So if I understand The Ozolith right, if I got a planeswalker that is currently a creature and it dies, the loyalty counters get moved onto it. And if I were to have say, a march of the machines plus mycosynth lattice, my planeswalkers would enter the battlefield as artifact creatures. So Ozolith would give the new planeswalker those loyalty counters.
However I also like to build something that seems derpy on the surface. I have a Pako, Arcane Retriever and Haldan, Avid Arcanist deck. Its companion is currently Keruga, the Macrosage, will depend on the restrictions for the RG one and if its better. The rest of that deck is lands, 98 to be specific. It has basics and manafixers, but also cards that have other utility such as Rogue's Passage. Pako has whiffed, other times I stole something valuable like an Expropriate, Pako however never whiffs when he exiles a card from my deck as he always get a +1/+1 counter.
My advice is that Commander is the most fun when you have at least two decks. One to play competitively, one to goof off with.
Nothing dies if people still play it. It only dies in the eyes of people who want to be part of what is the new flavor. And SCG wants to go trendchasing with Pioneer so they can sell cards that were originally marked for less than a buck at a higher price and rake in profits.
I still don't think I understand what the actual fan service is. Have these been hinted at before?
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...
That definition is merely one example of fanservice. Fanservice, "to service the fans" is used to please the audience through originally intertextual work but now is more in reference to parodies, homages, and metahumor. It can take on the form of a visual, text, sound, symbol.
For example Savage Punch, Epic Confrontation, Outmuscle, and Really Epic Punch are fanservice. SP started an in-joke among the community. EC built on that, whether intetionally or not. REP is a parody of SP and EC. Om is an homage that continues the tradition built originally by SP.
Now to merge the first and second examples, take Norin the Wary. Prior to commander was he printed. Before his printing, he was a gag character on flavor texts for the cards Animate Wall (5th edition), Goblin Shrine (The Dark), Jade Statue (Alpha), Lightning Elemental (M12), and Sabretooth Tiger (5th edition). In the same set as he was printed, there was also Viscid Lemures. The tradition as him being a gag character was continued with Pyrophobia (Modern Horizons).
What you are thinking with Fanservice was primarily a thing popularized by Japan through the usage of anime and manga and live-action shows. While cute girls is one type of fanservice with a Japanese IP, another type is the transformation scene of a mech, while another type could be an entire episode that is just the two characters fighting, and even still you have shipping which is fanservice. Again, its still about pleasing the audience. The connotation of Fanservice has taken on a corrupted meaning however because of certain notable aspects.
Not all types of fanservice please the same person. Some may like Nikara, Lair Scavenger, others may not. For example in Ikoria, I find the return of the cycling mechanic, Shark Typhoon, Brallin, Skyshark Rider, Ukkima, Stalking Shadow, Kogla, the Titan Ape to be fanservice yet for differnet reasons. Ukkima is a reference to the Akhlut of Inuit myth. Kogla is a reference to the widely known King Kong movies and in popculture. Typhoon is a reference to Sharknado and remembered well in popculture. Brallin is representation of my Hawaiian culture. Cycling is my favorite keyword and the fact its returned again with great cycling cards and cycling support so far is a set that gets me back into magic.
In fact you can trace Fanservice as far back as Ancient Greece to works, jokes, plays, etc.
This guy has clearly sever head trauma and most of society would see this as animal abuse.
The crazy soldier probably slaughtered all the people and wants to make out with this dino.
And the 4th of the series is how this guy ends up , Uncle Istvan ...
Remind me again. How many films, including kids films, have had the main character go out of their way to protect something that is fundamentally misunderstood because of fearmongering by those with power and how the message of the story is "who is truly the savage?".
Note that it's each permanent, so still plenty of room for Lingering Souls in most WB modern archetypes. Is this enough of an excuse to not run Liliana of the Veil, though?
Well if you can't afford a playset of Lilly, you can always just buy one Lurrus as a budget alternative.
While I am brewing a Brallin, Skyshark Rider & Shabraz, the Skyshark cycling wheel deck that is in the process of being tuned to its best.
However I also like to build something that seems derpy on the surface. I have a Pako, Arcane Retriever and Haldan, Avid Arcanist deck. Its companion is currently Keruga, the Macrosage, will depend on the restrictions for the RG one and if its better. The rest of that deck is lands, 98 to be specific. It has basics and manafixers, but also cards that have other utility such as Rogue's Passage. Pako has whiffed, other times I stole something valuable like an Expropriate, Pako however never whiffs when he exiles a card from my deck as he always get a +1/+1 counter.
My advice is that Commander is the most fun when you have at least two decks. One to play competitively, one to goof off with.
For example Savage Punch, Epic Confrontation, Outmuscle, and Really Epic Punch are fanservice. SP started an in-joke among the community. EC built on that, whether intetionally or not. REP is a parody of SP and EC. Om is an homage that continues the tradition built originally by SP.
Another example of fanservice is the Commander line of products. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero, Ezuri, Claw of Progress, Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle, K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth, Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, Mairsil, the Pretender, Tawnos, Urza's Apprentice, Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor. Among others as many of them either got only one card or no card at all and were merely referenced throughout the years.
Now to merge the first and second examples, take Norin the Wary. Prior to commander was he printed. Before his printing, he was a gag character on flavor texts for the cards Animate Wall (5th edition), Goblin Shrine (The Dark), Jade Statue (Alpha), Lightning Elemental (M12), and Sabretooth Tiger (5th edition). In the same set as he was printed, there was also Viscid Lemures. The tradition as him being a gag character was continued with Pyrophobia (Modern Horizons).
What you are thinking with Fanservice was primarily a thing popularized by Japan through the usage of anime and manga and live-action shows. While cute girls is one type of fanservice with a Japanese IP, another type is the transformation scene of a mech, while another type could be an entire episode that is just the two characters fighting, and even still you have shipping which is fanservice. Again, its still about pleasing the audience. The connotation of Fanservice has taken on a corrupted meaning however because of certain notable aspects.
Not all types of fanservice please the same person. Some may like Nikara, Lair Scavenger, others may not. For example in Ikoria, I find the return of the cycling mechanic, Shark Typhoon, Brallin, Skyshark Rider, Ukkima, Stalking Shadow, Kogla, the Titan Ape to be fanservice yet for differnet reasons. Ukkima is a reference to the Akhlut of Inuit myth. Kogla is a reference to the widely known King Kong movies and in popculture. Typhoon is a reference to Sharknado and remembered well in popculture. Brallin is representation of my Hawaiian culture. Cycling is my favorite keyword and the fact its returned again with great cycling cards and cycling support so far is a set that gets me back into magic.
In fact you can trace Fanservice as far back as Ancient Greece to works, jokes, plays, etc.
One mana threaten.
One mana threaten.
One mana threaten.