taking good ideas and pushing them to their breaking points is important to do when you're creating. part of getting a good idea of what works and what doesn't work involves... making a lot of things that don't work sometimes! it's okay! ultimately, mistakes are how you learn. we'll probably make similar kinds of mistakes right here on this channel. we're all growing all the time. hope y'all enjoyed this one, cya next week
@eytrix
6 жыл бұрын
Woah; that was deep
@leegreenberg4218
6 жыл бұрын
This is why editors exist.
@JohnSmith-ox3gy
6 жыл бұрын
Cryptic command being cryptic, flavour win.
@MehrGills
6 жыл бұрын
yes
@Ichijoumi
5 жыл бұрын
To me its the art itself that fails. If it was that mage but upgraded casting the symbol magic, it would have been fantastic, instead we get a fish hand and a symbol.
@JohnSmith-ox3gy
5 жыл бұрын
Beatrix Sevenhearts Yeah, not in my top 1000 mtg illustrations.
@aidstew
5 жыл бұрын
*flavor
@algeanephila
5 жыл бұрын
@@aidstew flavour with u isn't wrong, wtf??
@joeldykman7591
6 жыл бұрын
It would have actually made more sense for the textless cards to be creatures. Specifically vanilla creatures or iconic creatures, woolly thoctar, llanowar elves, birds of paradise, serra angel....Simply cards that wouldn't cause too much confusion in their function.
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
they eventually did something close to this in future sight but as someone who played it in extended, textless wooly thoctar would have been DOPE
@soulja02
5 жыл бұрын
Textless creatures would have been nice even at that time.
@bradlopez3681
6 жыл бұрын
Speaking as a person whos 1st tournament involved a textless cryptic command, i think they should require you to have either a local language copy or at least its entire effect written/printed for reference, same for foreign cards. This is how yugioh handled the problem
@kingdare4585
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah I have to keep regular copies so new players don't have to take me at my word
@shatzinorris1417
6 жыл бұрын
Indeed. A saw a dude casting a japanese "balance" and I asked "what does it do". He said "Erm...". That shouldn't be possible.
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
ooooof. sorry about that brad!
@metroguevania
6 жыл бұрын
Brad Lopez call a judge, they can look up the oracle text of any card during any tournament
@bradlopez3681
6 жыл бұрын
Matty Zee Not a bad idea but 2 problems.1 ad far as im aware you're not supposed to have cellphones out while playing, also reception isn't the best in alot of venus
@NexGenRogue
6 жыл бұрын
I love this series, it combines Magic history for newer players like me whilst inciting discussion about things that had happened. Don't ever stop this show, it is insightful.
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
i promise to never die.
@turnipy88
6 жыл бұрын
Really interesting topics too.
@liquid-slick
4 жыл бұрын
@@tcgplayercom I love the implication that you will never stop doing this show as long as you live.
@adavidavis2762
3 жыл бұрын
Cry
@VexIlluminated
2 жыл бұрын
Coming back to this video to announce that Dark Confidant will be getting a Textless Promo
@rikyisfuckingcrazy
6 жыл бұрын
I think these cards were one of the best things wizards ever did
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
i mean i don't disagree but i had already been playing for 5 years when they came out so they weren't a barrier for ME as much, yknow?
@alexnas9634
6 жыл бұрын
i think giving them out for free was the best thing they ever did, and getting more for playing more was so smart too.
@Mirikajikaari
6 жыл бұрын
I can see how back in the day it must have been a barrier but with the advent of technology I can't see why it would be the same thing today. If you're playing a casual match, just pull up your phone and take a look at what it does. If you're playing a tournament, just call the judge. I don't see what's the problem with that.
@SplashAttackTCG
6 жыл бұрын
For my commander deck, I got all the textless cards available that were relevant for it (Rampant Growth, Harrow & Harmonize). Everyone loves them and it makes for great conversation!! Definitely a great way to stand out and earn some style points. However, regardless of how well known you think a card is, others who don't play in your colors might not know so what I do is always keep a version of the card with text on it to show any opponents who isn't familiar with it.
@ThisIsAigle
6 жыл бұрын
There have been textless vanilla creatures since the Timespiral block. I run FutureSight Mass of Ghouls in an Eye of Singularity/Wild Pair deck. Full card art, 5/3
@Athelas952
6 жыл бұрын
I don't agree with textless cards beyond very basic ones. Negate, Counterspell, Lightning bolt are fine. I use these negates nowadays. Ultimately, I think full arts like they were made for Game Day, where they have text with transparent textbox is perfect fusion of having full art and having text.
