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I jsut realized that I'm going to have explain that Harsh Justice operates at instant speed going by the Oracle reading

But that's what makes it so much fun. I ran Preemptive Strike for a while just so people had to ask what it did and I could hand them the card and wait patiently while they read it, got confused looks, then thought about telling me that my timing was off.

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oh can one you mods switch out The Looking for Group Thread - Used for locating other players in your area or letting others know where you are in case someone else needs a playgroup link in Commander Resources and Useful Threads with Playgroup master list please?

That sounds like work. Better wait for ISB or bob.

Edit: done.

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Which Magic artists would you most like to put on someone's skin?

I think it's more about the iconography of the image than the artist.

I figured some artists would translate better or be more interesting to do on skin. I'm still planning on doing Werebear as a chest piece at some point, but that's a low priority right now. I'd like to lose like 20 lbs. first.

My buddy has been wanting a Master Transmuter on his arm for forever.

my favorite artist is Terese Nielsen. Her art is easy to get lost into. And I think a lot of her art would translate well as tattoos.

Like what? I can't think of a single piece of hers that would jump out as a good tattoo design.

Yeah, I love Nielsen's stuff, but it's all fine work and very detailed, often with subtle colors, and thus hard to do well as a tattoo.

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Yeah, I love Nielsen's stuff, but it's all fine work and very detailed, often with subtle colors, and thus hard to do well as a tattoo.

Exactly. If you squint at most of her work you'll see that they it blends together into big color blobs.

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Maybe Eternal Witness or Force of Will.
Natural Order?

Witness would be hard, but Force of Will would be doable. Natural Order as is wouldn't be something I'd want to do but if it could be stylized a bit with some heavier lines it could fly.


Not relate: It's the first day of class and the school cut my hours in half again. So, the upside is that I don't have much work to do. Downside is that after just 6 weeks of "normal pay" I am back to half. Luckily the other jobs have been doing okay lately. But, it's day one and students are required to post an introduction letting me know a little about themselves as well as software background. One guy just posted a video he made... you know those videos where the camera is veering wildly between the "victim" and the police officer and the "victim" is screaming about how the cop violated his rights? The ones were the "victim" repeats the same 3-4 word phrase every 3-4 seconds and the cop just rolls his eyes and walks away? This guy posted one of THOSE videos. He also says he hates online classes and just wants to get it over with. Vegas, what are the odds he passes my class?

ok, so maybe her art wouldn't make great tattoos. I don't have tattoos, nor do I know how to tattoo. I still think the art looks cool. If I ever got a magic tattoo I might just get something silly, like maybe something by Phil Foglio.

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ok, so maybe her art wouldn't make great tattoos. I don't have tattoos, nor do I know how to tattoo. I still think the art looks cool. If I ever got a magic tattoo I might just get something silly, like maybe something by Phil Foglio.

Most of his stuff would hold up well. But really it seems to be more about the image than the artist.

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Exactly. If you squint at most of her work you'll see that they it blends together into big color blobs.
Witness would be hard, but Force of Will would be doable. Natural Order as is wouldn't be something I'd want to do but if it could be stylized a bit with some heavier lines it could fly.


Not relate: It's the first day of class and the school cut my hours in half again. So, the upside is that I don't have much work to do. Downside is that after just 6 weeks of "normal pay" I am back to half. Luckily the other jobs have been doing okay lately. But, it's day one and students are required to post an introduction letting me know a little about themselves as well as software background. One guy just posted a video he made... you know those videos where the camera is veering wildly between the "victim" and the police officer and the "victim" is screaming about how the cop violated his rights? The ones were the "victim" repeats the same 3-4 word phrase every 3-4 seconds and the cop just rolls his eyes and walks away? This guy posted one of THOSE videos. He also says he hates online classes and just wants to get it over with. Vegas, what are the odds he passes my class?

I'll give him a solid 1:10 fighting chance of passing.



Edit: I have a hankering to build Athreos again. I think after I play around with Ruric for couple of weeks I'll revisit the god. I picked up two Necromancers (doomed and apprentice), hell's caretaker, and now the gate to phyrexia. Should make for a fun reanimator deck that doesn't look broken.

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my favorite artist is Terese Nielsen. Her art is easy to get lost into. And I think a lot of her art would translate well as tattoos.

