#hypothesizzle

[dailymtgflavortext]

Science Outbreak Spreads—Officials Recommend Avoiding Books

-Hypothesizzle

[markrosewater]

There are some effects that require a target, even though they often do nothing with that target. (For instance, there are many effects written like "At the beginning of your end step, you may pay {5}. If you do, target creature picks its nose." The "if you do" wording means you pick a target even if you have no way to pay the {5}.)

These effects create a way to commit a crime at no cost, but I fear that many (if not most) players won't even recognize that a target is being selected for this kind of effect, thus not acknowledging that a crime has been committed for abilities that care about this.

Was any thought given to this problem when the mechanic was designed? If so, is there any solution to this problem for newer players?

There are lots of things less enfranchised players are unaware of. The question is can the game progress if they're unaware? If kitchen table players play with commit crime cards and have fun and are unaware of this particular thing happening, it doesn't keep them from enjoying the cards.

Magic has a complex rules system, and quirky interactions are going to happen. I will note that "if" triggers will happen, but "when" triggers" will not. For example, take the card Hypothesizzle.

This card only commits a crime if you discard a nonland card.

[niseag-arts]

Niv-Mizzet Gambit (poem)

Ionize, Electrolyze invert and invent expansion and explosion Invoke the firemind Shock the target Make spells fizzle and then I cast hypothesizzle Dynacharge and dragonshift research and development counterflux, cyclonic rift I cast epic experiment Ral’s dispersal beacon bolt slinging spells of izzet chaos hundredfold electromancer, staticaster a guildmage and a paragon mimeofracture, mizzium mortars and there he is: Niv, Parun

quicken, now and add a flash a stitch in time, an overloaded vandalblast

Come along this leap of flame follow me to our guildgate if you like it you can simply cast quasiduplicate

you may think our world is weird you may find yourself utterly lost but we are here to guide you if you just pay the mana cost

voice file: https://voca.ro/1f7255PJMSSW

[horademagic]

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[reborn-spoilers-cards]

[OTP] [EN] [0048] Hypothesizzle [UNC] [MUL-BLU-RED] [INS] [2024]

[strixhavens-best-printer]

Roxie tries another sip of the hypothesizzle

"Oh yeah that *is* better, is it just like only the first sip is bad and the rest are good?"

The night, full of festivities, as the festival of the guild pact went underway. The day proper had not come yet, but that would hardly stop the common people from starting the celebration.

Leta walked, happily chatting with Roxie (@strixhavens-best-printer ) as they walk towards the pub, streaks of light shoot across the sky, blasts of color popping as they start to stall. The Izzet damn near gave them away. Leta opens the door, as she says a joke to Roxie, stepping in, mid grin that dies on her face, as she sees two massive figures.

Jasna (@relentless-gruul-siegeseer )was in the pub, a beat after the grin died, Leta managed to mask her expression, just as Jasna turned to see them enter.

[weekly-mtg-posts]

Izzet League - Guilds of Ravnica

League Guildmage | Svetlin Velinov

Hypothesizzle | Chris Seaman

Ral, Izzet Viceroy | Kieran Yanner

Thousand-Year Storm | Dimitar Marinski

Firemind’s Research - Grzegorz Rutkowski

Visit the Archives for more themed posts.

More Izzet here

[magicjudge]

Question about the newly spoiled card Hypothesizzle (Instant. 3UR. Draw two cards, then you may discard a nonland card. WHEN you do, ~ deals 4 damage to any target). Am I right in assuming that this creates a triggered ability upon resolution, which goes on the stack after Hypothesizzle has finished resolving? If yes, do you have any idea why it is templates like this and not with „if you do“?

Yes, this is correct.

Hypothesizzle has what’s called a “reflexive trigger”, which is new technology as of Amonkhet. Reflexive triggers haven’t shown up on a lot of cards yet, so most players don’t yet recognize them.

Reflexive triggers exist to allow their controllers to more precisely control how their spells and abilities resolve by not forcing a selection of targets until the reflexive trigger is put on the stack.

In the case of Hypothesizzle, you don’t choose a target for its reflexive trigger until you discard a card. While the exact nature of the discarded card doesn’t matter (beyond being nonland), the two cards drawn from the first half of the spell might change what you want to target. For example, if the card you discard is a Fiery Temper, you might choose to then target a 7-toughness creature rather than a 4-toughness creature.

If Hypothesizzle had the “if you do” wording rather than the “when you do” wording, the target for the damage would have to be chosen when Hypothesizzle was cast, before any cards were drawn from it.

[duskmantle-diviner]

Azure watches the others, sipping on her own drink. A Hypothesizzle. Through a trick of mind magic, it looked and tasted exactly as one would expect. For her, it meant a pinkish color and a raspberry taste. "Maybe you should have taken a Hypothesizzle instead Kanta. It's the only drink that will always taste as good as one expects."

