#Kamahl

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Characters used to only get second cards when character progression occured. (A hat is not Character Progression)

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[reuxben]

Here’s our MTGinktober for “Landmark,“ starring Kamahl, Fist of Krosa; Pollen-Shield Hare; Stinging Barrier; and Vine Trellis! Kamahl-Hare is a remarkable combo with tim Walls.

Thanks so much for tuning in this year, hope to see you next time. Also, I can take a couple requests if I didn't hit your favorite character this time around, though the archives have some 200 images at this point? Next year might be my tenth and last run!

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Reuxben

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Biorhythm

"I have seen life's purpose, and now it is my own." —Kamahl, druid acolyte

Artist: Ron Spears TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[markrosewater]

When did you decide and what was your reasoning for having multiple cards of the same legendary creature, but different?(and who was the first)

I’m not sure if Kamahl was first (it’s the earliest I remember), but we had a big story point where he went through a big change, and we thought a new legendary creature card in a new color was a cool way to demonstrate that.

[king-hime]

Big Booba FFXIV Gals

Collab commissions with Shibeshark for Emi Pendragon and Kamahl Duske respectively (two sweethearts from my FC)

[vorthosjay]

Which character do you think has directly killed the most characters with Legendary Creature cards? (Inspired by the cause of death segment in your ongoing dead legends Twitter thread)

Most confirmed Legend kills is a tough number to hit, because do you count indirect kills? I also may have mislabeled a death or two to not make it easy to attribute it to a character. And what about assists? Now, my numbers aren't perfect because I don't have a good attribution system, but here are my thoughts.

Tetsuo Umezawa has the most direct kills. As in, he's personally killed five other Legends: Xira Arien, Boris Devilboon, Ramses Overdark, and Orca, as well as Nicol Bolas, even if Bolas got better.

Liliana Vess has personally killed Josu Vess, Kothophed, Belzenlok, and Griselbrand, and killed Razaketh in a team effort with the Gatewatch. She's up there too. There's probably more I missed.

Kaya is no slouch either, with four confirmed direct kills in Brago, Grandfather Karlov, the Obzedat (if we only count it as one), and Heliod.

Kamahl, Crovax, Halfdane, Liliana, the Scorpion God each have three solo kills

Nicol Bolas hasn't killed Legends directly very often. He killed Bontu directly, and through the Scorpion God, three of the other gods. He'd also twisted the original three Insect gods, although we never see those forms. And through minions he killed Jazal Goldmane and others, it'd be hard to get an exact figure. He's definitely responsible for the largest number of Legendary card deaths, even if he didn't directly kill them all.

Yawgmoth in his deathcloud form is confirmed to have killed Eladamri, Lin Sivvi, and Galina. He also indirectly killed Glacian and Rebbec with his bombs, but the bombing was at his order so I'm counting it. That's at least five, probably more (ESPECIALLY if you include Phyrexia and if we include Bolas minions, we kind of need to count it, right?).

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Flavor Text Highlights - Core Sets (4th-10th Edition)

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This entry will be the largest one yet, with 4 cards for each category. All new flavor texts of pre-M10 core sets will be taked into account.

Cool - Truce (5th Edition)

Not all victories require defeat. —Onean idiom

Phyrexian Hulk (7th Edition)

It doesn’t think. It doesn’t feel. It doesn’t laugh or cry. All it does from dusk till dawn Is make the soldiers die. —Onean children’s rhyme

Regeneration (7th Edition)

“Why should death always have the last word?” —Llanowar druid

Llanowar Elves (5th Edition)

One bone broken for every twig snapped underfoot. —Llanowar penalty for trespassing

Funny -

Might of Oaks (7th Edition)

“Guess where I’m gonna plant this!”

Sizzle (8th Edition)

“Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight everything with fire.” —Jaya Ballard, task mage

Temporal Adept (9th Edition)

“If yesterday was two days ago tomorrow, will the day after tomorrow be today or yesterday?” —Temporal Manipulation 101 final exam, Tolarian Academy

Manabarbs (10th Edition)

“I don’t know why people say a double-edged sword is bad. It’s a sword. With two edges.” —Kamahl, pit fighter

Worldbuilding -

Ornithopter (6th Edition)

“It has been my honor to improve on the Thran’s original design. Perhaps history will remember me in some small part for my work.” —Urza, in his apprenticeship

Wrath of Marit Lage (8th Edition)

“Marit Lage lies frozen in a glacier’s heart. Still her dreams take form in our world, stealing the heat from our souls.” —Halvor Arenson, Kjeldoran priest

Ascendant Evincar (10th Edition)

His soul snared by an angel’s curse, Crovax twisted heroism into its purest shadow.

