The Summons of HotP: AotP and MTG Custom Heroscape Cards

[gatormustang]

Overview:

Welcome to Heroes of the Planes (HotP). My intent in this post is two fold. The first is to have a single location where custom Heroscape card creations based off of the AotP original three master sets can be stored and viewed along with staying true to the thematic flavor of the MTG universe. There have been several projects in the AotP threads that have been about creating custom Heroscape Cards based off of AotP, but there has not been a central thread that has captured and listed each card. Since I have now created or been a part of the creation of a fair number of custom AotP/MTG Heroscape cards I wanted to have them listed all in one space and will also try to find others throughout the AotP threads. I will also be sure to give credit to the person or persons that created the card and hopefully list the miniature that was utilized. My second intent is to create custom Heroscape cards inspired from other community member's projects where they created custom AotP cards from MTG. Key to all of this in my created custom cards is to stay true to MTG lore and themes. Although I am applying some rigor in my custom card creation process to include play testing this is not even close to the creation process that C3V/SOV and C3G team members implement. I am simply doing this due to my extreme enjoyment of playing and collecting Heroscape and wanting to contribute back to this incredible community.

Credits:

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AoTP Custom Conversions - @SIEGE from SIEGE'S AotP Converted Customs project. AoTP cards from the original master sets. The project can be found at the following link:

https://www.heroscapers.com/communit...ad.php?t=54643

Guilds of Ravnica Custom Conversions - @Skyver from Guilds of Ravnica Workshop and specifically the first completed expansion called Ravnica Expansion [w/Spell Cards] thread that is a part of this. I leveraged the AoTP custom cards developed in this workshop and designed custom Heroscape version of this. AoTP custom cards located in the following link. You can find this effort at the following link:

https://www.heroscapers.com/communit...ad.php?t=55766

MTG Custom Conversions -
Omnath I created and designed this Heroscape custom card to support a community member's request. I created the AoTP custom card from the stats provided by @brandonwiker .

Garruk I created and designed this Heroscape custom card after being inspired by @TechToaster AoTP Un-Official Expansion thread located here:

https://www.heroscapers.com/communit...ad.php?t=52442

I recreated the AoTP custom card with those original stats to match the multi-color AoTP game cards.

Playtests:

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Playtest 1 for Omanth, Lazav, Duskmantle Prowlers, and Duskmantle Operatives: Omnath (proxy figure Torin) is mostly teamed with a large army of Elementals along with a proxy for Kurrok and using a proxy for C3V Myrddin. The second army is has Lazav, Duskmantle Prowlers, and the Duskmantle Operatives teamed mostly with an army of undead. Various glyphs are in play and victory condition is destroy all opponent's figures.

MTG Converted Abilities to Heroscape Special Powers:

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Haste - Once per round allows figures within a squad or a hero to attack either before or after moving. Example: Once per round Blazing Firecats may attack either before or after moving. Blazing Firecats never take leaving engagment attacks when using Haste.
Current Units with this ability: Blazing Firecats, Mad Prophet

Lifelink - When figures within a squad you control inflict wounds a friendly adjacent hero you control removes a wound marker from its card. Example: When attacking with a Malakir Bloodchaser, for each wound inflicted on the defending figure that is not Undead, Soulborg, Elemental or Magic remove a wound from an adjacent Hero up to a maximum of 2 wounds.
Current Units with this ability: Malakir Bloodchasers

Trample - When figures in a squad or a hero inflict enough wounds to destroy a figure you may use the remaining skulls against an opponent's figure that is adjacent to the destroyed figure. Example: When attacking, if a Pummelroot Elemental would assign enough wounds to destroy a defending figure, you may assign the remaining skulls to a figure adjacent to the defending figure. Roll defense dice normally for the adjacent figure.
Current Units with this ability: Pummel Root Elementals, Rhox Veterans

