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The latest MTGLore.com update has added links for over 40 Magic books you can borrow to read for free on Archive.org!
The Thran, Distant Planes, the original Ravnica trilogy, The Brothers' War, Lorwyn, and... The Quest for Karn too, I guess. All 40+ options are listed in the [Patch Notes]!
Video below shows how easy it is to find and borrow the first Magic novel, Arena. (Archive.org account is required, but free.)
You enjoy reading Magic's story, I'll do my best to make it easy for you. Deal?
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see, the thing about Ravnica is that their society is over TEN THOUSAND YEARS OLD. they are a VERY technologically advanced society. but Ravnicans have a special kind of brain rot and they often forego the technology that is available to them in favor of doing things the old-fashioned way because they're basically doing a planewide medieval fantasy roleplay. they probably invented emails several thousand years ago but they still communicate via hand-delivered notes because they love the DRAMA of it.
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YOU ARE FIGHTING AN INFECTION. YOU ARE FEVERISH. YOU ARE BREATHING AND ALIVE. THE OIL IN YOUR VEINS IS A VIRUS.
#mtg#magic the gathering#magicthegathering#outlaws of thunder junction#jace beleren#vraska#vorthos#phyrexia#new phyrexia
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Tales from the Mana Crypt #17-19 - The Gorgon and the Telepath
Regular comic tomorrow, the reposts will resume on Monday :)
#magic the gathering#web comics#comics#tales from the mana crypt#mtg#mtg fanart#comic#vorthos#vraska#jace beleren#phyrexia: all will be one
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Hi! If you like robots and/or Magic: the Gathering, you should come watch this video I made where I am incredibly autistic about robots for 30 minutes!
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#magic the gathering#mtg#myr my beloved#vorthos#i worked ao hard on this i really hope you like it#kiss a robot on the mouth#Youtube
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What rules about this is that by the start of BFZ block, the continents of Bala Ged and Sejiri had already been destroyed. Emrakul left, and Ulamog razed Bala Ged, which implied Kozilek razed the polar lands of Sejiri. Yes, this is a lore-compliant card.
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If you're following the Murders at Karlov Manor storyline, then you should know that Seanan McGuire, the author of the stories, is publishing what she calls "DVD extras" on her blog, an article about each chapter talking about extra tidbits: her writing process, her favourite characters, her relationship to Magic lore, stuff like that.
You should also know that, at least for me who usually reads Magic stories on a cell phone while away from my wifi, that I've found it much easier to check her blog for new articles than anything on Wizard's offical website. Every article has a link to the chapter she's discussing so i can follow it immediately. I only realized Explosions of Genius had been posted when she posted about it.
#mtg#magic the gathering#vorthos#murders at karlov manor#seanan mcguire#dvd extras#someone is going to find this blog searching literal dvd extras and will be disappointed
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I made a Magic: The Gathering zine!
It's called Adrift: A Lost Planeswalker Zine and is now available to request a printed copy here.
Adrift is a short collection of fan stories and art themed around Planeswalkers who have been forgotten, stranded, or fallen through the cracks of Magic history. Includes: 28 pages, 4 stories, 2 arts.
If you're interested not in a free printed copy but instead in a free digital copy, that will be available at the same link on July 24th.
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Jin-Gitaxias: The Phyrexian language is a masterpiece of evolution. It takes years to mold a mind that can distinguish the letters, let alone—
Jin-Gitaxias:
Jin-Gitaxias: Are you marking your ⎇s with… little hearts?
Tamiyo: ^-^
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I've recently been cooking up a Rowan, Scion of War deck and one of the things that struck me while I was thinking about the way I wanted to win with the deck is how perfect Crackle with Power is as a wincon for her and the way that perfectly integrates her function in gameplay with her character and motivation in the Wilds of Eldraine story.
For a primer, here are the cards that I'm talking about:
Rowan, Scion of War taps to reduce the cost of all red or black spells you cast by X, where X is the amount of life you've lost this turn.
Crackle with Power is an X spell that deals five times X damage to each of up to X targets.
The synergy is obvious. Most of the time, a Crackle with Power that is sufficiently charged can instantly win you the game, and, provided you lose enough life to make it worth your while, Rowan can give the spell the power it needs.
Will and Rowan's conflict in Wilds of Eldraine come down to their views on power: both its meaning and the justification of its use. Will's power, at least in Rowan's perspective, is almost entirely ephemeral. He holds the crown — the position of High King — but to Rowan, this power isn't anything real. He hopes to be the figurehead: a king in name who brings together the divided world in a time of strife.
