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1 year ago ::
Apr 18, 2012 - 9:04AM
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It's almost like good fiction acts as its own promotional tool or something  Man, where did it all go wrong? -_- So much potential... Ah well, we've still got the sets. And judging by Innistrad block, that's impressive enough as it is. So, I can't be too gloomy.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 18, 2012 - 10:07AM
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Dammit, Keeper. Know I'm all excited for a Return to Alara... Which will take ages...
This... Now I really want to revist the Shards of Alara Novel and read all the nitty gritty details.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 18, 2012 - 12:10PM
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Well. Mr. Goldmane said on his Tumblr a while back that it isn't like that. In all seriousness, though, I read that body lenguage as them being... close. But not necessarily in a romantic way. Elspeth didn't seem to "reject" Ajani until the very end of the page, which seems more likely to just have been about his message. Good catch on the healing magic, Keeper. That metaphor took the comic to a whole new level. I consider them to be together. But that's just because I think it's a cute idea.
"The truth resists simplicity." Some memorable quotes
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I know, as a good liberal scholar, that I'm supposed to respect every other belief and culture and what have you that comes along but... at the end of the day, when all is said and done, some things are just plain wrong.
Venser "Ah, Hello Myr. This is the King. Long Time no see. We thought today would be a good day for rolling. The Myr Battlesphere. The Myr. Where the first rolls and the second follows. Roll, roll, roll. For that purpose we went to the bother, the bother of fixing up Mirrodin. The King of the Multiverse going to the bother just for rolling a Myr Battlephere, just for that, we went to the bother."
Heard a joke once: Mare goes to doctor. Says she's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says she feels all alone in a threatening world where even ponies you thought were your friends can't be trusted. Doctor says "Treatment is simple. Go to one of Pinkie Pie's great parties tonight. Party hard. That should pick you up." Mare bursts into tears. Says "But, doctor...I am Pinkie Pie." Good joke. Everypony laughs. Roll on snare drum. Curtains. Fade to black.
Sure, "the average person" might go see Transformers 3 if s/he wants a good story, but that doesn't stop people from making decent movies. Hell, they even managed to make Batman into a respectable movie. "The average" person might like American Idol or Jersey Shore, but people still made The Wire.
I think the people who would sit down and listen to a minstrel reciting Homer, or thought that novels were art, or read poetry were always a minority. It's a common viewpoint that art was better in the past because everyone's forgotten the bad stuff, while we haven't had time to forget the awful stuff that is current.
For almost all Magic fans, the "story" of Ravnica, for example, is that it's a city world with ten guilds -- yes, for most, that's a "story." All but a tiny fraction of the fan base are entirely unaware of an elaborate plot perpetrated by Augustin IV to trick Agrus Kos and Szadek into breaking the Guildpact, thereby enabling the Azorius to take control. Likewise, the vast majority of Magic players don't know who Harbin is, or Nivea, or Al-Hayat, or Feather, or Jared Carthalion, or Rebbec, or Zagorka ... the list goes on and on.
I'm pulling this out of nowhere and it has nothing like fact attached to it, but it cannot be disproven without breaking the fourth wall, and this is going to be my headcanon because it makes perfect sense.
I posit [Tamiyo, the Moon Sage] writes the Planeswalker's Guides to planes.
CANON is the collected events and details of a fictional work that come directly from its author or someone with equal authority to the author.
CANNON is a weapon that fires metal balls at a target, usually a structure or a crowd of enemy combatants.
Every time you confuse the two, I'm forced to break one of my own fingers.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 18, 2012 - 12:49PM
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They knew each other for two weeks, but Ajani appreciated Elspeth's complete acceptance of him without judgement. While that's certainly something that would salve the wounds of social stigma, I don't believe it's nearly enough to kindle romantic feelings.
Basically, it boils down to the fact that Ajani knows Elspeth is a genuinely good person and given how she treated him, it tears him up inside to see her abusing herself in this manner.
As for the state of Alara:
Naya and Bant have banded together in large numbers.
Naya lost some members to Jund, but substantially less than joined with Bant.
Bant lost members to Esper but not as much as the numbers it gained from Naya.
Esper has poked the dragon a little too hard and is at war with Jund.
