Hey, Koma. The fight hasn’t started yet. I’m still looking for that cage, so just hold your horses, ok? That was a metaphor. Please don’t go eating any horses.
Tag Archives: metaphors
Reason #3,304: You reap what you sow.
You provoked the trolls. You got trolls. What did you expect?
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 …
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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, …
Reason #750: Sometimes the truth is not an improvement.
As I was scanning through the Gatherer database, I came across this card and misread it as “Rakdos Knifefight.” I feel like the sacrificial rites of the Rakdos cults are probably no less grisly than a Rakdos knife fight would be. In fact, I wonder if there is any real difference between those things. I …
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Reason #2,951: Life among the planeswalkers
Mere mortals, living as ants in the shadows of giants.
Reason #4,110: Speaking of Kroxa…
We haven’t met Kroxa yet, have we? This is Kroxa. He’s from the plane of Theros. This is another plane that I don’t want to visit. I don’t want to visit it, because Kroxa lives there. I’m pretty sure he wants to eat me. He probably wants to eat everybody. And everything. That’s kind of …
10,000 Reasons Why the MTG Multiverse is a Terrible Place to Live 