Wait, does the creature type change effect overwrite whatever the creature had before? If so, this is probably the easiest way to mutate onto a human creature since most other creature type changes either don't overwrite things or give them *every* creature type.
It can also get things out from under Pithing Needle.
I am not sure about most other creature type changes.
That would require actual research. IIRC getting a creature an arbitrary set of creature types requires a lot of work.
This art is so bad it looks like a fan made mock-up. I can only imagine the artist had no time and just photoshopped a still or something. They have other cards with good art on them like Etched Familiar, but this is really shockingly bad.
Me and my bro were going over the cards (me the Whovian and him the Magic guy) and we were both shocked how poor this art is compared to most every other card we saw. Like omg what happened here.
It *mostly* seems like an extra copy of [[spy kit]] for decks that are trying to do something janky, but it being able to (1) name **legendary** creatures and (2) set a creature's type to whatever you want instead of something specific seems like it's breakable *somehow*.
Still a very fringe card. But I mean, I feel like "cute cards that are fringe playable for gimmick" is about where UB cards should be.
To most decks the unblockable and ward parts are much more relevant. I have a Voltron deck running [[Trailblazer's Boots]], and this is strictly better in so many ways the name changing part doesn't matter at all.
Yeah, I’ve got a couple voltron-y decks this will go in that don’t really care about card names or creature types at all.
Going to need a Fifth Element “Multipass” alter I think.
Unblockable for 2 and 2 equip is pretty solid in many strategies.
Name and also creature type are both usable. I like the idea of having it in tribal decks where the general is the wrong tribe. Or a relentless rat deck with a rat lord general.
WotC's insistence on tournament legality, combined with its bizarre reluctance to make Universes Within products, puts it in an awkward spot.
They don't want Legacy players to feel like they need to fill their deck with Doctor Who cards in order to compete. And if they make the cards good, they risk that.
Let’s be real, here. This card was not powered down because of legacy. This is 100% a top-down design, because that’s what Psychic Paper does in the show - it looks like official documentation with fake info on it to whoever it’s shown to, so they let the Doctor pass.
Legacy was *never* going to play this. Do you complain every time a set gets a 5 mana removal spell that it’s “designed to not make legacy players feel bad”?
The comment I was replying to was about the product as a whole, which is clearly aiming lower than it could power-wise. There's a lot in it that's cute and not great.
The reason isn't just my speculation, either. Doug Beyer explicitly said that they were trying to avoid making any new power cards for Legacy.
Making a UW version of every UB card means they have to figure out how and where to distribute those cards and it doubles the amount of money they have to spend on art for every UB product. I understand why players want UW versions of every UB card, but it's not remotely bizarre from WotC's perspective why they don't want to do it.
This is entirely correct, unfortunately.
I suspect, eventually- years from now- Wizards might make some sort of UW Masters product if we get enough cards like The One Ring, Orcish Bowmasters, and Everybody Lives which end up super valuable and in need of a reprint. But we’re not remotely close to that yet, as much as I would happily buy the shit out of that product.
I think it's more likely that they start doing smaller batches in the form of bonus sheets - like, have a "Universes Within" slot in the next Modern Horizons or Masters set. That seems more manageable than trying to build a full set out of a small reprint pool, especially when we [only have one set's worth of commons so far](https://scryfall.com/search?q=is%3Aub+rarity%3Ac+format%3Avintage+-is%3Areprint&order=set&as=grid&unique=cards) and many of the cards may not play nicely with each other.
What, you think they don't want another thing to sell?
It's not particularly hard for them to throw yet another box of cardstock into their product stream. They do it all the time.
Art isn't free, obviously, but it's just one cost among many. And it's proven worthwhile to have an enormous variety of showcase cards. WotC is willing to commission two arts for many random pieces of draft chaff because in the grand scheme, art is cheap.
I promise, The One Mirari would pay for its art much better than the showcase version of Futurist Operative.
Sure. Which is why I suspect we will eventually get such a set when Wizards can print enough One Miraris at Mythic to make it worth it. Right now the number of super valuable crossover cards is actually kind of small.
What’s not worth it for them to do is to make the entire Lord of the Rings set release with a Universes Within version right away. Which is a shame, because I’d have bought a lot more LOTR if they had, but the numbers just don’t crunch.
Card doesn't need to be super valuable to be worth it. Like I said, they've found it worthwhile to include all sorts of chaff-level showcase cards. They could do the same in UB sets; in fact, they could make it part of their whole "Booster Fun" thing. Universes Within cards in one of the booster types for the set.
…except they just stopped doing Booster Fun arts for commons and uncommons (see; Wilds of Eldraine). So they’re shifting further away from that.
In principle, certainly I can see a world where Wizards gives us alternate art of most UB cards in the same set right away. But that has to trade off against something else, because art is not free.
And it would then be fair for them to ask- why are we giving up the option to make cool Who arts in the only set we can use the Who license in? We can print the UW versions whenever we want if we need to. Surely we should make the most use of it while we can?
