MTG Tumblr Thursday

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Happy Thursday MTG peeps,

Tonight is Commander night again so expect a few members of the MTG Realm play group to be less than 100% fully charged Friday morning from Magic: the Gathering games going really long, late or into the early morning.  Speaking of Friday, ensure you get thee to a local gamery shoppe for Friday Night Magic.  Why?  Because Friday the 13th !! That's why.  Many gaming stores are having special FNM events with Shadows Over Innistrad in standard play and at OMG! Games here in Barrie, Ontario there is a lot of prizes and fun on tap for tomorrow night.

For today's post, we are again rounding up posts from our sister site, MTG Realm on Tumblr, but before we go there, do drop by the Mothersite post Diego Fumagalli with this very awesome article 'How to Standard - In Graphics'.  We love graphics, infographics and everything in between, especially when it involves our fav game Magic: the Gathering.  Righto - on to Tumblr now -
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Photoset May 12, 2016 209 notes

Magic: the Gathering - Alphabet Soup

Check out these SWEET-ARSE blank MTG tokens from the brilliant and witty mind of card alter gal Ellie Shakirova (her Etsy shop over here).  This is a full alphabet set of 26 cards with matte lamination with appropriate place for you to pen in the token name and power / toughness.

God Bless the souls of the Redditors who also had a bit of fun with this project at the expense of a certain ubiquitous blue mind-mage -

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Photoset May 11, 2016 222 notes

Magic: the Gathering - Nissa


Very excellent figurine / sculpture of Nissa posted by Don Chapp - sorry - not much known about this carving / painting (3D print?).  Anywhoos, the original artwork is from Wesley Burt.

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Photoset May 11, 2016 164 notes

Magic: the Gathering - Magic in Motion


Interesting pic of a game of MTG on the ‘Mamba’ at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri posted by Redittor Capntallon.  Apparently, this may not be a new idea (of bringing a game for a ride) as suggested by xkcd Comic.

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Photo May 10, 2016 438 notes

Magic: the Gathering - BAD KITTEH !! Redditor Duke_of_Fritzburg posted this pic of cardboard disaster caused by the evil tag-team Spooky and Tulip.Here is an appropriate Cardboard Comic on this subject.

Here is an appropriate Cardboard Crack Comic on this subject.

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Photo May 09, 2016 134 notes

Magic: the Gathering - Battlefield PlaymatPretty sharp design from Ultra PRO to MTG players new to the game or even more experienced ones wanting to battle one-on-one.The Battlefield playmat measures 24" x 24" and features minimalist design, game layout, step and phase information. This playmat is designed for two players and made with a premium fabric top for a smooth, protective playing surface. The back of the playmat is lined with non-slip, textured rubber material for added grip and padding.
Magic: the Gathering - Battlefield Playmat
Pretty sharp design from Ultra PRO to MTG players new to the game or even more experienced ones wanting to battle one-on-one.

The Battlefield playmat measures 24" x 24" and features minimalist design, game layout, step and phase information. This playmat is designed for two players and made with a premium fabric top for a smooth, protective playing surface. The back of the playmat is lined with non-slip, textured rubber material for added grip and padding.
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MTG April Fools

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Happy Friday MTG peeps,

This weekend, countless Magic: the Gathering players are heading to their local gaming stores to partake in the Shadows Over Innistrad PreRelease event.  Wishing all players the best of luck, have a fun time and may the odds be forever in your favour.  If you happen to find yourself in Central Ontario over the weekend, drop by OMG! Games, here in Barrie, Ontario, Canada-Land where, at midnight tonight, right after Friday Night Magic, they will be starting prerelease tournaments all weekend long.

Anywhoos, back to the title of today's post to MTG Realm - 'April Fool's Day.  This interesting day probably has something to do the ancient Roman festival of Hilaria, held on March 25th, but here in North America today, it is all about fun and frivolity.  Here is a quick roundup of some related posts to our sister blog, MTG Realm on Tumblr -

Photoset April 01, 2016 320 notes

Magic: the Gathering - TCG: TINY CARD GAME
All the fun of your standard Magic deck, now in super-concentrated form.  Travel Edition includes everything you need to play head-to-head.  Pick up a Expansion Pack to customize your MtG-TE deck - available only during April Fool’s Day.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ivpi/?cpg=wotc

Considering it has the word “Gathering” in its title, you’d think Magic would be more of a travel game. Not that it’s difficult to carry around, but it is challenging to play in an impromptu location. You’ve got your deck with you. Your friends have their decks with them. Now all you need is 2 feet of lateral space on a flat surface each, and you’ll be good to go. It doesn’t sound like much, but it is. Those of you who end up at tournaments playing with mats overlapping your neighbors’ know what we’re talking about. And your tray table on the airplane just isn’t going to cut it. So if you can’t get more space, what’s your other option?


