Quick Magic Facts
Apr. 12th, 2002 10:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackofallgeeksBeen a slow LJ day t'day. I think a total of three posts were made on my friend's page so far t'day, and not a single comment.
Anyways, a little while ago I mentioned an old card, Contagion, as an Ice Age card that gave out -1/-1 counters. I found said card, and corrections are to be made. It's an Alliances card, and I think it's the most expensive instant I've ever seen (though, blue may be able to top it). It costs 3
, but you can also Pitch it for 1 life and removing a black card in your hand from the game. Anyways, when you cast it, you can put two -2/-1 counters distributed anywhere you choose, so it's worth the high cost.
I also wanted to try and stretch my wits and see if I could not only remember all the Atogs, but what they eat, too. Lostros, I'm counting on you to make sure I get this right.
First of all, it's safe to say that all Atogs share some basic features. All of them cost 1 and 2-colored, they're all 1/2, and each of them eats something to get bigger. Atog, of course, was the first, a little 1/2 who ate artifacts to get +2/+2 until end of turn (the original card didn't have that last line, but it was implied and fixed on later cards). After him came the Foratog, who I think costs more than a normal atog, but I may be wrong. I want to say he was also a little bigger, but he ate forests to get the +2/+2 bonus. Cronatog followed them, and I KNOW he costs more. This new breed of atog actually ate turns to get a +3/+3 bonus, and a resourceful mage I know has used this fact (along with Stasis or other lock cards) to freeze his opponent - and/or deck him. The Black atog, Necratog, came in Weatherlight, and ate creattures in your graveyard for a meaty +2/+2. The circle was completed with Auratog, who ate enchantments for +2/+2.
But the legacy of the Atogs was not finished. With the opening of Odyssey, six new Atogs made the scene. Psychatog is the Black/Blue hybrid, eating cards in your hand and in your graveyard for +1/+1 each (apparently, thinning the blood has adverse effects on their growth). Sarcatog is the Red/Black cousin, eating the graveyard and artifacts. Thaumatog (White/Green) eats lands and enchantments, Lithatog (Green/Red) eats Lands and Artifacts, and Phantatog (White Blue) eats your hand and enchantments.
Finally, the Legendary Atogatog, weiging in at a hefty 5-color casting cost and a beefy 5/5 eats - yup - other atogs. But while they all have set bonuses, the Atog Atog goes up by the power of the little creature he just ate.
Anyways, a little while ago I mentioned an old card, Contagion, as an Ice Age card that gave out -1/-1 counters. I found said card, and corrections are to be made. It's an Alliances card, and I think it's the most expensive instant I've ever seen (though, blue may be able to top it). It costs 3
, but you can also Pitch it for 1 life and removing a black card in your hand from the game. Anyways, when you cast it, you can put two -2/-1 counters distributed anywhere you choose, so it's worth the high cost.I also wanted to try and stretch my wits and see if I could not only remember all the Atogs, but what they eat, too. Lostros, I'm counting on you to make sure I get this right.
First of all, it's safe to say that all Atogs share some basic features. All of them cost 1 and 2-colored, they're all 1/2, and each of them eats something to get bigger. Atog, of course, was the first, a little 1/2 who ate artifacts to get +2/+2 until end of turn (the original card didn't have that last line, but it was implied and fixed on later cards). After him came the Foratog, who I think costs more than a normal atog, but I may be wrong. I want to say he was also a little bigger, but he ate forests to get the +2/+2 bonus. Cronatog followed them, and I KNOW he costs more. This new breed of atog actually ate turns to get a +3/+3 bonus, and a resourceful mage I know has used this fact (along with Stasis or other lock cards) to freeze his opponent - and/or deck him. The Black atog, Necratog, came in Weatherlight, and ate creattures in your graveyard for a meaty +2/+2. The circle was completed with Auratog, who ate enchantments for +2/+2.
But the legacy of the Atogs was not finished. With the opening of Odyssey, six new Atogs made the scene. Psychatog is the Black/Blue hybrid, eating cards in your hand and in your graveyard for +1/+1 each (apparently, thinning the blood has adverse effects on their growth). Sarcatog is the Red/Black cousin, eating the graveyard and artifacts. Thaumatog (White/Green) eats lands and enchantments, Lithatog (Green/Red) eats Lands and Artifacts, and Phantatog (White Blue) eats your hand and enchantments.
Finally, the Legendary Atogatog, weiging in at a hefty 5-color casting cost and a beefy 5/5 eats - yup - other atogs. But while they all have set bonuses, the Atog Atog goes up by the power of the little creature he just ate.
