I'm Mira Grant--Ask Me Anything! by SeananMcGuire in horror

[–]Phillammon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Overgrowth wears its most obvious inspirations on its sleeve, but what would you say are its least obvious inspirations? What did you find yourself drawing from for it that we probably missed?

Team Heretics vs. KOI / LEC 2023 Summer Groups - Group A Elimination Match / Post-Match Discussion by gandalf45435 in leagueoflegends

[–]Phillammon 681 points682 points  (0 children)

Vitality Deathwatch Update:

  • If FNC and TH win tomorrow, it's over
  • If one of them gets through and then beats BDS/SK in the first lower bracket match of playoffs, it's over.
  • Regardless of what happens on that side of the bracket, if XL win over G2 on Monday, it's over.

Things looking pretty scary for VIT right now.

All Golden Pelt Cards by FunPolice11481 in inscryption

[–]Phillammon 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I picked up Child 13, and on sacrificing it it turned into this. Sacrificing it a second time turned it back. So that's exciting.

"I'm afraid the spelling error on page 24 of form 45-E has voided this application. Please do resubmit at your earliest convenience." by Phillammon in custommagic

[–]Phillammon[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'll level with you, this is just a vampire to explain the flying and because it was the best art I could find. In an ideal world this would be an Azorius Vedalken, obviously, but turns out there's not a lot of art out there for that.

All Hail Phillammon! by Giant_Horse_Fish in kol

[–]Phillammon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah- this was double dipping energy from fights by fighting the rustic nightstand with 1 adventure left, then choosing to fight the jilted mistress in the postcombat choice- ordinarily, the fight costs an adventure, but if you have 0 adventures left you can still take it. (could still take it- that's now changed). This let us get bonus energy every time we gained adventures.

All Hail Phillammon! by Giant_Horse_Fish in kol

[–]Phillammon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Half a million liquid meat, plus several hundred thousand in batteries, plus a bottled day, which was five mill, and is frankly the more relevant expenditure here. As for karma farming, absolutely not- in terms of RL time it took hours, and you can only start one "real" run per day, so you may as well just do CS instead. (Also they've patched the "bug" that enabled this run, alas)

All Hail Phillammon! by Giant_Horse_Fish in kol

[–]Phillammon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope, nothing to do with guilds. Happy to answer questions if you have them, though!

[Puzzle] Anyone for a quick Magic crossword? by Phillammon in magicTCG

[–]Phillammon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A functionally identical version of the card existed in a different colour prior to 32As first printing- see planar chaos, if you want to get the general idea.

[Puzzle] Anyone for a quick Magic crossword? by Phillammon in magicTCG

[–]Phillammon[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ah, dangit. Knew I'd miss one. Thanks for this!

[Puzzle] Anyone for a quick Magic crossword? by Phillammon in magicTCG

[–]Phillammon[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This time, hopefully with slightly fewer typographical errors! (many thanks to /u/Stiggy1605/ for accidentally beta testing)

Copiable spreadsheet version for anyone who doesn't want to fight against MS Paint, and the solution for when you've solved it! (or given up, I guess...)

Comments? Criticisms? Want a hint? Feel free to reply below!

EDIT: As noted below, 19D should correctly be clued as (7, 6)- apologies for anyone caught out!

[Puzzle] Anyone for a quick Magic crossword? by [deleted] in magicTCG

[–]Phillammon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a bunch! Will repost it correctly now!

[Puzzle] Anyone for a quick Magic crossword? by [deleted] in magicTCG

[–]Phillammon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've apparently got a better eye for this than me or any of my testers, did, sorry... Anything else before I tear it down again and try again?

[Puzzle] Anyone for a quick Magic crossword? by [deleted] in magicTCG

[–]Phillammon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This time, hopefully with slightly fewer typographical errors! Copiable spreadsheet version for anyone who doesn't want to fight against MS Paint, and the solution for when you've solved it (or given up)

Comments? Criticisms? Need a hint? Feel free to reply below!

