#springjack

[jaks-art]

Oh this drawing! I wanted to customize my blog and that’s genuinely the only reason I drew it. I threw a bunch of my favorite animatronic ocs on it at the time and called it a day. This one took a while from what I remember but I had a great time regardless.

Sorry I haven’t been real active, I’ve had some major art block lately. But I finally finished this and now I have a decent header image lol

[halberdashery]

oops forgot to post one yesterday. Double Cards today!

The Llorwyn block will always be my favorite for many many reasons but most of all bc the art all Fucking Slaps. Recreating the watercolor aurora sky with pen and ink would have driven me insane so i didn't <3.

fertilid is also here i guess.

[glyphreader]

Rugged Prairie (Eventide No. 178, Illus. Fred Fields)

One of the more fascinating aspects of the plane Lorwyn/Shadowmoor is it's size. In the official material, it is portrayed as a rather small world in contrast to bigger planes like Dominaria (which is canonically around 1.5 times the size of Earth). All the important locations that are mentioned on cards and in the story are a few days from each other on foot (or at least on springjack/cervin, I guess), making it feel like it's roughly the size of a big-ish county, or maybe Wales if you want to be generous.

However, paradoxically, despite being relatively small in size, Lorwyn/Shadowmoor also never really ends. The plane is surrounded by a mountain range, which is literally endless, going on and on no matter how far one travels. The specifics are never explained, but it can be assumed that behind the barrier between the physical and the metaphysical (represented by the mountains) lies the Primal Beyond, the place where all things come from.

I've already speculated in earlier entries about the origins of creatures like selkies, angels, or noggles on Shadowmoor. The hobgoblins are another group of creatures that fall under this category. They don't seem to be transformed versions of Lorwyn's boggarts. They lack the horns and more animalistic elements and are much too human-like for that. Plus, despite not all that much time passing after the Great Aurora in the official story, the cards show hobgoblins as having an established society, with agriculture and what appears to be some kind of loose military system.

In reality, this discrepancy is probably due to disconnects in the creative process. Certain card art is already commissioned by the time the story teams starts figuring out the details of the plot, other teams are not communicating with each other, etc. This still happens in more recent sets (Golden Demise, Inspiring Overseer), and can be a bit frustrating from a Vorthos perspective. But it's also kind of interesting how real-world processes lead to the creation of these "liminal spaces" in the lore and worldbuilding, where elements or plot beats exist and don't exist at the same time, or seem to contradict each other. Often, it's not possible to reconcile the contradicting elements ... but for Shadowmoor, it might be possible to work them into the setting.

To me, Rugged Prairie shows a liminal space in a twofold sense. It's liminal in the traditional, anthropological sense - a space where the dead are lead to rest and are expected to pass on into the afterlife (those cairns in the art are hobgoblin graves, as explained in the flavor text). And then, it may also be a liminal space in the in-universe physical sense: Existing on the edge between the real and the not-yet-real in the world on Shadowmoor, as a pocket of land close to the endless mountain range. Maybe the hobgoblins (and selkies, noggles, etc.) came from there, having emerged from the Great Beyond maybe even before Lorwyn turned into Shadowmoor.

[horademagic]

Pasto de Carnelho/ Springjack Pasture

Pode gerar Fichas  

Terreno Incolor

Por que ela é interessante? Esse terreno pode ser virado para adicionar 1 mana à sua reserva de mana. Mas, temos muito mais oferecido nesse terreno. Por 4 manas você vira esse terreno e coloca em campo uma ficha do tipo Bode 0/1. Sim, você está se perguntando porque pagar 4 manas por um Bode 0/1, por conta do último efeito. No último você vira esse terreno e sacrifica X Bodes, o tanto de Bode que sacrificar será o tanto de mana de uma cor qualquer que você irá adicionar à sua reserva de mana dessa forma e também o tanto de pontos de vida que ganhará. Você transforma fichas inofensivas de Bode em mana e vida ao mesmo tempo.

