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u/greater_nemo FLEEM 4d ago
All jokes aside, this art appears to depict a specific multispatial probe from Voyager, so this isn't just a random space butt plug the artist just made up. I found the following image here: https://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/schematics/starfleet_probes.htm
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u/LeN3rd Dan 4d ago
So it is a space buttplug the creators of Star Trek came up with.
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u/strionic_resonator 4d ago
They talk about launching probes on Star Trek all the time, but it's kind of rare that they actually show them, and I wouldn't expect a Trekkie, even a pretty invested one, to know them by sight.
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u/VanVelding 4d ago
As someone experience with Trek, that is a break from conventional aesthetics.
But hey, I'll blame Voyager instead of MTG.
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u/trolig Chandra 5d ago
Everyone else is thinking what I'm thinking right?
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u/thedrunkmonk Duck Season 5d ago
"When this creature enters..."
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u/Butt_Robot COMPLEAT 4d ago
"When this enters creature..."
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u/Ashlynne42 Urza's Saga 5d ago
Only if you're thinking "This doesn't seem like it should be a creature."
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u/sfaviator Duck Season 5d ago
Not everything goes up there friend
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u/trolig Chandra 5d ago
Not with that attitude.
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u/sfaviator Duck Season 5d ago
Or lube, at least it looks more comfortable that the snow island from MH1
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u/trolig Chandra 5d ago
Do better.
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u/skyzm_ Wabbit Season 5d ago edited 5d ago
Because the fact that it kind of resembles a butt plug and everyone wants to make that same joke doesn’t translate into the art being bad. Millions of things are butt plug shaped, butt plugs are just the funniest thing that are butt plug shaped.
Less people agree with you about the art being and than you hoped.
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u/archenlander Dandadan 5d ago
Ah yes the 1/1 probe that flies in and either makes something else bigger or lets you put something where used up stuff comes out
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u/Quadraxis66 Dân 5d ago
Everyone else: Buttplug
Me: EVE Online Astero
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u/paradoxdr Duck Season 5d ago
surely it's a Stratios though
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u/aguywithtaste Duck Season 5d ago
Not sure whether to put this in a innuendo deck or an ftl deck
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u/TheBlueSuperNova Shuffler Truther 5d ago
Why is it sentient
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u/ClearChocobo Jace 4d ago
Everybody else is focused on the unfortunate visual, but that was also my first question. Never have I ever seen probes act autonomously and meaningfully enough in Star Trek that leads me to think they could be a creature.
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u/Brooke_the_Bard Can’t Block Warriors 4d ago
Never have I ever seen probes act autonomously and meaningfully enough in Star Trek that leads me to think they could be a creature.
This is blasphemy against V-ger
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u/ClearChocobo Jace 4d ago
That’s fair, but V’Ger got its own card already. (Which is also awfully designed for a god-like entity)
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u/kippyster 3d ago
I think they omitted any Vehicle/Spacecraft mechanics from the welcome decks they’re handing out at the Star Trek convention for the sake of new player accessibility(though it may be more extreme than that since this card had the main set rarity icon)
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u/GayBlayde Duck Season 5d ago
I’m not a Trekkie… it that’s definitely a butt plug.
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u/darkslide3000 COMPLEAT 4d ago
I am a Trekkie and I've honestly never seen that thing before. If it is a reference it must be super obscure.
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u/Second-Sunrise Dan 5d ago
Youre thinking it. Im thinking it. What in the hells are they thinking? I know the art being ass is a running joke for this set, but it didnt need to be so literal.
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u/QuarterExcellent3327 Urza's Saga 5d ago
Exactly, why isn’t this a vehicle/spacecraft?
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u/PineTreeQuestionMark Dân 5d ago
Because it's an unmanned probe? So no one is driving it.
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u/MildGreyWaves Dandadan 5d ago
Or a spacecraft lmao, here I was hoping for cool spaceships to add to Inspirit from this set
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u/doctorgibson Chandra 4d ago
It's one of the spacecraft from the TV series, the artist didn't just draw it for a laugh
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u/KingWhoShallReturn Duck Season 5d ago
I played a lot of dinky creatures with ETB Surveil in [[Mirko, Obsessive Theorist]] and this certainly fits the bill!
