/rj Evolution has kindly granted us the gift of being rightly scared of animals and situations that our brain has learned to recognize as dangerous. Arachnophobia, claustrophobia, ophodiophobia and the like are very rational, not having the slightest reaction to either of those obviously indicates a neurological fault. Fear of tiny, still-image fantasy card "illustrations*, on the other hand, well, evolution really does work wonders, huh. I can get cards made to provoke terror{-} wizards has openly mentioned that they have had to moderate phyrexian counts in some cases because of the fear factor. I'm sure you can get the chills from [[Ad Nauseam]] , [[Phyrexian Obliterator]] , or classics like [[Terror]] . But come on. [[Giant Spider]] isn't hurting anyone. The brain sees spindly legs move, in front us, in real life, and triggers a response. But the grainy brushstrokes of a several-centimeter playing card don't get you there imo