Pointed Discussion

if only storm crow were legendary

wait wait wait, you are a vassal to your own creatures?

Horrible. Not just regarding flavor.
(A Planeswalker as little vással of legendary creatures? Wait...)
As if a casting cost of 4 wouldn't have been expensive enough for such an effect like this, you have to pay 1 mana for every single damage to redirect it to you only? That's just terribly arkward.
For that huge mana investment one should have been able to reflect it to another creature you control at least, or even prevent that damage instead - preventing damage for one mana each restricted to legendary creatures soulds at least rather useful.
Sure, just reflecting one damage rather than the entire source can be a useful combat trick, but makes protecting them from a greater source of damage very expensive.
Overall this card is pretty much unplayable.

The ability is just odd enough that it might be able to be made into a combo, but it's still expensive and terrible in almost every situation I can think of.

Can people please stop jerking off over the "I am a planeswalker" concept?

As has been clearly demonstrated, not every inhabitant of every plane exists to bow down before every neowalker in existence. As such it makes sense that white might get some benefit from showing proper deference to whoever is the real authority in any given plane.

So I'm a vassal of my legendary creatures? GG kamigawa, you never cease to astound me with the extent of your fail.

The most awkward card I've ever seen, for sure. You, a planeswalker, a being of immense power, able to warp time and reality itself almost at a whim, and one of the few beings able to walk between the many, many worlds of the multiverse, is a vassal to the very creatures you summoned into being!?

And not only that, the card is practically useless. 1/5, at most.

@nibelheim_valesti: The fact that you can summon and bind these 'proper authorities' to your will should prove that it is rather they who are the vassals in these matters, yes? It doesn't matter if you press these creatures into your service by way of magic or respect, as it is still you, the planeswalker, who exerts dominion. And by the way, it is quite obvious that the players are not brazen "neowalkers", but rather the near omnipotent beings that were the planeswalkers from before the events of Time Spiral block.

NOOOOOOOOO SENSEI GOLDEN TAIL!!!!!!

Also combos with Sekki, Season's Guide quite well.

I'd be real ***ed if this was the rare in a pack that I opened.

Nobody's mentioned EDH yet? Really?

5/5: Expensive, but this doesn't matter in an INFINITE MANA COMBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This actually works quite well in a Darien, King of Kjeldor EDH deck.

@itsmeyouidiot, it might work OK in a Darien EDH deck, but Jade Monolith is better: It can transfer multiple points of damage for each mana spent, and it can also be used to protect your Soul Wardens or other utility creatures. Still, I suppose you might put both in the deck, what with the one-copy limit.

this with Purity

To all the people freaking out over the flavor, have you ever considered that the card is YOU telling YOUR vassals "No, you are not allowed to die yet"? This is a SAMURAI themed block after all. To those freaking out over the actual effect... Yeah this card is useless without something like a Pariah's Shield/Stuffy Doll combo, and even then, Jade Monolith is better.

This card goes well with Michiko Konda, but otherwise is not that great.

not as bad as you think. if one point of damage is keeping my legendary creature of choice from biting it, i'll pay the one mana. a decent utility card in the right deck. obv there are likely better choices but far worse cards exist.

Gisela, Blade of Goldnight plays nicely with this.