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Finest Hour - Card Number 94: Jace, Maker of Memories

Peeking into the bag of gems, Spike saw all kinds of delicacies. Rubies, emeralds, diamonds, topazes, sapphires, amethysts. Food for a long time. One in particular looked good, a huge sapphire with gold filigree, the only one in a setting in the bag. Fitting for a dessert. Or a late night snack. He felt slightly guilty for thinking about food right now, he was stuck who-knows-where, and his friends were most likely in danger. Then again, no food, no heroism. And he needed lot of that, from what he had seen of the city so far. Was there not a single, friendly face around here? Spike grabbed a ruby and began eating. He then heard a strange voice.

“You are not from around here, are you?”

Spike looked around. Since he had gotten here, he had not heard a language he could understand. Then he saw someone. wearing blue and white robes with a big hood, was sitting on the other side of the fountain, seemingly looking into thin air.

“I… what?”

The robed one did not move, but Spike heard him loud and clear in his head.

"Simple. You are a dragon, yet not feral. Your surface thoughts reveals confusion and a wish to go home. And no one here would ever eat gems stolen from the market, probably Dimir property, or even eat gems at all.”

Spike was alerted, who was this person? Other dragons… there were other dragons?

“Be at ease, I can help you. I am not from this place either, but I am intrigued how you got here. I sense no spark in you.”

The robed man got over to Spikes side, and he felt a hand upon his scaly head.

“Wait, what are you doing?”

“Reading… I need to know who you are in order to help you.”

Spike felt strange, memories of the last days flew past in seconds, confusing him.

“Well, I was about to ask if you could read minds. Guess I got my answer.”

“Hmm, troubling. I do not recognize your home plane, but the metallic one seems strangely familiar… I really hope not. You... Spike, live as a librarian at a unicorn? Twilight Sparkle?”

“Yeah, all I have ever done. I miss her already. I hope she is safe.”

“Not to be blunt, but chances are that you will be staying here for some time, while we try to figure out where you belong.”

“We?”

“Yes. I have a rather large archive of various journals from the planes. Someone, somewhere, might know about your home world, and with your help, we can find it faster. Something is stirring in the dark, and I need to know what. I also want to know how you got here unassisted by a planeswalker. If someone has found a way to walk the planes without a spark..."

Spike looked at the robed man for a second.

"that sounds fine and good and all, but I already feel you know a lot more about me, than I know about you. Just who are you and where am I?"

"For a starter, my name is Jace, and I am a Planeswalker. That means, as you have probably guessed, that I can walk across planes, such as the one we are in now, Ravnica, the City of Guilds. You have probably seen some of the guilds already, dual-colored garbs and intense rivalry."

"And here I thought they were fans of sports teams... why are you helping me?"

"I can't tell you the details, but sufficient to say, if someone have found a way to planeswalk unassisted by a walker, then it can greatly upset the balance among the planes. And..."

The voice of Jace inside Spikes' head grew lower.

"And? What is it?"

"That library I mentioned before? I could really use a skilled archivist. Someone like you."

(Next part)

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Finest Hour is the second part of a 3 part MTG expansion set, intended to tell an overall storyline through ponified Magic the Gathering cards, exploring the plane of Equestria and its struggle against a darker force invading it.

A prologue set named Unseen Invasion begins here
Read it if you want the back-story of the main set. Or just want to see more cards. Each piece will have a link to the next part.

This set, named Finest Hour begins with a quick recap of the prologue here
If you want to read the story of this set, simply hit the above recap link, and follow the “Next piece of the story” links.

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phyrexianrevoker's avatar
The cards seems fine, however I would change two things.
the -3 ability should be a -2.
and it should enter the battlefield with 3 counters instead of 4.