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
LOVE the game day promos. those are great executions of the idea
@sebastianfranz682
6 жыл бұрын
I think too, transparent textboxes are the better solution. I don't like this textless full arts.
@tropingreenhorn
6 жыл бұрын
Agreed the full arts with some text over it is still super Sweet. I wish they would make more cards that way, I would pay 10 dollars a pack for boosters that had textless or full art cards in them.
@peterdowd6055
5 жыл бұрын
I use a textless Celestial Purge, but I agree with all of this, + the game day promos look sweet af
@brucepraska7781
5 жыл бұрын
@@tropingreenhorn agreed but respectfully disagreeing from the stand point of it looks good but your eyes are drawn to the text the whole point of it is to be articulated in the picture o get cryptic but for stuff like that you could just do a better foil job so that the text image on the back reflects through the text and honestly it's cheaper then regular foiling simply cause it's less chemicals one might argue it's more like putting a layer of gloss on it
@Tasonir
5 жыл бұрын
Generally a fan of textless cards, but agree they should be absolutely restricted to simple effects. I have a textless harmonize; the rules text is precisely three words: draw three cards. Perfect. Cryptic command shouldn't be textless.
@justinendel4292
6 жыл бұрын
The textless Cryptic was my first encounters with these cards funnily enough at my first FNM. It was a NIGHTMARE. The exact scenario you described happened to me and it was beyond frustrating.
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
woof. sorry about that
@SweetZombiJesus
6 жыл бұрын
The FNM was at a store or something, though, right? Just ask a judge what it does, write it down. Annoying maybe. A nightmare? What the fuck, lol?
@Lastjustice
5 жыл бұрын
I started a long time ago, and came back so I wasn't playing magic during the time Cryptic Command was seeing play, but I can only imagine how awful that was. It pops up from time to time in commander, so I vaguely recall it's modes, but it's definitely not the kinda card that should have ever been textless. Anything with multiple modes should never been considered for this sort of thing. I wouldn't want to have to recall all modes off hand anyways, as I'd never play a textless version of something like that. I came back around M12 to playing after quitting around Apocalyspe. I saw some players using textless doomblades, mana leaks and day of judgments still being played. Those all made sense, as I knew what those cards did, and they were easy enough to remember. I didn't realize they made cryptic command like that till this video.
@afriendofafriend5766
5 жыл бұрын
It's not even a permanent
@paladia_gorom1973
6 жыл бұрын
My first encounter with cryptic command was it textless variant I was 12 and had no idea what it did...
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
then this video was for you
@klob4524
6 жыл бұрын
Paladia_ Gorom just ask your opponant what the card does, or look it up. Its the same with foreign cards.
@paladia_gorom1973
6 жыл бұрын
kaleb esancy that is exactly what i did unfortunately he didn’t have a written one and twelve year of me didn’t have a phone to look it up so I had to take him at his word. Thankfully he told the truth, that said I don’t think any lie would be more powerful!
@peterbillings3276
5 жыл бұрын
You just brought back a memory I had totally forgotten about. I happen to be out of those people who got full-art-Cryptic-Command’d before I had ever seen the card. Just as you said in the video, my buddy didn’t explain all the modes. He just said, “I counter your spell, and return that permanent to your hand.” This caused a lot of confusion when he cast it again-this time, to tap out my creatures and draw a card... DX
@SomeJustice19k
6 жыл бұрын
Textless Cryptic Command made me literally laugh out loud. Love the video.
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
made me lol too when i remembered it was a thing. like, really?!?!
@xeanthomas5231
6 жыл бұрын
This video is a swing and a miss. Full art cryptic command is amazing.
@Niponon9612
6 жыл бұрын
The Dominaria promos of Llanowar Elves and Steel Leaf Champion are full art promo cards done right. They still have the text but have a larger area for the art by simply omitting the normal background for the text and type box.
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
the llanowar elves is SO good
@voluntarism335
5 жыл бұрын
i completely agree, full art like this is fine, as i'm still able to read the damned card
@NegativeLegend
6 жыл бұрын
How do you do the foiling effect on the cards? I could use that in my videos.
