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Re: Easter Eggs
« Reply #15 on: June 28, 2021, 08:39:46 pm »
« Last Edit: June 28, 2021, 11:24:45 pm by The Golgari Guy »
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Re: Easter Eggs
« Reply #16 on: June 28, 2021, 08:42:23 pm »
Man, I love this thread.

One recent-ish one that I don't think has been mentioned yet is the art for Ingenuity Engine. It's quite well known, but for those who are yet to come across it, it features (I think) 15 famous artifacts from throughout Magic's history.

I won't name them here in case people want to have a look for themselves, but it's a very cool easter egg in my opinion.

Edit:

Link to the answers for those who have had a go and want to know:

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/jsc5sv/all_artifacts_from_ingenuity_engines_art_yet/

A couple of these are a little dubious IMO so you could probably call it 13 or 14, but it's still very cool.
« Last Edit: June 28, 2021, 09:54:49 pm by CleanBelwas »

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Re: Easter Eggs
« Reply #17 on: June 28, 2021, 09:26:10 pm »
One recent-ish one that I don't think has been mentioned yet is the art for Ingenuity Engine. It's quite well known, but for those who are yet to come across it, it features (I think) 15 famous artifacts from throughout Magic's history.

Alright, let's try this. Let me get a closer look at the artwork.



I can make out:

Darksteel Ingot
Sol Ring
Rings of Brighthearth
Sword of Body and Mind
Sword of Light and Shadow
Door to Nothingness
Sensei's Divining Top
Commander's Sphere (just the bottom half)
Behemoth Sledge
An orrery of some kind (doesn't look like any I've seen)
A book

So I got 9 out of 15.
« Last Edit: June 28, 2021, 09:32:34 pm by Morganator 2.0 »

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Re: Easter Eggs
« Reply #18 on: June 28, 2021, 11:03:44 pm »
I see one more in Ingenuity Engine, top left: skullclamp

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Re: Easter Eggs
« Reply #19 on: June 28, 2021, 11:22:05 pm »
There is one hiding in plain sight... Mana Vault.

Also pretty sure that the Orrery is Vedalken Orrery
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Re: Easter Eggs
« Reply #20 on: June 29, 2021, 05:13:44 am »
I don't think anyone's said this before, but Azure Fleet Admiral and Crimson Fleet Commodore are having a call-response conversation in their flavor texts. It goes like this:

Crimson:
"Please steer your fleet clear of the waters west of Scrub Isle. It would be a shame to incinerate such exquisite maritime craftsmanship." - Commodore Axurik, to Admiral Yelise

Azure:
"Your concern for my safety is touching, but as long as your gunners remain reliably erratic, I see no reason to change course." - Admiral Yelise, to Commodore Axurik

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Re: Easter Eggs
« Reply #21 on: June 29, 2021, 07:37:28 am »

Just wanted to add a small detail about this one: the characters depicted on these two cards are based on the characters of Buffy and Angel from the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer (https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Odyssey/Trivia:)
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Re: Easter Eggs
« Reply #22 on: June 29, 2021, 08:04:18 am »
Anther couple that weren't mentioned:

- The figure in Assassinate has been killed by the one in Royal Assassin (same knife, and look at the "ink" marks)
- If you take the first letters in the flavor text of Coral Trickster, you obtain "Twiddle", and the two cards have the same effect.
- The card "Target minotaur" from Unstable is a reference to the many minotaurs being depicted as the targets of offensive spells in MTG (Lightning Blast, Dizzy Spell, Roots, Dark Banishing etc.)
- In the clouds from the art of Dreamcatcher, you can find a dragon, a phoenix and a sliver.
- If you look closely at the Desert Twister art from Commander 2014, you can see that a shark emerging from the tornado  :)
- Pemmin's Aura is an anagram of "I Am Superman", a reference to the card Morphling, that was nicknamed "Superman" because of its many abilities.
« Last Edit: June 29, 2021, 08:05:52 am by The Golgari Guy »
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Re: Easter Eggs
« Reply #23 on: July 19, 2021, 07:39:51 pm »
A friend of mine just alerted me to another new Easter Egg.

In the new art for the borderless Imperial Recruiter from MH2, you can see two of his most common recruits hanging around in the background...

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Re: Easter Eggs
« Reply #24 on: July 19, 2021, 07:54:17 pm »
A friend of mine just alerted me to another new Easter Egg.

In the new art for the borderless Imperial Recruiter from MH2, you can see two of his most common recruits hanging around in the background...

Ah yes, this is such a good one!  :)
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Re: Easter Eggs
« Reply #25 on: July 19, 2021, 11:02:46 pm »
Spellgorger Weird and Spellkeeper Weird feature each other, just like the original post.

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Re: Easter Eggs
« Reply #26 on: July 20, 2021, 06:01:33 am »
Have you guys also been watching Nickachu? Good stuff!

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Re: Easter Eggs
« Reply #27 on: July 28, 2021, 05:22:47 pm »
Let's see if you can find the Easter egg in the art Magali Villeneuve has done for Kiora, Wrath of the Tides (Arena only card)  :)

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Re: Easter Eggs
« Reply #28 on: August 08, 2021, 06:36:40 am »
My lord that artwork is glorious. I'm looking too hard, and probably missing something right in front of me. Clueless on this one!

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Re: Easter Eggs
« Reply #29 on: August 08, 2021, 08:06:45 am »
My lord that artwork is glorious. I'm looking too hard, and probably missing something right in front of me. Clueless on this one!
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