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louisegluckpdf

scantily is basically the most classic way to be clad

prettyaveragewhiteshark

How quickly we forget the noble and impenetrable iron

a-book-of-creatures

sexhaver

Hyalopterous Lemure and Mystic Remora are really funny parallels to each other because they were both originally printed in Ice Age with comically misdrawn art. although they sound like gibberish, both "hyalopterous" and "lemure" are real words; the former means "having transparent wings", and the latter is a form of spirit or ghost from Roman religion. however, Dick Thomas made the same mistake as Google here and drew a hyalopterous lemur

since "lemur" and "lemure" are both different, real words, WOTC was pretty easily able to correct this one with a reprint. they also printed another Lemure in Time Spiral, mostly as an excuse for some Norin the Wary flavor text:

Mystic Remora, on the other hand... you know, i always thought it was weird that something as creature-like as a fish would count as an enchantment instead of a creature, but i (embarrassingly) recently learned that "remora" can also mean "drag" or "resistance" (apparently out of the belief of sailors that remoras stuck on their ships increased drag). this makes way more sense with the card type and effect than a fish. unfortunately, "remora" and "remora" are not different words[citation needed], and by the time the card was up for a reprint, it was because it was such a powerful and iconic EDH card that suddenly "fixing" the art would be way more trouble than it was worth. so they've kind of just rolled with it lmao

woe, fish be upon ye

#knew about the lemur/lemure mishap #did not know about this alternative definition for remora #don't feel bad OP you're not alone in that #mtg #card history

northernweird

I'd like it to be officially known that my blorbo Melek has been resurrected after 10 years of being killed off in his first appearance. I feel utterly escatic and insane. Melek is the reason why my blog is northernWEIRD. Melek is how I got started on Tumblr. And he is back!

They made my boy a detective! He can go solve Mazes and Riddles like he was always meant to!

I didn't know this levels of fawning, waiting, and disappointment could ever be vindicated??

If my throat wasn't busted right now, I would yell and scream and giggle.

transreliquat

#image presented with apologies to the late andre braugher #it's been eleven years #my boy melek is finally back #mtg

roborosewater-masters

Intressib Act, submission by Flabort

transreliquat

It is my pleasure to report that the answer to your question is “April 2023.” With the long-awaited return of the Planechase variant format alongside the release of March of the Machine Commander, the act of rolling the chaos symbol on the planar die (and triggering the corresponding ability on any active plane cards) was given its own keyword: those abilities now trigger “whenever chaos ensues.”

While largely an aesthetic change, this keyword also enables other spells or abilities to cause chaos to ensue. So far, this has only been used on a handful of cards, but special mention goes to this exceptionally apropos application from the Universes Beyond: Doctor Who Commander decks.

#planechase #mtg #doctor who

prokopetz

Shout-out to TCGs with such rigorous keywording that even the word "card" has a specific definition and each card is obliged to explicitly tell you whether or not the card you're holding in your hand is a card.

transreliquat

#keywording #game design #the only way i know of to make Battle of Wits a viable win condition in Commander

phasepandemonium

xantchaslegacy

Sometimes we design custom Magic cards to explore new design space and expand undersupported archetypes.

Sometimes we just want to make terrible puns.

Occasionally, it’s both.

#mtg custom #naga #amonkhet #back on my bullshit #it's been 84 years

shiny-rhydon

a landscaping planeswalker winds up on a plane filled with dinosaurs and gets to work

He’ll fix a lawn on Ixalan

the-burnished-hart

But then he’ll show up at the wrong client’s home

He mixed up lawns on Ixalan

transreliquat

#mtg shitposting #or should i say #shiftposting?

bace-jeleren

Krav owns multiple "I LOVE MY WIFE" shirts and wears them in combat regularly. He keeps buying more cause they get torn but he refuses to wear anything else.

*slamming my fists against the table* THIS IS CANON AND NO ONE CAN CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE