tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55525327543397373062011-07-07T18:02:39.777-05:00This is Grell's most dangerous experiment yet, so he's relying on the wisdom of the ancient Byzantine engineers.Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.comBlogger2601100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-25827213009165620332009-12-02T19:34:00.005-06:002009-12-03T19:20:56.183-06:00

Hagra Diabolist is That Guy. Prove me wrong:what a tool

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-25005963977194896762009-11-13T11:10:00.005-06:002009-11-20T10:50:12.485-06:00

Yes, a shameless TF2 reference. I got it yesterday off Steam and I'm preparing to play it tonight.But enough about TF2. This is a magic blog!So today, I'm going to introduce a new mechanic: Resonate. It's a psudeo mechanic, which means it does different things on each guy. Here's an example:Reis is special because he doesn't have to be built around, like most of the resonate guys that I've

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It's not Damnation. It's Rocket Quest!I'd like to apologize in advance for the eating-based turn RQ has taken lately. Maybe I've been hungry for the past 2 months. But that doesn't seem right...4.5 - The Cap and The Lunchbox and Everything4.6 - Not Really a Person

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-69571931325546011972009-10-13T10:01:00.003-05:002009-10-13T10:28:42.596-05:00

The more astute among you might have noticed that there has been a suspicious lack of cards lately. I assure you that there are plenty of illegitimate reasons for this terrible occurrence. Look at all these reasons:1. I don't have a computer - this one's pretty crucial. No computer means no MSE means no cards.2. MSE doesn't work well if I try to run it from a flash drive - true, I can run it

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-30764758478346516362009-09-06T19:42:00.003-05:002009-09-06T19:44:32.086-05:00

It doesn't even stay within bounds but FUCK FUCK FUCK

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-36033596751677774082009-09-05T09:02:00.002-05:002009-09-05T09:06:36.118-05:00

What the hell, Wizards?I MADE intimidate. I even CALLED it intimidate.True, it's sort of the next logical step and lots of Magic design people don't like fear and intimidate is a pretty obvious name, but I'm still going berserk here.

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-79399075135888340142009-08-22T15:22:00.002-05:002009-08-22T15:28:28.609-05:00

Not for a while now, anyway. I just moved into my dorm at UT, and don't have a computer yet. Be patient.Oh shit. There should have been an IMPORTANT ANCIENT BYZANTINE WISDOM ANNOUNCEMENT somewhere in there. Pretend I said that, okay?

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-75255124642214525632009-08-20T10:49:00.001-05:002009-08-20T10:51:19.976-05:00

New Rocket Quest4.4 - A Little More Violence

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-48786703224557745412009-08-19T13:31:00.002-05:002009-08-20T10:52:15.999-05:00

New Rocket Quest4.3 - Best Pals

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-66284556944271221942009-08-18T23:14:00.003-05:002009-08-18T23:18:27.204-05:00

There's not a whole lot here. The name I originally used for this card was "Yet Another Burn Spell" and that tells you pretty much everything you need to know about it. It's possible that this should be rare, but I feel like it's the sort of thing that you want to be able to run multiple of in draft. For when you hit 10 mana, you know. 10 mana, 10 damage. Nice.Original Art

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I could have sworn I posted a lot of cards just now. It's almost like they vanished. Like, say (just to give a random example), into the past. Eerie.Blue Text

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I promised a special treat. I lied.Metamorphosis has been going on for a while, hasn't it? Quite a few cards. Quite a few. There have been a couple from Al's set, a couple from Nameless One's set, a couple from Shore Snapper's set, a couple from Utopia, but many more from Metamorphosis. About time we found out what the prerelease card is, no? Or, rather, the five prerelease cards. Remember

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A couple of weeks overdue. No matter.I've got a special treat for all you Land Friday fanatics out there (i.e. myself). I'll post it later today or sometime tomorrow or a month from now. Cheers!Original Art

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Remember that you can do stuff in between the preview ability resolving and the spell itself resolving. Patron of the Orochi?By the way, did I mention that it's really hard to find good art for Wrath of God effects? Because it is. Eventually I settled on a piece that shows the aftermath of such a spell but I'm not entirely satisfied with it.Original Art

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Good thing preview resolves before the spell itself. I suppose you could always counter it, but you should really just wait to play this until it'll win you the game.Original Art

