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PJOmega posted:The Brandon Sanderson school of writing. Why describe something once when you can describe it six times a page? Brandon Sanderson is cool and good and also I lost the one time I got to draft against him because Silumgar the Drifting Death is really hard to stop  .
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Dec 9, 2015 22:34
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The Lord of Hats posted:Brandon Sanderson is cool and good and also I lost the one time I got to draft against him because Silumgar the Drifting Death is really hard to stop He was in LSV's chat a few nights ago. He was supposed to be signing books but he pretty much ended up doing an impromptu AMA.
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Dec 9, 2015 22:42
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Literally The Worst posted:there's no chat thread anymore so this is the closest thread i have to post about card game bullshit Which stretch goal is Antarctic Research Base?
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Dec 9, 2015 23:04
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The Lord of Hats posted:Brandon Sanderson is cool and good and also I lost the one time I got to draft against him because Silumgar the Drifting Death is really hard to stop Don't get me wrong, I like his world building, and if you glaze over every third repetition of things like "flaring her [metal] his style is at least sound. But he's very much the modern embodiment of paid-by-the-word Fantasy Doorstopper author. It wasn't by accident his style was selected to finish out Wheel of Time.
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Dec 9, 2015 23:15
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I like the description of Kozilek's shards. I mean, we have to simplify any 'incomprehensible' horror if we are going to draw it, and the description of the shards as 2d voids in space that merge together based on the viewers perspective is a legitimate cosmic horror description. Sure they are solid objects with shading and such in the art, but a lot of the unreality and horror of the eldrazi titans is not shown in the art. I loved the whole realization that Kiora has here: Who had taught her that gods could be defied? Whose example had led her on this collision course with a god—with two? Cosi stories had shown her that Ula could be tricked, beaten, brought low. But there was one thing she'd forgotten in her rush to confront Ula, one thing that every Cosi story had in common. Cosi always won. Not the mortals who followed his example. Not the dolphins who chattered his praises. Cosi always won. Kiora had tricked Thassa, had thought to humble Ula. But Cosi had tricked her. And then she realizes that Koziek does not see her, or the Bident, even as he attacks Lorthos: Kiora stared up at Cosi, but Cosi didn't stare back. He couldn't—no head, no face, just a vast and alien presence towering above her. He'd attacked Lorthos because the octopus was the only foe anywhere close to his size. Kiora and her precious bident were insignificant, beneath his notice. She understood, finally, where she had gone wrong. Cosi hadn't tricked her. Cosi had no understanding of the little story she'd been telling—the one that cast the tricksters as loyal dolphins and the other Planeswalkers as fools and herself, laughably, as Cosi. Thassa had hated her. Cosi couldn't even see her.
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Dec 9, 2015 23:47
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Pharohman777 posted:I like the description of Kozilek's shards. I mean, we have to simplify any 'incomprehensible' horror if we are going to draw it, and the description of the shards as 2d voids in space that merge together based on the viewers perspective is a legitimate cosmic horror description. Sure they are solid objects with shading and such in the art, but a lot of the unreality and horror of the eldrazi titans is not shown in the art. So this story is It was Tuesday?
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Dec 9, 2015 23:59
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Why isn't it possible to buy Expeditions on MTGO? Mtgowikiprice.com shows buyers but no sellers for the one's I've looked at. They seem to be buying Zen fetches for less than the original versions. Edit: nm, MTGGoldfish lists them.
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Dec 10, 2015 00:18
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BizarroAzrael posted:Why isn't it possible to buy Expeditions on MTGO? Mtgowikiprice.com shows buyers but no sellers for the one's I've looked at. They seem to be buying Zen fetches for less than the original versions. You can buy them less because they can't be redeemed. All cards that can't be redeemed are less.
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Dec 10, 2015 00:26
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Dungeon Ecology posted:oooh im just sooo mad about fantasy prose! My favorite is LSV.
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Dec 10, 2015 00:57
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Sickening posted:You can buy them less because they can't be redeemed. All cards that can't be redeemed are less. Which bums me out, because I got a foil sacred foundry
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Dec 10, 2015 01:40
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Bread Set Jettison posted:Probably a "fixed" all is dust that costs an extra mana or some poo poo.
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Dec 10, 2015 01:50
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Irony Be My Shield posted:It's called Ugin The fourth Titan nobody knew about; Eugene, the Great Bamboozler Angry Grimace posted:GoatBoatsFoils sells them. They cost like maybe 2 tix more than a regular one, sometimes less than a regular one unless its Polluted Delta in which case its expensive for no reason. It's the two best colors in legacy so obviously it must be expensive for no reason.
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Dec 10, 2015 01:55
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BizarroAzrael posted:Why isn't it possible to buy Expeditions on MTGO? Mtgowikiprice.com shows buyers but no sellers for the one's I've looked at. They seem to be buying Zen fetches for less than the original versions. GoatBoatsFoils sells them. They cost typically 1 +/- what a regular fetch costs. Unless its Polluted Delta in which case its expensive for no reason. Count Bleck posted:The fourth Titan nobody knew about; Eugene, the Great Bamboozler Angry Grimace fucked around with this message at 02:00 on Dec 10, 2015 |
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Dec 10, 2015 01:55
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Something I like about the lore: all of the Eldrazi ruin and annihilate the land in incredibly alien ways, but different lineages do it differently. Ulamog turns stuff into gray dust. Kozilek melts and distorts it like flame applied to a photograph. I thought it was very evocative.
