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Feb 19, 2018Morphling posted a message on The Role of Ecosystems in Fantasy WorldbuildingVery nicely done.Posted in: Articles
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Dec 2, 2017Morphling posted a message on Word of Command: Un-believableExactly right. Number Crunch is actually the ONLY card in the entire game our casual group ever talked about banning. Luckily, the offending player(s) got the message and voluntarily stopped running it. Let me be very clear: Gotcha cards are TERRIBLE FOR MULTIPLAYER. Don't do it, you will regret it.Posted in: Articles
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Jul 19, 2017Morphling posted a message on Theros: Elspeth's TragedyNicely done.Posted in: Articles
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Apr 19, 2017Morphling posted a message on The Magic Market Index for April 14, 2017Just wanted to check in with you guys. These articles are light-years better than...they used to be. Please keep it up.Posted in: Articles
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Dec 21, 2016Morphling posted a message on The Magic Market Index for December 16, 2016I have no personal beef against Rai, but I would like to voice (as strongly as possible) the opposing viewpoint. These are now actually useful once again, unlike how they used to be. We get targeted comments instead of an recurring obsession on providing bland, neutral, and ultimately-meaningless commentary on *every single card*, no matter its significance or relative insignificance. (And most weeks, at least 50% of them were just lazy cut/pastes of the same repeating statuses over and over.)Posted in: Articles
And a lot of the opinions ("Format BOMB, it's got room to grow." or "This card is garbage, it's going down.") were apparently personal opinions anyway, as we would never get any actual analysis or support to back up claims. That seems a bit pointless too.
I found Rai's updates to be a nearly complete waste of time to read. The current, more focused format is much better in my mind. We get the quick hits and not a lot of fluff about cards that don't even matter.
Sorry but that's how I feel. I didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings so I kept it under wraps and then the authorship changed, so I dropped it. (Sorry if any of this hurts your feelings, Rai. Really not my intent. I imagine these are hard to do, and no, I probably couldn't do any better myself.) -
Feb 10, 2016Morphling posted a message on Off Topic: Making a Magic MovieAs for storyline, I think this might be a cool thing: Do a full-on fantasy movie set in a Magic plane. Characters are introduced, crisis erupts, huge battle ensues, ups and downs, all that..Posted in: Articles
Fade to black..
Fade back in to one final, real-world scene in someone's basement. All the heroes (and the villain) are there, talking epic smack, picking up their stuff and shuffling up for the next game. Or packing up for the night and saying something like "See you next time, guys." "Hell yeah, awesome game!!"
Fade to black.. Credits roll.
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Feb 10, 2016Morphling posted a message on Off Topic: Making a Magic MovieAny movie about Magic should spend as little time as possible talking about handsize, milling, any of that stuff. Did the D&D movies spend time talking about dice rolls, THAC0, or encumbrance? (Communicate the flavor of a some rule via a quirky funny one-liner aside to the audience? "You wanna do WHAT now?" Sure--that's reasonable, but absolutely nothing beyond something like that.)Posted in: Articles
The movie doesn't need to be a game tutorial. It's supposed to entertain and get people interested in learning more about the game AFTER the movie.
It shouldn't be an opportunity to stroke Magic players egos with endless in-jokes about Magic and R&D and....a bunch of fanservice, more or less. I mean--Magic players are gonna show up in droves no matter what they put in it. This being the case, they should worry about the NON players and make the movie for them (and less for us). I mean--what's a better payoff? A movie that makes us all feel awesome about ourselves for a few days on the forums or a movie that helps inject a BUNCH of new players to help the game go on for (at least) another decade.
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Aug 31, 2014Morphling posted a message on Why there is a VERY good chance that the eldrazi will get reprinted during Khans of Tarkir blockCool theory..you might get some more looks if you repost this in speculation.Posted in: fire10798
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Opponent swings with a Birds of Paradise and Ninjutsu's in an Ink-Eyes, Servant of the Oni.
Does the Rat Ninja deal damage?
I think they put some decent stuff in there...no complaints. I mean, really...who amongst you likes seeing Karma hit the table? That one generates more groans than cheers, last time I checked.
Delirium or Backlash anyone? Ohhhh....good times.
Nitpick: In 9th, it would be Type - Human Knight
'Tis quite easy.
1) Opponent casts a spell.
2) Arcane Denial in response.
3) Arcane Denial your own Arcane Denial
3 cards for 4 mana.... Hmmmm
Or, if anyone happens to have (own) them, I'd really appreciate the info.
Muchas Gracias,
M.
There are:
Martial Law
Spellweaver
:symb:The Nightstalkers
Goblin Fire
Nature's Assault
Pretty cool site.
I was playing this the other night in Multiplayer...and sacked a Bile Urchin..and then gave it to the opposing Emperor. Good Times.
...Whenever another card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, target opponent gains control of Measure of Wickedness....
He played an instant, which then went into his graveyard, and he then proceeded to re-give Measure of Wickedness to one of my teammates...
Is that right?
I thought the card was much cooler than that... I guess I was just hoping that it would require the saccing of a permanent to be able to pass it along...really kinda fiendish.
Evermind
Imagine multicolor cards with gold border, but no casting cost in corner.
A card I'm currently working on for a set for my casual group basically does this, but with 5 color options, gold border, and no casting cost.
"Pay 1 mana of any one color to cast this card. if you paid :symw:, do this; If you paid :symu:, do this; if you paid :symb:, do this; if you paid :symr:, do this, if you paid :symg:, do this."
As I looked at the finished product...it really got me thinking.
a) It fulfills multicolor role nicely.
b) It's a new take on that idea.
c) It kinda reminds me of the Kicker mechanic...but without the Keyword.
d) It also reminds me of the old guild spells/creatures.
Whatcha think? :confused3:
Btw...I think we may have a winner already! That's a very good one.
Any other takers?...
Thanks Caranthir.
Special Request: Can someone help me come up with some flavor text for this puppy? I'd prefer an actual quote from the Fifth Dawn novel (re: reunited Kaldra, obviously), but would accept a 'compelling' original submission as well.
Many thanks guys,
-M.
(Dons flame-retardent suit)
EDIT: It should be a fairly obvious inclusion, but I guess the number to include (1-4) depends on your budget and your style.
This also assumes you can justify a slot.
I run a :symg::symw: Arcane/Spirit deck w/ 4 of these...very nasty indeed.
Ummmm....actually, this would make some sense, at least from a flavor standpoint. That would be kinda cool.
Does it fall to the field?
Does it phase out with the creature?
Does reality completely implode?