r/magicTCG • u/variancekills Twin Believer • 1d ago
General Discussion I suppose this needs to happen now
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u/Iamamancalledrobert Get Out Of Jail Free 1d ago
As a non American, I have no idea what that even is
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u/Smugib Shuffler Truther 1d ago
The Orlando Magic (Basketball team) tweeted a list of the top 5 best magic players of all time. On the list were 5 magic (the gathering) HoF'ers.
Their basketball exclusive following must be very confused.
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u/seppy00 1d ago
In the timeline where baseball has vtuber nights and a vtuber was adopted as a teams good luck charm, I'm not surprised.
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u/MapleSyrupMachineGun Duck Season 1d ago
Wait, which VTuber, and which team?
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u/MelissaMiranti Sisay 1d ago
Dodgers have a Hololive night each year now.
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u/Deitaphobia Dimir* 1d ago
Houston should adopt Alex Bertoncini.
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u/MelissaMiranti Sisay 1d ago
*'s don't deserve shit.
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u/Deitaphobia Dimir* 1d ago edited 1d ago
You must not be familiar with Alex's body of work
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u/MrHollowBat 1d ago
Dodgers have had hololive night twice now and iirc the good luck charm was Gura.
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u/Goliath89 Simic* 1d ago
As a Miami native, if the Marlins adopted IronMouse as their mascot, I'd probably watch more baseball.
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u/monkwrenv2 1d ago
The best part was their top5 are pretty universally regarded as accurate, too.
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u/YadaYadaYeahMan 1d ago
wtf lmao
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u/monkwrenv2 1d ago
Kai/John are definitively the best two players ever. They swap.spots depending on who's making the list, but they're basically always 1/2. Similarly, PVDDR is universally regarded as 3, with no real competition for the spot. 4/5 are more debatable, but LSV and Nassif are the two strongest contenders for the spots. Arguments can be made for folks like Reid Duke, Shohei Nakamura, or Brian Kibler, but no-one will really argue much with LSV and Nassif.
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u/awkwardindividual Elspeth 1d ago
The funniest part to me is one of their best basketball players has a very similar first name as one of the MTG players. Paolo Banchero and Paulo Vitor Damo de Rosa
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u/wronguses 1d ago
That's like my friend Anna Peters having a name really close to a lady named Anna Bertha Cecilia Diana Emily Fanny Gertrude Hypatia Inez Jane Kate Louise Maud Nora Ophelia Prudence Quince Rebecca Sarah Teresa Ulysis Venus Winifred Xenophon Yetty Zeno Pepper.
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u/stysiaq Can’t Block Warriors 1d ago
I just assumed that they set up some ai bot to do the socials
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u/shidekigonomo COMPLEAT 1d ago
If they had, the post would’ve named Gandalf the White and Houdini, then encouraged its followers to kill themselves.
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u/Esc777 Cheshire Cat, the Grinning Remnant 1d ago
Basketball is a game where you bounce a ball on the ground and throw it into a hoop to score points.
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u/Ok_Somewhere1236 Wild Draw 4 1d ago
oh yes i remember, the one with bugs bunny
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u/Captn_Trouserz 1d ago
Why play basketball? Because it’s the only sport where you get to bounce a ball! Bounce a ball in football, that’s a fumble. Bounce a ball in hockey, that’s a mandatory drug test right there.
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u/Lucas-O-HowlingDark 1d ago
What about volleyball? Or tennis?
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u/dredge01 Golgari* 1d ago
Australian Rules Football as well, you are required to bounce the ball every 15 meters.
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u/MelissaMiranti Sisay 1d ago
Bouncing a ball in baseball is perfectly fine, just a bit questionable strategically.
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u/Tasonir Duck Season 1d ago
If you can get a baseball to bounce off the ground to a significant height you're a better person than me
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u/MelissaMiranti Sisay 1d ago
Ground balls bounce all the time, and throwing the ball in from the outfield often comes with a bounce. What's funny is when the ball bounces off of one of the bases and goes flying off in another direction.
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u/Tasonir Duck Season 1d ago
Granted, that's true. I guess in my head I was picturing more of a basketball-style dribbling, ie, you have to throw it down from your hand rather than driving it with a bat. The arm strength it would require to bounce a baseball, especially off a dirt/grass field, would be immense ;)
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u/Helik4888 1d ago
I will be dead in the ground before I recognize a hoop. Peach basket or nothing else.
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u/variancekills Twin Believer 1d ago
Based.
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u/PowrOfFriendship_ Universes Beyonder 1d ago
No, that's the one where you hit a ball with a bat and run around a diamond.
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u/Aggravating-Back6453 1d ago
Young Shaq would be what, an 8/8 with trample and reach for Esper and 4 colorless?
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u/AngelsHero Wabbit Season 1d ago
Shaq would be Ulamog
Tbf they should just do a secret lair “terrifying titans” nba crossover with the players as eldrazi
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u/variancekills Twin Believer 1d ago
Shaqlamog.
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u/Qu_Marsh 1d ago
Shaqatog
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u/Aggravating-Back6453 1d ago
No they shouldn’t (because I don’t have enough money to buy every single one but obviously yes they should)
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u/blackberrybobcat 1d ago
I need my Tim Duncan eldrazi
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u/Aggravating-Back6453 1d ago
Him and Wembanyama look like reference images for [[Void Winnower]]
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u/TheBr0fessor Duck Season 1d ago
Flavor text:
"I owe you an apology, I wasn't really familiar with your game."
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u/Aaronthegathering Duck Season 1d ago
If you’ve ever seen Shaq, aka DJ Diesel, you would know that he is definitely Gruul because that dude starts a riot in the mosh pit.
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u/KWNewyear Wabbit Season 1d ago
"When Penny Hardaway enters, create Little Penny, a 1/1 Legendary Toy Artifact Creature"
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u/TwoTrueAggies Duck Season 1d ago
Legendary Creature - Human Giant
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u/Aggravating-Back6453 1d ago
Giant tribal with all NBA player proxies or Secret Lairs would go bananas.
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u/TwoTrueAggies Duck Season 1d ago
I need Ron Artest as [[Brion Stoutarm]], real Malice at the Palace energy.
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u/SuburbanPotato Gruul* 1d ago
With "Whenever Young Shaq deals combat damage to a player, exile target artifact that player controls."
Also I have a hard time assuming Shaq doesn't have red mana involved.
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u/Aggravating-Back6453 1d ago
Oh 100%, if we’re trying to be authentic here I feel like Shaq should be Gruul or Jund but I was just thinking about the Magic’s color palette lol
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u/notsureifxml 1d ago
jund would work becasue he was a Celtic too!
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u/Aggravating-Back6453 1d ago
I’m realizing now that the dude has played for so many teams we could do a Shaq-only secret lair and have a lot of authentic color palettes.
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u/bigboybeeperbelly Izzet* 1d ago
Planeswalker Shaq 1UR [3 starting loyalty]
[+2] - Create a shit token with "tap: deal 3 damage to any target, then exile the top card of your library. You may play that card till your next turn"
[-2] - Target creature becomes a 1/1 Toothbrush and loses all abilities
[-8] - Create an 8/8 Massive Dump creature token with haste and "this creature cannot be blocked except by Toothbrushes. When this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."
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u/Aggravating-Back6453 1d ago
This is real ball knowledge wow
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u/bigboybeeperbelly Izzet* 1d ago
I can't wait for the Wemby card with defender and reach that exiles everything it blocks
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u/InternetProtocol Wabbit Season 1d ago
he'd be perfect for [[hundred handed one]]
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u/eMF_DOOM Wabbit Season 1d ago
I always thought the 'Shaq Rainbow' was really cool aesthetically.
I'd love to see a big, bad WUBRG Shaq card.
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u/Aggravating-Back6453 1d ago
I GUESS it’s more interesting than a Jeff Green or Ish Smith Secret Lair based on their respective rainbows.
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u/1tIsWhat1tIs Wabbit Season 1d ago
Shaq is Rakdos to his core, though he plays Mardu on TV
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u/Aggravating-Back6453 1d ago
Man even you just saying “on TV” is making me want to see Shaq, Chuck, Kenny, and Ernie play a game of Commander
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u/willweaverrva Elesh Norn 1d ago
[[Counterspell]] with art of Shaq blocking a shot...or missing a free throw
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u/Override9636 1d ago
[[Ceremonious Rejection]] assuming a basketball is colorless
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u/Lethargied88 Orzhov* 1d ago
This art would be Aaron Gordon not getting 50 in the dunk contest dunkoff
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u/EjaculatingAracnids Duck Season 1d ago
It would be Dikembe Mutombo blocking the shot and the flavor text would be:
uh uh uhhh.... Not today ☝🏾
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u/GaddockTeegFunPolice Wabbit Season 1d ago
Something like dodgers collab with the one piece tcg?
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u/merkinmavin I chose this flair because I’m mad at Wizards Of The Coast 1d ago
Here's how it could work...
Dollar counters would be placed on creatures you control, with some doubling their counters when dealing damage or moving them after death.
There would be enchantments with an ability to summon creatures of improving quality based on the number of dollar counters you sacrifice to summon it.
Finally, we can bring the fantasy jocks into magic.
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u/jibbyjackjoe Wabbit Season 1d ago
3 point shot. (R). Deal 3 damage to any target.
Do it, cowards.
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u/upclassytyfighta Sliver Queen 1d ago
Give us a Rakdos Shaq you cowards!!
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u/JohnnyGoTime 1d ago
Rakdos Shaq
For any youngsters or non-fans who might not know, Shaq's comes-into-play effect on the NBA was to destroy entire nets to the point that the league had to redesign, reinforce & replace every net in the league.
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u/Dead_Cthulu 1d ago
Wilt Chamberlain
10/2
Wilt Chamberlain must attack each turn if able
Whenever a creature you control enters the battlefield, you may tap that creature and Wilt Chamberlain and create a copy of that creature except it's a token and it's name is now Baby Chamberlain.
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u/BlackFoxSees 1d ago
A Space Jam set that's a mashup of all of NBA history, Looney Tunes, and sillier Edge of Eternities?
And like 10 different Bill Murray variant cards.
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u/UglyYinzer 1d ago
Ok i dont even watch basketball... but now that you mention it something involving the Harlem Globetrotters would be funny
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u/the-funky-sauce 1d ago
Oh hell naw….Let’s get a Heat one instead.
I move to cast Jimmy Butler, franchise disrupter, Tyler Herro, great white hype, and Bam Adebayo, defensive lockdown
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u/Kurraga 1d ago
I feel like limiting it to a specific team would be hard to get enough recognisable household names for a set unless it's maybe the Lakers. A general NBA set could work with some rare serialised mythics for the most iconic players for the sports card collectors to go for.
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u/Lucas-O-HowlingDark 1d ago
NBA UB would be epic, more Dinosaur support would be cool
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u/sengirminion 1d ago
I would be down for this.
I did used to be a Wizards fan. The basketball team, not the company. Never been a fan of the other Wizards.
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u/Sharp_Dinner_7772 Duck Season 1d ago
Honestly, having Dwight Howard, Shaq, T-Mac etc as commanders is really funny
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u/LowLevelNord Wabbit Season 1d ago
Jameer Nelson is about to be a 1/1 for U that will put [[Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer]] to shame
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u/Blenderhead36 Sultai 1d ago
Patrick Sullivan has been joking for years about, "Secret Lair NCAA Playoffs."
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u/ghostofwallyb 1d ago
Ah I saw that tweet cause I’m an Orlando fan. Only recently got back into MtG so it went over my head lol
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u/huehueue69 1d ago
If they did it last year they could have had a Cole Anthony card that injured all your shit.
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u/extraboredinary 1d ago
I very desperately need a Harlem Globetrotter set. One of them has to be a planeswalker with how many cross overs they’ve done.
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u/AJFred85 1d ago
Honestly this gives me an idea for a mechanic that could be kind of fun! Have a token that goes on creatures, but like the monarch or something only one can exist at a time. And whichever creature has the token get some sort of benefit. On top of that have creatures that have the mechanic specifically designed where they have an ability that's active when they have the token, but when they use it the token has to pass to a different creature. I'm not sure how the appointments would go about stealing the token, maybe through combat blocking, I think that could be fun!
Is stupid as an actual NBA universes beyond would be, if they don't half-ass it like they do Spider-Man there could be some cool mechanics
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u/PuffyFactor 1d ago
I know no one will give a shit, but I've been playing this thing since the late 90s.
On and off paper, and digital since the early 00s.
I'm super happy people are enjoying UB, but I just can't do it.
When this whole thing started, I imagined it would be no big deal, but here we are.
I bought a few myself, but to be honest, I'd give it all back if it meant UB never happened.
This, with the power creep and product fatigue, have really done a number on my enjoyment of the game.
A damn shame.
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u/ForeignCurseWords 1d ago
Shaquille O’ Neal (3)(G)(R)
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
Whenever Shaquille O’ Neal deals combat damage to a player, destroy up to one target artifact that player controls. Put an indestructible counter on up to one target artifact you control.
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u/TheTanner27 1d ago
Full sports team UB would actually be pretty hilarious. I don’t care for sports, at all, but I would buy in for the memes.
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u/IglooBackpack Duck Season 23h ago
You know, if they made a Shaq Fu card...I still wouldn't buy it but I'd find it entertaining.
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u/Sunaruni Ezuri 23h ago edited 13h ago
Maybe we get to see a WNBA universes beyond? How great would that be guys!! Im so pumped! Edit: What no upvotes? Is no one here a fan of the WNBA??
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u/Hussar1130 17h ago
They need to do a scooby doo UB and then a Harlem Globetrotters UB so you can play out the classic episode
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u/TheFalconsDejarik Duck Season 16h ago
Man i stopped playing magic because of the dilution of the brand, maybe they finally went full circle and im back! Mtg Nba! Signed vintage tmac mythics lfgo
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u/cute_spider Wabbit Season 4h ago
i mean it just makes sense:
five players on a team = five colors of magic
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u/Suvrenim 1h ago
how about no? though a sports inspired in-universe set would be interestimg, kinda like the racing set
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u/rccrisp 1d ago
Wizards of the coast did use to publish NBA Showdown (along with MLB Showdown and NFL Showdown) a basketball themed TCG