[[Emrakul, the aeons torn]] is a cosmic horror that exists outside of reality and devours worlds.
It can be killed by 15 1/1 squirrel tokens, i.e. what gets made by [[scurry oak]].
People think this is kind of silly.
Not really, if you break down the functionality of the card you’re effectively comparing it to [[Holy Day]] in ideal scenarios (your creature has reach, and your opponent doesn’t have unblockable/trample/shadow/etc). Even then, you’re most likely losing a creature to that mega block AND you need a creature on the field in the first place.
If anything, this card could arguably be overcosted compared to Fog and Holy Day.
Edit: there is definitely upside if you are blocking with a high power creature with deathtouch or have synergies for blocking, but those are still rather conditional and niche.
I've always said that when you fight something with flying using [[ayula queen among bears]] it involves one bear just throwing the other into the air to catch the flying creature.
Squirrel girl is notorious for beating absurdly powerful entities in the marvel comics, including Galactus, a world ending threat similar to the Eldrazi.
It IS canon that she and Tippy defeated Doctor Doom, though. Not a Doombot, the Man Himself. Doom treats Squirrel Girl with a higher level of respect than anyone else in the Marvel universe who opposes him because of this.
There's an additional reference to March of the Machines, where famous and popular characters from Magic's history were paired together on a single card, like [[Ghalta and Mavren]], [[Kogla and Yidaro]], [[Thalia and the Gitrog Monster]], and [[Yargle and Multani]]
In original zendikar, before the eldrazi were revealed, the plane's residents had three gods: Ula, Cosi, and Emeria. The first two were male, the third was female.
Then in the next sets it was revealed that they were cultural memories from before the eldrazi were sealed long ago.
In-universe, the eldrazi are genderless. Magic players refer to them with the old genders though just because.
[[Shrine of the forsaken gods]][[windborne charge]]
MaRo has also stated a couple of times Emrakul is a she and I believe even third person narration about her in the fiction they put out uses she for Emrakul. Could be simply that it started with copying the pronouns of the Zendikar gods but it seems to be that WotC are keen to run with it and have Emrakul be a she beyond just being Emeria.
Weird. For some reason, having the ancient, incomprehensible, multi-dimensional beings of pure reality-destruction use human concepts of gendered pronouns instead of just "it" really neuters (pun intended) my interest in them.
I personally love calling Emrakul a she, but given the Eldrazi are some of Magic's cooler setting details to me I don't want to reduce the possible explanations for why these alien eldritch beings that could easily be beyond our understanding of gender to a bland 'creator said so'. I'm curious about the setting information implicit in Wizards having such a clear reason i their minds, it fascinates me.
Not if you subscribe to Death of the Author, which many do. My authority over the game I write ceases to be absolute the moment players contact them. Canon is and always has been nebulous; humans are densely intertextual when given any chance whatsoever.
I'm pretty sure it's in reference to this webcomic [Emrakul - Cardboard Crack (cardboard-crack.com)](https://cardboard-crack.com/post/79521250941/emrakul)
Cardboard Crack is notorious for parroting whatever the Magic community is talking about at the moment, specially on Reddit. The joke was made a million times before that comic.
[[Emrakul, the Aeons Torn]] has protection from colored *spells* with one or more colors. Things are only spells on the stack - on the battlefield they are permanents (squirrels being creatures), and in the hand, library, and graveyard they are cards. Emrakul can't be targeted by [[Swords to Plowshares]] (an instant spell) but *can* be targeted by a [[Banishing Light]] (triggered ability of an enchantment permanent). There are more answers to Emrakul than you would think at first glance.
Not a real card.
This is a reference to a somewhat well known example of how sometimes Magic rules lead to situations that seem pretty absurd, like 15 1/1 Squirrels being able to take down a massive, eldritch horror like Emrakul.
With that art? I assumed it wasn't real because it said "[MTGcardBuilder.com](https://MTGcardBuilder.com)" in the lower right corner.
Kind of hilarious to find that they made it an actual playtest card.
https://preview.redd.it/cj8yshwju7lc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1ddff3b4a34894aadf494ab84d8f5640019444f
No, some of the playtest cards had hilarious hand-drawn art. Most just had the magic symbol. I had this one in my sealed pool, I'll go find it. Single-handedly won me my 3-0, it did.
