#galazeth prismari

[variouspolltournaments]

[littlegoldenbirdie]

Strixhaven silliness

If the five Founder Dragons were human...

Gabriel Prismari is a blue-eyed redhead with a flair for the dramatic that borders on "Is this guy on drugs?"

Silas Silverquill is a black-haired dude with pale skin and a vocabulary that'd make Shakespeare blush.

Veronica Lorehold is very pale, keeps her long red hair in a bun and wears almost comically large glasses, looking like a stereotypical librarian.

Beverly Witherbloom is a perpetual mess, looking like she just finished digging around in a garden. Basically, envision a female version of Pig-Pen from 'Peanuts'.

Tanya Quandrix has blue-green eyes and dresses like a total nerd, pocket protector and everything, looking like she walked out of 'Dilbert' or something.

If the five Founder Dragons got, like, CRAZY high...

Shadrix Silverquill turns into a one-dragon Poetry Slam, with each word in a different language than the previous word.

Galazeth Prismari starts seeing colors that don't exist yet, naming them... and manifesting them.

Beledros Witherbloom starts analyzing the drug's effects... but is too baked to keep anything straight.

Velomachus Lorehold delivers a long, rambling lecture on... something or other, to a nonexistent classroom full of people who aren't there.

Tanazir Quandrix tries DESPERATELY hard to solve equations for such things as 'rubber ducks' and 'pudding'.

[real-live-human]

sticking to my mtg deckbuilding principle of only making a deck if i can come up with a dumb joke name for it

[pxper-cranes]

Something something what if for our return to arcavios during the *dragonstorm arc* the elder dragons of Tarkir try to invade other planes and the elder dragons of Arcavios are forced to fight against them? Based on colour combos, the strixhaven dragons would fight the tarkir lords based on the missing colours from the clans they took over

For example

- Ojutai (Jeskai) vs Beledros (Witherbloom)

- Silumgar (Sultai) vs Velomachus (Lorehold)

- Kolaghan (Mardu) vs Tazanir (Quandrix)

- Dromoka (Abzan) vs Galazeth (Prismari)

- Atarka (Temur) vs Shadrix (Silvarquill)

Honestly i wish it was a block formula to have one set on tarkir, one on arcavios and the final one being the end confrontation. Itd be funny if the strixhaven founders weaponised their students to fight to liberate Tarkir for extra credit or something and this could be a place to see Liliana again because im getting withdrawals

[inventors-fair]

Trigger Happy Casters: Winners! ~

Congratulations to @corporalotherbear, @izzet-always-r-versus-u and @wildcardgamez for winning this week's contest!

@corporalotherbear — Keranos's Conduit

I was really hoping for weird cards like this, and boy howdy is this card weird without actually being weird. I think that because I get exactly how the name, setting and ability come together, this is one of those cards where the mood presupposes the vibe even without a visual. Kinda funny because you're using stormless storm with the God of Storms, right? Heh. Anyway, though, this card can swing games like nobody's business. Limited means your Auras and "heroic" triggers—and also Constellation triggers!—become that much more radical. It makes having a lot of bodies and limited Auras so much better.

In terms of random constructed thoughts, can you imagine this with something like Etali's Favor? Because it's a cast trigger, you'll discover so much that you can hit and cast all the smaller Auras, which will get all of those other triggers if they got 'em, and so on and so forth. Sage of Mysteries, major mill? Wicked Visitor end step triggers? There are lots of ways to make this card fun and brewable and I'm really impressed by how much this card can be fun at the helm of its own deck. What a rockin' card and what a cool idea.

@izzet-always-r-versus-u — The Cozen, Syndicate Enforcer

PUNISHMENT. I love punishment! I love punishing people for their crimes of free-casting! Being symmetrical is kinda funny but at the same time reasonable for the colors. I'm thinking of cost reductions, Omniscience punishing, Force punishing, Elemental punishing—hm. I do actually wish this wasn't fully symmetrical but it don't matter because hnnnnng. Having this be so situational probably means that it's not going to have a massive effect on the various limited formats. Are there any common ways to reduce costs? Hm... Affinity, Convoke, Cascade and Discover, Cipher, Delve... Heh heh heh. Okay, it's environment-dependent, but still. Oh gosh, and Plot too.

