#Tevesh

[croxot]

POV: Tevesh finds you sneaking around the temple grounds

[xantchaslegacy]

[colossal-idiot]

I seriously fucking swear, if WotC doesn't give us a Nissa/Chandra commander duo in the next Zendikar set, I will kill someone. We NEED the Nissa and Chandra partner commanders asap. And if they're made for a precon, it's name better reference that they're dating. Mark Rosewater, make this happen.

[elspeth-tirel]

Round 1

[croxot]

Jinn asked her to wear this.

[xantchaslegacy]

do you remember silence?

[incorrect-mtg]

Flavor Text Highlights - Modern Horizons 1

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Cool - Dead of Winter

“At last, silence.” —Tevesh Szat

Funny - Dismantling Blow

“What cannot be destroyed will be bound, but do try to destroy it the first time.” —Rem Karolus, Blade of the Inquisitors

Worldbuilding - The Talisman Cycle

“The sun banishes darkness every morning. I too will rise with such assuredness.” —Huatli

“Good ideas don’t take time. They take a lot of bad ideas first.” —Ral Zarek

“The pain of exploring is less than the pain of not knowing.” —Tamiyo

“You’ll never get to the top if you don’t know who’s already there.” —Kaya

“The continual rise of the downtrodden is as inevitable as vines usurping a forest.” —Vraska

Emotional - Impostor of the Sixth Pride

The tribe was as strong as his longing, their territory as vast as his isolation. The changeling knew he had found a home, and a form.

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[magicwithclass]

There has been some talk about ante cards over the past week or two on mark rosewater's blog, blogatog. Some have argued for the return of ante on a card or two in sets like modern horizons 3 since they resuse a lot of older mechanics and throwbacks to older cards. I am not sure if anyone is actually serious about wanting ante to return or if it is just a meme dream but I do not know a single person that has ever played for ante or with ante cards. The ante cards and rules remind me of the battle city season of Yu-gi-oh where everyone had to gamble their rarest card in each duel. From a legal standpoint I can see why a card game would not want to pursue this idea as this is very close to gambling. While, wizards of the coast does not acknowledge the secondar market, all cards have some value and you do not want kids losing their property. All of the snte cards are basically banned in every format including commander so what is the point of discussing them at all? First, it is interesting to see the mindset of designers in the early days. Imagine is ante had been popular instead of being the most hated mechanic of all time according to Mark Rosewater. We could be putting our blinged out serialized cards on the line! Now I can see why ante contradicts certain aspects of the game. If I want to bling out my deck or show off all my rare cards in one deck that does not push me to want to play for ante. I would construct decks with the least expensive cards with the highest probability of winning games. Deck construction would be totally different and non-intuitive as you would not want to play the strongest cards for fear of losing them and having to face them in subsequent duels. Instead, you would put easily replaceable cards in your deck. Imagine if you had to ante reserved list cards? I do not think ante cards are fun in any way. Randomly losing an expensive card or even a card with sentimental valuer is backbreaking and I think would lead to a lot of people leaving the game frustrated and unhappy as the best cards get plucked away. This would also lead to situations where people with a lot of money would prey on those willing to invest less in the game. games are already pay to win so this would make it seem more like who can afford to replace cards. I am going to discuss all the ante cards separately but I did want to talk a little about the ante mechanic as a whole. Maybe we see an ante card in an unset? Amulet of Quoz actually has some lore behind it which is a real reason to discuss some of the reserved list ante cards individually. The amulet of Quoz was used by someone in the Carthalion family to banish Tevesh Szat from dominaria. So, what does this card do? In a hypothetic world where every duel was for ante would you play this card? I don't think you do. for 6 mana your opponent either antes another card or the opponent can choose to end the game immediately by deciding the outcome with a coin flip. If the opponent is losing or does not think they can win they will likely just have the game decided with a toss of a coin. However, if the game is even or the opponent thinks they can win then this does nothing to help you actually win the game for 6 mana. Albeit, getting extra cards for a victory is tempting and if you really need to end a game because you have to go home then you can use this. Should commander be played with ante? maybe we can start a commander format with ante that gambles reserved list cards for fun.

[vorthosjay]

Tevesh Szat says of Shandalar: "The Mana. It breathes. Almost sssentient." What was he talking about? Is Shandalar's mana still different post-mending?

Yes, but It’s identity is mostly “generic high fantasy plane with secrets(tm)”. I think Invasion of Shandalar’s back face references the mana thing.