Frr they all look awsome ^^
I know MTG Collabed with Final Fantasy but i think it's the first time i see this sora card lol.
I hope so too
I didn't hear about a Kingdom Hearts collab and couldn't find anything online. Sora, Destiny's Chosen is mostly likely fan made. I also doubt a Kingdom Hearts collab would happen as Disney already produces a competing trading card game called Lorcana that features Disney IPs, and Disney technically owns the rights to anything in Kingdom Hearts that wasn't already in Final Fantasy including Sora.
They've definitely gotten out of hand with it. I'm not strictly opposed to crossover sets. Being able to play with characters from other IPs while getting to use my existing card collection is quite fun in commander, and the Final Fantasy set was fantastic. But holy fuck Wizards needs to slow the hell down!
Yet another case study of why gatekeeping is a good thing actually.
I agree that those who aren't joining a subculture for a love of said subculture as it is should be nudged away, but there's not a lot you can do when the game your culture is built on is backed by a mega corporation.
Who designed the Aerith card? Couldn't they think of of a more flavorful healing/protection mechanic for Aerith? I kind of get it, but it is kind of odd Aerith getting "huge" and the card becomes combat focused via gaining life, from a flavor standpoint for Aerith... But then I saw the pro tour promo art O_o
Lifelink - she heals youWho designed the Aerith card? Couldn't they think of of a more flavorful healing/protection mechanic for Aerith? I kind of get it, but it is kind of odd Aerith getting "huge" and the card becomes combat focused via gaining life, from a flavor standpoint for Aerith... But then I saw the pro tour promo art O_o
Okay, it all makes sense now, I guess you got me there wotc
Yeah, I got that impression for the short time I dipped into it a year or two back. Since then they've put their foot on the peddle and seem fully content with the idea of just becoming a cameo card game because it's the thing that brings in new people to spend cash. Sure, a few of the sets fail, like Spider-man, but most of them have probably blown non-Beyond sets out of the water in terms of behind the scenes financials I'd bet.
Ok, I can see the interpretation of the counters as leveling up and the death trigger does make sense, but you don't gain exp and power by healing though in the game... And I don't intend to be harsh on the designer. The flavor is not a "fail": there was some good thought put in and I know you need to balance with other cards in the set, but why not a dies trigger that give you an emblem so all creatures can pay to regenerate or something? Or something with preventing damage? imo, those are more appropriate effects if I was designing the card to go with Aerith's character from the story and also how her limit breaks work...
You gotta think outside of the box and within the confines of the magic rules, then it all makes sense. Nah I'm just making that all up. Some cards are absolute slamdunks when it comes to flavor and others you ask yourself "The hell were they thinking? If at all?"
Oh yea! That's what I was thinking of >_< I was remembering the comparisons of level up to Figure of Destiny. Also, the first zendikar set was the last set I played and drafted ^_^ So I have been out of the mtg loop for awhile >_<A prototype for level up was in Lorwyn (actually one of it's sub sets)
But level up proper was introduced in the first Zendikar set. They seem to have since moved the level up mechanic to class enchantments which were last used in TMNT
Even though I stopped playing, I did keep up a little on the next sets. Scars and Innistrad blocks looked really fun. I imagine those were both generally considered good? I remember phyrexian mana cards were kind of broken everyone was saying. And I think I recall there was a problematic creature for innistrad draft? But yea, no idea what really happened after that besides just hearing about things here and there... The mtg threads here are all I know pretty much
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