@ewoksland
5 жыл бұрын
I'd never forget when i started playing edh, and i was trying to assemble an Endrek Sahr deck, and while i was looking for cards in the internet i came across with damnation, thinking "wow, that card is cool but is really expensive, i don't think i'd ever have one". That same week i got a foil textless damnation from wotc :D.
@LIscariot
5 жыл бұрын
My solution to the textless card issue would be to print the normal card on the reverse side (so no proper back to the card). Since very few players would play these cards without protective sleeves, you can safely print the text on the reverse side of the full art for quick reference if there is ever any confusion about the card effects.
@owentucker6215
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, sadly these were championed in an era where sleeving cards was not necessarily the norm nor was it to be expected.
@bm6587
6 жыл бұрын
Could you do a video on block constructed? I'd be interested in learning its history and why it went away, it sounds like a cool idea and I wish it were around now.
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
not a bad idea at all. i'm very down with it.
@cutecommie
5 жыл бұрын
Block constructed decks are a lot more flavourful than standard.
@wildwest8069
6 жыл бұрын
They should have made this a promotional product like FTV: Textless, or something. That way, everyone who wanted the card would get it, and they probably would double-sleeve it and put it away for safekeeping. :D
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
that's actually a great idea
@ZackBogucki
6 жыл бұрын
Speaking as someone with no particular interest in getting into the game, I've really been enjoying your vids! You do an excellent job of combining all of these tidbits and insights into an accessible story, and props to the editor for making it super easy to follow! (and for minimizing the time I spend pausing to look up card text in other tabs, even with a topic like this)
@colteranderson880
6 жыл бұрын
I've recently returned to magic after almost 10 years. Pretty Deece is super interesting and well made, especially for someone coming back! Keep it up!
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
love to hear that. thanks for watching!
@stuartreed37
6 жыл бұрын
Textless promos > all other promos
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
i dunno, the old-frame dark confidant is NOICE
@Bahhizzle
5 жыл бұрын
First of all, I love this channel, just found it the other day and have been loving every video I've watched. As for textless cards, I do the same thing as foreign cards. I keep an original, english text version of the card in one of those hard plastic sleeves off to the side. Mainly as a reminder for myself, but also in case I come across any newer player. Not the most cost effective, but it works well.
@darbyburbidge8976
5 жыл бұрын
Now that WOTC has fully adopted flip cards, I wonder if printing the text on the back would be enough to bring textless back. They do look sweet.
@lilomar2525
2 жыл бұрын
"they could probably have gotten away with a textless...dark confidant" Good news from 2022!..
@PleasantKenobi
6 жыл бұрын
This video was incredible. Thank you, and keep it up.
@jacejames3853
5 жыл бұрын
Pleasant kenobi
@ainsleylarkin11
6 жыл бұрын
They went out because of the fact that a store was making fake accounts and fake tournaments, then and that store ruined it for everyone.
@ainsleylarkin11
6 жыл бұрын
no amount of new players being reasons were the main part, textless cards were ruined by the system being abused
@Navy735
5 жыл бұрын
The way I always run textless cards is to have a non textless version on standby to pass to a new player when they ask what it does all the better if it is the same art. It also helps me remember what the card does too, when I forget.
@sebastianchaca00
6 жыл бұрын
this is getting better and better ! keep up the good work !
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
thanks! we're doing our best
@SplashAttackTCG
6 жыл бұрын
For my commander deck, I got all the textless cards available that were relevant for it (Rampant Growth, Harrow & Harmonize). Everyone loves them and it makes for great conversation!! Definitely a great way to stand out and earn some style points. However, regardless of how well known you think a card is, others who don't play in your colors might not know so what I do is always keep a version of the card with text on it to show any opponents who isn't familiar with it.
@demolisherman1763
3 жыл бұрын
Oh man THEY’RE BRINGING BACK TIME SPIRAL IN 2021 I AM PUMPED Well to be honest I wasn’t around for the first but it looked like a blast and I can’t wait to be a part of the next
@voweless
6 жыл бұрын
I say this as a form of very high praise: The Pretty Deece series is comparable to Rhystic Studies/The Magic Man Sam's videos. Well done! :]
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
we loooooove sam here, so that's a huge compliment! thanks!
@godspeedhero3671
3 жыл бұрын
I still have quite a few of these in my collection. Cool cards for sure!
