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The point of Atogs is they're cartoony looking. Like, to the point Lithatog had new art commissioned for it because the art meant for it was too serious. The original art ended up on Chainflinger and Lithatog went on to have one of the best Atog pieces.  The background's fine. It's like there's some sort of river delta behind him. One that might be polluted. Chorocojo fucked around with this message at 11:58 on Jun 1, 2014 |
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Go to youtube NOW and watch the new 'Theros Block Reel' all the way to the end. It has some...implications for Elspeths fate after the books. 
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Jun 1, 2014 13:04
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Yeah, that implication really is something. Hopefully the fall Duel deck helps add to that story. Also forgot how great Xenagos's VA was, so thanks for that.
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Jun 1, 2014 13:49
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Zorak posted:Psychotog already exists online. It's not like literally every version of Psychotog is being replaced with this version If it sounded like I was freaking out then I need to work on my phrasing. I'm disappointed, but it's obviously not a big deal.
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Jun 1, 2014 13:56
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vOv posted:What color and CMC would Invoke Prejudice be if it was printed today? I want to say 2UW or so. Why did MTG feel the need to make a card that represented racism?
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Jun 1, 2014 14:04
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forbidden lesbian posted:Why did MTG feel the need to make a card that represented racism? The more pertinent question is, why did they hire a literal neo-nazi to do the art? 
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Jun 1, 2014 14:08
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TheKingofSprings posted:The more pertinent question is, why did they hire a literal neo-nazi to do the art? Because neo-nazis are racist, so a neo-nazi would be able to easily make art for it that fits. That question is easily answered, I wanna know why the card was made for a game about wizards and magic and poo poo like that.
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Jun 1, 2014 14:17
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netcat posted:That art is a loving travesty and I don't get why they keep changing iconic pieces like this. It's a money thing. This art is cheaper.
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Jun 1, 2014 14:18
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CountFosco posted:It's a money thing. This art is cheaper. I actually doubt that, I'm pretty sure Wizards owns the rights to every piece of art they've used since like 1998 or something.
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Jun 1, 2014 14:22
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forbidden lesbian posted:Because neo-nazis are racist, so a neo-nazi would be able to easily make art for it that fits. That question is easily answered, I wanna know why the card was made for a game about wizards and magic and poo poo like that. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Wizard A really really lovely pun?
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Jun 1, 2014 14:25
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Pharohman777 posted:Go to youtube NOW and watch the new 'Theros Block Reel' all the way to the end. "True heroes never die. Or do they?"
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Jun 1, 2014 14:35
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But Venser!
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Jun 1, 2014 14:39
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What's confusing is the two glowing blue circles. Is Elspeth a flatfish now? They look similar to her sword, if that is supposed to be an implication?
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Jun 1, 2014 14:45
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Frozen_flame posted:What's confusing is the two glowing blue circles. Is Elspeth a flatfish now? They look similar to her sword, if that is supposed to be an implication? The Returned mask that Elspeth has is made from the golden hilt of godsend, which is why it had those two circles. You can see the shattered blade and shaft at the base of the pillar the mask is on. Elspeth the Returned wears godsend.
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Jun 1, 2014 14:52
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Is there any way to find out who those VAs are? I really love Erebos' voice, though I do kinda wish he wasn't as dickish as he turned out to be. Edit: Err, Erebos himself is a dick, not his VA. I am really bad with ambiguous language. Veyrall fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Jun 1, 2014 |
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Jun 1, 2014 15:27
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"Doug Beyer posted:gutterstorm asked: "Doug Beyer posted:So, wait, Elspeth is a Returned now? We're just going to completely annihilate her character? I really want Koth to show up and Kratos his way into The Underworld.
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Jun 1, 2014 15:37
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TheKingofSprings posted:The more pertinent question is, why did they hire a literal neo-nazi to do the art? To be fair, Harold McNeill stopped being commissioned to do art right around the same time as that lady who turned out to be a prolific furry porn artist, so my guess is Wizards in its early stages didn't bother to do a lot of background research on its artists (and you can bet McNeill's Hitler-soaked internet gallery didn't exist in 1995). Once Magic got bigger they realized they could afford to/probably should hire someone to look into the backgrounds of their contractors and WHOOPS.
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Jun 1, 2014 16:09
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Haha who was the furry porn artist?TheKingofSprings posted:http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Wizard lol
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Jun 1, 2014 16:13
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forbidden lesbian posted:Why did MTG feel the need to make a card that represented racism? It gets brought up every time but check out the gatherer ID # in the URL too
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Jun 1, 2014 16:16
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there are plenty of xenophobes and racists in mtg though, considering every block there is at least one creature type that wants to kill every other creature type on the plane also elves invoke prejudice fits very well in mtg's theme
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Jun 1, 2014 16:26
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forbidden lesbian posted:Haha who was the furry porn artist? Susan Van Camp I believe
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Jun 1, 2014 16:30
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Invoke Prejudice was also released in Legends which was before they had invented "having a clue what you're doing"
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starbarry clock posted:there are plenty of xenophobes and racists in mtg though, considering every block there is at least one creature type that wants to kill every other creature type on the plane I guess I'm more bothered by how on the nose it is. I guess it's a flavor win, at least. Chorocojo posted:Susan Van Camp I believe Googling there name I see a fur-affinity page so, uh, yeah i guess we have a winner. Looking at her art tho, by which I mean 2 cards, I'm not really too tore up, she wasn't really that good an artist.
