^^ It's interesting that the color combo known for spell slinging is the least exciting color combo in Strixhaven // Commander 21
But Muse Vortex is interesting. Not a bad way to refill your hand at all.
Shame that the reprint value is in such stark contrast to the Lorehold deck.
I mean, I like the Prismari. But it’s probably because it’s already known for this that it’s not quite as novel. The others, especially WR, really went more out there.
I think the enemy colored (rare) dual lands are the Snarls.
Yeah, I'm aware. But the flavor text made it sound like "Strixhaven Snarl" was some kind of Big Important Thing, rather than just "a snarl that exists in Strixhaven"
It is, it's a sixth snarl mentioned in the Planeswalker Guide if I recall right. Should have been a card.
One mana cheaper but one extra life per card. But it's also a sorcery, so overall worse. Pretty sure Black generally has the market cornered on "draw card for life" so not surprised by this.
If you don't agree with most of their points then you don't donate to them. It's... common sense honestly. Your stance on the alt-right should not be anywhere from neutral to positive, and at the end of the day that's the only sensible conclusion when you look at those actions.
Equating support of Nazis to "disliking someone for an opinion" is a massive reductionist take. It's not like people are after her because she likes pineapple on pizza or anything more reasonable.
To slap a "Nazi" label on everyone you disagree with is exactly the problem.
It undermines actual problems that do exist and put that label on extremely way too many people, to brand them as a target for other extremist people to leash on.
If you label people you dislike as Nazi and at the same time justify any violence and harm to these people because of it, you have to deeply question what you are doing.
Terese Nielsen is not a Nazi.
Ben Shapiro is absolutely not a Nazi.
Donald Trump is not a Nazi.
Alex Jones is not a Nazi.
Jordan Peterson is a not a Nazi.
and the list goes on and on.
Basically everyone in the book thats remotely conservative is labeled a Nazi, why ? Its a branding and a attack on character and the person itself.
And people dont think what that does, they just casually throw it around, as they got used to it, just like the issues of old, when people got called the N-Word , or anything "bad" was just casually labeled as "thats gay" ... you have to realize the damage this does, and you reserve the words for what they actually mean and describe, not broadly everyone as an insult.
If people want actual inclusion and diversity, they should actually mean that and not pick their favorites and brand anything else as the enemy.
Eh, Beaver already told me all I need to know about you. You're severely out of touch with reality, zero reason in attempting to reason with you. And I'm not broadly using it as an insult, it's being used for specific people because the alt-right is that. But you also think racism is over and no doubt other insane things so I doubt you'll get the point being made.
Equating support of Nazis to "disliking someone for an opinion" is a massive reductionist take. It's not like people are after her because she likes pineapple on pizza or anything more reasonable.
She also donated pieces to people who vehemently propagate alt-right perspectives and seems to favour Alex Jones so that right there says a lot about the density of her "mea culpa."
Then again, coexisting means being exposed to things you might not necessarily agree with.
"we all should live together despite our differences"?
Wow, what a horrible thing to say right!? lol
And the ones she's defending are people who violently oppose that. You can't live together with people who want to kill you for your differences, no matter how accepting of them you are.
I honestly see nothing noteworthy in terms of HP stuff. Mostly it reads like... well, school. If they really wanted it to feel like HP then everyone wearing the same uniform with a minor denotation of faction and carrying wands/broomsticks/owls everywhere would kind of be a must, but it has none of that. And even those aren't really original to HP.
I mean, Blogatog is Maro answering fan questions in his free time. He probably assigned meteorology to Witherbloom because it feels "nature-y." But since Witherbloom uses component-based Magic while Quandrix focuses on theoretical patterns, I agree that it it's a better fit for Quandrix.
I've noticed a similar thing for Lorehold: Maro has said that the study of all foreign languages is a Silverquill thing, but we've already seen a Lorehold card showing students learning a language, and language learning is pretty much essential for the study of history. I guess contemporary use of foreign languages is in Silverquill while foreign languages for historical research purposes are in Lorehold.
I like the Lorehold flavor, although I kind of wish they had focused more on the artifact theme instead of the spirit theme. In addition to artifacts just being thematically closer to the archeology, I don't really like the "why do research when you can just ask the real persons ghost" angle. I have a background in cultural studies and anthropology (I'd definitely be in Lorehold with a few courses in Silverquill), and to me the concept of "history" Wizards is working with here seems a bit one-dimensional.
I don't think it's "ask people instead of research" but that it helps you get closer to a first hand account. Focusing on spirits also helps make it much more distinctly magical, White/Red already does Equipment pretty regularly so this gives it a new angle mechanically as well.
I mean, I like the Prismari. But it’s probably because it’s already known for this that it’s not quite as novel. The others, especially WR, really went more out there.
And Lorehold is Artifacts? Disappointing, was hoping they'd all lean into the themes they had this set more.
It is, it's a sixth snarl mentioned in the Planeswalker Guide if I recall right. Should have been a card.
Eh, Beaver already told me all I need to know about you. You're severely out of touch with reality, zero reason in attempting to reason with you. And I'm not broadly using it as an insult, it's being used for specific people because the alt-right is that. But you also think racism is over and no doubt other insane things so I doubt you'll get the point being made.
It looks like the Spirit.
Oof, really? That's pretty gross.
And the ones she's defending are people who violently oppose that. You can't live together with people who want to kill you for your differences, no matter how accepting of them you are.
And honestly the latter is worse than the former. Can’t believe people would try to defend it because of something frivolous.
I don't think it's "ask people instead of research" but that it helps you get closer to a first hand account. Focusing on spirits also helps make it much more distinctly magical, White/Red already does Equipment pretty regularly so this gives it a new angle mechanically as well.