Best Flavor Texts EVER

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Posted on Aug. 10, 2011, 10:16 p.m. by idmantelli

So once again I'm asking all players to elaborate. What are the all time best flavor texts (quotes on the bottoms of the cards) in all of MTG? My definite favorite is from M12's Distress : "Of course I think I've gone mad. The little man who crawled out of my eye has been telling me that all day."

That may or may not be the real text, I forget what it was...

idmantelli says... #2

and M12's Distress, not the older one.

August 10, 2011 10:16 p.m.

Swamy says... #3

Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind That's all I have to say about that. Blue red flavor text for the win!

August 10, 2011 10:22 p.m.

Nobilior says... #4

Duel decks Counterspell . The pyromancer summoned up her mightiest onslaught of fire and rage. Jace feigned interest.

August 10, 2011 10:24 p.m.

idmantelli says... #5

What, the remake of Counterspell ?

August 10, 2011 10:31 p.m.

aebersole10 says... #6

Akroma, Angel of Wrath for sure. So classic.

August 10, 2011 10:45 p.m.

Gamer7129 says... #7

Assault Strobe ' flavor text is one of my favorites.

August 10, 2011 10:51 p.m.

SwiftDeath says... #8

Carnival of Souls is my favorite.

August 10, 2011 11:07 p.m.

Gamer7129 says... #9

Diabolic Edict is a good one

August 10, 2011 11:39 p.m.

idmantelli says... #10

Brink of Disaster : "You always have a choice. That doesn't always mean you have a good choice."

August 10, 2011 11:43 p.m.

idmantelli says... #11

Dissipation Field : "Strike me once, shame on you. Strike me twice...Well, let's just see if you can."

Guard Duty : "I was told these were standard issue. Do I look standard to you?"

Lightmine Field : "If you want to kill a lot of goblins, just make your defenses look like fun."

Right now, I'm just looking at every card for the best :D

August 11, 2011 12:02 a.m.

borosgruul2 says... #12

Remand : "Well, at least all of that arm-waving and arcane babbling you did was impressive."

August 11, 2011 12:18 a.m.

saigex says... #13

August 11, 2011 1:13 a.m.

SandyDufresne says... #14

Master Thief made me chuckle the other day.

August 11, 2011 1:36 a.m.

Why hasn't anybody said Werebear yet?

August 11, 2011 1:55 a.m.

borosgruul2 says... #17

August 11, 2011 2:21 a.m.

Yes....I agree with the Werebear comment.

In fact I just re-discovered the comments on that card recently.

August 11, 2011 2:30 a.m.

Deco_y says... #19

August 11, 2011 2:41 a.m.

idmantelli says... #20

Out of everything posted here, the ones that made the laugh the most are definitely Werebear , Wave of Indifference , Enormous Baloth , Graphic Violence , Pygmy Giant , and Bad Ass .

August 11, 2011 3:23 a.m.

idmantelli says... #21

ALL TIME BEST CARD IN THE WHOLE FREAKING WORLD. THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BEAT IT:Our Market Research Shows That Players Like Really Long Card Names So We Made this Card to Have the Absolute Longest Card Name Ever Elemental <--From Unhinged

August 11, 2011 3:26 a.m.

idmantelli says... #22

WHAT IS THIS UNHINGED? WAS IT EVER REAL? Double Header !!!

August 11, 2011 3:31 a.m.

Yes. It was. It was mainly a set of cards that were all tongue-in-cheek.

August 11, 2011 3:32 a.m.

SwiftDeath says... #24

lest we forget Old Fogey .

August 11, 2011 3:46 a.m.

burnsbabe says... #25

I agree that Assault Strobe was good, but my personal favorite is Engulfing Slagwurm . "Its teeth exist only for decoration."

August 11, 2011 5:17 a.m.

I have to say, I'd never read Carnival of Souls before, and that one is definitely a new favorite.

In terms of flavor, I've always been very fond of Ruinous Minotaur . In terms of epic flavor, I like Time of Heroes , Knight of New Alara , Safe Passage , and Call to Glory . Canyon Minotaur is amusing, as is Spire Barrage . I wanna post one that's a little older, too, so I'll go with Beast of Burden : If it is meant to be nothing but a machine," Karn finally asked Jhoira, "why did Urza build it to be like me?"

August 11, 2011 6:03 a.m.

