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Chibi commission for @lalamelody2019 of her character Cass from December. Lowkey gotta be one of my fave Chibi drawings in a long while.
#spirits commissions#art#illustration#digital art#commission#oc#oc art#original art#ttrpg#ttrpg art#drow#dark elf#chibi#elf#elf art#funny#color me curious#waterborne art
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‘Sweet Dream’ is no dream, yet it nurtures people’s dreams ✨
#Xiaolumi#Xiao#Lumine#Xiao x Lumine#Genshin Impact#Genshin Lumine#Genshin Xiao#Waterborne Poetry#le art tag
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Genshin Impact - Chongyun, Mika, Xingqiu & Noelle
i really love the waterborne poetry gang
#genshin impact#pandamito#my art#chongyun#xingqiu#mika#noelle#genshin chongyun#genshin mika#genshin xingqiu#genshin noelle#waterborne poetry
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Xiao, my precious babe 🥰♥️
#genshin impact#genshin fanart#genshin imagines#genshin spoilers#genshin x you#genshin x reader#genshin xiao#genshin lumine#ship art#xiao x lumine#anime#love them#love#waterborne poetry#genshin
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Uhh poetry am I right guys
#I can only imagine that is the face markiplier would pull if he had to play genshin impact#I don’t know why I made this and I know it’s kinda mid but enjoy? hutao venti shippers I guess?!#hu tao fanart#venti genshin fanart#genshin#genshin impact fanart#genshin impact#art#fanart#anime#do people tag the event?#waterborne poetry#squashberri doodles
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Poliwag's poor luck has resulted in damage to both of her arms. She is instructed to unwind in the lake, where her aquatic sorcery develops and bestows upon her amazing abilities.
Race: Grung
Class: Sorcerer
Subclass: Waterborne Origin
Location: Ballimere Lake
Alignment: Lawful Good
View the pokedex of all dungeon pokemon by following the link in the menu.
#Poliwag#Grung#Frog-folk#Sorcerer#Waterborne Origin#Lawful Good#pokemon#dnd pokemon#pokemon dnd#fan art#dnd#dungeons and dragons#hero forge#hero forge minis
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Some of my favorite DND characters I’ve played in the past 🙏
Nafaerix the LG Arachne archer.
Lorca the NN Aasimar carddealer.
Biridisa the CG Dragonborn barbarian.
Khwāy Wan the CN Waterborne gunslinger.
Nowadays I’m playing an evil character which feels surreally different considering all the goods and neutrals I’ve played in the past LOL
#arachne#spider#aasimar#dragonborn#waterborne#minotaur#monster girl#my art#art#doodle#dnd#noose#my oc#original art#original character
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I drew Venti again! I drew him because of the genshin rerun competition, sadly I WaS nOt AcKnOWlEdgE bUT BOY WAS IT FUN TO DRAW HIM!!
Ngl I forgot I had a tumblr and was so lazy to post here 😛 I drew this like 3 months ago. In a way I am proud of this drawing but I also wish I did better
#venti fanart#genshin venti#genshin impact#character art#fanart#genshin fanart#artists on tumblr#venti#waterborne poetry
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q!slime on grieving and raging and grieving:
"It wasn’t even on purpose. I know that… I know it was an accident but… that doesn’t make it better. It doesn’t make me forgive it."