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-30142253793888372932009-08-12T11:49:00.004-05:002009-08-12T12:27:23.073-05:00

Preview is a triggered ability. It works (theoretically) much like the Demon's Horn cycle of artifacts. When you cast a spell with preview, the spell goes on the stack and then the preview ability goes on the stack. It is important to note that the preview ability goes on the stack after the actual spell and will thus resolve first. It's also important to note that preview doesn't care about

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-48666785111571757812009-08-12T11:42:00.002-05:002009-08-12T12:10:44.052-05:00

Ow. Fuck. I needed that leg.Original Art - Shardcrown BruteHappy now, Shore Snapper?

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Bloodmites are a very tasty snack but I have not seen them at any point since the time when I left Grixis. I do not understand why this is so! The levels of taste and nutrition of the bloodmite are very high and a bloodmite is not a difficult thing to make. I entered a Tesco store and looked in the many aisles but I could not find even a very small bloodmite. When I was upset and asked for

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There have not been cards for many days. I do not understand this! The absence of cards is not a thing that many people would expect when there are also a great many names that call themselves a card of the day. I am saddened. Grell is a human that I try with to have respect for despite his lack of fearsome claws and scaly skin but I am not able to hold respect for him when the behavior he

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Some of you might have noticed that I have been, shall we say, less than punctual with the cards of the day of late. This is because I am a bum. Actually, no. It's because I'm lazy. No excuses (even though I just gave two). My assumption is that once I start up school again full time, I'll keep more regular schedules. Look for that. Late this August. Until then, expect choppy updates and

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-42439019405624374992009-07-27T14:54:00.001-05:002009-07-27T14:57:13.621-05:00

Hungry, but not dead.Original Art

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-76698135812197548362009-07-27T14:51:00.001-05:002009-07-27T14:51:19.589-05:00

Where did all this blood come from?Original Art

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-19538295285618852192009-07-27T14:29:00.002-05:002009-07-27T14:38:58.826-05:00

I feel ALIVE!Original Art

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-55453291958567067472009-07-27T14:23:00.003-05:002009-07-27T14:25:45.940-05:00

What featured art?Original ArtP.S. I'm not dead.

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-43396914608123540982009-07-27T13:59:00.003-05:002009-07-27T14:02:28.685-05:00

Remember that time I didn't die? That was now.This should really be uncommon.Original Art

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-54674183663187416392009-07-27T13:45:00.001-05:002009-07-27T13:47:09.644-05:00

Still alive, yo.Original Art

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-48475787763478609282009-07-27T13:33:00.002-05:002009-07-27T13:35:47.134-05:00

I'm not dead, despite whatever Shore Snapper might wish.Original Art

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-54725183437275456702009-07-12T17:54:00.004-05:002009-11-02T13:17:38.856-06:00

Flourish has been done before. There's not a whole lot of difference between cards with flourish and cards like Kindle except flourish actually makes new copies whereas Kindle and its kin just grow greater in effect.Benny freaks out about this one. I don't think it's that scary, especially not with Savanah Lions bustling around in standard again.Original Art - Unnerving MightOriginal Art -

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-67849835132123125212009-07-11T08:04:00.002-05:002009-07-11T08:09:07.464-05:00

It's a photo of a tree from Utopia, Texas. What more do you want from me?Original Art? No. There's no reason any sane person would ever want to use a photograph as the illustration for a card.Have a fantastic prerelease and don't play Runeclaw Bear.Original Art

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-47553089843353414082009-07-11T07:56:00.003-05:002009-07-11T07:58:44.568-05:00

Day late and a dollar short, as usual.Original Art

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-56818015121513999212009-07-10T17:35:00.001-05:002009-07-10T17:38:09.405-05:00

Just finished looking through M10 on gatherer. Some thoughts on cards:Centaur Courser - The art is pretty cool, but it should still be a Nessian.Deathmark - Like the art, especially the black mana symbol where the pupil should be. Is this the first time a mana symbol has shown up in card artwork?Doom Blade - Like the art, still don't like the name.Excommunicate - The old flavor text was better

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-59562158125552271342009-07-09T09:02:00.007-05:002009-11-02T15:24:58.363-06:00

