Can someone explain the flavor of Dimir colors
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Posted on Feb. 2, 2015, 12:33 p.m. by FatherLiir
I've always associated the colors 
and 
as deception, tricking, etc. Which I get from cards like Phenax, God of Deception, Lazav, Dimir Mastermind, Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, you get the idea. If Littlefinger from Game of Thrones were a card, his identity would be Dimir... maaaaybe Esper.
So when I read the flavor text of Silumgar, the Drifting Death and his ability is all about just killing things, he seems very Mono rather than
Am I getting something wrong when I think of what the Dimir color combination is about?
No I think you're right. The flavour text is more mono b than bu.
I may move the forum this is in.
February 2, 2015 12:45 p.m.
Hexproof is a pretty solidly blue ability; so it has one and one power. Not terribly original, but not out of spec, either.
February 2, 2015 12:52 p.m.
FatherLiir says... #5
@ EmblemMan I suppose but I think of assassin's as more destroying rather than decaying which to me is what -X/-X does, and Silumgar's does have acid breath.
ChiefBell Thank you. And I was debating between this and Blind Eternities, but I figured at the end of the day my question was more Lore/Flavor rather than just a random thing. You are the Mod and if you feel I was wrong thank you for correcting me.
ROMzombie .... Meeeeeeeeeeeh, I guess... But I would also like an Uncharted Realms explaining that, like he's the dragon I like over all the new legendary dragons so maybe I'm biased.
February 2, 2015 1:12 p.m.
julianjmoss says... #6
In one of the uncharted realms, tasigur calls silumgar cunning and describes him in a very UB manner. That being said, Wizards has been struggling to come up with UB cards that aren't just mill
February 2, 2015 1:33 p.m.
Hjaltrohir says... #7
Hes like a backstabber so hes very dimir in flavor (I dont know where that reasoning came from?)
February 2, 2015 1:33 p.m.
MindAblaze says... #8
I feel like when you mix blue into black there isn't much room to differentiate from pure black. The problem is black is about calculated power moves, so adding the cunning calculation of blue doesn't really add anything.
February 2, 2015 1:58 p.m.
Gidgetimer says... #9
It is important to separate "Dimir" as a moniker for and as House Dimir on Ravnica. House Dimir is about deception, trickery, and concealment. The color pair means that the creature will have traits from both of those areas of the color pie. In this case that is Intellect and Selfishness.
The selfishness of Silumgar, the Drifting Death is apparent to most and heavily reinforced by his flavor text. The intellect portion comes in from where he is smart enough to negate any harmful spell cast at him giving him hexproof. There is also a certain wisdom to attacking when you are a dragon. Only 2 creatures (not even sure you can count Fleetfeather Cockatrice) can solo block him and kill him and the attack trigger swings combat heavily in your favor on your attack.
February 2, 2015 2:18 p.m.
notamardybum says... #10
maybe tasigur is bipolar and his alt personalities are a little green and blue
February 2, 2015 2:32 p.m.
It's a bit minty...with a splash of mill on the side.
February 2, 2015 9:48 p.m.
IndepenentMeta says... #12
It's think is suppose to be counters and kill spells. As well as reanimation. So that would prolly help answer your question
February 3, 2015 12:34 p.m.
MaRo has a whole set of articles dedicated to this http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/pretty-sneaky-sis-2005-11-07
EmblemMan says... #2
The way i think of his abolity is like he attacks and little assassins stab the enemies creatures in the back to get the -1/-1 very dimir imo
February 2, 2015 12:41 p.m.