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Trivia Tuesday: Landing Zone

I've put "cycle" in quotes for ZNR and MH3 because the only thing cyclical about them were the fact that each set had the same number for each color, without a big mechanical shift. Granted, MH3's hybrid cycle is arguable similar, and I'm only putting it in its own category because it feels weird to include it in the mono-color categories considering that it had never quite been done before. I understand it's a stretch, I'm just here to make a nice-looking poll, don't @ me about it.

There's no "show results" button 'cause I want everyone to have a design opinion here. If you can't decide, just pick a favorite! Feel free to discuss rigorously in replies if you must. Respectfully, of course.

As I’m thinking this over, I realize I actually kinda hate the mh3 hybrid cycle. Sure they’re super well balanced, but they almost fit their niche too well. Multi colored decks are always looking for dual lands, and, especially in commander, dual land that enters tapped with upside is a thoroughly explored design space that most decks want. An overcosted but actually impactful spell is such a wildly good upside that these lands are basically an auto include in any commander that can run them, even, and this is why I don’t like them, if the actual effect of the spell is unrelated to the theme or gameplan of the deck.

In some ways I actually find this worse than other “auto includes”, like sol ring and the best in slot ramp, or rhystic and the best in slot draw, or path and swords and the best in slot removal. At least these make you do your gameplan faster/safer, instead of a completely unrelated thing that you only include because it’s better than just a tapped land if you draw it late. Everytime an esper deck casts glasswing grace or a bant deck casts Drowner of truth I know they weren’t included because they fit, but because they’re better than scry 1 and hope your next turn is better.

I have a similar problem with the Kamigawa untapped legendary lands and untapped legendary channel lands. These feel like just better lands, so any deck is improved by adding them, which brings some pay to win questions.

I guess in conclusion I understand that magic will always have best in slot options, and some slots are so universal, like mana, lands, and card draw, that any deck will want them. These auto includes are inevitable especially in timeless formats and I don’t really have a problem with that. I just wish their upsides were also universal, to avoid decks running cards completely unrelated to their theme.

The armadillo demonstrates its impregnable defence

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this puppy currently being fostered by a rescue i follow makes me feel like. like. i don’t know. she’s a bug

her name is Primrose. jesus christ man

i cant fucking do this

team used napkin and mold spore

VD: a rabbit lying on its back in a basket of leafy greens, crunching on a mouthful as another fistful of spinach is placed next to it. end VD

TURN ON THE SOUND

“the potatoes”

ranking the best things I have heard surgeons say mid-surgery:

1. "Five second rule!" while scrubbed, after dropping a sterile scalpel on the floor (no they did NOT pick it up again but I swear everyone's buttholes puckered)

2. (spoken during the closing of a particularly long and difficult case) "Nurse - my tunes." :heavy metal starts blasting:

3. Gently to a fretful patient, pre-anaesthesia: "It's going to be okay. I promise, I've dealt with worse." As soon as the patient is unconscious: "This is literally the worst thing I've ever seen."

4. [okay this one was a med student] "Wowwww, that's so gross!!" Reg: "Please remember that [patient] is awake for this procedure." Student to patient: "Oh my god. I am so sorry, that was really unprofessional - " Patient, cheerfully, also engrossed with what's happening inside them on the screen: "Nah - it's, like, super gross, right?"

5. [another procedure where the patient couldn't be put under GA] Patient: *starts singing country roads midway through the procedure* Surgeon: *shrugs and joins in with surprisingly good harmony*

okay okay there's more

6. Elderly surgeon to the anaesthetist who is gossipping with their reg: "I need you to pretend you're in church." [weirdest way to ask people to be quiet, but whatevs]

Anaethetist's new reg with big, horrified eyes: "You mean we should start praying???"

7. Panicking rad tech: "Uhhhh my machine broke. I need to jump on this part and kick it, but I am not paid enough if I break it. Can you - "

Surgeon, casual as: "Yeah, sure."

:violently beats up the C-arm until it starts pumping out those sweet, sweet x-rays:

8. ODP to theatre assistant: "Saw the new tasche earlier. Suits you."

Theatre assistant: "Thanks! it grew on me :)"

Surgeon, pleadingly, within accidental snipping distance of the patient's spinal cord: "Guys, do NOT make me laugh."

OH MY GOD I FORGOT -

9. Surgeon using the electrocauter, leaning over the incision and inhaling deeply: mmmmm, that smell always gets me hungry. I'm having barbeque tonight.

New med student: 👀

and the classique:

Spinal surgeon: hey, that scoli's getting bad. want me to fix it for ya?

Me: I mean. There's a pretty long wait list

Spinal surgeon: yeah but I could do it tonight

Me: that would be very illegal, Jeff

Spinal surgeon: only if they catch me

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