Xenozfan2
3/3 Beast
Posts: 161
Favorite Card: Phage the Untouchable
Favorite Set: Innistrad
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Red
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Post by Xenozfan2 on Aug 5, 2018 15:57:10 GMT
Ah, great, thanks! Here ya go! Art by sandara on deviantart.com.
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Post by Tesagk on Aug 5, 2018 19:21:12 GMT
Ah, great, thanks! Here ya go! I have no idea how to put the picture here, so I'll just leave the hyperlink. Artist: www.deviantart.com/sandara
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Post by gateways7 on Aug 5, 2018 19:33:26 GMT
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Post by viriss on Aug 6, 2018 0:08:57 GMT
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Post by Tesagk on Aug 6, 2018 0:14:49 GMT
Feleviathan Legendary Creature - Leviathan Cat God ( R) Hexproof, indestructible Feleviathan cannot be countered. When Feleviathan enters the battlefield, tap all lands. Lands do not untap during their owner's untap step. Tap a creature you control: Untap target land. Any player may activate this ability. "There was one final roar -- and then darkness. That was it."
8/8
{Render}
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jynx316
2/2 Zombie
Luck? It's just a roll of the dice...
Posts: 107
Favorite Set: Urza's Saga or the entirety of Invasion Block
Color Alignment: White, Green
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Post by jynx316 on Aug 6, 2018 0:44:11 GMT
So, I feel like I should explain this one. The first thing I thought of when I saw the picture was it was very Cthulu-esque. So, I looked to see if there were any cats in the Cthulu mythos. There is. In fact, there are many, as there is a short story Lovecraft wrote called "The Cats of Ulthar".
In the glorious words of Wikipedia, "An unnamed narrator, while gazing upon his pet cat, begins to reminisce about a law in the town of Ulthar which forbids the killing of cats and relates the story of how this law came to be. The tale begins with the introduction of an old cotter and his wife who delight in trapping and violently killing any cats who venture onto their property. The people of the town are too afraid of the couple to speak against these acts, so they instead focus their efforts on keeping their felines from approaching the cotter's house. One night a caravan of travelers from a distant land arrives and passes through the village. They bring with them an orphan named Menes who, having lost his family to a plague, has only a small, black kitten to keep him company. After being unable to find his kitten on the third day of his stay, Menes hears the stories of the old cotter and his wife, and decides to take action. Menes spends time meditating prior to unleashing a prayer that affects the shapes and movements of the clouds in the sky. The caravan leaves Ulthar that night, shortly before the townspeople notice that all of their cats have gone missing. The townspeople suspect both the old couple and the wanderers, but the innkeeper's son Atal witnesses the felines circling the property of the cotter. The next morning, the cats have returned to their owners well-fed, but the cotter and his wife have vanished. When the townspeople explore their abandoned house, they discovered nothing more than two skeletons that have been picked clean. The local burgesses, after reviewing the evidence and stories of the townspeople, decide to pass a law that forbids the killing of cats in Ulthar. "
So, with that, I give you...
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Zuty
3/3 Beast
Return to Ravnica 2 Hype!
Posts: 172
Favorite Card: Serra Angel
Favorite Set: Future Sight
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Red, Green, Colorless
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Post by Zuty on Aug 6, 2018 2:52:14 GMT
Attachment DeletedDockside Fountain Artifact At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control an Island, Scry 1. , Sacrifice ~: Draw a card.
~Zuty
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Post by mrlozano on Aug 6, 2018 20:09:15 GMT
(Its not a god on purpose.)
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Post by augur on Aug 8, 2018 0:07:33 GMT
Attachment DeletedRise of Titans Sorcery Destroy all creatures with power less than target creature’s power. “Before Her coming, the skies shall fall, the seas crash upon land, and the earth open up. The meek shall not be spared, but suffer tenfold.”—The Book of the Blessed e: I keep flipflopping on whether this should be cmc 6 or 7. I'll probably change my mind again in the morning /shrug
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Post by Flo00 on Aug 9, 2018 11:33:08 GMT
{render} Smogswimmer Creature - Elemental When Smogswimmer enters or leaves the battlefield, target player exiles the top seven cards of his or her library. Evoke (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it’s sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)6/4 Xenozfan2: To post an image put [ img]URL HERE[/img] around it.
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Xenozfan2
3/3 Beast
Posts: 161
Favorite Card: Phage the Untouchable
Favorite Set: Innistrad
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Red
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Post by Xenozfan2 on Aug 9, 2018 13:15:37 GMT
Flo00: Sweet, thanks. Modified the main post. They're all looking great, everyone! Keep up the good work, and get those edits in.
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Post by Flo00 on Aug 9, 2018 14:58:21 GMT
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jynx316
2/2 Zombie
Luck? It's just a roll of the dice...
Posts: 107
Favorite Set: Urza's Saga or the entirety of Invasion Block
Color Alignment: White, Green
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Post by jynx316 on Aug 9, 2018 17:37:41 GMT
Halls of the Dead is a neat card. It's kind of a crossover between City of Shadows and Safe Haven/ Endless Sands. I think it doesn't even have ot enter the battlefield tapped since it can't produce mana before you exile a creature. (I might be wrong, but I think City of Shadows is a terrible card.) And then, there is your wording. I'm sorry to write, but you are not good at wording Magic cards the propper way. (Also your wording sounds like it comes from before M10, but that's another story (e.g. into play instead of enters the battlefield and you still refer to the mana pool (that never had capitals I think?))) Whenever a card refers to cards it exiles, it says "cards exiled by CARDNAME". Also, I think the exile ability sould target your creature. Else an opponent might react by removing the creature you wanted to exile and then you have to exile something you didn't want to. As for the last ability, it's fun that they come back as Zombies, but I'm not sure there is a good way to word this into really doing so. Because once the spell leaves the stack it usually will forget it was a Zombie there. Maybe something like this: You may cast creature cards exiled by ~. If you do, they are Zombie spells and enter the battlefield as Zombies.
Yeah, I freely admit that I am more of an old school player, and am used to the old wordings. I think the last set that I played extensively was Alara Reborn, maybe the set after that (can't even remember what was after Alara, so that might show something right there). As for the actual wording... I usually come up with the idea, pass it by a buddy (who has helped me with my set), and then use how he words it. For these challenges, I'm hoping that, by just making the cards myself, I will get better at the correct phrasing, including the updated wording. All said, thanks for the pointers, and I'm glad you liked it.
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kinotherapy
6/6 Wurm
stupid kor i just fell out of the floor
Posts: 322
Favorite Card: Ruthless Raider
Favorite Set: Rising Tides
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
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Post by kinotherapy on Aug 13, 2018 18:21:53 GMT
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Waffle
0/0 Germ
Wow! I'm a 0/0 Germ! That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me...
Posts: 11
Favorite Card: Vorel of the Hull Clade
Favorite Set: Khans of Tarkir
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Green
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Post by Waffle on Aug 13, 2018 22:17:15 GMT
According to the artist, the image is depicting a Merlion, the official mascot of Singapore. My card is based on the history of the Merlion. All of the names and places on the card are based on its actual history. For the inaugural Singapore 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, a pair of mascots, Lyo and Merly, were introduced, and the fish body represents Singapore's origin as a fishing village when it was called Temasek. I was unable to find any more information about the Merlion because it is just a symbol of the Philipines and not a mythological creature, so I tried to make the card reflect that. I decided to make it a god because I liked the idea that the more followers/believers it had the more powerful their belief would make it.
