I'm just wondering, we always call Dark Confidant Bob because the card is named after Bob, how come no one calls Snapcaster mage Tiago?
[I refer to snapcaster mage as Tiago and my opponent is always really confused]
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I sometimes call Snappy Tiago, but nothing beats casting him and saying "Oh Snap!" on the opponents end step.
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calling snapcaster mage "tiago" is definitely a thing, but you also have to realize that bob maher was much more well-known in the magic community when he got his card than tiago was when his was designed.
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calling snapcaster mage "tiago" is definitely a thing, but you also have to realize that bob maher was much more well-known in the magic community when he got his card than tiago was when his was designed.
This and this. I actually don't know who Tiago Chan was. I know Thiago Saporito though...
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Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander - Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build) (dead format for me)
I think with Snapcaster Mage being the last made card in the series has something to do with it as well. Over time, nicknaming cards has sort of falling out of favor as much as it used be around (from what I can tell.. other than people on reddit always trying to force names onto cards) and since a lot of players have started around Innistrad and RTR, they would be calling the cards by their printed names as opposed to nicknames. I feel like a bunch of players also wouldn't even know that it was a player-created card.
Few of the other Invitational card nicknames caught on the way "Bob" did. I remember people calling Meddling Mage "Chris" or "Pikula" when that card was still relevant in Legacy/Vintage but it wasn't super common; if anything I heard "MM" more often.
Mostly I attribute the popularity of the name "Bob" to the fact that it's fun to say "Bob".
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When you peer long enough through the depths, the depths peer also through you.
If Luis Scott-Vargas or Patrick Chapin were featured in a card's art and design, you can bet we'd be calling it LSV or Chapin at the FNM table. But for better or worse, the last winners like Antoine Ruel (Ranger of Eos) Tiago Chan, and Jens Thoren (Solemn Simulacrum) don't have the same fan base.
[I refer to snapcaster mage as Tiago and my opponent is always really confused]
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UUU Merfolk UUU
"Above the waves you may be mighty indeed, but down here you belong to me."
-Empress Galina
UBR Cruel Control UBR
"The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
-Nicol Bolas
Modern : Huh?
EDH : UBGW Thrasios / Tymna Combo UBGW // GRW Mayael Big Stuff GRW // GU Edric Timewalkers GU
Yes, I am a local area mod.WELP. GOOD LIFE CHANGES ALL HAPPEN AT ONCE AND SOME ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVEPrimary Decks:
Modern: Esper Draw-Go
Legacy: RUG Lands
EDH: Sidisi turn-3 storm
this, it sounds like a funky beat, kind of like a bass and a hi-hat
bolt snap bolt snap bolt snap bolt snap...
This and this. I actually don't know who Tiago Chan was. I know Thiago Saporito though...
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/
Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander -
Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build)(dead format for me)MTGO/MTGA: Tyclone
My Primers ~ GWx Vizier Company ~ Knightfall ~ RG Eldrazi ~ Green's Sun's Zenith
More Brews ~ Modern Four Horsemen ~ Gitrog Dredge
Mostly I attribute the popularity of the name "Bob" to the fact that it's fun to say "Bob".
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