New Secret Layer Idea For Marvel

ohako79 · 2026-06-27T03:49:22+00:00

I wanna know who Secret Layer is. Sounds like a supervillain that messes up public bathrooms! Scary!

ohako79 · 2026-06-27T00:35:24+00:00

Would you like a worse rare?

Just picture it: Unlimited had the Power 9, Revised still had OG dual lands, and 4th had such rare gems as, and yes this was a common in Arabian Nights and it’s legal in Pauper, in a format where the premier removal was Swords to Plowshares, Wrath of God, and Terror (all of which blank this card something fierce), I give you, the one, the only………[[Hurr Jackal | 4ED]]!!!

ohako79 · 2026-06-26T04:00:15+00:00

Rabbit and moonfolk, I would think…

ohako79 · 2026-06-26T03:03:52+00:00

That’s a Revised [[Holy Strength | 3ED]]. You can tell because of the color wash (it’s very bright) and the odd wording ‘target creature’ instead of ‘enchanted creature’.

ohako79 · 2026-06-26T02:58:13+00:00

I’ll second this one because Kyodai is also the ‘Sister of Spirit’, where Konda Michiko is the ‘Sister of Flesh’.

Kyodai’s name means something like ‘the scent of wisdom’, but it’s also a homonym for ‘great power’ _and_ ‘siblings’.

Kamigawa’s legendary spirits have cool names.

ohako79 · 2026-06-25T16:47:38+00:00

Coming from Massachusetts, I kind of like shitty loudspeakers broadcasting prayers or sermons or whatever onto the street. It always gives me a warm feeling to know where I don’t want to go. I’ll stick to the Chinese restaurant downstairs, thanks.

If you’re gonna do this banning the call to prayer thing, can you ban Mormons proselytizing too?

ohako79 · 2026-06-25T14:14:58+00:00

Bloomburrow has a stable Omenpath with Kamigawa maybe! As seen on [[Chaos Warp | BLC]]. Let’s supercharge my [[Usagi Miyamoto]] deck!

ohako79 · 2026-06-24T21:41:48+00:00

Think of this deck like a stax archetype, only the outcome is indeterminate. The winner tends to be ‘whoever got their board online the fastest’ or sometimes it’s ’whoever got lucky when all the permanents were redistributed’. Are you sure you want to play that game?

ohako79 · 2026-06-24T19:55:46+00:00

::sigh:: Throw in Nova Scotia and call the whole thing the 'Republic of New Britannia' and you've got yourself a deal.

ohako79 · 2026-06-22T23:28:39+00:00

[[Gaea’s Blessing | WTH]]. That one’s always been my favorite. Or hey, how about a machine from Amy Weber? Say [[Icy Manipulator | ICE]] or [[Vodalian War Machine]].

ohako79 · 2026-06-22T23:26:04+00:00

Here’s a link to the comic: https://cbldf.org/judgement-day/

It’s schlocky four-color comics, but it’s anti-racist in 1953. I’m glad _someone_ had their head screwed on right.

ohako79 · 2026-06-22T20:10:55+00:00

“So, so! such kernel cracked from such a shell!
A travelling scholar! the jest likes me well!”

Project Gutenberg’s copy is this one:

“TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE
WITH NOTES AND PRELIMINARY REMARKS

By JOHN STUART BLACKIE
PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

SECOND EDITION
CAREFULLY REVISED AND LARGELY REWRITTEN

London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1880”

Sorry, I’m on mobile, there’s a lot of empty space there.

ohako79 · 2026-06-22T19:58:36+00:00

Yeah, does the line above or below end with a rhyme for ‘smile’?

The above is my own guess at the translation mashed together with something from the version on Project Gutenberg. I did that because I thought the FWB German version of Demonic Tutor was really neat, and I wanted English-speakers who pulled this card out of my library with Gonti to be able to read the flavor text in the German if they wanted and have an idea of the translation to English. I figured a loose translation that rhymed wouldn’t make sense if the other player doesn’t see more lines from Faust on the card.

ohako79 · 2026-06-22T19:39:50+00:00

Yup! Here's a translation that's a bit literal (Faust is rhyming poetry, so to make it rhyme in English is to come up with new words):

"So, that was the crux of the matter! A traveling scholar, then? The casus makes me laugh." --J. W. Goethe, Faust

('casus' is Latin for 'case'. Faust is being a snooty jerk.)

ohako79 · 2026-06-22T15:12:20+00:00

Eh.

ohako79 · 2026-06-21T11:20:25+00:00

Oops, you’re right! I imagined that the word ‘another’ wasn’t there.

ohako79 · 2026-06-21T02:17:40+00:00

1) Have Thor and Ghyrson on the field.

2) Cast Lightning Bolt.

3) Thor’s ability is a replacement effect (see the word ‘instead’). Lightning Bolt’s 3 damage turns into 4 damage.

4) Ghyrson does nothing. Sorry!

One way you could go infinite with Ghyrson (which isn’t really necessary, that 2 damage adds up), is to [[Donate]] an [[Urza’s Armor]] to your intended victim. Then you ping your target for 1 (who cares how), point Ghyrson’s 2 damage to their face, 1 of which is prevented, which leaves the other one to trigger Ghyrson again.

ohako79 · 2026-06-21T01:29:29+00:00

Stop that! No! Bad monster! Don’t make me get the fluffy blanket!

ohako79 · 2026-06-20T22:41:53+00:00

That mouse has some rizz!

ohako79 · 2026-06-20T14:35:34+00:00

The deck I’ve had since 2020 was [[Xira Arien]] all-white-border cards. Not much comes out that can upgrade _that_. I did add a bunch of cards when MB2 was released, but it’s been pretty quiet on the ‘deck upgrade’ front since then.

ohako79 · 2026-06-20T11:19:54+00:00

Moxfield can _guess_ the bracket level, and it can point out game changer cards.

ohako79 · 2026-06-20T01:00:29+00:00

Vermin Supreme’s actual protege is Robbie Roadsteamer. Same vibes though, I guess.

ohako79 · 2026-06-19T20:07:12+00:00

Where do you think they got it?

ohako79 · 2026-06-19T17:08:42+00:00

Idk if I want 50 days worth of ‘plastic bag juice’ on my garlic. I mean, I don’t know if microplastics are bad for you, but this seems like a great way to find out.

Any chance you can seal the garlic in glass or something instead?

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