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1 year ago ::
Dec 12, 2011 - 7:03AM
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I swear you have told this story before - in fact, I feel like I remember some parts almost word-for-word. I'm pretty sure it is not a false memory, as I remembered the end of the story as soon as I read the beginning - unless it was some very seriously weird deja vu.
Did you tell this bit in an article previously, or perhaps in an interview somewhere? Or, am I just crazy? If you did, was that an intentional sort of "flashback" usage of the passage, or was it one of those things that just happens?
I'm pretty sure I've read about this before as well
Official Speaker of the Expanded Multiverse Project, Step into Dominia-Embrace the infinite Magic of the Planes. This ->  is my favorite smiley, I will use it often and without reason. You have been warned. The Story of My Love
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Trolljuju wiped the sweat from his brow as he continued his slow trudge up the snowy mountain. The wind was strong and fiercely cold, but he pressed against it. Juju knew Beast Engine was somewhere at the peak, waiting for him. But this was not a matter of confronting the forces of nature themselves; that had been accomplished long before, and was now too easy to maintain the manly man's interest. Today, Beast Engine was here waiting for a friend.
Trolljuju's mind drifted from his appointment to thoughts of Beast Engine's manliness. The only man in history to punch the fossilized remains of a dinosaur back to life just to punch it to death again. The man who deflected bullets with his pectoral muscles during his daily assassination attempts. The man who cured cancer with a serum made from pure crystalized virility. The man who burst with vigor. Not just a man but a Man- the manliest of all men. A god of masculinity in physical form.
Trolljuju's heart fluttered at the memory of him and lightened his steps as he pressed on.
Suddenly, he was shaken from his reverie by a deep, powerful rumble in the mountain that shook him to his core. Instinctively, he threw himself to the ground just before the slope ahead of him exploded in a fiery wall of light and heat. So great was the force that the entire upper section of the mountain was vaproized. It scorched Juju's coat, then rose on the air to drift far away, a plume of white-hot ash. When Trolljuju lifted his head to see what was left behind, he beheld a wide, perfectly flat stone plateau, and in the distance he could see a muscular figure, his foot still held up from the kick. There was no doubt it was Beast Engine.
As soon as the ground beneath him cooled, Juju cast his heavy pack aside and ran. As the figure grew with closeness, he could see Beast Engine was nude, as was expected. The snow that fell near him turned to a thin wall of steam, looking to Trolljuju's eyes like a barrier. Engine was too strong, too manly to occupy the same space as the ordinary universe. He lived in a world all his own. But fortunately for Juju, it was only an illusion. He ran at full speed into Engine, who caught him with both arms and effortlessly twirled with him, resting with Juju dipped low to the ground in Engine's arms.
"Beast Engine, my love," Trolljuju breathed, sturck with awe at Engine's masculine beauty despite the familiarity of his face.
Engine just smiled, radiating from every inch of him with incredible strength, yet gentle warmth.
"It's been so long, Juju. I've missed you."
"Forgive me. I lost contact with you while you were boxing with Death to win back and consume the soul of Theodore Roosevelt. But now I'm here..."
Juju lifted one tentative hand to Engine's face, but he pulled away.
"You know I cannot give you what you seek. Were we to make love, your body would be destroyed by the force."
"I know, of course I would," Juju responded, tears in his eyes. "May I have, at least, one kiss?"
"Very well. For you, my friend."
Slowly, gingerly, they came closer. But the moment their lips met, a flood of unbridled manliness rushed into Trolljuju, body and soul, and every cell in his body exploded.
Beast Engine fell to his knees, and in his grief, he wept. The tears that fell from his face burned deep into the rock beneath him. But slowly, his sorrow turned to conviction.
He beat the crap out of Death once. He could do it again.
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1 year ago ::
Dec 12, 2011 - 7:51AM
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I swear you have told this story before - in fact, I feel like I remember some parts almost word-for-word. I'm pretty sure it is not a false memory, as I remembered the end of the story as soon as I read the beginning - unless it was some very seriously weird deja vu.
Did you tell this bit in an article previously, or perhaps in an interview somewhere? Or, am I just crazy? If you did, was that an intentional sort of "flashback" usage of the passage, or was it one of those things that just happens?
I'm pretty sure I've read about this before as well
I was considering posting about that, myself.
