'My Devin Townsend Project'
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Custom Nicknames + Flavour Text: Lands —April 30, 2024
Lands
Arid Mesa: Nickname: Dust “After the sacrifice, the landscape was nothing but dusts and chasma.” — Sacrifice in reference to sacrificing the land. (Dusts and Chasma, Tryptophan — DreamPeace, 2023)
Blood Crypt: Nickname: One of Mind “So you’ve come around… And we know what you came for. We are one of mind, and you are home…” “
Bloodstained Mire: Nickname: Shadows “Oh Earth, what changes hast thou seen… There were the long street roars, hath been the stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow from form to form, and nothing stands; like clouds, they shape themselves and go.” (Seventh Wave, Ocean Machine: Biomech — 1997)
Breeding Pool: Nickname: Echoing Silence “I remember this path, he whispered in the echoing silence.” (I remember this path, Snow Day — DreamPeace, 2023, Echo, Accelerated Evolution — 2003/All Is In The Echo, Space Oyster — DreamPeace, 2023, In The Silence, Sky Gods — DreamPeace, 2023)
City of Brass: Nickname: Lonely City “Lonely is the city tonight…” — The city is empty, a lonely city. Also gives off Anor Londo vibes, which is also an empty city that looks Brass. It even has the Brass armour set in it. (Bastard, Ocean Machine: Biomech — 1997)
Command Tower: Nickname: Puppet! You are a puppet! I am a puppet! We are all puppets! — In reference to everyone playing Command Tower and not escaping the staples of the format. See Sol Ring. (Color Your World, Ziltoid the Omniscient — 2007)
Exotic Orchard: Nickname: Haunted Song “The world’s only haunted sacred now, with a haunted song keeping us from being all alone. (Silent Militia, Sky Blue/Z2 — 2014, Awake!!, Addicted — 2009)
Flooded Strand: Nickname: This Path "If you ask me, I’ll walk this path for you. Live by the code you wrote. I’ll walk these miles alone.” (The Code, Casualties of Cool — 2014)
Forbidden Orchard: Nickname: Always Been Here “We have always been here, crackled the spirits through a distinct vibration.” (The Mighty Masturbator, Deconstruction — 2011, Only Vibrations, Sky Gods — DreamPeace, 2023)
Forest: Nickname: I Know The Way! “I know the way! And YOU know the way! We all fall down if we fear love!” — In reference to Devin being a vegi-ma-tarian, to fearing love for nature and instead siding with continued industrialisation, deforestation and destroying the planet. (Grace, Epicloud — 2012)
Godless Shrine: Nickname: A Chance To Be Loved “All we’re offering is a chance to be loved!” (Stormbending, Transcendence — 2016)
Hallowed Fountain: Nickname: Process “We bring to you: the process of human development! (The Mighty Masturbator, Deconstruction — 2011)
Mana Confluence: Nickname: Shine “Join the heavens, join the sea. Shine for freedom, shine for peace. Though the future is hard to see, If you can’t shine for you dear, please shine for me.” (Singularity, Empath — 2019)
Marsh Flats: Nickname: NOTHING! “And at the heart of it all, there was NOTHING!” (Genesis, Empath — 2019)
Misty Rainforest: Nickname: Love All We Can “Love all we can before, we learn all we came for. Learn all we can before, the road leads to home.” — All has been learnt upon sacrifice. Home is the land summoned. (Grace, Epicloud — 2012)
Overgrown Tomb: Nickname: Deep Within “Every life is found deep within. How many lives is it threatening? All of them.” (Victim, Physicist — 2000)
Plains: Nickname: Light, Moon and Stars “Let there be light, let there be moon, let there be stars, and let there be you!” (Genesis, Empath — 2019)
Plaza of Heroes: Nickname: I Was There “I was there, said the imperial. At his requiem, nodding towards the statue. The pedestal carried a quote from the warlord: ‘They said: “We feel your pain, brother.” Yet they felt nothing for one another…’ ” (Imperial, Alien — Strapping Young Lad, 2005, Requiem, Empath — 2019, Ziltoidia Attaxx!!!, Ziltoid the Omniscient — 2007, Singularity, Empath — 2019)
Polluted Delta: Nickname: The Greys “And the greys flood our memories…in the long haul. Can the greys wash away? (The Greys, Ziltoid the Omniscient — 2007)
Reflecting Pool: Nickname: Live To Right “As you live to right the wrongs, never to return, the truth hits you hard. But, you’ve come a long, long way, so be not afraid, and trip the path unbeaten.” — Reflecting Pool: reflecting on the past by looking in the ‘mirror’. (Fallout, Sky Blue/Z2 — 2014, Rejoice, Sky Blue/Z2 — 2014, Forgive me, Casualties of Cool — 2014)
