Favourite Flavour Text
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Posted on May 12, 2010, 2:15 a.m. by honeymomo
I'm always curious as to what flavour texts people are drawn to. There are a lot of deep ones and silly ones.
The following is my favourite flavour text:
"Baby dragons can't figure out humans-if they didn't want to be killed, why were they made of meat and treasure?" - Furnace Whelp
Let me know!~
"slivers are evil and slivers are sly; and if you get eaten, then no one will cry" -Mogg children's rhyme Spined Sliver
May 12, 2010 8:32 a.m.
patrickd117 says... #5
I've always been partial to Fodder Cannon : Step 1: Find your cousin. Step 2: Get your cousin in the cannon. Step 3: Find another cousin.
May 12, 2010 3:08 p.m.
zerotimestatechamp says... #7
Phyrexian Hulk "it doesnt think, it doesnt feel, it doesnt laugh or cry, all it does from dusk till dawn is make the soldiers die"
May 12, 2010 4:40 p.m.
Ah~ Good replies all~ Phyrexian Hulk has really cool text. @yankeedave I also love to say this as I play lava axe haha. :D~*
May 14, 2010 2:36 a.m.
mistergreen527 says... #11
I've always been a big fan of the flavor texts with riddles: Blistering Barrier , Bull Elephant , Craven Giant , Ersatz Gnomes , Peace of Mind , Tangle Asp , Volcanic Geyser , Wall of Hope , and Wall of Vipers .
May 14, 2010 3:06 a.m.
DevouringFlame says... #12
rofl @ Aluren. I vote Obliterate: "The enemy has been destroyed, sir. So have the forest, the city, your palace, your dog . . ." 8th edition
Deathmark: "I hope it's true that every snowflake is unique, because I never want to see one like this again. Now clean up that body." coldsnap
May 14, 2010 9:08 a.m.
I've always loved Hex : "When killing five just isn't enough"
Or Defense grid : "We've managed to keep the goblins in their assigned areas, but there's little we can do about the smell"
May 23, 2010 9:21 a.m.
Ahh.. so difficult there are so many awesome ones I've seen, I would be tempted to agree with patrickd117 the Fodder Cannon is pretty awesome..
But I only have my sliver deck here in front of me, my favourite one is;
Toxin Sliver - Legions.
"It doesn't need to use its venom - it just needs you to know it can."
May 25, 2010 2:24 p.m.
patrickd117 says... #15
Hmm, I like Obliterate as well, but rather the invasion block one: "For his family, Barrin made a funeral pyre of Tolaria." Though I like it because I love the invasion block story, as well as Barrin, and that scene is one of my favorites. Also pretty much anything Jaya Ballard has said in flavor text is pretty funny.
May 25, 2010 8:03 p.m.
Im a fan of the goblin lessons
Goblin lessons include the 2,071 tips for survival. Frek only remembered 2,070
Survival rules 781: There are always more scute bugs
May 27, 2010 5:47 a.m.
Spire Barrage : "Goblin lessons include the 2,071 tips for survival. Frek only remembered 2,070"
May 29, 2010 11:24 p.m.
"Today there is feasting and peace across our land, but the war has not ended. tuck away your bloodlust. You'll need it tomorrow" - Karrim, samite healer Holy Day or "Yes, I think 'toast' is an appropriate description." Jaya Ballard, task mage Incinerate
but I well like Lava Axe !
June 6, 2010 1:59 p.m.
Kor Outfitter 's isnt too bad either
We take only what we need to survive. Believe me, you will need this.
June 6, 2010 7:55 p.m.
themonopolyking says... #23
"The enemy has been destroyed, sir. So have the forest, the city, your palace, your dog . . ." Keldon soldier
Hands down my fav
June 7, 2010 12:55 p.m.
ChaosFire90 says... #24
Wheel of Torture - "I'd like to buy a bowel." Gets me every time.
June 7, 2010 2:46 p.m.
luckyfirefox16 says... #25
Goblin Offensive - "They Certainly Are"
Reconnaissance - "War favors the informed"
Goblin Gardener - "Years of attempts have brought goblins no closer to growing a sausage tree"
June 11, 2010 9:56 a.m.
donteatdave says... #26
Akki Underminer - "Deep inside the Sokenzan Mountains, a band of akki discovered a cache of ancient items of power. Their ensuing spree of destruction became known as 'The Three Days of Fun.'" -- Observations of the Kami War
June 12, 2010 11:40 a.m.