FallenSouls says... #27

Fodder Cannon

my favourite :D

August 11, 2011 10:49 a.m.

icekillaxx says... #28

i find this one funnny as hell Fodder Cannon and i like Repay in Kind oh and Incinerate from m12"Spontaneous combustion is a myth. If you burst into flames, someone wanted you to" -Chandra Nalaar

August 11, 2011 11:50 a.m.

yank says... #29

Gorilla Titan :I want a banana this big!

Frazzled Editor :The penis mightyer then the sord.

Are two of my favorites.

August 11, 2011 12:56 p.m.

Crazzyc says... #30

Scute Mob There are always more s'cute bugs

August 11, 2011 2 p.m.

idmantelli says... #31

And let's not forget about scheme cards: Your Puny Minds Cannot Fathom

August 11, 2011 6:57 p.m.

LikeMike says... #32

August 11, 2011 11:01 p.m.

jmfav says... #33

Last Word

Lhurgoyf

Undermine + Desertion

Cursed Monstrosity

Carrion

Those are some I always liked.

August 14, 2011 9:30 p.m.

Justarsaus says... #34

some of my favs are just one word.... "ribit", "here", "ewwwe" but for the bestest ever i agree with Swamy the orignal Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind is amazing

August 15, 2011 6:03 a.m.

Stjernberg says... #35

Grizzly BearsMTG Card: Grizzly Bears The old one from alpha-6th edition:

"Don't try to outrun one of Dominia's Grizzlies; it'll catch you, knock you down, and eat you. Of course, you could run up a tree. In that case you'll get a nice view before it knocks the tree down and eats you."

Pouncing JaguarMTG Card: Pouncing Jaguar from Urza's Saga:

"One pounce, she's hungry - you die quickly. Two, she's teaching her cubs - you're in for a long day."

CounterspellMTG Card: Counterspell from tempest, tho the iceage one is also awesome:

"It was probably a lousy spell in the first place."-Ertai, wizard adept

May 9, 2012 7:04 p.m.

Stjernberg says... #36

But have to add that Fodder CannonMTG Card: Fodder Cannon and Carnival of SoulsMTG Card: Carnival of Souls are added to my favorites list :)

IncinerateMTG Card: Incinerate from both magic 10 and 12 are also awesome!

May 9, 2012 7:15 p.m.

Shane says... #37

I'm a little late to the party lol. I can't remember the name of the card, text is: "So their killing our men. Well two can play at that game."

May 11, 2012 9:58 p.m.

fortenzo says... #38

Bottle Gnomes is full of win. My fiancee also enjoys Shatter from Mirrodin or M10: "Days of planning. Weeks of building. Months of perfecting. Seconds of smashing."

June 27, 2012 11:42 p.m.

Roloman4 says... #39

Archon of Justice: In dark times, Truth bears a blade.

Archon of Redemption: Until Emeria is free, he raises his sword in her name.

June 29, 2012 12:08 a.m.

CarnalWombat says... #40

Canyon Minotaur makes me chuckle.

July 2, 2012 11:02 a.m.

skyb0rg says... #41

July 2, 2012 12:28 p.m.

Sagi007 says... #42

min out of the list here is Lightmine Field i first read the text tht was writen next to it the checked picture lol

When Fluffy Bunnies Attack "Get it? Bunnies, letters, -X/-X? Me neither."

July 2, 2012 3:29 p.m.

kyhotaling says... #43

July 6, 2012 12:18 p.m.

Zesty says... #44

Black Cat is pretty good. Werebear is definitely my fav

July 6, 2012 2:23 p.m.

jcris25 says... #45

"Deep in the woods you could hear the laughing, then crying when the killing was over."

July 7, 2012 1:48 p.m.

Stay70573 says... #46

HOLD THE FRONT DOOR!"I WANT A BANANA THIS BIG!"

THERE

July 7, 2012 7:20 p.m.

Plummyr says... #47

Time of Heroes for sure. Just amazing flavor on that one.

Myr Galvanizer gotta love the myr.

Stormblood Berserker

July 7, 2012 8:13 p.m.

Cirdan13 says... #48

I'm not sure I could pick just 1 favorite but pretty much any goblin card has awesome flavor text. I just had a thought that maybe a different thread for each expansion might be a good idea.

July 10, 2012 4:08 a.m.

MR H3AT says... #49

My favorite is Hex , Pygmy Giant , and Lightmine Field

July 11, 2012 3:50 a.m.

zandl says... #50

Smelt .

July 11, 2012 6:53 p.m.

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