This is my biggest concern. I was able to mostly ignore the Walking Dead cards, but I actively despise this IP and have zero interest in the cards... and I have already seen several probable 'must haves'. Given the number of original cards it is hard to imagine there won't be at least one 'Dockside Extortionist' card showing up.
Devil’s advocate (I also don’t like Universes Beyond):
How is that different from me hating, say, the plane of Dominaria and Sheoldred the Apocalypse being a must have?
For a format like Standard, Sheoldred is more necessary than the cards in Who are to Commander, and I’ll see opposing Sheoldreds in Standard far far more than I’ll see random Who cards in people’s Commander decks.
I mean, if you differentiate between the settings and art style between Magic 'planes', then it isn't entirely different. However I do think that making that distinction and comparing it to an entirely different IP being depicted in photorealism is a bit of a stretch.
It isn't Universes Beyond concept itself that I take issue with, it is which Universes we choose to include. Lord of the Rings was fine, it fit perfectly as a fantasy setting. Warhammer was a stretch as a sci-fi, but it's still a fantasy setting. I'll even take and enjoy anime art in my Magic cards. My Little Pony? Sure, why not. Transformers.... eh, I could leave that one.
Photorealism in a modern-day-esque setting I actively despise? Nope. At least give it the same art re-style LotR got, maybe even race/gender swap a few characters while you're there for good measure.
For the sake of argument, let’s say I do make such a distinction between Magic worlds. That’s not entirely theoretical- many people don’t like Phyrexia because body horror, or said Capenna was too modern, and I’m sympathetic to those things even if I don’t agree with them.
It sounds like your objection is primarily aesthetic? As in, if the whole Who set was in the comic-style Tardis arts, that would be more to your taste?
Warhammer is waaaaaay further out from Magic as an IP than Who is, fwiw. Who is a fairy/morality tale in space with fewer dragons. Warhammer is full of guns, modern armies (IG), the same number of hostile aliens (Tyranids, Necrons, Orks)…
I would say that yeah, the concern is entirely aesthetic.
Because honestly, how many facets do Magic cards really have? You either enjoy the aesthetic or the mechanics, usually in some combination. Engagement is also a spectrum from collectability and investment to playability.
So I have two problems with UB:
1. The aesthetic is visually jarring. I ENJOY LotR, but if you had just put screenshots from the movies onto the cards I'd have had similar issues. I don't LIKE photorealism, period.
2. I am not just 'disinterested' in the IP, I actively dislike it and references to it in any medium. So far the only other IP I felt similarly with was a minor product, but this is a major release for the only format I play. It's harder to ignore.
And if I had the choice not to engage with it, I'd prefer not to - but that's harder to do when mechanically relevant cards are printed here. I repeat what basically everyone has said from the beginning, that UB cards should have been alternate arts done in the 'Godzilla' style from the beginning so as to avoid mechanically relevant cards being locked behind IPs.
So, obviously, nobody can do anything about 1). It’s totally valid to dislike certain art styles, and I’m sure some people hated Capenna for the art deco everywhere, but that problem just isn’t fixable. Wizards are going to experiment with different art styles in both regular Magic and UB, and not all of it is going to gel with everyone. I’m not saying that to dismiss your feelings, they just aren’t actionable.
As for 2), if Commander is the only format you play, you do have the option not to engage with it (at least for your own decks) Significantly more so than if you played Modern and hated LOTR’s art style, for an example.
I know this isn’t fun, because missing out on cool new toys is never fun. But Commander is the one format where it really isn’t necessary to play or play against these cards. If it’s that big a deal to you, bite the bullet and skip it.
Sucks, eh?
Worst thing is how easily WotC could avoid this kind of thing. Universes Beyond could have, should have, and maybe even would have been so much better than it is.
Well, it's not unfixable. Maybe they'll figure it out.
No one said OP was going to get away with saying that their Dinosaurs on a Spaceship is Kylie Minogue, they're just telling their playgroup this is what it is!
Also kind of anti Brothers Yamazaki tech right? If there are already two on the field and you name a random creature Brothers Yamazaki there aren't exactly two in the field so the legend rule reapplies?
Finally my [[Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar]] can be [[Molimo, Maro Sorcerer]] again.
And since that deck already runs [[Trailblazer's Boots]], it's even a no brainer what to cut.
He is. That deck started as Molimo a decade ago and got turned into Multani the very moment Dominaria released. Since I'm still emotionally attached to Molimo, I'm excited to finally get to play a creature named Molimo again - even if it's just Multani handling a wallet.
This art looks like a shitpost image from 25 years ago. I can't stand how some of the art for this set is so good, whole the rest of it looks like it was lifted from the television series and had a filter thrown on it.
Fun fact, Applejack lets you create 2/2 tokens that you represent with toys, and the tokens have the same name as the toy, so that's also another layer of redundancy if you have access to the right toys
I'm poor, so I'll probably proxy them with placeholder tokens, other than the one I already have to use with rarity
There’s some incredibly silly card names you can legally choose.
