divisionbyzorro
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I thought HoD was last? I'm disappointed if it isn't.
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Magic: the Gathering |OT12| Hour of Devastation - Hour of Jace getting dunked on
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I thought HoD was last? I'm disappointed if it isn't.
SigmasonicX
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That would be Rivals of Ixalan, which presumably introduces the Anti-Gatewatch.
From what we've seen of the rares of Ixalan, none of them really make me want to build a deck around them. At the very least, I was way more interested (and still am to an extent) to Amonkhet blocks design space. Ixalan just seems... boring to me. Maybe rivals will provide more interesting stuff.
SigmasonicX
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So we're already on the "Ixalan is boring, let's get to the next set" train, huh? Haha.
What gave you that impression?
Return to Dominaria is next on the chalk board!
Anti-Gatewatch? Can you explain this further?
I think he's just misinterpreting the name of the set.
SigmasonicX
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Why else would the title emphasize rivals?
Sperling wrote an article being a contrarian idiot about the hall of fame vote, and hypocritical'd himself into the corner.
Basically he boils it all down to fuck Pikula, get more good scrub, also vote for whoever you want except these guys
Basically he boils it all down to fuck Pikula, get more good scrub, also vote for whoever you want except these guys
Please that makes too much sense for this thread
I feel like Amonkhet in general really took the brunt of the Standard rotation changeover and general awfulness of the format. Developmentally speaking. The core design for both sets is fine, but even the flashiest cards just feel way too expensive to use properly.
divisionbyzorro
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Matt Sperling is a dick, news at 11.
With a 📣.
He did get in.
Then, he got suspended in the time between the voting and the actual induction ceremony
divisionbyzorro
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I don't buy the "stalling isn't real cheating argument." It's fucking cheating. It's more serious in some ways than other forms because of how damn hard it is to police - it's less overt and more subversive. It preys on player's social weaknesses (i.e., being conflict-averse or just trying to be nice) and takes advantage of that. It's fucking cheating.
So he's not in the HOF...
Yeah, I don't know how you could ever get out of that that it would be an anti-Gatewatch. It was clearly going to be loot plunderers fighting each other.
Imperfected
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I was trying to be more positive on it, but my experience at the prerelease (that I won, even!) left me with a really bad taste.
so Bolas is drawing fanart of the Gatewatch when he's not out destroying worlds? That's kinda cute
and it (very) likely means nothing but Nissa's mural is seemingly riddled with holes. Symbolism!
Remembrance
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Jace has people holding their heads in front of him because he got mindblasted.
Nissa is burying someone in cascades of sand because... she's been buried in the desert?
Gideon's mural is cracked because he's dead
Eh. It's not as bad as stacking decks because that's even harder to find out. Remi Fortier has been suspicious of deck stacking by the European MTG community in the past and he's only been suspended for 12 months for something else entirely.
oh, I didn't even look closely at the others
Lily accepts Bolas' offer while Chandra rejects it?
You can see some bits and pieces in the murals hinting at how they lose.
Jace has a nasty headache in one bit. Liliana goes up against Bolas with a ton of zombies turned against her, etc. It's a nice piece all in all.
Each walker has something in their art that represents them. Jace has people holding their heads because he uses mind magic. Liliana has zombies in front of her. Nissa has sand, because she's all about the land. Chandra has people with torches, because fire. The guy in front of Gideon is positioned in such a way that it looks like Gideon is shielding him. Then the people beneath Bolas are worshiping him.
charlequin
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I don't know when Pikula pissed in his cheerios but Sperling comes off as even more of a jerk than usual here. There's a totally reasonable argument someone could make against a Pikula vote, with the same basic factual underpinning as here, but without the petty garbage.
the way I interpret it, it's supposed to show us what happened or is going to happen to each of them. Like, Jace - Amnesia, Gideon - broken/injured
Imperfected
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I think it means Dio is going to throw a bunch of knives at her.
Couple of interesting things going on here...
1. Jace getting dunked on
2. Is Liliana praising him? Couples with the idea of her head being in the horns
3. Two bodies making the Bolas horns. Interesting aesthetically, probably means nothing
4. Chandra's talk to the hand (nothing of note going on with her really)
5. The invincible man, cracked.
Also, wtf is Bolas drawing on the end?
It's not a bad piece of story telling.
1. Jace getting dunked on
2. Is Liliana praising him? Couples with the idea of her head being in the horns
3. Two bodies making the Bolas horns. Interesting aesthetically, probably means nothing
4. Chandra's talk to the hand (nothing of note going on with her really)
5. The invincible man, cracked.
Also, wtf is Bolas drawing on the end?
It's not a bad piece of story telling.
Remembrance
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Chandra is defeated by a fireball to the face while looking the wrong way.
That's peak symbolism.
That's peak symbolism.
... that's her hair.
Muskieratboi
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The interesting part is Chandra's right hand. Is that a wound, or fire form the torch?
or both and it's..
or both and it's..
If the Hall of Fame was strictly a measure of competitive success, they should just take the voting away from all the pros and define a clear level of success/pro points to get in. The mere fact that you get to vote at all should clue you in that it's not strictly about results.
divisionbyzorro
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I mean, "being a dick" is basically Sperling's personal brand, so this isn't surprising.
This is a very good point.
TheBlackMarvel
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The art is fantastic. Clears up whether Bolas is recording or destroying. The real question is who is he recording it for?
IIRC, Gideon and Chandra are the only two he touches directly...
Imperfected
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The easy assumption, as with all artifice and creation, is that he's doing it to impress another dragon so he can get laid.
No one in particular. He's just petty and vain. Same reason he made those big ass horns for everyone to fawn over.
I love the idea of people walking around a random corner and seeing the giant God Pharaoh Dragon hunched down tagging up some wall with pictures of the people he beat up last week.
"Oh, uh... hey. I'm almost done! FEAR ME! IGNORE ME!"
"Oh, uh... hey. I'm almost done! FEAR ME! IGNORE ME!"
Imperfected
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"*Sigh* ... My Lord, might this not be a task for the servants?"
"Good point, Kiffnut. Get the boy."
"... the 'boy', My Lord?"
"You. You carve the mural, Kiffnut."
GregLombardi
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t0muykvP_U&feature=youtu.be&t=3m48s
I've had this happen to me like 5x in as many days. It is heart attack inducing.
Gotta love MTGO.
I've had this happen to me like 5x in as many days. It is heart attack inducing.
Gotta love MTGO.
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