#mtg worlds

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r/magicTCG - I'm Gerry Thompson, a Professional Magic Player, and I'm Protesting the State of Professional Magic by Refusing to Play in the World Championship

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GERRY THOMPSON TAKING NAMES HOLY SHIT

[ihititwithmyaxe]

I’m calling Shahar Shenhar the player to watch this MTG World Championship

I don’t mean I think he’ll win (though that’d be cool). I just mean he’s looking so good in that crisp fancy suit. When did the Pro Tour’s favorite little Israeli kid grow up to be so attractive??

[theothin]

“no infect decks?”

turns out all the artifact decks are happy to kill with inkmoth nexus

I mean I’m pretty sure “infect deck” has a different and more specific meaning but still

[theothin]

seth is holding ulamog in his hand, can cast it but doesn’t it

commentators: “don’t play with your food!”

[theothin]

magic world championships has two martins and as another martin I feel like maybe I should be rooting for them but instead I find myself constantly wanting their opponents to win

THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE

[tsuki-pon]

AEΓPA* (Aegra) - The Bearded One

They hail from Ywarryl, the planet of dragons. Though reminiscent of whales, they are not amphibious. They live mainly in the mountains, primarily around very windy areas. The term “Bearded One” comes from their underbelly which looks like a long beard. 

In the dragon kingdom, they are considered peasants but they don’t really care. They usually do what they want anyway, such as lazing about.

Instead of fire, the Aegra breathe out hurricane-grade gusts of winds that can also shred into a foe. Even so, it isn’t very offensive, making them one of the weaker dragons. It’s usually used as a defense/escape tactic. 

An Aegra’s mouth and throat expand when they take in a large quantity of air, such as blue whale swallowing water, and can use it to strengthen its wind-breath attacks. 

*The Ywarryan alphabet shares its characters with the Greek alphabet. These dragons can traverse time and space, and it is believed that they bestowed their knowledge of language onto Earth many years ago, thus bearing similarities to the Greek language.

[tsuki-pon]

what’s better than a whale or a dragon?

A dragon based on a whale!

Sketched mostly by sami-bee, I finally decided to get started on sketching out my dragons, and this is one of the little buggers known as Aegra, or The Bearded One. It sucks in wind and it’s mouth and throat expand like a whale swallowing water before bellowing out hurricane like winds at its foes.

[tsuki-pon]

Gabriel’s Marking

Gabriel is a young Witch who has completed a certain level of studies in the art of Witchcraft. He visits Madame Innocence to receive his Magic Circle and become a full-fledge Witch.

On Gaea, a magic circle allows the user to fully utilize the entire elemental spectrum of magic, such as fire, and water. Normally, any being can only use one, or two at most elements. A Marker is a Witch who has mastered three or more forms of Witchcraft.

Below is an excerpt of about this scene

She inhaled deeply on her pipe and exhaled its smoke as she said. "have a seat."

She turned away from me and I could hear the sound of glass and ceramic being worked with. There was a single cushion lying in from of her. It was tattered and looked almost void of its comfort. For someone who scarcely receives visitors, its shockingly worn. Sitting upon it only confirmed my suspicions. I might as well have sat on the floor.

She turned to face me, a shallow bowl of what looked like ink nestled in her lap. She placed it beside her and pulled a thin brush out from behind her ear.

"Well? Hold out your hand."

Her words were muffled by her pipe clenched in her teeth. I extended my right hand. I was caught off guard by his hard she seized my wrist. She pulled kind of hard to bring it closer to herself, which left me in an awkward and uncomfortable position for the rest of this ordeal.

She dipped her brush in the ink and began to lightly paint a circle on the back of my hand.

"What's that made out of?" I tried to make light conversation.

"It's just black ink. Enchanted, of course, as regular ink means nothing,"

"So I could've done this myself, huh?"

"It's not easy to get this type of ink and to enchant it is difficult. Not many know what's really needed. But yes, you could've, but it wouldn't have been as effective. Otherwise, why come all the way here?"

"You are one of the best Markers in Seda, or so I've heard."

“You heard right,” a smirk poked at the edges of her mouth, but I could tell she fought it back to retain a certain stoicism.