Preço da carta: em torno de 1,70 até 10,00

Disponível em Português

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Link: https://www.ligamagic.com.br/?view=cards%2Fsearch&card=Springjack+pasture&tipo=1

Até a próxima postagem, Ulli e Thiago

[thefreakshowaskblog]

[askkrenko]

Krenko’s Guide to Creature Types: Goat

Art by Forrest Imel

What is a Goat (flavorfully)?

A goat’s a goat. Magic doesn’t do anything special with its goats. Sure there’s a few that are big or scary or have multiple heads, but they’re goats. And while Magic does have a few goat-people, they have creature type Minotaur rather than Goat.

What is a Goat (mechanically)?

Goat mechanical identity is… odd. There are ten Goat cards spanning three colors and there’s no rhyme or reason to any of it. Their abilities are a hodgepodge, their power and toughness range from 1 to 4, and no ability shows up on more than two goats. Goat cards have no identity…  Buuuuut…

There are six cards that make 0/1 White Goat tokens, plus one un-card that does the same, and  when most Magic players think of Goat cards, these are the cards they think of. With 6 of the 16 cards that provide Goats giving 0/1 Goat tokens, it’s clear that this is the Goat’s mechanical identity, for the most part.

Can I make a Goat deck?

Let’s split this into two questions.

“Can I make a deck that relies on playing Goat creatures and uses Goat tribal synergy to win the game?”

 No. Not possible in any format. The actual Goat cards have no synergy and aren’t good enough overall. There’s only one Goat reward, a land that can put +1/+1 counters on a Goat you control each turn, and while that’s fine, it’s not enough.

“Can I make a deck that wins the game with goats?” 

Yes, and the only Goat-based cards you need are Springjack Shepherd and Springjack Pasture. The Shepherd provides you with 0/1 Goat tokens equal to your devotion to white, and the Pasture lets you eat those Goats for life and mana. Either throw down some team buff like Nobilis of War (which provides 5 devotion to help you build your goats),  or sacrifice all your goats for Fireball or Elesh Norn or Ulamog or whatever.  The important point here is that Springjack Shepherd is a very good card that will give you more goats than playing a deck with nothing but Goat cards can even manage.

Is Goat a good creature type?

Uuuuuuuuuugh.

I respect and love the 0/1 Goat token. I do. It’s great and funny and has lots of uses, but there’s no good reason Goats should be a separate creature type from other caprines and bovids, especially sheep. Now, I’m a firm believer that the entire Ungulate branch would be best off being one creature type- not including whales and dolphins- but especially goat, sheep, and serows. Especially especially Serows which have creature type Antelope and while commonly called a ‘goat-antelope’ is closer in relation to the goat than the antelope.

So here’s my basic proposition for this: All sheep should be Goat. Serows should be Goat. Because the subfamily IS Goat. If you divide any further, Goat and Mountain Goat are no longer the same creature. If you divide any less, well, then we hit bovids, which I would love and would make the game so much better mechanically. And as I think I’ve said before, if you think people won’t grok Bovid, make it something like “Creature - Herd” because we all understand the concept of a Herd animal, and the term Herd primarily applies to Ungulates. 

Fun Fact: I’ve been playing this great (but rarely updating) game called War of Omens, and they use the word “Herd” to lump together their Goats, Boars, and Aurochs. So, yeah. Do that.

[jackventuro]

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[sweet-coffee-vic]

Do you have any OCs? If you do, tell us about them

I HAVE SO MANY,                                                                                                 My favorite OCs rn is my springjack demons, one is a young boy in victorian times, who was corrupted by his nanny, and has lived til today, and hunts down evildoers (jeff bezos mainly) with his strength, speed and heat vision (also his ability to summon his gloves, which corrupt people into low level demons, way below a springjack), The other demin is the nanny, who is the 1st springjack, and has lived for longer than hell has, and originates from a far off dimension, like a super-hell, but i call it Poly-Gehenna, and the nanny herself is the hive queen of lost gods that have been shattered and formed into the irises of every living thing (which is why springjacks don't have irises)

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Round of 2048 - Batch 27

You can now vote in Batch 27!