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forbidden lesbian posted:I guess I'm more bothered by how on the nose it is. I guess it's a flavor win, at least. These look more like 44 cards, but sure. Edit: I can't get the fuckin' Gatherer link to work, because surprise surprise - Wizards suck at Internets. Jenx fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Jun 1, 2014 |
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Jun 1, 2014 16:52
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Jenx posted:These look more like 44 cards, but sure. Gatherer was not working for me as well, so I looked at the two cards that came up when I googled her name
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Jun 1, 2014 17:08
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She drew the Wolf Shirt version of Hymn to Tourach, a true classic.
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Jun 1, 2014 17:09
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Welp, Pauper is no longer fun after 3 decks playing about 22 counters each, when I'm playing RUG Tron. I keep winning a game and losing to time because they do almost nothing all game except counter a spell or make me sacrifice the 1 guy I manage to land. Why would people play this format?
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Jun 1, 2014 17:14
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A Moose posted:Welp, Pauper RUG Tron is no longer fun after 3 decks playing about 22 counters each. I keep winning a game and losing to time because they do almost nothing all game except counter a spell or make me sacrifice the 1 guy I manage to land. Why would people play this deck? Play a different deck, dude. Pauper has lots of decks, not all of them eat it to a barrage of counters.
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LordSaturn posted:Play a different deck, dude. Pauper has lots of decks, not all of them eat it to a barrage of counters. I pretty much only play pauper 'cause I can't afford to play Tron in modern again. All the other good decks look really boring.
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Jenx posted:These look more like 44 cards, but sure. http://magiccards.info/query?q=a%3A%22susan+van+camp%22&v=card&s=cname Magiccards.info is basically better Gatherer.
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Jun 1, 2014 17:20
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Chorocojo posted:http://magiccards.info/query?q=a%3A%22susan+van+camp%22&v=card&s=cname She really likes the floating face in the background thing.
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A Moose posted:Welp, Pauper is no longer fun after 3 decks playing about 22 counters each, when I'm playing RUG Tron. I keep winning a game and losing to time because they do almost nothing all game except counter a spell or make me sacrifice the 1 guy I manage to land. Why would people play this format? Storm makes counter decks cry.
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Chorocojo posted:http://magiccards.info/query?q=a%3A%22susan+van+camp%22&v=card&s=cname Man I totally forgot about Ancient Runes, that card has hilarious art.
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Gynovore posted:Storm makes counter decks cry. I'm pretty sure they've banned all the storm cards... Edit: unless you mean that awful familiar/cloud of faeries deck which is basically fissure storm without temporal fissure fomo sacer fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Jun 1, 2014 |
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Jun 1, 2014 17:55
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Gynovore posted:Storm makes counter decks cry. Grapeshot, Empty the Warrens, and Temporal Fissure are all banned in pauper though. I think they just don't want Storm to be a deck.
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I love how she shows up for Psionic Entity, even though the Gatherer rulings say "The artist is actually Justin Hampton."
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Went to the PTQ in Michigan yesterday. Went 3-4 and ended up in 49th place. My pool left a lot to be desired though I doubt I made the best deck possible for it. I had no duplicates in the one I ended up with and the only creature removal was an Excoriate and a Glare of Heresy. Most of wins came from using Harness by Force to steal their creatures and attacking with all of my creatures + their's. It was a fun experience except for one match where the guy went on a rant about how he hated this format and I was playing a mouth breather style because the only creature I had out was a Hero of Iroas that I was pumping up. The vendor that was there were great. Ended up picking up a near mint foil Eye of Ugin for $20. The guy that owns the store I play at said he is going to start running Modern events so I ended up buying all I needed for a burn deck. Get to go pick up about half of it this morning and the rest should show up this week.
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Obsoletely Fabulous posted:Went to the PTQ in Michigan yesterday. Went 3-4 and ended up in 49th place. My pool left a lot to be desired though I doubt I made the best deck possible for it. I had no duplicates in the one I ended up with and the only creature removal was an Excoriate and a Glare of Heresy. Most of wins came from using Harness by Force to steal their creatures and attacking with all of my creatures + their's. Can you post your pool either here or in the limited thread?
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Meanwhile on the SCG stream, esper player mulls to 4 and blind keeps. His opponent opens with a thought seize and the esper player just throws his hand on the table. The rudest play.
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Elyv posted:Can you post your pool either here or in the limited thread? I would but my wife sorted my cards for me when I came home with last night. Here is what I had wrote in my notebook: Deck: PTQ Sealed   //Lands 9 Mountain 8 Plains //Spells 1 Ajani's Presence 1 Dragon Mantle 1 Excoriate 1 Fearsome Temper 1 Harness by Force 1 Oppressive Rays 1 Ordeal of Purphoros //Creatures 1 Archetype of Courage 1 Evangel of Heliod 1 Everflame Eidolon 1 Fanatic of Mogis 1 Griffin Dreamfinder 1 Hero of Iroas 1 Leonin Snarecaster 1 Nyx-Fleece Ram 1 Nyxborn Shieldmate 1 Pensive Minotaur 1 Priest of Iroas 1 Rageblood Shaman 1 Reckless Reveler 1 Sigiled Skink 1 Traveling Philosopher 1 Wild Celebrants //Sideboard 1 Flurry of Horns 1 Glare of Heresy  Display deck statisticsMost of my other colors had only 3-4 creatures. I really wanted to go white/black based on spells I had available in black but the only creatures were the deathtouch asp guy, Grey Merchant, and would have let me play Underworld Coinsmith. Edit: I was keeping any hand that had 2 lands in both colors or 3-5 lands. A few matches I would end up with 1 mountain and 5 plains out somehow. I also got deck checked and I don't think I shuffled well enough after that because I drew 6 lands in a row after keeping a 3 land hand. This was my first sealed event though I've drafted a few times. It was a learning experience. Obsoletely Fabulous fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Jun 1, 2014 |
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