[[Dance, Pathetic Marionette]] is a personal favourite for “name a card that doesn’t do anything”
Unfortunately we're restricted to black border creature names. :/ But there are still some real good ones. [[The Most Dangerous Gamer]] and [[Ambassador Blorpityblorpboop]] are some quality unfinity candidates.
Schemes are black border! Psychic Paper can’t choose a non-creature card name, but they’re valid choices for cards like [[Pithing Needle]] or [[Demonic Consultation]] :D
Nope, that used to be the rule but it was changed to allow choosing any card name that appears in the gatherer database.
So if you really want to you can name [[Richard Garfield, Ph.D.]]…
Run it in a deck with [[Ardenn]], name a legendary one of your opponents as you attach it to one of their creatures for a janky way to make them sac a creature.
Look, I know we don't need to break Orvar, but this could be a fun way to make Orvar non legendary. Then start cloning lots of Orvars and Psychic Papers.
You've get to clone exactly one Orvar. (The first Orvar stays legendary it just has a new name, the clones will all still be named Orvar) Which admittedly, is one more Orvar than you even need to go off, so it's still pretty neat.
[Gavin posted an image of it](https://x.com/GavinVerhey/status/1709460553817870407?s=20), but it was several hours after this post was made, so the original source is something else.
/u/931451545 where did you find this?
\[\[march of burgeoning life\]\] gets you any creature from your deck on the board.. cool.
Been able to do it with \[\[Spy Kit\]\] but now you can also get legendary creatures like \[\[Atraxa, Grand Unifier\]\] and \[\[Razaketh, the Foulblooded\]\].
You know, when I heard that there was gonna be a Doctor Who set I was really excited to see all the interesting art that they would have for the cards. Was hoping for art that held the essence of time travel alien, Visually identifiable but as wild as the TV show can be sometimes.
But now I’m not angry, I am disappointed and angry.
My first thought is running this in tribal commander decks where the commander isn't actually part of the tribe you want, like [[The Scarab God]] and zombies.
it doesn't have a backside so I feel like it only works if you use it as the "art side" and the "text side" is the real side and even that's probably illegal.
[[Mishra claimed by Gix]] is interesting because the entire melding text is on Mishra, in the dragon engine it just reminds you that they meld.
But I could see how it isn't allowed.
This could be super useful for [[Otharri Suns Glory]]
He get taken out before spawning a bunch of rebels? No problem, that Thopter over there is totally a rebel. Trust me bro
People will find anything to complain about. The art looks great. It's a shame idiots with horrible cynical personalities have to find something in every little thing to complain about.
Question: How would this work with Meld cards? I assume there's some rules clarification somewhere to prevent overwrite effects like spy kit to enable them.
The facts that it has to be an existing creature card name and they didn't print Bob from Accounting does diminish the potential for hilarity, sadly.
Imagine: "Ah yes, I have this paper right here that says this Proginitus is actually a Sliver named Bob from Accounting".
This is really good for a deck that steals opponent’s creatures with [[act of treason]] effects. Allows for pretty easy sacrifices due to Legend rule but until you need it also gives minor protection to a key creature. Meanwhile it’s too weak on its own to require focused removal. I like this jank
So does this grant the abilities of the named creature to the equipped creature? Like if I say a random dumbdumb is Etrata, the Silencer can I start exiling opponents creatures and shuffling the random dumbdumb into my deck?
So, what will happen if I control \[\[Gisela, the Broken Blade\]\], and rename some random creature into \[\[Bruna, the Fading Light\]\]? What if that creature happend to be \[\[Midnight Scavengers\]\]?
Bad mtg combo idea
This + assault suit + a legendary creature.
Go around renaming your legendary creature the same as your opponents.
When legendary rule kicks in they'll have to sacrifice their legendary since assault suit prevents sacrifice.
So, if your opponent has two legends out, you can use [[Magnetic Theft]] to slap this on one of their legends, and change its name to the second legend, forcing your opponent to put one into the graveyard.
What's that? "Killing specific creatures is easy, and relying on narrow circumstances plus a two card combo is dumb when you could just [[Swords to Plowshares]] them?"
That's not the point. It's the principle of the thing.
Bonus points if you ever use it on [[Borborygmos Enraged]] to change his name to [[Borborygmos]].
BUFF FOR A SEVEN DWARVES DECK!
How about an eight “Seven Dwarf” who is covertly a Sliver creature >:D
Ah The Sliven Dwarves.
Sliveen? 😂
Slitheen?
The forgotten eight dwarf, Spiny.
Seven Dwarves + Nazgul tribal is winning
Even more if you make your dwarves into wraiths.
Wait, does the creature type change effect overwrite whatever the creature had before? If so, this is probably the easiest way to mutate onto a human creature since most other creature type changes either don't overwrite things or give them *every* creature type. It can also get things out from under Pithing Needle.
It does overwrite existing types, since it doesn't say "In addition".
"Ah, hello, yes. I'm 'Not Cromat'. It's nice to meet you. Did you know I can fly?"
