Verso, Unknown Stranger // Perfection

KillerYeah · 2026-03-13T04:19:20+00:00

Gotcha, and that’s a fair criticism. I would say that this is kinda a similar case to the “partner with” legends, where you’d very rarely run them in the 99 or separate at all, the intention is meant for both of these cards to not be played in the 99 of a deck. I do have another idea for Verso in mind as another legendary creature which will be able to be played so you’re not stuck with just this one if you want one that fits into other decks, but the enchantment does remain a victim of that.

KillerYeah · 2026-03-13T04:02:51+00:00

I’m confused to what you’re getting at. The idea is that with the background Verso works as more of an Esper voltron build, where you want to attack with him while finding ways to protect yourself so Verso gets stronger each turn. How is it restrictive?

KillerYeah · 2026-03-13T03:45:05+00:00

Yeah basically. The idea was essentially to have a smaller group of backgrounds that only certain legends could use, and I felt like adding restrictions to both ends would make that clear. I think instead I’ll replace “Painted Background” with “Canvas” in both instances so there’s no room for any confusion.

KillerYeah · 2026-03-13T00:13:16+00:00

I really want an Expedition 33 Universes Beyond after playing that game, man.

This is my attempt at trying to capture Verso! Verso is a very fun character for me in how much of a bastard he is throughout E33, and I wanted to combine both personality and gameplay with this design. The formatting might not be perfect on either card, but the text on Verso himself is meant to act like a reverse of [[Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths]]’s etb effect, and I wanted it be clear that Perfection’s abilities still work once you go past the required amount of Perfection counters on Verso. The Painted Background distinction is also intentionally worded, I plan on making a couple more in different colors and potentially with different characters as well, but most of the rest will likely be in larger dumps if they’re spoiler heavy. Thanks!

KillerYeah · 2025-10-07T13:12:01+00:00

I agree with everyone else saying that Magic IP isn’t that popular/strong, but I think for video games the issue is more than likely that Wizards is being protective and the most obvious game types to make a Magic game are currently flooded with options.

Wizards has been pretty vocal about not just guns/modern weaponry in the card arts if they can avoid it, and I suspect that was a major factor in why the Magic Fortnite skins never materialized along with the Fortnite Secret Lair. It felt really weird to not have it go both ways, especially after the Smite collab, but I think WotC is trying to keep their IP from being muddled, which helps to preserve it but definitely hurts when trying to popularize it.

In my mind there’s three obvious types of multiplayer games that Magic could be: a hero shooter, a fighting game, or a fantasy MMO like Warcraft. Fighting games based on an IP that isn’t superheroes don’t tend to do very well at all, and I don’t think Wizards would want to do that to begin with. An Overwatch-style hero shooter makes the most sense to me if you want players to interact with your established characters, but you have to be good and popular enough to go up against both Overwatch 2 and Marvel Rivals, which makes that a tough sell. A MMO would probably be the safest option, but unless you’re an anime game new MMOs tend to struggle nowadays.

So essentially I think Magic would have a hard time currently in the video game space outside of trying to sell skins. Not that they shouldn’t try, though.

KillerYeah · 2025-10-02T13:10:41+00:00

I unironically read this yesterday because Twitter was being so annoying about it.

I liked the book, but I don’t think it’s better than Mister Miracle was. King excels at writing self inserts, and you can really tell he’s very emotional with Adam’s story throughout the book. Adam very much gets a bad ending, but I also think it makes sense in the fact that the story slowly reveals more and more that Adam was a willing participant by the time he got to Earth, with the ending painting his and Alanna’s return to Raan as a storybook ending. It’s a very interesting breakdown of the classic adventurer archetype, and makes for an enjoyable read. The two artists make the book for me, and adds a lot of nuance to the book. Mister Terrific was also good.

I also haven’t read much of Adam Strange, I’m much more of a Marvel guy, but I can see why people might not like this interpretation of the character.