@AntonioHachi
6 жыл бұрын
i still think that cryptic command is one of its best arts and possibly one of the best arts from the entire textless series! id give a kidney to get one of them, or just to bring back the whole idea
@dragos1214
3 жыл бұрын
I love this series and I really miss it, I don't know if anyone is gonna ever see this comment, but... I miss it a lot, it was so cozy and fun, this turned magic from a hobby to a passion for me.
@williamkennedy7846
3 жыл бұрын
I did ;)
@imreadydoctor
5 жыл бұрын
I seem to remember reading an HP Lovecraft story where deep ones (fish people) had symbols that resembled swastikas. I think Cryptic Command is probably an Easter egg of that.
@j.m.3600
5 жыл бұрын
Great videos need more of these videos!
@tefnutstemple7433
5 жыл бұрын
Easiest solution: Carry copies of the normal cards on the side. Make it a rule that when someone has a textless (or foreign language) card, they have to carry a copy of the English version outside the game for player reference.
@proxytag
6 жыл бұрын
I think that they should do the player rewards programs, but with the gameday card frame, so you get to keep the full art, and the text too.
@adavidavis2762
4 жыл бұрын
I get your points dude, really, I do. But as a (relatively) new player, DAT ART THO... I want all of them.
@ProeliatorDeus
6 жыл бұрын
I have textless Ponders in my Pauper Inside Out deck, because pimping out a cheap deck makes me smile. I purposefully keep one normal Ponder as a kind of "token" to give to an opponent who doesn't know the card. It's a very simple practice, people already pack in their own tokens, it takes less than a second to bring the token text version of the card out. It's the same principle as people running tokens for double sided cards in their deck, and then placing the real double sided card into play from their deck box. With all that in mind, I think they should bring player rewards back AND textless promos in particular. They are beautiful cards, and they provide an incentive for long time players, as well as free loot for new players. And nothing hooks someone into something new like free stuff.
@sethcarver6275
6 жыл бұрын
Textless cards are what make me love my UW Control Deck in modern. Cryptic Command, Mana Leak, Negate, Celestial Purge, Condemn and Disenchant. These make me smile everytime i draw them. Sure once a week someone asks what condemn does, but frankly it's easy enough to google on your smartphone and that's not to mention judges
@digitalscribbler68
5 жыл бұрын
I would start playing red to be able to play that textless Lightning Bolt.
@NotALoli_
2 жыл бұрын
Crazy how now we have new textless cards, and a Dark Confidant at that!
@r.c.beringuela2426
6 жыл бұрын
As a newbie player in tourneys back then, it was the textless cards that kept me playing in tourneys. I still remember being pleasantly surprised receiving mail from USA back when I received my first batch of textless cards. I still have my foil textless Day of Judgment from the final rewards mail with me to this day. I would play Standard again in a heartbeat if WotC brings back textless cards.
@justingarcia3185
6 жыл бұрын
I love textless cards I admired that the art took center stage and not the cards strength. The art on cryptic command is simple and easy to remember, It has the iconic symbol and a creature (merfolk most likely) that is for the most part blue. It's recognizable and shines over every other card in a deck. Plus new players don't need to know what it does, we have phones. To Google a card and it's rulings.
@felipepincelli6466
6 жыл бұрын
I love the textless cards
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
honestly... i do too
@danielinfante1039
6 жыл бұрын
Just last Wednesday I discovered that my LGS was selling full art and text less cards. I got my hands on their last textless foil Day of Judgement for one of my EDH decks. As well as a full art Nissa's Chosen for my Elf EDH. I love these cards, the only other ones I already owned were Nameless Inversion, Mwonvuli Beast Tracker and Mortify. I plan on buying a copy of every one I can get that I'd possibly use, for Commander. But I agree, older formats with more experienced players are the place for these cards.
@J_Dubb1
2 жыл бұрын
I love these textless cards, always pick up ones that I don't have when I see them. I think I probably have about half of all the released cards. Hope to someday have them all. Not sure if it was a fail, just a barrier to entry that a lot of people did not like. Would love to see more released someday.
@Jordan-ub5kw
6 жыл бұрын
I am constantly on the hunt for all the old textless cards and would love to see them brought back. Maybe in a casual environment where the person has time to look up the card. Maybe a commander deck or a one of in a conspiracy pack.