Feature card: Fan favourite Krenko takes on Pact-combo enabler Hive Mind today.  Previous conquests include Ampryn Tactician, Mortal Combat, and Mundungu.

Currently open batches:

Batch 27 Batch 26 Batch 25 Batch 24 Batch 23 Batch 22 Batch 21

Batch 20 results will be up shortly.

Full list of matchups:

Fire Servant vs Tree of Perdition Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter vs Cursed Scroll Worldfire vs Zuran Orb Blood Crypt vs Collected Company Mass Polymorph vs Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer Reveillark vs Tasigur, the Golden Fang Hive Mind vs Krenko, Mob Boss Recurring Nightmare vs Ulasht, the Hate Seed Birthing Pod vs Avenger of Zendikar Sundial of the Infinite vs Esper Charm Sydri, Galvanic Genius vs Dark Depths Hellkite Tyrant vs Scrubland Chainer, Dementia Master vs Zoetic Cavern Coalition Relic vs Nightveil Specter Werebear vs Mistform Ultimus Bearscape vs Scroll Rack Joraga Treespeaker vs Manabond Grimoire of the Dead vs Skirsdag High Priest Angelic Destiny vs Erebos, God of the Dead Phyrexian Tyranny vs Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind Storm Entity vs Strangleroot Geist Swarmyard vs Promise of Power Springjack Pasture vs Syndicate Trafficker Pestilence vs Ancestral Vision Silent-Blade Oni vs Scion of Oona Metalworker vs Gift of Immortality Emancipation Angel vs Tranquil Grove Etched Champion vs Doran, the Siege Tower Sarkhan Vol vs Desolate Lighthouse Gigadrowse vs Exploration Hydroblast vs Magus of the Bazaar Exclude vs Sen Triplets

[brago-king-not-so-eternal]

Flavours of the Multiverse II : Gild-Leaf Salad

This week we are imagining ourselfs as Leilwynn the Lorwyn elf! Leilwynn just got the order to prepare the main course of a banquet in the Gild-Leaf Palace.

Wilt-Leaf Liege art by Jason Chan

First you need to venture deep into the forest to grab some kinds of mushrooms, but be aware not to disturb the treefolk or they become angry!

Bosk Banneret art by Ralph Horsley

If you avoided the treefolk start gathering wild herbs on the plains near the kithkin parishes, but remember thos ugly halflings could blind you if you look to long at them, elves are the most beatiful denizens of the world after all!

Springjack Knight art by Steven Belledin

And if you are already near a Kithkin settlement you should claim some cherry tomatoes, carrots, and cucumbers for your recipe.

The last ingredient is also quite easy just sneak into the Gilt-Leaf Palaces pantry and steal some elfish bread! Wait? There are guards everywhere!

Gilt-Leaf Palace art by Christopher Moeller

Flourishing Defences art by Dan Scott

The Recipe

Gild- Leaf Salad ( Wild Leaf Salad)

500g / 1 pound of Wild Herbs ( you can either get them as an already mixed prepacked box or you can choose the one you like)

250g / 1/2 pound of mixed mushrooms

1-2 Spring onions

( 1 Paprika in each color they would not fit on lorwyn but taste great so they are no must)

1 carrot

10 cherry tomatoes

1 cucumber

2-4 toasts

Start with washing your herbs and put them aside for latter. Now we first concentrate on the croutons.

Dice the toasts and spread them evenly on a baking tray and drizzle some oil of your choice over it for example olive oil. 

Put the try into the oven at 150 Celsius / 302 Fahrenheit until they are crispy. 

While backing the croutons you can slice the cucumber, cut the cherry tomatoes into halves and grate the carrot (also dice the paprika if you want to use it).

Wash the mushrooms and cut the spring onions into small slices. Heat a pan with some oil and put the spring onions and mushrooms in it. While they fry put the herbs on plates and garnish it with your vegetables. put the mushrooms on your salad and the croutons on top and you are ready to dine like an elf!

Did you like the cersion with more progress pictures or should i just post the finished dish like this week? please let me know! 