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1 year ago ::
Dec 12, 2011 - 8:11AM
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1 year ago ::
Dec 12, 2011 - 10:43AM
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Who wants to bet Maro sneaks the "Flashbacked" annotated version of this column in during one of the "best of" weeks (probably the second one)? Seems like the perfect setup for him. (If it were anyone else I would say maybe he wouldn't want to write an extra column during an off week, but Maro's often commented on how he has to restrain himself/be restrained from writing much more than is called for/required for the site.)
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1 year ago ::
Dec 12, 2011 - 12:59PM
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Date Joined:
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Flashback is brilliant. Not the best mechanic ever, but one of the best at least.
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1 year ago ::
Dec 12, 2011 - 2:06PM
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Date Joined:
Nov 10, 2010
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But I wonder if there is another better way to store or separate Flashback cards.
You are allowed to reorder the graveyard in post Urza's Saga formats, so you can sort them however you want. The downside is that this makes it easier for your opponent too.
Can you link the relevant rules? I was under the impression you weren't allowed to, specifically because of older formats, and it seems very strange to have different sets of rules depending on what format you are playing.
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1 year ago ::
Dec 12, 2011 - 2:13PM
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Date Joined:
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Can you link the relevant rules? I was under the impression you weren't allowed to, specifically because of older formats, and it seems very strange to have different sets of rules depending on what format you are playing.
Relevant bits:
Comprehensive Rules:
404.2. Each graveyard is kept in a single face-up pile. A player can examine the cards in any graveyard at any time but normally can't change their order. Additional rules applying to sanctioned tournaments may allow a player to change the order of cards in his or her graveyard.
Tournament Rules:
3.14 Graveyard Order
In formats involving only cards from Urza’s Saga™ and later, players may change the order of their graveyard at any time. A player may not change the order of an opponent’s graveyard.
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1 year ago ::
Dec 12, 2011 - 2:17PM
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Date Joined:
Nov 10, 2010
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Can you link the relevant rules? I was under the impression you weren't allowed to, specifically because of older formats, and it seems very strange to have different sets of rules depending on what format you are playing.
Relevant bits:
Comprehensive Rules:
404.2. Each graveyard is kept in a single face-up pile. A player can examine the cards in any graveyard at any time but normally can't change their order. Additional rules applying to sanctioned tournaments may allow a player to change the order of cards in his or her graveyard.
Tournament Rules:
3.14 Graveyard Order
In formats involving only cards from Urza’s Saga™ and later, players may change the order of their graveyard at any time. A player may not change the order of an opponent’s graveyard.
Thank you! I wonder now how many other fomat-based rulings there are that I was unaware of?
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1 year ago ::
Dec 12, 2011 - 2:20PM
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Date Joined:
May 18, 2002
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Thank you! I wonder now how many other fomat-based rulings there are that I was unaware of?
That's pretty much the only one.
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1 year ago ::
Dec 12, 2011 - 2:39PM
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Date Joined:
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Flashback is one of my favourite mechanics ever. Madness is right up there - maybe we could see it back some time this block? 
I had a bit of a question about the article regarding this section on the idea of flashback:
So I spent two days every Pro Tour standing and watching the best of the best play Magic head to head. The games were exciting when close, but not every Magic game is close. When one player was clearly ahead of the other, to make the match more interesting to watch, I would, in my head, give an advantage to the player in the worse condition. What do I mean by that? I mean that I would grant them a secret power that they could use. Then I would figure out how best they could use the power I gave them. All of the secret powers were really just Vanguard-ish abilities that allowed the players to do special things in the game. The losing player maybe got an extra turn or had boosted creatures or had discounted spells. They were usually things I could figure out from what I could see. Once again, I should stress that this was all in my head. One power I granted was the ability to cast cards out of your graveyard. I called it gravecast. I tended to grant this power when the game had gone along for a while before one player gained momentum and got way ahead. Of all the powers I would grant, the gravecast ability was one of my favorites. I vividly remember one day as I'm watching a match where I'd mentally granted one of the players the gravecast ability, I said to myself, "This is fun. We should do this one day."
I swear you have told this story before - in fact, I feel like I remember some parts almost word-for-word. I'm pretty sure it is not a false memory, as I remembered the end of the story as soon as I read the beginning - unless it was some very seriously weird deja vu.
Did you tell this bit in an article previously, or perhaps in an interview somewhere? Or, am I just crazy? If you did, was that an intentional sort of "flashback" usage of the passage, or was it one of those things that just happens?
I feel exactly the same way. My guess is that he spliced a few paragraphs from previous articles, "flashbacking" to them.
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