I get major league Klimt vibes off Nielsen, which means a lot of blended details. Never held a tattoo gun before but that'd sound daunting. I imagine sharper, high-contrast stuff would translate better. One favourite artist comes to mind for that is rk post. A big ol' Lightning Angel across the back would be pretty ****in' metal.

Another dude who always hated blending in lieu of "noise" is Mark Tedin. I always loved his textures.

Thank you Cryo for doing the change out. As for HArsh Justice,I guess that's part of the fun lol

I'm becoming sadistically addicted to reading about or watching people opening MM2015, then trying to explain how it wasn't so bad when they clearly pissed away a ton of money.

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I'm becoming sadistically addicted to reading about or watching people opening MM2015, then trying to explain how it wasn't so bad when they clearly pissed away a ton of money.

I opened one pack and pulled a $15 card so as soon as I can unload it I made money.

You're ruining it. I only want to hear about Loadstone Myrs and Long-Forgotten Goheis (never forget).

Sorry, I'll buy another pack tonight.

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I'm becoming sadistically addicted to reading about or watching people opening MM2015, then trying to explain how it wasn't so bad when they clearly pissed away a ton of money.

I know. It's hilarious. They pull a $25 Mythic and go on about how awesome their packs were. Then you see the other 5 packs they bought, the $60 they spend, and the junk they wound up with. And sure, that $25 card is cool and all... but for $25 you could have purchased ANY $25 card.

EDIT: Again, the total TCG-mid value of my entire pack (rare, foil, and all) was $1.40. And that isn't even that bad of a pack compared easy it is to get a pack like that.

It's sad that even many of the goyf lottery winners aren't even breaking even. I've seen some godly boxes, but for the most part people are really excited to open $150 of cards out of a $240 box.

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my favorite artist is Terese Nielsen. Her art is easy to get lost into. And I think a lot of her art would translate well as tattoos.

I get major league Klimt vibes off Nielsen, which means a lot of blended details. Never held a tattoo gun before but that'd sound daunting. I imagine sharper, high-contrast stuff would translate better. One favourite artist comes to mind for that is rk post. A big ol' Lightning Angel across the back would be pretty ****in' metal.

Another dude who always hated blending in lieu of "noise" is Mark Tedin. I always loved his textures.

Ron Spencer would probably be a great artist to tattoo, well some of his stuff. I love his Thallid and Thallid Devourer, but I suspect they would look like blobs. Any of his cutesy stuff or stuff with tons of colors would probably translate well.

you know how Pascal Maynard made some of the pros a little cranky for taking the foil goyf? You know how he put it up on ebay and is donating half of the money made to a charity? Well that goyf is now at $16,000. Jesus. man some magic players must be really loaded.

Maynard should thank the haters for their salty, salty nonsense. They helped turn this from a cool once in a lifetime moment for the guy into a circus that (assuming the winning bidder pays) is going to pay his Magic expenses for a long time.

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you know how Pascal Maynard made some of the pros a little cranky for taking the foil goyf? You know how he put it up on ebay and is donating half of the money made to a charity? Well that goyf is now at $16,000. Jesus. man some magic players must be really loaded.

Or have the desire to troll and see how high they can bump the bids.

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you know how Pascal Maynard made some of the pros a little cranky for taking the foil goyf? You know how he put it up on ebay and is donating half of the money made to a charity? Well that goyf is now at $16,000. Jesus. man some magic players must be really loaded.

At some point, I start to wonder if people aren't using fake accounts that wont actually pay. I don't know how ebay handles making bids but can a zero feedback individual put up a 16k bid?

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At some point, I start to wonder if people aren't using fake accounts that wont actually pay. I don't know how ebay handles making bids but can a zero feedback individual put up a 16k bid?

At some point? It's a known fact at this point.

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At some point? It's a known fact at this point.

I think when it was in the like... $2,000s it might have still been legit. For a very good card with a tournie pro attached. I could see someone coffing up some money. I don't know when it would have started being trolling only I guess is what I was trying to say.

You would literally have to have like Bill Gates trying to buy it at its current price.

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At some point? It's a known fact at this point.

I think when it was in the like... $2,000s it might have still been legit. For a very good card with a tournie pro attached. I could see someone coffing up some money. I don't know when it would have started being trolling only I guess is what I was trying to say.

You would literally have to have like Bill Gates trying to buy it at its current price.

idk, some magic players are filthy rich. A little while ago I heard about a guy who spent over 10k on hearthstone and apparently he made that much in a week.