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[askkrenko]

Prepare for trouble…

and make it double!!!!

I actually drew most of this a few days ago, but I had to finish it now that we know what Loot looks like.

[askkrenko]

Playing "Rest in Peace" and having somebody just scoop right there will never not be hilarious.

i don't get the whole "i feel bad exiling the reanimator player's graveyard in commander" thing. personally i like things staying dead and i also like my opponent not having an extra hand

get bojuka bog'd, get ashiok'd, get canoptek scarab swarm'd etc

[askkrenko]

Okay, Thunder Junction spoilers are ago and they're really fun so far! There's a lot of fun legacy characters coming back and it all just feels very warm and fuzzy to me. However, something more important has caught my eye.

SNAKE HORSE!

SNORSE!

WHY DOESN'T THE SNORSE HAVE ITS OWN CARD?

[askkrenko]

MOUNT!?!? WE'RE FINALLY GETTING MOUNTS!?!?

Maro’s Teaser for Outlaws of Thunder Junction

Before previews for Outlaws of Thunder Junction officially begin, I thought it would be fun to do another of my Duelist-style teasers where I give tiny hints of things to come. Note that I’m only giving you partial information. 

First up, here are some things you can expect: 

• A new batch of five related creature types

• A card capable of returning three different card types from the graveyard to the battlefield

• A mechanic players have been asking us to do for many years gets made as the setting was the perfect place to finally do it

• Dual lands with a land subtype that has never been on dual lands before

• A new modal mechanic that introduces something different to think about

• A card that can swap/exchange control of up to three different card types

• A new creature token that has an ability no creature token has ever had before

• A typal card for Skeletons and Zombies

• Creature tokens in the set: (some might have abilities) 1/1 white Sheep, 1/1 blue Bird, 1/1 black Vampire Rogue, 1/1 red Mercenary, 2/1 green Varmint, 2/2 white Ox, 2/2 white Spirit, 2/2 blue and black Zombie, 3/1 red Dinosaur, 3/3 white Angel, 3/3 green Elk, 4/4 red Scorpion Dragon, X/X green Elemental, */* Blue Ox

• Some of the planes with legendary Villains in this set: Dominaria, Eldraine, Fiora, Innistrad, Ixalan, Kaladesh, Kaldheim, Kamigawa, New Capenna, and Ravnica

Next, here are some rules text that will be showing up on cards: 

• “Then repeat this process X more times.”

• “if it wasn’t cast or no mana was spent to cast it.”

• “Plotting cards from your hand costs {2} less.”

• “You can’t cast this spell during your first, second, or third turns of the game.”

• “That card gains flashback {0}”

• “Target creature becomes a white Rabbit with a base power and toughness 0/1.”

• “When you win that flip, copy that spell.”

• “If a triggered ability of a legendary creature you control triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.”

• “you get that many additional upkeep steps after this phase.”

• “Oxen you control have double strike.”

Here are some creature type lines from the set:

• Creature – Armadillo

• Creature – Shark Rogue

• Creature – Plant Bard

• Creature – Coyote

• Creature – Homarid Mercenary

• Creature – Rhino Brawler

• Creature – Ox Angel

• Creature – Porcupine Mount

• Legendary Creature – Kor Advisor

• Legendary Creature – Giant Scout

Finally, here are some names in the set:

• Claim Jumper

• Form a Posse

• Gold Rush

• Great Train Heist

• High Noon

• Quick Draw

• Reach for the Sky

• Resilient Roadrunner

• Shoot the Sheriff

• This Town Ain’t Big Enough

Tune-in to our official YouTube and Twitch channels on 3/26 to see Oko and the gang in action with new card reveals. In preparation, catch-up on Outlaws of Thunder Junction’s story (https://magic.wizards.com/en/story) to bring yourself into the world.

[askkrenko]

How many half-orcs does it take to change a- "I have darkvision!"

[askkrenko]

Only the mightiest can handle the fearsome power of words.

#look at this goblin

[askkrenko]

So there's how many bumble bees in this tuna?

[askkrenko]

AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[askkrenko]

So like, where do the millions of goblin tokens you summon come from?

Are they your kids?

