“Tales from the Pit” #195
I wish MaRo had come to my career day. Of course, if he had, I would have been the obnoxious little know-it-all asking, “What kind of computers do you use?” and “Do you still have that massive purpose-built D&D table I saw in InQuest ten years ago?”.
In the (abridged) words of Mitch Hedberg:
“Hill Giant temporarily Wolves. Sorry for the convenience.”
LOL Who even runs those? You slap them in if you need another creature in Draft that’s it.
Sure. My point is just that it was nice of WotC to at least give us thematically-appropriate Hill Giants that interact with other cards in the set (like Howlpack Alpha, for example) due to being wolves.
In the (abridged) words of Mitch Hedberg:
“Hill Giant temporarily Wolves. Sorry for the convenience.”
Chosen of Markov will henceforth be known as Bella Swan.
Space Academy: Lesson One : Daily MTG
Too bad this requires so much background to get; otherwise, I’d be strongly tempted to start using it as my user icon in a lot of places—almost entirely because of the flavour text.
This GIF is a perfect explanation of what it feels like to draw a Plummet to rid yourself of a second-main-phase Volcanic Dragon before it can attack. And also to topdeck an Overrun to win the game when you’re at one life and staring down three 1/1 creatures to your one 2/2.
Same game. Lost the match, but for that one game all was right in the universe.
(via nightsinwonderland)
It’s possible (even probable) that the seller just uploaded the wrong image, in which case I just picked up $105 worth of out-of-print Magic cards for $30. Pretty good deal, right?
But on the off chance that it’s the title that’s wrong and the image that’s right, I just picked up $374.85 worth of out-of-print Magic cards for $30.
I’ll just be over here fanning myself for a little while.
Rysorian Badger (via MagicCards.info)
Here’s hoping Innistrad isn’t quite as bad as Homelands, despite what the double-faced cards look like.
Innistrad’s vast, wooded hinterland is called Kessig, a province in a state of perpetual autumn. The deep woods are king here, although small human communities have carved out farming villages, and groups of hunters and trappers venture into the forest to make a living. Even new arrivals to Kessig know not to venture out at night. Even if the wilderness weren’t haunted, it wouldn’t be safe—werewolves prowl the province, sometimes alone and sometimes in packs.
You had me at “a state of perpetual autumn”.
Turn 1: Panic Spellbomb (or some other 1-cost artifact)
Turn 2: Mana Myr.
Turn 3: Ezuri’s Brigade.
Turn 4: Grafted Exoskeleton
Turn 5: Equip Exoskeleton. Assault Strobe. Blow the Spellbomb; for the hell of it, draw a card.* Attack. Win.
Yes, there are lots of things that can go wrong. Yes, you could probably speed this up with a really lucky draw in a specially-tuned deck (in which even more things could go wrong). But this is totally doable, and the idea of giving someone 20 poison counters on turn five makes me giggle like a little kid.
I am also already making terrible plans involving Mimic Vat and Putrefax. This set is utterly ridiculous.
* Hurr durr durr. See if you can spot the problem with this part of the plan. (On the other hand, if you cast another Spellbomb with your extra mana on turn 5, this works just fine.)
