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This book is really something.

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Book haul and book clubs

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My wife whooped me tonight

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Check out todays video for The Lies of Locke Lamora

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The colour of magic book review.

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A common tropes of many fairy tales is two siblings, often a brother and sister who must journey into the woods and face its darkness before finding a happy ever after. In many modern version the siblings are often interrupted as twins.

The Kenrith twins play in this trope almost beat to beat with the extra layers of being knights from the Arthur influence and able to use magic and travel worlds from magics influence, as well as more modern twin tropes such as being opposites or foils to each other. 

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i still can’t friggin’ believe bran stark got to spoil a card

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Throne of Eldraine previews

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A common trope in fairy tales is a charming prince who marries the often female protagonist. The origin came from real life where often the best outcome for women in those times where the tales where coined was to marry a wealthy and kind husband. As such many tales would give a kind, charming and rich prince to the female protagonists, acting as a plot device to reward the female character  for her hardships. 

Card-wise this card is clever. In magic a charm is slang for 3 choice module spell  and thus making this Prince card a charm. Honesty this my favorite aspect of top down design, when magic original stuff meshes with the tropes/genre of that they are using. 

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I must proceed at a high velocity!

Can’t be blocked by slowpokes. What a weird ability, I love it!

(Also: “Food Golem.”)

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Throne of Eldraine spoilers 

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BIG SPOILERS BELOW FOR THE WILDERED QUEST

In the tales of King Arthur often have him wield a magical sword called excalibur. A symbol of Arthur would either (or sometimes a combination) pull the sword from a stone or be given it as a gift from the Lady of the Lake. 

While not the first magical sword of magic, Embecleave is a version  of excalibur as a a symbol of power in the red court. Behind it you can also see a stone wth many swords in it seeming referencing how excalibur was pulled from a stone in some myths. 

An excalibur reface is also made with the Kenrith parents each given a magic sword for the Question Beast that could revive a person from death one time. 

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Magic: the Gathering - Courts of Eldraine

The Five Courts of the Realm of Eldraine are each associated with one of the colours of Magic’s mana.  Here is a handy list of court names and their rulers :

• White Court ( Ardenvale ) – Loyalty - Linden, the Steadfast Queen Symbol : Circle-Bound Flame

• Blue Court ( Vantress ) – Knowledge - Gadwick, the Wizened Symbol : Keyhole

• Black Court ( Locthwain ) – Persistence - Ayara, First of Locthwain Symbol : Goblet

• Red Court ( Embereth ) – Courage - Torbran, Thane of Red Fell Symbol : ?

• Green Court ( Garenbrig ) – Strength - Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig Symbol : Pair of Hammers

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Magic: the Gathering - Throne of Eldraine

Elves, Giants, Turtles, and Giant Turtles

• Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig, illustrated by Zack Stella

• Oakhame Adversary, illustrated by Nicholas Gregory

• Steelbane Hydra, illustrated by Nicholas Gregory

• Mistford River Turtle, illustrated by Milivoj Ceran

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Magic: the Gathering - Eldraine Knights

The latest from Eldraine’s social tabloids ::

Sir Grenphire, knight of Garenbrig has a mean-on for pheasants (perhaps peasants as well).

Little-known fact - Sir Alin is Nick Fury’s cousin and lacks depth perception with only one good eye.

Locthwain’s Blacklances have absolutely no social life - thanks Cauldron of Eternity.

This Ardenvale knight is sugar-coated optimism.

• Fell the Pheasant, illustrated by Randy Gallegos

• Syr Alin, the Lion’s Claw, illustrated by Paul Scott Canavan

• Blacklance Paragon, illustrated by Victor Adame Minguez

• Ardenvale Paladin, illustrated by Volkan Baga

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I love this combo so much. 😭