Blackmail (9th Edition)

In addition to killing peasants, punishing subordinates, and raising an army of nightmares, Braids somehow found time for her favorite hobby: petty extortion

Emotional -

Pacifism

Without warriors there can be no war.

Agonizing Memories

“I think little of the foes I’ve slain. But I’m haunted by the friends I’ve sent to die.” —The Southern Paladin

Icatian Scout

“In these, our final days, I offer this. Though we could not save Icatia, we gave our children time to grow, and love, before it fell.” —Ailis Connaut, diary

Grafted Skullcap

“Every day, I fight for my life and win. Every night, I fight to remember my name and lose.”

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Did the Mirari hasten or enable the creation and rise of New Phyrexia? Let's consider the facts, starting with the Mirari:

The Mirari has the ability to channel large amount of magical energy, reshaping reality when that energy is correctly focused.

However, it is trivial to incorrectly focus the Mirari's power. It will snatch the most fickle thoughts from your mind and make them real.

When Kamahl left the Mirari in the middle of the Otarian wilderness of Krosa, rather than fall dormant, it instead channeled magical energy directly into the local flora and fauna, inducing new and dangerous mutations.

Eventually, the uncontrolled magic spread from Krosa to the rest of Otaria, inducing mass corruption of living creatures. Did you ever wonder why Scornful Egotist looks like that? It's because of the Mirari.

Eventually, Karn discovered that his magic probe was causing all these problems. He took the Mirari away from Dominaria, saving Otaria and likely the entire plane from its ruinous influence.

Then like an idiot he used it to build Memnarch, and left his creation to watch over Argentum. Like ten minutes after Karn left Memnarch renamed the plane to Mirrodin.

After all the problems Menarch caused, Karn wisely turned him back into the Mirari, and sensibly... left it in the core of Mirrodin (?) under the care of Slobad, Geth and Glissa.

It can be seen that the Mirari is an incredibly power and therefore dangerous artifact. Which primarily seems to Cause Problems.

Now, let's consider some Phyrexia facts, both New and old:

Glistening oil, in addition to being the key to how compleation works, stores large amounts of information. This includes the Phyrexian language and the designs for various Phyrexian technologies and weapons. Such oil was acidentally introduced to Mirrodin by Karn.

New Phyrexia originally grew beneath the surface of Mirrodin, born from somewhere around the core.

The spread of New Phyrexia was helped due to the effect of a curious substance called mycosyth. This metallic fungus turns flesh to metal and metal to flesh, resulting in the Mirran's unique appearance. (It's quite proto-Phyrexian, when you think about it)

The oil of New Phyrexia is much more aggressive than Yawgmoth's, and is able to passively compleat even non-Mirran life that is infected by it.

Many New Phyrexians, including Elesh Norn herself, were born directly from the oil.

Slobad, Geth and Glissa were all revealed to have been compleated.

Aren't those some interesting details?

Glistening oil and the Mirari were present on Mirrodin before the rise of New Phyrexia. A substance that contains memories and designs, histories and ambitions, along with an artifact that brings such things to life. The Mirari does not need to be used deliberately, as it reshaped the wildlife of Krosa and the people of Otaria simply by existing. Mycosynth has a suspiciously similar effect to the Mirari, transmuting the organic inhabitants to be more like their metal home, and the artificial ones to be more like the people abducted from other worlds.

Now, I'm not saying there's a slam dunk connection here, but it lines up. The Problem Making Orb was in the same place as the Problem Oil, and then suddenly there was A Big Problem.

bonus conspiracy: the story team are aware of this connection, and the reason the Mirari has fallen out of the story is to reduce the chance people work it out. This is because it rather undermines Karn's position as the sympathetic sad robot if he almost doomed the multiverse through severe negligence.

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Upwelling

Once again, Kamahl felt the full force of the Mirari's pull, but he had learned much since the last time.

Artist: John Avon

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"There is no greater burden than choosing who to save." —Kamahl, druid acolyte

-Harsh Mercy

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Decimate

"Anyone can admire creation. Only a barbarian sees the beauty in demolition." —Kamahl, pit fighter

Artist: Alex Horley-Orlandelli TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[markrosewater]

Hi Mark. Its my birthday and id like to ask for a birthday trivia, and this is quite silly but please indulge me. which planeswalker or legendary humanoid do you think has the loudest burp? My money is on kamahl the pit fighter

Thanks mark hope you get a laugh out of this too :)

For planeswakers, I choose Domri.

For legendary creatures, I choose Hans.