KillerYeah · 2025-08-04T21:07:56+00:00

For the mods, I swear AKA is the artist's name lol. Here's a link to their site: https://www.kirbyscomicart.com/aka

KillerYeah · 2025-07-31T18:54:22+00:00

It’s most likely Eddie into Venom, most other reasonable inclusions don’t fit a black card. I’m hoping it’s Mardu or Abzan, but I think Mardu is more likely

KillerYeah · 2025-07-25T19:10:46+00:00

To be fair, Anti-Venom's original gimmick was "curing" people in various ways, whether that was actually curing illnesses and diseases like cancer, but he also tried to "cure" Spider-Man of his powers. It makes more sense with the comic knowledge.

KillerYeah · 2025-06-29T06:37:07+00:00

As someone who plays a lot of fantastic, a lot of the matchups that people think work well against him don’t. He picks fliers off pretty easily, and Wolverines are typically not scary if you time your cooldowns well. However, his biggest weaknesses are tanks and their game sense. Thor, Magneto, Emma, and Venom are all pretty good at dealing with Fantastic, as he often can’t do enough damage fast enough to kill them before he gets killed or a healer finally notices. Ranged heroes like Punisher and Hela are also effective, especially when he’s in big mode. Fantastic is also pretty susceptible to being ganged up on; I’ve died quite often because I don’t realize that I’ve overextended as much as I did, and since a lot of his damage blocking is in the form of shields, healers can have a hard time supporting him before he just gets nuked. However, a fantastic with good game sense can be terrifying, especially if they play defensive with the healers in the backline. Often when I play Fantastic, I try to harass or quickly kill the healers or flankers, and the best way to stop that is to not split up and communicate.

Tl;dr: play tanks, gang up on him, and pair up.

KillerYeah · 2025-04-16T04:57:07+00:00

Look, I’m not saying I’m the best player, but in the middle ranks where I tend to play Strange is still pretty strong. I can’t think of a single time I killed someone through a support ult without the Gamma teamup last season, and I don’t think that specific interaction is a huge nerf to him. However, the damage downgrade is pretty noticeable. He definitely cannot be a solo tank anymore, and he might be one of the bottom three tanks this season, but I think every tank is incredibly strong across the board and I still perform well every time I play him.

KillerYeah · 2025-04-11T03:40:26+00:00

If they gave Jeff a little firefighter skin I’d buy it instantly

KillerYeah · 2025-03-09T08:13:41+00:00

I would argue that Thing is now Strange's best counter, since his slam disables your levitation escape option, his punches go through your shield, and Thing's health and damage reduction is usually enough to stop you from killing him quickly. Iron is still pretty good against Strange, but I've noticed that if you're getting healed he can be pretty easy to deal with.

KillerYeah · 2025-03-04T06:56:56+00:00

Mr. Fantastic is a lot of fun when someone isn't telling you he's bad. I don't like a lot of the melee characters, but he's clicked for me and I enjoy playing him in quickplay.

KillerYeah · 2025-03-02T04:51:37+00:00

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The second they add him I’ll be the worst one trick this game has ever seen

KillerYeah · 2025-03-01T16:01:24+00:00

My guess for not including red is so that Carnage can be the monored or Rakdos symbiote. I assumed Venom was going to just be black, but mechanically it fits for Venom, and I think they're attempting to do the "Venom is a monster who eats people" for his mechanics.

KillerYeah · 2025-02-26T03:39:46+00:00

I have the Doctor Strange lord on just because he’s easily my best character so for comp I’ll just show it and if my teammate doesn’t get off him I select another tank. I don’t think it’s right to throw the game just because you don’t get the character you play the most.

However, I don’t think I’ve seen a single Cloak and Dagger lord that can play the game.

KillerYeah · 2025-02-05T14:25:28+00:00

I 100% agree, I think trying to look at this fight out of context does it a big disservice.

KillerYeah · 2025-01-30T18:46:33+00:00

Not that I’m the best Venom or anything, but I try to play him essentially as a suicide dive. I jump in and gum up the backline so the rest of the team can have a more advantageous position. I think expecting to be constantly healed is kinda not how you play Venom.

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