Does this count as Fan Art???
Sooo... recently I've taken to watching @drawfee while working on mostly mindless things like sorting Magic the Gathering cards. Helps make it go faster and prevent mistakes as I don't dissociate.
Anyway, I've been making custom magic cards for more than a decade, having had that 10-year mark hit on December 15th last year. So when I see art that strikes me, my go-to response is "I want to make a card with that!!"
I have several more cooking, but first among the numerous pieces made on Drawfee I was compelled to design a card using was @nyaffe's "Jaws in Space" art!!
The rest of this is gonna be me explaining the process and considerations, so if you're not interested in that, that's your queue.
So at the time I had seen the episode featuring this, the set that was about to release, and at time of writing is the most recent release, was a "Space Opera" set called Edge of Eternities. This felt so perfect timing, so I went to use a new mechanic from the set: Warp. (The flavor and setting of the release is where the "Supervoid" comes from too!)
The first thing I had thought of was the ability flash. I knew off the top of my head 2 Sharks that actually had it, one of which I regularly use in a deck. So I went to check if the (now released) set utilized flash for any of the cards with warp. Surprisingly not—it seemed like an obvious pairing for a one-off at the very least to play with the weirdness of warp.
Next was to try and figure what it actually does with it: warp was designed with the implicit need for a triggered ability either on entry or while in play. So I used Scryfall to pull up all Shark creatures, which had a surprisingly diverse mechanical identity despite the slim volume. But among them, there were three that resonated, and another from my early days in magic for a pinch more of precedent.
The one I had on my mind when thinking to check: Pouncing Shoreshark which I use in a deck I have. Second, from the same set originally was Voracious Greatshark. Both had Flash as a means of interacting with the board or shutting down opponents. Lastly there was further precedence in the "bounce effects" in Bigfin Bouncer and for Sharks having Flash in a card from my novice years, Shambleshark.
Those precedents (and lack thereof in the case of the flash & warp) fit together very cleanly and easily. I ran it by a few peers to fine tune it, mostly just tweaking exact costs for warp and cast, but all and all I am very pleased!!
The specific design was unprecedented by official releases, while still perfectly cohesive within the established design space, and it all tied together SO PERFECTLY thanks to the art made by Nathan!
Ok for real now, I think that's all!!! Thank you and bye!!! Definitely gonna post more when it gets made!
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