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  • posted a message on [MH2] [AFR] Full-Art fetches, reprint slot, and the first look at the Adventures in the Forgotten Realms— Weekly MTG previews
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    I just noticed that the box for MH2 has Dakkon Blackblade on it. This excites me more than it should.



    ptompotentially excite you more

    this is probably dakkon as a planeswalker card in this set


    and one the pack images from the draft booster box is probably Geyadrone Dihada the women who caused his spark to ignite


    I would actually love this! I owned the Dakkon Comics as a kid and was OBSESSED with him. Probably why Land Matters is my favorite mechanic theme to this day.
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  • posted a message on [MH2] [AFR] Full-Art fetches, reprint slot, and the first look at the Adventures in the Forgotten Realms— Weekly MTG previews
    I just noticed that the box for MH2 has Dakkon Blackblade on it. This excites me more than it should.
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  • posted a message on [STX] Mothership 3/31— Zimone, Manifestation Sage, Strixhaven Stadium, and more
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    didnt they say no H.P. stuff ? the stadium looks kinda "inspired" by that
    Reminds me more of Pro-Bending from Legend of Korra tbh, but that might just be me.
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  • posted a message on [STX] Strixhaven: School of Mages Campus Tour— Preview Launch Stream
    Not that I'm complaining, but how did Danny Trejo become such a face in MtG??? I love it, but I did not expect to see him in Arena Advertisements.
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  • posted a message on Read this announcement at your own risk (it involves mtg)
    Okay, I won't lie, I will be loving this. Heck, I found out about the 40k one not on the MtG site but on Warhammer Community. I do wish they did AoS instead of 40k I won't lie. I am more excited for the LotR one, honestly I'm hyped for that.



    My wife and I were joking about if they did a WoW one hahaha. Though if they did a Battletech one, I would freak cause I miss that game and it was pretty similar in mechanics (due to being another Deckmaster style game by WotC.)
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  • posted a message on (Leak) strixhaven house names and color combos
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    For those saying it's not Harry Potter influenced...it looks pretty Harry Potter influenced here if you ask me.

    'buster


    this was discussed in the other thread, wizard schools and houses within them is nothing new. its just a fantasy trope. it was popularized by harry potter but existed long before harry potter. within magic's own history even.

    i'm reminded of innistrad where everyone was oh so insistent that the set was banking off twilight's popularity as if werewolves and vampires hadn't existed prior to that trash.


    Fun fact is the first incarnation of this is Scholomance (not the World of Warcraft one) which was even mentioned as a kind of "pop culture reference" of sorts in Dracula (the original novel.) Basically creepy mages school in eastern Europe with a sea dragon guarding it and Satan as a headmaster hahaha. The school would steal children from the nearby town to become students.
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  • posted a message on [KHM] Tyrite Sanctum— Merchant preview
    Hey, now Karona False God can be a real god!
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  • posted a message on [KHM] The Raven's Warning— Greg Orange preview
    These sagas are just gorgeous!
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  • posted a message on [KHM] Arni Slays the Troll— Deathsie preview
    Gods, all I can imagine is the Governator taking his sword and slaying the Hagi style trolls we saw in one of the artwork. It's an image in my head for sure.
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  • posted a message on Giant Ox and Raiders' Karve
    Omgs! I just realized that I got the crew vehicle with toughness right!!!!
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  • posted a message on [KHM] Jorn, God of Winter and Kaldring, the Rimestaff— Brian Kibler preview
    I keep on trying to move away from Sultai, and they keep on trying to drag me back. Yet another Sultai Legend that I would love to build around.
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  • posted a message on [KHM] "Rune of Flight"— Tencent preview
    Cool! So like Curses it will represent a specific type of Aura! This is actually what I was hoping for!
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  • posted a message on [KHM] Giant's Amulet— NanowaR of Steel preview
    Nanowar of Steel definitely killing it!

    Also the card is pretty cool.
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  • posted a message on [KHM] Mothership 1/7 — The mechanics of Kaldheim
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    That makes sense. I guess I was just hoping that it would be something....more. Like at least something like curse or what not.


    That's exactly what curses are though. They just happen to have a mechanical similarity in their text box. Honestly, you could have a curse that just says 'enchant player, during that player's upkeep they loose one life" or you could have exactly that same card without the curse subtype. The curse subtype doesn't do anything special anymore than the Shrine subtype does, or being a Dragon does. But once other cards start to reference that type, then it becomes interesting.

    Thing is though: Curses did get a section explaining them in the Innistrad Mechanics article; the same is true for Gates and the Return to Ravnica Mechanics article. The issue here is: Maybe the Runes don't have enough mechanical weight/cohesion to qualify as a mechanic for the article(?!?), which is unusual for noncreature, nonplaneswalker subtypes they put on cards.


    Exactly what I was meaning. I wish it would be more associated with mechanics like Gate or Curse, and less so like Shrine. I would hecka loved to see Rune be the opposite of curse tbh (Aura, Enchant Self) or something like Aura, Enchant Artifact. But with the lack of a mention, it would more so seem to just be a superfluous typing beyond just interactions.
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  • posted a message on [KHM] Mothership 1/7 — The mechanics of Kaldheim
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    Could it mean that we might see an evergreen/disidous mechanic out of Runes? Like them using it to just name an already existing mechanic like how Aura was?

    A la an Artifact Enchantment for instance?


    Rune is probably just a subtype of enchantment with no specific mechanical rules attached, so they don't need a rules blurb to describe it.




    That makes sense. I guess I was just hoping that it would be something....more. Like at least something like curse or what not.


    That's exactly what curses are though. They just happen to have a mechanical similarity in their text box. Honestly, you could have a curse that just says 'enchant player, during that player's upkeep they loose one life" or you could have exactly that same card without the curse subtype. The curse subtype doesn't do anything special anymore than the Shrine subtype does, or being a Dragon does. But once other cards start to reference that type, then it becomes interesting.




    Curses more align to what I was saying earlier. The Curse subtype specifically denotes an Aura that enchants an opponent specifically. What I was getting off of the first response was more specifically like the Cartouches or the Shrines.



    When Curse was first revealed, they even denoted specifically that it was exactly what it was: Enchantment-Aura, Enchant Target Opponent. It is a rules baggage that is on every curse. Shrine on the other hand can be on any enchantment, but has only appeared on non-aura ones.



    The two things are similar but definitely not the same, it isn't as much as how creature types work but instead how the enchantment itself acts. So it would be more right to say that, if it is like Curses, that it would specifically be something akin to Enchantment-Aura, Enchant Target Artifact et cetra.
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