1 - Anonymous, Diary of an Oxygen Thief // 2 - Pablo Neruda, The Song of Despair & art by @propheticscrewup // 3 - Renton, Trainspotting // 4 - Pierce The Veil, A Match into Water & Han Kang, Human Acts // 5 - art by @stoicmike // 6 - Japanese Breakfast, Boyish & twinnedpeaks & art by @fridgrave // 7 - Anonymous, Diary of an Oxygen Thief // 8 - @/traumatizeddfox // 9 - @/rbhvelo // 10 - @/traumathoughts & Lucille Clifton, leukemia as white rabbits // 11 - The Mountain Goats, Training Montage // 12 - Natasha Trethewey, Waterborne // 13 - Trista Mateer, The Dogs I Have Kissed // 14 - @/comelywords on instagram // 15 - Max, Mad Max: Fury Road // 16 - David Mitchell, Slade House // 17 - @/stigmatawife // 18 - Fortesa Latifi, The Truth About Grief // 19 - Carole Maso, The Art Lover // 20 - Mahmoud Darwish, Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982 (tr. Ibrahim Muhawi) // 21 - Mitski, A Burning Hill // 22 - Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous // 23 - ojibwa // 24 - Kate Bush, Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) // 25 - Anaïs Nin, "A Journal of Love": The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1934-1937 // 26 - Nikki Giovanni, Mirrors // 27 - Virginia Woolf, A Passionate Apprentice: The Early Journals, 1897-1909 // 28 - Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar // 29 - Rudy Francisco, Scars / To the new Boyfriend & Amie Kaufman, Illuminae // 30 - ojibwa & ??? & art by @lemonsilly
special thanks to @propheticscrewup @fridgrave @lemonsilly for the art :D !!!!
#qsmp#qsmp spoilers#q!slimecicle#q!slime#q!charlie#juanaflippa#web weaving#qsmp web weaving#fizz web weaving#web weave#fizz quotes to yoink
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I’m excited to announce that my book horror novel Waterborne is due to have the editing done by the end of February! So with that in mind, please enjoy art of one of the main characters: Sawyer!
Sawyer’s the captain of the Destiny, a inter-system starship responsible for hauling goods. She’s short but has a lot of spunk - but don’t be fooled. She’s kicked the ass of people twice her size, and there’s a reason she’s in charge.
Luckily for the crew, she’s actually pretty chill.
#waterborne art#my art#digital art#illustration#painterly#painted art#sci fi#sci fi horror#oc art#original character#oc#horror#original art#lgbtq#lgbtq oc#character design#hehe space captain lady go brrr
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Xiao birthday 2024 ‼️
Xiao x Aether is so canon !! 💚💛
"I've never liked dreaming. No matter what I see, I can neither control it nor easily escape.
But recently... it's you that I keep seeing. All my dreams with you are of idle strolls and outings. Each time I awake, I can't help but wonder if I deserve to have such "sweet dreams" ...
Perhaps were I to see you in the waking world, I would find the answer?
If you are willing to meet me, just speak my name."
According to Genshin Impact CANON, Xiao has dreams about Aether!!
In his dreams he sees Aether and they are walking and hiking together!
While Aether thought of Xiao from "Sweet Dream", it's his special dish for Xiao, Xiao's sweet dream is Aether itself.
And it was already mentioned in 2021 and in the Teyvat Food notes that Xiao and Aether often go for walks and trips together, and Xiao dreams about these moments.
At the Waterborne Poetry event, Aether said a poem with the association of the connection between Sweet Dream and Qingxin, because both things are connected to Xiao.
The Qingxin flower is on both of Xiao's official birthday arts, both tied with a ribbon that Xiao gave to Aether.
One plus detail:
Aether in the Hidden Dreams in the Depths quest, when Xiao was sleeping, he wondered if he was dreaming and if a yaksha could dream. It's nice that 2 years later, Xiao answers Aether's question in his letter.
He dreams about Aether. 💚💛
Xiao's birthday messages are getting more and more romantic!! 🥺
Twitter(X): @xiaoaetherposts
#genshin impact#aether#genshin xiao#adeptus xiao#xiaoaether#xiaother#aexiao#xiao x aether#xiao x traveler
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"Waterborne Poetry" Event: Take Part and Obtain the Event-Exclusive Weapon, Ballad of the Boundless Blue (Catalyst)
〓Event Duration〓
〓Event Rewards〓
〓Eligibility〓
Adventure Rank 20 or above
And complete Archon Quest Prologue: Act III "Song of the Dragon and Freedom"
※ Complete Archon Quest Chapter I: Act III "A New Star Approaches" first to get the best experience from this event.
〓Event Details〓
● During the event, the following gameplay modes will unlock in sequence: Hundred-Pace Hurling Rites, Inspiration Eruption, and Mending Painting Prospects.