Grixis, meanwhile, has seemingly made a beeline for Bant and has been ignoring the other shards as a result.
And that's everything I've gleaned.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 18, 2012 - 5:10PM
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I just want it on record that I'm still fuming that they didn't change the Alara basic lands for Alara Reborn, but they decide to start doing that for every single third set the very. Next. Block. Come on, guys! ARB screamed for different basic land art! :-(
Rules Adviser, casual tournament organizer, lover of EDH and MtG evangelist.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 18, 2012 - 7:01PM
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Date Joined:
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I just want it on record that I'm still fuming that they didn't change the Alara basic lands for Alara Reborn, but they decide to start doing that for every single third set the very. Next. Block. Come on, guys! ARB screamed for different basic land art! :-(
Well, considering that RoE was the first time a set other than a core or first set in a block had basic lands, so its possible they just hadn't thought of the idea yet.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 19, 2012 - 5:03AM
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I'll fume if I want to 
Rules Adviser, casual tournament organizer, lover of EDH and MtG evangelist.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 19, 2012 - 6:28AM
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I would fume too, if it happened to me.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 19, 2012 - 9:51AM
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Pssh, only full-art lands matter.
Evil doesn't always triumph. - Ajani Goldmane Spoiler:
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1 year ago ::
Apr 19, 2012 - 3:30PM
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I still can't stand full-art lands. Not just because of the frame dissonance; I've seen decks with nothing but un lands and they still looked unappealing. Maybe it's because it's a landscape in a box of portrait dimensions. It always looks odd and squished. And call me unhealthy-minded, but I rather like seeing the big, crisp mana symbols on either end of the table when I play.
"The truth resists simplicity." Some memorable quotes
Show
I know, as a good liberal scholar, that I'm supposed to respect every other belief and culture and what have you that comes along but... at the end of the day, when all is said and done, some things are just plain wrong.
Venser "Ah, Hello Myr. This is the King. Long Time no see. We thought today would be a good day for rolling. The Myr Battlesphere. The Myr. Where the first rolls and the second follows. Roll, roll, roll. For that purpose we went to the bother, the bother of fixing up Mirrodin. The King of the Multiverse going to the bother just for rolling a Myr Battlephere, just for that, we went to the bother."
Heard a joke once: Mare goes to doctor. Says she's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says she feels all alone in a threatening world where even ponies you thought were your friends can't be trusted. Doctor says "Treatment is simple. Go to one of Pinkie Pie's great parties tonight. Party hard. That should pick you up." Mare bursts into tears. Says "But, doctor...I am Pinkie Pie." Good joke. Everypony laughs. Roll on snare drum. Curtains. Fade to black.
Sure, "the average person" might go see Transformers 3 if s/he wants a good story, but that doesn't stop people from making decent movies. Hell, they even managed to make Batman into a respectable movie. "The average" person might like American Idol or Jersey Shore, but people still made The Wire.
I think the people who would sit down and listen to a minstrel reciting Homer, or thought that novels were art, or read poetry were always a minority. It's a common viewpoint that art was better in the past because everyone's forgotten the bad stuff, while we haven't had time to forget the awful stuff that is current.
For almost all Magic fans, the "story" of Ravnica, for example, is that it's a city world with ten guilds -- yes, for most, that's a "story." All but a tiny fraction of the fan base are entirely unaware of an elaborate plot perpetrated by Augustin IV to trick Agrus Kos and Szadek into breaking the Guildpact, thereby enabling the Azorius to take control. Likewise, the vast majority of Magic players don't know who Harbin is, or Nivea, or Al-Hayat, or Feather, or Jared Carthalion, or Rebbec, or Zagorka ... the list goes on and on.
I'm pulling this out of nowhere and it has nothing like fact attached to it, but it cannot be disproven without breaking the fourth wall, and this is going to be my headcanon because it makes perfect sense.
I posit [Tamiyo, the Moon Sage] writes the Planeswalker's Guides to planes.
CANON is the collected events and details of a fictional work that come directly from its author or someone with equal authority to the author.
CANNON is a weapon that fires metal balls at a target, usually a structure or a crowd of enemy combatants.
Every time you confuse the two, I'm forced to break one of my own fingers.
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