MTG Salvation

For this, we have to come up with five silly (preferably open-ended) questions (and PM them to the host when we're done). After that, the host reveals all the questions, and then we have to come up with our own silly answers to all the other questions. There is no "right" or "wrong" here; answers are (basically) judged on how funny they are.
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/outside-magic/clans/550847

Ooo I like that kind of contest. Off to the quicktopic!

Wahaha... Here's the answer to all the questions posed: Because you're Foolie Coolie colored!

I thought the answer to everything was phi(98), where phi is Euler's Totient function...

[Hint: phi(98) = phi(2)*phi(7^2) = (2-1)(7)(7-1) = 1*7*6 = 42.]

(Also, good stuff is happening in the QuickTopic. Keep it up!)


EDIT: So I decided to search this up to see if it exists (because I thought it would be pretty funny)...
Flight of the Bumblebee... a capella!

I need to find a couple ravagers and a couple mox opals to finish robots...

Hm... I'm not sure if simply writing 42 (or the FLCL response) for everything in this clan contest will work well here...

A concept from Game Theory: Impatient Games
Consider any turn-based game. Now, consider the "Impatient" version of the game, where on your turn, you can choose to make a move in the game as usual, or you may be impatient and choose to just win.

Does this seem like a good idea? You can play these games even when you're short on time, since games are likely not to last as long as they usually do!

Sounds like a terrible idea...

@PG: I'm going to say this now. Please don't rain on my Ajani-loving parade. That is amazing.

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@PG: I'm going to say this now. Please don't rain on my Ajani-loving parade. That is amazing.

Ajani seems cool, I've got to say I'm really liking the spoilers so far. Journey looks like it will actually be worth buying a box of, unlike Bored of the Gods.
Game design wise, this new set is already tying things together really well. Finally, some enchantment boosting (too late imo) etc. but if you look at it long
term we've got over another year to deal with this enchantment stuff in standard. The 3 cc colorless anthem is going to boost my mono-black aggro, as is the
bestow Minotaur. The scrying starfish is awesome, i loved the regen starfish in Alliances Looks like that merfolk is already going to make waves (awful pun, cough)
in legacy and modern and it's uncommon so it won't be too expensive. Interesting that they're making combo a part of the metagame with the flash red enchant and boros reckoner.
Not a huge fan of combo, but red has been screwed for a long time so I'm glad. If you hate it, won't be in the cardpool too long.
Mildly disappointed that damnation didn't get the obvious reprint, but mono black control is already too powerful. (because I don't own one for EDH) It actually looks like
Ajani might become the new face of control for the next year, he's that powerful. Elspeth tokens and Ajani plussing = me conceding. I'm really
tired of blue white control, would be nice if they at least gave control some new colors. With wotc hiring Gerry T. as an intern, I fear the worst
in the future

Overall, Journey into Nyx looks good, at least an 8/10 so far.
-H

Ajani actually seems pretty good... that card advantage ability seems like a good thing.

...But I thought other sources said that Ajani was confirmed not to be in the set? And suddenly we have him here?...



As for the Impatient Games: Yes, an impatient game on its own is obviously a stupid game, but they actually become less stupid in something called a "sum of games".'



(A variant on Aurora's request)
You should totally get a photo of yourself doing a star jump for your new profile photo. [Note: Anyone with no arms or legs (eg. a leech) is exempt from this, since the task of doing a star jump is not well-defined for someone with no arms or legs.]

Here's some piano music for you to practice, Lasers: Hauschka - Elizabeth Bay.

Hm... I listened to it... seems interesting, but probably not the thing that works very well for solo piano.

I'm learning to play this Schubert Impromptu (E-flat major).

Also, I do not plan to write a song set to the melody of Flight of the Bumblebee. That would be too hard, and the a capella version I linked to on the previous page was already crazy enough (and was also done by about 15 people or so). Also, I'm not sure my candidate singer's range goes up that high (and I will make sure to write my songs so that they're in her range).

I do actually plan to write one for Chopin's Revolutionary Etude though (but I mean that the vocal line would line up with the chords, not the left-hand insanity).