● In the "Hundred-Pace Hurling Rites" gameplay, Travelers must throw Darts at Holding Pots and use the special traits of different Pots to obtain as high a score as possible.
● In the "Inspiration Eruption" gameplay, Travelers must defeat opponents and obtain Inspiring Crystals, and then use the Crystals' rupture to defeat the pesky Mythic Nexuses blocking the flow of inspiration.
● In the "Mending Painting Prospects" gameplay, Travelers must help an art conservator visit various areas and take pictures of key objects, and appreciate the composition of various artworks in the process.
● Complete the event's various gameplay modes and reach a certain amount of Poetry Gala Fervor to obtain rewards such as Ballad of the Boundless Blue, Crown of Insight, and the event-exclusive Weapon Refinement Materials.
#genshin impact#genshin impact updates#genshin impact news#official#events#yay hu tao is there my girl hu tao :)
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image spoilers for furina's story quest cutscene (and lyney's, if you haven't done it yet)
Fontaine's story teaser artstyle is actually so gorgeous T_T it also bears great resemblance to woodcuts and I think that's very cool—seems like that's the irl inspiration that Fontaine's artstyle is based off of (like how Mondstadt pvs resemble stained glass, Inazuma's draw from ukiyo-e, etc).
out of the 3 fontaine pvs (lyney's sq, oceanid cutscene from 4.1, furina's sq) they're all really consistent with the art direction and god it looks like fairy tale illustrations
notice the use of lines (eg in the clouds, in the water) to represent shadows and convey texture
it's easier to see in environment shots (the above are from 4.1 waterborne poetry, and furina's story quest teaser, la vaguelette), but you can see it on characters too (the additional hatching on the characters' hair, hats, and clothes)
vs these woodcuts
it's also neat how all 3 story pvs we've seen have animated some element of water or flowing liquid—fitting for the hydro nation and also extremely pretty to watch. the style looks super nice and even possibly hand drawn
tumblr not letting me add 4 separate videos meant I had to stitch all of them together into one so here you go. a compilation of water in fontaine story teasers. the art is so gorgeous I'm in love
#id in alts#everything except the video... sorry ..#just some small observations i noticed! the story teasers for fontaine are literally. so good. so good#waterborne poetry#fontaine#meta#?? if i dare#teyvat thoughts#furina#lyney#lynette#callirhoe#story teaser#furina story quest spoilers#genshin spoilers#genshin impact#genshin fontaine#genshin
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Yu Ziyuan - Character Analysis (Part 2)
I’ve discussed her name, and I’ll be moving on an analysis of her character. To fully understand Mdm Yu’s circumstance, you’d have to look at the historical context surrounding her. (We’ll be going back to the concept of Clans again ofc.)
The Yu Clan of Mount Mei.
Mdm Yu originated from the Yu Clan of Mount Mei (Meishan). She’s well known for her martial arts, enough that she’s the only woman in the show with a 号 Hao, “The Purple Spider.” Hence, we can safely assume that she has a rep in the Jianghu for her skills. She also wields her own magic weapon that answers to who she chooses (Zidian), and her own sword. (The sheer act of carrying a sword was a sign of nobility) For the record, there aren’t many people who even have a magical weapon in MDZS. And she was proficient with it too, as evident when she fought the Wens. Her rank within the the clan was also high enough that she has two personal female body guards with her at all time. Also she love to hunt at night so she could clearly take care of herself.
This was a rather interesting observation as most cultivation clans are dominated by men in MDZS. Granted, there are a few notable female characters but they mostly took a backseat when it came to cultivation levels as compared to the men. In fact, the only other two female character who were famous for their cultivation was Baoshan and Cangse Sanren. We can infer this as these two characters had cultivation levels that were so high they had titles. Sanren is a title given to prominent cultivators so we can guess that the two ladies were the GOAT of their time. (For the record, a Sanren is a respectable title used in real life and it does not refer to wanderer/rogue.)
Plus, we can surmise that this might have extended down to their common disciples as she has proficient female body guards. So, it is likely that this clan gave women similar cultivation opportunities as men, even to those who weren’t highborn.
