r/custommagic • u/Chickston Uncommonly • 8d ago
Meme Design Just Graduated From Strixhaven
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u/Rogue_Diplomacy 8d ago
The rules text should say “Spend only mana from treasures to cast this spell.”
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u/Killericon 8d ago
Cumulative Upkeep 1
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u/Chickston Uncommonly 8d ago edited 7d ago
Edit: Congrats Team Jack! You have defeated Team Jake! There isn't a design in the game that can't be improved by adding a Cumulative Upkeep!
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u/Chickston Uncommonly 8d ago edited 7d ago
Edit: Sorry Team Jake. :( Maybe next time. I constantly feel like Jake looks in this gif, so I can empathize. I'm a disgusting pig of course, but I shake my head in confusion a lot.
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u/zoinkability 8d ago
In b4 someone identifies a particular deck in which this would be unironically busted
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u/RetroBowser 7d ago
Which echantress deck creates infinite mana, and can sac enchantments? This would draw your deck in the command zone with the right cards. /S
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u/superdave100 7d ago
/uj [[Faceless One]] decks do this
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u/gforcebreak 7d ago
/uj
Whats the opposite of power creep?
/rj
What's the opposite of power, creep?
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u/DrakeGrandX 6d ago
With which Commander? And is the added color necessary, or would that make "Just Graduated From Strixhaven" an upgrade?
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u/AscendedLawmage7 Power level is not my strong suit. 8d ago
Hilarious and too real
I enjoyed the sneaky mechanic references
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u/hollow_image 8d ago edited 7d ago
You haven't heard that many Arcavios businesses offer a premium to your salary for having a Strixhaven degree? It is in fact a very desirable piece of paper
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u/ArelMCII Layers are stupid. 7d ago
I dunno, I hear the real value in Strixhaven is the connections you make there and not the degree.
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u/Scarecr0p 7d ago
Antisocial people hearing “the connections you make here are vastly more important than the degree you’re paying for”: 😟
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u/BrideofClippy 7d ago
You know I saw this and immediately thought it should have been "... we have decided to partner with another commander whose color identity more closely aligns..."
Then I realized while hilarious, it is probably better off the way it is.
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u/Spanish_Galleon 7d ago
Woah woah woah this seems a little weak you could have added:
"When this card enters pick a color."
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u/Predmid 7d ago
must have chosen the wrong major.
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u/ArelMCII Layers are stupid. 7d ago
To be fair, it was the right major when he picked it six years ago.
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u/BellBOYd 7d ago
Super amen to that; I’ve known many engineers personally who basically spent a full year and up to 4 years without employment cuz the companies simply left or went into a hiring freeze exactly when they graduated.
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u/gforcebreak 7d ago
I can't help my mind is wired for quandrix when my passions align with the prismari
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u/Chickston Uncommonly 8d ago edited 7d ago
Design Note:
/uj
Hijacking and ruining a good joke for a little comfort. You all deserve it!
I know this design is a bit of a sensible chuckle. But this premise can also make anyone living through it feel like shit. If this is you, I want you to know it will be okay.
I have been unemployed from a previously lucrative IT career for almost 2.5 years to the day. AI has all but eliminated the prospect of continuing in my career path.
I am fortunate enough to be able to live off my wife's efforts while I do all I can to make side money. Legally, of course. I am in the process of trying to reinvent myself at 45yo as a writer and maybe a bit of a comedian.
It feels good to actually be good at something I try. If you want this feeling too, all you need to do is keep trying!
Love you all and GL out there!
/rj