Phyrexian Human Peeler-Corer-Slicer

[markrosewater]

I've been wondering, and I ask this as non judgementally as possible, is it safe to record a podcast while driving?

I’ve recorded almost seven hundred of them without a single incident, so I’m going to go with yes. Regular listeners will know I prioritize being safe over anything else. I occasionally will stop talking if I have to focus on driving, and then come back explaining “safety first”.

[corpsegrinder-tan]

Wikipedia editors found the citations to support the following statement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_and_driving_safety Driving while using a hands-free device is not safer than using a handheld phone to conduct calls, as concluded by case-crossover studies,[1][2] epidemiological,[3][4] simulation,[5] and meta-analysis.[6][7] Those aren't the only ones.  The National Safety Council says, https://www.nsc.org/Portals/0/Documents/NewsDocuments/2014-Press-Release-Archive/4-1-2014-DDAM-opinion-poll-results.pdf "More than 30 studies show hands-free devices are no safer than handheld as the brain remains distracted by the cell phone conversation." Additionally, "A study by a University of South Carolina psychology researcher featured in the journal, Experimental Psychology, found that planning to speak and speaking put far more demands on the brain's resources than listening. Measurement of attention levels showed that subjects were four times more distracted while preparing to speak or speaking than when they were listening.[42]" So if anything, podcasting should be worse than just talking on the phone. The National Safety Council has a 22-page whitepaper on this, with a long list of references. https://www.nsc.org/Portals/0/Documents/DistractedDrivingDocuments/Cognitive-Distraction-White-Paper.pdf

[markrosewater]

Are ALIENS a possibility (like from War of the Worlds), or do they fall outside the fantasy genre too much?

I’m curious what all of you think.

In your opinion, are aliens (as in creatures from another planet) acceptable in Magic?

[corpsegrinder-tan]

Sure, absolutely.  I always loved the Spelljammer setting from AD&D, and adding space travel within planes would add a ton of possibilities.  You could differentiate planes further by having the space within some work very much like the real world, and others turn out to have a completely different cosmic structure derived from various ancient civilizations' radically different ideas of what was going on up there.  The interaction of a Dark Ages setting with grey aliens would be totally different from 1950-1990's america's interaction with them.  And aliens with magitech could work very differently from aliens with saucers.  Simply a ton of possibilities, don't feel that you have to stay bound within "standard" fantasy conventions.

[markrosewater]

RE: "squirrels don't add to enjoyment" it's possible I'm biased as I've always enjoyed squirrels but I'm struggling to see how this is a valid argument. In the last 2/3 years we've seen gremlins added as well as dinosaurs. We've also seen a shift from elves as the 1/1 G token over to saprolings for at least 3 sets. None of those inherently made the game more enjoyable in a way that squirrels as tokens couldn't. I'm not mad and I know you're in favor of squirrels I just don't get that argument.

Let’s try this.

Would having Sauirrels in black border make the game more fun personally for you?

[corpsegrinder-tan]

YES.  I love squirrels.  I want a set where you have multiple legendary squirrels you can have as your commander, gathering nuts is a major theme, there are lands that produce nuts, and when you defeat your opponent, the rules require you to say, "I took your nuts."  I want Squirrel Eggs, Squirrel Minions and Squirrel Horrors, and not just as changelings. I also want beebles back.  Really, it's a lot like one of your arguments about why the game must have bad cards: If all the cards are pushed, none of them feel pushed.  Creative needs to realize that if all the creatures are trying to feel badass, none of them feel badass.  Cute furry creatures exist in the real world.  They don't make the real world less nightmarish.  Adding them back into the game isn't just fun by itself, it also adds contrast that makes the devils and whatever stand out more.  That's much better than going ultra-tryhard like they did with, say, Ob Nixilis.  Subtle evil, realistic evil & enough dynamic range to make it stand out is better.  And the occasional cute creature that's also a mind-screw and evil itself is fun too.

