I'm curious about what other people like to say when they play the game. I'm not talking about the lingo or nicknames used by players to describe a card or deck (e.g. Bob, ping, eggs), but rather your own personal catch phrases/ sound effects.
For example, I find myself occasionally saying 'meow' whenever I play a creature regardless of it being a cat or not. Similarly, when I deal non-combat damage or otherwise get rid of something, I sometimes make my hand in the shape of a gun, point at my target, and go 'bang'.
Silly I know, but it certainly makes the experience just a little bit more amusing, in my opinion.
Pretty sure it's common (I know it is in my local area) but cards aren't 'making tokens', they're 'making babies'. Also wouldn't doubt this being common, but when we sacrifice something like Oblivion Stone or the last counter off a Gemstone Mine, we say 'pop the' and then the card name. Again, the last one's probably somewhat widespread, but when conceding, there's a few of us who say 'entering scoop phase' or similar.
So yeah, this is probably all common stuff but I may be surprised.
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Pretty sure it's common (I know it is in my local area) but cards aren't 'making tokens', they're 'making babies'. Also wouldn't doubt this being common, but when we sacrifice something like Oblivion Stone or the last counter off a Gemstone Mine, we say 'pop the' and then the card name. Again, the last one's probably somewhat widespread, but when conceding, there's a few of us who say 'entering scoop phase' or similar.
So yeah, this is probably all common stuff but I may be surprised.
I like to pronounce swamp in a funny way when I play one. Like the 'a' sound in ramp or clamp. I don't know why; it's just funny.
I got everyone in my store doing this. It started with me doing a bootleg-ass Mahky Mahk everytime I played a Sqwadron Hack but once that rotated it stuck around for Swaamp.
In my play group I have a Rakdos deck with more removal than the eye can see, so I've become to saying "That looks removal worthy" whenever something good pops out onto the field, and my friends reply, by just putting it into the graveyard, because they know what happens next.
In my casual playgroup/good friends we always joke around saying "I'll allow it" or say "in response" to everything from tapping mana to drawing cards.
Attack with Bird creatures:
"CAW, m**!"
Activate Djinn of Wishes
"Make a wish."
Sometimes when I make tokens, which is only with borrowed decks I go "Call For Family."
Goblin deck: "Goblin Goblin Goblins. Goblin Goblin. Goblingoblingoblingobllingoblingoblin-"
Elf deck: *-commit seppuku-*
Demons with recurring triggers: "Consult with infernal powers..."
Water-spirit themed creatures in combat, deadpan, no attempt at mimicry "Glub glub."
Nice, YourEvilTwin. I want to play some soulbond critters and shout "SOUL RESONANCE, LINK!!"
It seems in general, my playgroup gets by making up names for the creatures rather than having catchphrases. Usually initiated from incomplete readings of the title . Apparently one of Scourge's Elf Mutants is a dubstep meister.
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Any time someone plays a morph creature someone has to chime in with, "It could be anything! It could even be a boat".
Any time someone plays a spirit creature (especially something that is randomly a spirit and not one from Kamigawa block) someone mentions how it's flesh cannot be rent.
I'm sure there are a number of other that I'm forgetting as well.
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If I'm not doing particularly well, when an opponent passes the turn I usually respond with "end of turn weep" or "end of turn cry." If I am passing the turn I usually say "bro and ahead and bro" because one person in the store used to say "go ahead and go" at the end of each of his turns. I hear a lot of people say "seems like cheating" as a joke when an opponent has a good play.
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Whenever I soulbond creatures, I'll push them together and say, "Make relations."
It started from watching the coverage of some pro tour where the commentators were remarking on how the Japanese players always referred to it as "make relations." I mentioned it to a friend, and he said that now he'd never be able to get the image of Silverblade Paladin and Thragtusk 'making relations' out of his mind. We had a good laugh, and have been using the phrase since.
I like to pronounce swamp in a funny way when I play one. Like the 'a' sound in ramp or clamp. I don't know why; it's just funny.
I started doing this myself not too long ago. I blame one of DraftMagic.com's recorders for this. I can't remember who, but it's probably Marlon Egolf.
For example, I find myself occasionally saying 'meow' whenever I play a creature regardless of it being a cat or not. Similarly, when I deal non-combat damage or otherwise get rid of something, I sometimes make my hand in the shape of a gun, point at my target, and go 'bang'.
Silly I know, but it certainly makes the experience just a little bit more amusing, in my opinion.
What's yours?
So yeah, this is probably all common stuff but I may be surprised.
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One person says "make friends" for tokens though.
gotta try that sometime!
Example: Turn one I'll put 14 dollars into play tapped (Hallowed Fountain) or if its an Unhinged land it'll be 5 dollars.
I don't do it all the time, but for the opening turns its kind of fun.
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BRGLIVING ENDGRB
URSPLINTER TWINRU
LEGACY
WUBRGTESGRBUW
WUBRGDREDGEGRBUW
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WBGDORAN, THE SIEGE TOWERGBW
UBSYGG, RIVER CUTTHROATBU
PAUPER EDH
WUGRHOX WAR MONKGUW
UBRDREADWINGRBU
RGFERAL ANIMISTGR
PAUPER
WUBRGALL OF ITGRBUW
I got everyone in my store doing this. It started with me doing a bootleg-ass Mahky Mahk everytime I played a Sqwadron Hack but once that rotated it stuck around for Swaamp.
So glad someone else is into it.
In California we're not allowed to Soulbond Wolfir Silverhearts with one another yet due to Prop 8.
"CAW, m**!"
Activate Djinn of Wishes
"Make a wish."
Sometimes when I make tokens, which is only with borrowed decks I go "Call For Family."
Goblin deck: "Goblin Goblin Goblins. Goblin Goblin. Goblingoblingoblingobllingoblingoblin-"
Elf deck: *-commit seppuku-*
Demons with recurring triggers: "Consult with infernal powers..."
Water-spirit themed creatures in combat, deadpan, no attempt at mimicry "Glub glub."
Nice, YourEvilTwin. I want to play some soulbond critters and shout "SOUL RESONANCE, LINK!!"
It seems in general, my playgroup gets by making up names for the creatures rather than having catchphrases. Usually initiated from incomplete readings of the title . Apparently one of Scourge's Elf Mutants is a dubstep meister.
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Any time someone plays a spirit creature (especially something that is randomly a spirit and not one from Kamigawa block) someone mentions how it's flesh cannot be rent.
I'm sure there are a number of other that I'm forgetting as well.
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It started from watching the coverage of some pro tour where the commentators were remarking on how the Japanese players always referred to it as "make relations." I mentioned it to a friend, and he said that now he'd never be able to get the image of Silverblade Paladin and Thragtusk 'making relations' out of his mind. We had a good laugh, and have been using the phrase since.
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Oh! I tend to shuffle a lot, so when I farseek, after searching for fountain I'll usually make the 'Everyday I'm shufflin' pun.
Its kind of gimmicky and old but still works
When my opponent does something and I know I can't come back from it I often say "Well that'll do it." to concede.
When my opponent plays something the turn before I steal it I'll say something like "Thanks," "How thoughtful" "You shouldn't have"
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I started doing this myself not too long ago. I blame one of DraftMagic.com's recorders for this. I can't remember who, but it's probably Marlon Egolf.
"You just activated my trap card."
*cue eye-rolling and groans from the rest of the table
*I start laughing because I hate Yu-Gi-Oh too
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I've also been known to say that I'm going "all-in" when I tap my entire army of aggro weenies for a risky, game-deciding attack.