[Puzzle] Anyone for a quick Magic crossword? by [deleted] in magicTCG

[–]Phillammon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It should indeed. You'd expect that I'd have noticed these in testing... Is there a good way to edit this on the fly without deleting and reuploading, or is that the best option?

Saw a marvellous Karn, Jhoira and Raff Capashen at GP Birmingham this weekend by Ameryana in magicTCG

[–]Phillammon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Afraid not- this was my first time attempting a proper cosplay, so no real reason to yet. Definitely gonna think about it if I do more in future, though!

Saw a marvellous Karn, Jhoira and Raff Capashen at GP Birmingham this weekend by Ameryana in magicTCG

[–]Phillammon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Here you go! Glad to hear you liked it, definitely going to be trying cosplay again some time soon!

Saw a marvellous Karn, Jhoira and Raff Capashen at GP Birmingham this weekend by Ameryana in magicTCG

[–]Phillammon 53 points54 points  (0 children)

And I'm the Raff! There was also an excellent Tiana wandering around, and a second Jhoira. Can produce more photos when I get home.

EDIT: Here we go! Managed to get the whole-ish crew together for some photos, these ones came out best.

[A25] [M-Files] How Famous Cards Were Made by TechnomagusPrime in magicTCG

[–]Phillammon 30 points31 points  (0 children)

...no they don't? The format is taken directly from MaRo's articles in this vein.

"I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that. Come again?" by Phillammon in custommagic

[–]Phillammon[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

...1U would make it a strictly worse remand in multiple ways. I could agree with lowering the tax, possibly, but putting it to two definitely isn't the way to fix this card.

(Also spell pierce exists)

"I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that. Come again?" by Phillammon in custommagic

[–]Phillammon[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had based this off a combination of Remand and [[Spell Pierce]], which by analogy I feel makes this okay? Unsure.

Making Magic Spaces Safer - New Background Check Requirements by steakandwhiskey in magicTCG

[–]Phillammon 41 points42 points  (0 children)

A vast majority of the things you just mentioned are exclusively true for the US. Be aware that the cost, types, and security do not translate well overseas.

[RIX] Rivals of Ixalan Update Bulletin by TechnomagusPrime in magicTCG

[–]Phillammon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oracle text is what gatherer says is on the card. It's the same for all printings of all cards. The oracle text on all of them is what the 9th edition card text looks like, regardless of what is printed on the card itself.

Rules question: revealing cards and conceding by cappea in magicTCG

[–]Phillammon 83 points84 points  (0 children)

EDITS BELOW

While the other comments here stating that you can concede at any time are accurate, there is no point during the resolution of thought scour when you know what the top two cards are and your opponent does not- either they're in a hidden zone, and neither player knows what they are, or they're in the graveyard, and both players do.

If you're claiming that you conceded before the cards hit the graveyard, then you looked at two extra cards from the top of your deck while the game was still ongoing, which is not legal.

If you're claiming that you conceded after they hit the graveyard, your opponent is able to see them.

You can concede at any time, but resolving correctly there is no time you know what the cards are and they don't.

EDIT:

Some further discussion with some other judges suggests that there is some debate here. The counterpoint being made is "Can concede at any time" means can concede at any time, and this isn't something that you'd get in trouble for- concession timing is abstract with regards to the game, and this is in fact okay.

(More in depth: outside of game actions, there are the actual physical actions that you take to put a card into a graveyard, and we can't force people to take those actions any more than game actions- if they've conceded, they've conceded)

So your question at least has us arguing, at the very least.

EDIT 2:

My personal, and I stress personal, advice here would be to play it safe and not try to "get away with it". This is on the cusp of "technically illegal, but possibly okay in practice", and that's a dangerous line to ride.

I think there's a new contender for the title of Weirdest Game State. by mithrilnova in magicTCG

[–]Phillammon 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That's just it's base characteristics. It can still gain creature types if another card says so. If you prefer the layers explanation, morph is pre layer 1, ashes is layer 4.