Hello and welcome to the last day of Wizard Week. Today, we'll be discussing what Wizards don't usually do, using this card as an example: Let's start with color. You get Blue wizards, obviously, and black wizards. You get some red wizards, most notably Prodigal Pyromancer. You get some white wizards and few green wizards. You've got 16 green wizards (not counting multicolor), 41 white

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Hello again and welcome to day three of Wizard Week. Today, we will again be discussing what wizards do. Surprisingly, they deal damage. Prodigal Sorcerer for example. Like this card: Yes, it does count everyone's cards. So if Maralynn of the Mornsong is in play, this card is totally worthless. So what do they do if you give them a card they can't use in time? They discard it. And guess

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Hey, folks, it's Nameless One again! Today, we're going to be going into greater depth as to what Wizards like to do. Through my research, I've found that Wizards like to do tapping/untapping (Aphetto Grifter, Fatesticher, Aphetto Alchemist), countering spells (Patron Wizard, Disruptive Pitmage/Student), Drawing cards and other blue things. They're, in essential, the blue class. Here's my

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Hey, loyal readers! Welcome to the first day of Wizard week, where I'll be posting wizard themed cards and discussing wizardly stuff. Here's the card for today:Yes, it is yours truly in an epic evolved form. The evolution keyword is to allow you to upgrade your creatures when they've been on the field for a while. I'm thinking about doing a Krosan Beast style thing with one of them...anyway.

Nameless Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12070141256933183768noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-56919814506716178372009-07-05T01:41:00.006-05:002009-07-05T02:04:13.797-05:00

Al Capone here, with my first crack at Card of the Day. For your viewing pleasure.I except this card to be treated with all seriousness.Also:This one is clearly a bit more serious. Yes, it's very, very similar to Pulse of the Forge (Mirrodin) in terms of cost, effect and mechanic. However, it speeds up the process, going straight to evening the life totals instead of recurring the 4 damage until

Maff Caponihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13317950950343535198noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-89201853061534562009-07-03T23:25:00.005-05:002009-11-02T13:47:17.481-06:00

(Started writing this May 3rd, 2009)Yeah, I don't actually have any arted Seek cards to show you. Sorry. I can tell you what it does, though:Seek CARDTYPE (While choosing targets as part of casting this, you must chose at least one CARDTYPE if able)And here are a few sample cards. They all seem to do stuff with creatures.Hot Hands [1][R]InstantSeek creature (While choosing targets as part of

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-543698291823792942009-07-03T23:24:00.005-05:002009-08-16T00:15:48.591-05:00

(Saved Post #1 - Started writing this July 3rd, 2009)Guess you found this. Good job!Original Art:Desolate Temple 1Desolate Temple 2Hillside Falls 1Hillside Falls 2Marsh Grotto 1Marsh Grotto 2Arid Canyon 1Arid Canyon 2Jungle River 1Jungle River 2

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-54559610532712620102009-07-03T23:15:00.002-05:002009-07-03T23:19:20.135-05:00

And now it's working again. You'd think somebody going into computer science would understand this sort of thing better. Really, though, it's not lack of skill that's holding me back, just lack of effort.Besides, it's working. Isn't that proof?Original Art

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-48546698665165422102009-07-03T22:45:00.003-05:002009-07-03T23:24:42.835-05:00

Oh bugger. MSE ain't workin' properly. See, all those cards I just put up were saved on this site already and now I can't get Magic Set Editor to open. I'll get today's land up as soon as I can to placate the desperate Land Friday fanatics (of which there are no doubt many). In the meantime, I'll introduce Al Capone, the newest Ancient Byzantine Engineer. You may already know him as Frank

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-78668265081861309862009-07-03T22:36:00.004-05:002009-07-04T00:57:29.028-05:00

If you get passed the kind of nonsense I got passed during my last foray into Shards/Conflux/Reborn drafting. Howdy folks, new contributor Al Capone (formerly mentioned in posts as "Frank," which should have properly been "Frank Sinatra") here with a draft report for a very solid 3-0 Jund deck. Here's the list:1 Rip-Clan Crasher1 Elvish Visionary1 Jund Hackblade3 Terminate (!)1 Macta Rioters1