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Dec 10, 2015 02:16
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:Something I like about the lore: all of the Eldrazi ruin and annihilate the land in incredibly alien ways, but different lineages do it differently. Ulamog turns stuff into gray dust. Kozilek melts and distorts it like flame applied to a photograph. I thought it was very evocative. Actually no, Kozilek just covers everything in Bismuth.
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Dec 10, 2015 02:23
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I wonder what Emrakul does to alter land. I'm sure we won't see that dude for a while though. I think it escaped from Zendikar?
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Dec 10, 2015 02:24
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Bread Set Jettison posted:I wonder what Emrakul does to alter land. I'm sure we won't see that dude for a while though. I think it escaped from Zendikar? Emrakul just warps spacetime around her kind of like a black hole.
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Dec 10, 2015 02:29
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BizarroAzrael posted:Why isn't it possible to buy Expeditions on MTGO? Mtgowikiprice.com shows buyers but no sellers for the one's I've looked at. They seem to be buying Zen fetches for less than the original versions. mtgowikiprice.com has different listings for nonfoil and foil cards, and the only expeditions in existence are foils. At the top of the page by the card name there's a link that says "View Foil" to show you the foil card listings.
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Dec 10, 2015 02:56
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AlternateNu posted:Emrakul just warps spacetime around her kind of like a black hole. Strange, otherworldly, indescribable beings. But they're gendered. Or is that just based on the deities they inspired?
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Dec 10, 2015 03:26
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Unless I missed one, original ROE-era flavor text (not sure about any accompanying fiction) referred to the original gods with gendered pronouns, but never the Eldrazi titans themselves. Gendering the Eldrazi directly seems to be a new thing with BFZ as far as flavor text goes.
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Dec 10, 2015 03:34
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Rinkles posted:Strange, otherworldly, indescribable beings. But they're gendered. 
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Dec 10, 2015 03:35
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Rinkles posted:Strange, otherworldly, indescribable beings. But they're gendered. Why does it matter to Christians that God is a He or to boat/ship folk that ships are She? Anthropomorphication, dude.
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Dec 10, 2015 03:36
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Kiora sure is a little poo poo for somebody who supposedly is part U
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Dec 10, 2015 04:15
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dragon enthusiast posted:Kiora sure is a little poo poo for somebody who supposedly is part U thats in-line for the color tho???
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Dec 10, 2015 04:19
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dragon enthusiast posted:Kiora sure is a little poo poo for somebody who supposedly is part U I dunno recent blue characters in magic all seem to have that in common. See: Jace
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Dec 10, 2015 04:20
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Fiend Computer posted:I dunno recent blue characters in magic all seem to have that in common. See: Jace Jace, smug little poo poo who has a smartass remark for everything but almost got hosed by a Salvage Drone. At least Kiora can fight a god, and then command a godlike octopus to get murdered by another godlike being.
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Dec 10, 2015 04:37
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I think they meant part G. Sometimes the letter versions of colors confuses me, especially over short posts. I bet Garruk wouldn't back down here. Garruk would tackle Kozilek and then get obliterated by the black holes that are Kozilek's shoulderpads.
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Dec 10, 2015 04:41
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Gensuki posted:I think they meant part G. Sometimes the letter versions of colors confuses me, especially over short posts. That would make sense. Being a poo poo seems to be in Blues color pie anyway.
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Dec 10, 2015 04:43
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As of late it also seems to be part of Green's pie too though. Xenagos is incredibly bitter, Nissa was Elf Hitler before becoming Land Hitler. Garruk is justified because he's going through some emotional problems. Domri's a little brat.
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Dec 10, 2015 04:46
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Count Bleck posted:As of late it also seems to be part of Green's pie too though. Yeah, for how much Maro likes to moan about the color pie he doesn't seem to mind that bleeding over. What a hypocrite.
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Dec 10, 2015 04:54
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Count Bleck posted:As of late it also seems to be part of Green's pie too though. Being poo poo is in Green's color pie, but being little shits (folding against not insurmountable odds like a 1/1) is firmly in Blue. Xenagos became a god, Both/Double Hitler Nissa was willing to doom the rest of existence to save her people/Zendikar, and Domri gives creatures haste, hexproof and double strike. Extra: How Garruk would have tamed Lorthos. 
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Dec 10, 2015 04:56
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Angry Grimace posted:SaffronOlive stays winning with an Ensnaring Bridge/Blood Moon Anti-Fun Free Win deck (hint: he goes like 10-1) This deck is hilarious, but people need to stop posting rogue Modern brews because I want to build them all
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Dec 10, 2015 05:14
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C-Euro posted:This deck is hilarious, but people need to stop posting rogue Modern brews because I want to build them all I really enjoy his videos and it's pretty entertaining how well this one does. Slamming a t1 blood moon completely ruins so many modern decks, I could see a softlock deck like that one doing OK at a larger event purely because so few decks can handle a fast moon or bridge. lol he just uploaded an Against the Odds modern video where the deck is entirety singleton planeswalkers Fingers McLongDong fucked around with this message at 05:25 on Dec 10, 2015 |
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Dec 10, 2015 05:22
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The only cool blue character is Venser. Peace.
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Dec 10, 2015 06:45
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rabidsquid posted:The only cool blue character is Venser. Peace.
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Dec 10, 2015 06:51
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Teferi is the coolest.
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Dec 10, 2015 07:00
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Tamiyo? Proper nerd in the nerd color?
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Dec 10, 2015 07:00
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*checks for Teferi's sliver* *checks for Tamiyo's sliver* hhMmmm not sure this checks out
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Teferi was too busy making sure the entire multiverse didn't implode on its swiss cheese self to worry himself with Timmy fodder.
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