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2 years ago ::
May 05, 2011 - 4:17AM
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Wizards?
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You clearly overestimate my cognitive skills by assuming that I could have accumulated that knowledge independently.
Okay, I'll be sure not to make that kind of assumption in the future. 
Now, if you'd like to go back to the main Magic General 'forum' page (that's the one that lists all the different 'discussion threads' that people have 'posted') from this page, just press the up-arrow key on your keyboard until you reach the top of the page, then click the link that says "Magic General"--it should be in fairly small font, just above the buttons labeled "Post Reply" and "Subscribe" and the box labeled "Jump Menu", but below the blue link labeled "Preferences". It'll be in a line with a number of other small-font links with different names.
From the 'forum' page you will be able to select another 'thread' to view; 'threads' that people have 'posted' to since you last looked at them will have their names listed in bold font and have the number of unread replies listed just to the right of the name. If you click that unread replies number, it will take you right to the last reply you viewed in the 'thread' so that you can continue reading all the new replies from there. To get back to the main Magic General 'forum' page, just repeat the process from the previous paragraph--don't worry if you're on a different page, all 'thread' pages will have the same basic layout, so it should work exactly the same on any page in the Magic General 'forum'.\
And remember, if you accidentally click on the wrong link and find yourself on a page you're not familiar with, there's no need to panic; you can always press the 'back' button in your browser to go back to whatever you were looking at before. It should be on the left-hand side near the top of the screen, just below the menu bar, and will probably have a picture of some kind of arrow pointing to the left on it.
Hope that helps! 
The explanation given was that since land cards represent mystical bonds to far-off places rather than actual tangible things like creatures and other permanents, a person might have more than one memory of an area, or different mages could forge a bond to different parts of a place, etc. and that simply being a unique location doesn't necessarily mean that a land card has to be legendary.
"I remember my days as a schoolboy at the Tolarian Academy  ..."
"Really? I went there too-"
"Wait don't- Well ****, there goes my childhood."
I was clearly wrong about Dragon_Whelp, he clearly is a jerk.
Allow me to extrapolate—regular game play, as defined by WotC, is tournament play. As such, Casual, EDH, Planechase, and all that other stuff is irregular Magic; if Magic at all.
So the next time someone says Competitive Constructed decks are not the only decks that count in Constructed (Casual Constructed), then I can gleefully point to the definition set forth by WotC and say that Competitive Constructed is in deed the only ones that count, and that they are playing some irregular form of Magic.
Dragon, just don't argue with Hovercraft. He's his own Legacy metagame.
One with Nothing is the third iteration in an attempt to make Black Lotus fair:
Black Lotus  : That's too good, we need to tone it down.
Lion's Eye Diamond  : Dammit, players are still using it in a very broken manner!
One with Nothing  : Alright! We got it now.
What happened to the really fun cards? Well you see a long long time ago the earth was ruled by dinosaurs. They were big so not a lot of people went around hassling them. Then a giant meteorite struck the earth, good bye dinosaurs. But what if the dinosaurs weren't all destroyed? What if the impact of that meteorite created a parallel dimension where the dinosaurs continue to thrive and evolve into intelligent vicious aggressive beings? What if they found a way back? ....wait that's not what happened to the fun cards that's the intro to the mario brothers movie. Get those two confused all the time, my bad.
It's a folllow-up on the Priceless Treasures, Deadly Perils idea. See, what happened was, you got the packs that the Eldrazi had already gotten to--the had annihilated everything but the land itself.
In fall, expect to open some packs and find cards covered in goopy, black oil.
It's all about the marketing angle, people.
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2 years ago ::
May 05, 2011 - 5:56AM
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Date Joined:
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I think the real problem is that the new art doesn't have the hawk holding a sword in it's claws.
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2 years ago ::
May 05, 2011 - 8:05AM
#33
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Date Joined:
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Haw haw, never heard that one before.
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In case contacting me over the forums is not possible for some reason or another, my email is morten.c.k.olsen@gmail.com. Please state who you are, because I will most likely end up ignoring people that I don't know at least somewhat. Alwaaaaays, I wanna be with you!
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You clearly overestimate my cognitive skills by assuming that I could have accumulated that knowledge independently.
Okay, I'll be sure not to make that kind of assumption in the future.
Now, if you'd like to go back to the main Magic General 'forum' page (that's the one that lists all the different 'discussion threads' that people have 'posted') from this page, just press the up-arrow key on your keyboard until you reach the top of the page, then click the link that says "Magic General"--it should be in fairly small font, just above the buttons labeled "Post Reply" and "Subscribe" and the box labeled "Jump Menu", but below the blue link labeled "Preferences". It'll be in a line with a number of other small-font links with different names.
