MTGinktober looks towards Day 13, "Horizon," starring Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis; Grief (Campbell White Special Guest version); Fury (Campbell White Special Guest version); Arcum's Astrolabe; and Nadu, Winged Wisdom!
I had a concept ready to go after pulling all my refs in my research phase, and then just as I closed CSP, I suddenly thought of this--a full Animal Crossing spoof--specifically New Horizons, of course. My initial idea was to have us peering through Grief into a scene Fury raging as Nadu flees with Astrolabe, all set atop Hogaak, but this parody idea felt more entertaining, so I went with neat over cool. I contemplated using banned artists' lands for the setting, but that was a bit too far, and detracted from the spirit of MTGinktober.
Fun Facts: This is a full cast MTGinktober debut. I ultimately had two fleshed out concepts for today, all I knew was I wanted to focus solely on Modern Horizons cards, and what better way than to send-up the invariably banned cards from each--each--MH set yet (I loathe these sets for what they've diminished Magic into,
pushing out our history and natural development in eternal formats,
though drafting MH3 was pretty enjoyable).
Easter Eggs: Well, the setting is based on a plot of land you might claim in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I haven't played an AC since...Gamecube?...So I had to rely on rusted-out knowledge, YouTube Let's Plays, some image googling, and hope that this scene makes sense. I remember you could dig up artifacts, but I don't think you'd be able to see what the item was, so I just placed the Astrolabe above ground. I'd thought about having Mr. Resetti or Tom shooing them away, but since it was getting crowded, I just had them do their own things.
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