That’s right ladies and gentlemen, it’s a new Lotus Cobra is Evil. This time, Sixten takes a look at the possible new M12 Planeswalkers. I’m sure you’ve seen that image, right? Well, someone else noticed it too. And she’s pissed.
Lose Hope is funny because it can be played in the same deck as Liliana.
Alright, I’ll show myself out.
I get emails every once in a while (If you didn’t know, the style/grammar guides have said that you don’t need the hyphen in email anymore). You’re free to send them to me (my website @ Gmail dot com) and I’ll try and answer them as best as I can. Sometimes I get email questions about topics I’ve got slated to write up. So that’s what you’re going to get today.
How are you?
I’m fine, thanks, how are you?
I really enjoy the work you’ve been doing with mtgcolorpie.com; especially the analysis pieces.
Suck up. No, I’m glad someone reads my work out there. I hope he secretly likes all the script stuff I do. Odds are someone has to.
I have a question that I’d like to ask you. Would you happen to know why some cards are designed with single colored mana costs and others with double? Beyond the obvious reason of increasing or decreasing the ability to splash and/or increasing or decreasing power level. I’m having trouble trying to grasp this particular design choice in relation to the color pie and the flavor of Magic; for example; why is Deep Analysis 3U and Concentrate 2UU? I’m really curious about your thoughts.
You’re mostly there. It all comes down to the Color Pie. Doesn’t it always?
Continue reading “Reader Email – Where All the White Symbols At?”
A few things real quick here.
1. Card Kingdom’s new location. Some people were wondering where it was and I left it out of my posts. It was a conscious decision as I didn’t want it to take away from the feel of the pieces. Now that it’s opening today, it might be a good idea to tell you where it is.
Card Kingdom
5105 Leary Ave. NW
Seattle, WA 98017
Clicking on that link will take you to the Google Maps link and you can find your way from there. The building is on the West side of the street and you’ll see the image above and know you’re there. Across the street there is a small parking lot surrounded by a chain link fence that’s completely ok for you park in; Card Kingdom has rights to park there. There’s no clear sign for it nor is there a crosswalk (yet) but you’ll see it when you drive by.
The hours for Cafe Mox and the store are from 10-10 (I’m heading down there today to go try out the lunch. Watch my twitter feed). You’ll get my full report about the store not this week but sometime next week (once all the hoopla from the NPH prerelease dies down).
Last week, Wizards announced their Buy a Box promo and debuted a new mechanic that, I will make no bones about, absolutely love. If you want to learn all about it (and I’m sure you do since you’re going to be seeing plenty of these cards), go to the page here and read the FAQ.
But for the discussion today we’re going to be focusing on two aspects: 1) paying 2 life and 2) what that actually means. We’re going to get to why this is the right time to print mechanic, how I’ve faced a similar problem with this before (in a round about abstract way), and I’m going to answer everyone’s favorite speculation question with more speculation, a new Force of Will.
And you know how much I hate speculation. Especially when people put fake cards and so many people think that it’s real and it gets passed around the internet and…
Take a deep breath, Robby. *Sigh* Here we go.
Continue reading “Phyrexian Mana Brings All the Boys to the Yard”
Previously on The Kingdom is Coming: The internet Magic store Card Kingdom is moving their physical location from on side of Seattle to the other. They wanted me to talk about their new place, which I described as four separate parts. The first part was the main store area, the mini’s room, the RPG room and a CCG room. The second and third parts are a tournament center and private game rooms you can rent out.
This is part three of a four part series.
Editor’s note: I would like to remind you that these pictures are of the construction currently underway. The estimated opening date is Early May.
There are rumors of a place in Japan that sounds perfect for a geek like me. If I ever get to the Land of the Rising Sun, this is the one place that I would have to drag my wife to because I would want to go. Apparently, there’s a bar in Japan that’s friendly to Magic gamers. They have drafts (both the beer and of the Magic variety), and cutesy named drinks after spells and famous Japanese Magic players. Players can some in, drink, sling cards and have a grand old time. The bar is not filled with a sports theme nor is it a nightclub, but a bar for gamers. It’s unique because it’s the only place in the world where I know that’s set up this way.
A new challenger has appeared.
The new Card Kingdom has pretty much everything a gamer has come to expect in a game store; quite possibility even surpassing it. From separate game rooms for CCGs, and RPGers, and Minis, to a large tournament room and private rooms you can rent out, it’s a gamers paradise. There are even other smaller areas I haven’t talked about including a puzzle room and a children’s game area. This is more than just a gaming store; it’s going to become a community center.
However, I’ve been holding in a secret; bursting at the seams wanting to tell someone, anyone about. This one area I’ve been told I can’t reveal.
Until now.
MTG Color Pie 