seams rather underpowered save for the +1 wich makes it way over powered

*cough* It's a birthday present. *pokes comment below* Besides, I had little to do with the actual card text. I just drew it.  EternalUndeath made the card half. I like it though. It fits my Kitty perfectly. ^.=.^

why is there only one number in the lower right corner? did the rules for MTG change while i've been absent from it? or is that just some special card variant i've never heard of... either way, i havn't played for 2-3 YEARS, but i'd like to know what's different if you have the time...

It's a plainswalker card. ^.=.^ Plainswalkers are different, and I guess they're newer than that. -doesn't play- My Kitty had been talking about what he would be as a card, and so  EternalUndeath and I put it together.

ah okay i see... i'll look into it

Planeswalkers go by a special mechanic. They are NOT creatures. Really, they're like having a second player in the game. The number on the bottom is how many 'loyalty counters' they come into play with. Any time during your turn, you may activate one AND ONLY ONE of the card's listed abilities, modifying the number of loyalty counters accordingly. For example, of you play this guy and then destroy a creature, he will have 5 counters on him. When a planeswalker runs out of loyalty counters, it's sent to the graveyard.

ah okay i see

Vastly underpowered.

Compare to Nicol Bolas:

3UBBR
+3: Destroy target noncreature permanent - More options available to you, even if it's more likely to kill your own stuff if you're desperate to make him limit break. Can wreck all but the most solid mana bases.
-2: Take control of target creature - Way more powerful than "mill 3". Mill 3 isn't even a basic sorcery; the basic sorcery for U is mill 5. Besides, pure mill isn't really a black thing... it's blue or blue-black. Pure black would be more like... discard or go through their library and exile something. Controlling a creature isn't always black, but it's strong and worthy of the second ability slot on a 7-mana planeswalker.
-9: Explode things by sevens. - This is real power, here. It's something you want to happen, and often. A limit break should be something you look to as a powerful goal, or something extremely useful that can recur. Removing Ragnar from the game kind of squishes the second one, and a single creature is not a game breaker (evidenced by Ajani Goldmane's avatar ability.

Now, to be fair, I have made a planeswalker that destroys itself on limit breaking... but to be fair, it was an Un-card, it made your opponent cease to exist (and possibly you as well)... and the walker was Chuck Norris. But even he didn't remove himself from the game.

Well, it doesn't have to actually be playable. We just made it for a birthday gift. Ragnar plays mainly a black mill deck, and he's a white tiger furry and dragonkin. ^.=.^ Whether it's a great card or not, it suits him great. ~.=.^ He liked it. That's all I really care about.

Well, okay, that's good then.

I like mill, myself... I topped out a Black/Green aggro-combo deck at the Worldwake prerelease yesterday with an Archive Trap.

And I managed to use it, too.

Cool. ^.=.^ I've only played once. >.=.>;; He's been playing since... like... forever. He's been playing for like 12 years off and on. ^.=.^;;

Well, also considering that Nicol was a motherfucking powerhouse XD
I mean what do you expect from an ages-old dragon that's ALSO a planeswalker? Shit, this guy's actually probably more powerful than Chandra Nalar, I'll tell you that.

Oh, she can do burn? Great, he destroys your field and library, then turns into a nice beefy dragon to mop up the aftermath.

*shrug*

I'd rather have all sorts of other planeswalkers on my team, to be honest... Elspeth would block my way up by replacing the creature every turn; the decks with Jace wouldn't care about mill, honestly; Sarkhan would steal the creatures and beat face; Ajani Vengeant would helix and win that fight; Nissa is like Elspeth, she just keeps spamming down her indomitable forces... is not much of a problem.