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Reason #624: The cage we built with our own hands

Our literal hands. I can’t help feeling like the MTG Multiverse would be so much better if everyone just used metaphors a little more liberally. Why do we need a cage made of hands? This card is just legit weird. Crud. I feel like I should just rip into this one pretty hard, but…I don’t …

Reason #2,941: It’s not the desert that concerns me

Perhaps I am letting my guard down in saying this, but as bad as these assertions about deserts sound, I’m willing to concede they’re probably speaking metaphorically here. And yes, I know what I’ve said about the MTG Multiverse and metaphors and the benefit of the doubt. We have deserts here too though. And while …

Reason #6,887: A glorious infection

See, this is not a metaphor. When Elesh Norn says infection, she’s talking about the kind that gets in your body and makes you sickl. It’s right there in front of us, that giant black blob. Nothing ambiguous about this one.

Reason #5,129: Even more trust issues

They say “steel in their souls”. If this were any other context I’d know this was just a metaphor, but this is the MTG Multiverse. How many times have we run into things like this that are actually meant literally? Yes. Of course, I know it’s a metaphor, so don’t at me. The point is, …