I’ve just gotten a bunch of spoilers for an upcoming Magic set. I guess they’re combining regular Magic with the appeal of those “Pro Player” inserts they used to put in starter decks. Anyways, the set looks pretty sweet so far. I didn’t have time to put any commentary, just wanted to get you the spoiler ASAP. Enjoy!!
Luis Scott-Vargas
WUBRG
Creature – Master
Put a durdle counter on Luis: put a 0/1 Pun token into play.
Put a burdle counter on Luis: win target tournament.
Having pun yet?
3/3
Mark Rosewater
WUBRG
Legendary Creature – Master Designer
T: put 8,000 words onto the stack.
Whenever a green spell destroys a creature, a blue spell deals damage, a white spell draws more than one card, a red spell gains life, or a black spell destroys an enchantment, sacrifice Mark Rosewater.
Reporter: So you’ve been working on the game for over 15 years, spending hours and hours every week thinking about and playing Magic, and yet you still aren’t any good at it?
MaRo: Well, I’m ok, but not very good, no.
Reporter: So it must not be the kind of thing smart people get better at over time, right?
MaRo: No, it is.
1/3
Aaron Forsythe
1WG
Creature – Developer
As long as Aaron is in play, Enchant Worlds named Power Creep cannot leave play.
T: target creature gains +2/+2, but its converted mana cost remains the same.
Ask only whether we can print this card at this cost, not whether we should.
2/3
Stephen Menendian
UUB
Creature - Human Troll
Protection from Rationality
When Stephen comes into play, search your library for a card named Circular Logic and put it into your hand.
0: Put a pie chart or graph into play, this token has no abilities.
T: Target Troll gains +2/+2 and is indestructible as long as Stephen remains tapped.
2/2
Cedric Phillips
1BB
Creature – Human Gamer
T: Change the mode of target spell. (Ignore any targets of previous modes and select new
targets if appropriate).
“His deck selection is even worse than his taste in music,” said Oona. “Impossible,” replied Ajani.
2/4
Conley Woods
3GG
Creature – Human Rogue
When Conley comes into play, exile your library and replace it with target deck from the Casual
(Anything Goes) room. Flip 3 coins, if they are all heads, you win the game.
“They probably won’t expect Chandra Ablaze.”
4/4
James Gates
WR
Creature – Ginger
(Gingers have no soul).
When one million teenage girls play a song, put a copy of that song into James’ iPod.
Making my way downtown. Walking fast. Faces pass and I’m homebound.
2/2
Matt Nass
UUG
Creature – Human Rookie
At the beginning of each phase, mention that you won a GP playing elves.
If you ever win another GP, target Hell’s temperature becomes 0 degrees Celsius.
1/1
David Ochoa
1UB
Creature – Human Gamer
Can block creatures with flying.
Evil played Lightning Bolt…-wait what are you saying?...- my opponent cast a Lightning Bolt…-Oh, ok. Go on.
1/3
Patrick Chapin
WUBRG
Planeswalker –Innovator
+1: You may reveal an instant card in your hand to all players, if you do, search your library for a card with the same mana cost and put it into your hand. (mana cost checks types and amounts of mana in the cost).
0: Draw 2 cards, then put a card from your hand on top of your library.
-2: Take an extra turn after this one.
Loyalty: 3
Brian Kibler
2G
Enchantment
G, Discard a card: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
G, Sacrifice Brian: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Ffffffreak
2WW
Creature - Human
2/10
Jamie Wakefield
GGGGGGGG
Creature – Human
At the beginning of your upkeep, if the cards you own in all zones add up to 62, you win the
game.
7/7
Mike Flores
WUBRG
Legendary Creature – Writer
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a Has Been counter on Flores unless any player says “Never Was,” in which case put a Never Was counter on Flores.
As long as Flores has a counter on him, he is 0/5.
Tap an untapped Good Player you control, that creature becomes equipped by any Deck attached to Flores, and wins target tournament.
"Anderson Verejao is better than Kobe Bryant." -Mindless Null
8/8
Brian David-Marshall
GR
Creature – Coverage Artist
T: reduce the utility of target deck tech segment by 50%.
Those who can’t play, judge. Those who can’t judge, do coverage.
1/2
Lan D. Ho
UU
Creature – Filmmaker Gamer
Protection from Hipsters
No Pants are too small to equip Lan D. Ho.
2/3
Todd Anderson
GGG
Creature – Grinder
If Kali Anderson isn’t in play, Todd counts as the best player from that Marriage.
4/5
Osyp Lebedowicz
2BB
Creature – Master Dancer
If Osyp is the target of a Dance-off, destroy all other targets of that Dance-off.
2/3
Gerard Fabiano
1WGG
Creature – Human
If Gerard becomes equipped or enchanted by a Catch Phrase game machine, it may not be removed from him until the end of the game.
Is his success at the game inspiring or depressing to those who wish to succeed but also would like to believe skill is involved?
3/4
Paul Rietzl
2
Artifact Creature – Beast
Sacrifice an Artifact, put a +1/+1 counter on Paul.
Modular.
When Paul attacks, he acts like he sucks, but he deals the normal amount of damage based on his power.
Zoo with Punishing Fire? Thanks for the offer, but Nassif said I can borrow his Affinity deck so I’m all set.
1/1
Paulo Vitor Dama Da Rosa
3UUB
Creature – Master
T: Overstate every position you assert in any article, but win enough and be generally correct enough that it doesn’t matter.
After watching the World Cup, PV is happy the good Dutch pros quit the PT.
5/5
Zvi
WUBRG
Legendary Creature – Master Deckbuilder
When Zvi comes into play, exile all female creatures.
"I thought I was alone on the PT until I met Zvi." –Cackling Fiend
0/1
Money Draft
$50
Sorcery
Remove all money counters from target Master.
Steven Birklid
1WWW
Creature – Alaskan Curler
If any opponent’s graveyard contains a card named Incinerate, sacrifice Steven.
Sweep a broom in front of target rock: until end of turn, target hobby seems like a reasonable way to spend all your free time.
2/2
Evan Erwin
3WWG
Creature – Community Organizer
0: Name a card from the new set you believe will be a chase rare. That spell will not be a chase rare.
Those who can’t play, judge, do coverage, or write, do webcasts.
5/5
Mark Herberholz
1RGB
Creature – Alcoholic
T: destroy target liver.
0: ignore target lack of consent.
5/2
David Williams
1B
During your upkeep, flip 15 coins. If you win every flip, you gain 4 million life.
T: gain control of target barnacle.
"<3 DW" –YD
2/1
Sam Stein
3G
Whenever you flip a coin you may flip two coins and choose one instead.
Tap Sam and an untapped Matt Sperling you control: win target money draft.
Sam may not be sacrificed to hypothetical effects that cure cancer.
“If I found out my opponent's 2 year old daughter had cancer and the only cure was me NOT winning the PTQ, lets just say I hope she likes chemo, cuz I came to win.” – Someone (wink) pretending to be Sam Stein on a message board.
3/3
Number of Pro Tours Hydra
RRGG
Creature - Avatar
NOPTH comes into play with 5 Pro Tour counters.
At the end of your turn, if your life total is 5 or less, remove a Pro Tour counter from NOPTH.
At the end of your turn, if your life total is 20 or more, and NOPTH has less than 5 counters on it, add a Pro Tour counter to it. (this last ability was removed the card just before printing)
Best year ever for MTG, let's leverage this into more multiplayer box sets!
5/5
PTQ Judge
BW
When any player requests a ruling, flip a coin, the winner of the flip wins the ruling.
1/1
PT Judge
BW
When any player requests a ruling, flip a coin, the winner of the flip wins the ruling. Call the head judge on appeal.
1/1
Team/2HG Pro Tour
1
Legendary Artifact
0: put a Vote for Return counter on Team/2HG Pro Tour. Any player may play this ability.
When Team/2HG Pro Tour has thousands of Vote for Return counters on it, ignore it.
“Dude, I have a family”
1WW
Instant
If you would lose the game, instead your opponent concedes. Opponent may choose to ignore this card’s effect.
I didn’t let you take back that attack, but you’re asking me if I want to concede? Hmmm, maybe the answer is over here on this result slip, lemme take a look…
Elder Dragon Highlander
WUBRG
Enchant World
When EDH comes into play, the game is a draw. Each player reveals his or her library to all other players, discusses how cool their deck is, and has a good laugh.
Isn’t this a better version of Magic than playing “net decks”?
Adam Yurchick’s Mom’s Vagina
BB
Sorcery
Destroy target land.
Tom Martell
1UUG
Creature - Ex-Lawyer
T: choose a stock, pay 5 life, flip a coin, if you win, gain 6 life.
If Matt Sperling is in play, Tom Martell must attack each turn if able.
Obscurity, awkwardness, incompetence, a Jedi craves not these things. -Yoda.
3/4
Megan Holland's Cupcakes
0
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gains 10 pounds.
Equip 1
Curacao
Legendary Land - Island
When Curacao enters the battlefield, exile all Dutch, German, and Broke Pros as long as Curacao remains in play.
Las Vegas
Legendary Land - Desert
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 2 life and 1 poison counter.
Average Person Who Comments on My Articles
2B
Creature - Zombie
"They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose, / Nor spake, nor moved their eyes; / It had been strange, even in a dream, / To have seen those dead men rise." -Samuel Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
2/2
Aggressively funny.
ReplyDeleteDaaaaaaaaamn. Some are hilarious, some prettttty rough. But mostly hilarious.
ReplyDeleteToo hot for TV.
ReplyDeleteIt's articles like this that help grow the community as a whole and make me happy to know other magic players. It saddens me that CFB banned this. Thank you for making our game a better experience and please continue your compassionate and sympathetic stance you hold towards others.
ReplyDeleteI got every single one of these jokes and didn't crack a smile. You are awk.
ReplyDeleteThe Evan Erwin one literally made me laugh out loud!
ReplyDelete"0: ignore target lack of consent."
ReplyDeleteAre...are you saying Mark Heberholz raped someone?
Got all the jokes except the "Dude, I have a family one." Anyone care to enlighten me?
ReplyDeleteI think you should do one for yourself, by the way.
this is gold
ReplyDeleteAll hilarious, except Chapin's is overly positive (what's he done lately again?) and it sounds like you're suggesting Heberholz is a drunken rapist.
ReplyDeleteThe BDM one is the best. "those who can't do coverage, do the OFFICIAL WOTC pro tour coverage. " He's so bad.
Comedy! Guess I'll have to wait till the next expansion for Trick Jarret's Bitch Tits, but wouldn't it be something if they were a promotional foil? Maybe a split card like Unglued's B.F.M.? I'll take a "playset," please.
ReplyDeleteJamie Wakefield
ReplyDeletePlaneswalker- Donkey
+1: Target creature becomes an 0/1 Donkey. Use this ability only if the targeted creature has called a judge this turn.
-1: Choose a card you own outside the game named All is Dust and add it to your decklist.
-1000000: Win the game. Use this ability only if your hand is Pelakka Wurm, All is Dust, and five lands, and only on the first turn of the game.
Loyalty: 4
"I like Lands"
Bennie Smith
ReplyDeleteGGGGGG
Legendary Creature - Green Fan
Protection from blue
Bennie Smith can't be countered.
Bennie Smith may deal General damage as though he was your General.
If there are two or more copies of any nonbasic land permanent in the battlefield that are owned by the same player, sacrifice all but one of them.
Blue spells draw no cards, can't counter other spells, can't target green creatures and cost 3 more to play.
Green creatures you control get +5/+5, trample, vigilance and "Whenever this creature attacks, search your library for a land card and put it into the battlefield tapped".
5/5
At first I didn't get this one:
ReplyDeleteAdam Yurchick’s Mom’s Vagina
BB
Sorcery
Destroy target land.
But my brain start rolling and I got a good 5 minute laugh attack
"All hilarious, except Chapin's is overly positive (what's he done lately again?)"
ReplyDeleteHe designed Next Level Bant and released an actual book about Magic.
I laughed, I smiled, I shook my head. Nicely done, sir.
ReplyDeletetl;dr
ReplyDeletelol at yurchick's mom
ReplyDeleteso true about mrorange "spectral procession is bad"
Fantastic work. CFB editors need to lighten up.
ReplyDeleteI noticed you are missing a Gerry T card...
GerryT
3U
Creature - Dick
Whenever GerryT leaves the game, target opponent must listen to GerryT talk about how awesome GerryT is.
3/3
This garbage has no place in the MtG community. Thank God your editor has some common sense.