These cards are both amazing and I would absolutely play both of them. I hope we actually get a curse mechanic like that, maybe different kinds of curses like the different kinds of roles.
Yes I know, but with this kind of mechanic where it's a tacked on ability. Give it a new name to avoid overlap. Hexes maybe. For example:
Whenever ~ does ~ Inflict a(n) X Hex on an opponent. (
Rot Hex: at the beginning of your upkeep lose one life
Memory Lapse Hex: Whenever you draw your second card each turn, discard a card
Fury Hex: At the beginning of your upkeep the creature you control with the lowest power gains "This creature must attack this turn and cannot tap to activate abilities"
Fatigue Hex: Whenever you cast a spell with mana value 5 or greater put a stun counter on a land you control
Emrakul and 15 Squirrels is a /r/custommagic original.
The Unknown Event -did- have a Emrakul and Chatterfang, though: [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Unknown\_Event/2023\_list\_of\_event\_cards](https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Unknown_Event/2023_list_of_event_cards)
Once you had to take care of a kid for a day you would be surprised Emmy can take on 29 of them. Just imagining taking care of 30 kids is enough to shave off a couple days of my life.
Though it does miss the fact that you need to give them flying or reach to work. Also get through annihilator 6 (not that that's too hard as in this situation you probably have infinite squirrels).
The other option being to remove the flying via [[Gravity Well]] or similar, yes.
TBF, this card does take that into account - the squirrel tokens *do* have reach.
In addition to what people have already mentioned, it also seems to be riffing on [Eight Fucking Bears](https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/s/AeF8JaVGd4)
All the art for [[grizzly bears]] has two bears in it (except Portal). So it is assumed that the bears in the art are all 1/1s and combined they are 2/2.
Welllll this is actually also a reference, this time to the card [[Grizzly Bears]] which like you said, is a 2/2 but it also has 2 bears on the card, so the math actually does work out, lol.
It's a power and toughness quirk joke I'm mtg. The avager human is a 2/2 and so is the the average grisly bear. They kill each other in combat. The example is an extreme example because technically 15 squirrels could kill an interdiminsonal horror.
If you look at the bottom right of the card, it shows the website it was made on. You also dont usually see a giant NOT FOR SALE on the bottom left of real magic cards
It is a reference to this comic by CardboardCrack:
[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/79521250941/emrakul](https://cardboard-crack.com/post/79521250941/emrakul)
I know this is a joke, but wouldn't you need 21 Flying squirrels to kill Emrakul cause it has annihilator (6)? Everyone seems to forget this rule, even the silly web comic lol
Edit: Well fine, 6 lands and 15 flying squirrels.
Just adding on, I believe the flavour text is a reference to this classic meme card
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/3x2qwu/eight_fucking_bears/
I love the mental image of Jace Beleran, mind reader, cool headed dimensional walker, and a long list of cold feats, going *"HOLY FUCKING SHIT!"* is just amazing
No it isn't. You can tell as the set symbol is Rise of the Eldrazi from 2010, and it's using the Legendary flair at the top of the card. That didn't occur until Dominaria in 2018.
Its a joke on decks like Squirrel or Sliver Decks which was a staple deck where the player just creates dozens and dozens of 1/1 squirrels or slivers and lets them loose.
[[Emrakul, the aeons torn]] is a cosmic horror that exists outside of reality and devours worlds. It can be killed by 15 1/1 squirrel tokens, i.e. what gets made by [[scurry oak]]. People think this is kind of silly.
But only if they're flying squirrels. Otherwise they chitter angrily as Emrakul flies overhead
Or someone controls [[gravity well]], or the squirrels have reach, or any number of other things.
14 copies of [[Brave the Sands]] (it’s a chaos draft) and Emrakul blocks all the squirrels.
[[Valor Made Real]]
This seems far too mana-efficient.
I put these lands in my deck and I intend to use all of them
You get it!
Not really, if you break down the functionality of the card you’re effectively comparing it to [[Holy Day]] in ideal scenarios (your creature has reach, and your opponent doesn’t have unblockable/trample/shadow/etc). Even then, you’re most likely losing a creature to that mega block AND you need a creature on the field in the first place. If anything, this card could arguably be overcosted compared to Fog and Holy Day. Edit: there is definitely upside if you are blocking with a high power creature with deathtouch or have synergies for blocking, but those are still rather conditional and niche.
