It is currently Sat Nov 30, 2024 10:57 pm

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 19 posts ] 
Author Message
PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:19 pm 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Sep 23, 2013
Posts: 4975
Preferred Pronoun Set: He/him
1: Take any warrior.
2: cover them in Melira's oil antidote.
3: Give them the following things (all available to the Mirrans):
a: Darksteel Plate
b: Lightning Greaves
c: Whispersilk Cloak
d: Worldslayer
4: Send them into any Phyrexian stronghold (I'd target Elesh first, but that's just me.
5: Replace b. and c.
6: Repeat 4 and 5 as many times as necessary.

_________________
Come and play 3 Card Magic! The Most Minimalistic Magic Format! (TM)

my ego sig


Last edited by Aaarrrgh on Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:21 pm 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Sep 23, 2013
Posts: 14004
Identity: Chaoslight
Preferred Pronoun Set: She
I wish they had won. It would have given us so many good edh cards. I CAN FEEL IT

_________________
altimis wrote:
I never take anytihng Lily says seriously, except for when I take it personally. Then it's personal.
WotC_Ethan wrote:
People, buy more stuff.
#WotCstaff
Spoiler

Image


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:42 pm 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Sep 22, 2013
Posts: 3845
Aaarrrgh wrote:
1: Take any warrior.
2: cover them in Melira's oil antidote.
3: Give them the following things (all available to the Mirrans):
a: Darksteel Plate
b: Lightning Greaves
c: Whispersilk Cloak
d: Worldslayer
4: Send them into any Phyrexian stronghold (I'd target Elesh first, but that's just me.
5: Replace b. and c.
6: Repeat 4 and 5 as many times as necessary.


Darksteel is rather rare and very hard to manipulate, making it not a very reliable resource to use. Likewise, invisibility doesn't work on the Progress Engine, as a Neurok ministory from the flash thing showed horribly.

I'm surprised that the mirrans put up a fight at all, considering the tactics the phyrexians supposedly used in the Planeswalker's Guide (early discreet missions that pratically won them the Tangle overnight, converting the sea into a deadly corrosive liquid, attacking everything that showed hints of individuality, et cetera).

_________________
Matahouroa
Planeswalker's Guide
The Story

My Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/Carliro
Image

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKFQ7Q38/ a book based on Lusitanian Mythology


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:54 pm 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Sep 26, 2013
Posts: 2093
Identity: Male
The Phyrexians established themselves far too well. By the time the Mirrans knew about them they were everywhere, with spys and to some degree political influence throughout the world. Whereas at the start of the war the Mirrans were still fighting each other.
I don't think the Phyrexians were guaranteed a win simply by being Phyrexian, but the way they played their opening hand sinched it. The Mirrans would have had to get their act together very quickly if they wanted to stand a chance.

_________________
"Body and spirit are sworn enemies. They will take any excuse to be rid of each other."
—Tariel, Reckoner of Souls


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 5:08 pm 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Sep 29, 2013
Posts: 1035
Not sure on the lore, but if everyone was smashin' up the Plane with Worldslayers, wouldn't that destroy a lot of stuff? I mean, obviously not the things coated in Darksteel, but maybe every single other thing?

_________________
Existential Hero: Train Without Rails


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 5:17 pm 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Sep 26, 2013
Posts: 2093
Identity: Male
At least a battlefield's worth of stuff. Just make sure to make it the enemy's battlefield.

_________________
"Body and spirit are sworn enemies. They will take any excuse to be rid of each other."
—Tariel, Reckoner of Souls


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:45 pm 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Sep 22, 2013
Posts: 3845
TPzombieW wrote:
The Phyrexians established themselves far too well. By the time the Mirrans knew about them they were everywhere, with spys and to some degree political influence throughout the world. Whereas at the start of the war the Mirrans were still fighting each other.
I don't think the Phyrexians were guaranteed a win simply by being Phyrexian, but the way they played their opening hand sinched it. The Mirrans would have had to get their act together very quickly if they wanted to stand a chance.


Pretty much confirmed, what with mirran infighting being lamented in several things of the flavour from the flash site.

_________________
Matahouroa
Planeswalker's Guide
The Story

My Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/Carliro
Image

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKFQ7Q38/ a book based on Lusitanian Mythology


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:51 pm 
Offline
YMtC Pro Tour Champion
User avatar

Joined: Sep 22, 2013
Posts: 14370
Also, if you're going games-mechanic verse the Phyrexians could just drop the Voltron Into the Core: Whispersilk doesn't give itself or the other equipment shroud.

_________________
"Enjoy your screams, Sarpadia - they will soon be muffled beneath snow and ice."

I have a blog. I review anime, and sometimes related media, with an analytical focus.

I'm a (self) published author now! You can find my books on Amazon in Paperback or ebook!
The Accursed, a standalone young adult fantasy adventure.
Witch Hunters, book one of a young adult Scifi-fantasy trilogy.


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:45 pm 
Offline
Member

Joined: Sep 22, 2013
Posts: 12283
Aaarrrgh wrote:
2: cover them in Melira's oil antidote.

A ) That is not the way Melira works.
B ) She couldn't even use her ability until after Tezzeret freed her from the Phyrexians and handed her to Elspeth, and by that time, Phyrexia had completely converted the entirety of the inside of Mirrodin.

_________________
At twilight's end, the shadow's crossed / a new world birthed, the elder lost.
Yet on the morn we wake to find / that mem'ry left so far behind.
To deafened ears we ask, unseen / "Which is life and which the dream?"


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 12:26 am 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Sep 23, 2013
Posts: 14004
Identity: Chaoslight
Preferred Pronoun Set: She
Should have use ascetism.

