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Magic: the Gathering |OT9| Kaladesh - Cruisin' Down the Street in my 6/4
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Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I bet you that Guay art is just old stuff they had sitting around as opposed to a new commission.
SigmasonicX
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I expect they'll do this for Commander 2018. Again, if they actually intend to celebrate the 25th anniversary.
They would find a way to fuck up and not have an Urza card in this
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
no see urza can't have a card because
Reprints have been on point so far <3
One is a card designed for competitive constructed and the other is designed for casual play AND is explosive with pump effects in a way Grim Flayer is not?
I mean any of these commanders would be "better" cards if they were fewer colors to cast. The whole point is to be able to jam as many colors into your EDH decks
One is a card designed for competitive constructed and the other is designed for casual play AND is explosive with pump effects in a way Grim Flayer is not?
I mean any of these commanders would be "better" cards if they were fewer colors to cast. The whole point is to be able to jam as many colors into your EDH decks
This is fun.
Madcap Experiment?
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
8 mana?
It's just that a 4 mana 2/2 that needs to connect and doesn't have haste is horrendously bad even for casual.
charlequin
Banned
Oh man, some guy on twitter:
https://twitter.com/gengelstein/status/790267463183261696
Nope, already confirmed they commissioned these three sets for this set.
I already figure Return to Dominaria block is on that slot, you think they'll do something else this nostalgic the same year?
A relative just dug his old Magic cards out of the cellar and asked me if they're worth anything. 😳
https://twitter.com/gengelstein/status/790267463183261696
Nope, already confirmed they commissioned these three sets for this set.
I already figure Return to Dominaria block is on that slot, you think they'll do something else this nostalgic the same year?
Simply Sarah
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A commander with Flanking means onward to the Bands with Partnered Commander commander!
More seriously, I'm so happy about the Hanna reprint.
More seriously, I'm so happy about the Hanna reprint.
The gallery confirms all the new commanders are foiled (they have the little star), it's going to be a bit annoying when they're on the 99. (I don't mind having the commander foiled, but I'm not a fan of foils in the main deck)
c16 Gallery
c16 Gallery
charlequin
Banned
Yeah, not thrilled about that, and honestly a little confused that they went this way given that in the past they've gotten a lot of mileage out of foil promos of commanders.
That's such a bizarre change to make.
Another one for the proliferate deck. Absurd with planeswalkers.
straight into people's superfriends
I've already preordered Guay mountains and forests (they're available for .05 euros each in mkm) for my modern deck
keeblerdrow
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Another one for the proliferate deck. Absurd with planeswalkers.
If I ever get talked into commander again, I'ma bounce this forever with displacer.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I've already preordered Guay mountains and forests (they're available for .05 euros each in mkm) for my modern deck
nice bought 20 of each.
divisionbyzorro
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Hah you know what? I'm sold on that. Back up in my Rasputin Dreamweaver EDH deck that never gets played and needs to be rebuilt because whatdoesitevendo
blindrocket
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This is what I usually end up doing with Prossh. I hold him back when I have early kills.
Then what typically happens is the blue player gets to do whatever they want later on in the game because I held back...
SigmasonicX
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Kind of surprised an 8/8 would look that small, and be a centaur. Didn't the creative team reject a Hercules card in Theros because having such a high-stat human would be odd? Also, it's actually kind of surprising seeing such a high cost creature without a cost reduction mechanic, but at least it can be reanimated. Anyway, seems good.
Might go into Jarad.
It's pretty big. It's as tall as that tree
Joe Molotov
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Is that an elephant centaur?
Wulfric
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Really? I thought Guay was done with Magic because she made more doing gallery work. I guess Cynthia Sheppard convinced the finance people to cough up the dough for this set.
Another one for the proliferate deck. Absurd with planeswalkers.
Goddamn. Absolutely insane in Animar. Takes Animar from 4 to 10 counters with just U.
Given that the basics are in a Commander set, there's a good chance that they gave better licensing deals to the artists as part of the deal here. All the swag and contracts that go w/ it aren't here like in a normal set.
Cynthia Shepherd is my hero if that's the case, dude, Rebecca Guay. Mark Poole too!
charlequin
Banned
http://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2016/10/much-magic-released/ Pretty decent look at the accelerated schedule this year -- as many people have noted, the two big changes this year were two supplemental booster sets instead of one, and too many products jammed into the summer, both of which are fixed in next year's schedule.
There's basically three tiers of Magic contracts that an artist can get: there's the workaday low-end illos that go on random commons and whatnot, there's the high-profile ones like major planeswalkers and prominent rare lands that pay better and have higher expectations attached, and then there's the prestige contracts for specific, limited works like single Judge promos, individual cycles in promotional product like the SDCC cards, etc.
When you're working on the first tier there, you're typically getting multiple pieces just based on whatever the art director decides to give you per set, you're not getting to merchandise them since nobody wants them on a playmat, and the artist proofs aren't worth much; artists successful outside Magic are often not gonna be interested in what you can make at this tier anymore, even though it's still higher than most genre illustration gigs.
In that top tier, though, you're getting custom contracted at a higher per-unit price, you're getting potentially a longer deadline, you'll have more artistic control over what you produce, and your artist proofs and playmats will do brisk business. It definitely makes sense to me that some people who aren't interested in the regular category would be up for that.
Cynthia Sheppard has definitely ascended to being my favorite MTG art designer. That horrible summer where we were worried Origins and BFZ were the face of future Magic art seems so far away now.
There's basically three tiers of Magic contracts that an artist can get: there's the workaday low-end illos that go on random commons and whatnot, there's the high-profile ones like major planeswalkers and prominent rare lands that pay better and have higher expectations attached, and then there's the prestige contracts for specific, limited works like single Judge promos, individual cycles in promotional product like the SDCC cards, etc.
When you're working on the first tier there, you're typically getting multiple pieces just based on whatever the art director decides to give you per set, you're not getting to merchandise them since nobody wants them on a playmat, and the artist proofs aren't worth much; artists successful outside Magic are often not gonna be interested in what you can make at this tier anymore, even though it's still higher than most genre illustration gigs.
In that top tier, though, you're getting custom contracted at a higher per-unit price, you're getting potentially a longer deadline, you'll have more artistic control over what you produce, and your artist proofs and playmats will do brisk business. It definitely makes sense to me that some people who aren't interested in the regular category would be up for that.
Cynthia Sheppard has definitely ascended to being my favorite MTG art designer. That horrible summer where we were worried Origins and BFZ were the face of future Magic art seems so far away now.
"God's Beard!"
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How does the 2nd and top tier pay out? I only know about the regular art commission being a flat rate of $1000 and some proofs and you have a couple weeks to submit a publishable piece and a week or so to do corrections working with the art director.
That was before Mohrbacher had his meltdown and Cynthia Sheppard joined WotC, so I don't know what's changed in the past 8-12 months.
That was before Mohrbacher had his meltdown and Cynthia Sheppard joined WotC, so I don't know what's changed in the past 8-12 months.
To be clear, even though Tazri is a 5C commander, Tazri is also mono-white yes? Good in the deck still I'm sure.
I run maelstrom wanderer and other multicolored beauties in there
Oh I had no doubt you had ways to get it going.
Lemme guess... the partner's name is Haups?
Also your Minion ability is for Devils. Make them Devils
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Partner PWs would have to be atrociously bad to exist. Like worse than Tibalt.
Giant Panda
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We talking Welcome deck levels?
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