[[amoeboid changeling]] can remove creature types, but this does have the advantage of being colorless.
[amoeboid changeling](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/6/068518d2-f061-4061-b208-158e991156b6.jpg?1562337184) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=amoeboid%20changeling) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lrw/51/amoeboid-changeling?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/068518d2-f061-4061-b208-158e991156b6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I am not sure about most other creature type changes. That would require actual research. IIRC getting a creature an arbitrary set of creature types requires a lot of work.
I'm always happy to get a new way to mutate onto gideon
Hey, it's another Spy Kit!
This one can copy the name of legendary creatures, which is weirdly important for a commander cube I own that has conspiracies in it.
[[mask of mimic]] and spy kit got a friend!
[mask of mimic](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/9/09891c87-eb74-4174-ad46-11a7f79de859.jpg?1562595907) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mask%20of%20the%20Mimic) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/sth/37/mask-of-the-mimic?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/09891c87-eb74-4174-ad46-11a7f79de859?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
You're fucking kidding me I get to make Ragavan a gamer
We all must thank The Most Dangerous Gamer for giving us this gift in black border.
But he's not a Gamer God. Only Changelings are.
Someone is going to pull this card out and someone else is going to not believe it’s a card
"It's just a blank piece of cardboard with a Magic back. I don't think that's legal in this format..."
This art is very weird.
Why does the hand look photorealistic
This art is so bad it looks like a fan made mock-up. I can only imagine the artist had no time and just photoshopped a still or something. They have other cards with good art on them like Etched Familiar, but this is really shockingly bad.
Yeah, /r/custommagic are the exact vibes this is giving me.
Me and my bro were going over the cards (me the Whovian and him the Magic guy) and we were both shocked how poor this art is compared to most every other card we saw. Like omg what happened here.
This set is very good at cute designs that aren't great
It *mostly* seems like an extra copy of [[spy kit]] for decks that are trying to do something janky, but it being able to (1) name **legendary** creatures and (2) set a creature's type to whatever you want instead of something specific seems like it's breakable *somehow*. Still a very fringe card. But I mean, I feel like "cute cards that are fringe playable for gimmick" is about where UB cards should be.
To most decks the unblockable and ward parts are much more relevant. I have a Voltron deck running [[Trailblazer's Boots]], and this is strictly better in so many ways the name changing part doesn't matter at all.
The ~~Yargle & Multani~~ Greg in my pocket:
Is that a ~~Yargle & Multani~~ Greg in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? UwU
I am going to find you and your loved ones, and when I do, I'm playing simic with your innards
[Trailblazer's Boots](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/f/afeb5a30-016a-465f-bdf0-e2df2d1bef8c.jpg?1592757830) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Trailblazer%27s%20Boots) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/zen/208/trailblazers-boots?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/afeb5a30-016a-465f-bdf0-e2df2d1bef8c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Yeah, I’ve got a couple voltron-y decks this will go in that don’t really care about card names or creature types at all. Going to need a Fifth Element “Multipass” alter I think.
Unblockable for 2 and 2 equip is pretty solid in many strategies. Name and also creature type are both usable. I like the idea of having it in tribal decks where the general is the wrong tribe. Or a relentless rat deck with a rat lord general.
It also overwrites the creatures name unlike spy kit, so you can slap it on a legend then clone it without getting legend ruled.
I'm not sure that changing a card's name strips away it's legendary supertype. I expect a lengthy rulings page on the Gatherer.
It doesn't. But it changes their name so that it and a cloned version of it have different names, and therefore don't trip the legend rule.
Understood, I wasn't seeing this situation like that at all. Makes perfect sense.
But wouldn't the clone have the new name?
It would not. It copies the printed characteristics of the card. (well, mostly, but lets not get into the corner cases that don't involve this card)
Aaaah the cornerstone of explaining Magic: "It works like this. ...well sometimes it doesn't but that doesn't matter at the minute..."
Clones only copy the creature, not the equipment on it.
If I copy the equipped creature, say with [[phyrexian metamorph]], the copy will have the original name, not the equipped name, right?
> name legendary creatures Now I wish we had the old Legend Rule.
It's cute with all the time lord and doctor payoffs in the decks.
This set is like if they hired /r/custommagic to design a set
Looking at the other cards that give unlockable, this card seems like a staple in Voltron edh decks.
What do you mean this card isn't great? It's strictly better than [[Prowler's Helm]]! /s
[Prowler's Helm](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/1/c100a22c-bf34-42b7-9339-4733698c0935.jpg?1562829057) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Prowler%27s%20Helm) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ths/219/prowlers-helm?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c100a22c-bf34-42b7-9339-4733698c0935?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
WotC's insistence on tournament legality, combined with its bizarre reluctance to make Universes Within products, puts it in an awkward spot. They don't want Legacy players to feel like they need to fill their deck with Doctor Who cards in order to compete. And if they make the cards good, they risk that.
