DemonDragonJ on What Does Bloomburrow Offer that …

8 hours ago

It seems that many players are excited about Bloomburrow, but I am not certain why that is, since sentient beings that resemble anthropomorphic non-human animals, such as leonin, ainok, and viashino, have been part of this game for many years now, so I wonder what Bloomburrow offers that the game has not already had; is it the fact that the plane of Bloomburrow is inhabited only by anthropomorphic animals, and no humanoids?

What does everyone else say about this? Why are some players so excited for Bloomburow?

DemonDragonJ on Will Someone Please Explain this …

18 hours ago

In this post on Mark Rosewater's Tumblr page, a user made a reference to something, and Rosewater said "hats off to anyone who gets the reference," so what is that reference? Does anyone here know what that user was referencing?

DemonDragonJ on Diabolic Revelation or Rune-Scarred Demon?

1 week ago

I have a copy of Diabolic Revelation in my Sen Triplets EDH deck, although I am considering replacing it with a copy of Rune-Scarred Demon, since I like having a powerful 6/6 creature with flying, which I could potentially summon repeatedly, to use its ability multiple times.

What does everyone else say about this? Should I replace Diabolic Revelation with Rune-Scarred Demon, or keep the sorcery in that deck?

DemonDragonJ on Creative Destruction

1 week ago

Here is an idea for a card that I had, and that I wished to share with everyone else:

I originally had planned for this spell to cost , but I then decided that a powerful effect such as this should force the player to commit heavily to a red/blue deck, and I also had originally decided that a card with a powerful effect such as this should be a sorcery, but I then decided that it could be an instant with such a color-intensive cost.

I also do understand that this card's name implies that it should generate a token, rather than drawing cards, but this was the first name that I conceived, and I did not wish to waste time attempting to imagine a new name for the card, so I have chosen this name. What does everyone else think about this card?

DemonDragonJ on Secret Lair: Sans Mercy

2 weeks ago

I have not started a thread about a Secret Lair product in quite some time, since WotC has been printing so many of those that I feel it is foolish to make a thread for each one, but their newest Secret Lair is so ridiculous that I felt that I needed to make a thread about it.

The newest Secret Lair (at the time of this post) is Sans Mercy, and the cards in it have awesome artwork, but they are ruined by the ridiculous font; why would WotC do a thing such as that? What were they thinking when they designed those cards? What does everyone else say about this new Secret Lair product?

DemonDragonJ on Are Free Spells Becoming Too …

2 weeks ago

In the early days of the game, spells that could be cast for no mana were supposed to be a desperate last resort by incurring a cost other than mana, but, in recent years, free spells have become very powerful, such as the free spells from Ikoria Commander (most notably Deflecting Swat and Fierce Guardianship) and the flare cycle from the upcoming Modern Horizons 3, so I wonder if free spells are becoming too powerful.

What does everyone else say about this? Are free spells becoming too powerful?

As a side note, I severely dislike that the flare cycle requires sacrifice of a non-token creature, as not all colors excel at creature recursion.

DemonDragonJ on The Iron Giant: the 25th …

4 weeks ago

This year is the 25th anniversary of The Iron Giant, one of my favorite movies, an anniversary that I definitely feel is worth commemorating.

The Iron Giant is a homage to the science fiction movies of the 1950's, with the titular character being a giant robot, and is even set in the year 1953, but also to movies in which a young child befriends an extraordinary creature, and has various adventures with that creature. The movie is set during a time period when American life was supposedly perfect and ideal, yet the specter of the Soviet Union and potential nuclear war loomed over everything, creating an atmosphere of paranoia and suspicion, which is what drives the main conflict of the movie, in which the government distrusts anything that it cannot control or that is otherwise mysterious and different from the perceived societal norms of that time.

The Iron Giant was one several attempts by Warner Bros. to produce animated feature films to directly compete with the Walt Disney Company, but, unfortunately, all of their attempts fell short of those released by their competitor, although I personally believe that The Iron Giant was, by far, their best feature film, with its well-developed characters and heartfelt story, and I am very sad that Warner Bros. closed down their feature film division after releasing this film, as it could have ushered in a great era of animated films, if the studio had given it a chance.

The Iron Giant has been released on blu-ray, a format in which it looks excellent, but I definitely think that it deserves to be upgraded to 4K/UHD, as I am certain that it would be spectacular in that format (with a Dolby Atmos or DTS:X soundtrack to accompany it, of course), and the fact that Warner Bros. has released the original Space Jam in 4K makes it even more unusual and frustrating that they have not yet given the same treatment to The Iron Giant, as well. Hopefully, Warner Bros. shall do something to commemorate this momentous anniversary, as I feel that this film deserves to be honored, in such a way.

What does everyone else say about this? How does everyone else here feel about this year being the 25th anniversary of The Iron Giant?