The jace vs. chandra Seal of Fire After the fourth time Chandra left a place engulfed in flames, she decided to just go ahead and make it her thing.
June 13, 2010 12:15 a.m.
Spell Pierce "There's a hole in your plan." -Noyan Dar, Tazeem Lullmage
June 22, 2010 10:39 p.m.
3rd edition grizzly bears:
Don't try to outrun one of Dominia's grizzlies; it'll catch you, knock you down, and eat you. Of course, you could run up a tree. In that case you'll get a nice view before it knocks the tree down and eats you.
June 23, 2010 8:32 p.m.
Forked Bolt "Play no favorites. Everybody dies. -Sparkmage saying"
June 25, 2010 5:03 a.m.
Rise of the Eldrazi's Arrogant Bloodlord . The irony of it makes me smile every time. I also like a lot of Jace's words of wisdom, like on card:Summoner's Bane and Lay Bare .
"I don't need to have the perfect plan. My foe just has to have an imperfect one."
"It's good to learn from your failures, but I prefer to learn from the failures of others."
July 2, 2010 9:24 p.m.
PandaBeaarrr says... #34
A couple of my favorites are:
Mortify ("The eyes let flow with tears, then blood, then the very soul - the whole wrung inside out, dripping down into the blackened puddle of the past"?)
Keening Banshee ("Her cold wail echoes in the alleys and under-eaves, finding the unfortunate and turning their blood to ice")
... and Phyrexian Hulk ("It doesn't think. It doesn't feel/It doesn't laugh or cry./All it does from duck till dawn/Is make the soldiers die.")
July 2, 2010 11:38 p.m.
PandaBeaarrr says... #35
Battlegrowth makes me smile, too.
"I would gladly die for the forest, but I'm much better at killing for it."
July 2, 2010 11:48 p.m.
PandaBeaarrr says... #36
And... I'll stop with Blood Vassal .
"They are bred to suffer and born to die. Much like humans." - Gix, Yawgmoth praetor.
July 2, 2010 11:52 p.m.
necroignis says... #37
my favorites have to be Necrotic Sliver and Meteor Storm
July 6, 2010 11:52 a.m.
misshepeshu says... #38
You guys have caught a lot of my favorites. Two more to add to the list:
Minister of Impediments : "When it takes forever to learn all the rules, no time is left for breaking them."
Ferocity : "You lot go on ahead. I'll just keep killing them until it sticks."
I'm also really partial to the collective flavor of the Simic Guild's flavor texts from the Ravnica block, since many of them are styled as lab notes.
July 9, 2010 12:17 a.m.
"Amateurish. Nearsighted. A waste of my time and everyone else's."
--Indra, Nullmage of Vectis
July 26, 2010 7:10 a.m.
killroy726 says... #40
Train of Thought "But then . . . oh, but . . . which means . . . which would lead to . . . exactly!"
July 29, 2010 12:47 a.m.
Patrol Hound was always one of my favorites.
It seems Goblins have the lead in this though. Unsurprising, really.
August 1, 2010 11:25 p.m.
Hornet Sting probably has the best flavor text in standard. U chuckle every time I pull one.
August 2, 2010 4:28 p.m.
nammertime says... #44
How about pun-tastic Hidden Gibbons or Werebear ?
Or the combination of flavor text and art on Clergy en-Vec ? (As this old adage goes, once you see it, bricks will be shat.)
I kinda liked Lotus Petal with its flavor text breaking the fourth wall.
August 3, 2010 3:36 p.m.
Unforgivn_II says... #45
Wtf man. $15 dollars? Sure its good, but not that good.
October 21, 2013 9:29 p.m.
NobodyPicksBulbasaur says... #47
It's not $15 good, but it IS $15 sought-after.
A high percentage of the good decks in Standard right now are running black, and Downfall is easily the best black removal spell in the format (unless you count Thoughtseize ).
Every black deck is looking for a few copies of Downfall. In contrast, relatively few copies of the card have been opened so far. Card prices are inflated soon after their release for that reason. Hype plus lack of supply = $15.
October 21, 2013 9:39 p.m.
NobodyPicksBulbasaur says... #49
I see it settling somewhere around $8, realistically. While it's in Standard, at least.
yankeedave says... #2
"Catch" deck:lave-axe
Always been one of my favourites!
May 12, 2010 6:55 a.m.