(This clan was most likely based off Emei, a fictional sect mostly dominated by women situated on Mount Emei. )
Just a reminder at this point, Clan 氏 were associated with military strength. And a person’s cultivation levels were a sign of might and influence in most xianxia/wuxia shows.
Political Power
We are first introduced to her in Chapter 18 when Jiang Yanli’s arranged marriage was first mentioned.
“Jiang Yanli could have an arranged marriage with Jin Zhixuan was because her mother was from the Yu Clan of Meishan. And the Yu Clan and Jin Zhixuan’s mother’s clan were allies. The two ladies grew up together were closed.” - Translated by myself
This is not just any ordinary arranged marriage, this was a political power play to establish the Jin, Jiang Clan and Yu Clan as formal allies. So she and Mdm Jin had a clear say in the future of their clan and were part of the decision making process
in summary, Mdm Yu is a noble lady, who pulled her own weight during that period of time.
Arranged Marriages (Novel specific)
Before someone goes off in a rant about how arranged marriages are bad in this book, I’d just like to add a little pointer that political climate in MDZS was noted to be very unstable.
In Chapter 17, the threat of the Wen Clan hung over everyone; they had the biggest man power, military might and land, and no one could match them. They also clearly threw their weight around when they displaced the waterborne abyss into Caiyi City and expected others to clean up their mess. This verse in the book summed it up
“If the Wen Clan did it, it wouldn’t help no matter how much you accuse or condemn it. Firstly they would not admit it, and also, no compensation would be given.” - Translated by myself
It was also obvious that the Wen Clan would strike clans who showed signs of weakness and could get away it. (ie. Burning of Cloud Recesses or creating an aristocratic holding camp to keep nobility hostage (who were essentially successors to their Clan’s leadership) while the Wen Clan ‘educated them.’). So it would have been normal for the clans to establish alliances with each other.
Her Past - Why she would be resentful.
In a nutshell, JFM fell in love with Cangse Sanren, who then dumped him for his servant. He was then pressured to marry Mdm Yu.
From this alone, aside from obvious personality differences, it’s pretty obvious why she would be upset. Firstly, Cangse Sanren was an orphan that was adopted by Baoshan Sanren. She likely didn’t even even carry a family name at all. And given Mdm Yu’s highborn status and prideful personality, word would have gotten around that she was likely JFM’s second pick, and it was likely a difficult pill to swallow.
Secondly, it’s also possible that the Yu Clan felt possibly slighted when JFM rejected them. When the Yu Clan extended this proposal (hence, requesting for an alliance essentially), he rejected them, citing personality differences between and wanting to essentially marry for love. And that might not have made sense in that era as his marriage might have been vital for the clan’s survival. Cangse Sanren had nothing to give to the Jiang Clan so I personally felt wouldn’t be surprised if he stepped on a few toes.
Related Meta
Yu Ziyuan Analysis - Her Name (Part 1)
The Differences between Clans and Sects | Sects and Clans with relation to Songlan and Xiao Xingchen
Jiang Fengmian - an ineffective leader
More MDZS meta
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23 books in 2023
I was tagged by @nikita-not-nikola to list 23 books I read in 2023. Fortunately I keep track of all the books I read so here's 23 books I enjoyed! (Some of these are re-reads because I've been slowly re-reading all the books on my shelf to determine whether to keep them). So in no particular order here it goes:
L'Odyssée d'Hakim by Fabien Toulmé (technically 3 books but I'm going to treat it as one)
Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Smoke gets in your eyes by Caitlin Doughty
Die unendliche Geschichte by Michael Ende
Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Quicksand House by Carlton Mellick III
Railsea by China Miéville
Defying Doomsday (a multi-author anthology)
The Waterborn by Greg Keyes
How not to be a boy by Robert Webb
Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge
The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Help Fund My Robot Army (another multi-author anthology)
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Emotional First Aid by Guy Winch
Honourable mentions to The Unicorn's Beard, Running with Rats and To Clear the Air by Malcolm Schmitz, which are all short stories, so I didn't feel like putting them in the main list was quite right, but they are still all really excellent.