_________________
altimis wrote:
I never take anytihng Lily says seriously, except for when I take it personally. Then it's personal.
WotC_Ethan wrote:
People, buy more stuff.
#WotCstaff
Spoiler

Image


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 3:03 am 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Sep 22, 2013
Posts: 1853
Location: Belgium
Identity: Wannabe Cyborg
Preferred Pronoun Set: He/His/Him
Should not have boring design. Seriously, is anyone actually sorry the Mirrans died and where replaced by something more interesting? (Unless, of course, you believe that the models of Mirrans in your head have sentience and were thus more or less alive in which case, yeah, kinda sad.)

_________________
"I'm all for screwing with the natural order. The natural order objectively is awful. The natural order includes death, disease, pain, and starvation." --Sam Keeper


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 4:24 am 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Sep 22, 2013
Posts: 3845
Yxoque wrote:
Should not have boring design. Seriously, is anyone actually sorry the Mirrans died and where replaced by something more interesting? (Unless, of course, you believe that the models of Mirrans in your head have sentience and were thus more or less alive in which case, yeah, kinda sad.)


Yes. You're honestly not concerned at at all thousands of sapient beings were horrifically mutilated and brainwashed, only to end up as very low ranking members of Phyrexia?

_________________
Matahouroa
Planeswalker's Guide
The Story

My Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/Carliro
Image

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKFQ7Q38/ a book based on Lusitanian Mythology


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 4:30 am 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Sep 22, 2013
Posts: 1853
Location: Belgium
Identity: Wannabe Cyborg
Preferred Pronoun Set: He/His/Him
If it were real, I would have supported the Mirrans to no end. But it's not, so they're just boring foils for a more interesting antagonist.

_________________
"I'm all for screwing with the natural order. The natural order objectively is awful. The natural order includes death, disease, pain, and starvation." --Sam Keeper


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 4:47 am 
Offline
Member

Joined: Sep 22, 2013
Posts: 12283
Heliosphoros wrote:
Yes. You're honestly not concerned at at all thousands of sapient beings were horrifically mutilated and brainwashed, only to end up as very low ranking members of Phyrexia?

A single death is a tragedy, a thousand a statistic.
Plus, as a planeswalker, I've got my own problems and there are over a trillion trillion worlds, most with their own problems.
The only reason one would care about the Mirrans amidst the cold callous breadth of the multiverse is if they were somehow important to someone we knew.

_________________
At twilight's end, the shadow's crossed / a new world birthed, the elder lost.
Yet on the morn we wake to find / that mem'ry left so far behind.
To deafened ears we ask, unseen / "Which is life and which the dream?"


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 10:51 am 
Offline
YMtC Pro Tour Champion
User avatar

Joined: Sep 22, 2013
Posts: 14370
Yxoque wrote:
If it were real, I would have supported the Mirrans to no end. But it's not, so they're just boring foils for a more interesting antagonist.

The very first time the Mirrans interested me was in New Phyrexia. I disliked them in Mirrodin and kind of hated them for being so darn flat in scars, but those last rebel holdouts... the few of them there are living under Urabrask's shadow are worth more to me than the sum of all the mirrans that came before.

Of course, the New Phyrexians were more interesting still, but that's because the PWGs were really well written.

_________________
"Enjoy your screams, Sarpadia - they will soon be muffled beneath snow and ice."

I have a blog. I review anime, and sometimes related media, with an analytical focus.

I'm a (self) published author now! You can find my books on Amazon in Paperback or ebook!
The Accursed, a standalone young adult fantasy adventure.
Witch Hunters, book one of a young adult Scifi-fantasy trilogy.


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 3:22 pm 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Sep 23, 2013
Posts: 859
Location: Indy
LilyStorm wrote:
I wish they had won. It would have given us so many good edh cards. I CAN FEEL IT

You can feel it huh?

_________________
Yuri is best girl!


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:49 pm 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Sep 23, 2013
Posts: 14004
Identity: Chaoslight
Preferred Pronoun Set: She
Mirrans are so shiny and smooth and clean, phyrexians are spikey and dirty and full of biological junk. I find Mirrans more interesting.

_________________
altimis wrote:
I never take anytihng Lily says seriously, except for when I take it personally. Then it's personal.
WotC_Ethan wrote:
People, buy more stuff.
#WotCstaff
Spoiler

Image


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 3:51 am 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Sep 22, 2013
Posts: 1853
Location: Belgium
Identity: Wannabe Cyborg
Preferred Pronoun Set: He/His/Him
LilyStorm wrote:
Mirrans are so shiny and smooth and clean, Phyrexians are spiky and dirty and full of biological junk. I find Mirrans more interesting.

I'm quite sure most Mirrans are also full of biological junk. More so than Phyrexians, actually.

_________________
"I'm all for screwing with the natural order. The natural order objectively is awful. The natural order includes death, disease, pain, and starvation." --Sam Keeper


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:44 am 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Sep 23, 2013
Posts: 14004
Identity: Chaoslight
Preferred Pronoun Set: She
Yxoque wrote:
LilyStorm wrote:
Mirrans are so shiny and smooth and clean, Phyrexians are spiky and dirty and full of biological junk. I find Mirrans more interesting.

I'm quite sure most Mirrans are also full of biological junk. More so than Phyrexians, actually.


The human ones yeah, but at least they have style.

_________________
altimis wrote:
I never take anytihng Lily says seriously, except for when I take it personally. Then it's personal.
WotC_Ethan wrote:
People, buy more stuff.
#WotCstaff
Spoiler

Image


Like this post
Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 19 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Jump to:  
cron
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group