Don’t miss this ep! Our listeners each sent us one of two things: either a custom card (of any design) or a real card with the name and types changed. The job for us hosts is to guess which is which, and you can play along!
The Challenge
Fool’s April: Submit either a real card with the name and any relevant creature types changed, or a custom card.
Bonus Points:
Fool’s Gold: Can be cast for a single color of mana.
Fool’s Rules: Three lines of rules text.
Submissions
Play along with the hosts using the spoiler text after each submission!!
vtbassmatt
Spoiler
This is The Dark’s Apprentice Wizard, thematically moved to being an Eldrazi
PlaidWeaselVT
Spoiler
If I make this spoiler text longer, it will definitely appear to be a potentially legit card, and as it happens, that is exactly the fact, as this is actually Amulet of Quoz. Still waiting on the legendary Quoz EDH release. Ah well!
Pat
Spoiler
This one is a real card – Fortified Area, which was an uncommon in Legends and a common in 4th Edition! I took the art and flavor text from the KTK card Dazzling Ramparts.
kuyashiiPlays
Spoiler
This is a real card from PTK, Taoist Mystic
AuxilliaryOtter
Spoiler
I went for bold take. I am not even changing the name/type of the this Betrayers of Kamigawa (BOK) uncommon
JamesDaltonBell
Spoiler
This isn’t a reskin of a real card, but it is a reskin of my submission for the March 2023 design challenge, “March of the Machines“.
MonoWhiteBorder
Spoiler
it’s real! (Juliet had MDub put this one in)
Khord
Spoiler
Real renamed Cathedral of War
CryptRat
Spoiler
While this is word for word the printed text of Hornet Sting, the oracle text was changed with the removal of the Planeswalker redirection rule in 2017 to allow Hornet Sting to continue to hit Planeswalkers and now also battles which this cannot.
JourneymanEuge
Spoiler
Custom Card. I figured there is a real chance that cards that reference commanders is something that they are less likely to know
Craftedlavaistrue
Spoiler
This is a custom card! Albeit heavily based on Trap Runner from Masques to throw you off.
MarkConfidant
Spoiler
Real, it’s Intellect Devourer but without the flavor words and with a retroactively keyworded version of its ability.
Bonus Submissions
Pat
Spoiler
PlaidWeaselVT
Spoiler
While it is technically a custom card, this is actually not even a Magic card. This is Chen Lung from the Wyvern TCG!
kuyashiiPlays
Spoiler
A foolish creature based on invokers (custom card)
CryptRat
Spoiler
Lovisa Coldeyes
MarkConfidant
Spoiler
Fake, a 2/3 reach for 2G doesn’t exist. Check the scryfall https://scryfall.com/search?q=mv%3A3+pow%3A2+tou%3A3+o%3Areach&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name
Scryfall gallery of cards mentioned
Topics discussed
- vinculum cold open
- more tim mouth noises than ever (new laptop settings dialing era)
- juliet red alert list
- the lower a mana creature’s power, the more powerful it is
- big mana creatures… better/worse than artifacts?
- eldrazi has the refs on payroll
- shandalar mentioned
- why does life loss prevention appear on a “lose the game” card?
- fooler technology: use the printed text over oracle text
- tim’s defense of defenders with banding
- walls that help blockers deal damage
- singing the praises of the dilu horse
- what even is the flavor of dodging horsemanship??
- four guys looking straight at the camera
- tim’s mad now
- boss needs 3 healer designs from you
- fun hat
- fooler technology: just submit a card as-is
- rowan kenrith planeswalker deck
- remember set booster cards?
- fooler technology: submit a previous design challenge card that Tim has def read
- juliet sets up tim
- hitting ten times is more likely in 40 life
- sick art covered in swords
- barry b benson on the scene
- is the bee movie -> hornet sting tie TOO obvious??
- hornet queen one of the first commander->cube prints
- eugene vs ancient greek
- a card too effective to be an unnoticed print
- a “cares about targeting commanders” cycle
- real cards are bee movie references, custom cards are normal??
- too strong for a card this old… is it newer?
- juliet pines for mercadia
- missed opportunity not introducing black goblins in kyren
- saprazzan flavor all over the place
- fooler technology: keyword something
- new OC: Googligoo
- removing flavor words
- fooler technology: use the name of another card
- quality goofball old art
- juliet with the nearest miss
- first thought horde deck
- fooler technology: card from another game
- playing new games until you can find one you can win at
- you say visage I say visage
- they know that we know
- fooler technology: replace the text on a card from a real cycle
- 7C vs 8 mana, new vs old
- fooler technology: a card that is over-rate in the past and under-rate now
- even power crept as of alara
- past the end of the set
- if you know the elf of juliet’s dreams, please post
- perfectly timed alarm
- year-over-year design challenges