Detain - When an opponent's figure moves adjacent with a figure you control with Detain they must end their movement and cannot move as long as they are engaged with your figure. Example: When an opponent's figure moves adjacent to an Azorius Arrester that figure must end its move immediately. Opponent's figures cannot move during their turn while engaged with an Azorius Arrester. Special powers on other Army Cards or glyphs may move figures engaged with an Azorius Arrester.
Current Units with this ability: Azorius Arrestor, Kor Hookmasters

Vigilance - This allows for a figure you control to become of the target of an attack made by an opponent's figure instead of the original target. It also has an effect that allows the new targeted figure to attack an adjacent opponent's figure.
Example: If a figure you control that is adjacent to an Azorius Arrester is the target of a ranged normal or special attack you may choose to have the Azorius Arrester be the target of that attack. If you choose the Azorius Arrester to be the target of the attack, once the attack is done the Azorius Arrester may make an immediate attack against an opponent's figure adjacent to
it.
Current Units with this ability: Azorius Arrestor, Sphinx of Judgement

Hexproof - This negates effects of any special abilities from an opponent's figure or glyph. Example: If the Sphinx of Judgement is the target of a special ability from an opponent’s figure or glyph roll the 20-sided die. On a roll of 12 or higher ignore any effects from that special ability or glyph.
Current Units with this ability: Sphinx of Judgement, Lazav

Double Strike - This allows for a greater potential of rolling more skulls.
Example: After attacking with a normal attack you may reroll any dice that were not skulls. If Ajani is adjacent to a figure you control with First Strike add one additional attack die.
Current Units with this ability: Ajani

First Strike - This allows for an effect to take place where the targeted figure of an attack is able to make an attack first potentially causing wounds against the attacking figure before it commits its attack. Example: When a figure in Ajani's Pride is the target of a normal attack by an opponent's adjacent figure, before that figure rolls attack dice you may use First Strike. The targeted Ajani's Pride figure rolls dice equal to its attack. The attacking figure rolls dice equal to its defense. For every unblocked skull, the attacking figure receives one wound. Once any wounds have been allocated continue with the attacking figure’s normal attack. First Strike may only be used once per round.
Current Units with this ability: Ajani's Pride

Exalted - This allows a figure to add an additional attack die if they are attacking an opponent's figure that does not have any figures you control adjacent to that figure. Example: When a Duskmantle Prowler attacks, if there are no figures you control adjacent to the targeted figure prior to the attack that Duskmantle Prowler adds 1 additional attack die.
Current Units with this ability: Duskmantle Prowlers

Edit Notes:

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08/19/22 - Began thread
08/22/22 - Ullar has summoned Garruk
08/22/22 - Updated post title and Overview
08/29/22 - Vydar has summoned Tezzeret
09/07/22 - Updated Sorin Markov's "Seize the Initiative" special ability
09/07/22 - Einar has summoned Ajani and Ajani's Pride
09/09/22 - Updated post with "Spoiler Alert" buttons for a cleaner look
09/12/22 - Added a new section for MTG Abilities that are converted for use in Heroscape
11/20/22 - Updated Garruk and Dovin Baan's cards based off of play testing
11/27/22 - Updated Lazav's card based off of play testing
11/28/22 - Vydar has summoned the Duskmantle Prowlers
12/23/22 - Vydar has sommoned the Duskmantle Operatives

AotP Custom Heroscape Card Conversions:

