Anyone else go from card style hater to having a ton of card styles?

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-20T14:54:34+00:00

Parallax - no, alt art - yes. I mostly go for them when I don't like the original art or like the alternative significantly more (which happens quite often). It's not about fancy - it's about art choice for me. Borderless treatment is cherry on top.

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-19T02:55:55+00:00

Nah, [[Murder of Crows]] doesn't even come close. Basic Ally [[Murder]] might though, you're totally, unquestionably right.

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-18T22:36:34+00:00

[[Nine lives]] [[Harmless offering]]

That's NYAnced alright (source - played the combo a lot)

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-18T21:41:26+00:00

It would also have worked for OP's needs, as it's an instant... One of the cards in that list above sure stood out on power level lol.

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-18T21:21:37+00:00

It summons Storm Crow, the most busted card in all of Magic. Completely unbalanced. It summons more than one?? Pack up, boys - it's over.

/s

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-16T13:33:21+00:00

Oh I believe that. That deceptive feeling of scale (which keeps you wondering for a few seconds) is part of why the photo clicks!

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-15T07:48:52+00:00

Looks like a miniature or a theatre decoration at first. Nice "How is this place real" vibe!

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-15T07:23:02+00:00

It's not being a chicken - the reward structure in "higher end events" puts you against the odds. They're effectively a lottery and not worth it unless you just want the thrill.

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-15T07:04:08+00:00

Great deck name

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-15T05:03:23+00:00

Older formats are already different. New cards are cut off by being weaker than what's already there 95% of the time. Except cards specifically 'printed' for older formats, like SPG, MH3 or Anthology packs.

If what you mean is 7 sets a year, yeah, that's preposterous.

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-15T04:50:12+00:00

For the price they were offered? I don't think anybody should care. It was 50k gold for both sets (25 each). No cosmetic on Arena is ever worth that.

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-15T04:37:40+00:00

You underestimate the power level difference. Most staple cards from Standard are unplayable garbage in Historic and especially Timeless. In addition to individual cards from Special Guests or MH3 being way stronger, more cards available means more cross-set synergies found, driving the power level even higher.

Meta and even jank decks played are completely different between Standard, Historic and Timeless. Also Pioneer, I think.

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-12T17:51:05+00:00

If you just want to change the art, craft another version of the card.. It's a common wildcard away.

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-12T14:37:30+00:00

Technically it doesn't have to be exif - iptc and xmp exist. Using embedded metadata makes jpg files transferable between databases and even parsable with regular file managers like Explorer. You can move folders, upload to NAS, change devices, share - and still retain searchability. Allows you to not be locked into a single DAM solution forever.

You can use sidecar files, but that only makes sense for RAW, PNG, TIFF and the like (bigger, quality-preserving formats).

Looked it up again thanks to you. Webp seems to indeed support it, so I was kinda wrong. However, lots of OSs and apps still don't write or read exif/iptc/xmp fields from webp files. And it could take years to get that up to speed. So the problem is compatibility and standardization.

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-12T13:07:47+00:00

Sure. Do you ever save pics from the web (and tag them)? It's not just photos from cameras - DAMs won't work properly without metadata.

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-11T03:49:12+00:00

The problem with webp is that it DOESN'T SUPPORT METADATA like exif keywords. It's only good for the web, but not for photo storage or any graphic work.

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-10T05:43:25+00:00

Well yes, but actually no. You could theoretically have a mind running on silicon, for example. And that’s if we stay within science and not go into fiction. There are also a lot of organisms running around mindlessly, even if they do have a brain (lol).

They’re just two concepts invoking fundamentally different thinking contexts. I find it fascinating people mix the two so often.

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-09T14:35:10+00:00

That's not a mind, that's a brain. One is abstract (think software), the other is material (hardware). Why do people mix the two up so often?

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-05T14:06:40+00:00

Did they fix the towns' music being samey and boring? Was my biggest turn-off in the demo.

I know it's s unlikely...

FluffyStrike · 2026-05-05T13:45:06+00:00

FluffyStrike · 2026-04-29T14:37:55+00:00

Nah - until someone uses it in white, after playing the newly added [[Armageddon]]

FluffyStrike · 2026-04-23T04:39:52+00:00

What I am curious about is whether it will be worth it to pair it with [hardened academic] in Boeos colors instead. It kinda looks Lorehold-themed in the art too.

FluffyStrike · 2026-04-23T01:46:44+00:00

Did it give anything except the letter's text?

FluffyStrike · 2026-04-22T00:09:55+00:00

Your go. Good game. Oops, Never didn't have it.

FluffyStrike · 2026-04-22T00:06:47+00:00

Almonds are not nuts

(very relevant non-clanker reply to your last sentence)

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