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I am returned, albeit briefly. I've spent pretty much the whole week at UT orientation and when I got back my computer decided to die on me, so updates have been even less usual than usual. I tried putting the cards up in the edit posts section of this site and having Draco post them but for some reason it didn't work. Whatever that reason may be, here's what you missed from Tuesday:Not a whole

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-36996061535826085802009-07-02T16:45:00.009-05:002009-07-02T17:36:43.289-05:00

Hey, Sports fans...Wait, wait, wrong blog. Hey, loyal readers, it's Nameless One back once again, filling in for Grell. I heard that he was having computer problems, so here I am, desperately attempting to fill his space once again.Today I bring you my cycle of mythic rare sorceries, based on the Ultimatums from Shards. I call them...Edicts. Sound cool huh? Well, let's start with the white

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Grell is currently having technical difficulties. Postings will resume normal schedule shortly.--Draco, Al Capone (previously Frank)

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Congratulations to lace, the winner of the eighth keyword poll. We're all very proud.Just so you know, you don't have to vote for the mechanic that's winning. There are other options. Speaking of options, there are two new keywords to choose from - Flourish (which I didn't include in any of the previous polls because I thought I'd already posted a card that had it) and Omit (one of Nameless

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-9094856109486707752009-06-27T00:09:00.005-05:002009-06-27T01:00:23.471-05:00

Frank and I went drafting. I went 3-0. My deck was the most bomb-tastic thing I've ever made in limited.Critters(18):1 Blitz Hellion1 Carrion Thrash1 Charnelhoard Wurm1 Deadshot Minotaur1 Deathbringer Thoctar1 Ember Weaver1 Gorger Wurm1 Hissing Iguanar1 Igneous Pouncer1 Incurable Ogre1 Jund Battlemage1 Jungle Weaver1 Madrush Cyclops1 Naya Hushblade1 Putrid Leech1 Valley Rannet1 Wild Leotau1 Wild

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Original Art

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Thank you, Shore Snapper. I don't know where I'd be without you. A better place, no doubt.Original Art

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-62425746905649195222009-06-25T23:13:00.004-05:002009-08-03T09:57:20.500-05:00

Grell has been not a good person with putting cards up every day. I do not understand him! Why does he fail at his task and come crying to Shore Snapper in a moment of weakness, asking for protection? This is foolish behavior and on Grixis he would have been made into a tasty meal for my hungry stomach! But then I think that he has a trick, for nobody could be so foolish as to approach me

Shore Snapperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386268946895798966noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-88340536532692669152009-06-23T23:17:00.004-05:002009-06-24T00:39:53.190-05:00

Frank just pointed this site out to me. It is all sorts of nuts. It lets you do basically any kind of draft your little heart ever dreamed of. Go check it out.EDIT: Just spent the last hour drafting triple Portal: Second Age, trying to make a Swarm of Rats deck work. Did not succeed.Original Art

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There were no cards this weekend. My apologies.Shore Snapper ought to like this one. It does have the capacity to shut down multicolor decks, end even monocolor (given enough lands). Nothing says "you can't play spells" to a green/black deck better than "all your lands are Islands."Original Art

Grellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352323817166144171noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552532754339737306.post-20251654173855856582009-06-19T12:45:00.003-05:002009-06-19T12:50:17.038-05:00

I'm using the old Multiverse set symbol because the new one is for the second set in the block. You can't have basics in the second set.Land Friday, what a rebel.Original Art

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This guy needs a more intense name.FUN FACT: Cavern Spider was the first card I made with bridle and was the reason I created bridle. It's top-down design at its finest - my attempt to turn an Urban Rivals card into a Magic card. Turned out pretty well, I think. Just call him Gibson.Original Art

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Haven't posted any green cards for a while.Original Art

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Apparently Ancient Byzantine Wisdom isn't only about Magic. Who knew?New Rocket Quest4.2 - Wicked Crazy

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Here ya' go. Golems are tribal now.Original Art

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I'm not sure if the Herd needs an "if you control it" clause in its second ability or if that's implied. This card isn't meant to be like a Desolation Angel; if you destroy your opponents' lands, you shouldn't get to keep the creature.Original Art

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Look at that! Look at how elegant that is!Exile is such a good thing.New set symbol for a new rules system. It's a brand new day.EDIT: Not brand new enough. Holy Purge is both the first ABW card with Magic 2010 wordings and the first ABW card that has already been shown on this site*. My bad.It's interesting to note that I added 86 cards to my set in between then and now.Original Art*Not