I was also shocked that this specific flavor text hasn't been used because I could have SWORN that I've read it before. But you know, taking a character from flavor text and turning them into an actual card is one of my personal favorite things that people pull out from time to time—if done properly—and a debt collector punishing people for not paying their costs is pretty perfect. I honestly think this card is missing flash, though, and I don't know if that's negligible. It would make such a massive difference, and yeah, the body or cost would have to change, but having that kind of interaction almost feels necessary for the environment in which this card needs to be. Almost. I'm willing to hear arguments against it, though, so you know—invitation to discussion and all that.

@wildcardgamez — Galazeth's Whelp

You know, what I like about this card is that functionally you can pay the mana and get a Treasure regardless of whether or not the spell resolves, and that works similarly to the pitch cards from Prismari that would help you get to those massive spells eventually. People...definitely cast those. For sure. Anyway. I'm curious about if the dragons on Arcavios actually could have offspring, but I guess this card is the answer to that, right? Or maybe this is just a manifestation, or a dragon in the same clan, or whatever. Doesn't matter—this card is a functional card that does a LOT of work. I absolutely love how well this card functions in a spellslinging deck.

My Magical Christmas Land scenario would be to chain together spells like Sudden Breakthrough and Ancestor's Aid, deal an insane amount of damage, draw cards if you have cards like Flick a Coin, etc. I think it might be too slow for prowess-style decks but in terms of just Izzet Spells, this card's a limited bomb and a constructed possibility. Magecraft to damage is an awesome combo and this card does all those little pieces right. Sometimes the right combination can make some wonderful work happen. Flavorfully, too, it's all the best parts of artifacts and spellslinging together. Great job overall, I'd say! ... Just capitalize "Treasure" in the future, comrade.

Runners comin' up soon. @abelzumi

[wyrmhaven]

Session #1

Feb 14, 2023

The day of orientation arrives, and our fated group prepares in their own ways Doya modifies her outfit with scissors, and immediately learns that the outfits can be modified magically White gets ready in a calm and orderly way Zoey zooms Rin moves his books around, and notice that Vladimir Howard's part of the room is darker Carmila gets ready at the same time as Aurora, but uses Guillermo instead of her mirror She tells Aurora that she doesn't like mirrors when asked about it The group leave their dorms, and meet up as they head towards the Commons Along the way, they pass by part of the campus under some form of construction As they walk, they see the towers and flying transportation of Lux Concordia around them all dwarfed by the massive Hexpiral tower They reach the Commons, and find a magically constructed stage there Doya approaches the group, acting friendly Carmilla and White are suspicious of that, and ask why she's trying to butter them up Doya assures the two that she sees potential in the group, and wants to be their friends The conversation is interrupted when Professor Sharpbeak speaks up from the stage, telling the group of first-year students that she has some announcements Before she begins those, a illusory play about the origins of the school is shown It tells of the dragon Kyvrydamerix, who saw how prideful dragons were but how curious humanoids were, and decided to she his knowledge with him As he worked with the humanoids, a second dragon named Auramvamiros was interested in him and his efforts, and the two eventually became mates The two dragons formed an organization among the humanoids, and approached the kings of the Kinlands asking for land for their organization The kings gave them an island, where the dragons built a tower that eventually became the Hexpiral Tower The dragons had 5 children, and made a chapter of their organization around each child

Galazeth Prismari sought out expression though elementals

Shadrix Silverquill examined light and shadow, and learned to manipulate magic through inspiration and insults

Beledros Witherbloom was the largest of the five, was interested in life and death, and worked with potions

Tanazir Quandrix was obsessed with math and reality

Velomachus Lorehold, the oldest, was interested order and chaos, and exploring events through time

