#man lands

[maskedheromaskedchampion]

Queer as Folk Lands

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/queer-as-folk-lands/

I plan to write a cool article about this, but today is not the day. But soon, I will break this deck down.

[aroaceaunt]

MtG: Vernacular for Creature Lands

Wizards of the Coast and Magic the Gathering has made a point to stop calling the lands that can be animated into creatures “Man Lands.” Man Land is not an inclusive term that alienates a growing part of the players, women. All of the writing by Wizards has used the term “creature land.” I like it. It is inclusive, not just to women, but to all creatures in the game. This land has no gender when it is animated. Maybe this land goes by “ze” pronouns.

At Friday Night Magic, I made a point to call all the guys out when they called these lands man lands. I told them that Wizards doesn’t use the term. Call them creature lands. That did not go over well. You could hear their testosterone jump and their egos become wounded when I said this. “But man land rhymes,” was the common reasoning. Then they would make a comment degrading another man based on some perceived lack of manliness. The comments where never outright homophobic or transphobic, but they were rooted in them.

“Ok, then I will call them ‘Lady Lands’.” Everyone bristled at this suggestion. They claimed it was too many syllables. They really didn’t like how demeaned hearing such a strong card being refereed as a “lady.”

I told them that if they keep using “man lands” because it rhymes, then I’m using “lady lands” because alliteration is better.

And I like bruising fragile male egos