@avishkari-izzet

The light of Ravnica's moons shines down through the scorched windows of a bar just down the road from Nivix, with a sign outside marked "The Fizzetorium". Patrons inside jump as the door slams open, followed by the large form of a grinning sphinx with green Gruul map tattoos across her blue skin.

Jasna calls out "Alright where's my girls!" She looks about the bar for familiar faces and her expression drops a bit. "Awww, don't tell me I'm the first one here. Ugh." She weaves her way through the other bar patrons to find a large enough empty table.

[susanfitzgrove]

Chapters: 1/3 Fandom: Magic: The Gathering (Card Game) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Tomik Vrona/Ral Zarek Characters: Ral Zarek, Tomik Vrona Additional Tags: ribbon lightning, light & fluffy meet cute, emphasis on The Glasses Summary:

Running errands for Teysa Karlov was not a fun time. Running errands for Teysa Karlov in the pouring rain was 100 times worse. Bumping into a shockingly handsome scientist in the process? Well, maybe Tomik could forgive the errands. Just this once.

[dailymtgflavortext]

"It's like blowing up an arcane library in a thermobaric explosion. But in a good way." —Bori Andon, Izzet blastseeker

-Hypothesizzle

[inventors-fair]

XXYY Commentary pt. 1

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@aethernalstars - Edge-Crazed Imp

The power of P/T changing effects here is a little crazy. And the potential for an early-game 10/10, even vanilla, is more pushed for an uncommon than I feel is good for the rarity. I really love this card, though - because, I’m imagining, emptying my hand, then attacking with a 1/1 during combat, and casting an instant to change it to a BIG guy before damage? See, there’s also layers here that make this card just a little too complex. Might want to consider making this a rare for 3RB with a 7/7 body. Oh, also, why not make this a 0/0 with “+1/+1 for each card in your hand” for consistency? I think that might make the rules lawyers a little less attracted to this card.

@arashisann - Knowledge Rummager

Nothing substantially wrong with this card. Potentially really busted in modern, as you put it, but I’d love this for Commander and I think it would have been fun in GRN Limited with Hypothesizzle, that 2-drop instant, etc. I’d’ve liked flavor text to make this card world-based.

@askkrenko - Aerial Escapist

Heh, another thopter-maker from Kaladesh? Ain’t that the way. The third trigger feels either useless or busted; someone building around it will find ways to make mana production super frustrating, and someone without those tools will find themselves sitting fairly pretty but without means to have anything big or abusable despite the card asking for it. I do like this card, but it is niche. I don’t think it necessarily needs changing, though.

@custommagiccards - Jade Stalker

Hexproof tribal? That just feels mean. But in all seriousness, this card also feels niche, in that you’ll either find a way to make it insanely frustrating to deal with or it’ll do practically nothing on board. I didn’t play much Ixalan limited so I wouldn’t know if hexproof merfolk were big enough, but something tells me this card could be a blowout. Maybe that’s okay.

@dim3trodon - Seafloor Disrupter

I’d rather just play Ulamog’s Nullifier (X). I’m sorry, I really don’t know what else to say here.

@dont-wanna-wanga - Foundry Hound

See, the flavor here is pretty cool. GW is an interesting choice, but in general, I’d advise against such a...busy card? The counter/trample clause needs to be its own line. 1/1 white Beasts with vigilance feels so random to me? I’m not sure what the precedent is. Basically, I can halfway meet you on the principles of this card and the flavor, but the sheer amount of text combined with the lack of relatable intuition creates a card that would best be suited to two or even three other concepts. That said, you did give me an idea for a future contest... Maybe we’ll see that soon.

 @emmypupcake - Markov Aristocrat

Ooh boy. I am super, super torn. The immediate comparison was Necropolis Regent, which is mythic for a reason. But this has double multicolor cost, BUT it’s an uncommon, BUT it’s only for Vampires, BUT it’s a slot in Vampire tribal, BUT - points and counterpoints, points and counterpoints. I have to side on the side of this being just too potentially broken, no matter how much I LOVE this card. I will say, though, I’m proud of how far your submissions have come regardless. Don’t be afraid to add flavor text in places with such open space like this, too!

[ravnicacardsconverted]

Hypothesizzle

5th-level Evocation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 50 ft radius Components: V,S,M (A brain of a creature.) Duration: Instantaneous Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard

Description: A wave of psychic energy burst around you. each creature in this 50ft radius must succeed a wisdom saving throw or take two times your spell casting ability score. as lightning damage 

At higher levels: If you cast this as 6th level or higher you gain +1 to your spell casting modifier for each spell-level higher than 5th level. This buff lasts for 1 minute.