The dragons eventually went off on their own adventures to explore the land, leaving the Wyrm Academy behind As the show ends, Professor Sharpbeak speaks up, telling the audience that the were going from the first headmaster to the current one, as now it was was time for Archjusticar Yasha to speak! Yasha solemnly approaches the stage, and stays quiet for a minute She assures the audience that she doesn't like this as much as they do She tells the students to stay out of trouble or else She then introduces the next speaker, saying that they are stellar, and calling out Rin for knowing them - it's Nadia! A stylish young elven woman takes the stage She thanks Yasha for the introduction, and then encourages the students to do their best She wishes the students good luck, before saying that Prismari rules and exiting the stage The member of our chosen group from Lux Concordia recognize Nadia as the officer who helped the city deal with organized crime and corruption in the Wyrm Academy, and a very young graduate of the Academy As Nadia gets off the stage, Professor Sharpbeak tells the students to go to the Biblioplex for the next step of their orientation Doya wonders what a Bibliotech is As the group head towards the Biblioplex, they talk about gum and where Carmilla is from They eventually reach the Bibliotech, which is a massive building on a pedestal made of stone As they enter, they see an incredibly busy seen with students researching, a student store, and a café A receptionist speak ups up directs students towards the Hall of Oracles The group decide to stop by the café for something to eat first They enter a small room surrounded by moving murals of trees, and a gnome woman desperately trying to keep up with orders The gnome, named Aisla, suggests the party take the meal of the day Doya pays for the entire group, claiming that she's rich now because she found a lottery ticket When questioned about it, she admits that she just got financial aid She says that she'll get a job during the schoolyear anyways, stating that she's good with money Rin counts down, and then unleashes his special technique upon some unsuspecting sandwiches He explains to the group that he had to learn to eat fast because of his siblings The group leave the café, and encounter a small construct guiding people to where they need to go They enter the main body of the library, where they see tall bookshelves and giant constructs retrieving books from the upper steps Rin chats with Vladimir Doya spots three girls hanging out in the back, and tries to talk to them They laugh at her, and tell her she wasn't invited to their club Doya assures them she has a club of her own, and points back to the group which had since spread out The girls laugh at Doya, and leave Doya obtains anxiety

After some time passes, a massive illusion of Archjusticar Yasha appears in the center of the library She dryly tells the students that the Biblioplex will be like a second home, and tells them they have one more task for orientation A list of clues appear in front of each student, which Yasha explains is a scavenger hunt As the illusion disappears, the students begin to move! The first clue deals with light Zoey sticks her hand into the light at the center of the Hall of Oracles The rest of the group follow suite, and get the first item on the list The second clue deals with commissions from alumni The group talk to one of the small constructs, named Gereme, who tells the group that the second floor of the Biblioplex is for teachers only It points the group instead to a side room where older students are working on art The group find plaques under some of the art describing how they were inspired, and a lever Pulling on the lever makes a box with a pendant appear, and is the second item on the list The third clue deals with refreshments The group go back to the café, where Aisla asks them to help manage inventory The group do, and Aisla is impressed by Carmilla, Rin, and White's skills, and give them rewards She tells them that helping out was part of the orientation, and uses magic to reset some of the mess for future students The fourth clue deals with touching plants Doya shows off her sick heelies The group travel to one of the small gardens in the Biblioplex, and spot some moving plants They pet the plants, which conjure plushies of the house mascots for them, which are the fourth item The fifth clue deals with stars born on an opening night The group kick Quentillius off the stage, and perform Carmilla monologues Doya does a cheer from a rival school Rin dances White recites a poem Zoey sings

