MTG Salvation

Now that was a good story. It appeared to be a story about a boy crushing on a salesgirl who may or may not return his feelings, then turns around with a sting in its tail, just like the Dimir. It also portrays Andra very well, so much so that I'm now going referring to Bane Alley Broker as Andra.

And most of all, it shows us that Dimir has real people in it, rather than just brainwashed, duplicitous shapestealers.

I'll second Uii's opinion. This is the Orzhov, WoTC. At the very least I'd expected a spirit that haunted you, constantly whispering the amount of debt you have to pay off in your ear like a talking bank account.

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Same thought... Impossible to be more contradictory

I explained this not five posts ago. To summarize, if people skipped over it; this is a small command Gideon's been given. It's a test to see how he handles commanding troops. From Aurelia's view, he's still in the rank and file, even though he's commanding a battalion.

The symbol of Avacyn only works on Innistrad because Avacyn's power only works on Innistrad. Avacynian artifacts draw on Avacyn's power, so they won't work when Avacyn isn't around, as shown by the fact that the same artifacts started to fail while Avacyn was trapped in the Helvault.

A Sphinx-Bone Wand doesn't draw on any plane-specific being to do its thing, so it's perfectly safe to take between planes.

Not even planeswalkers can survive for extended periods within the Blind Eternities. the very act of planeswalking is difficult for these neowalkers.

Thanks for the link, Bari.

So for example, I use Guttersnipe for the damage-dealing. My summoned Guttersnipe would be more eager to burn things, less sympathetic, and possibly a little psychotic. Whereas, someone who was using Guttersnipe in a goblin deck would have a slightly less intelligent goblin who only vaguely remembers how to cast the one spell.

Legendaries, flavourwise, are those people who a planeswalker may befriend or spend a lot of time with, until they build up a more rounded picture of that particular person. Again, someone summoning Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind would be calling on a younger, slightly less active version of Niv-Mizzet than the person who would have visited more recently and gotten to know Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius.

"Summoning" planeswalkers to me is more like having their phone number. As an example, when I call Chandra, the Firebrand, I'm sending a mana-message to Chandra Nalaar that says "Come with your bag of tricks." as opposed to Chandra Ablaze which tells her, "Let's burn this to the ground." For another example, Ajani Goldmane calls him with a message that says "I need your experience and advice." while Ajani Vengeant would say "There's people here who need defending. Bring some firepower."

Of course, this is all my personal opinion.

In the original movies (Alien, Aliens, Alien3), the xenomorphs are definitely pure green. There's no evidence of malicious intent, the xenomorphs are just fufilling their biological imperatives. It's just that their reproductive process is lethal to humans.

Rerouting magic through a goblin's pants is the surest way to throw it wildly off course. - Goblin Flectomancer

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No, Razor Boomerang is terrible. Chimney Imp is historically the worst card ever created, and even Chimney Imp deals 1 damage every turn with you only having to pay 5 mana the first turn you cast him. Razor Boomerang needs to be recast every turn.

Are we forgetting Wood Elemental? I'd take Chimney Imp over that tree-troller..

We said the sword was from mirrodin, but it just as easily could have been inspired by mirrodin (and built by cyrus himself). Either way, I think we can deal with it later since we don't even have the rest of the slots filled.

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Honestly the story of the Sword doesn't matter. I like it better as being from Archester, but even if it's from Mirrodin it obviously breaks the cycle by not caring about enemy colors. At this point, it doesn't really need to give protection to two things. The yin/yang contrast is better represented by the opposite nature of the effects (destruction vs creation).

^ This

Proposed change for Vial of Allies

Vial of Allies 1
Artifact
,T, Sacrifice ~: Choose a creature. Search your library for up to three cards that share a name with that card, reveal them, then put them into your hand and shuffle your library.

Yes, this will definitely need to be nerfed, but that's about what I mean when I say the card has mythic potential.