Beacon of Creation

All this Lorwyn in the air has got Juliet thinking about the works of 1894, which also leads to thoughts of nonviolence. Follow our train of thought to hear a discussion of new player’s aversion to combat, the joy of changelings, and the diet of Mirrans. Then we each design a new Lorwyn card building on all we talked about!

Scryfall gallery of cards mentioned

Topics and Tidbits

• Name swap!
• Literary works of 1894
• Wow this year is exactly like (some historical year)
• Tolstoy’s The Kingdom of God is Within You
• Judith Butler’s The Force of Nonviolence
• Lorwyn as the “peaceful” plane
• The prevalence of Pacifism-like cards
• New players tend to shy away from combat
• Johnny/Jenny does the least combat math, Spike the most
• Timmy gamers do a bunch of combat, but usually after they’ve gone huge enough to not care about specifics
• Congrats me, I’m having a great time
• Not just pacifying but converting
• I’m a guy with a cool sword… and a feel bad
• Typal can also feel comforting… everyone’s on the same team
• Some planes have farmers and farms, many don’t
• There’s plenty of battle in a Lorwyn or Bloomburrow but it still has the peaceful vibe
• Does lower fantasy have more farms?
• Muscle farming
• Sinister side of farms… children of the corn, werewolves
• Playfulness as well
• Ouphe (french pronunciation)
• Playful murder lion with snake hair…?
• Increased changeling opacity
• What do Mirrans eat?
• Ways of competing 1v1 without combat
• Decks and battlefields having so much land in them makes the game inherently less about people/creatures/combat
• Are -1/-1 counters more or less violent than damage?
• Tim’s card inspiration: Farm theme, giants, village on a creature
• Juliet’s card inspiration: (Swords to) Plow Hares
• Scarecrows with Reconfigure
• The cool way
• J immediately hooked on the Plough Ouphes name

Tim’s Card

Hulking Homesteader
2RR
Creature - Giant
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
Landfall - Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature
When ~ leaves the battlefield, for each counter on it, return land you control to its owner's hand.
3/3

Juliet’s Card

Plough Ouphes      1G/RG/R
Creature - Ouphe
When this creature enters, each player puts a nonbasic land they control on top of their library.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, each player draws a card.
3/2