Appreciate the perspective. I also have my qualms about both the artwork and the silver border, but we're already off the deep end as far as I'm concerned and this isn't significantly more offensive to me than many other cards I've been considering/testing/including.
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Appreciate the perspective. I also have my qualms about both the artwork and the silver border, but we're already off the deep end as far as I'm concerned and this isn't significantly more offensive to me than many other cards I've been considering/testing/including.
Applejack seems quite powerful. As long as the toys have different names, they are less susceptible to cards like Maelstrom Pulse or Echoing Truth. Presumably a toy with horns and wings would get both scry and flying. Colour could be an issue. My opponent might claim their creature has protection from my red toy due to Sword of Fire and Ice, but I claim that the toy is crimson, so it is able to block.
Because of potential rules disagreements, I don’t think I’ll be running this.
Because of potential rules disagreements, I don’t think I’ll be running this.
I think they meant two tokens as in the creature token and the food token.
Yeah, you get a 2/2 and a food every turn. Is that better than 2 1/1s? I think so, on average.
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I'm sure it's going to be hard to completely subvert the intent of this card
What?
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Those were all lovely cards with smiles in their art. I'm sure they would be guests of honor on Pinkie Pie's party
"your party is always full" is da illest rules text. rock on pinkie pie
This is our party. Cabal Archon was already invited but the rest are just happy to be here.
Pinkie Pie Tendrils with Coveted Prize feels like the reason the treasure enters tapped.
New Secret Lair basic cycles! We've actually been pretty sparse on these in 2023 compared to the last two years, and I have to say, these are both excellent. While I don't prefer full-art, both the Sumi-e and pixel art styles really take advantage of the verticality. The Plains and the Swamp from the Sumi-e are among the best in class of all Magic history, IMO, and the rest of that cycle aren't that far behind. The pixel lands, which I should hate on principle, continue to exceed my expectations from their snow-covered variants, particularly the Plains and the Mountain. Just lovely lands overall!!
Edit: not particularly interested in any of the Universes Beyond cards revealed as part of Secret Lair except this one, which solves my issue of not particularly liking any of the previous arts for this card:
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The Pixel Basics (including the first batch that was Snow) really reminds me of the games I played when I was young.
I think for these I would still only get them if they were specific to a game I actually played and liked. Then they would be worthy of hanging on my wall.
And if they were set on a known plane from MTG like Zendikar, Arcavios, Ixalan, Dominaria, Ravnica, Ikoria etc. they would be worthy of including in my cube. Now that they are ‘just’ generic pixel art I sadly have no use for them in my cube because they would ruin the feeling of being inside the world of MTG.
They are sweet though!
I think for these I would still only get them if they were specific to a game I actually played and liked. Then they would be worthy of hanging on my wall.
And if they were set on a known plane from MTG like Zendikar, Arcavios, Ixalan, Dominaria, Ravnica, Ikoria etc. they would be worthy of including in my cube. Now that they are ‘just’ generic pixel art I sadly have no use for them in my cube because they would ruin the feeling of being inside the world of MTG.
They are sweet though!
Question fellow Riptiders: is this what finally makes me break singleton for the first time in a decade?
Secondly, I hate these lands...but I'm considering putting them in my Land Box for Cube because I know some of my players are degenerates and would think they're funny.
Secondly, I hate these lands...but I'm considering putting them in my Land Box for Cube because I know some of my players are degenerates and would think they're funny.
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I was considering doing the same thing with these, until I found out that it is a single, double-sided card instead of two separate cards.Question fellow Riptiders: is this what finally makes me break singleton for the first time in a decade?
I was super hyped about this secret lair until I found out the sparrow was just randomly a DFC of the same card. Would it have really killed them to give us two copies of Birds of Paradise?
They aren't marked as DFC's, so sleeving a copy in each direction doesn't look different than it would as two separate printings with "Deckmaster" card backs. But if that detracts from your subjective enjoyment of the card, that's a good enough reason not to buy it.
I guess I'm thinking from the perspective of buying individual copies on the secondary market. If, on the other hand, you buy the SLD set and only get one swallow, that's a feel bad.
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It's usually around $30 for non foil iirc. Plus shipping, obviously.