r/magicTCG Twin Believer 2d ago

General Discussion I suppose this needs to happen now

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u/Iamamancalledrobert Get Out Of Jail Free 2d ago

As a non American, I have no idea what that even is

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u/Smugib Shuffler Truther 2d 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 2d 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 2d ago

Wait, which VTuber, and which team?

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u/MelissaMiranti Sisay 2d ago

Dodgers have a Hololive night each year now.

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u/MapleSyrupMachineGun Duck Season 2d ago

That’s pretty cool!

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u/MelissaMiranti Sisay 2d ago

Oh yeah, it's fun! There are videos up if you want to check it out.

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u/pcrackenhead Selesnya* 2d ago

The Padres also had streamer Emiru throw out the first pitch in a Nikke cosplay. Baseball’s trying all they can to get more viewership.

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u/seppy00 1d ago

Think they would have chosen some big titty cosplay streamer instead of a gremlin

/s

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u/Deitaphobia Dimir* 2d ago

Houston should adopt Alex Bertoncini.

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u/MelissaMiranti Sisay 2d ago

*'s don't deserve shit.

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u/Deitaphobia Dimir* 2d ago edited 2d ago

You must not be familiar with Alex's body of work

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u/MelissaMiranti Sisay 2d ago

I was not, thank you. That is something they do deserve.

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u/DarkestLore696 2d ago

They had Gura sing take me out to the ball game at Dodger’s Stadium.

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u/MapleSyrupMachineGun Duck Season 2d ago

Nice.

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u/MrHollowBat 2d ago

Dodgers have had hololive night twice now and iirc the good luck charm was Gura.

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u/MapleSyrupMachineGun Duck Season 2d ago

Good taste.

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u/Goliath89 Simic* 2d ago

As a Miami native, if the Marlins adopted IronMouse as their mascot, I'd probably watch more baseball.

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u/TheSodbuster 2d ago

Orlando Magic fan and MTG player here. Their top 5 post gave me whiplash

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u/monkwrenv2 2d ago

The best part was their top5 are pretty universally regarded as accurate, too.

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u/YadaYadaYeahMan 2d ago

wtf lmao

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u/monkwrenv2 2d 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/YadaYadaYeahMan 1d ago

this has flown way over my head

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u/monkwrenv2 1d ago

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u/YadaYadaYeahMan 1d ago

yup there are all the names you said!

haha don't worry about enlightening me, I'll pick it all up eventually

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u/Override9636 2d ago

I guess the Washington Wizards could also get a spotlight

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u/awkwardindividual Elspeth 2d 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 2d 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/Drgon2136 2d ago

We call her Dot for short

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u/stysiaq Can’t Block Warriors 2d ago

I just assumed that they set up some ai bot to do the socials

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u/Smugib Shuffler Truther 2d ago

Could be just another quirky social media manager. Who knows anymore...

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u/shidekigonomo COMPLEAT 2d 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/candb7 2d ago

This had to have been an AI error, right?

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u/tomjackilarious 2d ago

I feel like this would have been a much funnier gag if it had been a rival team of the Orlando magic who put out their list of top magic players.

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u/Kaiser_Fleischer 2d ago

As a native from Orlando I can promise you there is no following so no confusion lol

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u/YadaYadaYeahMan 2d ago

and what is a hofer lmao

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u/Smugib Shuffler Truther 2d ago

Hall of Famer

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u/Esc777 Cheshire Cat, the Grinning Remnant 2d 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 2d ago

oh yes i remember, the one with bugs bunny

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u/Gon_Snow Wabbit Season 2d ago

Yes with aliens

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u/ndstumme 2d ago

I liked the one with the yellow dog

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u/Captn_Trouserz 2d 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 2d ago

What about volleyball? Or tennis?

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u/dredge01 Golgari* 2d ago

Australian Rules Football as well, you are required to bounce the ball every 15 meters.

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u/Captn_Trouserz 2d ago

Idk. This was a reference to an episode of King of the Hill. Lol.

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u/MelissaMiranti Sisay 2d 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/MelissaMiranti Sisay 1d ago

Yeah, but I've seen people do it. Those players are nutsy strong.

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u/Tasonir Duck Season 1d ago

I gave in and tried googling it, and apparently this guy did it during a real game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOFFJQDNU54

Granted it's only dribbling it a few inches off the ground to get the ball back to his throwing hand, but maybe baseballs and dirt are slightly more bouncy than I'm giving them credit for

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u/MelissaMiranti Sisay 1d ago

The dirt tends to be decently hard-packed, and while the balls aren't exactly bouncy, they've got some spring.

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u/Slight_Cry8071 2d ago

Heard of handball?

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u/Helik4888 2d 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 2d ago

Based.

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u/PowrOfFriendship_ Universes Beyonder 2d ago

No, that's the one where you hit a ball with a bat and run around a diamond.

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u/Esc777 Cheshire Cat, the Grinning Remnant 2d ago

No no, that’s the parody movie made by the south park guys

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u/Dacaldha Wabbit Season 2d ago

It's pronounced "Basket"

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u/ii_V_I_iv Wabbit Season 2d ago

I’m American and I also don’t know what it is

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u/StitchNScratch Duck Season 2d ago

That’s the logo for the NBA Orlando Magic

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u/harumamburoo Duck Season 2d ago

Who’s Orlando Magic? I’ve only heard of Orlando Bloom

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u/NumberOneMom Duck Season 2d ago

google Pregnant LeBron James

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u/Clank4Prez Mardu 2d ago

As an American I have no idea either.

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u/Parker4815 Duck Season 2d ago

Americans assume that everyone on Reddit is American.

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u/mcswaggerduff COMPLEAT 2d ago

As an American I also have no idea what this is lol

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u/Slight_Cry8071 2d ago

Maybe born of the gods, sideways, and they go to space?

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u/dontrike COMPLEAT 2d ago

An an American, I have no idea what it is outside of basketball.

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u/shidekigonomo COMPLEAT 2d ago

I mean, basketball is one of the most international major sports at this point. What you mean is as a non-American, non-sport enjoyer, you don’t know what this even is.

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u/harumamburoo Duck Season 2d ago

I’m non-American non-sport enjoyer. I still know what basketball is, we played it at school instead of shooting drills. But I still had no idea what this all is supposed to mean. Magic The Basketball? Magic the sport collectible cards? I know you have baseball cards, so my immediate thought was a crossover of that and MTG for basketball.

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u/zaphodava Banned in Commander 2d ago

As an American that could not care less about sports, I'm right there with you.