MTG Salvation

Seeing as almost all of the first land cycle have made their way into top tier standard decks at least once, I can't wait to see what other standard smashing lands they give us. I mean wolf run alone had a deck built around it so I expect good things from the rest of this cycle.

What I'm having trouble understanding is the need for the Mimic Vats. When do you side them in? Just against pod? I feel like I'm missing something here.

Swamp 240 is very well done.

Mountain #242 for me too i guess

Sorry i've been away from a scanner until today. I received my cards and have them scanned now.

First the two from MTGK.


I enjoy the addictive ink reference and I absolutely adore the nan-cat chromatic star. I will play this card whenever I get the chance and while it's on the battle field I'll cue up the song on my phone for all to enjoy/annoy. Thank you very much for this bonus.

Next up some niffy holiday themed cards from bone_doc


Yes evil santas (which remind me my faved krumpus) and awakening polar bears. I actually never considered Hibernation's end, but after reading it I realize it fits quite nicely into my edh birthing pod deck. So I'll be sliding it right in there.

Many thanks everyone!

I did end up ordering a larger "doormat" one thinking it would be just a bigger version of the bar mat, but it really is more like a door mat. Basically same material as the bar mat, but the top was all fuzzy. Kinda weird for a magic mat, but now I have an awesome door mat I guess.

So my advice would be to stick with the bar mats.

To pstmdrn, I took pics with my phone, but they're kinda eh. If you have a scanner/better camera feel free to post pics when you receive them. Otherwise let me know and I can post the pics from my phone.

I hope the humor and enjoyment of my card alters comes through and you enjoy the obsession they represent as much as I do.

Well, as a whole I think the Kamigawa block should be given a pass since legendary was a mechanic and there are plenty of creatures there that might not have been legendary elsewhere. Probably the same with Legends for similar reasons.

Aside from that, I think whether something is legendary or not gets split into two categories. Top down legends: like those who get cards created to fit a preexisting character or design whole (ex. we need a cycle of 5 cost legendary dragons).

Then there's the bottom up legends that might not have started out legendary but were either granted that status as a way to keep them from being over powered (1 Omnath is crappy, but if I have 3 out it would be epic) or because their effect is unique and becoming legendary adds more flavor.

If you really want to argue about being legendary or not, start with Krark's Thumb. Surely I should be able to have two of these out at once.

The falling rock monster, Crumbling Colossus , is well executed and has lots of movement. So it gets my vote for being as it should.

Meh, I'll go with the no so great Greatsword . Nothing about that art makes me think that sword is any more special than any other.

Thinking about it, I also have two pairs of Mtg shoes back from when they did that contets with that shoe company. I own the blood splattered skull pair and a plan black mana pair. I wear them to events, but not much else, so I tend to forget about them. But they are....kicking...

Remember those promotional wall hangs they used to have at Prereleases? I have one from M10. It's made of a leathery canvas type fabric and hangs the entire length of my wall, ceiling to floor. The width is about as wide as a door. That's probably the coolest non card I own.

My cards have been sent! As my artistic abilities are lacking, I ripped off an idea from the cards sent my way last year. Peekers can figure it out maybe, but I tied in an obsessive game element and only used rares this year. Yep, should be an awesome set. I took pics just in case, my receiver doesn't have a camera/scanner/is lazy.

I voting for Gladecover Scout this round for two reasons, 1 it does look like any of the other elves from this set or even the history of magic. I'm pretty sure instead of following a style guide, someone looked at WOW and drew a night elf instead. 2, how does wearing a thong make you hex proof? In fact, the whole art seems to depict stealth, which would seem to invoke an evasion ability, and nothing here really screams hex proof to me.

I for one am thrilled that they finally replaced the Fog art with something more fitting of a magical game (old art looked like WW1 to me), but I also have to go with the fine detailing of Skinshifter for my vote. I mean there's even a face on his staff and this is one of the posed human arts that I think reads well into card form as opposed to say Jade Mage.