And what flavor text would you write for this card?
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
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You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
And what flavor text would you write for this card?
"Upon the return of their master, some minds began to herald a terrible fate infused with endless possibilities."
don't quit your day job just yet.
I like the pun flavortext as is, we don't get many humorous flavortexts these days. as for the card itself, it's fine. I am having a hard time placing it into a home though. if it had ingest it would be awesome but right now you'd kinda have to hope to have lots of ruination guides to make this feel like a strong 1-drop. I can see the card drawing maybe making a difference in limited because you don't want to waste removal on a 1-mana creature, but there is no chance this makes it into constructed. we need a <> savannah lions, not a U norwood ranger.
1. Magic Squirrels aren't your average garden variety squirrel. /halfserious
2. Squirrels have fallen out of favor with creative, so they really aren't the best measuring stick for what constitutes 1 power.
My best guess is this thing started out bigger and more expensive and development had to change it after the art had already come in.
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
Before I didnt get what people meant about being sick of the look of eldrazi in this block, but now Im starting to unterstand...
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The true mind can weather all the lies and illusions without being lost. The true heart can tough the poison of hatred without being harmed. Since beginning-less time, darkness thrives in the void but always yields to purifying light.
I invision a future where one is not mighty when he can silence a crowd with brutality,
but when he leaves them speechless with wisdom.
I wouldnt be surprised if this cards ends up being really good in limited. If surge is a viable archetype then this is a good card and a fairly high pick.
It needs an enabler much like processors did, but its really looking like the colorless splash will be worth while. And there will be a lot of common sources of colorless, enough that several people can go into it. Azure mage was good, this will be too. The stats are worse, but a deck looking to cast Surge spells and repetedly draw cards will not mind the more defensive stats.
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
Look at the art and tell me how this thing has the same attack stat as a squirrel.
don't quit your day job just yet.
I like the pun flavortext as is, we don't get many humorous flavortexts these days. as for the card itself, it's fine. I am having a hard time placing it into a home though. if it had ingest it would be awesome but right now you'd kinda have to hope to have lots of ruination guides to make this feel like a strong 1-drop. I can see the card drawing maybe making a difference in limited because you don't want to waste removal on a 1-mana creature, but there is no chance this makes it into constructed. we need a <> savannah lions, not a U norwood ranger.
2. Squirrels have fallen out of favor with creative, so they really aren't the best measuring stick for what constitutes 1 power.
My best guess is this thing started out bigger and more expensive and development had to change it after the art had already come in.
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
if I had to give it a shot I would say something like "sometimes truth is stranger than fiction."
I think i'll stick to my current job too...
o well
I invision a future where one is not mighty when he can silence a crowd with brutality,
but when he leaves them speechless with wisdom.
Ooh! Let me try! If we keep it as joking as the original is puny, how about
"I thought this pillar was straight? -Random kor, last sane words." (Obvious the random kor would probably be replaced with a name.)
Or more serious, how about:
"This prophet doesn't need to speak to twist your mind."
Not really. Your text suggests that Eldrazi have minds which is, I think, deliberately ambiguous.
How about:
"Extinction of old possibilities always leaves new ones open."
It needs an enabler much like processors did, but its really looking like the colorless splash will be worth while. And there will be a lot of common sources of colorless, enough that several people can go into it. Azure mage was good, this will be too. The stats are worse, but a deck looking to cast Surge spells and repetedly draw cards will not mind the more defensive stats.
Seriously though, this guys flavor text should just be that. Or just not what it is now. It's horrible.
Like the card though. Will run in bad eldrazi control.