Two wizards face off. The first, a calm, collected wizard that seems to show no interest in what is happening; across from him a cocky, grinning master of red and green magics.
The red wizard makes the first move, calling forth horrible, mindless beasts and cunning goblins to ruthlessly attack his foe. The calm mage endures a few close calls, a bad scrape, and a glancing blow that nearly rips his arm off, but before long he has set up his defensive spells and the monsters can't get through to him.
Cursing the cowardly magician, the red mage racks his brain for a spell to get through his opponent's barrier and... nothing. He tries to recall a spell he once learned but all that flashes through his head is a glimpse of a land he once visited.
Shaking his head as if to drive the distractions from his mind he focuses again and tries to recall another spell, one of vicious destruction that has pulled him out of many difficult situations. Again, nothing. He remembers learning the spell, but instead of incantations all his mind sees is an old forest he passed through years ago.
Now panicking, he tries to come up with anything, any spell or any memory, anything to show him that he existed once and still exists. At first he clings to a few precious memories; even if he doesn't have his spells, he still has his humanity. But soon, those are gone too. Memories of his friends and loved ones are gone, replaced only with images of towering mountains. Eventually not a single memory remains. This poor man doesn't know even his own name. All knowledge of what he was, is, and would be are gone, replaced only with images of majestic landscapes that play in his mind with vivid detail. From there, it does not take long before his mind shatters.
He curls up on the ground and cries, openly sobbing from a great feeling of loss, though over what he can not recall. His quiet opponent simply sighs, though out of boredom or sadness it is unclear, and casually saunters over to the broken mage to put him out of his misery.
(flavor by Brojimbo)
Deck idea credit to this thread@MTGSalvation
Moving out of thnkr's budget version now that I picked up a playset of Mox, trying to see if I can come up with a unique take on the deck.