Going to tag @lovethatcoat, @soryualeksi, @bakomglaset, @ante--meridiem, @dachkammermusik, @octopuscato, @titaniumelemental and anyone else who feels like doing this!
#tag meme#I read 57 books last year and most of them were at least pretty good so it was hard to choose#I didn't necessarily pick the 23 I liked best in the end - I tried but not sure if I succeeded#But I would recommend all of the books I listed anyway!
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Wanting Commentary: Finding what we're Looking For
Oh, I don’t know, I like these flavor angles. I love approaching things from different sides, from getting into the depths of human perspective. I wonder, for the cards where I feel the mark was missed, whether or not my approaches are actually aligned with other people’s, or if there just happens to be preconceived opinions on what makes a good connection that sporadically hits the mark in fun ways.
Regardless, there were a few angles I understood, and a few that felt either samey or off. That’s what happens when you have a single prompt and multiple responders, sure—hence the article I wrote about choosing unusual approaches. If you haven’t read that, I recommend it, but in general, I recommend that people really dig into their favorite weird cards. What’s off the beaten path? What makes good connections, well, connected?
I don’t want to be too harsh; there’s a lot to like about a lot of these cards. People did want to make their sense of flavor strong, and I like the ways in which people added or omitted flavor text as necessary. I like the way people approached flexibility this week. I liked feeling blindsided by my own perceptions, new takes on old twists as well as old warmth in new times.
JUDGE PICKS are cards that I want to point out for one specific reason or another, cards that either did something exemplary or touched me in a unique way. Let’s follow on.
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@0woah — Nihilistic Stupor
We’re starting in a pretty specific place, then. So, hi, welcome, thank you for a first submission. We’ll clear a couple hurdles first, then get into the nitty-gritty. Stock photos! Stock photos are fine, provided that you have proper attribution; most sites have the original photographer credited, so if you have that, check it. Watermarks are enough to at least say that it’s not your original, but we do need the photographer in question.
Mechanically, aside from needing “Enchant player” as part of the Aura text, this card’s main critique is that there’s no exit condition, as it were. There will come a point where no player has access to lands and can’t play lands. If you’re the green-black deck, that’s not a problem for you with recursion, but this is for a draftable set. What’re other players going to do? It’s a distinctly unfun card that plays against a lot of contemporary sensibilities. This kind of effect would be considered unfun even in the 90’s.
Flavorfully, I have to admit, I don’t fully understand what you’re going for here. “Nihilistic” is a philosophical take that requires cognitive impetus, and “Stupor” is a state of unconsciousness; the two are inherently incompatible concepts without the right tie. I’m afraid I don’t understand what the flavor text is trying to emulate in terms of desire, either. Who is doing the wanting? What is the object of desire? How is nihilism relate to desire? Perhaps this made sense on the drawing board, but the idea doesn’t feel conveyed properly here. Consider a clearer distinction of character and motivation as someone else would perceive it.
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@bread-into-toast — Waterborne Wenders (JUDGE PICK)
Well, isn’t that adorable. The desire of the formless to become formed, and the impossibility of settling into oneness! Relatable. This art would be hellish to block out but very cool to see. “Fitting in everywhere, belonging nowhere.” It’s a little esoteric without the humanity, but seeing how changelings on Lorwyn occupy this almost alien niche in the hard-and-fast species distinctions found on the plane, we have to be distant from these creatures ourselves. We can’t understand the mechanism of their desire even as we observe it, and I think that that’s really neat.
The mechanics are a little odd for its cost. This feels like a big lad who’s gonna change into something, and for that cost, a pseudo-Cryptoplasm feels kind of steep. That said, I like the concept. I believe it should read: “At the beginning of your end step, you may exile ~, then return it to the battlefield under its owner’s control. You may have it enter the battlefield as a copy of another creature you control, except it has changeling and this ability.” If you make that one paragraph, you don’t need the other trigger because it’s part of the end step trigger, I believe. A fun card and a fun cost. I like the white there for the blinkiness. This is a card that I feel can be cute on its own, a draft enhancer rather than a staple.
