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Round Robin Part 1: Thornbite Goblins & Black-White Control
Ben tries out an exciting combo, then picks up one of his opponents’ decks.
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Mercadian Masques common. Like all prerace / class Spellshapers, Waterfront Bouncer has since been updated with a “race” creature type to go along with its “class” creature type. Trying to guess what that should be, however, wasn’t easythe art depicts a big blue guy, which might not seem to map to any existing race. The surprising answer, despite the big, beefy legs, is Merfolk! In the storyline, the Saprazzan merfolk of Mercadia were capable of transforming their fins into legs to walk on land. This is clearly visible on, for instance, Saprazzan Bailiff.
Legends uncommon. When Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore was printed in Legends, the rules for creature types were inexact at best. Whether “Evil Eye” was a reference to the words that came after “summon” or just a shortening of the card’s name was a moot point when Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore was the only Evil Eye in Magic. As creature types were consolidated, the Evil Eye became a Horror, and its ability was changed to look for cards with the right name rather than the right creature type. But Eyes generally come in pairs, and with the release of Time Spiral and Evil Eye of Urborg, Eye was restored to creature type status and Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore was printed in the “timeshifted” set with updated text that would allow all of your Eyes to attack. (Of course, Time Spiral actually had a third Eye… but Mistform Ultimus and trivia are not on speaking terms.)
Unglued uncommon. Urza’s Contact Lenses was a winking reference—if you’ll pardon the pun—to Alpha classics Urza’s Glasses and Urza’s Sunglasses. At this point, though, the central joke—a “clap on, clap off” artifact in the vein of the appliances and accessories popularized in cheesy late 90s TV commercials—is a casualty of the game’s changing rules. When Unglued came out in 1998, artifacts “worked” only while untapped, with often confusing exceptions for abilities that wouldn’t make sense otherwise, so the Contact Lenses was intended to reveal all players’ hands only while untapped.
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Третье занятие Судейской �?колы посвящено способностям и эффектам.
Visions uncommon. Becoming a vampire is a very common idea in fantasy, but there are many different ways to approach that flavor in Magic. In the case of Vampirism, the newly vampiric creature feeds on your other creatures, making them weaker and itself stronger. Urza’s Saga uncommon Vampiric Embrace is a different approach to the same flavor. Like the other members of the Embrace cycle, it turns any smallish creature into a Magic iconic???in this case, Sengir Vampire.
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Компания “Мир Фэнтези” объявляет набор (хотя, хочется надеяться, что просто “ищет кандидата“) на должность “DCI-Координатора по Magic the Gathering”. Желающим посвятить себя этой почетной работе, а также просто интересующимся распорядком дня и списком обязанностей первых лиц MTG в стране, предлагается познакомиться с Требованиями.doc.
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В Ханты-Мансийске работает клуб MTG под названием “Обыкновенная магия“. Боль�?ое спасибо организатору и руководителю клуба Николаю Онину за присланную информацию о координатах и турнирной деятельности клуба.
Champions of Kamigawa common. Some cards in Kamigawa block???such as Rend Spirit and Rend Flesh???play specifically into that set’s conflict between the spirit world and the mortal world. Others, however, are more subtle. Red’s Shaman-centric subtheme in Kamigawa of removing creatures from the game???also seen on Kumano, Master Yamabushi, Yamabushi’s Flame, Frostwielder, Yamabushi’s Storm, and Kumano’s Blessing???was a hoser for the Spirits’ signature keyword mechanic, soulshift. Sorry, Thief of Hope!
Saviors of Kamigawa rare. In the Kamigawa block storyline, the birth of Michiko Konda played an integral part in the machinations of her father, the daimy?? Konda. Konda stole an important part of the great kami O-Kagachi, granting him great power but enraging the spirit world in the process, igniting the Kami War.