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Akai Ryu
1/1 Squirrel
Posts: 63
Favorite Card: Arcbound Ravager
Color Alignment: Colorless
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Post by Akai Ryu on Aug 14, 2018 9:02:17 GMT
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Xenozfan2
3/3 Beast
Posts: 161
Favorite Card: Phage the Untouchable
Favorite Set: Innistrad
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Red
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Post by Xenozfan2 on Aug 15, 2018 1:21:06 GMT
Alrighty people! Judging time! I do apologize for the issues; I accidentally hit submit before I was done. {gateways7}Sea Prowler Creature - Merfolk Cat When Sea Prowler enters the battlefield or attacks, return target creature to its owner's hand. Its footsteps cause waves that beach ships and flood cities.3/2 It's fairly simple enough. It gets removed easily, and if it's the only creature it bounces itself. I think this might be a bit too powerful as an uncommon, but too weak as a rare. I'd push it up to rare to keep it from being too troublesome in draft. {viriss}Twilight Eidolon Enchantment Creature - Spirit Bestow Shadow Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has shadow. 2/2 Hmm. Bringing back shadow? Maybe in a commander set, but definitely not anywhere else. Shadow is ranked 7 on the Storm Scale, so it's...possible. Bestow and shadow? Unlikely to see print. Bestow cost is fine, but its mana cost should be or so. {Tesagk}Feleviathan Legendary Creature - Cat Leviathan God Hexproof, indestructible This spell can't be countered. Lands do not untap during their owner's untap step. When Feleviathan enters the battlefield, tap all lands. Tap a creature you control: Untap target land. Any player may activate this ability. "There was one final roar - and then darkness. That was it."8/8 Even with that mana cost I don't think this would see print. Hexproof and indestructible on a card is just too good, not to mention can't be countered and the land tapping abilities. Remove hexproof or indestructible, which rarely gets anyway (it is a God, though...), and the land freeze (tapping them is fine)...why don't I just show you? Feleviathan Legendary Creature - Cat Leviathan Islandwalk This spell can't be countered. When Feleviathan enters the battlefield, tap all lands you don't control. They don't untap during their controller's next untap step. Tap a creature you control: Untap target land. Any player may activate this ability. There was one final roar - and then darkness.8/8 A little different than what you entered. I felt it wasn't God-y enough to warrant the type, and that took off indestructible. Islandwalk made more sense than hexproof, and made it easier to interact with (so you don't just lock someone out with Conjurer's Closet.) I think I kept the same spirit. {jynx316}The Cat of Ulthar Legendary Planeswalker - Atal : Create X 1/1 black Cat creature tokens, where X is the number of loyalty counters on The Cat of Ulthar. : All Cats get +2/+2 and gain trample until end of turn. : You get an emblem with "As long as you control a Cat creature, you can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game." Minor detail: the planeswalker type isn't in the name. The is way too strong; you're getting a minimum of six tokens the first turn, then an additional seven on the second. Even Elspeth, Sun's Champion only makes three for ; it should be a or just create a set number. The ultimate is a bit weird for ; it's similar to Abyssal Persecutor but that's more the realm of . {zuty}Dockside Fountain Artifact At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control an Island, scry 1. , Sacrifice Dockside Fountain: Draw a card. Ah, this makes me happy. You focused on a detail instead of the main focus, and made a playable card out of it. I have no suggestions to make. Good job. {mrlozano}Crasius, Dream of the Horizon Legendary Enchantment Creature - Avatar Indestructible As long as your devotion to white is three or less, your devotion to blue is three or less, and your devotion to black is two or less Crasius isn't a creature. If a player would gain life, that player loses that much life instead. : Target creature gains lifelink until end of turn. 7/1 Ehhhhh. This...is a problem. There is no reason for it to be an enchantment unless it's Therosian, and then it should be a God (as it has indestructible), which brings up an issue with the name, as horizons are Kruphix's domain. The devotion should be "devotion to white, blue, and black is greater than nine" if it is kept. There is no indication of on this card; life manipulation is the realm of and sometimes . Allow me to suggest some changes: Crasius, Dream of the Horizon Legendary Creature - Avatar If an opponent would gain life, they lose that much life instead. : Target creature gains flying and lifelink until end of turn. 3/4 {monger}Rise of Titans Sorcery Destroy all creatures with power less than target creature’s power. "Before Her coming, the skies shall fall, the seas crash upon land, and the earth open up. The meek shall not be spared, but suffer tenfold." —The Book of the Blessed