(Quotes below from Wilds of Eldraine Chapter 1 by K. Arsenault Rivera)
"The Realm needs a High King; I did what I had to do... We have to be careful about the impression we're making. People want to be united, and I want to unite them."
Rowan doesn't think he can do it. Rowan believes that the only form of power that people will respect is action; she sees Will's focus on unity as inaction.
"Let them be afraid. I doubt any of them will be raiding the countryside any time soon with the beating we gave them. I'd rather have a thousand brigands living in fear of me than a dozen farmers living in fear of brigands...
"Our parents wouldn't ignore a curse that's spreading through the kingdom. Or is 'unity' going to solve the Wicked Slumber, too? And before you forget, our parents earned their titles. You just decided to call yourself High King because you thought it suited you."
She knows she has power — real power — and is frustrated that Will won't let her use it to address the problems at hand.
Rowan's intentions are good — or at least they adhere to a morality. She wants to prevent people, especially Will, from suffering, wants to end the Wicked Slumber, wants Eldraine to be at peace, but doesn't think that any of this can happen if she is unable to utilize her full power. She feels the incessant need to take action, to demonstrate power, to invoke fear and hurt to attain the good that she seeks.
Crackle with Power demonstrates the pinnacle of this philosophy in Rowan's experience. It represents an action she took on impulse, pushing herself through fear and pain, yet still fueled by her own righteousness.
(Quotes below from Strixhaven Chapter 5 by Adana Washington)
Rowan felt a cold anger rising from somewhere inside her—rage, overwhelming the fear and the pain. She couldn't win, but she could hurt the one who did this...
The Snarl hung in the air, still brilliant, even in crimson. Still rippling with power.
Rowan took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and reached out.
And when she reached into The Snarl, took its power with the goal of bringing punishment upon those that would cause her and her brother harm, it was incredible.
She felt the power rushing through her, power like she had never dreamed. It felt, in that moment, that she could do anything; mountains would crumble before her, cities burn, oceans boil.
She hardly noticed as her feet left the ground, wind swirling as if the air itself feared her. And it should, thought Rowan. Everything should.
This moment may not be the beginning of this pattern of thought for Rowan but it is a very pronounced one. She seized power when it was available, and took action when it was most needed, and the result was that she got exactly what she wanted. It's no wonder that after that she would hope to do it again.
And so Rowan leaves Will behind to go on her own journey: an angry, impulsive journey that sees her tempted to become the thing she swore she would destroy, only for the hope that she could once again use her power. For the greater good. At any cos.
Crackle with Power sees Rowan acting impulsively, with cruelty, with anger, to do something that she feels is right. In its mechanics, Rowan, Scion of War sees this moment and says "this is what I need to do, and I will pay anything to make sure I can do it."
#magic: the gathering#magic the girlbossing#rowan kenrith#girlboss#vorthos#ludonarrative#mtg ludonarrative#ive been thinking about this since the card released to be clear#rowan is a number 1 blorbo for me#woe story pushed her into easily top 5 favorite magic characters for me#and im only a little ashamed to admit that
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The first side story for Outlaws of Thunder Junction is out!
No Tells by Isaac Fellman
Yuma thought he had a fresh start on Thunder Junction. Now his past has caught up with him, and it's threatening to burn down his shiny new life and everyone he holds dear.
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Chandra's a real one
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Legit question: As the #1 Jace expert i have a question for you.
I've seen alot of ppl read Jace & Vraskas desire for a child, as well as their whole monologue in the epilogues about how the multiverse leans tords cruelty' + the whole phonies wing things as like
sinister intentions/they.becoming the villains/antagonists soon and want to reset the multiverse?
is that the correct/most realistic reading in your opinion?
bc i certainly only read it as two ppl tired and wanting to have some.peace
They want to reset the Multiverse *because* they are tired and want peace. I would not say their intentions are sinister / evil, but they are misguided. They are certainly going to be antagonists- because other characters are Not going to want them to do this. The epilogue story was *not* Jace and Vraska getting their happy ending. It's only the beginning of their plan.
Read this passage again. Jace and Vraska believe the Multiverse is broken beyond repair. They want to wipe it clean of pain and suffering so they'll have a new world to raise their family in. This is a pretty bad idea. But I still stan 💙🖤💚
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(Regretfully) I have created a substack to discuss Magic. May God help me (please do read it!)
#mtg#magic story#magic the gathering#vorthos#literary theory#mtgvorthos#cultural criticism#self-disclosure is tough
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Tales from the Mana Crypt #60-64 - Red Riding Hood
#magic the gathering#web comics#comics#comic books#wilds of eldraine#rowan kenrith#will kenrith#kellan#ruby#vorthos#tales from the mana crypt
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