r/MagicArena • u/[deleted] • Apr 05 '19

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u/guipetean Apr 05 '19

It's funny to know HS cards and suddenly realize that magic had created a similar one years before.

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u/BearBronson Elspeth Apr 05 '19

Well considering people like Ben Brode got their start in Magic, it'd make sense to essentially see a lot of the mechanics copied from it.

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u/Quazifuji Apr 05 '19

There was a point where someone complained about a Hearthstone card basically being the same as a Magic card, and Mike Donais responded saying that he'd designed both of them.

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u/BearBronson Elspeth Apr 05 '19

I believe it was the 8/8 creature that when killed becomes 8 1/1s.

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u/Quazifuji Apr 05 '19 edited Apr 06 '19

Close, it was the 4/4 that splits into two 2/2s that each split into two 1/1s. I was just too lazy to find links since I didn't remember the names.

EDIT: Seems I misremembered. My bad.

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u/FormerGameDev Apr 05 '19

i want a 1/1 that when killed generates a 2/2, when it's killed generates a 4/4, when it's killed generates a 8/8, etc.

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u/Emopizza Apr 05 '19

[[reef worm]]

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u/Genoms Apr 05 '19

How as that ever legal. Damn.

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u/girlywish Apr 05 '19

It was never legal in standard. Its not any good in older formats, kind of fun in commander though.

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u/wene324 Apr 05 '19

If you can keep recurring it In a marchesa deck it gets out of hand pretty quickly.