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The Summon of ARLINN


The Summon of ARLINN KORD


The Summon of AVACYN


The Summon of AVACYNIAN INQUISITORS


The Summon of BLAZING FIRECATS


The Summon of BLIGHTED REAVERS


The Summon of BLOODLINE NOBLES


The Summon of CHANDRA NALAAR


The Summon of ELDRAZI RUINER


The Summon of ELDRAZI SCIONS


The Summon of ELF RANGERS


The Summon of FLAMEWING PHOENIXES


The Summon of GHOUL VANGUARD


The Summon of GHOUL VANGUARD ZOMBIES


The Summon of GIDEON JURA


The Summon of GOBLIN JAVELINEERS


The Summon of ILLUSIONARY PROJECTIONS


The Summon of JACE BELEREN INVESTIGATOR


The Summon of JACE BELEREN MINDMAGE


The Summon of KESSIG RANGERS


The Summon of KESSIG RAVAGERS


The Summon of KIORA


The Summon of KOR AERONAUT CAPTAIN


The Summon of KOR HOOKMASTERS


The Summon of LANTERN GEISTS


The Summon of LEYLINE PHANTOMS


The Summon of LILIANA VESS


The Summon of MAD PROPHET


The Summon of MALAKIR BLOODCHASERS


The Summon of MERFOLK ROILMAGE


The Summon of NAHIRI


The Summon of NERCO-ALCHEMIST


The Summon of NISSA REVANE


The Summon of OB NIXILIS


The Summon of PATH WARDENS


The Summon of PUMMELROOT ELEMENTALS


The Summon of RESTLESS ZOMBIES


The Summon of RHOX VETERANS


The Summon of SKIRSDAG CULTISTS


The Summon of SORIN MARKOV

Guilds of Ravnica Custom Heroscape Card Conversions:

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AZORIUS SENATE

The Summon of DOVIN BAAN

The miniature used for this card is Vedalken Wizard from the "GUILDMASTERS' GUIDE TO RAVNICA" line of D&D Miniatures (Companion Set 2).
Rules and Clarifications: "Dovin's Machinations 13" includes all Special Powers whether they are Special Abilities or Special Attacks.

The Summon of AZORIUS GUILDMAGES

The miniature used for this card is Precognitive Mage (x3) from the "GUILDMASTERS' GUIDE TO RAVNICA" Set of D&D Miniatures.

The Summon of AZORIUS ARRESTERS

The miniature used for this card is Azorius Arrester (x2) from the "GUILDMASTERS' GUIDE TO RAVNICA" Set of D&D Miniatures.

The Summon of SPHINX OF JUDGEMENT

The miniature used for this card is Sphinx of Judgement from the "GUILDMASTERS' GUIDE TO RAVNICA" Set of D&D Miniatures.
Rules and Clarifications: "Hexproof 12" includes only Special Abilities and not Special Attacks from a card's available Special Powers.

IZZET LEAGUE

The Summon of RAL ZAREK

The miniature used for this card is Galvanic Blastseeker from the "GUILDMASTERS' GUIDE TO RAVNICA" Set of D&D Miniatures.

The Summon of ARCLIGHT PHEONIX

The miniature used for this card is Arclight Phoenix from the "GUILDMASTERS' GUIDE TO RAVNICA" Set of D&D Miniatures.

The Summon of BLISTERCOIL WEIRDS

The miniature used for this card is Blistercoil Weird (x3) from the "GUILDMASTERS' GUIDE TO RAVNICA" Set of D&D Miniatures.

The Summon of WIND DRAKES

The miniature used for this card is Wind Drake (x3) from the "GUILDMASTERS' GUIDE TO ]RAVNICA Set of D&D Miniatures.

HOUSE DIMIR

The Summon of LAZAV

The miniature used for this card is Lazav, Dimir Guildmaster from the "GUILDMASTERS' GUIDE TO RAVNICA" Set of D&D Miniatures.

The Summon of DUSKMANTLE PROWLERS

The miniatures used for this card are Khanite Shadowstalkers from "Games-Workshop" Warcry Khanite Shadowstalker Warband.

The Summon of DUSKMANTLE OPERATIVES

The miniatures used for this card are TH3RDIMENSION Assassins from TH3RDIMENSION.