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Yes! As I promised...a new keyword! Assist is based on the Yugioh "union" mechanic and "equip", so you can use the things as well, since most equipments don't do anything else (not counting the ones that do). I'm not sure if I needed to include the "Assisting creature is still a creature" line in the reminder text, but I just wanted to be sure that people would remember that they're still able

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Hey, loyal ABW fans! It's me, Nameless One, once again taking over the blog for my own. In fact, for the whole weekend! Man, I feel important.Anyway, onto the card of the day. Flash of Thought looks like kind of a redundant card, right? Wrong. You can either pay 2 and a blue to draw two cards, or pay 2 and a blue to draw one card, but it'll be uncounterable and trigger cycling effects.

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The card called Baleful Metamorphosis is exciting because there is now flavor text on this card. I understand it! The words in this card are funny because they are also true! There was a demon I was knowing and he used to have a saying. The saying of the demon went "It is my way or the spine way." Many people laughed! And then he removed the spine! Grixis is a good place except maybe for

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At least I still have Fridays.Original Art

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Things are not as easy to play as other things. I do not understand that! If you are not able to play the cards that your heart is telling you to play then you must be very sad about this. People who are not bad people I am angry with should not have such a great sadness. Fleshform Hill will make these people have their good level of low sadness and not be like people I have destroyed with

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People for some reason do not like horrors. I do not understand these people! Horrors are a very nice type of creature. There was one time that I met a horror and she was very nice and did not tear my flesh off at all except for just a little. It grew back after a few days so everything was okay even though I do not talk very much with that horror any more. When at the same time we are

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If you haven't read this article over at magicthegathering.com then you really need to do that now. Even if you don't care about the rules changes, read it for the Magic 2010 preview cards. Go ahead. I'll wait.I'm not happy about some of these changes, but I understand and support them. Except for parts of change #5. I'll get to that in a bit.Change #1 - Simultaneous Mulligans. This is good

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There are creatures that have flying. I do not understand these creatures! They are difficult to hit with normal attacks of hellfire because they are not on the ground. Why is this so? Sometimes I catch and kill these creatures when they have stopped flying. I ask them who is the flying one now but it is not any of us because they are dead. My jaws are very strong!Original Art

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Nightstalkers do not have swampwalk. I do not understand this! If they stalk in the night they must stalk also in the swamp. It is what makes sense! When I make a nightstalker it will have this ability. If you have both a nightstalker and a The Stalkersworn in play your The Stalkersworn will be not as much of a less powerful creature. I have been told that haste is good but I do not

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Hey readers! It's me, Nameless One! I have taken over the blog!Nah, just kidding, I'm just on the team now. Here's my first card: Nightzone.It's quite useful in a mono-black deck where you're running a lot of non-basic lands that produce colorless mana when you need black mana. For example, in my zombie deck, I'd put night counters on my Unholy Grottos for when I don't need to bring stuff

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As requested in the comments for Hermitage, although I made a few changes. Couldn't use the name "Purge" as that's already taken. I upped the cost and made it multicolor because this is a seriously powerful effect. I also threw in the "nonbasic" clause so that it doesn't rip all your opponent's basic lands out. Perhaps I should have made it simply "nonland" instead. Either way, it's an

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Anyone remember Hermit's Hovel? I do, but not fondly. Didn't like the name, and only sorta liked the art. So I've updated it.Come to think of it, didn't like the set symbol either, but that got fixed a while back.Original Art

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Never enough fervor.Original Art

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One of these days, I should put fervor on a creature that has a tap ability. One of these days.Original Art

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The Darkskull ogres make really shitty citadels. I mean wow.Also, IMPORTANT ANCIENT BYZANTINE WISDOM NEWS: I would like to introduce the newest member of the ABW team, so please give a warm welcome to Shore Snapper! After his stunning debut yesterday, he's going to be dormant for a little while. Don't worry, though. He'll be back next week, hosting Card of the Day Monday through Friday.The

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I AM A MACHINE

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It's possible that the tribute to dark heart of the woods and darkheart sliver is flawed because the sacrifice ability doesn't gain you three life. However, you can gain three life from it, and tying the life gained to the power of the creature makes for a more interesting (if perhaps less powerful) card.Original Art

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Don't worry, oblation fan. You'll get there eventually.Meld could never work as a keyword. It's incredibly complex. Keeping track of abilities gained cannot appear on too many cards in a set, or at any rarity other than rare (or mythic). Besides, meld is pretty much exclusively a blue ability. To be a keyword, meld has to be vague, using phrases like "permanent that shares a card type."

