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[โ€“] kakes@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago (5 children)

My favorite use was to create a Discord bot where you could say any card title for a made-up MtG Card, and it generates the card for you, using DALL-E for the card image.

For example, here's one of my personal favorites using the input "Barney the Dinosaur":

[โ€“] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Since the bottom text is not in cursive, you and your opponent are actually required by the rules to love eachother and eat leaves.

[โ€“] detalferous@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, yes. It's called "kursiv" in my native language, hence my mistake.

[โ€“] detalferous@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Cool fact! Thanks!

[โ€“] kakes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

A rare intersection of RAW and RAI.

[โ€“] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like that for Barney the Dinosaur, it gave you a green dinosaur instead of a purple one, and its shirt says Barry instead of Barney lmao. Truly fucking nailed it.

[โ€“] swab148@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Also, like not completely broken. 6 mv for basically 3/3s that could be wiped at any moment is pretty on par for green.

[โ€“] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol I know absolutely nothing about Magic, so this is total gibberish to me. Is this card really good but not too good "broken" or really bad but not totally useless "broken"?

[โ€“] kakes@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I would say it's a very good card, but it's also quite costly to play. I honestly wouldn't think twice if I saw a similar card in an actual game.

[โ€“] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tapping a 6/6 to make 1/1s would feel weird AF, though

[โ€“] kakes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Actually, combined with its other effect, you'd be tapping it to create 3/3s with trample. Not a bad deal at all.

Edit: Oh, and vigilance. I missed that, ironically.

[โ€“] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Holy shit I didnโ€™t notice that

[โ€“] intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I have seen more useless cards than a 1/1 token with trample. Get a +1/+1 counter farm going and that's pretty good.

[โ€“] kakes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

3/3 as long as this card is around, but the thought of a 1/1 trample does crack me up.

[โ€“] ExperimentalGuy@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Omg do u have a repou can share for that it sounds like so much fun

[โ€“] kakes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, I was lazy, and I'm webscraping a free MtG card generator to create the cards. I don't really want to put that code out into the wild and cause problems for the host of that service.

If I can find time, I'll see if I can figure out a more ethical alternative. When I do, I'll ping you!

Omg thanks I'd really appreciate that

[โ€“] r_thndr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] kakes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

See this comment.
Tl;dr, I'll let y'all know when I'm able to share the code.

[โ€“] r_thndr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

Fair enough, good on you for avoiding a death hug scenario