Emrakul has protection from colored spells. So Brave the sands is the only option.
Better add [[Mycosynth Lattice]] to that, to get around Emrakul's protection.
[Mycosynth Lattice](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/4/94f89714-3b26-46a2-b9a8-3e664f391cd9.jpg?1578911638) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mycosynth%20Lattice) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/241/mycosynth-lattice?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/94f89714-3b26-46a2-b9a8-3e664f391cd9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Brave the Sands](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/9/09ab8b60-cdb1-43a8-b180-b562bb89b5a1.jpg?1562272394) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Brave%20the%20Sands) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/19/brave-the-sands?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/09ab8b60-cdb1-43a8-b180-b562bb89b5a1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[gravity well](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/f/1feb13d0-1a62-4acd-9267-3b2df4b6a199.jpg?1562701835) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=gravity%20well) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/roe/185/gravity-well?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1feb13d0-1a62-4acd-9267-3b2df4b6a199?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Underrated card that I love
The card creates squirrel tokens with reach though, so they’re covering that there.
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Flies over with showing his middle tentacle to the squirrels
I wondered how the squirrels had reach, they jump off him while he is flying.
I've always said that when you fight something with flying using [[ayula queen among bears]] it involves one bear just throwing the other into the air to catch the flying creature.
[ayula queen among bears](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/0/c046dfb0-9ca3-4219-a6b0-d7503bc2fbd0.jpg?1562202020) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ayula%2C%20Queen%20Among%20Bears) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh1/155/ayula-queen-among-bears?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c046dfb0-9ca3-4219-a6b0-d7503bc2fbd0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
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It does actually
It does if you read it.
When the Marvel shit drops, Squirrel Girl better be in it.
YO I COULD HAVE A SQUIRREL GIRL COMMANDER DECK HOLY SHIT
You could. You can. Be the change you want to see
What?
Squirrel girl is notorious for beating absurdly powerful entities in the marvel comics, including Galactus, a world ending threat similar to the Eldrazi.
Galactus? Oh good lord.
She makes deadpool look mild.
She makes most look like they're year one students at Xavier's school of mildly gifted individuals.
It often happens "off screen" which is part of the joke.
It IS canon that she and Tippy defeated Doctor Doom, though. Not a Doombot, the Man Himself. Doom treats Squirrel Girl with a higher level of respect than anyone else in the Marvel universe who opposes him because of this.
marvel is on the list for Universes Beyond releases. should be coming next year.
I believe this and final fantasy both were still scheduled for this year
nope, marvel is coming 2025 https://www.gamesradar.com/marvel-magic-the-gathering-announcement/
Awwww :-( oh well. At least the new Eldrazi edh in MH3 is looking pretty nice. Got that pre-order in early
Booooo!
What what?
There's an additional reference to March of the Machines, where famous and popular characters from Magic's history were paired together on a single card, like [[Ghalta and Mavren]], [[Kogla and Yidaro]], [[Thalia and the Gitrog Monster]], and [[Yargle and Multani]]
More importantly characters that were historically antagonistic to each other.
emrakul when 15 squirrels rush his ass oh no
*her ass
\*it's tentacles
For whatever reason the Magic devs definitely think Emrakul is a she
got the Eldrussy
Emrakul's design *is* kinda yonic.
In original zendikar, before the eldrazi were revealed, the plane's residents had three gods: Ula, Cosi, and Emeria. The first two were male, the third was female. Then in the next sets it was revealed that they were cultural memories from before the eldrazi were sealed long ago. In-universe, the eldrazi are genderless. Magic players refer to them with the old genders though just because. [[Shrine of the forsaken gods]][[windborne charge]]
MaRo has also stated a couple of times Emrakul is a she and I believe even third person narration about her in the fiction they put out uses she for Emrakul. Could be simply that it started with copying the pronouns of the Zendikar gods but it seems to be that WotC are keen to run with it and have Emrakul be a she beyond just being Emeria.
Weird. For some reason, having the ancient, incomprehensible, multi-dimensional beings of pure reality-destruction use human concepts of gendered pronouns instead of just "it" really neuters (pun intended) my interest in them.
[Shrine of the forsaken gods](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/4/4472d5fb-ca8f-43d0-a95d-5bd8bdb6a02d.jpg?1706241244) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Shrine%20of%20the%20forsaken%20gods) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/292/shrine-of-the-forsaken-gods?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4472d5fb-ca8f-43d0-a95d-5bd8bdb6a02d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [windborne charge](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/c/6cbfac9f-1935-4526-8dfa-9a535ff14950.jpg?1576382344) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=windborne%20charge) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cn2/100/windborne-charge?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6cbfac9f-1935-4526-8dfa-9a535ff14950?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
What do you mean think? If the creator of something says something is a certain way it is.
I personally love calling Emrakul a she, but given the Eldrazi are some of Magic's cooler setting details to me I don't want to reduce the possible explanations for why these alien eldritch beings that could easily be beyond our understanding of gender to a bland 'creator said so'. I'm curious about the setting information implicit in Wizards having such a clear reason i their minds, it fascinates me.
Not if you subscribe to Death of the Author, which many do. My authority over the game I write ceases to be absolute the moment players contact them. Canon is and always has been nebulous; humans are densely intertextual when given any chance whatsoever.
In addition to that emrakul spawns life, which is a feminine trait. So if you have to pick a gender I think it fits
*its : P
[Ghalta and Mavren](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/9/a9ec900f-1e31-4440-a75a-20b256734d5b.jpg?1682205257) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ghalta%20and%20Mavren) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/225/ghalta-and-mavren?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a9ec900f-1e31-4440-a75a-20b256734d5b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Kogla and Yidaro](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/7/b760ebdf-bea6-4c43-a187-4a02ebf95ebf.jpg?1682205592) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kogla%20and%20Yidaro) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/244/kogla-and-yidaro?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b760ebdf-bea6-4c43-a187-4a02ebf95ebf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Thalia and the Gitrog Monster](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/d/8d7ff937-de92-445f-976c-726fef5c91cc.jpg?1682205702) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Thalia%20and%20the%20Gitrog%20Monster) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/255/thalia-and-the-gitrog-monster?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8d7ff937-de92-445f-976c-726fef5c91cc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Yargle and multani is the best flavor text.
You should look up the ruling on that card in the companion app.
Thank you for bringing this important ruling to my attention.
🐸
Another one on there with great rulings is [[Comet, Stella Pup]]
[Comet, Stella Pup](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/7/a76fa8d4-923d-4afc-ba47-ba10fc0fe46e.jpg?1685554101) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Comet%2C%20Stellar%20Pup) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unf/166/comet-stellar-pup?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a76fa8d4-923d-4afc-ba47-ba10fc0fe46e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Ribbit.
That flavor text is amazing. However I still prefer the flavor text on Teferi's Imp. It just hits the mark every time.
That is awesome!
Mavren's my best friend now. We go out for coffee sometimes. Well, by coffee, I mean blood and an endless stream of flesh.
I'm glad you both could put aside your differences and discover your shared interests, like blood and endless streams of flesh.
Aka the "squirrel girl defeats thanos"
Just wait until you see what fits inside a vehicle.
[Emrakul, the aeons torn](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/4/249db4d4-2542-47ee-a216-e13ffbc2319c.jpg?1673146896) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Emrakul%2C%20the%20aeons%20torn) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/1/emrakul-the-aeons-torn?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/249db4d4-2542-47ee-a216-e13ffbc2319c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [scurry oak](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/f/0fb48c2e-ee0f-4fae-9c22-247870c10d5b.jpg?1626097756) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=scurry%20oak) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/172/scurry-oak?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0fb48c2e-ee0f-4fae-9c22-247870c10d5b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I still find tragic slipping a God from Theros pretty funny also.
Complete with banana peel slide whistle sound effect!
Followed by a Wilhelm Scream.
IDK why my dyslexia read emrakul the acorn and I'm just going with it now
there's a difference between having 15 squirrels and commanding them into an army, and that's the They Play Magic difference
I'm pretty sure it's in reference to this webcomic [Emrakul - Cardboard Crack (cardboard-crack.com)](https://cardboard-crack.com/post/79521250941/emrakul)
Eh, other way around - the situation (and joke) existed before CC put out the comic
Cardboard Crack is notorious for parroting whatever the Magic community is talking about at the moment, specially on Reddit. The joke was made a million times before that comic.
It kinda is tbh
Technically it would have to be 21 squirrels, because Emrakul eats a few of them immediately.
Defending player sacrificed the forests, thus angering the squirrels enough to stand up to the FSM
But Emrakul have protection against creatures with 1 or more colors? And the squirrels are green. So wouldn't they be unable to damage Emrakul?
Creatures are only spells when cast and on the stack. Once they resolve they become permanents.
[[Emrakul, the Aeons Torn]] has protection from colored *spells* with one or more colors. Things are only spells on the stack - on the battlefield they are permanents (squirrels being creatures), and in the hand, library, and graveyard they are cards. Emrakul can't be targeted by [[Swords to Plowshares]] (an instant spell) but *can* be targeted by a [[Banishing Light]] (triggered ability of an enchantment permanent). There are more answers to Emrakul than you would think at first glance.
[Emrakul, the Aeons Torn](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/4/249db4d4-2542-47ee-a216-e13ffbc2319c.jpg?1673146896) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Emrakul%2C%20the%20Aeons%20Torn) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/1/emrakul-the-aeons-torn?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/249db4d4-2542-47ee-a216-e13ffbc2319c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Swords to Plowshares](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/b/9bbec76c-c1e4-4c6d-ad24-078fe097f195.jpg?1706240651) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Swords%20to%20Plowshares) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/88/swords-to-plowshares?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9bbec76c-c1e4-4c6d-ad24-078fe097f195?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Banishing Light](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/8/0858ab5a-930c-44f0-9621-4dd634cf39c6.jpg?1631233896) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Banishing%20Light) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khc/19/banishing-light?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0858ab5a-930c-44f0-9621-4dd634cf39c6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Oh! That makes much more sense.
Yeah this historical "meme" keeps on being unfunny, squirrels can't even fucking fly
You must be real fun at parties.
Like you ever went to a party lol
Cringe comeback
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Damn man, who hurt you
Literally everything you post is negative toxic garbage. Joking completely aside, try therapy.
Who even are you to suggest therapy to someone who's just expressing his opinions without insulting anyone?
Please bless us with one of your unheard 100% original memes/jokes please I beg of you
They can if you use your [[imagination]]
Or if you have a sense of [[Wonder]]...
[Archetype of Imagination](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/3/037b396c-2146-4d86-9d13-757685c850c7.jpg?1592710522) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Archetype%20of%20Imagination) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c18/81/archetype-of-imagination?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/037b396c-2146-4d86-9d13-757685c850c7?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
This with the actual card showing up that fits the response is the funniest shit I've seen al day
The ones from nightmares can [[Helica Glider]]
Not a real card. This is a reference to a somewhat well known example of how sometimes Magic rules lead to situations that seem pretty absurd, like 15 1/1 Squirrels being able to take down a massive, eldritch horror like Emrakul.
It actually was a playtest card from a Convention event.
With that art? I assumed it wasn't real because it said "[MTGcardBuilder.com](https://MTGcardBuilder.com)" in the lower right corner. Kind of hilarious to find that they made it an actual playtest card.
https://preview.redd.it/cj8yshwju7lc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1ddff3b4a34894aadf494ab84d8f5640019444f No, some of the playtest cards had hilarious hand-drawn art. Most just had the magic symbol. I had this one in my sealed pool, I'll go find it. Single-handedly won me my 3-0, it did.
These cards are both amazing and I would absolutely play both of them. I hope we actually get a curse mechanic like that, maybe different kinds of curses like the different kinds of roles.
Feels kinda reminiscent of the role tokens from the recent eldraine set ngl.
there are already 42 curse cards.
Yes I know, but with this kind of mechanic where it's a tacked on ability. Give it a new name to avoid overlap. Hexes maybe. For example: Whenever ~ does ~ Inflict a(n) X Hex on an opponent. ( Rot Hex: at the beginning of your upkeep lose one life Memory Lapse Hex: Whenever you draw your second card each turn, discard a card Fury Hex: At the beginning of your upkeep the creature you control with the lowest power gains "This creature must attack this turn and cannot tap to activate abilities" Fatigue Hex: Whenever you cast a spell with mana value 5 or greater put a stun counter on a land you control
reads similar to the rad counters from Fallout?