@tatsuhirosatou5513
6 жыл бұрын
I loved them and still use a textless bombitus blast, and i didn't even play when these where around i had to hunt it down because i liked the art so much and now with so many apps saying what cards do they could and should come back.
@angelojohnson9441
6 жыл бұрын
You covered a lot of sides to this issue. I would like to add one thing though: in 2008 it was far less likely that you were walking around with a smart phone. Once I had a smartphone app and/or an LGS with wifi I used it, be it for trading or looking up foreign/textless/altered cards. The caveat was of course I didn't have a smart phone in 2008. If I wasn't researching the meta online to memorize the typical offenders I would be THAT guy calling the judge over each time one of those cropped up. This is probably why I am fine with large art alters as long as none of game-mechanic-important text is not obscured (flavor and reminder text being removed is your choice as it is your card, I don't NEED it to know how the card is effecting the game, just the story). Speaking of flavor text... has anyone ever made/seen a card altered to be just text, as in: the necessary text and symbols and then a truckload of flavor text in a different font? Is that a thing? I think we should make it a thing as a counterpoint to "textless" cards. What would we name them: Artless Cards? Blegh. Text Cards? Meh. Lit-Cards!
@aleczanderruggles7419
6 жыл бұрын
love these videos
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
tyty
@Zarundar
6 жыл бұрын
These were soooo good.
@snakemont
3 жыл бұрын
Those Where the Times When DCI Players recieved Textless Lightning Helixes, Terrors and Bolts! Those Textless Pyroclasm saw a lot of play in my Type2 days.
@BarginsGalore
2 жыл бұрын
Also worth keeping in mind textless cryptic came out in 2013. The year the iPhone 5 came out. Not everyone had a computer in their pocket which can get a picture of any card in seconds
@casabaixo
Жыл бұрын
I mean, with smartphones today, I think it's perfectly fine to the textless insanity to come back
@jonathanrobinson8926
5 жыл бұрын
Pretty newbie player, still learning at the Kitchen Table. :) Yeah, Cryptic Command is a terrible choice imo. I did my research, and know the effects, but I feel like even years from now I would want to look at the text to remind myself all of what it can do. On the other hand, I REALLY want to get my hands on those foil Wrath of God and Damnation cards for commander. I think Commander is the perfect place for gorgeous art like that.
@owentucker6215
2 жыл бұрын
I agree! Especially on sweepers like wrath of god and damnation, which are very recognizable in what they do to commander players, and simple in their exact wording.
@usurperk1ng320
6 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I’m thinking about getting some of these textless cards for one of my Commander decks (one of them being Cryptic Command). To combat any confusion, I’m going to have the text versions of these cards in the same box as the deck. This is also to remind me what the card does for when I haven’t played in a while.
@WintersLorcana
6 жыл бұрын
All I know from watching this, is that I need that textless Cryptic Command now.. with every fiber of my being I need that card O.O
@Senrade2
5 жыл бұрын
Can anyone tell me what the music used in the background of this video is called? Many thanks.
@downthecrop
6 жыл бұрын
Dude sounds like my favorite music nerd.
@XX3DaysXGrace
Жыл бұрын
I remember playing in my first ever Modern tournament and it was SCG Worcester. First round, faced a taking turns deck with those cryptics and my opponent was offended that I both didn't know what cryptic was and asked to see one that said what it did. Tough card to make textless as a new player back then, as if playing modern as a newer player wasn't tough enough
@Kaligor
5 жыл бұрын
Textless cards is one of my favorite features of the online TCG "Hex", In Hex you can pay gold (the ingame currency) to turn any card textless. As its played virtually you can just hover over the card to see what it does. I did it with all my cards as i find the artwork to be beautiful.
@felixrivera895
5 жыл бұрын
Honestly only the most iconic spells that everyone knows as they are fundamental to their respective colors should be textless. I can only think of two of them but that's because they are Quite Literally two spells that you learn about as part of the basics of the game: Counter Spell Lightning Bolt Nearly anything else and you're dipping into the Yugioh anime where you have to memorize your deck to the bone because every card has a myriad of strengths, weaknesses, and combos
@VogeGandire
5 жыл бұрын
One for each colour. Counterspell, Lightning Bolt, Spirit Link, Murder, Giant Growth. That's the sort of level of complexity textless spells should be.