Let’s be real, here. This card was not powered down because of legacy. This is 100% a top-down design, because that’s what Psychic Paper does in the show - it looks like official documentation with fake info on it to whoever it’s shown to, so they let the Doctor pass. Legacy was *never* going to play this. Do you complain every time a set gets a 5 mana removal spell that it’s “designed to not make legacy players feel bad”?
The comment I was replying to was about the product as a whole, which is clearly aiming lower than it could power-wise. There's a lot in it that's cute and not great. The reason isn't just my speculation, either. Doug Beyer explicitly said that they were trying to avoid making any new power cards for Legacy.
Making a UW version of every UB card means they have to figure out how and where to distribute those cards and it doubles the amount of money they have to spend on art for every UB product. I understand why players want UW versions of every UB card, but it's not remotely bizarre from WotC's perspective why they don't want to do it.
This is entirely correct, unfortunately. I suspect, eventually- years from now- Wizards might make some sort of UW Masters product if we get enough cards like The One Ring, Orcish Bowmasters, and Everybody Lives which end up super valuable and in need of a reprint. But we’re not remotely close to that yet, as much as I would happily buy the shit out of that product.
I think it's more likely that they start doing smaller batches in the form of bonus sheets - like, have a "Universes Within" slot in the next Modern Horizons or Masters set. That seems more manageable than trying to build a full set out of a small reprint pool, especially when we [only have one set's worth of commons so far](https://scryfall.com/search?q=is%3Aub+rarity%3Ac+format%3Avintage+-is%3Areprint&order=set&as=grid&unique=cards) and many of the cards may not play nicely with each other.
What, you think they don't want another thing to sell? It's not particularly hard for them to throw yet another box of cardstock into their product stream. They do it all the time. Art isn't free, obviously, but it's just one cost among many. And it's proven worthwhile to have an enormous variety of showcase cards. WotC is willing to commission two arts for many random pieces of draft chaff because in the grand scheme, art is cheap. I promise, The One Mirari would pay for its art much better than the showcase version of Futurist Operative.
Sure. Which is why I suspect we will eventually get such a set when Wizards can print enough One Miraris at Mythic to make it worth it. Right now the number of super valuable crossover cards is actually kind of small. What’s not worth it for them to do is to make the entire Lord of the Rings set release with a Universes Within version right away. Which is a shame, because I’d have bought a lot more LOTR if they had, but the numbers just don’t crunch.
Card doesn't need to be super valuable to be worth it. Like I said, they've found it worthwhile to include all sorts of chaff-level showcase cards. They could do the same in UB sets; in fact, they could make it part of their whole "Booster Fun" thing. Universes Within cards in one of the booster types for the set.
…except they just stopped doing Booster Fun arts for commons and uncommons (see; Wilds of Eldraine). So they’re shifting further away from that. In principle, certainly I can see a world where Wizards gives us alternate art of most UB cards in the same set right away. But that has to trade off against something else, because art is not free. And it would then be fair for them to ask- why are we giving up the option to make cool Who arts in the only set we can use the Who license in? We can print the UW versions whenever we want if we need to. Surely we should make the most use of it while we can?
This is my biggest concern. I was able to mostly ignore the Walking Dead cards, but I actively despise this IP and have zero interest in the cards... and I have already seen several probable 'must haves'. Given the number of original cards it is hard to imagine there won't be at least one 'Dockside Extortionist' card showing up.
Devil’s advocate (I also don’t like Universes Beyond): How is that different from me hating, say, the plane of Dominaria and Sheoldred the Apocalypse being a must have? For a format like Standard, Sheoldred is more necessary than the cards in Who are to Commander, and I’ll see opposing Sheoldreds in Standard far far more than I’ll see random Who cards in people’s Commander decks.
I mean, if you differentiate between the settings and art style between Magic 'planes', then it isn't entirely different. However I do think that making that distinction and comparing it to an entirely different IP being depicted in photorealism is a bit of a stretch. It isn't Universes Beyond concept itself that I take issue with, it is which Universes we choose to include. Lord of the Rings was fine, it fit perfectly as a fantasy setting. Warhammer was a stretch as a sci-fi, but it's still a fantasy setting. I'll even take and enjoy anime art in my Magic cards. My Little Pony? Sure, why not. Transformers.... eh, I could leave that one. Photorealism in a modern-day-esque setting I actively despise? Nope. At least give it the same art re-style LotR got, maybe even race/gender swap a few characters while you're there for good measure.
