The moon is very important in Innistrad Block, and on Innistrad-the-plane. The place is teeming with werewolves, for one thing. And cards such as Moon Heron and Full Moon's Rise call it out explicitly.
We bring this up because in the real world, April 6, 2012 is a full moon. And it's a Friday. And what could be more thematic than playing Innistrad Block cards at Friday Night Magic under a full moon?
To help answer that question, Wizards of the Coast has sent out the first Double-Faced Token. One side's a 1/1 Human, and the other side is a 2/2 Wolf. Neither side is foil. While supplies last, they'll be given out to everyone who plays Friday Night Magic on April 6, 2012. And of course, the regular Friday Night Magic promo card for April will be there too.
There wont be any functinal significance. Just if you need a Human token you use the Human side, and if you need a Wolf, you use the Wolf side. Still pretty neat tho.
All tokens should be like this instead of putting dumb advertisements on the back, it would be easier to get a lot of each token if they were paired like that.
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I think this is really awesome, but I dread the calls of "Judge, I cast Moonmist, does my human token transform into the Wolf?" At least it will be something fun to announce though
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This seems like something they ought to do in general from now on. That way each token can act as tokens for two different creatures (though not at the same time). Would be more useful than what's printed on the back of tokens now.
All tokens should be like this instead of putting dumb advertisements on the back, it would be easier to get a lot of each token if they were paired like that.
Like others have said, this. This so hard.
Wizards, please do this with every.
token.
you.
EVER.
print again.
Sincerely,
Magic Players everywhere.
I do wanna see the human art in a better size, though. Not a bad wolf art, but not sure it's the best. /shrug
All tokens should be like this instead of putting dumb advertisements on the back, it would be easier to get a lot of each token if they were paired like that.
Or we could accept the fact that, were it not for those ads, we wouldn't have token inserts in the first place.
A few years ago, they realized "we can put ads in booster packs!", but then realized we, as a player base would never accept that. "Unless," they said, "we put tokens on the back!" and we've eaten it up like the greatest thing since sliced bread.
In other words, we don't currently get tokens with awful ads on the back, we get ads with awesome tokens on the back.
It's good to know that I'll have a use for this at least.
We keep a box for tokens that we need for our cube cards, and we happen to need both a 1/1 Human and a 2/2 Wolf. On top of that, they also both look pretty good.
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Love the look on the human side, but I've managed to nab so many 15-ct Wolf Token packs through my LGS's Gateway promos that Wolves are irrelevant :/
Would have been a LOT more useful as a DFC Human/Spirit token. But I'm not gunna look a gift horse in the mouth.
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I'm gunna take a stab at "nothing makes Werewolf tokens".
I can't help but wish the back side was a 1/1 flying Spirit, so my token deck can Gather and Linger for the same token :/
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any chances of these also coming in boosters from now on, instead of the uselessness that is on the other side of most token cards?
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On a other note: Than God that April Fools falls on a sunday, this time around. We don't have to be suspicious about every announcement
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Like others have said, this. This so hard.
Wizards, please do this with every.
token.
you.
EVER.
print again.
Sincerely,
Magic Players everywhere.
I do wanna see the human art in a better size, though. Not a bad wolf art, but not sure it's the best. /shrug
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Or we could accept the fact that, were it not for those ads, we wouldn't have token inserts in the first place.
A few years ago, they realized "we can put ads in booster packs!", but then realized we, as a player base would never accept that. "Unless," they said, "we put tokens on the back!" and we've eaten it up like the greatest thing since sliced bread.
In other words, we don't currently get tokens with awful ads on the back, we get ads with awesome tokens on the back.
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We keep a box for tokens that we need for our cube cards, and we happen to need both a 1/1 Human and a 2/2 Wolf. On top of that, they also both look pretty good.