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PostPosted: Thu Jun 01, 2017 8:24 am 
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The flavour text makes no sense anyway because why would that mean it's not cold-blooded?

If a snake (or any other cold-blooded mammal) was in an environment like Balduvia for any period of time, they'd enter a state of suspended animation. Their bodies stop working. That's why there are no cold-blooded animals native to the Arctic or Antarctic.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 01, 2017 9:18 am 
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No, I know that. What I'm saying is that the flavour text for Ohran Viper implies that having antifreeze compounds in your blood means you're not cold-blooded, which is not true.


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 01, 2017 11:20 pm 
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No, I know that. What I'm saying is that the flavour text for Ohran Viper implies that having antifreeze compounds in your blood means you're not cold-blooded, which is not true.


It has antigelid venom in its veins, not blood. Hence not cold-blooded or any type of blooded. Sentence 2 is not a reason for sentence one, it`s the alternative.


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PostPosted: Fri Jun 02, 2017 8:02 am 
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Mata Hari wrote:
No, I know that. What I'm saying is that the flavour text for Ohran Viper implies that having antifreeze compounds in your blood means you're not cold-blooded, which is not true.


It has antigelid venom in its veins, not blood. Hence not cold-blooded or any type of blooded. Sentence 2 is not a reason for sentence one, it`s the alternative.


The terms warm blooded and cold blooded don't have anything important to do with the properties of the creatures' blood, or even the presence of it They are misnomers for the terms endothermic and exothermic. Mata Hari's point stands.


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PostPosted: Fri Jun 02, 2017 9:11 am 
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It has acid for blood so clearly its a xenomorph and doesnt need any heat period.

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Mata Hari wrote:
No, I know that. What I'm saying is that the flavour text for Ohran Viper implies that having antifreeze compounds in your blood means you're not cold-blooded, which is not true.


It has antigelid venom in its veins, not blood. Hence not cold-blooded or any type of blooded. Sentence 2 is not a reason for sentence one, it`s the alternative.

The stupidest, yet somehow most reasonable conclusion.
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The terms warm blooded and cold blooded don't have anything important to do with the properties of the creatures' blood, or even the presence of it They are misnomers for the terms endothermic and exothermic. Mata Hari's point stands.

Or if we take it in a meta sense, the real reason is that yes, the person who wrote the flavour text was a dingus.
I want to see an exothermic arctic-dwelling monster. THat seems like a cool little detail to help it feel alien. "The Xlyryx has the same body temperature of the Arctic winds with which it defends itself. "

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TP you're thinking endothermic. Endothermic creatures have the same temperature as their surroundings, while exothermic creatures can sustain their own temperature.


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TP you're thinking endothermic. Endothermic creatures have the same temperature as their surroundings, while exothermic creatures can sustain their own temperature.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endotherm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectotherm


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Unmake is close enough


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/He provides unconditional love. All be asks is your love in return, and maybe a few bones./
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But that's so cute ^_^.

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 03, 2017 2:54 pm 
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Mata Hari wrote:
TP you're thinking endothermic. Endothermic creatures have the same temperature as their surroundings, while exothermic creatures can sustain their own temperature.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endotherm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectotherm

Nevermind, I'm the idiot.

My train of thought was "exothermic reaction therefore generates heat".


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 03, 2017 6:11 pm 
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I think Bad to the Bone might have to be a rare. You should win when you cast it in limited.

EDIT: I guess I learned the correct term is ectothermic, not exothermic. Someone should update spellcheck and autocorrect.


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I imagine Bad to the Bone as a red Overrun or Enlarge except it requires a little less preparation but doesn't cause card advantage (by forcing chump blocks.).
(Of course, Bad to the Bone is savage in sacrifice decks, but Overrun/Enlarge are just as savage in tokens/ramp.)

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