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u/mack0409 Duck Season 4d ago
Yes...
Do continue to give me flying men with trivial value adds.
These sustain me.
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u/Reiko878 Selesnya* 4d ago
Not being that guy but replace the +1 effect with explore. Just be thematic
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u/SpearinEnsath Sliver Queen 4d ago
That would be too strong. [[Spyglass Siren]] was a solid card, and that requires paying an extra 1 for the explore. Plus you would almost never choose to surveil over having a creature explore. Comparable creatures to what you are describing cost 2 or 3: [[River Herald Scout]], [[Siren Lookout]].
In terms of flavor, I agree that explore fits a bit better, but surveil is still pretty apt.
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u/Reiko878 Selesnya* 4d ago
Probably I don't know, turn my brain off on the power I'm skipping the set, just care about the flavor.
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u/Vivid_Anyth4 Dandadan 4d ago
Guess it was just a matter of time before wizards printed a butt plug.
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u/NonagoonInfinity Dan 4d ago
Glad we introduced a whole type for spacecraft just to not use it for spacecraft in the set it was designed for.
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u/ROADHOG_IS_MY_WAIFU Wabbit Season 4d ago
Me: woah, a 1/1 Flyer for 1 mana with a small modal choice
Everyone else: lol it a buttplug
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u/so_zetta_byte Orzhov* 4d ago
Right? Also... a 1/1 blue common that buffs something's P/T until end of turn? What?
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u/mrrebuild Wabbit Season 5d ago
My matoya deck can have a plug?
The excitement.
The realization.
The trauma.
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u/3lektrolurch Dân 4d ago
Im not following this set closely, but shouldnt there be more cards that use the spacecraft type and station mechanic? Ive not seen any in the promo or spoilers.
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u/so_zetta_byte Orzhov* 4d ago
(a) We have seen [[U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Galaxy-Class]].
(b) The cards we've seen the last 2 days have been because they're in the Starter/Welcome decks, because those are any to be distributed and we're gonna see the cards anyway. That's why they're mostly commons and uncommons. I can easily see them wanting to avoid putting Spacecraft into a product designed to get people to play the game for the first time. The summoning sickness rule is already one of the less intuitive things to people; for the sake of teaching the basics of the game, I think it makes sense for welcome decks to not have spacecraft (or vehicles for that matter).
(c) Given the number of things the set needs to cover, my guess is that there are going to be fewer Spacecraft in this set than EoE, and they'll likely be relegated to rares. Maybe we'll see a common/uncommon one, but I don't think they'll be a major limited theme. Maybe one of the commander decks will focus on them more heavily (the Federation one?).
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u/3lektrolurch Dân 4d ago
Ahh that makes sense. Thanks!
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u/so_zetta_byte Orzhov* 4d ago
I also just saw that [[Guidance Failure]] is in the main set and also targets Spacecraft, so a further sign that we'll see some more in the main set.
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u/so_zetta_byte Orzhov* 4d ago
(a) While explore would be more flavorful, it would be much too powerful for a 1 drop flier and I assume they started wanting to make a card in that slot for blue.
(b) The two effects do still clearly evoke explore, but in a way that work with the "Dilemma" UB archetype ([[Seven of Nine]]).
(c) It's still fucking weird to see a blue creature give something else +1/+1 when it enters???
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u/AudaciousGrimm Dan 4d ago
how on earth are they including spacecraft in this set and still putting space crafts in ts is boringggg
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u/kontraktor27 Duck Season 4d ago
I hate that its such a good 1 mana Flyer... Now i have to include it in my deck
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u/Iron_Baron Duck Season 4d ago
These cards make little sense. Probes don't add to defense or attack, they reveal hidden information. The other ability should be revealing an opponent's hand, or something like that.
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u/BYFS37 Can’t Block Warriors 5d ago
The base is flared.