Gathering some Magics
  • IdlerIdler
    So I like Magic and so do other people here.

    So here's a thread.

    This was exciting.
  • DeathonabunDeathonabun
    Death By Violent Rabbits
    Weeellllll

  • IdlerIdler
    WELL IT DIED SO TOUGH

    By which I mean, oops.
  • DeathonabunDeathonabun
    Death By Violent Rabbits
    But this one has a better title

    We could use this one if you want
  • IdlerIdler
    We should use both

    LET ANARCHY REIGN IN THE HANGOUT

    So, um, how about that Predator Ooze.
  • Ace RimmerAce Rimmer
    Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast
    I play MtG

    Can I join this thread.
  • GelzoGelzo
    It's 4:20 somewhere.


    Dark Ascension spoilers look so awesome.
  • IdlerIdler
    I agree, Gelzo, although of course everyone had go all Chicken Little at the existence of Grafdigger's Cage.

    I am liking:

    Predator Ooze: It's a huge indestructible blob that eats things and keeps getting better. And I love oozes.

    Falkenrath Aristocrat: A great card, and flavourfully everything I could ever ask for out of a vampire.

    Ravenous Demon: I get to sacrifice humans to a demon to appease it. Awesome.
  • GelzoGelzo
    It's 4:20 somewhere.
    One mana is insane for a sideboard hoser, but it's still a sideboard card.
  • IdlerIdler
    I can't stand the conspiracy theorists bleating about how Wizards is deliberately trying to kill off their favourite decks. Talk about paranoid.

    I remember someone saying in the Innistrad spoiler season that the fact that Wizards goes ahead with something despite the fact it will obviously cause an uproar means that they've tested it thoroughly as opposed to all deciding to drink lead-based paint suddenly. It's the stuff that doesn't immediately cause "FUCK YOU WIZARDS" responses that always ends up being the stuff that's broken.
  • NaneyNaney
    Heaven's gonna burn your eyes.
    Compare that with Yu-Gi-Oh, which never seems playtested with obscure cards in mind.


    Almost every set introduces some Game Breaking combo with some random previously useless card.
  • millercrossmillercross
    It wouldn't really make sense for a graveyard-based set to not have a way of avoiding the opponent from using the graveyard, really. 
  • IdlerIdler
    I mean, I don't really like the Cage at all. I think it's undercosted. But it's not going to cause the universe to spontaneously combust.
  • millercrossmillercross
    The thing is, it's just an artifact. Blowing up artifacts is way too easy. Especially after Scars of Mirrodin.

    And besides, it's supposed to be a first turn deal, in order to put your opponent on the clock and reducing their moves from the get-go, which seems to be a theme, considering Thalia.
  • NaneyNaney
    Heaven's gonna burn your eyes.
    (*Googles*)



    Oh gee, that's a pain.
  • IdlerIdler
    Plus it's symmetrical - if you run it with any graveyard stuff, even the ubiquitous Snapcasters, you risk it backfiring.

    On another note, I am going to be perturbed if the next set introduces Dack Fayden but not Kiora or Zarek. Both of the latter two seem like awesome characters, whereas Fayden I took an immediate dislike to.
  • NaneyNaney
    Heaven's gonna burn your eyes.
    In YGO they have an almost identical card, which was released in a STARTER DECK. >.<
  • IdlerIdler
    I played Yu-Gi-Oh. Even won a local tournament. But it has nothing on Magic.
  • DeathonabunDeathonabun
    Death By Violent Rabbits
    I like Fiend Hunter.

    He's a fun guy.
  • IdlerIdler
    You mean at parties? Pfft. Everyone knows Olivia Voldaren throws the best shindigs on Innistrad. You'll be talking about them for years, provided you live.
  • NaneyNaney
    Heaven's gonna burn your eyes.
    I have to say, Yu-Gi-Oh has way more filler cards, and the learning curve is steeper.
  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    image“It would be weirder if CA said ‘I don't want to be an alicorn’” – Imi
    I love you, Anonus. ♥
    I read that as "Friend Hunter" and immediately thought of Cupcakes!Pinkamena.
  • DeathonabunDeathonabun
    Death By Violent Rabbits
    But but Fiend Hunter

    I mean, I'll be in like a bad situation, in a back alley with some mugger or something

    and then BAMF. He saves my ass and I give him a hug and start flirting with my hero
  • NaneyNaney
    Heaven's gonna burn your eyes.
    You called?


    Oh god, "Get Ready To Die" by Andrew W.K. came on just as I was typing. XD XD


    YOU BETTER GET READY TO DIE!!!! (*Rocks Out*)
  • IdlerIdler
    And thus Death reveals his criterion for evaluating cards: hotness.