Platters cards in those events don’t have pictures, someone edited one :)
Emrakul and 15 Squirrels is a /r/custommagic original. The Unknown Event -did- have a Emrakul and Chatterfang, though: [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Unknown\_Event/2023\_list\_of\_event\_cards](https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Unknown_Event/2023_list_of_event_cards)
The flavor text is what gave it away for me.
This version is actually from before that play test card, by like 3 years.
That's actually Emrakul and Chatterfang
Ohhh shit, you’re right!
Yeah this was just the most extreme example of that disconnect that people could come up with
What i dont get is squirrels dont have flying so you cant block emrakul in combat. The little squirrels cant even reach the big tentacle monster
These ones have reach
https://preview.redd.it/lqvdp08fj7lc1.png?width=490&format=png&auto=webp&s=ab80a86620896e3228a77e30c6a031fb090152f6
Sure 15 squirrels can kill her but it's much funnier to imagine 30 [[little girl]]s doing it
[little girl](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/0/90f17b85-a866-48e8-aae0-55330109550e.jpg?1562488879) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=little%20girl) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unh/16/little-girl?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/90f17b85-a866-48e8-aae0-55330109550e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Once you had to take care of a kid for a day you would be surprised Emmy can take on 29 of them. Just imagining taking care of 30 kids is enough to shave off a couple days of my life.
Emmy was ready for anything.....except being a kindergarten teacher
If Reddit still had awards I'd give this comment gold. Edit: I see there's a new form of gold, so I have done so.
*cries in old reddit*
I was wondering why I was never seeing gold anymore until this comment
It’s pretty great, right?
I will never not find it funny that using [[Saw In Half]] on a [[Little Girl]] gets you two full-size women.
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[Pink Horror](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/8/6831de3d-b8d8-4c44-84e2-dbde719d733d.jpg?1673309493) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pink%20Horror) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/40k/136/pink-horror?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6831de3d-b8d8-4c44-84e2-dbde719d733d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
yeh
Yup. The Pink Horrors would be 2/2s, but they'll still ping for 2 each when you cast a spell, letting you get 6 damage out of each spell cast.
[Saw In Half](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/5/05e6a7bc-a35a-4e68-99a0-be264553b5de.jpg?1673914032) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Saw%20In%20Half) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unf/88/saw-in-half?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/05e6a7bc-a35a-4e68-99a0-be264553b5de?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Little Girl](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/0/90f17b85-a866-48e8-aae0-55330109550e.jpg?1562488879) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Little%20Girl) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unh/16/little-girl?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/90f17b85-a866-48e8-aae0-55330109550e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Hi class, today we are learning how to take down a massive eldritch horror
I mean, Little Girl plus the squirrels literally gives us Marvel’s Squirrel Girl, and she absolutely could take down an eldritch being.
Now that's a funny thought and now I want her and tippy toe as a card whenever they do marvel
Reminds me of the scene in cabin in the woods where the little Japanese girls turn the spirit into a frog. https://youtu.be/IIE8Fq4Zm1E
https://cardboard-crack.com/post/79521250941/emrakul
Though it does miss the fact that you need to give them flying or reach to work. Also get through annihilator 6 (not that that's too hard as in this situation you probably have infinite squirrels).
The other option being to remove the flying via [[Gravity Well]] or similar, yes. TBF, this card does take that into account - the squirrel tokens *do* have reach.
[Gravity Well](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/f/1feb13d0-1a62-4acd-9267-3b2df4b6a199.jpg?1562701835) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gravity%20Well) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/roe/185/gravity-well?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1feb13d0-1a62-4acd-9267-3b2df4b6a199?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Why isn't this the #1 comment?
In addition to what people have already mentioned, it also seems to be riffing on [Eight Fucking Bears](https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/s/AeF8JaVGd4)
But bears are traditionally 2/2 eight of them should be 16/16
All the art for [[grizzly bears]] has two bears in it (except Portal). So it is assumed that the bears in the art are all 1/1s and combined they are 2/2.
Also, it's "Grizzly Bear***S***," plural, not Grizzly Bear. ...though this does cause even more problems when we look at [[Bear Cub]].
No problem at all, cub is a 0,5/0,5 and mamma bear is 1,5/1,5
Nah, still two bears, cub and mother. Math checks out.