DUSKMANTLE OPERATIVE 1:


DUSKMANTLE OPERATIVE 2:


DUSKMANTLE OPERATIVE 3:

MTG Custom Heroscape Card Conversions:

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The Summon of OMNATH



The miniature used for this card is Omnath from the Magic Unpainted Wave 3 by WizKids/NECA product #WZK90350

The Summon of GARRUK



The miniature used for this card is Anaval Thricedamned Evil Warrior, from Reaper Miniatures SKU# 77055
or STL titled Garruk Planeswalker that can be located at the following site: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5442566

The Summon of TEZZERET

The miniature used for this card is from a STL titled Tezzeret the Schemer that can be located at the following site: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3541102/files

The Summon of Ajani

The miniature used for this card is from a STL titled Ajani Goldmane that can be located at the following site: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3257826

The Summon of Ajani's Pride

The miniatures used for this card are Tabaxi Warrior Miniatures by Epic Miniatures and can be found at: https://www.etsy.com/listing/8682380...on1=1604777829

[Unhinged Manchild]

I've been looking to create AotP cards for use in AotP, as you made with that last Omnath card. I'm primarily interested in creating quality, well-tested customs for AotP; creatures that can be summoned by Planeswalkers, additional spells, and additional Planeswalkers. Definitely looking to fill in the gaps for green & black spells, as well as make dual-color Planeswalkers which will be black/red, black/green, black/blue, blue/red, blue/white, and green/white.

[gatormustang]

New addition Ullar has summoned Garruk. I created this Heroscape Custom Card with inspiration from @TechToaster AoTP Custom Card. I recreated the AoTP Custom Card using all stats from that card to match AoTP game multi-color cards.

[Unhinged Manchild]

Originally Posted by gatormustang

New addition Ullar has summoned Garruk. I created this Heroscape Custom Card with inspiration from @TechToaster AoTP Custom Card. I recreated the AoTP Custom Card using all stats from that card to match AoTP game multi-color cards.

I'd like to make a few critiques and ask you about your design choices for Garruk. Keep in mind I have very little knowledge of MTG lore and I mostly ask these questions and say these things from a game design/balance perspective in AotP:

-Garruk has the lowest base life of all AotP Planeswalkers, at 5. No official Planeswalker has less than 6 life. Is there a particular reason that you gave him 5? I ask because Sorin has 6 life, 5 power, and 4 toughness, multi-attack, and the ability to heal 2 damage per kill compared to Garruk's 1. Not only that, but Garruk heals only 1 point of damage at end of turn, where Sorin can destroy figures in combat and heal damage right there after combat, no need to reach the end of turn.

-Liliana's Grasp is severely debilitating, and IMO warrants either dropping his price to like 280, or just removing this ability altogether. Not only can he still be Despised (-1 power enchant) by other black players, but he cannot benefit from green's excellent Planeswalker power enhancers like Groundswell, Leaf Arrow, and Predatory Strike, all of which he would absolutely love to help him secure kills to proc his healing.

-In tandem with the above point: his damage output is so-so, but he is extremely frail at 5 life and 4 toughness even if he can get consistent 1 damage healing per turn. His Axe of the Apex Predator power encourages your opponent to engage him so he cannot get the +1 power bonus from attacking at range. This is somewhat mitigated by the risk of your opponent dying to black's devastating Killing Wave spell as well as Garruk's Hunt the Weak buffing his own nearby creatures. I still think it is far too easy to bum rush this version of Garruk and slay him, potentially even in a single turn given how busted some of the spell combos are (Twinflame + Seize the Day. Titanic Growth/Overrun + Paths Revealed/Snare the Skies. Essence Flux + Roilmage's Trick.) However, for those times that the bum rush fails to kill Garruk, he does have Bountiful Harvest, Altar's Reap, and Corrupt available to him for healing...

At a glance, I feel that I would be terrified to put him into a fight against anything more than 1 creature at a time, and at that I wouldn't want to go anywhere near an enemy hero when black as a color already struggles with heroes and Garruk gets none of green's destructive power boosts which would otherwise give him a much better chance at killing heroes or even other Planeswalkers. So, I think I would be hard-pressed to get him into fighting at all until most threats are removed from the board, and taking more than the first 1-2 turns with him in the early-mid game seems likely to feel bad. Given his lower price, this should mean we can fit a bit more meat into our army, so hopefully they carry more weight in the fight. I would use Garruk mostly as a cleanup figure if I were to choose him as my PW. That's not necessarily bad, as I feel Sorin is in a similar role. The difference is, Sorin has more life, a higher base attack, and no handcuffs (like Liliana's Grasp) holding him back, although I acknowledge Sorin also costs 50 points more. I usually don't mind using Sorin to fight multiple squaddies because he can hit each one and threaten multiple kills in a turn. Right now, Sorin feels more like the Apex Predator than Garruk does.