As for all the star jump photo requests, that probably won't get anywhere unless we have some Facebook followers later on.
[Of course, I have to make the assumption that doing a star jump is a well-defined task for most of our followers...]



Anyways... exam tomorrow. Fun times.

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Hm... I listened to it... seems interesting, but probably not the thing that works very well for solo piano.

But it is solo piano. Prepared piano and three hardware effects, but still. Here's Another Video.

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I'm learning to play this Schubert Impromptu (E-flat major).

I've never been a huge fan of Schubert. The music sounds.. Rigid. Constrained in some way. I'm not sure why, really.

I actually think that the new Ajani is pretty broken. Those 2 +1 abilities are nuts. And I think we now have a planeswalker in every color combination...

WU - Venser
WB - Sorin
WR - Ajani (Vengeant)
WG - Ajani (Mentor of Heroes)
UB - Ashiok
UR - Ral
UG - Kiora
BR - Sarkhan
BG - Vraska
RG - Domri

Yep, and the last two to be filled in both came in the two most recent sets.

@Yomako: Butterfly catching seems like a really hard thing to do, anywhere... (OK, maybe it's easier in Animal Crossing, but still.)

@Amadi: That's solo piano? Interesting. Still, I'm not sure I'd wish to mess around with the inside of my piano...




EDIT: I decided to do a bit of random doodling, just for fun... (Not a fully detailed drawing like I've been trying to do in the past, but just a quick doodle just because I felt like it.)

Elspeth, Protector of Alara 1WGU
Planeswalker - Elspeth
+1: Target creature gets +1/+1 for each basic land type among lands you control until end of turn.
-2: Creatures you control gain protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
-7: You get an emblem that says, "Creatures you control have lifelink. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card and put a +1/+1 counter on it."
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In Magic terms, the creature in my doodle would probably be a 15/15 based on how these things are usually defined... so yeah, running away would probably be the best thing for Hans to do here.

@PG: Nice design, seems very Alaran in flavor.

As far as real cards go with the three-color planeswalkers (Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker, of course), we're 10% of the way. I suppose a RGW Ajani and a BRG Sarkhan are not out of the question. We'll see.

Ajani, Savior of Alara 1WRG
Planeswalker - Ajani
+1: Target creature gets +1/+1 for each of it's colors and gains lifelink until end of turn
-X: Ajani, ~ deals X damage to target creature or player. You gain life equal to twice of X.
-8: Creatures your opponents control each deal damage to itself equal to it's power. Tap those creatures.
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Sarkhan, Dragon Master 1RGB
Planeswalker - Sarkhan
+1: Discard a card. If it's a creature card, put a 2/2 flying dragon creature token onto the battlefield under your control, if it's a land card gain 2 life, if it's a non-land, non-creature card, draw a card and lose 1 life.
+2: Target dragon gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.
-13: Search your library for any number of dragon cards and put them onto the battlefield tapped.
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I am patiently awaiting the return of the best planeswalker.

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Oh noes! They've already swiped Lasersharp's doodle!

Ah, yes, now that is a rainbow hydra.

And... now we need a custom WUB planeswalker. I guess if we wanted to continue with the Alaran ones then it would be Tezzeret, though I don't know how white-aligned Tezzeret is in the story...
(And then also the wedge combinations... not sure where to start with those ones yet.)

Tezzeret, Emissary of Light and Shadow 1WBU
Planeswalker - Tezzeret
+1: Tap target non-artifact permanent and all permanents with the same name. Then you may untap target artifact and all permanents that have the same name.
-2: Target non-artifact creature gets 3 +1/+1 counters and gains flying, lifelink and deathtouch until end of turn. It becomes an artifact in addition to it's other types.
-8: Exile all other non-land, non-artifact permanents.
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OK, that sounds more difficult then.

@PG: Alright... now what to do with the wedges?



Lasersharp: Trying to get more music written in hopes of eventually getting somewhere.
Aurora Illumina: Trying to get her star jump requests to propagate across the internet (on Facebook, through Lasersharp's followers).