Did they not look at the art when they made old creature types?
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Chris Taylor
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usually no, actually. the art description was some BS about what the card did, and rarely contained as much direction as what we see now. So it was mostly up to the artist to decide what the card looked like after skimming some (usually unfinished) details about what the card did
Sometimes they were informed, but just incorrect:
Sometimes they were informed, but just incorrect:
I think there's a reason the style guides and art descriptions are so constraining these days, and it's to avoid things like that. Of course, we also avoid some of the sweeter art magic used to get, but that is apparently acceptable loses compared to "wrong" art.
Mediocrity for life, yo?
Mediocrity for life, yo?
Dom Harvey
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never forget
Chris Taylor
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Never EVER forget
Dom Harvey
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This is a family website Chris.
Chris Taylor
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Wait, is it? I gotta go clean up a few of my rants if it is 
Calvin and Eric are related, right?
FlowerSunRain
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I totally agree. One of the things that hooked me on Magic early on was the eclectic art, which I really miss.
I would make a classic cube to maxmize that, but classic gameplay isn't as sweet as Modern gameplay.
Chris Taylor
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never forget
I really like the art. Hate the card though.
Eric's Nykthos image on the front page has a giant fucking cursor on it. Whomp whomp.
Yeah it's great. I think it would have been better on the goat tribal post, not a real article.
We're going to hide them in inopportune places. So many picked noses.
Hannes fell asleep reading a book and missed our entire draft, so we had 7.
We did the MODO style random picks thing for him, and his pool ended up forming some BW beatdown deck that we all agreed was better than his average brew.
We did the MODO style random picks thing for him, and his pool ended up forming some BW beatdown deck that we all agreed was better than his average brew.
There's one regular in my group who drafts questionable blue or green-based midrange durdly decks every time, but hasn't taken down a draft thus far (Lucas, you know who I'm talking about). The one time he was late and missed the entire draft portion, we busted out the MODO-style picks for him, and he easily 3-0 / 6-0'ed with a sweet Naya aggro deck that he'd never naturally build in a million years.
Then next week he immediately went back to UG durdles.
Then next week he immediately went back to UG durdles.
so I've had genesis get vendilion clique'd out of my hand 7 of 7 times i've drawn it in cube
CML
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For your information, the Supreme Court has ROUNDLY REJECTED PRIOR RESTRAINT
Edit: The Dude drops a joint on the table when he's taking out (a single?) coin(s?) to pay. HAHAHAHAHAH. I've watched this scene over 100 times and I just noticed that
Also there's some joke to be made here about Phil Quarto but I can't find it
that film is pretty much a 10 out of 10.
My cuber who qualified for the Pro Tour is streaming a Modern Daily starting in 5 minutes: http://www.twitch.tv/belgicmagic
Are they all custom cards or just reskinned other cards?