Smaller cards. That’s why ThinkGeek and Wizards of the Coast have come together to released a new Magic: The Gathering - Travel Edition just in time for the summer travel season. With 120 mini cards, MtG-TE has all the fun of your standard Magic deck, now in super-concentrated form. The carrying case itself turns into a Battle Board with an integrated playmat and life counters for a head-to-head duel. And don’t fret that you might not be able to read the abilities / flavor text on your mini cards. MtG-TE comes with 2 pairs of Battle Magnifier goggles, also handy for reading the small print on those commercials for prescription drugs where the side effects are nausea, vomiting, and spontaneous combustion. If you enjoy MtG-TE, we encourage you to pick up a expansion pack and build your own travel deck that’s a force to be reckoned with.
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Photo April 01, 2016 121 notes
Gaming Supplies - Edible Deck BoxBest product EVAR from Ultimate Guard for those hungry gamers.
Gaming Supplies - Edible Deck Box


Best product EVAR from Ultimate Guard for those hungry gamers.

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Finally, speaking of our Tumblr Blog, we are happy to report that we are celebrating our 5th CakeDay today !

MTG REALM BLOG 
Just turned Five today - Happy CakeDay to all to have supported this Magic: the Gathering Fan blog - big huggles !

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Tumblr Tuesday

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Happy Tuesday MTG peeps,

We've not done a catch up article here on the main MTG Realm blog as to how our sister site MTG Realm on Tumblr has been doing.  Don't worry - she's fine and has just under 9,000 Followers making it one of the top Magic: the Gathering related blogs on Tumblr.  In fact, the MTG community on Tumblr is healthy and actually so popular that it has attracted the attention of Wizards of the Coast.  WotC staffers MaRo, Doug, Gavin and Matt have been riding the Tumblr machine as MTG / personal blogs for quite a while now but the company is now in the room.  Kinda like your mom 'n' dad coming home early while you and your friends (or gf/bf) are chill'n.  Hope it does not get weird or corporate but we don't anticipate this.

Anywhoos - on to what we've been up to on Tumblr !
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Photoset February 03, 2015 75 notes

Crit Hit LED Dice Set

FLASHES RED WHEN YOU ROLL A CRIT!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/2063/

• A trio of dice that flash red when you roll their highest Set of three dice which flash red when you roll their highest number

• Not a cheater die in the bunch! Each one is weighted evenly so you have to earn those top rolls

• Set includes one of each: d10, d12, and d20

• Players: It is up to your GM whether you can use it in your game

• GMs: The red glow makes you look even more evil behind the screen


• Batteries included (1 x CR2032 each; non-replaceable)

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Welcome to the official MTG Tumblr!

wizardsmagic:

teferi-mageof-zhalfir:

wizardsmagic:

We’ll be using this space as a hub for MTG content. Several WotC employees are Tumblr residents already, and we like to think of this blog as the apartment complex all of them (metaphorically) live in. Follow for community reblogs, questions from fans, and more Magic than you can shake a stick at.

Is this for real? If so, great!

It’s for real! 

DAMMIT - WotC has found our lair !
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Photoset February 03, 2015 72 notes

Magic: the Gathering - Zombie Fruit Bowl

Tasigur, the Golden Fang, Fate Reforged Rare, Illustrated by Chris Rahn.

This card is BANANAS !

• Ikea furniture requires some assembly - while - Sultai Zombie furniture assemble themselves.


• Why did the Zombie Banana go to the Doctor … cuz he wasn’t peeling well.
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Photo February 01, 2015 625 notes

Gather ALL the Magic expansion symbols ! ! !
Gather ALL the Magic expansion symbols ! ! !


(Source: gatherallthemagic)
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Photo January 30, 2015 144 notes

Magic: the Gathering - MTG problemsMTG problems from @eggofchris - not having enough table space to make your Pauper deck.  
Magic: the Gathering - MTG problems


MTG problems from @eggofchris - not having enough table space to make your Pauper deck.  
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Photoset January 25, 2015 709 notes

Magic: the Gathering - Suncatchers

Some very lovely craft work from VitriGeek.  Each piece is hand-cut and assembled on a clear backing, so that it works as either a mosaic on your wall or a suncatcher in the window. Each suncatcher is individually cut and assembled by hand, so there will be slight variations from piece to piece.  Each piece is approximately 4” in diameter, 1/4” thick, and weighs roughly 4 ounces. 