[phyrexianperspective]

Who could play Yawgmoth?

There have been talks of a Magic the Gathering movie for some time. Obviously it will be about something boring like The Gatewatch. 

But, let’s pretend for a moment that it was about the good parts of Magic’s story - The Weatherlight Saga. Let’s pretend that it was a franchise and that at some point they adapt The Thran. 

Who would we need to play a human Yawgmoth? To me, it should be someone who is younger, tall and strong. They should also be handsome and able to bend people to their will with subtle facial expressions. On one hand, they should be able to charm and captivate. On the other, they should be able to intimidate with a glance.

I propose Luke Evans.

[corpsegrinder-tan]

"The power of Yawgmoth compels you..." Good news!  I spoke to Wizards about this, and they confirmed that Yawgmoth will be in the Gatewatch movie, and will be portrayed by the incomparable Leslie Jones, who also played Patty in the Ghostbusters movie. "It's a numbers game.  The simple fact is that the great majority of our paying customers, 99% of the people who are actually putting down money for our products, fall into the demographic category of 'Smug or angry black women with afro hair who fantasize about stabbing up white people.'  We simply must increase representation of this group further, or else we risk alienating, and losing, our actual paying customers."

[markrosewater]

I'd just like to voice, I do not like 3 week spoiler season. It's too slow. I want a 1 week spoiler season. I like getting lots of spoilers in a shorter time frame.

How do the rest if you feel? How many weeks of previews do you prefer? One, two or three? And why?

[corpsegrinder-tan]

3 weeks, 2 is too fast.  Spread the cards out evenly in time, and permanently stop dumping half the cards at the end.  I 100% prefer this spoiler season to the usual pattern.  I have other things to do, and I like getting a consistent stream of cards, not nothing one day and then too much the next.

[phyrexianperspective]

Everything is Transpiring as I Have Foreseen

War of the Spark is getting a novel.

Source: http://epicstream.com/news/JakeVyper/Author-Django-Wangler-is-Writing-A-Prequel-To-Magic-The-Gatherings-War-of-the-Spark?fbclid=IwAR2ac0M3XQTJG-1kZEU9C56Bu6__tZJ24VIOXcK4dz0725-GIaVH4r9s-X0

Once again UPDATING my MAKE MAGIC GREAT AGAIN script: HAS HAPPENED: . Bring back Phyrexia (check) . Bring older characters/settings and/or give them cards in supplemental products (check - Dominaria/Commander/Modern Horizons) . Bring back core sets (check) . Bring back good ramp ie Llanowar Elves (check) . Bring back good removal & let removal kill Planeswalkers (check) . Bring back the Weatherlight and give her a new crew (check) . Hire better authors for online story articles to introduce casuals to the story (check) . Start publishing novels again for those who wish to dive deeper (check) FORTHCOMING: . Create a Magic the Gathering film or TV series, animated or live action. . Bring back good land destruction ie Stone Rain, . Bring back counterspell for UU, . Bring back 4 mana wraths . Bring back Dark Ritual . Reduce the power level of creatures . Bring back mechanics Rosewater doesn’t like: Fear, Regeneration, etc. . Bring back planes Rosewater doesn’t like: Mercadia, Ulgrotha, Kamigawa, etc. . Go back to old border, hand-drawn art and social justice free art.

[corpsegrinder-tan]

Kaya’s Wrath is a 4 mana wrath.  And Hipsters of the Coast has an ongoing article series about recent sales of MtG original art.  Some of the artists are going back to traditional media because there is such demand for originals that they can make another $2.5K - $12K per card they paint, if they have a canvas to sell.  www.hipstersofthecoast.com/art-market-minute/

[markrosewater]

Inquiring Minds Want To Know - New Worlds

My question for today is about new worlds you’d like to see (for a Standard-legal set). You can tell me about any source material (cultural or genre) you’d like to see serve as an inspiration for a set or any existing mechanical components or themes you’d like to see a set built around. The only thing I ask for you not to give me is mechanical things Magic has not done yet (aka I am not soliciting new Magic cards, mechanics or mechanical components). Thanks.

