Alex, Who Embraces the World @storycircle@wubrg.social

so apparently with the release of Strixhaven, converted mana cost will become mana value

I don't think it's an upgrade, but that's probably just me being Old and the only consequence to me will be a few months of culture shock when I can start playing Magic in person again

https://twitter.com/TeferiMagic/status/1363344967469465601?s=19

Twitter link to amazing Teferi cosplayer
(and someone in the replies put this picture on a card)

ah yes, the ten genders

TIL about an obscure format called King, which is basically Bang but for Magic

You randomly assign roles: a king, a guard, two assassins, and a rogue.
The king (the only public role) wins if they make it to the end of the game.
The guard's goal is to protect the king, and any player can block on the king's behalf.
The assassins win if the king is defeated.
The rogue wants to be the last person standing.

I would like to try this once.

RU is usually the math nerd faction, but in Strixhaven it's UG. And I think it's because these color pairs think about math differently.

RU says "Math is a thing we invented."
UG says "Math is a thing we discovered."

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/first-lesson-introduction-strixhaven-2021-02-18

It's an enemy color set, and they're finishing the Command cycle from Dragons of Tarkir

Also the factions sound a lot like real high school cliques

https://twitter.com/flavorjudgedraw/status/1359930505597132802?s=09

Flavor Judge Drawings is my new favorite Twitter account

We compared notes when we woke up, and Venqwyn realized that both that monster and the Old Thin One (who I'd seen in a different part of the dream) were probably Eldrazi.

So now we have a reasonable suspicion that Onumbrica's gods were related to protect the plane from Eldrazi. Shit just got real.

Also that means we have to bring all the gods back, even the shitty ones, and that means Tebasha is going to have to be on point about redefining their natures through the masks.

side note to @ajanionthespot : were we on first-name terms with Miss Chaplet at the end of last season? I remember she was particular about that.

But, given the chance, Ariel *will* start calling her Theo.

but also doesn't want to miss out on going up to the glacier with Ariel and Venqwyn to talk to Arcoreas. So he asked me if I could do some kind of psychic link thing for us, and that's about the most romantic thing Ariel has ever heard. (Also Venqwyn and I just worked out how to cast [[Huddle Up]] , so I can actually do that.)

All 4 of us planeswalkers had the same extremely creepy dream about a dead world and a bizarre monster, and Miss Chaplet was there for some reason.

In tonight's session:

We've sent Seth to organize a Wayside Parliament for the gods, because they've all been avoiding each other and we want them to give us a consensus on who the Second Wave are and who we need them to be.

Firiel has invited Tebasha to a manufacturer's conference, to start working on masks for embodying the Second Wave gods. So we're splitting the party.

Tarjuk will be going to Lest We Forget to try his spirit quest thing again. Tigris is staying with Tarjuk,

Sweet Potato Chips [3]
Artifact - Food
When Sweet Potato Chips enters the battlefield, reveal the top three cards of your library. You may put a creature and/or land card from among them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
2, T, Sacrifice Sweet Potato Chips: You gain 3 life.

At the Gatewatch office's concession stand, Ariel found their first taste of home in what felt like forever.

Gatewatch Chapter Office [2GWU]
Enchantment
Prevent all damage that would be done to or by planeswalkers.

Anxious to protect his plane, the new Guildpact compelled the previous one to do something nearly unthinkable: his job.

in case anybody here still plays Brawl:

I now have a Maja go-wide deck, and I've updated my Nahiri warriors + equipment deck to Koll. Haven't touched my Grumgully deck since rotation, but that also still exists, and I was trying not to go overboard on deckbuilding because I still have so many cards to try to fit into my Commander decks. For when I have a playgroup again.

https://askkrenko.tumblr.com/post/642044039022182400/how-about-i-seduce-the-goblin-with-my-shaved

"Abs of Treason"

Also we get to level up now that we've talked to all the existing gods about what to do with the incoming ones.

We're at level 9, so our proficiency bonuses are going up, so our decks are getting bigger.

I'm taking a level in wizard and am excited to add a little more "research" blue.