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A hand holding up a deck of cards, the first card is Indestructible Aura from Magic the Gathering

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Got my dad some old mtg cards on ebay for his 50th

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

They should make tee shirts off this illustration

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Is this official? It just looks too funny lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It's official, and classic! The first few years, there were not really any guidelines; the artist was given the name of the card (and its color, I think) to illustrate, and that's it.

New players: "It doesn't grant Indestructible, and it's not an Aura!"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Sometimes artists weren't even given the name of the card. The original art for enlightened mystic was supposed to be for another card entirely

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It is. Legends was a wacky set.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

All of Chronicles, actually

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

There were white creatures that could redirect any damage to that creature.

I remember discovering a paradox where both players were motivated to redirect damage to their own respective creatures (Albatrosses were involved) and could indefinitely.

I think WoTC was first rude about the paradox and later created some hard-to-interpret rules about conflicting recursions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago