“Everything the wise woman learned she wrote in a book, and when the pages were black with ink, she took white ink and began again”

(Source: mutant-x, via kemystboy)

mtg-realm:

justmagicthings:

So I whipped this up. It’s in the style of an STD PSA Poster.

Art by Izzy.

» THIS … Absolutely brilliant !

Dead.

(via mtgfan)

mtg-realm:

Magic: the Gathering - Wallpaper

Angel vs. Death in the game of life - 1600 x 992.  Tried to track down the artist here - flip me a note if you know.

winmill:

“Don’t you know that
When I see your face
It’s like Sunlight dripping”

Terezi looking into the Alternian Sun. 

By J. Whitehall.

I’m an adult.

I’m a super serious mtg alterist guys okay?

mtgfan:

meghan1337:

The biggest problem in translating a game is when due to whatever circumstances, the localized version comes out wrong.

Wrong, as in, the rules come out wrong.

Dragon’s Maze is in Prerelease weekend right now, and this came up on the Facebook groups recently, explaining that the English rule will apply no matter how the actual card was translated. 

Let’s look at what happened, then: the original Viashino Firstblade rules text says it gets +2/+2 until end of turn; however, the Portuguese version says that target creature gets +2/+2. Ouch. That makes this 3-mana uncommon too good for a 3-mana uncommon! Plus, this is not what the original said. That’s just wrong, and if you read my previous posts, I hardly ever say translations are outright wrong. 

This translation mistake (and this is truly a mistake because the original did not carry the target-creature message) will cost a lot of trouble for Magic judges, and the reception to the edition as a whole loses a bit of credibility. Players have commented on Magic-specific groups that the translation is usually bad, which includes many card names that they dislike the choices made; on the other hand, they recognize the improvement in localization since Lorwyn. Another important point is that they know the game is translated by Brazilians, and therefore they expected a better job - although many usual misconceptions about translation are still present in the comments, such as “it was such a simple job”, “most companies get just any random dude to translate stuff”, etc. 

As a translator myself, I worry about such reception. It makes our job look less professional, reliable, and it also scratches the credibility of the product Magic is, a little bit. They blame it straight on Wizards, because they hire the people. 

As a localization scholar (a beginner at that, but still, a developing scholar), I resent not expanding my corpus with not only Dragon’s Maze, but the entire Ravnica block; however, that would require a couple more years of research that I can’t use right now ):

Derp.

Just a heads up, and an interesting read.

As a former editor as opposed to a translator, I can understand how this happens. Sometimes things just get away from you.

mtg-realm:

heroesandvillainscomicsandgames:

For all of you attending our Prereleases, or any other Prerelease for that matter, this little guide may be useful for you if you want a particular three-color combination.

- Alex

» Thanks Alex! That’s a nice simple breakdown.

Oh wow, I was really looking for one of these. Thanks!