Looking at Street Spasm again, I didn't notice that overload is always going to be target->each. That seems like it severely limits what overload will do. I wonder if they'll put it on a planeswalker or other permanent as an ability upgrade.
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Looking at Street Spasm again, I didn't notice that overload is always going to be target->each. That seems like it severely limits what overload will do. I wonder if they'll put it on a planeswalker or other permanent as an ability upgrade.
Not exactly RtR, but interesting. New BS Artwork
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/attac...6&d=1346282396
zzzzzz. Same boring design of sparks coming out of person's head = same bored reaction
The art on the Legacy Champs version is way better, and it's a visual play on the word 'brainstorm.'
agree with shawon. One of the reasons why i disgust non-lorwyn ponders. 5 colored balls over heads = boringgggg. Game is almost 20 years old and we still get this piece of crap art.
EDIT: I think a lot of it has to do with art direction and not with the actual artist. Wotc commissions these things and it seems like they don't really make much of an effort guiding their artists into creating unique designs/compositions.
Dayum! You guys are jaded or something because that art is rocking my face right now. I can't handle it. I need to throw money at somebody as soon as possible for those. They are from the izzet vs golgari duel deck right?
Yes. I actually like this artwork. Would be awesome in foil...
Unimpressed is the correct word, not jaded. It's the same unoriginal concept with a different art.Quote:
Originally Posted by danyul
Unlike this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/09...brainstorm.jpg
I've seen the Legacy Champs Brainstorm but the "interpretation" is a bit heavy handed for me. I don't mean to derail the thread into some amateur art critique corner. Clearly, one will be on an actual card and the other will not.
But look at this
http://i43.tower.com/images/mm117205...-cover-art.jpg
vs
http://www.finebooksmagazine.com/iss...ics/texas7.jpg
One is like "LEAVES OF GRASS, A DOYYY HERE ARE PICS OF LEAVES+GRASS" and the other is just a little more subtle.
I mean, this duel deck one has a dude, in thought, with an electrical storm around his head. It's clearly some kind of thought storm. The Legacy Champs version is like Storm+Brain=BRAINSTORM GET IT. I see the Brainstorminess about both of them. But one is in your face about it's own cleverness while the other is more subtle and nuanced. IMO.
Mercadian Masks Brainstorm is still my favorite. Simple, yet effective.
@Shawon: Problem with that art is that it's too abstract and looks more like a burn spell than a cantrip. Imho, Deathmark does a better at catching an abstract concept.
Edit: To actually contribute something to the RtR discussion - looks like shocklands are coming back with new art.
Three.Quote:
Originally Posted by bruizar
While the new Ponder is kinda abstract, I like it more than the Lorwyn art. The new art at least shows how it's someone grabbing one of three things (which fits with the card), whereas the Lorwyn art is...some random Merfolk. Doesn't even look like it's pondering.
I guess Ponder is an abstract enough card that it's hard to really picture in art, but I really have no idea what the Merfolk art has to do with it.
I did like Mercadian Masques Brainstorm.
@Lord Seth
I believe bruizar is saying he *likes* Lorwyn Ponders over the others. Your "Three" is misplaced.
Also, is it safe to assume that reprinting the rav duals will make the originals get a bit cheaper?
It's a safe assumption. Having active circulation from Standard and a new print run will relieve the impacted supply. It would certainly lower the price for the long run. There might be initial demand that outstrips supply once the set is released. However, that typically doesn't last longer than 1-2 months.Quote:
Originally Posted by danyul
The price would probably spike because no one plays Modern, but everyone would want them for Standard.
I believe Lorwyn's ponder is a take on the saying "silent waters have deep grounds".Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Seth
http://www.wizards.com/mtg/images/da...nderSplash.jpg
The composition is really great, looking from underneath the waterline up towards the sky. The hand next to the mind of the merfolk , arching towards the right (our left) eye, make it feel liks she is trying to concentrate / has visions of the future, which is what the card does. For me though, not seeing the random colored orbs, the interesting composition / perspective sells the lorwyn ponder. Also, I like the bright colors.
http://www.wizards.com/mtg/images/da...m51_ponder.jpg
To me, this is just, 3 cards pick one. meh.
Might as well have been:
http://www.lagodigarda.nl/content_im...21_cupgame.jpg
Also, hate the space theme..
It's "Still waters run deep." Also I have no idea how a bunch of random clumps of white shit floating around in the water is supposed to convey deep thought.
@iba
clouded thoughts, remove clouds by pondering about the future. Dude in back seems clouded, girl in front looks like she's seeing the future / cast away the clouds with her left hand / can see through the clouds.
I dunno, the fishnipples Ponder doesn't really do it for me. It's like she's yelling, "Hello, my clouds are up here buddy" or something, not like she's actually thinking or anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by bruizar
I know, that's what I was responding to.Quote:
Originally Posted by danyul
I was correcting the claim that there were five colored balls. Not sure how it was misplaced, unless you mean I could've made it more clear what I was referring to.Quote:
Your "Three" is misplaced.
Uncertain. I'm not sure if this sort of thing has been done before, a reprint of a card that was worth a reasonable amount of money but only reprinted years and years after it was originally printed.Quote:
Also, is it safe to assume that reprinting the rav duals will make the originals get a bit cheaper?
The closest thing I can think of is Reflecting Pool, which was printed in Tempest and then later in Shadowmoor. This had the effect of quadrupling the price of the originals during its tenure in Standard.Lorwyn's Ponder looks more to me like they had an illustration ready for a Merfolk they never printed and hastily put it onto Ponder. You could put it onto most Merfolk cards and never know the difference. It'd make more sense on, say, Silvergill Adept than on Ponder. The attempts to try to connect it to the card Ponder seem awfully desperate to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aggro_zombies
New Ponder better demonstrates (abstractly) what the card does, and the only other card I can think of that the illustration would really work for is Three Wishes.
I literally spit out my drink onto the screen when I saw the last .jpg, kudos sir.Quote:
Originally Posted by bruizar
Sounds like an awesome card alter idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by bruizar