That wording makes me believe this will actually be a new keyword made by taking a former keyword and editing its letters. For example, the speculated word could theoretically be "Antic" (from Ante), "Burnt" (from Bury), or "Landhouse" (from Landhome).
It's an odd clue. They're saying that the ability is the old keyword, but renamed? Would it be the same word, like Scry into Scries, or are the two added letters added in a place that completely changes the meaning of the word?
Scry to Sorry
Haste to Chaste
Reach to Bleach
Buyback to Buycrack
Dash to Trash
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Playing since 1994: Currently MAGS (HomeBrew),Standard & Pauper (Pioneer and Modern are degenerate trash formats)
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
Margaret Thatcher: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
Not worth speculating about. The amount of possibilities is something like the number of atoms in the universe.
No it would be several magnitudes below that. I'd actually guess somewhere in the range of a few thousand or so words with only a small percent of those making any real sense. Let us have some fun, its much needed at this time.
Hellbent to Smellbent
Soulbond to Soulboner
Madness to Gladness
I say keep them coming!!!
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Playing since 1994: Currently MAGS (HomeBrew),Standard & Pauper (Pioneer and Modern are degenerate trash formats)
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
Margaret Thatcher: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
I agree that the "hint" is constructed in such a way as to not actually hint to anything given the number of possible combinations.
Please note a few things:
- "ability" can mean "keyword ability" or "ability word" or it's just an blanket term for something that a card can do (for sanity sake I prefer to think it's one of the first two and we are operating in realm of comp rules not just English language as a whole)
- "former keyword" can mean that an existing keyword will become obsolete with the introduction of this set or that it is real obsolete/deprecated keyword. For those interested here is a list of those:
landhome
substance (damn, I forgot that this happened)
banding
fading
fear
intimidate
landwalk
phasing
shroud
regenerate
Due to how the sentence is worded (I assume it is not accidental) my best guess right now is that an existing or deprecated keyword ability will become ability word and, dear god, please let this not be banding.
It's Abending.
Seriously now, those hints are getting out of hand. I'm sure thankful for Maro and Gavin (who's turning out a very nice personality, in my honest and irrelevant opinion) gave us many hints on this set, but one thing is letting us speculate on what a Goat Hydra might do or might be, but doing scrabble guesswork is out of this world on terms of uselessness.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
My favorite thing about MTG Salvation is the "Ignore User" feature.
This is the classic thing that it's obvious if you already know it, but it's impossible to randomly guess. Waste of thoughts.
Thank god the spoiler starts tomorrow. Sad that the big news got leaked earlier as usual, but wotc should have seen it coming
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
How i feel about competitive players and casual players in EDH: The competitive are german tourists, the casual are italian tourists, both in a italian beach. The italians asking themselves "why are the germans here?" make a legitimate question, the answer is because the beach is beautiful, no matter the country you came from. The italians wanting to ban the germans are dumb, because if the germans pay for their stay and follow the rules like everyone else, they have the right to be in the beach. Hovewer, if the germans started to ask themselves "why are the italians here?"... they would be dumb as hell.
This is the classic thing that it's obvious if you already know it, but it's impossible to randomly guess. Waste of thoughts.
Thank god the spoiler starts tomorrow. Sad that the big news got leaked earlier as usual, but wotc should have seen it coming
What’s that
The first ever crossover that’s actually blackbordered (Godzilla creatures)
It’s not necessary confirm yet but signs are pointed toward it’s real though
It can't be most of the suggestions. Banding and phasing, intmidate, etc, even if they aren't printed anymore, they are still existing keywords. I looked at the list, and the only one I am seeing is 'bury', because all these other ones, they already do something, they didn't get retconned out of existence, stuff like banding isn't used anymore, but still exists
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Project Booster Fun makes it less fun to open a booster.
It can't be most of the suggestions. Banding and phasing, intmidate, etc, even if they aren't printed anymore, they are still existing keywords. I looked at the list, and the only one I am seeing is 'bury', because all these other ones, they already do something, they didn't get retconned out of existence, stuff like banding isn't used anymore, but still exists
The point of those suggestions the hint states “former keyword” thus suggesting keywords that aren’t used anymore
I guess I must be reading it wrong. From how I interpret what he says, he doesn't actually say the ability is a former ability. Just that it's a former keyword with one letter removed and two added. In other words, The ability might be called "Standing" but actually have nothing to do with Banding.
It can't be most of the suggestions. Banding and phasing, intmidate, etc, even if they aren't printed anymore, they are still existing keywords. I looked at the list, and the only one I am seeing is 'bury', because all these other ones, they already do something, they didn't get retconned out of existence, stuff like banding isn't used anymore, but still exists
The point of those suggestions the hint states “former keyword” thus suggesting keywords that aren’t used anymore
But that's the thing. Banding is not used anymore, Banding will PROBABLY never be used ever again. But they can't call the new keyword banding because regardless of use or future, it already currently has rules text attached to that word. they couldn't use one that is just obscure and you have to explain what it does to a new player, it would have to be one that you tell the new player 'oh yeah, they called it that, but it is called this now, including in oracle text'. if they used Banding for the new keyword, it would change what Formation actually does
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Project Booster Fun makes it less fun to open a booster.
It can't be most of the suggestions. Banding and phasing, intmidate, etc, even if they aren't printed anymore, they are still existing keywords. I looked at the list, and the only one I am seeing is 'bury', because all these other ones, they already do something, they didn't get retconned out of existence, stuff like banding isn't used anymore, but still exists
The point of those suggestions the hint states “former keyword” thus suggesting keywords that aren’t used anymore
But that's the thing. Banding is not used anymore, Banding will PROBABLY never be used ever again. But they can't call the new keyword banding because regardless of use or future, it already currently has rules text attached to that word. they couldn't use one that is just obscure and you have to explain what it does to a new player, it would have to be one that you tell the new player 'oh yeah, they called it that, but it is called this now, including in oracle text'. if they used Banding for the new keyword, it would change what Formation actually does
What they meant is that it was a keyword in rules context but it is not right now. And to that only "landhome" and "substance" fall into this category iirc.
By the way "bury" is not a keyword, it's a term.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
The hint is this
So besides on being a static ability for your creatures there’s a keyword being renamed by removing one letter for 2
What could it be?
I would say the mechanic would Have to fit with thr set as well
GWUBRDraft my Old Border Nostalgia Cube! and/or The Little Pauper Cube That Could!RBUWG
Modern:WDeath & TaxesW | RUGRUG DelverRUG
Haste to Chaste
Reach to Bleach
Buyback to Buycrack
Dash to Trash
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
Margaret Thatcher: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
Bleach could certainly be a white ability
GWUBRDraft my Old Border Nostalgia Cube! and/or The Little Pauper Cube That Could!RBUWG
Modern:WDeath & TaxesW | RUGRUG DelverRUG
Shadow to Shallow?
'buster
HR Analyst. Gamer. Activist | Fearless, and forthright | Aggro-control is a mindset.
Elspeth and Jhoira rock my world.
No it would be several magnitudes below that. I'd actually guess somewhere in the range of a few thousand or so words with only a small percent of those making any real sense. Let us have some fun, its much needed at this time.
Hellbent to Smellbent
Soulbond to Soulboner
Madness to Gladness
I say keep them coming!!!
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
Margaret Thatcher: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
Standing...
Done....
Not really
The keyword has to fit the set
It’s a former one so one barely used or not evergreen catergory
And not a overkill amount combinations of one letter and two letters to make real words
‘Buster
HR Analyst. Gamer. Activist | Fearless, and forthright | Aggro-control is a mindset.
Elspeth and Jhoira rock my world.
Please note a few things:
- "ability" can mean "keyword ability" or "ability word" or it's just an blanket term for something that a card can do (for sanity sake I prefer to think it's one of the first two and we are operating in realm of comp rules not just English language as a whole)
- "former keyword" can mean that an existing keyword will become obsolete with the introduction of this set or that it is real obsolete/deprecated keyword. For those interested here is a list of those:
landhome
substance (damn, I forgot that this happened)
banding
fading
fear
intimidate
landwalk
phasing
shroud
regenerate
Due to how the sentence is worded (I assume it is not accidental) my best guess right now is that an existing or deprecated keyword ability will become ability word and, dear god, please let this not be banding.
375 unpowered cube - https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/601ac624832cdf1039947588
Seriously now, those hints are getting out of hand. I'm sure thankful for Maro and Gavin (who's turning out a very nice personality, in my honest and irrelevant opinion) gave us many hints on this set, but one thing is letting us speculate on what a Goat Hydra might do or might be, but doing scrabble guesswork is out of this world on terms of uselessness.
Thank god the spoiler starts tomorrow. Sad that the big news got leaked earlier as usual, but wotc should have seen it coming
What’s that
The first ever crossover that’s actually blackbordered (Godzilla creatures)
It’s not necessary confirm yet but signs are pointed toward it’s real though
The point of those suggestions the hint states “former keyword” thus suggesting keywords that aren’t used anymore
But that's the thing. Banding is not used anymore, Banding will PROBABLY never be used ever again. But they can't call the new keyword banding because regardless of use or future, it already currently has rules text attached to that word. they couldn't use one that is just obscure and you have to explain what it does to a new player, it would have to be one that you tell the new player 'oh yeah, they called it that, but it is called this now, including in oracle text'. if they used Banding for the new keyword, it would change what Formation actually does
By the way "bury" is not a keyword, it's a term.