Is this the first original Ron Spencer art for a Magic card since the Lorwyn block? I really miss his work, the game needs more artists with a distinct style.
Apparently, you're supposed to be able to shuffle 2 half-decks together and have them be playable but probably not overpowered. That would explain the Timmy and Johnny cards getting reprinted but not the Spike card.
Unsanctioned was fully spoilered at cracked.com of all places.
Which involved loading a ton of ads when I viewed it. I'm wondering how much of a business decision this was. Also the Forbes spoiler a while back.
fortunately my browser addons removed them.
recently we had a lot of official news come through such websites. it's clearly marketing decision and i do not support it. mostly because i do not visit those websites but i also do not enjoy the amount of data they are trying to extort from my browser.
They did make a change to Old Fogey. The original purposely had Douglas Shuler's name misspelled (Schuler) as an homage to it being misspelled on the ABU cards he drew, which was doubly clever since the Unhinged set was mechanically built around artist names. That was my favorite part of the card since he was my favorite artist growing up and it was a joke most people wouldn't notice. It's sad to see it gone, but it makes sense.
Does that further suggest that all the monsters in Ikoria are the result of a nuclear fallout, ala Godzilla?
Mutations can be natural.
Evolutionary-speaking, yes. But as an ability, in a game called Magic, surely it suggest something more rapid and transformative than evolutionary mutations. But blah blah, no way of knowing at this point.
I would assume magical mutations before I assume radioactivity, but that's just because we are living in the Magic Multiverse. There's probably some power source coming from this world that let's monsters grow out of control or something
Mutate is probably the "build your kaiju" mechanic from ikoria. It is probably a keyword ability. Either it is predefined within the card or it is a add-on of other cards on the creatures (like an aura or equipment).
right now i am guessing mutate had to be an unused simic mechanic
50E is kind of too much for 160 cards that many of them are lands,and the others are not usable in real mtg (so less monetary value)
but ill give it that's it's a nice and cute product ,it has me interested if i find it on the cheaper side like 25-30
and i havent played mtg in years, so thumbs up!
Mark Rosewater confirmed that Surgeon General Commander references an Ikoria ability in his article today.
What happened next was a mischievous idea. While trying to think of things that were host or augment-like, I realized we had a brand-new mechanic coming up in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths that fit the bill, something called mutate. Unsanctioned was coming out before Ikoria, but what if I let it care about mutate? That way, when Ikoria came out, there'd be a new series of cards that you could use in the deck. And it would be a fun tease of a future mechanic, something we hadn't done before. So, I figured out who all the people were that I had to ask permission of to do this, and I asked them. All of them said yes. I'll admit, I was a bit skeptical that would happen, but was very excited when it did. So, what exactly does mutate do? Patience. Ikoria previews will start soon enough
recently we had a lot of official news come through such websites. it's clearly marketing decision and i do not support it. mostly because i do not visit those websites but i also do not enjoy the amount of data they are trying to extort from my browser.
I would assume magical mutations before I assume radioactivity, but that's just because we are living in the Magic Multiverse. There's probably some power source coming from this world that let's monsters grow out of control or something
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but ill give it that's it's a nice and cute product ,it has me interested if i find it on the cheaper side like 25-30
and i havent played mtg in years, so thumbs up!
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