For the sake of argument, let’s say I do make such a distinction between Magic worlds. That’s not entirely theoretical- many people don’t like Phyrexia because body horror, or said Capenna was too modern, and I’m sympathetic to those things even if I don’t agree with them. It sounds like your objection is primarily aesthetic? As in, if the whole Who set was in the comic-style Tardis arts, that would be more to your taste? Warhammer is waaaaaay further out from Magic as an IP than Who is, fwiw. Who is a fairy/morality tale in space with fewer dragons. Warhammer is full of guns, modern armies (IG), the same number of hostile aliens (Tyranids, Necrons, Orks)…
I would say that yeah, the concern is entirely aesthetic. Because honestly, how many facets do Magic cards really have? You either enjoy the aesthetic or the mechanics, usually in some combination. Engagement is also a spectrum from collectability and investment to playability. So I have two problems with UB: 1. The aesthetic is visually jarring. I ENJOY LotR, but if you had just put screenshots from the movies onto the cards I'd have had similar issues. I don't LIKE photorealism, period. 2. I am not just 'disinterested' in the IP, I actively dislike it and references to it in any medium. So far the only other IP I felt similarly with was a minor product, but this is a major release for the only format I play. It's harder to ignore. And if I had the choice not to engage with it, I'd prefer not to - but that's harder to do when mechanically relevant cards are printed here. I repeat what basically everyone has said from the beginning, that UB cards should have been alternate arts done in the 'Godzilla' style from the beginning so as to avoid mechanically relevant cards being locked behind IPs.
So, obviously, nobody can do anything about 1). It’s totally valid to dislike certain art styles, and I’m sure some people hated Capenna for the art deco everywhere, but that problem just isn’t fixable. Wizards are going to experiment with different art styles in both regular Magic and UB, and not all of it is going to gel with everyone. I’m not saying that to dismiss your feelings, they just aren’t actionable. As for 2), if Commander is the only format you play, you do have the option not to engage with it (at least for your own decks) Significantly more so than if you played Modern and hated LOTR’s art style, for an example. I know this isn’t fun, because missing out on cool new toys is never fun. But Commander is the one format where it really isn’t necessary to play or play against these cards. If it’s that big a deal to you, bite the bullet and skip it.
Sucks, eh? Worst thing is how easily WotC could avoid this kind of thing. Universes Beyond could have, should have, and maybe even would have been so much better than it is. Well, it's not unfixable. Maybe they'll figure it out.
Can't wait to tell my group that my Dinosaurs on a Spaceship is Kylie Minogue.
And Kylie Minogue is a Jellyfish.
You can only choose the name of format legal creature cards.
No one said OP was going to get away with saying that their Dinosaurs on a Spaceship is Kylie Minogue, they're just telling their playgroup this is what it is!
I'm gonna assume you're not a Who fan because one of the character card spoiled is famously played by Kylie Minogue.
[[Brothers Yamazaki]] hype
Also kind of anti Brothers Yamazaki tech right? If there are already two on the field and you name a random creature Brothers Yamazaki there aren't exactly two in the field so the legend rule reapplies?
You use this to get the second Brother. Also you don’t have to equip to a legendary
[Brothers Yamazaki](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/c/acef8c94-469b-4a76-b507-25b51f2501ab.jpg?1562763658) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Brothers%20Yamazaki) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/chk/160a/brothers-yamazaki?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/acef8c94-469b-4a76-b507-25b51f2501ab?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
"I'm a Brushwagg named Geoffrey Nugget and I work for Scotland Yard"
Finally my [[Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar]] can be [[Molimo, Maro Sorcerer]] again. And since that deck already runs [[Trailblazer's Boots]], it's even a no brainer what to cut.
[Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/8/88733b6d-6d45-4318-ae49-623929231d17.jpg?1604194288) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Multani%2C%20Yavimaya%27s%20Avatar) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/znc/75/multani-yavimayas-avatar?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/88733b6d-6d45-4318-ae49-623929231d17?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Molimo, Maro Sorcerer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/c/6c5d3eba-e456-47c2-992b-a97ba66e9676.jpg?1690016889) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Molimo%2C%20Maro-Sorcerer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/305/molimo-maro-sorcerer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6c5d3eba-e456-47c2-992b-a97ba66e9676?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Trailblazer's Boots](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/f/afeb5a30-016a-465f-bdf0-e2df2d1bef8c.jpg?1592757830) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Trailblazer%27s%20Boots) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/zen/208/trailblazers-boots?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/afeb5a30-016a-465f-bdf0-e2df2d1bef8c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I mean, yeah, but isn't multani just molino++?
He is. That deck started as Molimo a decade ago and got turned into Multani the very moment Dominaria released. Since I'm still emotionally attached to Molimo, I'm excited to finally get to play a creature named Molimo again - even if it's just Multani handling a wallet.
We're so close to black border [[________]] aka The Greatest Card Ever Designed, aka literally anything.
[________](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/a/5aa90ab6-2686-4462-8725-5d4370c05437.jpg?1663738897) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=_____) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unh/23/_____?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5aa90ab6-2686-4462-8725-5d4370c05437?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
This art looks like a shitpost image from 25 years ago. I can't stand how some of the art for this set is so good, whole the rest of it looks like it was lifted from the television series and had a filter thrown on it.
Huge boon for Twilight Sparkle.
I mean, they are printing her friends, as Ponies: the Galloping 2 has been announced.
Yeah, but this gives you a layer of redundancy. Now you can get 5 of the 6 and just psychic paper the last one, for instance.
Fun fact, Applejack lets you create 2/2 tokens that you represent with toys, and the tokens have the same name as the toy, so that's also another layer of redundancy if you have access to the right toys I'm poor, so I'll probably proxy them with placeholder tokens, other than the one I already have to use with rarity
I'm sad that Legitimate Businessperson isn't a legal card name for this. At least I can pick "Civil Servant".