ReplyDeleteKai Budde
ReplyDeleteWURBG (domain)
Creature - Avatar
Annihilator 4
When Kai Budde enters the battlefield, you win the PT unless opponent controls a creature named Jon Finkel.
12/12
Jon Finkel
Legendary Creature-God of Magic
BBUUURR
Protection from Magic Cards
When you cast Jon Finkel, target opponent runs away shouting, "He killed two stones with one bird!"
When Jon Finkel enters the battlefield, tear up target Kai Budde.
15/15
Dow Jonze Chemical
UUU
Legendary Creature- Troll
When Dow Jonze Chemical enters the battlefield, comment on every article/thread about MTG ever written despite the fact that you haven't played competitive Magic since Affinity was a deck, and never set the PT/GP circuit alight anyway.
4/4 if you're lucky
The last one is about me...I felt it was good to be a little self depricating, as there are many a-truth that lie in jest...
I love controversy. Great blog entry. Your Herberholz card made me laugh so hard and is my favorite.
I think you might need to find the line between "funny" and "mean" a bit better. I agree that whoever decided not to print this made the correct decision.
ReplyDeleteThat's not to say the article's without humor. There are certainly some good ones in here, but many are just petty and belong at a kitchen table among friends, not on a public forum (especially not a Magic site trying to build a reputation). Call this article yet another casualty of the internet. People losing the distinction between public and private.
And I'm still confused on the Patrick Chapin one. Is there a joke I'm missing? I don't get it; alcoholism and rape are fair game in your article, but jail-time and giving yourself a nickname aren't?
dumbest shit ever. glad cfb didn't post this...
ReplyDeleteHilarious. I can definitely see why CF wouldn't publish it though.
ReplyDeleteI also don't get the Patrick Chapin one.
As usual, your natural combination of elitism, snobbery, ignorance, and downright dickery shine through. CFB probably wouldn't have published this even if it were funny- it's not strategy content, and it teaches players nothing other than "Pros are dicks."
ReplyDelete**it teaches players nothing other than "Pros are dicks."**
ReplyDeleteAnd your point is, caller? You think anyone reading this actually needs to be 'taught' that some pros are dicks, and that some aren't? Is it reasonable to expect that the elitism, arrogance and cliquishness that comes from accomplishment in any intellectual competition should somehow mystically be absent from top-level Magic?
When the controversy-du-jour involves shafting your opponent with a dick move (read: Esper Charm), where a sizable proportion of the voices are championing this kind of dick play as perfectly proper and even laudable, can we honestly be surprised?
After reading this article over and thinking about it, I became dismayed that we are eating our own. But then I came to think that maybe a little snarky irreverent piss-taking was *exactly* the tonic we needed.
and slandering/flaming others is completely fine, as long as you post it anonymously. God Bless the intarwebz...
ReplyDeleteI think all of these were clever and funny save, perhaps the one about Yurchick's mom; that was a bit eigth grade.
ReplyDeleteI love how Cedric is double black. Negroid.
Seriously, we need a card about Gerry T for being the cocksmoking, elitist, pompous, dumb, gay, condescending, lanky, faggoty, not-doing-anything-in-life, cockbag cunt that he is.
ReplyDeleteMark Heberholz IS A RAPIST!
ReplyDeleteBetter report this to magicnation
"Seriously, we need a card about Gerry T for being the cocksmoking, elitist, pompous, dumb, gay, condescending, lanky, faggoty, not-doing-anything-in-life, cockbag cunt that he is."
ReplyDelete$10 says this comment about GerryT is from GerryT.
I'm going to use my money to buy me some Tombstone pizzas, and I AM EXCITED.
I'm thinking about putting together a mono-black deck with cedric, Osyp and David Williams.
ReplyDeleteyall r douche nozzles. but its fine. there's a fine line and you crossed it. pity.
ReplyDeleteI thought a good number of these were funny, and you raised some real issues here. But I do agree that some of the personal cards were outright cold.
ReplyDeleteFfffffreak
ReplyDelete2WW
Creature - Human
2/10
ahahahahahaha
do ben bleiwess?
ReplyDeleteKibler's definitely gave me the biggest laugh.
ReplyDeletealmost all of that is not so interesting and probably demonstrated how idiot you are....
