Here's my take on the flavor text, as a native German speaker:
"We are each other's shadow, fleeting yet always present."
Only slightly different to boombox_smk's one, but I think more accurate. Experience shows, though, that flavor texts may differ wiiildly between cards' languages...
Huh, I figured that card to mean that the dino was baffled by the human's end. As in the dino going "Huh, wonder what it was that just made this human go 'Poof!' like that. Too bad, I really wante to eat this one. Oh well..."
Its the kind of hair that lumps you in a group, people will judge you for that hair and looks, like it or not.
I like that hairdo, while I do see it in a similar category as Exclusion Mage's, whose hairstyle just ruins the entire artwork for me. Yes, I'll gladly interact with people who wear their hair like that and yes, I'm happy for everyone who does like that kind of look. There's literally thousands of artworks in this game and a lot of them I really like. Still I can't always help but mention it when there's a new addition to the list of artwork that I like in this game.
Also, is it exclusively accepted to talk about the cards' gameplay here? I believe a great part of this game's appeal comes from its illustraions, too, and thus assumed it was okay to comment on that aspect also.
Yeah I think you’re just way off on whatever fan service you’re referring to. No one asked for that haha
Oh, so people find Nikara boring or even ugly? Okay, I didn't expect that. In that case, yeah, no fanservice here, unless your taste overlaps with mine.
Thanks for clearing that up. Sorry for my pointless posts, then.
What is it about her looks, though, that turns people off? I know it's all personal preference, but is it the punk look? To me, many iterations of that general kind of look are also unappealing. This one though? Nope, totally in the "easy-on-the-eyes" category, which I find refreshing and rather unusual for the past years of major entertainment products.
Jokes aside though, both are great and I didn't know I wanted a Hyena commander before.
Thanks, WotC!
I'm just curious - what is the sarcasm/joke here, and what is the implied fanservice?
Sorry, messed that one up quite badly. Nikara is the actual fanservice. No sarcasm. The joke was supposed to be that my first line strongly indicated how much I like the design and depiction of Nikara (which I really do), only to flip it on its head and make it seem like I was praising the animal as fanservice. It tanked, I'm sorry, thanks for asking.
I really like both cards and I do actually find hyenas pretty cool.
Here's my take on the flavor text, as a native German speaker:
"We are each other's shadow, fleeting yet always present."
Only slightly different to boombox_smk's one, but I think more accurate. Experience shows, though, that flavor texts may differ wiiildly between cards' languages...
Huh, I figured that card to mean that the dino was baffled by the human's end. As in the dino going "Huh, wonder what it was that just made this human go 'Poof!' like that. Too bad, I really wante to eat this one. Oh well..."
I like that hairdo, while I do see it in a similar category as Exclusion Mage's, whose hairstyle just ruins the entire artwork for me. Yes, I'll gladly interact with people who wear their hair like that and yes, I'm happy for everyone who does like that kind of look. There's literally thousands of artworks in this game and a lot of them I really like. Still I can't always help but mention it when there's a new addition to the list of artwork that I like in this game.
Also, is it exclusively accepted to talk about the cards' gameplay here? I believe a great part of this game's appeal comes from its illustraions, too, and thus assumed it was okay to comment on that aspect also.
Great catch, guess that Hyena didn't see her a partner after all.
Oh, so people find Nikara boring or even ugly? Okay, I didn't expect that. In that case, yeah, no fanservice here, unless your taste overlaps with mine.
Thanks for clearing that up. Sorry for my pointless posts, then.
What is it about her looks, though, that turns people off? I know it's all personal preference, but is it the punk look? To me, many iterations of that general kind of look are also unappealing. This one though? Nope, totally in the "easy-on-the-eyes" category, which I find refreshing and rather unusual for the past years of major entertainment products.
Huh? Okay, now I'm confused, very confused. Is the term 'fanservice' not a sort of euphemism for deliberately salacious depiction of characters..?
...I might have to change my username...
This!
I'm glad they made such an amazing card to reference Slippery Bogle.
: )
Sorry, messed that one up quite badly. Nikara is the actual fanservice. No sarcasm. The joke was supposed to be that my first line strongly indicated how much I like the design and depiction of Nikara (which I really do), only to flip it on its head and make it seem like I was praising the animal as fanservice. It tanked, I'm sorry, thanks for asking.
I really like both cards and I do actually find hyenas pretty cool.
Cheers!
This is more like it provides "gaps between moments" for *others* to prowl through...
...and Nikara is nice, too.
Jokes aside though, both are great and I didn't know I wanted a Hyena commander before.
Thanks, WotC!
Licia et al might disagree there.
Hm, I can't seem to be able to properly set up the link, so here it is:
https://scryfall.com/search?q="bloodbond vampire" or "bloodthirsty aerialist" or "cliffhaven vampire" or "defiant bloodlord" or "epicure of blood" or "licia, sanguine tribune"&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name
Edit: What? Even that doesn't work. I did this all before and it worked. What's going on..?
Yep, pretty much. Still my first thoughts went to reanimation spells...