Carmilla, White, and Zoey receive a hooded lantern, the final part of the scavenger hunt Doya and Rin grab some books off the nearby shelf, recite them, and get the reward The group hear some yelling, and Rosimy screaming that something has teeth They approach the source of the commotion, and see a chest with teeth frothing with the same black goo the rats had FIGHT! White shoots magic, Rin glows with runes, Doya gets eaten, Zoey brings her back, Carmilla's hands grow feathers, the chest is slain by one of the girls who laughed at Doya VICOTRY! As the chest is slain, the black goo retreats and the chest becomes normal again Some of the group see a figure wearing black with a masked helm floating in the air, crossing their arms The figure disappears once it notices them All the other students nearby cheer for the girl that killed it Rin helps Doya back to her feet Professor Sharpbeak and another adult show up The other adult, named Zhanti DeSantis, introduces herself as the school nurse and helps patch up the injured party members The group tell the two adults what happened and what they saw Professor Sharpbeak assures them that they'll look into it She then speaks to the whole crowd, telling them that the situation is under control She goes on to mention that there is more to orientation, mainly going to their common room Rin tastes what little of the black goo is left, and is disgusted Doya is upset that the other girl got more credit than they did Zoey goes to talk to Melwythorne He is excited about the future, and is feeling a lot better about being away from home White checks in on Rosimy, making sure she's alright and asking about what she saw The group reunite They talk about what they saw, but the conversation shifts to Doya's halo She challenges the rest of the group to try to pull on it Greta and Zoey try Vladmir asks Rin if these are really his friends The group, along with Greta and Vladimir, go to get some lunch They stop to eat in the Commmons They talk about roommates and how their first days at the dorms are going Rin mentions his weird family relationship with Vladimir The three girls that laughed at Doya show up, and the party wonder who they are A stranger walks up, and tells them that those girls met at the tests, and are close friends since The blond one is named Angelika, is supposedly half-angel, a sorceress, and has a lot of money and power The tall elf is named Angelique, apparently already knows something about everyone, the one who got a perfect score on the entrance exam, is also rich, and The genasi is named Anjarika, is allegedly also rich despite having divorced parents, and is the less academically capable of the three Half the group hate the girls on sight, the other half want to give them a chance They see Ethel walk by the three girls, and accidentally bumps into one of them The three instantly turn to Ethel, and demand to know why she thinks she's allowed to do that They start insulting her, telling her that her name doesn't fit, and changing her nametag to say Agetha and calling her a hag When Ethel starts getting mad, they say she's being hot-headed, pour water on her head, and push her Ethel reaches her breaking point, and begins to cast a spell

She is counterspelled by Professor Sharpbeak, who came to get the students to their common rooms The three girls play innocent, and act like Ethel started it Doya throws up in the bushes, but then tells the rest of the group that she is impressed with their bullying technique She admits to wanted to be cool like them The rest of the group disagree The stranger who told them about the girls tells Doya that's not going to happen The stranger, who introduces herself as Larine, seems a bit out of sorts Doya explains to the rest of the group that bullying in girl's schools works differently The conversation shifts to their common rooms, where the entire group realizes they are in Class A They head towards the common room for Class A Along the way, Zoey bumps into a beastkin boy He gets upset, and acts like he's going to hit her Doya tries to stand up for her friend The group eventually reach the room for Class A They see a lot of familiar faces, and some new ones Doya has some people swap seats so that she can be surrounded by smart people Professor Sharpbeak walks in, and introduces herself She explains that this will be their main classroom, but today is just for introductions Zoey volunteers to introduce herself first, and expresses her happiness to know everyone Carmilla says hi Doya assures the class that she will be the most popular The three girls laugh Rin explains that he's the one that Yasha called out earlier, and that he wants to see the world A human named Grayon says that he is from New Simea White makes a brief introduction and states he's here for Chronomancy The other students introduce themselves, most of which are familiar to the party A Shitari named Haru Haruharu mentions that she's a transfer student here to study An armored loxodon named Bhedum Soovij, also called Rampart states that he's here for adventure Ethel gets bullied again A hobgoblin named Dhazari Rex introduces herself An elf named Cad is excited to meet the class Chadriz, the beastkin who threatened Zoey, doesn't seem interested in saying much A strange gnome named Puffcap introduces herself A dhampir named Nicollin being to give an entire essay about himself He is interrupted when a halfling enters the room Professor Sharpbeak asks if the halfling is Santino Sierraverde He confirms, but insists on being called Sunny Carmilla panics

[pikagatogirltits]

I was curious about that because I knew Brother's War had some dragons (including some artifact dragons) and upon checking I found that yeah, it's dragons were all rare (and one uncommon.)

I was then curious how much farther back you'd have to go to find the next set without a red dragon at mythic rare, and what I learned is that The Brother's War is an outlier.

Now depending on how technical you want to get depends on the answer. If by "red dragon at mythic" you mean a mono-red dragon then technically the answer is New Capenna from earlier in the same year (literally the set before the set before Brother's War). New Capenna's sole dragon is Ziatora, who does sit at mythic rare but is Jund colors (BRG) rather than mono-red.

But if by "red dragon at mythic" you mean any dragon with red in its cost/color identity, we have to keep going because Ziatora does have red in her cost. Strixhaven would be the next set to fail the mono-red criteria, but two of the founder dragons that make up a mythic cycle in the set have red in their costs (Galazeth Prismari and Velomachus Lorehold.) So we have to keep going until we hit 2020's Ikoria, which surprisingly only has a single dragon in the entire set, Sprite Dragon at uncommon.

