This all started with @Mulldrifting‘s tweet:
Re: blog on MTG stories/chars @mananation I want a blog on how game mechanics translate to books/real life. B/c some of its hilarious.
Some of my other posts are still in the works and this seemed like something fun and light to do. Yes, it’s a shorter post, but that’s alright. Let’s do this.
Kicker
Kicker [Cost]: [Effect]
Magic: Conqueror’s Pledge
Real Life: “For an extra $50, I’ll throw in HBO and Cinamax free of charge,” said the cable guy during installation.
“Flicker” Effects
Magic: Flicker
Real Life:
Notes: Also works for Phasing effects, but no one talks about those cards.
Convoke
Convoke (Each creature you tap while casting this spell reduces its cost by {1} or by one mana of that creature’s color.)
Magic: Chord of Calling
Real Life:
“Hey Ricky, come draft with us.”
“Dude, I’ve only got like five bucks.”
“Hey, who will chip in to get Ricky to draft?”
“I’ll throw in a dollar.”
“Sure, me too!”
“I’ll do it if it means I get some of his cards.”
Morph
Morph [Cost] (You may cast this face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
Magic: Exalted Angel
Real Life:
Ninjutsu
Ninjutsu [Cost] ([Cost], return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Magic: Ninja of the Deep Hours
Real Life: Gene Parmesan from Arrested Development (Sorry, it’s a Hulu video, couldn’t get it to embed here).
Suspend
Suspend X-[Cost] (Rather then cast this card from your hand, pay [Cost] and exile it with X time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost. (It has haste))
Magic: Ancestral Vision
Real Life: Advent Calender
+1/+1 Counters
Magic: Battlegrowth
Real life:
See you soon with “real” content.
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