From the 'forum' page you will be able to select another 'thread' to view; 'threads' that people have 'posted' to since you last looked at them will have their names listed in bold font and have the number of unread replies listed just to the right of the name. If you click that unread replies number, it will take you right to the last reply you viewed in the 'thread' so that you can continue reading all the new replies from there. To get back to the main Magic General 'forum' page, just repeat the process from the previous paragraph--don't worry if you're on a different page, all 'thread' pages will have the same basic layout, so it should work exactly the same on any page in the Magic General 'forum'.\
And remember, if you accidentally click on the wrong link and find yourself on a page you're not familiar with, there's no need to panic; you can always press the 'back' button in your browser to go back to whatever you were looking at before. It should be on the left-hand side near the top of the screen, just below the menu bar, and will probably have a picture of some kind of arrow pointing to the left on it.
Hope that helps!
The explanation given was that since land cards represent mystical bonds to far-off places rather than actual tangible things like creatures and other permanents, a person might have more than one memory of an area, or different mages could forge a bond to different parts of a place, etc. and that simply being a unique location doesn't necessarily mean that a land card has to be legendary.
"I remember my days as a schoolboy at the Tolarian Academy ..."
"Really? I went there too-"
"Wait don't- Well ****, there goes my childhood."
I was clearly wrong about Dragon_Whelp, he clearly is a jerk.
Allow me to extrapolate—regular game play, as defined by WotC, is tournament play. As such, Casual, EDH, Planechase, and all that other stuff is irregular Magic; if Magic at all.
So the next time someone says Competitive Constructed decks are not the only decks that count in Constructed (Casual Constructed), then I can gleefully point to the definition set forth by WotC and say that Competitive Constructed is in deed the only ones that count, and that they are playing some irregular form of Magic.
Dragon, just don't argue with Hovercraft. He's his own Legacy metagame.
One with Nothing is the third iteration in an attempt to make Black Lotus fair:
Black Lotus : That's too good, we need to tone it down.
Lion's Eye Diamond : Dammit, players are still using it in a very broken manner!
One with Nothing : Alright! We got it now.
What happened to the really fun cards? Well you see a long long time ago the earth was ruled by dinosaurs. They were big so not a lot of people went around hassling them. Then a giant meteorite struck the earth, good bye dinosaurs. But what if the dinosaurs weren't all destroyed? What if the impact of that meteorite created a parallel dimension where the dinosaurs continue to thrive and evolve into intelligent vicious aggressive beings? What if they found a way back? ....wait that's not what happened to the fun cards that's the intro to the mario brothers movie. Get those two confused all the time, my bad.
It's a folllow-up on the Priceless Treasures, Deadly Perils idea. See, what happened was, you got the packs that the Eldrazi had already gotten to--the had annihilated everything but the land itself.
In fall, expect to open some packs and find cards covered in goopy, black oil.
It's all about the marketing angle, people.
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2 years ago ::
May 05, 2011 - 8:33AM
#34
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On this month's FNM card, I usually don't like the alternate art on cards (just seem to prefer the original almost every time), but I really like Squadron Hawk's alternate here better. I would really like to get a wallpaper of this art.
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2 years ago ::
May 05, 2011 - 8:35AM
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How does Melira interact with persist?
Melira allows creatures with persist to come back, but they don't get -1/-1 counters, so you keep getting them back. There aren't that many green cards with persist, so find your favorite other color with persist and build a nice two-color deck with that insane matchup.
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2 years ago ::
May 05, 2011 - 9:55AM
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Date Joined:
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Too bad there aren't any over the top good green persist creatures. Wait... DAMNIT, WIZARDS  .
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2 years ago ::
May 06, 2011 - 6:17AM
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Date Joined:
Jun 16, 2010
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2 years ago ::
May 08, 2011 - 9:55PM
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Date Joined:
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Am I the only one who likes both the Flameborn Viron sketches way more than the final? That sketchy unfinished style is really really cool and could be explored more to great effect. I'd rather see stuff of that style on cards than the overly detailed stuff we get all the time.
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2 years ago ::
May 08, 2011 - 11:47PM
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Date Joined:
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I remember when I was working on flavor text for NP, I got to see the original sketch for the "Furnace Wasp" and was underwhelmed by it; the "up-kilt camera" version we got instead was much more exciting to me.
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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2 years ago ::
May 09, 2011 - 12:29AM
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Am I the only one who likes both the Flameborn Viron sketches way more than the final? That sketchy unfinished style is really really cool and could be explored more to great effect. I'd rather see stuff of that style on cards than the overly detailed stuff we get all the time.
There is very little difference between the final sketch and the actual card. However, I do like the first version more than both.
To me, the darker form of sketches would only really work on the pre 8th edition borders (which were also dark).
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