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@deg99 — Scatter the Ashes
The mourning returns. This card is just about what can be expected, although I’m surprised that this name hasn’t been taken before, wow. I don’t think that this needs a world necessarily, and I wouldn’t really call it Innistradian. It doesn’t feel...morbid, weird as that may seem. That said it doesn’t really strike the emotional chords in the same way. Part of that comes from the major disconnect between the flavor and mechanics. The mechanics are great! This is an awesome limited counterspell. Counterspells are by nature reflexive, though, reaction in response to action.
The finality of your intended flavor is in response, as far as I can perceive, to the previous actions of the caster. The woman is deciding to release the ashes and move on, a self-contained series of events. What’s she countering? What’s being taken away but a concept she herself created? The sense of moving on is a rational want, and a strong emotional choice. It doesn’t make sense on a counterspell like this. Good ideas, fair execution on both, but the mesh isn’t happening. I recommend reworking the flavor text to be... Well, not more “exciting,” but more than what it is right now. Substantial and specific.
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@dimestoretajic — Tyrant’s Scepter (JUDGE PICK)
I agonized over this card a little bit, as much as agony compelled me this week, because if a whole bunch of other cards didn’t exist, this card would be absolutely fantastic and really silly. Perhaps there are some safeguards to ensure that Commander players wouldn’t abuse it, but someone’s gonna Do The Thing and I guess Hellkite Tyrant on a literal stick—turned into a literal stick?—is a bit different. The sacrifice is nice, and the five mana barrier is super cool. Flavorfully, you’re all-in on the despot’s desire, so that all checks out, no notes.
Look me in the eyes, captain. You and I both know that there’s a cEDH Breya player who would use this card to make people want to start a revolution. There’s no way around that. Limited-wise, I mean, this card’s awesome. I want to get away from my grousing and focus on the fact that this card’s still really good. It does exactly what it says it wants to do. Hm, is the Liquimetal Destruction deck too... Hm. I wonder if that permanence will affect playability elsewhere, actually. Probably not, but one never knows. I’m a Karn Prison guy, hence. There are enough answers in the world, and that’s all fine. Gah! Maybe I’m just chewing on my fingernails for no good reason here. I want to like this card more than I worry about it. Perhaps costs can be adjusted and/or I’ll get over myself.
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@halfsilveredmirror — Endless Regret
A consistent draw spell is nice. Literally replacing itself is pretty cool, and I don’t think playability would be affected by it. The ability for infinite discard with a single card in your library might fuel some weird engines, even more so than a Four Horseman kind of deck. Do I remember what the deck does? Nope. Anyway, this card. I really don’t feel that playability would be affected but I also don’t know. In limited, probably not. It would make decks significantly more powerful, especially if you get the sealed deck and really go nuts, but that’s unrelated.
The sticking point for me is the fact that the mechanics and flavor really don’t have anything to do with one another, and the flavor itself is so esoteric that I don’t know what the speaker (if indeed there is a speaker) is regretting or implying. The art depicting a reunion or a reflection of loss is interesting. Ultimately, still, it’s just not landing for me. There’s a line where subtlety becomes too abstract to convey intention.
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@helloijustreadyourpost — Sole Concern (JUDGE PICK)
...oh it’s ONE SIDED. Jeez. Okay, wow, for some reason I thought this affected all players on my first readthrough. Some minor things still stand but okay, that changes a lot of things. Wow. This does indeed level the playing field a ton and that’s awesome. Reminds me of a movie but I don’t remember which one. I might be losing my mind. Anyway, boardwipes! This card’s a necessity and I think it’s pretty much great. I won’t call it the most complex and I don’t think it needs to me. It’s got the exact right flavor, with the art direction putting a newer twist on it that makes it feel...cinematic, really. What’s a right decision, after all?
I do find it a little silly that there’s “sacrifice” in the flavor text as well; on-the-nose, as it were. That witch down there does indeed have some history, and that’s a great callback. I think the directness between the flavor text and the mechanics is, as a whole, a bit wink-nudge-y for the really gruesome image being depicted here. Still, I like the implied story behind it, and I like how you made the opponent the one to enact their desire, the one that becomes their damnation. Fantastic angle. We didn’t see a whole lot of that this week, I feel.