Although by nature of his black/green mix, Garruk gets savage spell combos for the Kessig Rangers. Duress + Titanic Growth + Corpse Lunge = if your opponent's PW manages to survive 3 volleys of 7 dice, they probably discarded most of the cards from their hand in the process anyway...

[gatormustang]

Originally Posted by brandonwiker

I'd like to make a few critiques and ask you about your design choices for Garruk. Keep in mind I have very little knowledge of MTG lore and I mostly ask these questions and say these things from a game design/balance perspective in AotP:

-Garruk has the lowest base life of all AotP Planeswalkers, at 5. No official Planeswalker has less than 6 life. Is there a particular reason that you gave him 5? I ask because Sorin has 6 life, 5 power, and 4 toughness, multi-attack, and the ability to heal 2 damage per kill compared to Garruk's 1. Not only that, but Garruk heals only 1 point of damage at end of turn, where Sorin can destroy figures in combat and heal damage right there after combat, no need to reach the end of turn.

-Liliana's Grasp is severely debilitating, and IMO warrants either dropping his price to like 280, or just removing this ability altogether. Not only can he still be Despised (-1 power enchant) by other black players, but he cannot benefit from green's excellent Planeswalker power enhancers like Groundswell, Leaf Arrow, and Predatory Strike, all of which he would absolutely love to help him secure kills to proc his healing.

-In tandem with the above point: his damage output is so-so, but he is extremely frail at 5 life and 4 toughness even if he can get consistent 1 damage healing per turn. His Axe of the Apex Predator power encourages your opponent to engage him so he cannot get the +1 power bonus from attacking at range. This is somewhat mitigated by the risk of your opponent dying to black's devastating Killing Wave spell as well as Garruk's Hunt the Weak buffing his own nearby creatures. I still think it is far too easy to bum rush this version of Garruk and slay him, potentially even in a single turn given how busted some of the spell combos are (Twinflame + Seize the Day. Titanic Growth/Overrun + Paths Revealed/Snare the Skies. Essence Flux + Roilmage's Trick.) However, for those times that the bum rush fails to kill Garruk, he does have Bountiful Harvest, Altar's Reap, and Corrupt available to him for healing...

At a glance, I feel that I would be terrified to put him into a fight against anything more than 1 creature at a time, and at that I wouldn't want to go anywhere near an enemy hero when black as a color already struggles with heroes and Garruk gets none of green's destructive power boosts which would otherwise give him a much better chance at killing heroes or even other Planeswalkers. So, I think I would be hard-pressed to get him into fighting at all until most threats are removed from the board, and taking more than the first 1-2 turns with him in the early-mid game seems likely to feel bad. Given his lower price, this should mean we can fit a bit more meat into our army, so hopefully they carry more weight in the fight. I would use Garruk mostly as a cleanup figure if I were to choose him as my PW. That's not necessarily bad, as I feel Sorin is in a similar role. The difference is, Sorin has more life, a higher base attack, and no handcuffs (like Liliana's Grasp) holding him back, although I acknowledge Sorin also costs 50 points more. I usually don't mind using Sorin to fight multiple squaddies because he can hit each one and threaten multiple kills in a turn. Right now, Sorin feels more like the Apex Predator than Garruk does.

Although by nature of his black/green mix, Garruk gets savage spell combos for the Kessig Rangers. Duress + Titanic Growth + Corpse Lunge = if your opponent's PW manages to survive 3 volleys of 7 dice, they probably discarded most of the cards from their hand in the process anyway...