ReplyDeletebut there is kind of 2 or 3 that is just for laughing
^ English only at the table please.
ReplyDeleteI had a good laugh. I do hope though that this wasn't seriously intended for CF as some of the comments seem to have suggested.
ReplyDeleteKibler's one was the funniest by far! Well done.
ReplyDeleteI'm not impressed by this level of sophomoric humor.
ReplyDeleteEvan erwin was probably sitting all weeek saying you were wrong, until the price for time reversal plummeted.
ReplyDeleteI am guessing that the guy that made the "negroid" comment got smacked around a lot by his mom's (or dad's) black boy friends. Thats so sad.
ReplyDeleteThere are definitely some comedic gems... but those are infrequent compared to the seemingly nonsensical petty insults that come out of left field and mar what would otherwise be a great collection of witty satire. I think if this article would've been edited properly, it could have run on CFB... although admittedly a lot shorter. It's always interesting to see another side of MTG though... thanks for the insight.
ReplyDeletePS. Sorry for the Anonymous comment... didn't feel like logging in.
Fucking fantastic form, sir.
ReplyDeleteI personally think this artical was the tits. good job sperling
ReplyDeleteKurt Hahn (3B, Creature - Human Asshole)
ReplyDeleteWhen Kurt Hahn enters the battlefield, search your library for a card named Bottle Gnomes and put it into play.
Whenever a card named Bottle Gnomes leaves play, target creature gets -1/-3 until end of turn and you gain 3 life.
1/3
funny. need to dial it back some for publication. can see why it wasn't put on CF. someone explain the PChapin joke.
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ReplyDeleteI really liked the Conley woods one, Human Rogue.
ReplyDelete@ Dow Jonze: your budde & finkel are also hilarious!!
Awesome...I really can't believe you missed GerryT thou. Johnny Medina would have been cool too. And I disagree with everyone saying you need to not be so harsh. It was twice as funny because you were harsh and everyone needs to be able to take a joke.
ReplyDeletePS I am still enjoying that Wasteland you traded me back at the PTQ in Costa Mesa. Look forward to trading with you again someday.
Good job. agree with cfb though
ReplyDeleteSmi77y (0 Artifact- Equipment)
ReplyDeleteEquip 0: Attach Smi77y to target pro player or contributor's nutsack
Sacrifice Smi77y: Search your library for an obviously good card and put it into play. Then pretend to be a superior card evaluator for "calling it"
Good one, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteMatt Sperling
ReplyDeleteWUBRG
Quasi-Legendary Creature-Gamer
When Matt Sperling comes into play, search the draft for six cards named Scorching Missile and shuffle them into your library.
Creatures you control may attack, but choose not to.
When a creature named Giant Spider enters the battlefield, Matt Sperling runs screaming from the kitchen.
2/2
"The way he taps his cards, the way he attacks with his creatures, he's just so.....arrogant!"
@ Anonymous who liked my cards...thanks. I thought of some more stuff ad hoc, but whatever...
ReplyDelete@Racism- Haven't you been dying a slow death since the 1960s? Seriously, what is with all the unchecked racist crap I have been seeing as of late in the MTG player community? Arrested Development? Live in a cave/Mississippi? or were you just freshly squeezed from someone's ass and have no idea of history or civil rights?
If you are gonna post epithets, you should at least have the balls to put your name on the comment, you degenerate.
Mr. Sperling, you should delete the above epithet. Leaving it on here just makes people think you condone it...doesn't look good for the Bar Association either.
Deleted, thanks for pointing it out to me.
ReplyDeleteEvan Erwin
ReplyDelete0
Creature - Ass-kisser
Tap: Give target Patrick Chapin a sloppy blowjob.
0/1
Gerry Thompson
ReplyDeleteLegendary Nomad
3UW
When GerryT enters play put a pizza token into play.
0: Sacrifice a pizza token: regenerate GerryT
Tap: gain control of target deck or gain target couch at players house.
Sacrifice GerryT: win match with a terrible deck.
Alex Bertoncini 2GG
ReplyDeleteLegendary Creature - Human Cheatyface
Alex Bertoncini cannot be blocked by female minors.
When Alex Bertoncini enters the battlefield, draw two cards and you may play two additional lands this turn.
4/4