From VitriGeek (Ithaca, NY, United States) on Etsy.
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Photoset January 21, 2015 218 notes

Magic: the Gathering - Today’s Uncharted Realms story

http://mtg-realm.blogspot.com/2015/01/fate-reforged-vorthos.html


There and (maybe) Back Again - A Sarkhan Tale -sponsored by Nahiri Brand Hedrons.
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Cardboard Crack

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Happy Monday MTG peeps,

Wow what a weekend!  At the 2014 World Championship, Shahar Shenhar  secured his second consecutive win while the Danish Team came out on top in the finals over Greece to win the 2014 World Cup.  Make sure to pop by the mothersite to catch up with the coverage from this weekend's events if you could not watch live due to work, school exams, whatever.  Speaking of coverage, on Sunday of the 2014 Worlds Week coverage, Modern Masters 2015 Edition was revealed - see our post from yesterday on this.

Anywhoos, for today's post we are sitting down with the brilliant talent behind 'Cardboard Crack' - a comic about the World's most addictive game - Magic: the Gathering.  There is little doubt about the additive quality of this our favourite game - we first started into this with a progression which may be familar with many - with friends giving us a bunch of terri-bad junk, buying our first sealed product (a Lorwyn Intro Pack from OMG! Games), to cherry-picking highly desirable singles from MTG Mint Card, resulting in a shelf in our games room groaning under the weight of cards.  Righto - enough of us, let's talk to fella about our fav comic strip -

MTG Realm (MTG R) : So a little bit of background about hour - how did you, Magic: the Gathering, and illustration first collide ?

Cardboard-Crack (CC) : I started playing Magic around Ice Age, and have played on and off ever since. Most recently, I came back to Magic during Avacyn Restored, and I was mainly playing Magic Online because I have a family now. Although I was often having fun, it also didn't feel particularly rewarding without my friends to play with like when I played when I was younger. You make a mistake to lose a big game and then have no one to share your bad beat story with, and you start wondering what the point is.

I had long been a fan of comics and one day it just dawned on me that it would be fun to do Magic related comics. I was hoping that doing the comics would help give me that feeling of community that I was missing when just playing Magic Online. Now I've met so many people through the comics, and now via email, Twitter, and whatever, that I never would have met without the comic. It's really helped make Magic so much more rewarding for me.

 
MTG R : I concur - half the fun of MTG is about all the IRL shenanigans at the WPN store or kitchen table.  Tell us about the when / where / hows of your first Cardboard Crack strip you shared with the interwebs.  How was it received ?

CC : I was a little unsure about posting the comics online because I wasn't sure if I could find enough material to write about. In particular, most Magic comics I found online were more focused on the Vorthos (or flavor) aspects of the game, and I thought it would be interesting to write about the players' perspective. Things like recent news from big tournaments, anticipating new sets, or just getting together with your friends on a Friday night. So anyway I set one day aside, and just started drawing, and I think I had like 5 comics by the end of the day. This gave me the confidence to start posting them, in fact I think I posted 2 on my site the first day.

The reception has been overall positive. Of course there are detractors, but you have to expect that from the Internet. Also, Magic people tend to like to think critically about everything and pull things apart, even when they don't really mean anything bad by it. So that can require a tough skin. But yeah, most people have been amazing. You can really see this from the growth my site has had because so many people have been so generous in sharing my work through links and word of mouth. I really owe them a lot for any success I've had.

On top of this, Reuben Bresler and Lauren Lee were still working for StarCityGames at this time, and pretty early on they contacted me for their newsletter. So I owe them a lot as well for believing in me when I was still fairly unknown. Heath Newton from MTGO Traders was another person who helped me out quite a bit early on.

MTG R : That's wonderful you've had some early support.  Have you had any recognition at all from Wizards of the Coast that may have validated your great work to date ?

CC : I've had a little, but not too much really. Trick Jarrett was nice enough to send me an encouraging email early on. Aaron Forsythe generously linked to me on Twitter. And Mark Rosewater has linked to me on Tumblr and Twitter when I mention him in my comics. It's really rewarding when people you admire so much and make this game you love take time out of their day to do things like this.

MTG R :  That is pretty sweet.  How are you drawing material or inspiration for your strips - local store, playgroup, online tournament coverage, etc. ?

CC : A little bit of everything really. I try to post almost every day if I can think of something, and this really means I have to look at every nook and cranny of Magic for humor!

MTG R : The strips are most definitely humorous and certainly put a smile in my day.  I've been blogging (almost daily) at MTG Realm since 2008 and have (with some effort) tried always to be on the singular topic of the game - have you ever felt compelled to address non-MTG issues in your strips ?

CC :  I definitely get this feeling from time to time. If you notice my comics, I've sometimes made connections with science or philosophy, especially early on in the writing. It would be to do more focus on this, but obviously this wouldn't really work in a Magic comic. In addition, there are often current events that I'd like to comment on (especially political things), but it just wouldn't be appropriate with my audience.