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[markrosewater]

"Hypothesizzle?" I'm both impressed and disgusted at the same time. So, you know, good work. : D

: )

[mathewsmicrocosm]

Great [[Hypothesizzle]] but unfortunately it was only Wishful Thinking.

Taking out the Bears

Call me crazy, but I have an interesting idea for Throne of Eldraine...

This is a take on the famous "Goldilocks" trope, but in this version, she has seemingly murdered the bears.

What if this hints at a bear-related conflict in the world? What if it's like Mirrodin Beseiged, except it's Bears vs. Everyone Else?

...What if Ayula is from Eldraine?

(I'm rooting for the bears.)

[housebeleren]

Ravnica Allegiance New Art & Reprints

Once again, just wrapping up my thoughts about Ravnica Allegiance before we move fully on to War of the Spark territory. As always, I want to take a moment to appreciate some of the new artwork to come out in the set for established cards. It’s a wonderful treat to explore these cards again from a different lens, especially as Magic continues to excel in their art direction & creativity.

There are fewer cards this time around, compared with Guilds of Ravnica, but they are all still fantastic. Let’s take a look.

Mortify is an Orzhov classic, going all the way back to their first appearance in Guildpact, redesigned in the Sorin vs. Tibalt Duel Deck, which became the default art for the piece in virtually all printings since then.

This new piece by Anthony Palumbo is my favorite new art on a reprint card in Ravnica Allegiance, without a doubt. (Well, maybe excepting some of the lands, which are stunning.) Anthony always excels at expressing light & shadows in his works, and is a perfect artist for a classic Orzhov piece such as this. I love the blurry “erasing” effect, tying in nicely with the flavor text, yet you can still see the character’s expression, which gives this piece a haunting quality. It’s beautifully detailed, and easily stands out to me as one of the most memorable cards in the set, as well as the version of art for this piece that will stand out most vividly in my mind when I think of this card.

All versions:

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Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt

Guildpact

It’s crazy to me that Absorb hasn’t been printed since way back in Invasion, but here we are. It’s such a perfectly elegant spell that makes absolute sense for the Azorius, so I love seeing it in this context.

Izzy has been a force in Magic art since he first brought his unique style to Shadowmoor, and there’s a good reason he tends to get several cards in basically every set. He tends to put his subjects front & center, without much in the way of background to speak of. He’s a master of setting a tone with his pieces, and this version of Absorb is a perfect example. The lawmage’s eyes are closed, utterly calm and focused, as he quietly and simply nullifies the spell. I also love the lighting, which appears to be emanating from the law magic itself. Beautifully rendered.

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Invasion

Oh Act of Treason. I must confess, I love seeing cards like this. Not Red Threaten effects, specifically. No, I love staple cards like this that serve as a baseline for these standard effects in their colors. Cards like Cancel allow us to talk about Absorb more effectively, for example. Innovation is great, but sometimes I just love seeing the same card repurposed over and over to remind us where the baseline is. Not only that, but we then get to explore the flavor differences in the art, and the mechanical differences in how they play out in the context of the set. But I digress.

I must confess, this is my favorite Act of Treason art for one simple reason. It’s the only one that very clearly depicts an actual act of treason. Sure, the M10 Eric Deschamps “Angry Angel” version is going to remain the iconic version, Min Yum’s Khans of Tarkir Rakshasa art is beautiful, and Matt Stewart’s Gatecrash Ogre has wonderful whimsy to it. They are all fabulous. But this one has made so very clear the consequences of this familiar spell, and that makes it stand out to me. That may be more the art direction than anything, but either way I like it.

Scott Murphy has been making Magic art since Theros block, and mostly sticks to Limited Commons & Uncommons, though he has some fabulous promos & supplemental product cards as well. All his work has fabulous use of color and action, both of which are clearly on display in this piece. The Rakdos mask draws all the attention, so that even though the figure on the left is smaller in the frame, you notice him first, and only on further examination realize exactly what is happening and what his betrayal is leading to. The piece tells a story, and I love that.

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Khans of Tarkir

Gatecrash

Magic 2010

I already talked about this card and my love of its flavor text, which, quite honestly, is still my favorite part of the card. But today it’s about the art. Chris Rahn needs no introduction, as he’s practically MTG art royalty. Frequently tapped for flashy mythics and set highlights (see: Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice just last set), it’s wonderful to see what he does on Limited Commons like this one as well. This is his only Ravnica Allegiance card, and it’s much more muted and subtle than many of his more iconic works. But that’s not to imply that it’s any less impressive. The pegasus is elegantly staged in the piece, and the perspective from underneath, with the rising Ravnica skyline above, is quite breathtaking. It’s a beautifully calming piece, a breath of fresh air before the war to come.