In the interest of further curiosity I went just a little farther back. Interestingly enough Theros Beyond Death and Throne of Eldraine, the next two sets on our trip backwards also lack dragons at mythic in the sets proper (but do have red dragons at rare)...although Throne of Eldraine does have Korvold from the Brawl precons who is technically a mythic rare and Jund colors again, but I'm not gonna count him. War of the Spark and Ravnica Allegiance get us back on track with some mythic red dragons (War of the Spark's Niv-Mizzet is 5 color but that counts.) Interestingly, Guilds of Ravnica doesn't have a mythic red dragon despite having a Niv-Mizzet card because he's only rare in this set. Dominaria did have a mythic red dragon again (two technically, one mono-red the other Jund), only for us to finally run into the end of the block model with the two sets of Ixalan block which didn't have any dragons because dinosaurs ate up the available creature slots for large red creatures. So if we go from 2018's Dominaria to Bloomburrow this year, we hit 24 sets, of which only 5 sets lack any kind of dragon at mythic rare, and an additional 3 lack a mono-red dragon at mythic rare.

The last premiere set without a red Dragon at mythic was The Brother's War two years ago.

[jasper-pagan-witch]

So, since you're literally the only other MtG person I know in the witchy space I bringth thee a query. I think I would like to use the Dean Dragons™ as thoughtforms to help around the house, as protectors, and as magic guides.

I would like to get stones for them to inhabit but I haven't a clue which stone fits best or if perhaps there might be a better thing. Have you any thoughts?

Alternatively I don't feel that everything needs a physical object but it does help give them some significance within my witch cabinet, which is always nice.

Should I go with stones that fit colors or stones that fit magical elements of the Elder Dragons of Education?

I also need to get the Strixhaven D&D book as it would probably really help me.

Enough rambling! I hope you're having a good day, sibling!

Well, I would go about this one of three ways:

1: Stones because of my hoarding problem. In general, I would probably go howlite or ametrine for Silverquill, epidolite or agate for Witherbloom, jasper of some variety for Prismari (yes I'm biased), some kind of ocean-y blue stone for Quandrix, and probably snow quartz or something similar for Lorehold.

2: Cards, art cards, or printed-out pictures of the dragons. You can't get any clearer about what it's supposed to be than a picture, in my experience.

3: No physical object. Two of my thoughtforms, S'sem and Absol, don't have physical vessels, they have sigils or other imagery that I could use.

If you want, I can send you a DM on Discord with the parts about the founder dragons since I have the Strixhaven D&D book! Hopefully this pitch gave you some ideas though!

~Jasper

[fuckabledragonoftheday]

Hot, draconic, has a lucrative career in magical education. What more could you ask for?

Today’s fuckable dragon of the day is…

GALAZETH PRISMARI from MAGIC THE GATHERING

[aeritus]

Good day Magic the Gathering, 5 new Elder Dragons dropped and I’m in love

Quick painting practice, tried to make out their desings as best as I could due to the small (and discordant) previews, hope i gave them justice! Gotta love those new big bois

[gcu-sovereign]

In light of that, I think you'd be best served by jamming lots of FNM drafts in MH3 or Duskmourn (NOT BLOOMBURROW), mostly because you'd get the exposure of making decks that have more complicated high-level summaries than 'every squirrel I could pick'.

Mostly because Limited is the art of making and revising decks in short time frames with suboptimal materials, and basically no draft deck is wholly reducible to 1 mechanic or creature type. And yeah, there's some lots of practice in killing your darlings as part of that, but realizing your game equity by splashing your 3rd color sensibly or not trying to cast Emrakul the World Anew in your 3color sealed deck can be incredibly immediate in a way that going from 50 etb effects to 49 may not.

A more specific point I'd push is to try and consciously recognize win conditions that don't sound like Craterhoof Behemoth's. Make a load of artifacts and kamehameha someone out with expansion/explosion in a Galazeth Prismari deck. Kill with equippped and enchanted commander damage via an actual Elder Dragon like Chromium the Mutable. Or play All of the Magic by finding every doublestrike source, mana rocks, and some removal into Medomai the Ageless.

