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8 months ago ::
Oct 04, 2012 - 8:58PM
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Kingdoms of Rabiah (KOR)One ambitious planeswalker's desire to rule over the thousand Rabian nights goes head-to-head with an aging planeswalker's last chance at redemption, all under the shadow of a looming apocalypse. Can Vima Szet wrest control of the Rabian worlds before Uru Bhey shepherds the plane to its inevitable apocalypse, or will Gundeh lead the people of Rabiah towards revolution?ICD 2: Library of the ApocalypseWe all have a favorite thing to do in Magic. Every player, from casual to competitive, gets a big rush when doing this one thing in Magic. "Winning" you might say, "people like winning, Scion". That's true, but how to get from your opening seven to victory involves a thousand decisions, from what to put into your deck, to what lines of play to take, to the sweet one-liner you're about to spout out when you drop a Grafdigger's Cage  on an unsuspecting Frites player. Each of those decisions is colored by this one thing in Magic you love to do.
For me, it's drawing cards. More than even my Gatherer-Terrible cube or finding novel uses for my Homarid Spawning Bed  s, it is drawing cards. I love drawing cards more than winning. Goodness, I don't even have to draw good cards. I just like drawing cards. In fact, the more cards I draw, the more I can bury you under a litany of Alchemist's Apprentice  s, Ember Shot  s and Carrier Pigeon  s.
I love to draw cards. And in Rabiah, the mother of all card draw permanents is found: the ONE card that I love above all others: Library of Alexandria  .
If you haven't gotten to play one, proxy one up, or at least sling with Magus of the Library  , you don't know how SWEET it is to be on the draw, drop a library, say "go", and tap to draw on your opponent's upkeep. It's like you're running the cheats  on him!
So when I bit the bactrian and decided to go back to Rabiah, I knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I would revisit the fabled Library. And here, for you, I will share this gem of a card. I was going to save this post for when I do a 'flavor' entry, or perhaps a potpourri retrospective on the Time Spiral-esque shout outs to cards  of yore  ...but I just couldn't wait! I'm literally steaming in my clouds to share this with you!
Ladies and gents, I present to you what is probably my greatest single ICD I've ever created. This is my favorite fantasy card; bar none. I jam it into every one of my set designs, but in NO OTHER SET does it fit as well as it does here, in Kingdoms of Rabiah.
Without further ado, the Library of the Apocalypse:
Squeeee!
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Comments appreciated! About KORThis is the first custom set I post here but far from the first I've made. All the art comes from some obscenely talented people on DeviantArt, many of whose names I do not recall because I use the illustration field to make notes like a goof.
As more cards are revealed, I'll update the Card Image Gallery & Post Index.
I'd love your feedback, especially for these two topics:
- Design: How excited are you about the card? What does it make you feel?
- Development: How's the power level? Where do you see the limited environment for the set going? What holes are missing?
While the set is more or less done with its first pass, I'll be taking feedback into account, and even opening up holes where you guys can jump in and make some sweet cards.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 04, 2012 - 11:41PM
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I know right? Too awesome for words.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 04, 2012 - 11:49PM
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- UnCon Prizewinner 2008
- Infernal Spawn of Infernal Spawn of Evil
- Chairman of the Board
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its ok
firstrike
Ceci n'est pas une pipe.
This definitely doesn't mean what you think it means.
I was referring to the painting The Treachery of Images.
I know.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 04, 2012 - 11:54PM
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I admit, drawing cards is fun.
The One With Nothing reference is a bit cheesy.
Everything Mown does is elegant.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 04, 2012 - 11:59PM
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It's basically the opposite of Library Of Alexandria  + Magus Of The Library  , but maybe we should compare it with Bazaar Of Baghdad  instead?
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8 months ago ::
Oct 05, 2012 - 12:09AM
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Yeah, flavour T could be improved upon methinks. People don't usually associate schools with spiritual transcendence. That's more of like a temple/monastery-type deal.
Whiny weenie and observant aren't the same thing pablo, somehow I thought you'd understand.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 05, 2012 - 12:16AM
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I like it. Slightly ridiculous in dredge, but ok.
Embrace imagination.
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Each of its nine tails is imbued with supernatural power, and it can live for a thousand years.