So for now I just add these non-Magic ideas to my notebooks, and hopefully someday I'll get a chance to share them!

MTG R : So what future projects or aspirations do you want to be realised ?

CC : For the most part I feel like I've hit a good groove. I'm been producing the comics fairly consistently and people seem happy to keep reading them.

In terms of future projects, I'm not sure what more I have time for. Drawing Cardboard Crack almost daily takes up quite a bit of time! I would definitely like to do some playmats or sleeves at some point, so hopefully this is something to look forward to.

Other than this, I just hope my audience can keep growing so that I can make Cardboard Crack more and more of my life. It's hard to see from the outside, but I really feel like some of my best weeks of comics are when I have more time to work on the writing. So it would be so amazing for me (and hopefully for my readers as well) if I could be able to consistently dedicate all the time I'd like to Cardboard Crack.

MTG R : Thank-you so very much - it was great yattering with you.  All the very best to you in the continued success of Cardboard Crack.
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If you've been loving the comics and are a fan of the game, check out some of the cool 'n' witty merch on the site, and when the WiFi goes down, go analogue like your forebears and pick up one of the truly outstanding bound collections filled these great strips and includes as a special bonus, a number of new comics never published on the Cardboard Crack website.

http://cardboard-crack.com/
https://twitter.com/cardboard_crack
https://www.facebook.com/CardboardCrack

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MTG Tumblr Thursday

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Happy Thursday MTG peeps,

One more day away from our fav day of the week - Friday!  Expect us at our local gamery shoppe, OMG! Games here in Barrie, Ontario with some newly acquired Magic: the Gathering singles from MTG Mint Card.  We hope to make it again to Top 8 with our take on that popular Abzan Midrange, and if not, we certainly relish our time spent creating rogue decklists.  

Anywhoos, it's been a while since we've last revisited our sister site MTG Realm on Tumblr.  Our Tumblr site now boasts almost 3,000 posts and has 7,400 followers, so come on in and scroll on through our content.

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Photoset October 23, 2014 6 notes

Magic: the Gathering - Frenzied Goblin 

New January 2015 FNM promo card was posted to the mothersite today. The new Goblin critter illustration has moved away from the more ‘traditional’ goblin to that of those inhabiting the Plane of Tarkir. 

• Magic 2015 Core Set Uncommon, Art by Carl Critchlow


• January 2015 Friday Night Magic Promo, Art by Kev Walker
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Photoset October 22, 2014 149 notes

Magic: the Gathering - COMMANDER 2014

Official previews start Monday 27th October 2014 ! !


Is much excite !
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Photoset October 20, 2014 759 notes

Magic: the Gathering - Dice Coffin

Very kewl dice box for your games - especially witty if you are playing something with dredge or other graveyard shenanigans.


Top - from a tutorial here.  Bottom - from stoney916.
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Photoset October 20, 2014 225 notes

Magic: the Gathering - Wait . . Wut ?


Oh reddit - you never fail to deliver the lulz and the wtf’s.
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Photoset October 16, 2014 152 notes

Magic: the Gathering - Standard Metagame

Rather witty image / post by redittor gereffi with follow-ups from ubernostrum and others about just how popular Khans of Tarkir Siege Rhino was at KTK Pro Tour Honolulu last weekend … .

Ajani, Mentor of Rhinos
Drown in Rhino
Elspeth, Rhino’s Champion
Goblin Rhinomaster
Mantis Rhino
Mass Rhinofy
Nissa, Rhinowaker
Rhino Charm
Rhino Mystic
Rhino of Kruphix
Rhino Siegemaster
Rhino, Solemn Visitor
Rhinoblast
Rhinobreath Rhino
Rhinoseize
Siege Courser
Sorhino, Solemn Rhino
Sylvan Rhino
Wingmate Rhino
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Photoset October 15, 2014 611 notes

Magic: the Gathering - Moxen

The Moxen or Moxes are a collection of powerful gems infused with one of the colors of mana — Mox Pearl for white, Mox Sapphire for blue, Mox Jet for black, Mox Ruby for red, and Mox Emerald for green. These five moxen are part of the Power Nine. Each Mox from Alpha set typically fetch prices in the range of $1,500 to $2,000.

You can get jewelry replicas from a variety of different sources including the ones shown here from PixelStar07 on Etsy.

• Mox Pearl Necklace
• Mox Sapphire Necklace 
• Mox Jet Necklace
• Mox Ruby Necklace
• Mox Emerald Necklace


Spuggs on reddit recently posted a pic of himself with the kewl Moxen swag - “Think I’ll be a planeswalker for Halloween. They’ll know me by my artifacts.’
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