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« on: June 01, 2006, 08:36:29 am »

This topic has recently come in some deckbuilding so I thought I'd share, but why isn't Tarpan a horse? I say we move to errata Tarpan to be a a Creature - Horse.
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« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2006, 08:58:16 am »

I'm Fundamentally against changing creature's types.  Even if there is only ONE creature that actually has that creature type.

I like my Mistform Ultimus to be as awkward as possible.
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« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2006, 09:04:19 pm »

Yes, the more awkward the Ultimus, the better Magic becomes.
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« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2006, 10:32:21 pm »

To what end?

(Not the Ultimus thing...that's pretty funny. Smile )

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« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2006, 11:09:39 pm »

It clearly needs to be Creature - Pony.
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« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2006, 11:57:42 pm »

I think Legendary Creature - Horse would be a bit more fair.  Who hasn't heard of Tarpan?

... What exactly has brought TARPAN to your attention.
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« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2006, 12:08:13 am »

     I think that if you really want Tarpan to have a more flavorful creature type,
it should be:

Creature - Uranium

     In the picture, the Tarpan is obviously undergoing fission. You can see it splitting apart!
Also, Tarpan is a 1/1. When it dies, you gain 1 life.
The difference in mass between 1 Tarpan, and 0 Tarpan, is 1.
That 1 point of mass became 1 point of energy (life), which is typical of a fission reaction (Loss of Mass = Energy).
Uranium is the usually the chief fuel for nuclear fission reactors, so I think that fits.
Of course, it could also be, "Creature - Heavy Metal", but that would just lead to a lot of confusion.

Also, if Tarpan was a Legend, it would be broken! You could activate its ability by playing another Tarpan!
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« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2006, 07:09:14 am »

It clearly needs to be Creature - My Little Pony.

There, now it's correct.
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« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2006, 04:53:49 pm »

Tarpan needs to stay a Tarpan. They're related to horses but not really horses. It's like calling elves humans, because they're supposedly related. Or something like that.

Also, OMGOMG TARPAN! Meandeck Tech since 1997! I remember when we ran it in our Draw-7 boards.
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« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2006, 05:19:55 pm »

Also, OMGOMG TARPAN! Meandeck Tech since 1997! I remember when we ran it in our Draw-7 boards.
Tarpan would have saved Carl Winters from Lava Dart.
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« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2006, 07:24:50 pm »

     I think that if you really want Tarpan to have a more flavorful creature type,
it should be:

Creature - Uranium

     In the picture, the Tarpan is obviously undergoing fission. You can see it splitting apart!
Also, Tarpan is a 1/1. When it dies, you gain 1 life.
The difference in mass between 1 Tarpan, and 0 Tarpan, is 1.
That 1 point of mass became 1 point of energy (life), which is typical of a fission reaction (Loss of Mass = Energy).
Uranium is the usually the chief fuel for nuclear fission reactors, so I think that fits.
Of course, it could also be, "Creature - Heavy Metal", but that would just lead to a lot of confusion.

Also, if Tarpan was a Legend, it would be broken! You could activate its ability by playing another Tarpan!

There is a problem with your logic here... Uranium 238 splits to Thorium (if I remember correctly...lets go to wiki!!)

Nope. 235 splits to thorium. But I got the product right.

Regardless, it splits to thorium 231. That is a difference of four. You are bad at maths. Smile In order to get one, you need a proton emission event. Since this happens relatively infrequently, we can only postulate that it is possible with something like tritium (which is an isotope of the element hydrogen, which has only one proton). This would destroy the element (like the Tarpan) and result in the 1 free change in energy (the released proton has a positive charge).

Therefore, I think that it must be

Tarpan
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Creature - Tritiated Horse
When Tarpan is put into a graveyard from play, you gain one life.
1/1

It's obv not a NORMAL horse, so it retains it's special status. Plus, the laws of quantum chemistry are upheld. Voila!

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« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2006, 12:02:37 am »

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Tarpan would have saved Carl Winters from Lava Dart.

Right. Instead, he had Colossus in his board. Does Colossus stop Lava Dart from killing you? No. Tarpan Does.

Also, be sure not to miss Big Tarps, Dromad Purebred, coming soon to a 3-0 draft deck near you!
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« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2006, 01:51:54 am »

I remember enchanting Dromad with Pollenbright Wings once in desperation in limited.

Hey, it won the game...
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