@alan2here
6 жыл бұрын
Burn spells probably lend themselves to the most obvious art, and perhaps artefact removal, and board wipes, and perhaps clones, and lands, and some others.
@hailtothevic8846
6 жыл бұрын
I like this series keep it up :)
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
we do it for you and no one else
@ad45376
6 жыл бұрын
I think it can work now, cause gatherer is easy to access with smartphones, tablets and the such being so ubiquitous
@andrian7820
6 жыл бұрын
ad45376 what if the location of a magic tournament has terrible internet coverage and it's almost impossible to search for something without leaving the place, it's not that unusual.
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
ya i feel that
@ad45376
6 жыл бұрын
that's a fair point, considering some places might have terrible coverage, but I suppose it would be cool to still get them lol maybe as FNM promos or something, ah wishful thinking
@thisisnowtaken
6 жыл бұрын
There should always be a judge able to provide Oracle text for any card, any time.
@DamonXWind
6 жыл бұрын
Textless should make a comeback but for cards that are staples of eternal formats such as legacy or especially commander. Simple cards that do single effects but you see in most or nearly all games. Even permanents such as Birds if Paradise or Sol Ring could get this treatment. Commander is a great format to promote these cards because it is meant to be multiplayer, so even if a new player is at a game, he has other players who can confirm the effect of the textless cards
@voluntarism335
5 жыл бұрын
only cards with 1 line of text and that are easily recognizable and nothing else, otherwise it would be stupid
@snakydragon9370
5 жыл бұрын
I have a textless cryptic command that I traded for a couple years ago. Still one of my coolest cards in the collection.
@TempestPoet
5 жыл бұрын
You kinda forget WotC also printed those full art cards with rule texts on them as rewards for certain tournaments (i recall, electrolyze, for example). That wouldve been an easy way to solve the issue. They discontinued the program because it was too expensive as a promotion. Thats it. No other reason.
@algeanephila
5 жыл бұрын
Man, I would *definitely* love to play with textless cards. just as pointed out, they're not good to events at all but just imagine moving "classyly" your hands to cast a full art Mana leak in a for fun board with friends, the feeling must be awesome Too expensive, tho
@SpamDestroyer
5 жыл бұрын
I remember casting a japanese Cruel Ultimatium against a new player. It was absolutely priceless when I told him what it did and he called a judge over
@jonahporter8818
5 жыл бұрын
What if they included a card that tells you what the card does as a reminder?
@CyrusdVulture
6 жыл бұрын
I've played for years and I couldn't tell you what a cyptic command does without seeing the card text.
@typhlocf5062
5 жыл бұрын
They should continue making textless cards for one liner cards. I would like a textless llanowar elf.
@zanerich9460
5 жыл бұрын
Lightning bolt or counter spell is good textless.
@dedstrok32legosjuegosymas94
5 жыл бұрын
Or fireball!
@zanerich9460
5 жыл бұрын
@@dedstrok32legosjuegosymas94 idk
@christopherwoodbury7520
6 жыл бұрын
Back in the day, I always kept a non textless version of the cards in a different sleeve (to avoid confusion on either of our parts) to give to my opponent to look at. That way I could enjoy my pretties and they would know how best to respond.
@marcelgardner8497
4 жыл бұрын
I like all the artwork.
@methdrinkerr
5 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention the textless permanents that were printed in sets around that time, printed in Future sight
@avielp
6 жыл бұрын
Textless Cryptic Command is beautiful
@ValariaxSword
6 жыл бұрын
I disagree. I wish they would bring textless cards back. If someone is unfamiliar with what a card does it only takes 15 seconds now to find it online.
@andrian7820
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but if you are a new player and need to search for their effects often it slows the play and make it boring, also, almost nobody likes to be reminded costantly that they do not know every card in the game and beacuse of that they need to google it. (And i add that for exemple, the nearest shop where ilive that organize magic tournaments has a terrible internet coverage and if you want to use internet or even just receive a message on whatsapp you need to head out the shop, maybe in the middle of the tournament, to check on your phone what a card does, even multiple times for game).
@tcgplayercom
6 жыл бұрын
good point. these were definitely pre smart phone though haha
@justinwhite2725
6 жыл бұрын
Or it takes a full 3 minutes to call a judge over to search it on gatherer, since you aren't allowed electronic devices at competitive level and up.
@r.c.beringuela2426
6 жыл бұрын
Textless cards wouldn't be a problem today. Almost every MTG player has MTG Familiar on their smart phones nowadays.