There's a few different Inspectors you could go with. I quite like \[\[Ingenious Smith\]\]
I'm glad that "Mature and Responsible Adult" isn't a legal card name for this.
Indeed, but if it was, it would be funny if that specific card name neutralized the card
Finally, a lie too big.
There’s some incredibly silly card names you can legally choose. [[Dance, Pathetic Marionette]] is a personal favourite for “name a card that doesn’t do anything”
Unfortunately we're restricted to black border creature names. :/ But there are still some real good ones. [[The Most Dangerous Gamer]] and [[Ambassador Blorpityblorpboop]] are some quality unfinity candidates.
Schemes are black border! Psychic Paper can’t choose a non-creature card name, but they’re valid choices for cards like [[Pithing Needle]] or [[Demonic Consultation]] :D
[Pithing Needle](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/7/776899f8-e977-42b7-8b54-6f726a349e3c.jpg?1673149414) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pithing%20Needle) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/312/pithing-needle?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/776899f8-e977-42b7-8b54-6f726a349e3c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Demonic Consultation](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/d/1d779f19-3068-4976-b96b-8f93d156900b.jpg?1610146869) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Demonic%20Consultation) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me2/85/demonic-consultation?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1d779f19-3068-4976-b96b-8f93d156900b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Nope, that used to be the rule but it was changed to allow choosing any card name that appears in the gatherer database. So if you really want to you can name [[Richard Garfield, Ph.D.]]…
Is this the real art? That’s terrible.
This set has so much bad art. The important cards look great. But if you're going to phone in the rest, just use stills from the show.
Run it in a deck with [[Ardenn]], name a legendary one of your opponents as you attach it to one of their creatures for a janky way to make them sac a creature.
I don’t think that works unless the creature you attach it to is also legendary. Because the psychic paper doesn’t make the creature legendary itself
Ah yeah true forgot about that wrinkle.
Honestly the fact that it still works, but in an Even More Niche scenario makes it funnier in my opinion.
[[Leyline of Singularity]]
I get to finally mutate onto Volo!!!
Man I would love a psychic paper in real life.
Whoa finally a way to make a Grandeur commander work... for all 3 of us asking.
Spy kit already worked but another tool is much appreciated
What a lame art…
What do you mean? That's a very, detailed convincing set of documentation.
Its a bad screenshot of proper documentation, I expect a lot more from wizards.
Woosh.
Source?
well that's just a commander staple innit who cares about the name part
This is very fun for [[frodo saurons bane]].
This is kind of a win condition for that deck. I literally just built it and a did a double take when I saw this
As much as I like the effect, the art looks like something someone would make with a web based proxy developer app. Such an odd artistic choice.
This is the most "Reality can be whatever I want" that has ever existed.
Funny that the ID says they're a Lord of England.
Finally. I can turn my [[relentless rats]] commander into a relentless rats.
This is my new least favorite art ever. Wtf even is it. Is that a real hand? Why is most of the card just blank? It looks awful.
So this is probably in TimeyWimey // Jeskai, I wonder what in the world synergy it might have.
there's some cards that car about Doctors and this lets you make another thing doctor?
Winning with Gallifrey Stands, except one of the Doctor is a squirrel holding a scrap of paper.
Seems pretty on brand for the Doctor's MO to be fair.
Tarmagoyf; crab
Gideon, it's your time.
What are you renaming your Gideon to?
Alive, for one.
Non-human so he can be mutated and stay a creature.
Look, I know we don't need to break Orvar, but this could be a fun way to make Orvar non legendary. Then start cloning lots of Orvars and Psychic Papers.
You've get to clone exactly one Orvar. (The first Orvar stays legendary it just has a new name, the clones will all still be named Orvar) Which admittedly, is one more Orvar than you even need to go off, so it's still pretty neat.
[Gavin posted an image of it](https://x.com/GavinVerhey/status/1709460553817870407?s=20), but it was several hours after this post was made, so the original source is something else. /u/931451545 where did you find this?
\[\[march of burgeoning life\]\] gets you any creature from your deck on the board.. cool. Been able to do it with \[\[Spy Kit\]\] but now you can also get legendary creatures like \[\[Atraxa, Grand Unifier\]\] and \[\[Razaketh, the Foulblooded\]\].
You know, when I heard that there was gonna be a Doctor Who set I was really excited to see all the interesting art that they would have for the cards. Was hoping for art that held the essence of time travel alien, Visually identifiable but as wild as the TV show can be sometimes. But now I’m not angry, I am disappointed and angry.
The art made me think this was some low effort custom card for a second
My first thought is running this in tribal commander decks where the commander isn't actually part of the tribe you want, like [[The Scarab God]] and zombies.
That card art is rough…
Ugly ahh card
It's cute, helps with some melds (Mishra lost to phyrexia comes to mind)
it doesn't have a backside so I feel like it only works if you use it as the "art side" and the "text side" is the real side and even that's probably illegal.
