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Lobster667 = Soma of the Serene Glade = snow/green = the +2 is odd; doesn't protect her (assuming "soma" is female); but can slow down an opponent a little if he's running a lot of non-basics.. -- I would prefer it lasting until the beginning of your next upkeep; much better chance of getting use out of your shenanigans; also makes your emblem easier for you to use; can still use your own non-basics after you've created the emblem -- the -4 seems so random; adding the three green(snow) mana and then adding an extra ability to all other snow permanents you control.. at that time.. doesn't affect any snow permanents entering later; am a little worried about memory issues there (especially since you're presumably running an all-or-almost-all snow deck)

Habreno = Adakar, Master of the Ice = snow = there are five cards in print that already use "ice counters"; and some of them aren't snow permanents ( Iceberg and Woolly Razorback ); only Rimefeather Owl uses ice counters in a way consistent with your use; is very confusing to use weird counters like that when they already have a place in the game; should have just called them "snow counters" to keep them separate -- the "until the second upkeep.." phrase is going to get so confusing so quickly; it will be very hard to effectively follow and still have the game be fun -- your emblem should be "whenever" so it triggers each time.. instead of just the first "when"; additionally, specifying that it creates a snow mana is redundant: it necessarily creates snow mana by being a snow permanent; should just be "it adds an additional mana of any color to your mana pool"; already a given that it will be snow mana

SimonGlume = Selune, the White Queen = snow = cmc 2 is always risky.. -- turning everything snow to get a snow mana feels kinda random; it does suddenly make a snow deck crazy easy to activate costs, though -- the -2 is very strong (and also very nicely snow in flavor); glad it will be hard to abuse; and that effect for just the mana cost of the planeswalker is reasonable if you want to use her as a sorcery -- the emblem is nice; you get a lot of free mana (especially if your opponent is running snow, too) -- she's an interesting pro-mana snow design with a touch of snowy lockdown; the ultimate is the best ability but hard to get up to; the -2 is useful but mostly is you cast her as a sorcery; the +1 is pro-snow but isn't immediately kill -- nicely balanced

AzureShade = Shivra the Cold = since she's clearly looking for a snow tribal deck, would prefer if the +1 didn't allow blocking or attacking by non-snow; more flavorful to think she whips up a quickie blizzard that halts all non-snow, rather than just throws a snowball in blockers' eyes.. -- the -2 is a very interesting idea; direct planeswalker hate other than Dreadbore .. interesting.. and has the flavor of snowy lockdown -- the emblem doesn't rock me that much, though; maybe it's just a matter of my play circles, but how often is being countered really that huge of a deal? adding a double mana cost to prevent countering.. as your ultimate on a cmc 4 planeswalker whose other abilities aren't killer.. -- I'm just not very into the ultimate; I know being uncounterable is a nice addition (hey, Terra Stomper is always fun) but dedicating an ultimate to it, where you'll still have to pay to get the benefit each time.. anticlimactic

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ROUND NINETEEN WINNERS
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SimonGlume with Selune, the White Queen []

Feb 7, 2013 -- 7:54AM, Ulcaster wrote:

Koridian- this has been an epic contest. I really enjoyed it and feel like I learned a lot about planeswalker design. Cheers for an amazing job! Thanks!

thanks
am glad people got into and enjoyed
i know my comments aren't always useful, but i try to point out things that might not have come to mind during design to help future designs -- glad it works at least a little