Dovin, Grand Arbiter: Official Thread

Brigby
Brigby ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 7,757 Site Admin
edited March 2019 in Planeswalker Details


manawhitepngmanabluepng Dovin, Grand Arbiter manawhitepngmanabluepng

(At Level 60)
+3 manawhitepng | +3 manabluepng | +2 manablackpng | +0 manaredpng | +0 managreenpng 
111 HP
Creatures: 5 | Supports: 5 | Spells: 9

"Dovin Baan aspires to perfection. He became enamored of the guilds after his first trip to Ravnica, particularly the Azorius Senate, and through his talents in identifying the faults in a system, it was easy for him to see how Ravnica's institutional organization could be vastly improved."

Abilities

Crafty Designs - Cost 9
Level 1 - Create 1 Thopter token. Gain 1 life.
Level 2 - Create 2 Thopter tokens. Gain 2 life.
Level 3 - Create 3 Thopter tokens. Gain 3 life.
Level 4 - Create 4 Thopter tokens. Gain 4 life.

Dovin's Plans - Cost 12
Level 1 - Convert 2 gems to your Planeswalker colors. Create a Minor Dovin's Plans Token.
Level 2 - Convert 3 gems...Create a Dovin's Plans Token.
Level 3 - Convert 4 gems...Create an Improved Dovin's Plans Token.
Level 4 - Create a Major Dovin's Plans Token.

Shape and Cast - Cost 21
Level 1 - Fetch 3 cards. They gain 6 mana.
Level 2 - Fetch 4 cards.
Level 3 - ...gain 6 mana. Then, creatures you control are reinforced.
Level 4 - ...you control are reinforced 2 times.

Tokens

Dovin's Plans
Minor Token - [White, Blue] Support Card (3) - Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to your opponent's Planeswalker, gain 2 Loyalty and this support loses 1 shield.
Token - Support Card (4) Whenever...
Improved - Support Card (6) ...gain 3 Loyalty and this...
Major - Support Card (8)

Thopter
[Colorless] Thopter Construct Artifact 1/1, Flying, Token

Comments

  • OmegaLolrus
    OmegaLolrus Posts: 253 Mover and Shaker
    Looks like he might be interesting... Never hurts my feelings to field a horde of thopters, if nothing else.
  • Talahamut
    Talahamut Posts: 231 Tile Toppler
    Or crazy amounts of angels! :)
  • ElfNeedsFood
    ElfNeedsFood Posts: 944 Critical Contributor
    I can't wait for my ultimate to reinforce those 4/4 thopters two times!
  • Elektrophorus
    Elektrophorus Posts: 150 Tile Toppler
    I can't wait for my ultimate to reinforce those 4/4 thopters two times!
    Not sure if sarcastic, but I’ll mention just in case anyone else doesn’t get it.

    Reinforcing a 4/4 Thopter stack twice makes it a 6/6, not a 12/12, because the Thopter is 1/1 and reinforced three times rather than 4/4 base.
  • WiLDRAGE
    WiLDRAGE Posts: 145 Tile Toppler
    I can't wait for my ultimate to reinforce those 4/4 thopters two times!
    Not sure if sarcastic, but I’ll mention just in case anyone else doesn’t get it.

    Reinforcing a 4/4 Thopter stack twice makes it a 6/6, not a 12/12, because the Thopter is 1/1 and reinforced three times rather than 4/4 base.
    That was definitely sarcastic.
  • Tremayne
    Tremayne Posts: 1,607 Chairperson of the Boards
    He seems to be very niche oriented. If you have a few key cards he could be really powerful otherwise he seems to be similar to DB1.
  • BigSwifty
    BigSwifty Posts: 98 Match Maker

    Good enough I suppose, but do we really need ANOTHER PW that spits out thopter tokens? I know Oct. is limited in the sense that they have to model the PW off the paper version, but man oh man this is repetitive. What about next PW that has thopters make it spit out "thopter supports" which give your creatures flying or something?

    Despite that, good PW. Balanced, good color combo....No serious complaints.

  • mrixl2520
    mrixl2520 Posts: 240 Tile Toppler
    Meh....
  • Laeuftbeidir
    Laeuftbeidir Posts: 1,841 Chairperson of the Boards
    mrixl2520 said:
    Meh....
    After getting db2 and playing around with him, actively comparing him to other options, this comment of you completely summarizes my findings.