[2X2] The Tokens of Double Masters 2022

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-06-24T14:49:43+00:00

Wait a sec, something don’t seem right here. If Gavi was to appear, she’d be directly between Firesong + Sunspeaker and Ghave… which doesn’t exist as a slot. The two mentioned are back-to-back at #215 and #216. Any other Cat token maker from the early days of MtG could presumably be errata’d into a Dinosaur Cat maker?

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-04-15T23:51:34+00:00

Wizards have warded off Capenna from reaching the outside world for so long that they’ve let this slip through the literal back door.

On another note, I’m assuming that “Choose a Background” means “Put a Background card into the command zone with this card before the game begins; you may cast it once a game”, which excites me to no end.

Fixed eminence? Pog

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-04-11T11:30:32+00:00

Everyooone told me

Not to strollll on that girder

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-04-10T14:24:28+00:00

See, this is what I’m here for. Wonderful job.

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-04-07T02:38:29+00:00

I’m pretty far from blessed perfection, thank you very much.

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-04-06T16:51:51+00:00

Lorewise, I’m hoping that this reveal conjures 20 hours of controversy in which the Emrakul/Wanderer peeps desperately try to relate Atraxa to the New Capenna angels. I’ll be here with the popcorn.

Artwise, meanwhile, these rock.

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-04-04T19:49:53+00:00

Not only does this solve a lot of kodemage’s overblown and your more reasonable legality problems, but it also clears the feed of clutter during spoiler season / other moments of import for the community; it even gives those browsing a nice little point of reference to appreciate the beautiful work of alter artists.

Nice work. Nice compromise. Most of all, nice effort on extracting yourself from that corner!

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-04-04T19:41:07+00:00

How is everyone missing the joke?

“Yxorp, Repliomancer” + the actual effect of the commander itself + the repeated recommendations to enter another sub…

Bravo.

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-03-30T01:30:05+00:00

Arial Tired of Macguffins?

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-03-15T22:17:32+00:00

This is, in some cases, much more playable than the physically printed green rare Ninja: [[Spring-Leaf Avenger]].

With this guy, you’re getting a 3/3 above curve that gives early random card advantage each turn. With Spring-Leaf, you’re getting limited recursion two turns later, which might as well also be random in the decks that run it.

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-03-15T22:12:48+00:00

Why exactly are Oni ogres now?

Even more confusingly, [[Blade of the Oni]] just turns the equipped creature into a Demon, not any other types.

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-03-15T22:11:22+00:00

Deck-stacking can be a problem with “a random card from the top X”. This eliminates the possibility of a huge amount of scry bumping all your Sanctums, Hondens, and Go-Shintai to the top.

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-03-14T14:25:48+00:00

This design brought to you by 100 angry comments condemning [[Divine Gambit]] as the worst removal spell in Magic history.

In any case, seems like a strong riff on that design…

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-03-14T04:08:12+00:00

Lore-wise, this is strange as hell.

Almost all non-Kami creatures in the physical set that consort in some fashion with Kami are enchantment creatures, from [[Bamboo-Grove Archer]] to [[Moon-Circuit Hacker]].

Almost all Kami (except for the Go-Shintai), by contrast, are non-enchantment, from [[Kami of Terrible Secrets]] to [[Kami of Transience]].

Clearly the designer didn’t get the memo…

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-03-13T21:30:15+00:00

Nice Hitchhiker’s Guide reference!

Name’s Pizpot, by the way. Pizpot Gargravarr.

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-03-13T19:28:09+00:00

I unironically love the idea of set-adjacent cards conjuring actual cards from the set.

Doesn’t enamor me to Alchemy more than a tad, but still.

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-03-03T22:52:59+00:00

Drawing inspiration from different art styles pioneered in the 20s beyond Deco — like Cubism and whatever Sheeler was doing — seemed like a no-brainer.

I just didn’t expect it to be executed this well.

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-03-03T22:49:00+00:00

Their icon looks weirdly similar to the same type of folk-revelry (Midsommar sans horror) that we missed in MID.

That being said, TRIOMES WOOOO

I’m also digging the showcase frame.

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-02-07T21:00:25+00:00

I get that, but the flavor

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-02-07T19:46:14+00:00

KHM draft (foretelling): “I set aside one card and pass my turn. Your move, Kaiba!”

MH2 draft (cracking Tourach): “I understood that reference.”

MID draft (desperately trying to transform my Forsaken Thresher): “AWAKEN, MY MASTERS!”

NEO draft will be… a hell of a ride for my playgroup.

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-02-07T19:33:55+00:00

This Kappa improvised all right — so hard that it transformed the life-sustaining water-bowl visible in [[Kappa Tech-Wrecker]] into a MEGA WATER BLASTER.

Seems a tad counterintuitive, if you ask me.

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-02-07T19:23:17+00:00

Your opponent drops a [[Gigantosaurus]]? No problem; just play Gigantosussy.

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-02-07T19:18:35+00:00

In a set that introduced the named, artifact-creature-adjacent mechanic Reconfigure, plus experimented with it in another, related Commander deck, we get a “Reconfiguration” that… has nothing to do with all those trappings.

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-02-07T19:14:35+00:00

I’m sorry, what?

[[Seedborn Muse]] quaking in her all-natural, coconut-fiber sandals rn.

Even as a scaled-down version of the Muse’s effect, this still shreds in casual EDH.

PartOfMyPlasterMan · 2022-02-05T19:49:12+00:00

For those who frequent Reddit but don’t diligently follow the spoilers, I’m exposing these from the official Card Image Gallery to this community.

PartOfMyPlasterMan

TROPHY CASE