My Standard deck: Setting SunThink of how Neo couldn't beat the robots, but they kept him around anyways to defeat Agent Smith. Sure, the robots might not like having a Neo running rampant because instead of playing their favorite 4 drop fatty robot, they have to play a bunch of one mana Matrixs to contain him, but at least Neo keeps Agent Smith from reanimating an Iona on turn two.
Are you saying I'm trying to blame my loss on something? I don't care that I lost, I care that he's a sore loser, and a cheater, and a liar.
CKY, are you bad at anything?
I really enjoy imagining this from Kevin's perspective. Because in Kevin's world, Rosewater actually reads everything he types. Mark is sitting there right now, reading this, and thinking "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled. . ." Or some such. He chuckles low, then clicks on "The Best Of KEVINSET" and says "Yes, this'll do just fine. A busty lady with banding who deals direct damage to Zones!? Why this will be the star of my next set, and no one will ever believe you Kevin." Then he closes his Macbook, so his servant may move it out of the way, while another servant puts a Fetal Richard Garfield Clone lathered in Steak Sauce in front of him. Then Mark Feasts.
I mean, In KevinWorld, Mark is reading the very words I'm typing as well. Heck, in KevinWorld maybe I am Mark.
I'm beginning to think CKY may be anime in real life...
Don't go anywhere CKY, I need to crash dramatically through your window and propose marriage and I don't want you throwing off my paradrop.
[In response to a thread about how hard grading is]
Upon reading this, I've found myself completely unable to operate in the world. I tried to decide what to eat for breakfast, and pondered the vast consequences of my choice. How do I balance my dietary needs against my desire to eat good-tasting food? Should I factor in how long it takes to prepare? Cereal is ready in moments, but bacon takes longer to cook.
Then there is the impact on other industries. Do people in the cereal industry deserve to be employed more than people in the bacon industry? Which industry should I support? I don't even have the data regarding HOW MUCH the cereal industry benefits from me eating a bowl of cereal, or how much the bacon industry benefits from me eating a side of bacon. How can I compare two qualities I can't even quantify?
And let's not forget the milk on the cereal. In addition to determining whether or not milk is healthy for me, how much that benefits the milk industry, and how much the people in the milk industry deserve my support, we have to factor in the fact that cows are put under brutal conditions in order to collect thier milk. Of course, the same goes for the pigs, and then they get killed. Of course, I really like bacon. So I need to come up with a scale that compares the value of cow happiness to pig happiness to my happiness. What trade-offs am I willing to make here? Does the fact that the pig gets put out of its misery count as a plus or a minus? Isn't bacon bad for me anyway?
Deciding what to eat for breakfast (or any meal) is impossible. Help me!
I must admit chinkeeyong, you have the most interesting character ideas; and you play them well.
Anyway, you'd be surprised about Time Stop. When I first saw that card as a relatively new player I didn't see its full potential until I read the reminder text. Is it that unintuitive, though? Mine I mean. What is possibility? Is it possible for me to type these words with my tusks? No, because I don't have tusks. Although I am now tempted to go buy some - obviously not from poachers or whatever - and use them as typing apparatus. I could be the best secretary ever. "What's your words per minute sir?" "Well, only six, but I use these tusks to type them." "You're hired!" That was the interview. And is anyone else disappointed that "apparati" is not the plural form of apparatus? I just could strangle a dictionary, because "apparatuses" is a real word. I guess it sounds pretty cool. I'll call them my Apparatusks.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 05, 2012 - 12:31AM
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I admit, drawing cards is fun.
The One With Nothing reference is a bit cheesy.
One person's eyeroll is another person's rapture. 
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8 months ago ::
Oct 05, 2012 - 12:32AM
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Yeah, flavour T could be improved upon methinks. People don't usually associate schools with spiritual transcendence. That's more of like a temple/monastery-type deal.
That's the point. Uru Bhey the demon and his religious zealots, the Shanes, took over the library and turned it into a place of brainwashing.
The flavor is actually purrfect.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 05, 2012 - 12:33AM
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I like it. Slightly ridiculous in dredge, but ok.
Yea, you're probably right on that one. I have actually not gotten a chance to play this card. I'm hoping my random sealed printouts eventually yield a library. i'll jam it into any deck; I don't care.
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