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12 months ago ::
Apr 07, 2009 - 11:56AM
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This thread is for discussion of this week's Savor the Flavor, which goes live Wednesday on magicthegathering.com.
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12 months ago ::
Apr 07, 2009 - 9:47PM
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Painlands: Like Giant Buttons With Knives In Them
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12 months ago ::
Apr 07, 2009 - 10:01PM
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I thought this was going to be an article about Bolas's story, but it didn't actually say all that much. I'm disappointed.
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12 months ago ::
Apr 07, 2009 - 10:05PM
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Some people even called it—they saw the shadow in the art of Cruel Ultimatum, compared it to the new art for Nicol Bolas in From the Vault: Dragons, and even noted the presence of a time-shifted Bolas in packs of Time Spiral—and guessed who'd be making an appearance later in Shards of Alara block.
Yeah, right. That's how people knew. Not the list of Conflux cardnames that was leaked 6 months early.
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12 months ago ::
Apr 07, 2009 - 10:17PM
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I knew when i signed up, this was a plan i set in motion many years ago. Too late you mortals have realized my reemergence, and now I am here to stay. If only i had 15 bucks to blow on one of these guys... 
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12 months ago ::
Apr 07, 2009 - 10:41PM
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- Warm, wet and squishy inside
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There's a much more accurate answer to "Why do the painlands cause pain? What is the flavor?"
The answer is "It wasn't a flavor decision, but that's a good question." Look at the other Ice Age cards. They reference losing life that can't be prevented, among other things. Paying life and taking damage weren't distinct at the time, which is why the painlands ended up with the template that they got.
To be fair, it was a kinda cool question, even if the answer wasn't as glamorous as it might have seemed.
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12 months ago ::
Apr 07, 2009 - 11:56PM
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I really liked the answer to the Letter of the Week.
The real and simple answer is, of course, that there was no intent for flavor in the painlands, but I'm glad the question was asked anyway. I never thought of mana bonds causing pain to those that tapped into them, but in retrospect, there's no reason not to believe that certain lands are inherently more difficult to tap.
Even in the case of Ravnica's shock lands, one can explain the mana bonds in the same way a person tries to drink milkshake served with a straw. If you choose to drink it as it is given to you, it'll take you a while to get to the yummy milkshake inside; meanwhile, you could just do away with the straw and indulge yourself by pouring it down your throat. In the former example, your patience gets you what you want at the price of time. In the latter, you get brain freeze and you pay with the price of a slight headache.
And though all mana-fixing lands are created more for mechanical reasons than flavorful ones, it's still a fun exercise to occupy the time of any thoughtful Vorthos.
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12 months ago ::
Apr 07, 2009 - 11:58PM
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Reading the sample chapter pains me, because since Wizards took the books out of the fatpacks it hasen't been possible to buy magic books in denmark or sweden.
Wizards, just remove 4 boosters from the fatpacks, then you have paid for the book. Return the book!
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12 months ago ::
Apr 08, 2009 - 12:16AM
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I was pretty fine with the fact that Planeswalker's Guide to Alara and Agents of Artifice didn't have full books in the Fat Packs (although that stopped me from purchasing Fat Packs already) since they were not the usual Novels.
This really makes me fed up. Its the Novel for Alara and the full book is not inside the Fat Pack either. Looks like I might have to drop my plan to buy the Reborn Fat pack as well.
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12 months ago ::
Apr 08, 2009 - 2:37AM
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You do realise that buying the book on its own is cheaper than buying the fat pack just for the book, right? If you didn't want the fat pack, don't buy it. Those of us who never read the book prefer the extra booster packs instead.
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