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Return to Ravnica

Just to get this out of the way, I am here for epic Ravnica Kaiju battles. Just saying.

This is another great example of how reprints allow for exploring different interpretations of the same effect. When this card was first printed in Hour of Devastation, it highlighted one survivor’s individual determination to persevere. Here, the city of Ravnica is, in some ways, the central character, with the epic monster battle raging above a stark contrast to the otherwise peaceful scene. 

Luis Lashado has made a major splash on Magic art relatively quickly, starting with Limited Commons in Khans of Tarkir block, and getting his first Legends & Mythics only a couple of years later, eventually taking on the Hour of Devastation god cycle. His pieces tend to have great energy, and tons of detail. This work is no exception, as the details on the buildings, centaur, & dragon are easily visible from afar. I love this piece, and hope people take the time to look at it a little more closely as they draft the set.

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Hour of Devastation

This is one of those cards you completely forget is even in the set until someone drafts the High Alert defenders deck and wrecks you with it. Chris Seaman is new to Magic art, with his first pieces seeing print in Ixalan. What’s interesting to me is how muted the colors are on Junktroller, given how vibrant and whimsical many of his previous pieces were (look to Giltgrove Stalker, Artificer’s Assistant, and Hypothesizzle as particular examples of this). That said, I enjoy this piece. It has perspective, looking up as if we were the speaker of the flavor text, watching this great hulking machine do its work, absolutely giving no fucks about anyone’s protestations. It’s quiet, but very successful at telling a little story and evoking a chuckle when the text & art are paired. 

My favorite works by Chris so far are Suspicious Nanny (from Unstable), Stitcher’s Supplier (from M19), and Shorecomber Crab (from MTG Arena). I’m very hopeful to see more from him going forward.

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Ravnica: City of Guilds

Speaking of Kaiju...

Seriously, this is fantastic. Once again, the flavor text and art combine to tell a fabulous little story, which definitely made me smile once I put it together. Jehan Choo is another newcomer to Magic, first debuting in Masters 25 & Dominaria. He’s been given almost exclusively fantastical monsters to work with, and I’m living for it. Seriously, this stuff is memeable as fuck. He did not only my favorite Dominaria card (Yargle FTW), but also one of the most memorable cards from this set as well, the amazing Sharktocrab. Sure, a big spider isn’t as unique, but it’s phenomenally done, set against a beautiful Ravnican backdrop. 

I am here for more monsters by Jehan Choo.

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Dominaria

I guess we’re going to need to start referring to these as “Root Snares” rather than “Fogs,” since Wizards has apparently decided that 2 mana is the appropriate cost for this effect. Fine I guess. That said, this is a lot of fun. I like the action of the vines & the very evident struggle against them. 

Craig J Spearing is one of those Magic artists that is surprisingly ubiquitous. While he doesn’t have many big flashy cards, he pops up in basically every set with a number of these great Limited cards. His Ravnica cards feel somewhat different from his previous work, which tended to be much more stylized, evoking a graphic novel feel (see Striped Riverwinder for a great example of this). For Ravnica, he’s softened the edges and gone for a touch more realism, which fits the feel of the set more. He gets all kinds of cards, and executes on them all beautifully, with a great sense of action. I’ll be interested to see how he continues to evolve & tailor his style to future sets.

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Core Set 2019

Another card I hadn’t expected to see again, but here we are. I love this very different take on Scrabbling Claws from the, admittedly creepier, Mirrodin version. This one is appropriately industrial, for the setting.

James Paick flies under the radar for me sometimes, but really shouldn’t. He has been doing Magic art for years, and in those years, has created some truly stunning works, including quite a few outstanding lands, basic & nonbasic alike. This take on Scrabbling Claws is fantastic, and perfectly set to the plane. I love using the central fire as the primary light source, with the additional lights twinkling in windows and fires in the background. It’s a piece that’s vaguely unsettling and serene at the same time, and I just love it.

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Mirrodin

This is the second Craig J Spearing card on this list, and I echo my sentiments from above in regards to this piece. Again, it’s more muted, more subtle than a lot of his work on other planes, but it fits the set very well. 

I do recommend checking out the Gatecrash version of this art by Seb McKinnon as well, since it is also excellent.

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Gatecrash

Just like in Guilds of Ravnica, the Guildgates in Allegiance are absolutely wonderful, with the two above being my two favorites. I highly recommend checking them all out.

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Return to Ravnica Block

Ditto, Shock Lands. They’ve appeared on every trip to Ravnica so far, and are iconic pieces for the plane. These two are my very favorites, but the whole cycle is just phenomenal.

So that’s it. Ravnica Allegiance has been a ton of fun, and some of the incredible art like this is just one of the many reasons why.