Okay, here is the clincher. I've been waiting to say this.
The "cam girl" this was inspired by was just a girl from a social networking website, Stickam. Her name was TinyTerror and she was just a regular girl who was on her webcam, totally unrelated to any type of adult content.
I hope you all feel really smart now.
This is like someone coming into class with a bloody nose and everyone's like "Jeez what happened to you" and they're like "I ran into a wall" and everyone laughs at them for being an idiot but then at the end of the class they say "HAHA JUST KIDDING I PUNCHED MYSELF IN THE FACE!!!!!! TALK ABOUT OWNED HAHAHAHAHA"
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.
Sorin walked into the chamber where his newly wed bride, Vampy, awaited. A beam of moonlight illuminated his brilliant silver hair as he strode with confidence towards the bed. His shirtless body showcased his powerful abdominal muscles and he was wearing jeans with holes in the knees.
So, Instants/Sorceries turning into "Auras" after resolving. I like it. But It's strange that NWO allowed this mechanic (especially because we'll have it at commom). It's also somewhat similar to Haunt, but for Instants and Sorceries.
WotC doesn't care about flavor. Their forum is the only place where an ORC can kill a troll...
Oh sweet, I really love the mechanic name : "Cipher" Also I love they use the word "encoded", absolutely love this mechanic.
Also I like that I don't have to play U/B with this mechanics and can still gain their abilities since I can cast that spells without paying its mana cost, something like return or destroy target creature spells with cipher and encoded it on my creature echanted with rancor , very exciting to see this happens. Scratch that, I didn't read the "then you may exile this spell card.." wording, but still it has cool names
This ability also basically confirms that Gruul and/or Boros will definitely have Slagstorm effects
Also just noticed that Encode doesn't actually target. Time to shelve hexproof and bring back shroud, wotc!
...why? Not that I would be opposed to it, but we have Mizzium Mortars, Magmaquake and Bonfire in standard right now, as well as other board wipes in other colours.
A wise man on film sequels:
Watching sequels to really good films is like visiting a bollock kicking parlour, paying your money and then proceeding to get your bollocks kicked...then leaving and returning at a later date to repeat the process.
So, Instants/Sorceries turning into "Auras" after resolving. I like it. But It's strange that NWO allowed this mechanic (especially because we'll have it at commom). It's also somewhat similar to Haunt, but for Instants and Sorceries.
The commons are going to be very unimpressive, like, "Put the top card of target player's library into their graveyard," or, "Draw a card."
I think they're banking on this being one of those mechanics that reads like a mess but ends up being fairly easy to 'grok' once you see it in action. Also: Had to read it three times to make sure subsequent hits don't let you Cipher over and over again. (More accurately, you CAN, but it won't do anything because the exiled copies vanish in the same way tokens would)
I was browsing through some cards in gatherer and I noticed something really odd - the transforming cards from Innistrad like Mayor of Avabruck have separate comments and ratings for each side. Isn't that totally stupid? It feels as senseless as having two different pages for each side of a split card or having different pages for Nimble Mongoose with and without threshold.
So I was getting kind of worried about the mechanics in GTC, until this we spoiled, we had.
A mechanic that is just asking to be set up for 2 for 1's (Gruul/Bloodrush).
A mechanic that requires you to have at least 3 creatures attacking, often forcing you to over-commit to the board (Boros/Battalion).
A mechanic that requires you to pay mana over and over again for a very marginal benefit (Orzhov/Extort).
And a mechanic that seems like it will only be any good in limited or with a ton of Hexproof stuff (Simic/Evolve).
Needless to say, I was a bit disappointed.....but then they go and spoil this and I am honestly blown away. Wow.....just.....wow, this mechanic has so much potential its sickening, it fits flavor-wise, and it makes the Melvin in me literally want to kiss someone.
So the real question is, how many of the cards with this mechanic are going to be completely and utterly broken......seems like R&D are really toeing the line with this one.
"I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the night. Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man and therefore I am a God."
This ability also basically confirms that Gruul and/or Boros will definitely have Slagstorm effects
Also just noticed that Encode doesn't actually target. Time to shelve hexproof and bring back shroud, wotc!
...why? Not that I would be opposed to it, but we have Mizzium Mortars, Magmaquake and Bonfire in standard right now, as well as other board wipes in other colours.
Mortars cost 6 to overload, Bonfire needs to be miracled magmaquake isn't cheap either. Plus none of those will be playable in GTC limited, no?
Okay, here is the clincher. I've been waiting to say this.
The "cam girl" this was inspired by was just a girl from a social networking website, Stickam. Her name was TinyTerror and she was just a regular girl who was on her webcam, totally unrelated to any type of adult content.
I hope you all feel really smart now.
This is like someone coming into class with a bloody nose and everyone's like "Jeez what happened to you" and they're like "I ran into a wall" and everyone laughs at them for being an idiot but then at the end of the class they say "HAHA JUST KIDDING I PUNCHED MYSELF IN THE FACE!!!!!! TALK ABOUT OWNED HAHAHAHAHA"
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.
Sorin walked into the chamber where his newly wed bride, Vampy, awaited. A beam of moonlight illuminated his brilliant silver hair as he strode with confidence towards the bed. His shirtless body showcased his powerful abdominal muscles and he was wearing jeans with holes in the knees.