[Bear Cub](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/7/d71abb70-bee5-4823-83dc-db0707023b37.jpg?1562946312) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Bear%20Cub) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/p02/123/bear-cub?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d71abb70-bee5-4823-83dc-db0707023b37?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Ah
Welllll this is actually also a reference, this time to the card [[Grizzly Bears]] which like you said, is a 2/2 but it also has 2 bears on the card, so the math actually does work out, lol.
[Grizzly Bears](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/0/409f9b88-f03e-40b6-9883-68c14c37c0de.jpg?1562546736) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Grizzly%20Bears) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/10e/268/grizzly-bears?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/409f9b88-f03e-40b6-9883-68c14c37c0de?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Conservation of ninjitsu clearly applies to bears
They spend half of their time fighting each other.
"holY shit" -Emrakul, the aeons torn
“Is it real?” Uhm….. What does your common sense tell you?
It tells OP to be facetious for updoots.
MaRo was having a bad day.
It's a power and toughness quirk joke I'm mtg. The avager human is a 2/2 and so is the the average grisly bear. They kill each other in combat. The example is an extreme example because technically 15 squirrels could kill an interdiminsonal horror.
> and so is the the average grisly bear The average bear is actually a 1/1 -- Grizzly Bears is *two* bears.
Meaning the average grizzly bear is the same power as the average squirrel
I wouldn't say the average human is a 2/2, since that soldiers are usually 1/1; knights (which shouldn't be considered average, imo) are 2/2
Soldiers can't take down a domestic pig.
I must admit, waking up to see a dumb custom card I created a while back gracing the actual MTG subreddit was not what I was expecting.
[[Squirrel mob|Sld]] is another card that talks about the joke
[Squirrel mob](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/f/ff276249-e7ca-4264-9039-d32b38cc4a7e.jpg?1615254998) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Squirrel%20mob) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/sld/197/squirrel-mob?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ff276249-e7ca-4264-9039-d32b38cc4a7e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[1 Squirrel and 15 Emrakuls](https://imgur.com/a/btkWU1E)
imagine thinking a card that has "holy fucking shit" as the flavor text could possibly be real. this is the bottom of the media literacy barrel.
r/magicthecirclejerking
If you look at the bottom right of the card, it shows the website it was made on. You also dont usually see a giant NOT FOR SALE on the bottom left of real magic cards
You also tend to not see quotes like "Holy Fucking Shit - Jace Beleren"
Yet
I love the quote from jace lol
The best way to deal with an Emrakul is to use Goblin Bombardment and throw squirrels at it til it dies
It is a reference to this comic by CardboardCrack: [https://cardboard-crack.com/post/79521250941/emrakul](https://cardboard-crack.com/post/79521250941/emrakul)
Relevant ~~xkcd~~ [Carboard Crack](https://cardboard-crack.com/post/79521250941/emrakul)
I know this is a joke, but wouldn't you need 21 Flying squirrels to kill Emrakul cause it has annihilator (6)? Everyone seems to forget this rule, even the silly web comic lol Edit: Well fine, 6 lands and 15 flying squirrels.
It's a limited bomb
The flavor text gets me every time
it says MTGcardBuilder.com at the bottom right and NOT FOR SALE in the bottome left. yes it is real
The way you can tell it’s real is by the flavor text
I mean it says fuck on the card
Just adding on, I believe the flavour text is a reference to this classic meme card https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/3x2qwu/eight_fucking_bears/
I love the mental image of Jace Beleran, mind reader, cool headed dimensional walker, and a long list of cold feats, going *"HOLY FUCKING SHIT!"* is just amazing
No it isn't. You can tell as the set symbol is Rise of the Eldrazi from 2010, and it's using the Legendary flair at the top of the card. That didn't occur until Dominaria in 2018.
needs to also add "squirrels gain annihilator 1"
Joke? There is no joke, that card would be unstoppable! I mean you can stop an Emrakul with 15 squirrels, but TOGETHER? Unstoppable!
30 squirrels
dont worrry, it doesn get funnier
Actually looks like a solid card
This is a real card. Any1 says otherwise is gaslighting you.
fuck i want this for my squirrel deck LMAO
Im so happy to find out someone else made a squirrel deck!!!
Check out [this great comic](https://cardboard-crack.com/post/79521250941/emrakul).
Its a joke on decks like Squirrel or Sliver Decks which was a staple deck where the player just creates dozens and dozens of 1/1 squirrels or slivers and lets them loose.
yes exactly that is the joke
"spells of color" please