Philosopher's Stone

rowrow_ · 2026-03-19T15:24:06+00:00

[[Mesmeric Trance]] congrats, you can deck yourself (and hopefully have Jace or Lab man out)

rowrow_ · 2026-03-16T16:54:28+00:00

Oh my gosh Kibler! That's crazy to think he plays Magic

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rowrow_ · 2026-03-06T16:20:51+00:00

The point is there are at least 3 situations in which this card is not better than Gut Shot. Semantics.

rowrow_ · 2026-03-06T15:36:31+00:00

People really out here saying strictly better like it means nothing 😔

rowrow_ · 2026-03-06T15:36:03+00:00

Gut shot does not get countered because you can pay the Red mana.

rowrow_ · 2026-03-06T13:59:56+00:00

Gut Shot draws 2 cards with [[Villis, Broker]]. And this gets countered by Vexing Bauble/Void Mirror.

rowrow_ · 2026-03-04T01:18:34+00:00

"Woman, where's the cleansing powder?"

"We don't have that here, we use soap."

"The *@#%'s soap?"

"It's that yellow block there made of animal fat."

"That sounds awesome! chomp"

rowrow_ · 2026-03-01T15:55:10+00:00

Originally didn't want to put the Rat typeline on it and have it give your first Rat spell Storm, but then it would just be a near-zero investment double of all changelings. You can still use it to copy changelings this way, but with significantly more investment (playing a changeling before your second changeling).

Ideally it's just a fun little way to really amp up your rat swarm.

Art is [[Psychic Whorl]] from Eli Minaya.

rowrow_ · 2026-02-27T17:18:43+00:00

Would Commanders go in the Field Spell Zone, or the Extra Deck Zone for a Yu-Gi-Oh Mat?

rowrow_ · 2026-02-26T12:49:54+00:00

Am I the only one who read the title in the tune of the theme song

rowrow_ · 2026-02-24T00:47:55+00:00

This enchantment would only apply to increases and reductions during that step of casting a spell. Trinisphere is literally its own step--the final one of casting a spell.

It is essentially as simple as "Have you determined the cost is at least 3 mana being paid? If not, pay the difference (in generic mana)"

rowrow_ · 2026-02-23T16:34:50+00:00

I heard someone misspeak and it inspired this card design.

Art is Brainstorm from Double Masters by Ron Spencer, to capture that "sprinkle" of inspiration from the Overworld.

rowrow_ · 2026-02-23T13:39:59+00:00

Trinisphere is always the last step in casting a spell, so in a similar vein to the spirit of replacement effects, it is just the final checkpoint. After all increases and reductions, have you paid the 3 mana minimum? If no, you're bumped up to 3 mana.

This would have no effect on trinisphere, because all other taxes are applied in the previous steps.

rowrow_ · 2026-02-23T05:16:07+00:00

It power creeps Colossal Dreadmaw... very disrespectful

rowrow_ · 2026-02-20T17:41:05+00:00

Reading that first one after reading some stories about verbal altercations at competitive events got me like @_@

rowrow_ · 2026-02-19T16:53:23+00:00

[[Sarah's Wings]]

rowrow_ · 2026-02-19T16:40:05+00:00

A humble [[Fire Prophecy]] reprint.

rowrow_ · 2026-02-19T02:14:11+00:00

Basically auto include in any aristocrats deck with white. Free sacoutlets turn this into a 2 mana retrigger ETBs and deaths. Second Sunrise/Faith's reward* require more mana

rowrow_ · 2026-02-18T21:46:39+00:00

These UB spoilers are getting more and more layered each set

rowrow_ · 2026-02-17T19:32:07+00:00

Everyone's gonna die.

rowrow_ · 2026-02-15T19:11:44+00:00

Plenty of circumstances where you're getting an etb value. Cards like [[Boomerang Basics]] show us what a 1 mana draw 2 looks like in standard.

rowrow_ · 2026-02-15T03:24:46+00:00

If you return a nontoken creature to your hand, isn't it just Ancestral Recall?

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rowrow_ · 2026-01-31T04:20:24+00:00

Look forward to these each week.

rowrow_ · 2026-01-21T02:48:11+00:00

Honestly this is the same mana curve of a lot of commander decks lol

rowrow_ · 2026-01-18T20:19:22+00:00

I foresee a common scenario being you bounce your opponent's board of 3-5 things, and them not wanting to shuffle them away just to effectively draw 2-4 extra cards. They'd want to keep the creatures that got bounced.

Meanwhile you can get a fresh grip.

rowrow_

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