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3 years ago ::
Jun 30, 2010 - 8:16PM
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I actually like Frost Titan's art as long as I don't think about the omitted "blanket of frosty breath" option, which would admittedly have turned him up to 11. He's decent-looking and fairly different from what we have, he just falls shy of the "epic" designation we were hoping for.
Grave Titan is really weird. It's in a good way, but it made me think I was looking at something out of Warhammer 40K. From a distance the zombies looked like pipes in his chest, plus his face is like a gas mask or something - very technological-seeming in overall first impression.
And on a related tangent, did you notice the flavor text on that golem guy who taps for +1/+1 counters? Talking about how heavily "we" depend on machines? It's true enough for *us*, but even if the speaker was from Ravnica, it'd seem a bit strange in-universe. When the most sophisticated machine you can build without magic is a Swiss watch, I wouldn't think you'd be that dependent.
My New Phyrexia Writing CreditsMy M12 Writing CreditsAs far as the benefit of the rest of Magic is concerned, gold cards in Legends were executed perfectly. They got all the excitement a designer could hope out of a splashy new mechanic without using up any of the valuable design space. Truly amazing.
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3 years ago ::
Jul 01, 2010 - 12:23PM
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Rather surprized how the art diverged from the art description so much. Not a huge fan of the Frost Titan, I wonder they didn't just give him psuedo-Shroud instead of soft-countering. Still all the titans are really good, definitely a great cycle of mythic rares that I want to get a hold of. Especially pleased with the Grave Titan, I mean the last block had Vampire love, returning to zombie flavor makes me a very happy gamer.
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3 years ago ::
Jul 01, 2010 - 4:28PM
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Rather surprized how the art diverged from the art description so much. Not a huge fan of the Frost Titan, I wonder they didn't just give him psuedo-Shroud instead of soft-countering. Still all the titans are really good, definitely a great cycle of mythic rares that I want to get a hold of. Especially pleased with the Grave Titan, I mean the last block had Vampire love, returning to zombie flavor makes me a very happy gamer.
Yeah, I'm not sure Frost Titan was the right place to premiere this ability, interesting though it was. It makes him excessively wordy and hard to grok, which is wrong for a set's flagship dudes. Grave Titan and Primeval Titan are perfect; the rest lack something in terms of elegance, though Sun Titan makes up for it in raw awesome, and Inferno Titan at least has the most perfect art. (Not the best looking, but the one that most exactly fits the concept. The non-promo Sun Titan is close, but as has been pointed out his eyes don't quite blaze as ferociously as the sun, plus you have to look a bit to get the size cues, whereas the Inferno Titan just looks huge in and of himself.)
My New Phyrexia Writing CreditsMy M12 Writing CreditsAs far as the benefit of the rest of Magic is concerned, gold cards in Legends were executed perfectly. They got all the excitement a designer could hope out of a splashy new mechanic without using up any of the valuable design space. Truly amazing.
--Aaron Forsythe's Random Card Comment on Kei Takahashi
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3 years ago ::
Jul 02, 2010 - 2:18AM
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The artists choked on pretty much all of the Titan art. I mean, Bierek had to give Frost Titan a boner?
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I just love how focused the YMtC community is.
That's what I love about posting on these forums. Everyone's an expert(except for me).
really no need to be so bitchy.
@Edacade: Awright kid you go on ahead and do your thing and don't let anyone tell you different y'hear
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Land
 , sacrifice a creature: Destroy target creature with the same converted mana cost as the sacrificed creature.
Might I just interject that making this a meme is the worst idea in magic in my opinion. It is too overpowered. It encourages cheating it in play. Essentially 99/100 times it is cheated in play instead of hardcast. Not only that, but you essentially win when it comes into play.
Make five-color hybrid tribal instant with buyback, kicker, cycling, card draw, token production, a steal effect, alternate casting cost and landfall that embodies the love that your mom and I share.
I think you just killed all chances of my card being elegant.
Ardency :1mana::symwu::symbr:
Tribal Instant - Soldier
You may have target opponent gain control of 3 permanents you control rather than pay ~'s mana cost.
As an additional cost to cast ~, choose two creatures you control, and sacrifice the rest. If you control a soldier, you can't sacrifice permanents this turn.
Landfall - If you had a land enter the battlefield under your control this turn, instead choose 4 creatures.
Kicker  
You get an emblem with "As long as you control both chosen creatures, they have protection from everything."
If ~ was kicked, creatures you control get +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard until end of turn.
Cycling :2mana:
When you cycle ~, put two 2/2 Soldier creatures onto the battlefield.
Would this EVER fit on a card?~
Aside from a few wording mishaps (should say "each chosen creature" because it's not necessarily two) this is nice. Very simple and elegant. I like the alternate cost a lot, and the kicker goes nicely with the sacrifice. However, the cycling seems a bit powerful (4 power and a card for 3? Cycling is supposed be ba  d  . 8/10
EDIT: Just looked up "ardency". Lol.
I'm immortalized too as long as no one deletes this post!
But in the shadow of the great one lurked many who sought to partake of his eternal glory.
Since when am I "many"?
You're a whole damn city.
Ahem.
Vivisect  
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast Vivisect, sacrifice a creature.
Draw three cards.
"For the sake of humanity," the surgeon whispered. The knife had never felt heavier in his hand.
I don't think a world that sacrifices so much would want to stop the making of children  .
Vivisect =/= vasectomy
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I read over two hundred webcomics on a regular basis. "Terrible" doesn't even begin to describe me.
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3 years ago ::
Dec 04, 2010 - 8:15PM
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"Extremely" limited.
That's secret rare for you Yugi fans.
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