[corpsegrinder-tan]

Halloween & Christmas worlds.  I would love to see you release an expansion set in one of these around the appropriate time of year.

[markrosewater]

Inquiring Minds Want To Know - Planes to Visit in the Future

In today’s information gathering, I’m interested to hear what planes you want to visit in an upcoming Standard-legal set. Here’s how I would like you to respond. Please list, in order, your favorites from one up to five. You can list less than five, but please restrict yourself to five answers. Number 1 should be the plane you most want to see us visit in the future. 

If you’re interested you may also tell me why you want to return to that plane. You can list any known plane including ones we’ve never visited before. I need names of existing planes though and not “wild west plane”. 

Here’s an example:

1. Innistrad - It’s my favorite plane

2. Fiora - I love Conspiracy and would like to see Fiora in a Standard-legal set.

3. Tarkir - Go back, but there better be clans.

4. Rath - I don’t know how you’d do it, but I’d love it.

5. Alara - More Esper please.

I would love to get a lot of data, so please pass this along to your Magic friends to answer as well.

Please number your answers as the data will be weighted. I will count them in the order listed if you don’t number them. Please don’t list the same plane more than once. 

[corpsegrinder-tan]

1. Kamigawa  2. Lorwyn-Shadowmoor  3. New Phyrexia.  And I do NOT want it being "purified", I like Phyrexia.

[corpsegrinder-tan]

@markrosewater  So far, people have asked if you could errata the other two legendary ninjas, Higure and Ink-Eyes, to have commander ninjutsu, and were of course told that you don’t do functional errata.  Someone asked if you could print ‘commander ninjutsu’ on future legendary ninjas if there was a return to Kamigawa, and were told that you don’t reference particular formats in Standard-legal sets.  So: What about changing the way ninjutsu works in the rules, so that any legendary with ninjutsu can use it from your hand or the command zone?

[corpsegrinder-tan]

@markrosewater  Mark, I just had a bowl of guacamole, and there was a squirrel hair in it!

[corpsegrinder-tan]

@markrosewater So far, people have asked if you could errata the other two legendary ninjas, Higure and Ink-Eyes, to have commander ninjutsu, and were of course told that you don't do functional errata.  Someone asked if you could print 'commander ninjutsu' on future legendary ninjas if there was a return to Kamigawa, and were told that you don't reference particular formats in Standard-legal sets.  So: What about changing the way ninjutsu works in the rules, so that any legendary with ninjutsu can use it from your hand or the command zone?

[corpsegrinder-tan]

Hear these words, Seraphs, and know them to be true: No one has dominion over me! No one!! Die, my brothers, and writhe in the fires of Damnation!!

[corpsegrinder-tan]

Several species of hemovores - ticks, lice, mosquitoes, gnats, chiggers, leeches and the like -- find your blood particularly tasty.  These creatures crawl and hide among the creases and folds of your skin despite your best efforts to remove them.  Particularly persistent are those vermin that drink from you three times and thus become enormous, bloated, Blood Bound ghouls.  You may not command the vermin in any fashion; they are too intoxicated on your vitae to be of any use (though they do love you, for what it's worth.)

[corpsegrinder-tan]

Want to know how you can legally support terrorism?  It’s easy: Just start paying taxes!

[corpsegrinder-tan]

Azu-nyan, Neko-Alchemist

[corpsegrinder-tan]

If you wish to raise a body that has not been dead for fully three days, bathe the corpse with a solution of one spatula of the blue elixir, open its mouth, and insert another spatula full; it will revive immediately.

[corpsegrinder-tan]

Kynaios & Tiro: "Hey guys, we're coming out of the closet."

Jace: "We already know.  Everybody knows."

Misty: "I drew a doujin of you."

K&T: “"You already know?"

J: "Yes."

K&T: "You know we're... Nephilim?"