Hasbro plays unblockable pink slip card on MTG people.

Hobbes

http://www.mtgnews.com/story/644/1/1/1/

All employees to get the new Magic the gathering 'P45' Card.

[SN]JAG

im going to counter that with a reverse spell, and play a masticore.

your turn

WhiteWashMan

this is the replys it got.
the second reply is a cracker.
its about shiney coins to kids.
yeah says the guy who plays caqrds with wizards

(no subject) December 19, 2000 07:02 PM (#19234)

from: Tolarian Negator (----.proxy.aol.com)
Kool, I have no interest, but still cool.

I want the stroke of genius
(no subject) December 19, 2000 07:26 PM (#19236)

from: Vesuvan (----.ipt.aol.com)
Foils are a waste of effort, they do nothing more in the game, so why get them? even if for their shinyness, its like little kids collected shiny coins.
FOIL Arena PROMOS December 19, 2000 07:27 PM (#19238)

from: DEMON (----.237.189.93)
That is cool but I have Seen a Foil Arena Disenchant. You know the one blowing up the Millstone that is the one I want.
(no subject) December 19, 2000 07:54 PM (#19242)

from: Random Scrub (----.lexis-nexis.com)
I will never play a counterspell in my deck that says "instant" on it.
cool December 19, 2000 09:05 PM (#19247)

from: DARK BIRDS OF PARADISE (----.bc.hsia.telus.net)
This is really cool but does it look exactly like the MM Foil counterspell??? or with arena next to it instead of the MM sign??
hmm... December 19, 2000 09:35 PM (#19256)

from: Klarc (----.dialinx.net)
Actually, it's the exact same picture of the Arena AA Counterspell, except that they changed the sign from a circled M to DCI. Oh, well, here comes another foil to collect...sigh.

K
I know him!! December 19, 2000 10:14 PM (#19260)

from: Me, from Argentina (----.41.35.27)
I know who is the seller...
It is a Pro-Player !!!
Nice. December 19, 2000 11:50 PM (#19264)

from: JohnnyBlaze (----.ipt.aol.com)
Nice looking. I wouldn't blow $100 on it.
yeah baby, yeah!!!! December 20, 2000 12:39 AM (#19271)

from: Some Guy (----.cambridge-18-19rs.ma.dial-access.att.net)
Snazzy!

I want 4!!!!

All you guys that are moaning about the concept of foils just don't know how to win in style and need better jobs.

Sez Me.
Bill
i like mm counterspell better. ^_^ December 20, 2000 12:55 AM (#19273)

from: urzas_mistress (----.hat.netdoor.com)
i think the mercadian counterspell is prettier. :-)

i want to see a foil morphling made! pretty please?
(no subject) December 20, 2000 01:23 AM (#19275)

from: Goodwin (----.estpak.ee)
>from: Me, from Argentina (----.41.35.27)
>I know who is the seller...
>It is a Pro-Player !!!

Umm you don't know who is Alex Shvartsman?
Yeah, he is a Pro Pleyer. He works for Sideboard as well etc. etc.
(no subject) December 20, 2000 05:25 AM (#19290)

from: DustBowl (----.proxy.aol.com)
this is real XCITING
Counterspell IS instant December 20, 2000 08:54 AM (#19301)

from: Another Random Scrub (----.217.241.106)
>from: Random Scrub (----.lexis-nexis.com)
>I will never play a counterspell in my deck >that says "instant" on it.

Interrupts no longer exist... When did you came back to magic??? this change was a lot of time ago...

Anyway, this counterspell is AWESOME... I wish I could get at least one...
5 December 20, 2000 09:07 AM (#19304)

from: Thomas (----.accesscable.net)
OCH!!!

When will the foil lotus come out!!?

(With how corrupted Wizards has become in the 6 yrs I've been playing, one would bet $ that they will make one)
My Friend Has One December 20, 2000 09:15 AM (#19306)

from: Jigglypuff (----.proxy.aol.com)
Yeah, my friend Josh has one. He thinks that it's the biggest thing since sliced bread! (Sliced bread being introduced in the vicinity the previous week)
Instants vs. Interrupts December 20, 2000 12:38 PM (#19324)

from: Yannick (----.proxy.aol.com)
Though this is a little off topic, it kidna goes with what was mentioned earlier.
WotC has messed up many of the rules in Magic, especially with 6th. Tapped blocking creatures do damage? Why? Trampling damage has to kill all the creatures before hurting the player? Come on, if a huge ass Force of Nature wants to ram over a birds of paradise instead of grapple with Verdeloth, can't he?
But I agree that the biggest screw up was taking out interrupts. They were some of the best concepts and were quite useful. Who the hell wants to interrupt an opponents spell using an instant counterspell?
And Banding was also a damn good ability, that they threw out because a few people did not understand it. Read a rulebook. Its not complicated at all.

Yannick, blowing off some steam
Re: Some Guy December 20, 2000 02:03 PM (#19333)

from: Malebolgia (----.phoenix-t.navipath.net)
Win in Style?
I consider the moves I make or the combos I choose to be "winning in style". Or perhaps I just took out someone with 27 life in one move....that's style.

The pretty shiny surface of a foil reflecting all the pretty rainbow colors.....crap!

Give me a break...like they won't put foil counterspells in 7th edition or some other set in the future and they will go for $2.00.

I hope to play someone like yu next tourney so I can "win in style" the traditional way.

Lt. Cmdr. Malebolgia
www.gabtraders.com
I have a Foil Arena Counterspell December 20, 2000 02:06 PM (#19335)

from: Slayde (----.216.248.133)
Yea i have had a Foil Arena Counterspell for awhile now but never felt like posting it up on ebay but i might now.Email me all who want a look.
shiny December 20, 2000 03:12 PM (#19341)

from: squee's lackey (----.mcc.wwwcache.ja.net)
Shiny cards are good, because, it demoralises your opponent when they realise that all of the cards that can be foily in the deck are, it gives the impression of sombody with either:
a)a deck so good it just had to be foil
or
b) so much money it doesnt matter any more
i wish i had enough foilys to make a foily deck *sigh*
cool December 20, 2000 04:28 PM (#19350)

from: DJSC (----.proxy.aol.com)
that would be cool. i had a foil deck once, then i realized i could trade it for 6 or 7 good non-foil decks. it had 2 ports and a masticore

LoLth

there are more reports and stuff on

http://www.GamingReport.com/

Pokemon and M:TG are being scaled back as "they've hit their product maturity" point - fair enough.

Legends of the Five rings has been sold off.

D20 , D&D , Star Wars and OGL are to be unaffected (as far as I can see).

seemingly about 100 Wizards of the coast staff got the chop and the CEO resigned.