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@hypexion — Desire
This Desire is in the unfortunate position of being naturally compared to the other Desires this week, and like I said, I do like them all, and this card is no exception. It feels a lot like a Horizons kind of card, and you know what, that’s okay. What makes this one unique is the fact that it’s a universal desire with a black bend, not a strictly red one. Multicolor Incarnations are... Well, honestly, if there was an incarnation for these colors, I get how it would be “Desire”—focused wanting, doing anything to get it, slightly selfish, not really insidious but getting there, etc.
Perhaps the main question I have is about the Evoke part. One ETB here doesn’t necessarily advance the game in the expected manner. For the MH2 evokers, their reactive evocation is designed to work during different parts of the turn, cheaply or late-game. Judgment Incarnations have the graveyard clause. The question is: what would be the gameplay advantage of evoking this card? It doesn’t feel any more powerful and/or necessary to do it earlier or later, because you could absolutely whiff. The attack trigger is excellent there, so I do like that. And again, this card is fine for what it wants to be, and I can clearly picture what you were going for. Small note: “Treasure” should be capitalized.
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@i-am-the-one-who-wololoes — Eager Defender
I want to see the sketch for this art direction, because I don’t really know how you wanted to block this shot out. There’s a plain, and a cave, and these characters walking around...where? Sorry to judge this part of it, but I actually don’t fully grasp this depiction. It feels as busy as the mood. The mood’s understandable, and of all thing I’m getting an Adventure Time kind of vibe from this card. If that’s intended, well, congrats, and if not, yeah, that’s a testament to the business. This card really didn’t need flavor text with these three abilities, and the flavor text isn’t adding enough to justify itself here.
Mechanics are pretty awesome, though. I think that provoke isn’t going to be seeing its time in the sun, but that’s more me being sad than a critique of this card. I like provoke! It works really well here, with this creature swinging in and getting bigger. Oh, small notes: the Sengir effect says you need to say that the +1/+1 counter goes on Eager Defender and not the creature that died (lol Skullbriar), the “4” should be “four,” and Warrior should be capitalized. No, yeah, with a fair amount of equipment, this card could be pretty monstrous in limited, and that’s a fine uncommon for the archetype. The name, direction, and flavor are all still...sketchy to me? What’s eager about revenge? Eagerness implies positive creation, not regret. The mashup of moods ultimately glorps up what’s otherwise a decently solid RW beater.
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@izzet-always-r-versus-u — A Chance to Say Goodbye
Solid stuff. I like how you don’t get priority to prevent population. It makes for some pretty weird effects overall. I would personally say “sacrifice that token” to prevent some weird arguments, but whatever, I deal with the pedant that lives in my head, and YOU are free to ignore him. Anyway, I would give anything to say goodbye to my Worldspine Wurm once more, so thank you for the opportunity. I think this card’s doing exactly what it wants to and those sorts of effects can be cool depending on the environment. Seance tried to do something similar but didn’t quite get there. Maybe this is enough? I’m actually not sure about not having priority there. ETBs would get weird. Ah, what am I saying, token doubling is... Hm. Also weird here. But, hey, corner cases don’t happen as much in limited. I don’t see this card taking off in any decks, though, and it’s a wee bit not-broken-enough to be impactful.
The flavor text is one of those ones where I’m so on the fence. I want to really dig in and talk about the nuances but I don’t want to be a jerk about it on accident. What I like is the specificity. This card is about everything it wants to be about, and it’s depicting this single thing, and boom, this cool reanimation effect is framed around an intense motion. I do feel that there are cuts to be made, or at least places to tighten it up. Maybe a comma after “Then” and you could even end on “wind” there. “Gentle” can be cut, IMO. If you want, lean into the notion of negative space. What’s there left on the wind, or what does the wind feel like now, if not the space where the embrace is no longer. Y’know? You have a lot of options. This moment was a good choice overall. Honorary JP for that alone.