@brandonwiker the design and creation of Garruk's AoTP custom card is from @TechToaster . I provided the link to that post in the credits on the home post so you can see all of the others that are a part of that project.
All I did was recreate the card using official looking templates that were created to provide better aesthetics to match the AoTP game. With that said I fully agree that the Life Stat is not as high as it should be to be utilized properly for the AoTP game play. I am only posting the AoTP custom cards to show where I obtained my inspiration from on the custom Heroscape cards that I am creating as a part of HoTP. I know that there are others like you that would like to use the custom AoTP cards so if you have suggestions on either Omnath, which I created from your provided stats or Garruk I could easily update and post them for yours and anyone else's use.

[Unhinged Manchild]

Originally Posted by gatormustang

@brandonwiker the design and creation of Garruk's AoTP custom card is from @TechToaster . I provided the link to that post in the credits on the home post so you can see all of the others that are a part of that project.
All I did was recreate the card using official looking templates that were created to provide better aesthetics to match the AoTP game. With that said I fully agree that the Life Stat is not as high as it should be to be utilized properly for the AoTP game play. I am only posting the AoTP custom cards to show where I obtained my inspiration from on the custom Heroscape cards that I am creating as a part of HoTP. I know that there are others like you that would like to use the custom AoTP cards so if you have suggestions on either Omnath, which I created from your provided stats or Garruk I could easily update and post them for yours and anyone else's use.

Understood. What software do you use to create those rectangular AotP cards? It looks like you are using Arcanis' templates, I've been playing AotP with him lately, so it's really cool to see somebody using his stuff.

[gatormustang]

Originally Posted by brandonwiker

Understood. What software do you use to create those rectangular AotP cards? It looks like you are using Arcanis' templates, I've been playing AotP with him lately, so it's really cool to see somebody using his stuff.

I use GIMP. I have become fairly proficient with it and if there are already great templates it is really easy. I did use the templates from Arcanis. I found them on https://planeswalker-arena.boards.net/. Either he or someone else had posted them. His templates had all of the hard work done and adding a mask layer along with finding a good Garruk and Omnath image and figure for the target image made it fast and easy. If you do want me to update the Garruk AoTP custom card with a higher life stat maybe 7 or 8 let me know and I will make the change.

[gatormustang]

New addition Vydar has summoned Tezzeret. I created this Heroscape Custom Card utilizing lore from MTG. From his lore it would seem he aligns well with gaining synergies with Warforged and Golems.

[gatormustang]

Originally Posted by brandonwiker

Understood. What software do you use to create those rectangular AotP cards? It looks like you are using Arcanis' templates, I've been playing AotP with him lately, so it's really cool to see somebody using his stuff.

@brandonwiker I updated Garruk’s AoTP custom card based off your inputs. I increased his life stat to 8 and reduced his cost value to 190. I have not played tested him in an AoTP game, but this definitely seems more balanced. Since he is green and black he might be what you are looking for to add in to your game play.

[Unhinged Manchild]

Originally Posted by gatormustang

@brandonwiker I updated Garruk’s AoTP custom card based off your inputs. I increased his life stat to 8 and reduced his cost value to 190. I have not played tested him in an AoTP game, but this definitely seems more balanced. Since he is green and black he might be what you are looking for to add in to your game play.

Very nice of you to think of me in doing that! I eventually do want to make a custom Planeswalker for each color combination missing in official AotP, so this is one step closer to that.

[gatormustang]

Rise of the Leonin, Einar has summoned Ajani and Ajani's Pride. I created these Heroscape Custom Cards utilizing Ajani's lore from MTG and MTG card abilities, which are posted in the first post. "First Strike" is now incorporated from @flameslayer93 concept in the Heroscapers thread "FIRST STRIKE: How would YOU do it?" by @Confred located here: https://www.heroscapers.com/communit...ad.php?t=52284

[gatormustang]

The first for the House Dimir Guild. Utgar has summoned House Dimir's Guildmaster Lazav. The custom Heroscape card can be found in the Guilds of Ravnica Custom Heroscape Card Conversions in the original page of this thread.