I like it much. Six CMC is perfectly fine for this effect. It reminds me of Fell the Mighty. It perfectly encapsulates 's selfishness and singular quest for power. High, high rating on this one. {Flo00}Smogswimmer Creature - Elemental When Smogswimmer enters or leaves the battlefield, target player exiles the top seven cards of his or her library. Evoke 6/4 The exile numbers might be a bit too much; five seems right to me. The FFL might tweak them some, unless WotC wants to make mill a viable deck in Modern. I am ok with that. Standard might have some issues. As a rare, draft could run into some problems. You won't see it as often, but be careful about the reanimation in the set. {kinotherapy}Phantasmal Merlion Creature - Cat Illusion Phantasmal Merlion gets +1/+1 for each card in your hand. Whenever Phantasmal Merlion becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it. 0/0 Simple, powerful, and easily goes poof. Could push Illusions more into Modern. It would often only be a 3/3 or 4/4 at most, though (before pumps), and fights with Krovokian Mists in the 2 drop slot. Aether Vial would be a bigger hit in the deck, though. {Waffle}Lyo, Guardian of Temasek Legendary Enchantment Creature - God Indestructible As long as your devotion to white and blue is less than six, Lyo isn't a creature. Lyo, Guardian of Temasek gets +1/+1 for each creature you control. : Create a 0/1 white Human Cleric creature token. 2/4 I added white to the token, as you forgot to put a color. It seems God's a popular creature type this week. This seems fine. I'm a bit iffy on devotion off Theros, as only that plane makes beliefs into reality (so far.) {Akai Ryu}Abruptstorm Creature - Elemental Flash Islandwalk Evoke When Abruptstorm enters the battlefield, counter target noncreature spell. 4/4 It could cost and be fine. I like the flavor of mixing the name and evoke; it's here and then gone and leaves chaos in its wake. {bagz}Spirit of the Harbor Legendary Enchantment - Aura Flash, indestructible Enchant Island When Spirit of the Harbor enters the battlefield, return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand. Whenever one or more creatures attack you, if you control no creatures, Spirit of the Harbor loses enchant Island and becomes a 0/5 Spirit creature with reach and "This creature can block up to two additional creatures." It's no longer an aura. At the beginning of each end step, if Spirit of the Harbor is a creature, it becomes an aura enchantment with enchant Island. Attach it to an Island. Sigh. Spirit of the Harbor Legendary Creature - Cat Spirit Flash, flying When Spirit of the Harbor enters the battlefield, return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand. Spirit of the Harbor can block an additional creature each combat. 4/5 What most non-judge-minded people don't realize is the end of turn and type changing effects carry all sorts of issues. The way you originally worded it, it would stop being a creature and become an aura again enchanting nothing, then be put into the graveyard because it's not attached to anything. I'm not even sure I got the rewording correct since it's so complicated. I hope I got what you intended in that rewording. Welp, now it's actually judging time. {Third place} In third place we have gateways7! Again, a bit strong for an uncommon. The numbers on the card might need to be messed with, but the effect seems solid.
{Second place} In second place, zuty! A perfectly playable, well designed card. Fills several niches in a set and might see some casual commander play. Thassa, God of the Sea budget replacement, maybe? {First place} And coming in first is monger! Yaaay! Love the card so much. It protects your finisher in control decks, gets rid of small utility creatures in Commander, and just is good. Well done!.
And that's it! The judging is over, the post is complete, and everyone...have a good whatever! @daij_Djan: The website's great, but man was it a pain to format properly.
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jynx316
2/2 Zombie
Luck? It's just a roll of the dice...
Posts: 107
Favorite Set: Urza's Saga or the entirety of Invasion Block
Color Alignment: White, Green
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Post by jynx316 on Aug 15, 2018 1:50:04 GMT
Xeno, not sure if its just my computer (always possible), but I'm not seeing any comments for most of the "spoilers" tags you posted.
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Akai Ryu
1/1 Squirrel
Posts: 63
Favorite Card: Arcbound Ravager
Color Alignment: Colorless
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Post by Akai Ryu on Aug 15, 2018 14:15:41 GMT
Me niether, only first two spoilers.
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bagz
1/1 Squirrel
Posts: 91
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Post by bagz on Aug 15, 2018 15:12:53 GMT
Alrighty people! Judging time! Hope I'm not too late! just got here and since judging isn't finished thought i'd try my hand.
