The Decline and Fall of Fallen Empires, Vol. IV
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- Опубліковано 2 гру 2024
- Travel back with us to the heady days of 1994, and let's talk about the art and flavor of every single white card (and a few more) from Fallen Empires! We'll answer important questions like, "Can you even HAVE too much Banding?", and "How does Banding work again?", and "What's an avatar of justice doing with a pair of dice???" Ok, maybe we don't have clear answers for all of those, but we can at least ask them, right? RIGHT?? Truly, though, it's a wonderfully evocative set, and we hope you'll join us to explore it's extensive worldbuilding.
I do absolutely adore the art from this set. So much of it felt like Illumination work straight from Medieval texts. It had just enough whimsy to be fantastical, but it remained reserved enough to feel more regal and serious.
Oliver Farrell, who famously put the king of Stromgard's head on a spike then declared himself Lord Protector
Land tax guy's hat is obviously fine Beeble pelt.
OMG no 😂 I mean, yes, probably, but eeeeee
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58:00 You got pretty close to saying this outright: The Icatian military doesn't just synergize, it curves out. Turn 1: Plains, Scout. Turn 2: Plains, Javelineer, Infantry. Turn 3: Plains, Medic. Turn 4: Plains, Skirmishers. Turn 5: Plains, Phalanx. Turn 6, Plains, Lieutenant. Now you're ready to attack with your Skirmisher/Phalanx/Infantry band, which will all have first strike, with the resources left over to raise their power or prevent damage to them, with the Javelineer standing by ready to pick off an X/1 that might stand in their way. That band will punch through almost anything in the set. Getting set up involved 13 cards over six turns, your opening hand and first six draws. You're now playing off the top of your library, but that's fine, because all you need from now on are replacements for casualties and more resources to support them.
The only thing in Magic at this time that will stand up to this force is a go-wide strategy of goblins and orcs (or Saprolings) that can keep chump-blocking your band and respond with attacks you can't quite neutralize yourself.
I remember building decks to try and pull off that kind of curve, but I don't remember how close I ever came to pulling it off. Maybe it's time to build a battlebox...
Pump-knights was definitely a term used for those Order of cards and also those from Ice Age. They were pretty good especially since Necropotence was just around the corner.
I'll certainly take the correction - my circle at the time consisted of middle schoolers transitioning into high school, and while we were highly confident we knew what we were talking about, we may have been sliiiiightly underinformed ;) I mean, I definitely remember them being good and popular, just not that pseudonym for them.
Melissa Benson's signature would be considered a **Hallmark**
Ohhh, I do like that. I dived into Wikipedia between recording and editing, and it convinced me Monogram is, at least, *a* word for it. Also, royal cypher's look amazing, I need one.
36:30 - I had one of these Icatian Javelineers as a kid. I so wanted them to be good. But a one use Tim is not particularly great! I love the art of the weird octopus harlequin masks - they have a really weird mix of 300 style Spartans and Commedia dell'arte ...
Of the things we discussed in this video, the Combat Medic has absolutely been the #1 thing that's stuck with me, but the harlequin Javelineers are a pretty clear second.