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My only hit post this year was how my wife is a Zutara shipper.

I don't know how to feel about this.

Benevolent River Spirit {U}{U} Creature — Spirit As an additional cost to cast this spell, waterbend {5}. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for {1}.) Flying, ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.) When this creature enters, scry 2. 4/5 Watermark: Water Tribe Illustrated by Mizutametori

Damn, they gave Katara ANOTHER card?

So far, rolling back an hour means I'm going to sleep an hour later and waking up at the same time, but with an hour before my alarm goes off.

I'm so tired.

Even if they were forced (somehow?) to not use a text box, most of these would look better if the rules text was lower. It's so weird how high up it is when it's not constrained to the box.

And here's Lorg'lahd, my first Honour Mode completion. #BaldursGate3

Looks like they had her in mind.

Sometimes, I'm very happy I didn't make it as a content creator.

I tried to look up local voting information and I'm registered, but my move at the end of last year put me a few feet outside of city lines, so there's currently nothing on the ballot for me to vote for. Great times.

Combustion Man 3{R}{R} Legendary Creature - Human Assassin Whenever Combustion Man attacks, destroy target permanent unless its controller has Combustion Man deal damage to them equal to his power. "The Avatar's alive. I want you to find him, and end him." -Zuko 4/6 Illustrated by Pisukev

They're cowards for not naming him Sparky Sparky Boom Man.

Imprisoned in the Moon {2}{U} Enchantment — Aura Enchant creature, land, or planeswalker Enchanted permanent is a colorless land with “{T}: Add {C}” and loses all other card types and abilities. Illustrated by Viacom Art is a still of Sokka kissing Yue his girlfriend before she turned into the moon (that's rough, buddy)

Like...his tongue is imprisoned in the moon or...?

The top half (name plate and art) of the Magic the Gathering card Aang and Katara that has been edited to be called Zuko and Katara and has a cropped and flipped image of Zuko from the card Mai and Zuko pasted over Aang's image

My wife (who doesn't play Magic, but is an ATLA fan) made this when I showed her the six collage cards.

She has very clear opinions.

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

Tolls of War {W}{B} Enchantment When this enchantment enters, create a Clue token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Whenever you sacrifice a permanent during your turn, create a 1/1 white Ally creature token. This ability triggers once each turn. Illustrated by Jocelin Carmes

Blasphemous Act {8}{R} Sorcery This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature. Illustrated by Viacom

THESE ARE THE SAME SCENE, BUT IN ONE, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE BLAMING AANG

AAAHHHHHHHH!!

The bonus sheet is SO BAD!

I've been drinking way more tea this year than I ever would have expected, considering I didn't drink tea before this year.

If I had a nickel for every time Parker walked into a friendly-cast Cloud Kill, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice. #BaldursGate3

Three cats "patiently" waiting for food

These fuckers can't handle your time propaganda.

Trying to convince the cats that it's not the time they think it is and they still have to wait for their food is the hardest part of rolling clocks back an hour.

Don't put in the papers that he was mad

My problem was often he requires a lot of things from the one extra energy, to being buffed so that the payoff matters, to having enough of his targets in play, to just drawing him in general, there are so many things that can go wrong. I played the auto deck version and it had Adam Warlock, but drawing cards felt bad because then he was either not in my deck for some buffs or my hand was too full to consistently get other buffs. Literally every step of the way, something was available to go wrong and did.

I played about 20 games with it and didn't get a single win. Switched to Arishem to finish the mission. It's not impossible to win with it, but it's highly unlikely. Full thoughts here.

Zombie Galacti 7/4 Game Start: Choose 6 other cards in your deck. On Reveal: Transform those cards into copies of this.

This is the worst Marvel Snap card to release in a while. Some cards have been bad but you can still do something with them. This one asks too much of a deck and has too many fail states to be anywhere near playable.

Very same. FLAVORFUL, for sure, but very sad.

This set has been amazing so far. I only have one tiny gripe and really, that's...a small number of gripes to have! I've been enjoying the heck out of the flavor on these cards.

Origin of Metalbending {1}{G} Instant — Lesson Choose one — • Destroy target artifact or enchantment. • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say “destroy” don’t destroy it.) Metal is just earth that has been purified and refined. Watermark: Earth Kingdom Illustrated by Pauline Voss

Toph remains the best.

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

Left location, Stark Tower Opponent has 17 power Back left to front right: 3 power Valkyrie, 3 power Mystique, 0 power Cerebro, 11 power Magik We have 9 power, only cards visible are 3 power Korg and 3 power Hydra Bob Middle location, Limbo Opponent has 1 power with a Bast We have 23 power with only a 6 power Lizard and a 13 power Mystique visible Right location, Star Brand Center Opponent has 9 power with a 3 power Luke Cage, 3 power Omega Sentinel, and 3 power Scarlet Witch On our side, you can see a 7 power Cassandra Nova and a 3 power Quake

Here's a fun little #MarvelSnap puzzle for you:

Why is Cerebro 0 power here?

A Magic card from the Avatar set. Secret Tunnel Land - Cave This land can't be blocked. T: Add [C] 4, T: Two target creatures you control that share a creature type can't be blocked this turn. "I forget the next couple of lines, but then it goes... 'Secret tunnel! Secret tunnel!'" -Chong, nomad musician Art: ALEXANDER FORSSBERG

When I was writing Creative Text for Murders at Karlov Manor, I submitted “Secret Tunnel” as the name for a land.
The name was selected, and shipped off to editing as the chosen name.
To my surprise, it was printed as Escape Tunnel.

That’s when I guessed Avatar was in the works. Huzzah!

Rogue's Passage Land {T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can’t be blocked this turn. Rumors quickly spread among thieves about a labyrinth without walls and a prize beyond all measures of worth. Illustrated by Christine Choi

Secret Tunnel Land - Cave This land can't be blocked. {T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Two target creatures you control that share a creature type can’t be blocked this turn. "I forget the next couple of lines, but then it goes . . . 'Secret tunnel! Secret tunnel!'" -Chong, nomad musician Illustrated by Alexander Forssberg

I was thinking since ATLA was announced that Secret Tunnel would just be a reprint of Rogue's Passage. I was really close! So close!

Left location, Stark Tower Opponent has 17 power Back left to front right: 3 power Valkyrie, 3 power Mystique, 0 power Cerebro, 11 power Magik We have 9 power, only cards visible are 3 power Korg and 3 power Hydra Bob Middle location, Limbo Opponent has 1 power with a Bast We have 23 power with only a 6 power Lizard and a 13 power Mystique visible Right location, Star Brand Center Opponent has 9 power with a 3 power Luke Cage, 3 power Omega Sentinel, and 3 power Scarlet Witch On our side, you can see a 7 power Cassandra Nova and a 3 power Quake

Here's a fun little #MarvelSnap puzzle for you:

Why is Cerebro 0 power here?

I'm ALSO afraid of 4{U} casting costs.

Hey just a friendly little heads up to people discovering Avatar the Last Airbender through Magic the Gathering spoilers:

The main characters range from 12 to 15 years old. They are children. Please stop thirsting over them.