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Xenozfan2
3/3 Beast
Posts: 161
Favorite Card: Phage the Untouchable
Favorite Set: Innistrad
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Red
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Post by Xenozfan2 on Aug 16, 2018 8:14:50 GMT
Ok everyone, judging's good and properly done. Sorry about the false posting; I accidentally hit submit before I was done.
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bagz
1/1 Squirrel
Posts: 91
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Post by bagz on Aug 16, 2018 12:53:38 GMT
{bagz}Spirit of the Harbor Legendary Enchantment - Aura Flash, indestructible Enchant Island When Spirit of the Harbor enters the battlefield, return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand. Whenever one or more creatures attack you, if you control no creatures, Spirit of the Harbor loses enchant Island and becomes a 0/5 Spirit creature with reach and "This creature can block up to two additional creatures." It's no longer an aura. At the beginning of each end step, if Spirit of the Harbor is a creature, it becomes an aura enchantment with enchant Island. Attach it to an Island. Sigh. Spirit of the Harbor Legendary Creature - Cat Spirit Flash, flying When Spirit of the Harbor enters the battlefield, return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand. Spirit of the Harbor can block an additional creature each combat. 4/5 What most non-judge-minded people don't realize is the end of turn and type changing effects carry all sorts of issues. The way you originally worded it, it would stop being a creature and become an aura again enchanting nothing, then be put into the graveyard because it's not attached to anything. I'm not even sure I got the rewording correct since it's so complicated. I hope I got what you intended in that rewording. Congrats to Monger, Zuty and Gateways7! Thanks for accepting me last minute and I admit your wording is far more comprehensive! wrote this up quick at work cause I loved the art. Here is the edit: {Edited Enchantment} and here is the more concise creature version you suggested with a tweak to make it indestructible whilst blocking. {Creature}
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Post by augur on Aug 16, 2018 19:55:52 GMT
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Post by Tesagk on Aug 16, 2018 20:16:59 GMT
Andoran Automaton Artifact ( U) Andoran Automaton enters the battlefield tapped. Tap an untapped Wizard you control: Andoran Automaton becomes a 2/2 artifact creature with vigilance and indestructible. "Last line of defense for the wizards of Andoran."{Render}
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Waffle
0/0 Germ
Wow! I'm a 0/0 Germ! That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me...
Posts: 11
Favorite Card: Vorel of the Hull Clade
Favorite Set: Khans of Tarkir
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Green
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Post by Waffle on Aug 16, 2018 20:21:49 GMT
Can someone link me to a forum with a guide on how to share the card images so large? I can't figure it out.
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Post by Tesagk on Aug 16, 2018 20:28:03 GMT
Can someone link me to a forum with a guide on how to share the card images so large? I can't figure it out. When you use the image icon or the img tags \[img\], it will default to the size of the image itself. The only thing that might be affecting it is whether or not the image is hosted on a site that might be resizing your images. p.s. If you use the attachment button for the forum, it seemingly resizes the image as well. You'd need to host the image on a third-party site.
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Post by viriss on Aug 16, 2018 22:11:30 GMT
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jynx316
2/2 Zombie
Luck? It's just a roll of the dice...
Posts: 107
Favorite Set: Urza's Saga or the entirety of Invasion Block
Color Alignment: White, Green
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Post by jynx316 on Aug 16, 2018 23:01:23 GMT
I wanted to go a bit different with this, so...
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bagz
1/1 Squirrel
Posts: 91
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Post by bagz on Aug 17, 2018 4:20:13 GMT
my final submission:
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Xenozfan2
3/3 Beast
Posts: 161
Favorite Card: Phage the Untouchable
Favorite Set: Innistrad
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Red
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Post by Xenozfan2 on Aug 17, 2018 9:00:06 GMT
Dang it viriss ! I wanted to do...well, a plane, but...dang it! Imbue Soul Sorcery Target artifact becomes a 3/3 artifact creature until end of turn. It gains haste. "It pains me to give such a thing life, but the Phyrexians have taken everything else." -Harawa, greenshaper
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