    Heh, I can't talk; I wouldn't be so fond of Olivia if I didn't have a weakness for vampire women.
  • DeathonabunDeathonabun
    Death By Violent Rabbits
    I've been listening to it the entire time

    I love this fucking song
  • IdlerIdler
    Also, the problem with your example is that if you ever together with Fiend Hunter, and you live the rest of your lives together, as soon as he dies the mugger will come out of exile and probably shank you.
  • DeathonabunDeathonabun
    Death By Violent Rabbits
    Well, I guess that depends on where he comes out of exile.

    If it's where he was exiled, then I'm okay. If it's where Fiend Hunter dies, I'm totally fucked.

    But if the mugger also ages while in exile, then I don't think he'll be in any shape to be mugging people.
  • Ace RimmerAce Rimmer
    Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast
    YGO was piss easy to learn.
  • IdlerIdler
    I always imagined exile to be like limbo.

    Olivia would be a way better bodyguard. Of course, she'd then kill me herself, but you can't have it all.
  • GelzoGelzo
    It's 4:20 somewhere.
    I like the interpretation that exile sends everything to a farm somewhere, a la Swords to Plowshares.
  • IdlerIdler
    It doesn't really, that's just what mages tells kids whose dogs got exiled.
  • Justice42Justice42
    "Justice distracted the Thanos impersonator by challenging him to a bizarre combination of a philosophical debate and a cheerleading contest."
    "What happened to It That Betrays, daddy?"

    "He...she...it went to a FARM! He'll be much happier there! There lots of permanents for it to annihilate, other creatures for it to play with!"

    "Can we visit It That Betrays, sometime?"

    "OH NO...no...no...."
  • IdlerIdler
    It That Betrays should be legendary, given the name. Although I suppose "One Of Them That Betray" wouldn't have sounded very good.
  • HavenHaven
    "I’m almost sure that there’s no card that says : {T} Haven wins game. Board resembles kitten cuddles”
    It doesn't really, that's just what mages tells kids whose dogs got exiled.

    "Daddy, what happened to my Wuv Muffin?"
  • IdlerIdler
    I like the flavour text of that card, although it implies that Otaria has muffins, which is weird.
  • HavenHaven
    "I’m almost sure that there’s no card that says : {T} Haven wins game. Board resembles kitten cuddles”
    Well, they presumably have bread, it's not that far to go to get muffins.

    Maybe Grim Lavamancer bakes them in his spare time.
  • IdlerIdler
    "The earth's real treasure is far deeper. And more delicious."
  • GelzoGelzo
    It's 4:20 somewhere.
    "One That Betrays" might be closer to a non-legendary name that sounds good.

    "That Which Betrays"?
  • IdlerIdler
    Can Eldrazi communicate with humans/elves/whatever?
  • GelzoGelzo
    It's 4:20 somewhere.
    Yes, but it generally involves brainwashing. Besides that, unraveling the local reality sends a pretty clear message of some sort, I imagine.
  • HavenHaven
    "I’m almost sure that there’s no card that says : {T} Haven wins game. Board resembles kitten cuddles”
    The closest I can think of is the suggestion in Perish the Thought, Inquisition of Kozilek and Suffer the Past that they have some sort of invasive telepathy.
  • IdlerIdler
    I was just wondering how It That Betrays formed an allegiance to get the opportunity to be treacherous in the first place.

    Also, god MTG players are an entitled lot.
  • Justice42Justice42
    "Justice distracted the Thanos impersonator by challenging him to a bizarre combination of a philosophical debate and a cheerleading contest."
    There are members of the MTG community that would like to consider the foil versions of cards that come out of the pre-constructed decks tournament illegal for whatever reason (though I have some ideas).
  • IdlerIdler
    What? Explain please.

    Man, is there anything that won't ruin Magic forever.
  • NaneyNaney
    Heaven's gonna burn your eyes.
    Huh?
  • BoneyBoney
    tumut
    ^^ Marrow-Gnawer.
  • IdlerIdler
    NO HE LETS YOU SACRIFICE RATS TO MAKE MORE RATS

    THAT'S AN ABILITY WIZARDS NEVER SHOULD HAVE PRINTED

    LIKE EVERY ABILITY
  • NaneyNaney
    Heaven's gonna burn your eyes.
    Quick Question: Is there any Magic card generally considered to be the most useless?
  • DeathonabunDeathonabun
    Death By Violent Rabbits
    FEAR THE ALMIGHTY CHIMNEY IMP!

  • IdlerIdler
    Chimney Imp is actually pretty good with Shirei.

    [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=1615 This card is pretty useless.]]

    EDIT: Damn, how do you pothole?
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