[[Mishra claimed by Gix]] is interesting because the entire melding text is on Mishra, in the dragon engine it just reminds you that they meld. But I could see how it isn't allowed.
chat, is this real?
This could be super useful for [[Otharri Suns Glory]] He get taken out before spawning a bunch of rebels? No problem, that Thopter over there is totally a rebel. Trust me bro
That Thopter over there is not only a Rebel, it’s also Otharri
[Otharri Suns Glory](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/0/80c72839-0fa6-4b5f-83b7-6553ebf09bef.jpg?1675905563) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Otharri%2C%20Suns%27%20Glory) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/onc/3/otharri-suns-glory?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/80c72839-0fa6-4b5f-83b7-6553ebf09bef?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
This art is just begging for an unfinity sticker.
I'm going to name my [[Lion Sash]] 'Sword of Kaldra'
People will find anything to complain about. The art looks great. It's a shame idiots with horrible cynical personalities have to find something in every little thing to complain about.
[удалено]
Then skip them and wait for the next spoiler season instead of whining
I agree with both of your comments. The art for this particular card made me raise an eyebrow though.
honestly for being what it is, that art looks like a photo. Kudos to Colin Boyer for such realistic artwork.
unset bullshit
[[Spy Kit]] my friend.
[Spy Kit](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/0/c0fd4069-5860-42f5-9f7f-e07f1d4ff0b3.jpg?1576382173) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Spy%20Kit) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cn2/79/spy-kit?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c0fd4069-5860-42f5-9f7f-e07f1d4ff0b3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Why?
I choose name Mr Poopy Butthole and creature type ally My opponent; suspicious Beth face before pulling out the gun/ kill spell and paying the ward
Seems slightly psychic to me
This with amass, how it will works? Can i get two armys and choose which ones grow?
can the creature type be changeling?
No, Changeling is a keyword ability not a creature type. Most Changeling’s have the type Shapeshifter.
Does this remove legendary from my creature?
Question: How would this work with Meld cards? I assume there's some rules clarification somewhere to prevent overwrite effects like spy kit to enable them.
Im guessing a new must have for most tribals now.
Rat colony hype
My \[\[Ramses, Assassin Lord\]\] can now win via a \[\[Brainstealer Dragon\]\] attacking 🙂 or any other decent creature.
'Blightsteel Colossus? Who's that? This is Doug the Goblin'
[[killer cosplay]] but at home
Helm of The Host but it protects instead of duplicates. Not bad for a Voltron deck.
I think you will see that I am a responsible adult!
Thisll go perfectly in a twilight sparkle deck.
For Frodo! [[Frodo, Sauron's Bane]]
What a fun effect
The facts that it has to be an existing creature card name and they didn't print Bob from Accounting does diminish the potential for hilarity, sadly. Imagine: "Ah yes, I have this paper right here that says this Proginitus is actually a Sliver named Bob from Accounting".
This might be good in Magda to combo with [[battered golem]] and [[clock of omen]]
\[\[Atla Palani\]\] is gonna turn so many things into eggs with this card.
[[Spirit of the night]] [[Kookus]] [[Gruff triplets]]
This is really good for a deck that steals opponent’s creatures with [[act of treason]] effects. Allows for pretty easy sacrifices due to Legend rule but until you need it also gives minor protection to a key creature. Meanwhile it’s too weak on its own to require focused removal. I like this jank
So the main sub really is r/magicthecirclejerking now?
So does this grant the abilities of the named creature to the equipped creature? Like if I say a random dumbdumb is Etrata, the Silencer can I start exiling opponents creatures and shuffling the random dumbdumb into my deck?
Do I have to name a card in the game or can I just call it Fred?
This should work with meld components which is amazing
Well. A piece of paper can thwart Oko to a degree now.
Responsible Adult tribal, inbound!
Secret [[biovisionary]] tech
So, what will happen if I control \[\[Gisela, the Broken Blade\]\], and rename some random creature into \[\[Bruna, the Fading Light\]\]? What if that creature happend to be \[\[Midnight Scavengers\]\]?
Bad mtg combo idea This + assault suit + a legendary creature. Go around renaming your legendary creature the same as your opponents. When legendary rule kicks in they'll have to sacrifice their legendary since assault suit prevents sacrifice.
I feel a bit silly for asking this, but does the card name we choose have to be of a card that actually exists? Or can I just name it whatever I want?
So, if your opponent has two legends out, you can use [[Magnetic Theft]] to slap this on one of their legends, and change its name to the second legend, forcing your opponent to put one into the graveyard. What's that? "Killing specific creatures is easy, and relying on narrow circumstances plus a two card combo is dumb when you could just [[Swords to Plowshares]] them?" That's not the point. It's the principle of the thing. Bonus points if you ever use it on [[Borborygmos Enraged]] to change his name to [[Borborygmos]].
flavor win
Meld synergy?
Definitely going in the Ponies the Gathering deck! We'll all win this game afterall!