What is it that people find engaging about building a commander deck that doesn't care about creature type or a specific mechanic like blink/ETB, mutate, or food/treasure/creature tokens?

I want to learn to build more types of decks but without a tribe or game mechanic to build around I get bored.

[lightninggay]

Galazeth showing off his collection of Bad dragons.

[markrosewater]

About token lands... Galazeth Prismari creates treasure and gives them (and other artifacts) the ability to tap for mana without sacrifice; Replicating Ring creates 8 artifact tokens that tap for mana... why is creating token artifacts that tap for mana OK but token lands a problem?

It’s an issue of volume.

[freebiess1]

30 whatever deck challenge

Probably gonna come back to this. 

Mono

White: Adeline, Resplendant Cathar

Blue: Donal, Herald of Wings

Black: Gisa, the Hellraiser

Red: Jaxis, the Troublemaker

Green: Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma

Duo

Azorius: Lavinia, Foil to Conspiracy

Dimir: Tasha, the Witch Queen

Rakdos: Rakdos, the Muscle

Gruul: Halana and Alena, Partners

Selesnya: Ellivere of the Wild Court

Orzhov: Shadrix Silverquill

Izzet: Galazeth Prismari

Golgari: 

Boros: Osgir, the Reconstructor

Simic: Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Tri

Esper: Raffine, Scheming Seer

Grixis: Admiral Brass, Unsinkable

Jund: Ziatora, the Incinerator

Naya: Jinnie Fae, Jetmir’s Second

Bant: Falco Spara, Pactweaver

Abzan: Karador, Ghost Chieftan

Jeskai: Leori, Sparktouched Hunter

Sultai: Glarb, Calamity Augur

Mardu: Ghen, Arcanum Weaver

Temur: Borborygmos and Fblthp

Can you tell when I started

[dragon-discourse]

Elder Dragons of Strixhaven

It was requested that I review the Dragons from MTG’s Strixhaven block. I don’t have a lot to say about them, since this is an analysis and information blog, not a review blog, but I will make an attempt at reviewing them.

Overall, I like their designs, and I think they work. This will mostly be me going into slight specifics of what I think works.

Shadrix Silverquill is up first, and what I think works the most about his design is the trailing ink coming from his wings. The Ink Magic and Inklings are a key part of the Silverquill college, so incorporating it into the design of the founder dragon works.

The Prismari College is based around outlandish performance, and the design of Galazeth Prismari reflects that with elegant frills and bright colors.

Witherbloom is the house of death and life, and Beladros Witherbloom reflects this, with the green glow and a clear skeleton.

Lorehold is the school of archeology, which Velomachus Lorehold expresses most clearly with heavy scales reminiscent of stone.

Quandrix is based around math and fractals, and I feel that Tanazir Quandrix most reflects this in her wings, which are more abstract or even alien in shape.

[bacejelerenvorthos]

The Lore of Strixhaven: The Founder Dragons

Shadrax Silverquill, Beledros Witherbloom, Tanazir Quandrix, Galazeth Prismari, Velomachus Lorehold

“At the birth of the world, as the mana of two worlds overlapped in conflicting ways, many forms of life adapted to the new structure and many new forms of life were spawned. Five particularly powerful vortices of overlapping mana became luminous spheres, from which hatched five dragons. These dragons have become emblems of the magic of the plane, living symbols of the clashing forces of the five dichotomies.

The Founder Dragons were the first to master the magic of the five opposing combinations. When the humanoid races arose, the dragons were at first angered that mortals would try to harness the wild forces of magic, but they came to realize that only through disciplined study would magic be in safe hands. So, centuries ago, the dragons founded an institution devoted to the study of the five mana dichotomies, and that institution is now known as Strixhaven. The five colleges were based around the magic mastered by each of those dragons.

To this day, the Founder Dragons roam the world, the five deadly sages of the skies. They no longer associate directly with Strixhaven, preferring to let the deans of the colleges, or their human mouthpiece Director Taiva, speak in their stead. The dragons' wisdom is vast, but their tempers can be short. Mages seek them out only to learn the most elusive of secrets.”

Art by Raymond Swanland