Which I did, but that doesn't mean they don't still have a special little place in my nostalgia, and we still haven't gotten into what really sets them apart as a concept. I practically wanted to BE a sliver back then, and I never thought it possible that I might even get tired of their aesthetic. I thought that this body plan was hands-down the single coolest possible creature I had ever, ever seen in the whole wide world. Needless to say, kid-me was head over heels for these things. Nothing either in nature nor in popular culture looks anything at all like a sliver, but something about this anatomical plan still feels extremely believable, like some phylum of our own animal kingdom that simply never was. It's a very simple set of features, but an unforgettably unique combination. The typical sliver has an eyeless, bony, swept-back head with a simple beak for a mouth, a single bony talon in the middle of its chest, and two prehensile "tails" it can slither around on. Though this particular specimen is an artificial imitation of a sliver, I think it's the best one to start out with, because it plainly illustrates the novel anatomy of these things. What really excited me back then, though, was a special set of cards belonging to a brand new creature type, exclusive to the plane of Rath and supposedly created by Volrath himself. I think this goofy two-faced snapper might be one of the reasons I put little weird hairs on my own monsters to this day. I wound up with one of these in my very first pack of cards from Tempest, the first of the Rath sets, and it was one of my top ten favorite all-time monster designs of that year. What's not dumb are those aforementioned bizarre, otherworldly abominations. The Krovikan Horror, the Urborg Mindsucker and various Thallids were almost all I had in my collection that really wowed me in terms of creature design, with the game still dominated largely by more conventional dragons, undead, giant animals and goblinoids.Īll that changed with what was known as The Rath Cycle, a set of cards promising an epic new storyline in which the crew of the Weatherlight - a magical, flying ship - face off against the spooky bad guy, Volrath, and the many bizarre, otherworldly abominations running around his artificially created plane, Rath, which I guess is like if I created a planet and called it Nathan. I hate time.ĭespite being wildly into the game, though, young teenage me had a hard time finding a lot of really interesting creature cards to call favorites. Now it's almost been that long since I started these reviews. I think all of these encounters with Melvin are beginning to make you start thinking like him, Gnarl.A Magic: The Gathering Creature Review by Jonathan Wojcikīy October of 1997, I'd been a Magic: The Gathering fan for five years of my young life, which to a teenager feels like forever. Gnarl: Ha! Let's see how Melvin fares on an eternal diet of dirt and earthworms! Actually, a nice juicy earthworm can be rather yummy.
Prisoner 2: I thought to myself, if there's something to be looted, killed or ransacked, my Master won't be far away! Ugh.You really ought to get that checked out, you know. Prisoner: in the warm, bit of a stretch, giant exploding Halfling to watch.what more could a man wish for?įreedom? A pension plan? Enough resources to successfully take over the world? I could think of a thousand things. Since Melvin has a rather.explosive temper, it would be better for you all to hold off until we can find an opponent you can actually hurt. Gnarl: He's charging, Sire.must think you're food! Panic and mayhem, you say? Oh, I like those words a lot better. Gnarl: Oh, it's a mold for the Axe of Confusion, my Lord! Strike with this weapon and you have a random chance of spreading a little extra panic and mayhem amongst your enemies. "Nice?" I would ask that you refrain from using that word in my presence, Gnarl.but yes, that is acceptable. Gnarl: Ah, of course! It's a mold! This will allow you to create a unique item in your Forge, Sire! Won't that be nice? Gnarl: What's that, Sire? It looks like a piece of the Forge.Ī piece? You mean that there is someone out there who dared to break apart my tools? Find whoever did this and bring their heads to me at once!
This is worrisome.my Minion reserves are reaching dangerously low levels.and I still need more of them to temper my new armor.
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