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Quote from lynnalynn »

As a note to everyone calling the creature a he, Sigrid is a feminine name just as a note. Figured I through this out there.



Also, I am liking where white is going in this set.

You beat me to it. Sigrid looks rather feminine to me. Well, that is unless we're told otherwise later on...

'buster

Shhh, you'll wake the Beaver...

Quote from Ryperior74 »

Oooh I just realized something

if You exile a foretell card from the graveyard with this is it castable?

If it is yes that’s why it’s mythic

Pretty sure that won't work. My guess is Foretell works like Adventure in that regard, in that it matters *how* the card got into exile...
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Quote from m_pathogen »

Foretell reminds me of the most elegant card design ever, Ice Cauldron.

Elegant indeed. Good thing the open source MtG Forge app keeps track of all that so I don't need an actual notebook while playing.
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Quote from TheMartianGeek »

Phyrexians are just written to be too OP. Unless I'm greatly misunderstanding them, literally all they need to do is put one drop of oil on a plane, and it will eventually turn into another Phyrexia. And their only weakness is supposed to be that they can't planeswalk, but now that's out the window too. They basically can neither be reasoned with nor destroyed.

(Incidentally, one thing I've never been sure about...is the first syllable pronounced with a schwa, or does it rhyme with "high"?)

Pretty much like the Accelerant in the Aliens-verse (?). To anyone who likes the visuals and corresponding atmosphere/storytelling following the effects of some black oil that transforms anything it comes into contact with, be it man or machine, body or mind, organic or synthetic, I highly recommend 2015's Prometheus: The Complete Fire and Stone comic. I attached a few samples, not sure if spoiler tags are necessary (this comic being half a decade old), or if a graphic content tag is required (this being a Magic: The Gathering forum).

An Asgard version of Phyrexia sure would be pretty metal. Can you say Blightsteel Hammer?

MjoellnEaR, Blightsteel Hammer
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature has death metal touch (What's that, you ask? Beats me.)
Whosoever holds this hammer, if they be compleat, shall have the power of ThoAAAAA...!!! (*HighPitchScream*)

Also, does that mean older cards will be errata'd to also have the type Phyrexian?

Anyway, I'm just happy to see the Snow supertype on non-permanents for some reason.

As well as mechanic words no longer being in italic.

Wow, three new/changed elements in one leak. Nice and certainly not suspicious at all...

Quote from Tiro of Meletis »

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So, is this kinda statement still only allowed when talking about men? Can we expect @FlossedBeaver's take on this anytime soon?

On topic, I guess in order to play devil's advocate on Wizards' part: Yeah, as long as they don't break any legally binding agreement, I guess it's okay for them to stop providing preview cards to content creators who have been critical of them. I don't like that practice, and I'd rather see Wizards acknowledge and honestly address criticism that was constructive and voiced in good faith, but I guess that's why I'm not a CEO over there, so...

You mean like Martyr of Frost was called Märtyrer*in* in German?

https://scryfall.com/card/csp/40/de/märtyrerin-des-frosts

Fun fact: In German the word 'Maul' (pronounced differently than in English) means 'maw'.

Reminds me of how War's Toll is spelled *exactly* like the colloquial version of the German phrase for "Was it great[?]", even down to the apostrophe.

Just love it when these kinda coincidences combined with a card's design create a little something to smile about.

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I think Wizards is actually basing their model off the Japanese market. Alternate arts are BIG over there, and Magic has had a card time penetrating that market for the longest time.

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#BLM
#DefundThePolice

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Sure that was supposed to be "hard time" (hello Freud)... or a joke?

Regardless, as long as no tournament relevant cards pop up in there, this should be fine, no?

Might even get some nice alt art to implement in MTG Forge out of it for those like me who can't afford the physical product.

I'm looking forward to more news on this.

Thanks, Flamebuster!

Quote from FlossedBeaver »

[Criticism becomes pretty easy to ignore when it eventually turns from constructive to repetitive. It serves no one's best interest to to be a broken record on the subject, especially if it's coming from the same people every time. Trust me, we get it already.

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#BLM
#DefundThePolice

As you still rightfully support complaining about police brutality perpetrated disproportionately and without impunity against people of color (see quote), I assume you can agree that reapeating the same complains as long as the *reason* for those complains still persist, is indeed rather understandle, no? This "broken record" talking point was also famously used against Bernie Sanders because he fought for LGBTIQA+ rights, women's rights, POC rights, living wage, universal healthcare for ages, because those problems weren't sufficiently dealt with for ages.

DISCLAIMER: Not comparing, talking about a principle.

So, as long as the reasons for the complaints aren't either fixed *or* invalidated, yes, there's no reason for this record to keep playing, other than people being more annoyed by the complaints than they are by the reasons for those complaints.

Quote from Fan-of-"Fanservice" »

Quote from FlossedBeaver »

Isn't part of the charm of Magic arguing over how the made-up names are pronounced?

I guess. Someone should make a jif about that.
; p

What would making peanut butter do when talking about Magic?

I like how they twisted Elvish Visionary into Elvish Doomsayer, giving it a death trigger instead of etb and everyone else losing a card instead of you getting one, while changing the flavor text by just three words.

Quote from Fan-of-"Fanservice" »

So, what's the ruling on creatures with first strike *and* double strike? Do they get +2/+2 for that?

Yes, hence why she’s so good in Kathril, she doubles his bonuses (and feeds his hunger for keywords).

Tormod, creature in hand, creature in graveyard, and Tortured Existence becomes a 2/2 generating engine for B.

Rosewater just couldn't resist putting a subtle jab based on his complete misunderstanding of hybrid mana into the spoiler article.

If this were a non-Commander set, we'd solve this problem with hybrid cards, but Commander is the one format where hybrid is treated as "and" rather than "or" (a blue-red hybrid card can only go into a blue and red deck, not a blue deck or a red deck), so hybrid was off the table as a solution.

ALL formats treat hybrid as "and" considering the card is at all times, in library, hand, stack, battlefield, or graveyard, BOTH of its colors. Commander, the only format with a color identity deck-building restriction, applies this color logic to the deck-building aspect, as well. He's so hung up on how it's supposed to be easier to cast that he forgets it is always "and" not "or." It just bugs me that he misunderstands that fundamental piece. And I'm not a Maro hater; this is the only topic I publicly disagree with him on, but it's getting really old. I've lost hope that he will ever try to understand the logic.

As for the cards, I like the design of Szat's Will and am really curious what other cards will have that design.

Kor zombie?

Is she in a ZombieKore band?