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Clear Skies x Cowboy Bebop

As I’ve already mentioned here before, Cowboy Bebop is one of my all-time favorite anime. Its mood, music, and messy crew of space misfits have always stuck with me. And honestly, that same spirit often slips into how I imagine my EVE Online adventures.

So... what if we smashed those worlds together?

This is my take on a crossover concept between Clear Skies, Cowboy Bebop, and EVE Online for a fictional film called Train to Yulai. The idea was to explore what it might look like if bounty hunters, capsuleers, and smoky jazz bars all shared the same universe.

Btw, Yulai is another personal fantasy I wanted to bring attention to. I really miss the days when it was the main galactic trade hub, right at the heart of all the empire’s trade routes. It felt like the center of the star roads, a place where pilots from every corner of New Eden would meet to trade, chat, and share the latest rumors. It had a pulse!

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It’s not just a visual mashup, it’s a narrative one too. Both worlds are gritty, existential, and character-driven. They both thrive on themes of regret, revenge, and new-found family. I tried to preserve that tone in the concept design.

See you, space capsuleer...

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Imagine SMITE 2 was a card game and design one of the cards!

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Let’s continue the Vulcan theme, shall we? 😊

Back in 2008, I kicked off my career as a game designer thanks to one very specific obsession: creating custom Magic: The Gathering cards. I loved taking characters and concepts from outside the MTG multiverse and shaping them to feel like they belonged: mechanically balanced, thematically authentic, but always true to their original flavor.

For this challenge, I applied that same approach to Smite 2. What if one of its gods made the leap into MTG? What would a real crossover look like?

So here’s my take: Vulcan, Forge Master, reimagined as a Boros-aligned god-artificer.

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Red brings the aggression, heat, and volcanic temperament of the forge. White reflects the structured mind of a builder, a divine inventor. Together, they represent Vulcan’s essence.

The Inferno Cannon tokens are taken directly from his Smite 2 kit, reinterpreted here as 1/2 artifact creatures that ping a target at end step.

Instead of relying on a high mana activation cost for his explosive ability (Earthshaker), I went with an additional artifact sacrifice cost. Kinda nod to tinkerer + demolisher nature. This also opens all sorts of MTG synergies from self-sacrificing artifacts to recursion loops and token engines.

The result is a card that feels like it could sit naturally in a Magic deck. Not OP, nice opener for combos.

Curious what you all think - would you play this in a boros artifacts shell?


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