OLD topic. Card Nicknames.

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BigBlue

Guest
I'm Curious what the new vernacular for cards is.

What are some nicknames for cards where you live?

We'll get the Classic out of the way now, Tim (or Tim on a Stick, Tim on a Boat, ...) for any creature tapping to do damage.

Finkle for Shadowmage Infiltrator (Curiously did any of the other invitational cards ever get the nickname of their creator?)

Lately I've been calling Ichorid Ichiro, but I don't think anyone else does.
 
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Ransac

CPA Trash Man
I have a few.


Tim has his own set of nicknames for where I was. Tim, Sugar-Frosted Tim(Zuran S.C.), Tim that stays crunchy in milk(Rootwater H.), Honey Roasted Tim(Mawcor), Tim with Marshmallow bits(Thornwind faeries), the Tim with a prize in the box(Reveka, Wizard Savant), and Cinnamon-Flavored Tim(Su Quata Firewalker, and yes, I know I spelled it wrong). I forget if there are any other Tims.

Lin Sivvi didn't have a nickname, but she did have a theme song: Won't the real Lin Sivvi please stand up.

I haven't heard of the other invitational cards getting creator nicknames.

A couple of us called Blastoderm "The grand Poo-bah" for a while.


Dang, I had about ten more in my head, but my mind has gone blank.


Ransac, cpa trash man
 
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NorrYtt

Guest
For some reason, Mystic Enforcer is called "The Chocolate Bomber" at my local card shop.

I intentionally mispronounce game terms and cards like "Etch-o", "Upcheep", "Camel Fighter", "Spiritmonjure", and "good jame."
 
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rkoelsch

Guest
Yeah the meddling mage was call pikula. remember the deck that had both was a combo of there names Finkula.
 
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EricBess

Guest
And Avalanch Riders was called "Darwin" for Darwin Castle.
 
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Rando

Guest
The little boys at my local shop are fond of refering to a particular Torment blue card drawing flashbacking sorcery as "deep anal". Clever little buggers, aren't they. They laugh and laugh.
 
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Ransac

CPA Trash Man
Referring to Deep Analysis, I love how the flavor text and the art suit each other so well.




Ransac, cpa trash man
 
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Gerode

Guest
Kinda like the Lin Sivvi song, someone I just met calls his Nantuko Shade "Slim Shady".

Mother of Runes is "Mom", of course. The jokes fly when someone has two Moms in play...
 
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terzarima

Guest
Well... whenever anyone dropped a killer whale on the table I'd yell:

"That's a huuuuuge bitch"

You know... Deuce Bigalow reference. Always good for a laugh.
 
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Notepad

Guest
Mother of Runes reminds me that in a card shop in my county, it's called "Mother of Chin". A guy who's last name was Chin had a huge collection, but his mom burned all his cards on fire as a punishment one time, so all he had was one deck left. A joke card was made out of a Mother of Runes, with the name altered and the rules box altered to give her the extra ability "(Tap): Burn target player's collection." Ever since that card was made, all Mother of Runes were called Mother of Chin.

As for general ones, Llanowar Elves I have heard called Lawnmower Elves in a few areas. Scryb Sprites are for some reason called Penny Throwers. I have heard Rootwater Hunter called Tim's Goldfish and Zuran Spellcaster called Tim's Grandpa. Pirate Ship called Tim's Boat, too.
 
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Istanbul

Guest
Let's see...

Laquatus' Champion - Mike Tyson
Chainer's Edict - Chainer's A D**k
Basking Rootwalla - ***-King Rootwalla
Casting Sonic Seizure and pitching Fiery Temper to it - Olsen Twins
Using Pernicious Deed - Doing the Deed
Shock - Bolt Lite
Volcanic Hammer - Slow Bolt
Fact or Fiction - Tog Food
Urza's Rage - Urza's on the rag
Cavern Harpy - Cavern Herpes
(Only mine) When I play Mystic Snake - This ought to hiss you off...
 
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BigBlue

Guest
Boy, for those AC/DC fans, Pernicious Deeds might better be called "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap".

Tim on a Boat = Pirate Ship.
Tim on a Stick = Rod of Ruin.
 
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Mikeymike

Guest
I like Ichiro, now everytime I see Ichorid I going to imagine that Japanese kid on Sportscenter last year screaming it every 5 minutes.

I call Pernicious Deed P. Deedy, in honor of the dumbest nickname of all time - P. Diddy.
Morphling - King Blue, Big Blue, King Creature
Iridescent Angel - The Prude
Maze of Ith - Maze of sh-t or sh-th
Mogg Fanatic - Goblin Crackheads
Mother of Runes - Martha Stewart
Time Warp - Poor Man's Time Walk
Overrun - Thanks for playing

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On a side note, did you ever notice that in the picture of Memory Jar the Jar is actually broken - I wonder if that is coincidence or if it was a little R&D inside joke.
 
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Notepad

Guest
Ah, morphling reminded me of another:

Order of Leitbur = Morphling Hunter

The reason being, that no deck relying on Morphling has ever gotten past my white weenie in local tourneys, because there is just no such thing as a Morphling being able to naturally kill an Order. The Orders just flat out slaughter those pesky blue cowards. :p
 
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theorgg

Guest
Pissed off- anything with Rancor on it

Some Toilet Paper- Swords To Plowshares(wipes creatures out!)

Blastoderm- Fat Bastard

Linn Sivvi - The Millitant Lezbian

Assault/Battery - Ass Bat (from a friend's proxy of it that said "ass/bat"
 
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BigBlue

Guest
We call Swords to Plowshares Stop around here.

Avatar of Woe is "The Bitch"

Serra Angel is Scary Angel.

We call Haste Decks Dumptrucks, cuz they just dump on you.

We don't allow proxy cards in our group, and if someone brings one in, they're Mexican cards.
 
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BigBlue

Guest
Anyone else call Might of Oaks - Big Nuts?

I keep thinking of nicknames we haven't mentioned. . .
 
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