Reliquary Tower: Nickname: Captain Ziltoid “Divert all power from the main engines to the front guns. By your command, Captain Ziltoid!” (Planet Smasher/By Your Command, Ziltoid the Omniscience — 2007)
Sacred Foundry: Nickname: Peace “As they walked towards the foundry, gearing up for the storm, they could hear what sounded like the soundtrack to the end of the world, leaving them with a feeling of deep peace.” — In reference to Stormbending, which links to Cyclonic Rift, clearing the board and leaving behind an empty world, as well as to Deep Peace, a song Devin imagined to be playing at the end of the world. (Storm, Accelerated Evolution — Devin Townsend Band, 2003, Deep Peace, Terria — 2001)
Savannah: Nickname: Anytime “Anytime you need someone, anytime you heed someone, anytime you need me, I will be there.” (Deep Peace, Terria — 2001)
Scalding Tarn: Nickname: This Journey “I built this road and this journey before you. So go to the mountaintop, and paint the streets red.” — In reference to sacrificing the land (painting it red), and searching for a Mountain (painting it red, as a Mountain produces red Mana). (Bones, Casualties of Cool — 2014, Flight, Casualties of Cool — 2014)
Spectator Seating: Nickname: Intergalactic “ ‘Life is all dynamics, isn’t it folks?’, the commentator proclaimed. ‘So Ziltoid, across the intergalactic Skype network, is sending messages to Harold in his increasingly convoluted dream, which we are all subject to because you bought tickets…’ ” (Color your world, The Retinal Circus — 2013)
Spire Garden: Nickname: Baring Rock Faces “We now find a lone planet, barren, isolated, with holes the size of 50 elephants, baring rock faces imitating dagger-like teeth.” (Dimension Z, Dark Matters/Z2 — 2014, Earth, Dark Matters/Z2 — 2014)
Steam Vents: Nickname: Twenty-Five Years At The Factory “Twenty-five years at the factory, child, I’ve been working.” (The Mighty Masturbator, Deconstruction — 2011)
Stomping Ground: Nickname: The Midnight Sun “The echoing land laid dormant as the midnight sun was setting.” (Midnight Sun, Sky Blue/Z2 — 2014)
Temple Garden: Nickname: Your World Is Gone “Gone, and your world is gone. And you’re on your own. And we find there’s no one that’s waiting for your light at all.” (Solar Winds, Ziltoid the Omniscient — 2007)
The World Tree: Nickname: Breathing Of The Soul “And with the breathing of the Soul of the World, your soul filled with a mysterious wave of beautiful light.” — Devin representing the Soul of the World, as he is the soul of this deck, woven into every card, and being the one who has constructed the entire lore, and thus world, this deck is inspired by. (Higher, Transcendence — 2016, Mysterious Wave, Tryptophan — DreamPeace, 2023)
Training Center: Nickname: Save Us All “I’ve been working on a plan to save us all!” (The Mighty Masturbator, Deconstruction — 2011)
Tropical Island: Nickname: Vacation “Let’s go on vacation today…marooned here on castaway cay.” (Vacation, Lightwork, 2022)
Tundra: Nickname: Evening “I find myself drawn, to the evening.” (Flight, Casualties of Cool — 2014)
Undergrowth Stadium: Nickname: Nothing Left Burning “In I you trusted, all your worries and wonders. But you will find, no comfort here. And when there’s nothing left burning inside you, your bones will riddle the ground, with the rest.” <“How can you change as much as the cat litter at home when you have such an inflated sense of self-importance?”> (Bones, Casualties of Cool — 2014, Ih-Ah, By A Thread — 2012)
Vault of Champions: Nickname: Wan’dering Soul Of Mine “Wan’dering…soul of mine. Wan’dering…in time.” (Pandemic, Deconstruction — 2011)
Verdant Catacombs: Nickname: Will You Save Me? “The things I am, are things that should not be…”
Watery Grave: Nickname: Pretty Lively “See, during the day this place is pretty lively…” (The Death of Music, Ocean Machine: Biomech — 1997)
Windswept Heath: Nickname: Terri’a Through the meadow, through the field, through Terri’a, to Rain City. (Singularity, Empath — 2019, Terria — 2001, Rain City, Sky Blue/Z2 — 2014)
Wooded Foothills: Nickname: The White Earth “The White Earth roared silently with a freezing breath.” (White Earth, Snow Day — DreamPeace 2023)