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please pray for our american hero

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I just realized this guy eats Emmy. I have never thought about that before. In fact he kind of feels like he was printed to stop Eldrazi. Flying deathtouch is pretty good for that

Cornwall's Random Card of the Day #1143: Vampire Nighthawk

Ugh. THIS guy.

Vampire Nighthawk is an uncommon from Worldwake, seen here in its Modern Horizons 2017 printing. At the time of printing it was just EGREGIOUSLY over the power curve. Like, sure, it costs 3, it's only a 2/3 and requires two black mana, but BOY is a flying lifelinker that can ALSO kill any creature in combat just EXACTLY what you would want at any point in the game. If you're winning or at parity, it helps create a massive life gap in your favour which cannot be bridged. If you're behind, it's WORST application, it blocks and kills the opponent's best attacker while gaining you 2 life.

If you ever had to play against this thing in a game where your life total isn't insanely high to start with, you'd understand just how much of a problem this little uncommon can be. And that's JUST on its own, no +1/+1 counters, no tribal synergies, nothing that activates off of doing damage to opponents, no equipments or auras, NOTHING.

It's not even the power I object to, it's just the fact that it's...so straightforward. So universally applicable. Any black deck can just take one of these in an it'll probably be better for it, especially in casual decks where you just don't have access to every rare and optimal synergistic pick you can think of. And being uncommon, anyone can kind of just have a near-infinite amount of em, so expect to see these a LOT in casual. I don't much care for it, is my point.

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So its not great, but it has a cute play pattern where you block stuff first, perhaps to bait out a pump spell. Then you convoke into this. And its a great way of showing how life doesn't mean much. But it'll buy a turn or two.

Cornwall's Random Card of the Day #1142: Chant of the Vitu-Ghazi

Chant of the Vitu-Ghazi is an uncommon from Ravnica: City of Guilds, seen here in some commander thing.

This is a card from OG Ravnica and it shows! No, I don't mean the convoke, although that WAS the set which introduced the mechanic, no, I mean the 8-mana spell that just prevents damage and gains life. That's a lot of squeeze for not a lot of juice. You might end up gaining a lot of life from this card, but I don't think that's really worth the risk which comes with an 8 mana spell. For reference, this has ONLY been reprinted in this one commander product, and nowhere else, and I don't blame WotC for it.

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Also to answer your question, I am pretty sure thats the Tom Bombadil section of the story. The Hobbits get captured by an evil Willow Tree. Named Old Man Willow. Where they get rescued by Tom. The Willow Wind still in this context being a big ol ???

Cornwall's Random Card of the Day #1135: Willow-Wind

Willow-Wind is a common from that Lord of the Rings tie-in set.

Okay, I know what a Will O Wisp is, what the fuck is a Willow Wind? Is it the wind from a willow? The wind IN the willows? We got a bunch of farting ents over here? No, I am flabbergasted. What dank pore of the Simmarillion did they suck this lore from? Willow Wind. Really.

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Lol dash did a thing

Cornwall's Random Card of the Day #1135: Willow-Wind

Willow-Wind is a common from that Lord of the Rings tie-in set.

Okay, I know what a Will O Wisp is, what the fuck is a Willow Wind? Is it the wind from a willow? The wind IN the willows? We got a bunch of farting ents over here? No, I am flabbergasted. What dank pore of the Simmarillion did they suck this lore from? Willow Wind. Really.

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Hooting and hollerin

What does the arab in your carrd mean? Is it like afab and amab?

.. i’m palestinian

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I'll be damned. A good follow up to a joke on the internet

A married Asian woman had a secret affair and got pregnant. When the baby was born, it was Caucasian. Suspicious, her father-in-law remarks…

"Two Wongs don't make a white."

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Don't ask me how I found this weasel. But I don't even remember posting it. But. I will always say this. I have said it for years. I love it so much. So I will continue to say it

You know though, I’m not complaining. It’s awesome that PC gaming is interesting again. I remember a time where PC gaming meant you played MMOs or The Sims. Or you bought stuff that failing retail chains had from the 90′s in the bargain bins. So not having much in the way in consoles for my childhood meant I played a lot of WoW, Sonic and Knuckles Collection, and Street Fighter Alpha. So god bless Steam and the ability for me to buy more games than I could’ve ever even imagined at one point in my life. 

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Good news, I gotcha

Narsil is the sword that cut The One Ring from Sauron's hand. But in the mean time was fucking broken for it. It was said that it would only be reforged when the true king of Gondor returned. That of course being Aragorn.

Thats what makes the City's Blessing thing pretty cute. In the middle of the War of the Ring, Aragorn gains two armies as him being the Heir of Isildur, the King of Gondor. Proven by the sword. The first is the Army of the Dead who betrayed Gondor by not showing up and cannot rest until they help a King of Gondor. They then go turn the tide at Pellenor Fields. Thats the first set of plus ones. The City's Blessing literally comes in to his second army. Minas Tirith isn't looking for some asshole with a sword. They are looking for someone with great healing abilities, who can use an herb called Kingsfoil. Well as we learned all the way back in the first book, and is actually in the movies. Aragorn can do that. And the Hobbits call it a weed. But, the part the movies skip is when he does it again in Minas Tirith. Thus the city sees that the prophesized king has returned. And he is able to raise a much larger army now that he has the Blessing of the City of Minas Tirith. This is what he takes to go fight Sauron.

As for why its counters and not tokens, is because of the Army mechanic in that set.

Cornwall's Random Card of the Day #1106: Anduril, Narsil Reforged

Anduril, Narsil Reforged is a rare from that Lord of the Rings commander thing.

Like with the last LotR card, I don't know enough to get this reference. What was Anduril, or Narsil, for that matter? Why does this sword get the City's Blessing? Which city are they referring to? One of the "fun" things about Universes Beyond stuff is it being completely unintelligible to you unless you learn the lore of AN ENTIRE OTHER FUCKING FRANCHISE. Sorry, I go to Magic cards to learn about Magic, not to learn about Random Tie-In of the Day.

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I sure have

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This is a really fun combat trick for blockers. Throw a green creature in front. Then cast this. You can eat really above curve with this.

Cornwall's Random Card of the Day #1066: Gather Courage

Gather Courage is a common from Ravnica: City of Guilds.

Most convoke cards are there so you can use a big expensive spell early, but this is the same mana cost as Giant Growth, what gives? Well, this explores the smaller design space of "cards that are okay to cast for free regularly". For the cost of just tapping one untapped green creature, you can get a mini giant growth! I mean, it still costs you the card. But the surprise factor! I'd be interested to hear from players of the Ravnica block limited formats about whether this made combat a total pain in the ass, since any untapped green creature could give a +2/+2 bonus at any time for no cost. It's the sort of effect that's probably fun to have as a small bonus that shows up once every five or so years, but would be really fucking irritating to have to deal with constantly.

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Been a minute, but I am on this one

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Shout out to @aaronderschaedel @thecornwall @shuunnico @lolitahartlessstuff @katieg91 @weaselsblaugh @thechosenpumbloom for somehow all still being here too.

It's my 10 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

Jesus Fucking Christ

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It's my 10 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

Jesus Fucking Christ

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One of my best elf buddies, because we have ways of generating mana for playing elves.

Even if i fucking *always* flip lands after playing him

Cornwall's Random Card of the Day #1125: Realmwalker

Realmwalker is a rare from Kaldheim.

I'll mention once that I don't like this flavour of changeling, then changeling the subject. This guys is one of those "choose your own tribe" lords. Which makes sense for a changeling, I guess. You see these "look at the top card of your library and if it is [THING] then you can cast it from there" rares from green every so often, and I consider them welcome. I do like that they can really go off in card advantage late game if you get a bunch sequentially, which is especially fun if you built your deck for it.