@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514
6 жыл бұрын
TCGplayer I didn't consider that when I made my initial comment.
@shatzinorris1417
6 жыл бұрын
When I started, I bought some cards at my LGS. We would play TINY LEADERS, (YES) and I play a very violent one-hit Shu Yun, who made my friends kinda quit. I bought a ponder, a pyroclasm, a mana tithe, bolt and helix. (Cards I had searched for on the internet beforehand, cause getting to know cards is hard.) I was absolutly blazed and dazed when I saw the textless versions of them. I had sparkles in my eyes for weeks and never bought one. (Helix is litteraly 1000% more expensive...) And after a year of playing, for my birthday, the three friends I play with offered me 3 Helix, to build a modern burn deck. Absolutly awesome. I do understand that they are very hard to begin with, but I think owners of such cards should make proxies in a binder, just in case. But for my part, as a beginner, those weren't close gates. Those were the ultimate "i want" cards. Cheap, useful spells. Very beautiful art. *good* spells. (double-faced tokens, c'mn wizards) 10/10
@dustinryan-roepsch8712
5 жыл бұрын
It's funny because the flavor behind cryptic command is literally that it is a confusing instruction
@rareram
6 жыл бұрын
I still use as many beautiful cards as possible. I sorely miss having cards that are textless. And I plan to eventually have an artist paint over the text of some of the most played cards I have. I miss the player rewards system. Nothing was quite as exciting as opening your shiny day of judgement or whatever you got.
@soulja02
5 жыл бұрын
I have most of my textless cards. Lightning helix, recollect, hinder and mana leak to mane some. When people look at them in my binder they are amazed and shocked that wotc did such a thing.
@fireynight9296
5 жыл бұрын
I have two thoughts on how to fix this, either: how they do it in pokemon, how they have the text over the full art, or, make it mandatory, if you play the full art card, to have a normal version with you to show to the opponent in which case they don't know what it does
@leverposteifantomet
6 жыл бұрын
I always download an image of the foreign cards I have on my phone, in case I need to explain what it does. I would do the same with the textless cards if I had any
@JonaxII
6 жыл бұрын
I just love how they look and wish I as a player who only started playing in 2015 would have had an opportunity to get that kind of stuff (without paying high secondary market prices to only get the ones I need).
@Nasgatemk2
5 жыл бұрын
It's weird because they could easily do a lot of textless or semi-textless creatures . The x/x could be either integrated into the art(imagine vines or branches for a green creature in the corner). And since a lot of creatures have one ability they could add a symbol like wings for flying.
@derkcast620
5 жыл бұрын
Hi! I love this web series, but sadly there hasnt been an update since october 2018! will we be getting more pretty deece soon?
@papernes
2 жыл бұрын
My Texteless Cryptic Command story is me casting it during a states event, and when my opponent asked what it did, I told him call a judge. He said “Nah, you seem like a decent guy, just tell me what it does.” So I told him it was an instant with 4 modes and I got to pick 2. He then apologized and called a judge. I told him that’s why I said “call a judge” when he first asked 😂
@mracoris
5 жыл бұрын
i would shift text to Tokens, so if something unclear, i can just pull out the token that clarifies the Card.
@Firem1nded
5 жыл бұрын
While I do agree, that textless cards can be tough towards new players, try explaining why Lightning Strike can hit planeswalkers but radiating light can't. Despite both of them saying "target player".
@HarbingerOfMe
6 жыл бұрын
Cryptic is especially a bad one, as the only two modes everyone can remember always correctly are "counter target spell" and "draw a card" Now, without looking it up, what does the tap mode say? Does a leyline of sanctity save you from the tap mode? What does the bounce mode do? Can it bounce lands? Or perhaps only creatures? Answers are: "Tap all creatures your opponents control." and "Return target permanent to its owner’s hand."
@gpgp9198
2 жыл бұрын
now we got the textless Bob!!
@godcomplext7041
5 жыл бұрын
I wish they would come out with something similar to this again
@matthewlettow1960
Жыл бұрын
I didn't see cryptic command until playing against a friend in commander and he played the textless version. It was very cryptic
@thesacredbeast2000
6 жыл бұрын
this is one of the reasons i like digital tcgs all the cards are text less but you just click on them for a full explanation giving the board a clean look
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