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@misterstingyjack — Homesickness
Flavor-wise, “It is unclear whether the sun is rising or setting” goes hard for me. That would be a really cool point of contention for people, and I think that the flavor text would really come to a head when there’s a long game happening with lots of returning and triggering and no haste and having to hold open cards and yadda yadda yadda. It’s a pretty general sense but it’s done really well. The depiction of a journeying event checks out and your mood is what really sells it, an impending, almost horror-like sense of uncertainty if we’ll ever get there.
Mechanically, was this supposed to be like Sunken Hope? Aside from the sacrifice clause and one blue pip, it’s exactly the same. And...that’s literally all I can say about it, isn’t it? I hope that this was unintentional and you accidentally struck gold before the realization that you’re not in a mine and you’re in fact in a history museum, sir, I’ll have to ask you to leave and put down that pickaxe. If it WAS intentional, I’m just gonna stand here with my hands on my hips and give you a look. I have no idea at this point in time! But, well, what else can I say about it. Do your research, folks.
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@nine-effing-hells — Mul Daya Homeseeker
I think that the subtitle and flavor aren’t doing any favors to a card that’s otherwise really fascinating to me. This might be, considering our most recent visit to Zendikar in the story, the saddest trampling creature I’ve ever seen. Emotionally, I mean. I’m gonna stop before I browse through ten pages of trampling creatures on Scryfall, though. So! Yeah, no, perhaps “Homeseeker” is a fine enough title, but I wish there was more for the flavor text to really sell me.
If you’re drafting this card, though, I wonder what on earth you’re doing. You can run one of each other basic and actually ramp in a super roundabout way, splashing the weirdness, or this is a set with a number of odd nonbasics like how Zendikar had, and that’s pretty awesome. In a constructed event you can do some amazing things and I love how variable you can make it. Maybe it’s not good enough for Legacy Lands. It doesn’t have to be! This card can do some pretty slick stuff and I like the way you balanced a strong effect with a deckbuilding constraint asked of it. The feeling of soured perseverance is strongly present.
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@piccadilly-blue — Issac Astralion, Haunted Physicist/The Singularity
Well, that’s a mouthful! Lots of things going on here, okay, phew. You clearly had a strong direction for this card, and I actually love the commander-esque approach to experience counters eventually transforming something. We’re designing (per the usuals) for standard/limited by default, but there’s nothing to say you can’t get experience counters there, too. I think that it’s almost like the City’s Blessing, or it could be! How experience transforms you. Very slick.
The Singularity, as I’ve mentioned about another card on here, is a non-exit-claused card whose sole purpose is kind of miserable. There are cards that sink the board, but they eventually go away, like Pestilence. It’s unfortunately just not fun to be sitting on the board with nothing to do until you happen to get your removal which may eventually get countered. Seeing as this is your character, as mentioned, I won’t claim to know the story, so that part of it I won’t press on about; their goals are pretty abundantly clear. The flavor text on both sides is...a lot. The LotR reference on the back certainly raises an eyebrow, as does the long first name. Honestly, though, there’s the what-I-like and the what-needs-work, and the little polish/presentation tweaks aren’t anything new to custom cards, so don’t sweat it.
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@reaperfromtheabyss — Heatgrasper (JUDGE PICK)
You know, I was a bit down on this card at first until I realized that she died of hypothermia. Then it was all upside! You absolutely need to shorten this flavor text. “trapped in her final moments” needs to come out, and I would replace “some warmth” with “a fire.” Do whatever you need to, though. Anyway! Yay, here we are, some kind of not-exactly-great ending here. But it’s okay, because I can envision what you were going for and I like the way it happened. For a while, I thought she drowned, and then I put my head on straight.
Stunning creatures is super cool. Depending on if this is a world with spirit bonuses, the ability to beef up or protect her would be awesome. She doesn’t need that necessarily, but she does indeed need some friends around her to stall the game. And that’s cool! What a cheap use of stun counters, really mean. I can see this card having an application solely in limited and nowhere else and I can see it being a massive pain in the butt to deal with as your opponent stalls you out. Good stuff.
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@abelzumi
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