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This is the card for Sunday, May 31st.Original Art

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This card is for Saturday, May 30th.

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Today is my graduation ceremony, and tomorrow is a trip to Utopia. No, seriously. It's a real place.What I'm getting at, though, is that I won't be here tomorrow and I'll probably be worn out on Sunday and not feel like posting anything. So I'm getting it all out of my system now. Three days worth of cards, all in one day. Exciting, no?Original Art

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Card for Thursday, May 28thOriginal Art

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Oh hey. How's it going?My internet connection wimped out on me and then I wimped out on fixing it. Finals and whatnot.Still not sure how I fixed it, which could be a problem if it breaks again.Oh my. This guy's pretty powerful, isn't he?Original Art

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Yes.Didn't post this yesterday because I was at my magic group's third random standard tournament. It's like choose your own standard, except you don't get to choose. More on this tomorrow (i.e. later today) when it's not 3 A.M.Original Art

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"Protection from Humans" is a dangerous ability to put on a card. It turns humans into a tribe, something Wizards has tried very hard to steer clear from. It's not exactly a human lord, but it's something.Original Art

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Interesting. On a noncreature permanent, "protection from BLANK" is the equivalent of "can't be the target of BLANK spells or abilities." But although they mean the same thing, this way is more elegant. And if anyone should go to the effort of making Shadowscape into a creature, there's no reason it can't have added protection.Original Art

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Surprisingly, nothing has protection from tokens yet. Vindictive Mob scurries right on past saprolings and Dogged Hunter eats any kind of token for breakfast, but neither of them are immune to tokeny violence. I think that wizards should print a card with protection from tokens. I'm not so sure that card should be aggressive, though.Original Art

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Guardian Horror was initially designed top-down. I found the art, knew what I wanted the name to be, and designed the card from there. This is not the method of design that I reccomend as practicality can become lost in fervently pursuing your initial ideals. However, it is mighty tempting. In the Horror's case, I think it turned out all right. Guardian angels are supposed to protect you

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Not what you expected? My apologies.This is just an icebreaker, if you will. The other cards won't be this simple.Original Art

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The latest addition to the sniper/spy update: the Meet the Spy video.It's a pretty exciting video, to be sure. I wish there had been some new medic/engineer/sniper dialogue, but that's just me.

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Woah! What is this?Starting tomorrow, there will be a new "theme" week. Please contain your enthusiasm.

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I love this card's name.Original Art

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Creatures without islandwalk have had it too good for too long.Original Art

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I bet you though I'd continue that Placid Canal cycle. I bet you thought I'd finish it off with enemy-color lands.You thought wrong.Original Art

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Part of a cycle. Used to be called Summon the Ruach and got you a spirit (as ruach are a kind of spirit), but I found better art.Original Art

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Those upset by the lack of a card of the day yesterday are overlooking the fact that there was no yesterday. It's a common error, easily made. Don't let it concern you.This card should possibly cost more. I believe that if you combine it with grave pact and stack the triggers right, your creatures will become (essentially) immortal.EDIT: Balls. This card has already been made, and it is

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Torturous End does something entirely different using scatter. The other cards essentially said "Each player does BLANK." Torturous End says "BLANK happens once for each person playing." Those two phrases may sound alike, but they have entirely different meanings. Trust me.The length of scatter's rules text bugs me. It's just long enough to go onto that third line, but not long enough to

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What is a "plane" card? Sorta like vanguard, maybe? We'll see.

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New Rocket Quest4.1 - No Time for Fashion

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What scatter basically means is that each player plays the spell. It's slightly more complex than that, but that's mostly nitpicky rules issues that won't matter most of the time. Here's how it goes down:You play a spell with scatter. The spell goes on the stack.The scatter ability goes on the stack.Each other player puts a copy of the spell on the stack. If there are two or more other

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