And as i said before this is dedicated to one of my absolute favourites on tumblr @flavoracle

[notlyra]

your avatar is a goat, right? based on that and Springjack Pasture in your banner, I'm gonna say your partner Pokemon would be Gogoat. which is a fucking awesome pokemon tbh

[thefreakshowaskblog]

[jackventuro]

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[angiviper]

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Round of 4096 - Batch 54

You can now vote in Batch 54.

Feature card: Power 9 piece Timetwister is here for the day!

Currently open batches:

Batch 54 Batch 53 Batch 52 Batch 51 Batch 50 Batch 49 Batch 48

Batch 47 results will be up shortly.

Full list of matchups:

Primeval Titan vs Grudge Keeper Witch-Maw Nephilim vs Wild Cantor Lullmage Mentor vs Primal Growth Drunau Corpse Trawler vs Sage of Ancient Lore Built to Smash vs Martial Glory Sylvan Scrying vs Phyrexian Ingester Blinkmoth Well vs Shield of Kaldra Bred for the Hunt vs Chromatic Star Harmonic Sliver vs Kruphix, God of Horizons Ajani's Pridemate vs Gaea's Balance Skymark Roc vs Phyrexian Tyranny Eyes of the Watcher vs Mortus Strider Squandered Resources vs Gibbering Descent Timetwister vs Ragemonger Patron of the Valiant vs Conduit of Ruin Serra Avatar vs Blessed Spirits Sword of Body and Mind vs Sterling Grove Yavimaya Kavu vs Winged Sliver Chandra, Torch of Defiance vs Journey to Nowhere Aethertow vs Wizened Cenn Wrecking Ball vs Soul's Attendant Tower Defense vs Underhanded Designs Fool's Demise vs Sphere of Resistance Gorilla Titan vs Springjack Shepherd Wheel of Fortune vs Slayers' Stronghold Assault Formation vs Crucible of Fire Golem Foundry vs Goblin Warrens Commander Greven il-Vec vs Question Elemental? Celestial Gatekeeper vs Godo, Bandit Warlord Murderous Cut vs Eidolon of Rhetoric Frontline Medic vs Seeds of Renewal Soratami Savant vs Spire Golem

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Round of 4096 - Batch 19

You can now vote in Batch 19.

Feature match: One of the blackest of black lands, Cabal Coffers, takes on the very colourful and copy-ful Riku of Two Reflections.

Currently open batches:

Batch 19 Batch 18 Batch 17 Batch 16 Batch 15 Batch 14 Batch 13

Batch 12 results will be up shortly.

Full list of matchups:

Snow-Covered Island vs Geralf's Mindcrusher Cabal Coffers vs Riku of Two Reflections Zombie Apocalypse vs Recoup Startled Awake vs Gluttonous Slime True Conviction vs Volcanic Hammer Wind Dancer vs Kazandu Blademaster Reflector Mage vs Wasteland Strangler Kalonian Twingrove vs Nomad Mythmaker Homeward Path vs Isperia the Inscrutable Favor of the Mighty vs Springjack Pasture Kolaghan's Command vs Shipwreck Singer Debt of Loyalty vs Hail Storm Loaming Shaman vs Temporal Fissure Noggin Whack vs Pendrell Mists Lord of the Pit vs Savageborn Hydra Murder vs Dosan the Falling Leaf Grand Abolisher vs Leyline of Singularity Nylea's Disciple vs Think Twice Nantuko Shaman vs Ghostfire Skyship Stalker vs Desolation Twin Kiora's Follower vs Strangleroot Geist Steel Overseer vs Aetherspouts Realm Razer vs Bogardan Hellkite Trophy Hunter vs Cranial Plating Genesis Wave vs Reaper from the Abyss Doom Blade vs Argivian Restoration Caldera Lake vs Ancient Tomb Tombstalker vs Aether Mutation Pearl Lake Ancient vs Gisela, the Broken Blade Pili-Pala vs Orzhov Charm Vela the Night-Clad vs Blazing Torch Silver Myr vs Jack-in-the-Mox