Friends?

Some sort of magical barracks similar to clash of clans?

Or maybe even just having the number of millions of goblins from infinite planes to get your troops needed after tapping you 3-5 times.

Also what happens to the remaining goblins after I win?

Do they all die?

Do they all clock out?

Are they just stuck?

Alright, lets start with a brief explanation of gameplay and story segregation. Just because you as a player can have a game where I summon literally infinite goblins doesn't mean there ARE literally infinite goblins. Just like you can theoretically have three different Krenkos on board, or you can have a snake wearing boots, sometimes things don't quite line up.

That said, I do have well over a thousand goblins I can call upon. Where do they come from? Ravnica. They're my boys. I'm the Mob Boss, the Kingpin, the Baron of Tin Street. I have guys, dudes, goons, flunkies, thugs, henchmen, whatever you want to call them, and that's all them. I'm the only one who cares about the guildless goblins on this godsforsaken plane, and they come when I call because they know what's good for Krenko is good for goblins.

As for what happens after you win, well, we all go home. Same things that happens to most summoned things after the battle's done. Then we usually go get drinks and make fun of whoever was in the duel, including the one who summoned me to begin with. Unless it's a total babe, in which case we make increasingly lewd comments until we collapse into a pile of laughter.

[askkrenko]

Krenko.

Murders at Karlov Manor Card Design Stories

I’m trying something new. I’m currently writing card design stories for Murders at Karlov Manor. What cards would you all like to hear the design story about?

[askkrenko]

Doctor Who has goblins now? Somebody explain.

Nothing amuses me more than Gavin Verhey's righteous indignation that precisely one episode after the cutoff for Doctor Who episodes he was allowed to make magic cards for, they introduce goblins

[askkrenko]

How good do you think Muxus is?

Muxus is really strong, but the high mana cost is, in fact, a high mana cost. I've got a Muxus historic brawl deck, and Legacy Muxus (often with Krenko!) is a real deck. If you can get Muxus out with a well-built deck there's a good chance of just winning the game right there.

I have nothing but respect for Muxus, and it's nice to have a top-end goblin for goblin decks to use. Lot of power if you build for him.

[askkrenko]

another inherently funny part of star trek is the very first show establishes a magic machine that sparklezaps them out of uncomfortable situations so for the next 56 years writers have to keep coming up with reasons why it won't work this time

[askkrenko]

Look, Magic's story has never been the best, but I was really enjoying the story from Origins through Ixalan, then Dominaria was kind of rushed and then the whole Ravnica story arc was a hot mess. There's degrees, you know?

What are your thoughts on Krenko in the Murders at Karlov Manor webfiction?

Shit, I'm in it? Well, now I actually have to read this story.

I've been out of the story since War of the Spark ruined everything.

[askkrenko]

Alright, I read it. It's good, and I'm adorable in that meeting art, but after throwing down with Gideon and being a 3/3 it's kind of weird that this story treats me like a bad fighter.

What are your thoughts on Krenko in the Murders at Karlov Manor webfiction?

Shit, I'm in it? Well, now I actually have to read this story.

I've been out of the story since War of the Spark ruined everything.

[askkrenko]

But why isn't he green?!

I don't know why it didn't occur to me when this card was new, but there's no way this is what Toggo looked like. Toggo was an Otarian goblin, and every single one of those we see has huge ears, a big nose, and green skin. This isn't even a Dominarian goblin. This might be a Gruul goblin, it might be a pre-retcon Zendikar goblin, or it might be one of those core set goblins with no particular home plane, but what it DOESN'T look like is the goblins on all the cards where Toggo's flavor text is from.

Pretty big blunder, if you ask me.

[askkrenko]

I don't know why it didn't occur to me when this card was new, but there's no way this is what Toggo looked like. Toggo was an Otarian goblin, and every single one of those we see has huge ears, a big nose, and green skin. This isn't even a Dominarian goblin. This might be a Gruul goblin, it might be a pre-retcon Zendikar goblin, or it might be one of those core set goblins with no particular home plane, but what it DOESN'T look like is the goblins on all the cards where Toggo's flavor text is from.

Pretty big blunder, if you ask me.