Fake Card: Kumari, Broken Rose, Black Samurai!

[Force of Will Smith]

I posted a version of this card text only before but i actually found a name for it and templated it with an image...

i have 3 versions of the art cause it was a headache to edit/clone.
Which one do you think works best?

I think it's incredibly balanced.. as no one ever has to block her..
I debated making her a samurai with ninjitsu, but that could cause lots of problems... plus.. Legendary creature - ninja samurai is a LOT to put in the card type.

I chose not to go entirely accurate with the name... I think im going to use "red wave" for another samurai chick i found...

anyone know the japanese word for scorpion?

i had no idea kurosawa (the samurai movie director) meant "black-swamp"

another one im making is

Yosamu, Night guardian (yosamu- night chill)
Akanami, something (akanami- red wave)
Minami, something (south wind) for the blind samurai im making

I have the red ninja ready to go but i want it to go from

Red Moon Ninja
to something else

I was debating using [Yakaru/Moyuru] (something) of the Red Moon (if that will even fit on a card.

yakaru - burning
moyuru - smoldering
He's a ninja that basically costs 2R for a 2/1 and ninjitsu 1R to deal 2 damage when he hits a player.

The art is really awesome too.

I found that for most of the "japanese" cards.. they have a name.. and then a loose translation afterwards.. but sometimes splitup the words..
like
Hanakami should be one word (flower spirit)

 

[Spiderman]

I'm not sure of the differences between the art? Is it just slowly going to close-ups from left to right?

 

[Force of Will Smith]

yeah.. basically.. the form of the woman is really lengthened which gives a nice mysterious look.. but it also makes the card look a little "fake." So i posted 3 views with different zooms to see which one ppl liked best.. that's all.

so. same artwork.. but just zoomed in so you cant see as much.. or can see more...

 

[evan d]

I like the third image.

Why would you ever block this.

Maybe she poisons people. Her sword is dripping with something.

 

[Force of Will Smith]

hmm.. very true... so she's not good enough then?
should i give her +1/+1 counters for each creature sac'd as well?

actually im not sure text space would permit it... mayble ill just make her a 2/1 or something like that.. that way shes an early beast if nothing else..

 

[DÛke]

Are you serious?

 

[Force of Will Smith]

serious about her not being good possibly..

one or the other... they're all ideas, maybe bonus when sac'ing
but probably a 2/1 with maybe a detriment.

 

[evan d]

Leave her as is on P/T and give her Poisoning for 1

Although Ii would then raise the CC, because really who has creatures to sac on the first turn? Also poisoning is powerful.

Maybe 2B

 

[jorael]

She looks like Zhang Ziyi.

 

[evan d]

She looks like Zhang Ziyi.

That is something I approve of.

 

[Force of Will Smith]

oh wow.. youre totally right!.. maybe thats what the artist was painting

heres the update.. i made her cost higher.. a little vanilla.. but she can be a 2/2 for 3 if you want..

 

[Spiderman]

Seems okay.

 

[Force of Will Smith]

now you can actually play her as a straight vanilla samurai.. even if you sac 1 creature she's not too bad for a black samurai.