. Adopting the name Androphit, Now She attempted to hide within the Kaldadeshi Wilderness of Peema in the small river village of “Combondi”. This is where she was given the identity of “The Keeper of Combondi” by the villagers who saw her as a guardian. She in turn would set up her own trials of knowledge nearby in honor of her old god. Here she would teach the members of the village skills she taught to prepare for the trials. She eventually would have a run in with the planeswalking aetherborn bounty hunter, Srinavas after a bounty was placed on her head by the planeswalker and head of the consulate Dovin Baan. To escape she would cast an invisibility spell upon herself and planeswalk away. Androphit followed the strong Aether to Arcavios, and more specifically the college of Strixhaven, Here she would study at Strixhaven academy. During her studies there she majored in Extraplanar Observations. During her studies she witnessed the Hour of Devastation. Androphit quickly returned to Amonkhet to help how she could yet it was far too late. This is where she found that Ravnica was Nicol Bolas’ ultimate goal. She rushed over to Ravnica, she wanted to help prepare the city for the incoming war. Androphit was quickly welcomed into the Azorius Senate and promoted to standing guild leader after showcasing her plan to build a series of trials specifically made for Ravnica. During the war of the spark thanks to her preparations and the help of her magically bolstered group known as “Crop Akh-Id”. The invasion within the 38th was expertly handled. Allowing Androphit and Domahelix to assist the 10th district in their standoff. During which she had a fortunate encounter with Srinivas, Who was weakened by some magical force. Here she would ambush Srinivas, stealing nearly all of his essence. Androphit left Srinnavas a withered blip of an Aetherborn with just a few hours left to live. After the war ended Androphit returned to the now liberated Kaladesh. Returning to Combondi to revisit and explain her departure and her wishes for the Combondi trial of knowledge. Androphit, along with the village a combination of Mathmagic, ancient Amonkhetan sorcery, and good old fashioned Kaladeshi ingenuity they created Treskhet’kophit, The Knowledge-Born. After the completion of the Magitech Sphinx Androphit returned to Ravnica to resume her position as the Omniscient Trial keeper.
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