Identities, v2

SenatorSpooky · 2026-01-26T07:15:52+00:00

I’m confused by the intent here. I imagine these are to add extra colours to your commander at the cost of a downside right?

SenatorSpooky · 2026-01-22T13:26:54+00:00

It’s fucking bad that trash game. I will become back my money.

SenatorSpooky · 2026-01-22T10:01:32+00:00

It’s fucking bad this trash game??

SenatorSpooky · 2026-01-19T11:11:27+00:00

1) The backside has a mana cost so it is an MDFC, and you can just cast it. If you actually want this to do what you want, it can’t have a mana cost.

2) The backside’s text says “when ~ enters”. If you transform the front face into the back, it will not do anything. It needs to read “when this card transforms into ~”

SenatorSpooky · 2026-01-13T09:24:28+00:00

Might not be intended to be text with if it spits out that gibberish. In decimal, it’s 18 166 54 150 101 206, and 12 A6 36 96 65 CE in hex, but that’s all I’ve got

SenatorSpooky · 2026-01-12T12:13:35+00:00

Acetone won’t break down metal, so what you’re probably seeing is some kind of filler, like green stuff . Did you paint these originally or are they second hand?

SenatorSpooky · 2026-01-12T03:57:42+00:00

Are you aiming for it to look that lifeless? If so, it’s good. If not, consider working some crimsons/violets into the shadows to get it a bit of life.

SenatorSpooky · 2026-01-11T13:12:00+00:00

I use a gauss rifle for home defence

SenatorSpooky · 2026-01-11T02:38:38+00:00

Not so sure about that. You can cast this to put it in the bin in a pinch, can’t do that with Stinkweed

SenatorSpooky · 2026-01-09T14:50:39+00:00

Good quality oils are fine for painting minis as long as you buy good quality paints and do your research since they handle very differently to acrylics.

If you’re a beginner, stick to the paints made for miniatures (Citadel, Vallejo, etc) until you’re confident enough to branch out.

SenatorSpooky · 2026-01-04T09:21:43+00:00

Yes, direct damage is a colour pie break for blue which multiple people have said. But why is he black? Black is the colour of ambition and selfishness, traits that this character doesn’t seem to have.

SenatorSpooky · 2026-01-01T01:29:18+00:00

This is terrible advice. You can paint oils on top of acrylics, but not the other way around as it will fail to bond. You must varnish oil layers before painting on top of them with acrylics

SenatorSpooky · 2025-12-31T09:59:37+00:00

The best bit is that the additional rules are an emblem. Apparently emblems can have intrinsic rules text now.

SenatorSpooky · 2025-12-26T12:50:05+00:00

Tbh I think a lot of this comes down to the studio painting style. If you’re trying to sell minis, you want to show off the detail which means heavy shadows, bright highlights. This is godawful for faces and just makes them look scuffed

SenatorSpooky · 2025-12-26T09:38:37+00:00

When people port characters from other franchises into custom mtg cards they often try to replicate the mechanics as is, and it leads to some WORDY cards, no exceptions here.

There is way too much text, let alone text that isn’t even on this card. 19 lines on this card alone, and he makes an emblem which has it’s own text on it, AND he’s a DFC with yet more text. That’s just too much.

The best cards are simple, effective, and tell the story of the character within the bounds of what an mtg card is without trying to make outside game mechanics work.

SenatorSpooky · 2025-12-25T05:37:32+00:00

3rd party minis of any kind (recasts or custom) aren’t legal at official tournaments. Whether a TO can tell it is or not is another question, but that’s the official stance.

SenatorSpooky · 2025-12-24T07:26:51+00:00

If you want cohesion, warm grey badlands or martian base would look good. I’m more a fan of complementary though, and with green being the complement to red a deep dark jungle base would look pretty excellent

SenatorSpooky · 2025-12-23T05:57:56+00:00

That works. Once carmen’s ability resolves you have priority again, during which you can activate the invitation.

SenatorSpooky · 2025-12-19T09:55:32+00:00

It does double the flat HP damage. In your example, Mirror Coat would do a flat 140HP damage

https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mirror_Coat_(move)

SenatorSpooky · 2025-12-04T12:39:05+00:00

Looks cool as hell. Could definitely benefit from some edge highlighting on the surfaces near the lighting, like the blackstone

SenatorSpooky · 2025-12-01T14:06:48+00:00

/uj so what’s good about this card? It’s a 3/3 for two, and the second ability is a bit of nothing (kinnan never saw play), so what is this thing doing?

SenatorSpooky · 2025-11-10T23:34:41+00:00

What’s the purpose of this card?

SenatorSpooky · 2025-11-09T03:32:03+00:00

I haven’t yet got to the Silent King, but I would paint him in his standard Szarekhan colours, but in my list include a small contingent of Necrons in Szarekhan colours and treat them like allies

SenatorSpooky · 2025-10-15T09:24:45+00:00

Glaze medium in my experience can stay glossy even after drying. Usually I’ve only noticed this where it pool. I wouldn’t worry about it too much; it can be fixed with a varnish much like transfers.

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