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Nich Grayson
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Magic: The Gathering. Feminism. TV. Movies. Comics. Husband of Dana. Profile art by Greg Capullo. Profile banner pup is Eddie. Trying my best, I swear
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I have been thinking a lot about what we lost when WotC adopted ability words over modular keywords. Threshold was perfect when it debuted in Odyssey block. But after Ravncia's ability-word-palooza, it became an ability word and that's the standard now. Which led to soup like Whiskervale Forerunner.
Ability words lead to some really awkwardly phrased lines of text. If you're a Magic veteran, you might take it for granted. But it doesn't have to be this way! Here's Cephalid Sage, as an example, and how it would look if we reverted back to the keyword format with modern wording:
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Nich Grayson
@wubrg.bsky.social
Magic: The Gathering. Feminism. TV. Movies. Comics. Husband of Dana. Profile art by Greg Capullo. Profile banner pup is Eddie. Trying my best, I swear
14 followers72 following353 posts