I do not have the authority to host this contest. My plan is to run it, then beg parad until he makes it official. Are you with me?
Gruff the Bewildered
Planeswalker - Gruff
{+1}: Discard a card or sacrifice a permanent, then draw a card.
{-1}: ~ deals 2 damage to a creature an opponent controls at random.
{-5}: ~ deals 10 damage to each creature and each player.
{3}

I was this close to making his ult 20.

Gruff, the Lost

Planeswalker - Gruff
[+2]: Discard a card, then draw a card.
[-1]: Discard a card. Gruff deals damage equal to its converted mana cost to target creature or player
[-7]: Discard any number of cards. Reveal that many cards from the top of your library. You may cast any of them that share a type with a card discarded this way without paying their mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
[2]

Gruff's entire repertoire consists of "hit it with a stick" and "run away." Hence:

Gruff, Little Lost Goblin

Planeswalker – Gruff (M)
1

+1: Gruff, Little Lost Goblin deals 1 damage to target player.
-1: Put a 1/1 red Goblin creature token with haste onto the battlefield.
-3: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.

Gruff, the Lonely Homesick Goblin -
Planeswalker - Gruff
[+1]: ~ deals 2 damage to target creature with the highest or tied for highest converted mana cost among all creatures on the battlefield.
[-0]: Target creature gains haste until end of turn. Return ~ to its owner's hand.
[-5]: Discard your hand. Draw 5 cards. Shuffle ~ into it's owner's library.
[2]

@ CKY I don't think Gruff should have the possibility of producing more than one token. We're dealing with one goblin here.

Gruff, Lost but Aggravating
Planeswalker - Gruff

+1: Up to one target creature attacks ~ during its controller's next turn if able.
-1: ~ deals 1 damage to target creature. It blocks this turn if able.
-4: You get an emblem with "Whenever creatures you control attack, you choose which creatures block this combat and how those creatures block."

//1

Since Gruff is supposed to become proficient at magic that influence emotions, this seemed most appropriate.

They multiply, you know. Like weeds, but less agreeable.

Didn't know goblins reproduced asexually.

Yeah, that's Orks!

WAAAAAGH!!

Anyway;

Gruff, Wayward Wanderer - [M]

Planeswalker - Gruff
[+1]: Up to one target creature an opponent controls attacks on their next turn if able.
[0]: Sacrifice a basic land you control. Search your library for a basic land of the same type, and put it onto the battlefield tapped. Shuffle your library.
[-1]: Gruff, Wayward Wanderer deals 1 damage to target creature. You may return Gruff, Wayward Wanderer to your hand.
{1}

My extrapolation of the Gruff story is that Gruff was once a Goblin Grenadier (see Goblin Grenadiers, Goblin Grenade) ... he doesn't know where his tribe went and he doesn't have any friends because... well, he's not a very GOOD grenadier, you see...

The ultimate (which is something he can only achieve by chance, not a guarantee by virtue of dedicated effort like most ults) closely reflects what may have gotten Anjo so pissed at him - scattering explosives everywhere and blasting the landscape to bits.

Gruff, Grenadier
Planeswalker - Gruff
[0]: Gruff deals 5 damage to target creature, player, or planeswalker chosen at random.
[0]: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, put one loyalty counter on Gruff; otherwise, remove one loyalty counter from Gruff.
[-4]: Put a Grenade counter on each land you don't control. You get an emblem with "When any land with a Grenade counter on it becomes tapped, remove that counter and flip a coin. If you win the flip, that land deals 5 damage to its controller, then its controller sacrifices it."
{2}

Since I seem to be literally the only one on the no-Gruff team, I officially give this thread the go-ahead.


This is exactly what I was going to submit, except I would turn the ultimate into "You get an emblem with 'Creatures you control have haste.'"

Since I'm getting a major Norin the Wary vibe from this guy:

Gruff the Skittish –
Planeswalker – Gruff (M)
Whenever an opponent casts a spell or attacks with a creature, exile Gruff the Skittish. Return him to the battlefield (with two loyalty counters on him) at the beginning of your next upkeep.
{−1}—Put a 1/1 Goblin creature token onto the battlefield.
{−2}—Add to your mana pool.
{2}

Is potentially having 6 mana on turn 3 OP?

Gruff the Confused
Planeswalker - Gruff (M)
+1: Until end of turn, Gruff the Confused becomes a 1/1 Goblin creature with haste and loyalty counters can't be removed from him.
-1: Put a +1/+1 counter on Gruff the Confused.
-7: Put five 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens onto the battlefield.
[2]


If he sticks around for a while he finds his tribe. :')

Shazzeh's post makes me wonder how many of the people on this thread has actually read the flavor.

What's wrong with mine?

While this information is, currently, extracanonical, Yxoque (Gruff's creator) recently posted some thoughts on Gruff's nature and potential future that may be useful.

"If he sticks around a while he finds his tribe" is pretty wrong here.

I mean, I'm sure they're not just hanging out on Starstill. But he's a planeswalker! Surely he can summon them, even accidentally, if that's his life's goal.

I just want Gruff to be happy!

Gruff, the Curious |
Planeswalker - Gruff (M)
[+1]: Choose target creature or player. Discard a card at random. ~ deals damage equal to the discarded card's converted mana cost to that creature or player.
[-1]: Gain control of target nonland permanent an opponent controls chosen at random until end of turn. Untap that permanent. It gains haste until end of turn.
[-4]: You get an emblem with "Whenever an opponent casts a spell, flip a coin. If you win the flip, gain control of that spell. You may choose new targets for it."
[1]

I read the wiki page. He like hitting things with his stick out of curiosity (his +1), and using it to hunt (his -1 and ultimate). The wiki page is here for anyone who's interested:

http://wiki.nogoblinsallowed.com/index.php?title=Gruff

Gruff, the Lost
Planeswalker - Gruff
+1: Creatures with the highest power can't attack Gruff until your next turn.
-1: Destroy target artifact
-5: Search Gruff, the Lost's owner's library for a red creature card and put it onto the battlefield under your control, then shuffle Gruff, the Lost into it's owner's library.
2

He hides, he smashes pretty things, and then he gets chased away by a bigger creature.