The Second Day of Fishmas

 Lauby:  Ah yes.  Banding.  We were so totally into that for this set.  Some kind of hilarious nod to the card design of our youths.  
Uglyraincoat: Perhaps this would have gotten used if it was an enchantment, rather than an instant.  Or if it didn’t require only one type of creature.  Plus, I am allergic to this many cats.  
Dethtron:  I would maybe pay 0 mana to play this as an instant.  Seeing as to how the cost is 2, though, I can only wonder what the fuck we were thinking.  Oh and in the happenstance category, that ASPCA commercial with Sarah McLachlan and all of the sad cats and dogs (which mostly appear to just be cats and dogs about to sleep which are probably in fact happy and just sleepy rather than sad) is on as I write this, although this last sentence has run on a bit and the commercial is now long since over.








Dethtron: Hold on, is that the bass pro shops bass?  
Uglyraincoat: Great twist on giant growth.  I love that the intention behind the card is to shift the power / toughness of two engaged creatures, but I love more the potential to drop it on an unblocked creature while using the -1 / -1 as creature kill.  All things are relative, especially fish stories.  Dethtron:  Answer me!  Is that the bass pro shops bass?
Lauby:  Sadly, no.  Though that is where I went first. The bass pro-shop bass didn’t photoshop well.  Which is my only regret with this card.








Lauby:  There’s a lot going on with this card and most of it comes straight out of the moment  when you honestly forget to include a friend in the fun and then he’s kind of a bitch about it. You know, a rush job with a bit of resentment mixed in. Despite that, this card actually came the closest to seeing play (unlike most of our multi colors).  It didn’t actually see play, mind you, but that’s what happens if you include the card in a deck that doesn’t have a source of black mana.
Uglyraincoat: Yes.  2/2 fer 2 is solid, protection from fish is a bit cryptic, the sexual innuendo is mostly a result of the name, the art is very fantastic, and the library mechanic could be really useful.  (You only need one Bill, but he keeps coming... back.)  You had me at turban.Dethtron: I have nothing more to add other than that Bill-bo Shaggins needs a magic sword named stang or something.





Dethtron: so every MtG set needs a protagonist and antagonist.  How Billy Rubin and Hank, Fisher of the Damned came to fill these roles is a mystery to me to this day.  
Lauby: Well, The whole idea was for a fishin’ and campin’ themed mini-set.  We needed some character conflict and we weren’t exactly comfortable casting our friends in these particular roles.  But at the same time I think we were pretty wary about making these place holders strictly better than the cards based on real people.
Dethtron:  yeah, I get that, but seriously, this guy is named after part of the bile excreted by the liver.  And he’s only fucking 1/1.  Who the shit would follow this wienie summoner of fish around the multiverse?  I think this is all just a giant sign that we were drinking way too much back in the day.
Lauby: I can’t remember on account of all the drinking.
Uglyraincoat: In all fairness to Mr. Rubin, we’re all probably 0 / 1 in real life.  We should have recognized the importance of the worm sacrifice.  It would be very tough to pull off, and consequently Billy may have been more tempting to use if the fish were put directly into play with no summoning sickness.  

Dethtron:   In all fairness to me, I’m at least 3 / 4 in real life since my father was a craw wurm and my mother was an ornithopter.
Uglyraincoat: What?

Dethtron:   I’m pretty sure I told you the story about how Zeus came to my mother the ornithopter in the guise of a craw wurm.
Lauby: What?


Uglyraincoat: Good enough, past selves.  Good enough.
Lauby: at least we gave it an ability.
Dethtron:  I think it bears explaining that when fishing in Illinois this is pretty much the only kind of fish you actually catch other than the occasional carp or bullhead.  It also bears mentioning that the quote on this card is almost as bad as any real magic card.
Lauby:  But the key difference is that we knew it was terrible when we wrote it.  










Uglyraincoat: Goblins make food out of dead animals.  How revolting!
Dethtron:  You can also spell chili with 2 l’s.  Yeah.
Lauby:  Well how the hell else would you spell it?
Uglyraincoat: The important point is that the chili is hot.  

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