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I'm going to go dig out some magic markers, erase a border of a card, and then replicate this border. Look at the color indicators besides the art - it literally looks like a kid coloring in with marker. The black at the top sides of the text box looks terrible.
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Expeditions looked bad. Inventions looked cool. These are terrible. Fingers crossed for Atlazan?
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Mar 28, 2017 23:16
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GonSmithe posted:Holy poo poo those are comically loving hideous The worst part is that every design decision involved in them is awful. Unreadable font Centered-caps lock text Random nonsense symbols around the types/names Tiny art Stacked P/T Sepia Tone Mana symbols. The frame itself looks like random loving blocks of color
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Mar 28, 2017 23:18
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Just....gently caress. These would have been passable if they left out the fake heiroglyphics and tightened up the font so an N doesn't look like an R.
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Mar 28, 2017 23:17
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I will say this: this command is exceedingly cryptic.
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Looks like there's 54 of them. It's a shame they're so ugly, because they've picked good choices for lottery cards.
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Mar 28, 2017 23:19
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Angry Grimace posted:The worst part is that every design decision involved in them is awful. Also the frame really clashes with the art for me (more so than just obstructing it). Their realistic art style really doesn't work well with these.
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Mar 28, 2017 23:22
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Should have been actual YuGiOh cards imo also as much as the thread bitches about the modern frame being too sterile, things like this just make me appreciate the effort that went into readability
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Mar 28, 2017 23:21
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I'm having trouble comprehending the decision process that leads to these. The dislike has got to be universal. GL trying to sell your set on the chance of opening one of these...
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Mar 28, 2017 23:22
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I kind of like most of this, but the actual font on the card's text just seems awful to me. It's so blocky it really detracts from any kind of mystical feel they were going for.
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Mar 28, 2017 23:23
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Yeah after considering them again I'm gonna strongly bet on these being an accidentally leaked April Fools joke. That said, assuming the actual cards being masterworked are real, what is the theme here, exactly? We have Wrath of God Cryptic Command Counterbalance Chain Lightning Counterspell so it's not instant/sorceries since we have an enchantment, and it's not control cards because chain lightning. So it's just... cards that want a neat promo reprint?
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Mar 28, 2017 23:25
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Rinkles posted:Also the frame really clashes with the art for me (more so than just obstructing it). Their realistic art style really doesn't work well with these. I would have literally preferred that they just have the art be colored hieroglyphics and get rid of all the seizure inducing elements around the cards. Like if the art itself looked like:  and the frames around them didn't have so many random, contrasting elements. Angry Grimace fucked around with this message at 23:27 on Mar 28, 2017 |
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Mar 28, 2017 23:24
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I feel like you could pick a custom MSE template at random and probably hit something less terrible.
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i was shown wrath and counterspell on thursday and figured it was all sorceries but man i dont know what the rounding theme here could be. they look cool though
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Mar 28, 2017 23:26
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Not even Tumblr MtG folks are defending these. And they actually like the story.
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Mar 28, 2017 23:27
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The Shortest Path posted:Yeah after considering them again I'm gonna strongly bet on these being an accidentally leaked April Fools joke. aven mindcensor is there too, its "cards we pulled out a hat"
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Mar 28, 2017 23:27
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Quoting 2nd time, but look at this potboiler cg crap. These are supposed to be desirable collectors' items.
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Mar 28, 2017 23:28
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Rinkles posted:Quoting 2nd time, but look at this potboiler cg crap. These are supposed to be desirable collectors' items. Like I said earlier, I think the decision to use standard MTG art in these frames exacerbated the problem of making these look like an 18 year old went crazy with MS Paint.
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All of the Masterpieces in Kaladesh were cards that fit flavorfully, for instance we had Vedalken Shackles and also Vedalken, which makes me think that Aven are going to be on Amonkhet and also they make some amount of sense in an Egypt themed set. Also yeah they're hideous and it's funny to me that there's still no normal bordered Aven Mindcensor
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Mar 28, 2017 23:29
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They look so bad they have to have something goofy to them like a 3d effect or something on the card. These look like frames from a 1998 computer game.
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The vertical power and toughness is unforgiveable. I did not notice it at first, but when Angry Grimace pointed it out, I looked and had to remember whether Consecrated Sphinx was a 4/6 or a 6/4.
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Mar 28, 2017 23:30
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Video of Cryptic Command https://twitter.com/TrickMTG/status/846850855626145792
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Mar 28, 2017 23:29
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pr0digal posted:Video of Cryptic Command holy poo poo it looks even worse than i imagined look at the top bar, it's like the card is miscut and there's just some foily poo poo at the top
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Mar 28, 2017 23:30
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This is incredible.
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Mar 28, 2017 23:31
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I'll be loving damned if Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker isn't one of these. Also, it'll be better than all of them because it'll be fuller art.
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Mar 28, 2017 23:31
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mandatory lesbian posted:aven mindcensor is there too, its "cards we pulled out a hat" Basically anything that seemed like it could be Eygptian flavored.
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Elyv posted:All of the Masterpieces in Kaladesh were cards that fit flavorfully, for instance we had Vedalken Shackles and also Vedalken, which makes me think that Aven are going to be on Amonkhet and also they make some amount of sense in an Egypt themed set. We've seen Aven in art from a few of the spoiled PW deck cards. Also yeah, you'd think Mindcensor is a card that would have gotten a reprint in one of the masters sets huh?
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Mar 28, 2017 23:33
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Rinkles posted:Also the frame really clashes with the art for me (more so than just obstructing it). Their realistic art style really doesn't work well with these. There's probably a way to do fake ancient egypt that's doesn't make me grit my teeth, but it doesn't look like this.
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Elyv posted:All of the Masterpieces in Kaladesh were cards that fit flavorfully, for instance we had Vedalken Shackles and also Vedalken, which makes me think that Aven are going to be on Amonkhet and also they make some amount of sense in an Egypt themed set. It's not impossible that Aven Mindcensor is in Amonkhet. It isn't a particularly overpowered card for Standard, much less this one.
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Mar 28, 2017 23:33
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The art for Wrath of God is pretty sweet...when not on that card
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Angry Grimace posted:Basically anything that seemed like it could be Eygptian flavored. is chain lightning really particularly egyptian tho
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The font is so unreadable that for a a good 10-15 seconds I thought the gimmick was that they were printing them in egyptian
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mandatory lesbian posted:is chain lightning really particularly egyptian tho I mean, if you have it striking Egyptian looking things!
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Mar 28, 2017 23:34
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dragon enthusiast posted:Should have been actual YuGiOh cards imo Yeah for all the poo poo WotC (deservedly) gets, they are usually on top of templating, graphic design, aesthetics in general. Though old frame best frame of course still. Maybe they had Urza design them?
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pr0digal posted:The art for Wrath of God is pretty sweet...when not on that card I think this is the biggest problem with these. The font is bad too I guess Well and a lot of other things.
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Man y'all are a bunch of sticks in the mud. This whole thing is hilarious to me and I can't articulate why. I can't decide if I want these to be real or fake.Rinkles posted:These are supposed to be desirable collectors' items. I really hope the prices on them drop to below regular printings, it would be incredible.
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Serperoth posted:Not even Tumblr MtG folks are defending these. An amendment: I'm hearing some people love them. 
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