Alabaster Potion – MTG 4th Edition
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It doesn’t turn you into alabaster though? Looks like it would be a hard potion to pour.
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Wizards are known for their great hand/eye coordination, so I doubt it would be a problem for them 🙂
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Once again, this needs no annotation; it speaks so well for itself.
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One of the things I am loving about these Magic posts. Very little in the word department is needed from me.
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I need annotation! How much is X life? Is that an X or a ten? What’s a D’Avenant proverb? William Davenant?
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X is as much as you can pay. If you see the “X” up in the right corner? That corresponds to the X in the description.
If you don’t know what a D’Avenant Proverb is, then I suggest you go read MLK Jr’s “I Had a Dream” speech. It’s chock full of D’Avenant Proverbs…
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Huh? I still don’t understand X. There’s an X with a couple of ninja throwing darts in the upper right corner. What is how much I can pay? What if I can’t pay anything? What if all I have is a book of D’Avenant proverbs? What are they worth?
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I’m guessing it has been a long time since you took an Algebra class? X is always equal to the cosign of the apposite angle of the hypotenuse. Seems pretty straightforward to me.
The ninja stars are plains. You have to tap 2 plains, at midnight, while chanting from the book of Luther to power this spell. If you mispronounce anything though, deviled egg dogs will eat your soul…
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Ah, but what if I give the deviled egg dogs a cup of eggnog? I’ll bet they’d be wagging their tails and licking my face like good doggies. Can I just watch Idris Elba’s Luther on DVD instead of reading from the book? It has, indeed, been decades since I took an Al Gebra’s class in Xology. Was he a card sharp?
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You can try the eggnog trick, but it’s at your own peril.
Depends on how faithful the movie was to the book. As long as you don’t say the wrong word you don’t have to worry about deviled egg dogs.
Was he a card sharp? Shame on you. He was a card counter…
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You guys are in combative mood this morning…
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I was hoping for a day due to rain. No such luck…
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The WPO3 is having a manic Monday.
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Is Alex sin-binned for now?
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No idea what’s in his bins, he empties them daily so we’ll never find out.
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What does the “O” stand for again?
I’m always manic. I just manage to hide it most of the time 😉
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Other 🤣 like the other 2 or the other 3 when I’m late to the party 😁
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Perfect. Our own secret coded language. No one will be able to crack our indecipherable plans now…
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I am the Scherbius of the WP4!
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All Hail Scherbius Fraggle! 😀
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Glad that’s sorted. Righty oh, I’m off to peepies, it’s midnight at the oasis here and I’m up for work early. Have a good evening folks! 😘
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Yet another no comment comment from me as I don’t understand any of it. I’m on a roll! 🙂
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I’ll be posting up my Top Trump cards one at a time next month if you’re interested.
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Has Melania done a set for the laydeez?
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Haha very funny, but boys Top Trump cards are nothing to do with anything but planes and cars….
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Why are girls excluded? I like cars.
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That’s already been done, as shown by this card:
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If you’ve got a Melanie card too that would be amazing!
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I have not seen any. I also suspect that it would be of a nature that I would not be comfortable putting up for public viewing….
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I think you should get a crown or something acknowledging you as the Queen of the Comments.
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I agree Booky, I will happily take on the responsibilities of being Queen of no comment comments. 😁
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Those quotes are a nice additional touch that has absolutely no impact on the game! 😮
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It’s called “flavor”. Each set has it’s own internal story and the story is hinted at or spelled out through quotes or bits of info in this spot on the card.
I’m not sure how much actual “story” there is for these early sets. But it gives the flavor that Wizards of the Coast was aiming for.
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