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Morph Cards Terminology

DFCs have a single, small verb to talk about changing their state: "I transform my DFC". Flip cards have "flip". But morph cards have to say "turn face up" or "turn face down" ("I turn my morph face up"), ("I use Backslide to turn your creature face down"). --- Is there a small verb that can replace both "turn face up" and "turn face down"? It unnerves me a little that people are using the word "flip" to mean this.

There’s no official term. R&D often uses “morph” (put face down) and “unmorph” (turn face up) as a shorthand.

Backslide Creatures Dual Faced Cards Flip Cards Morph Morph Transform

Minotaur Representation

The new art for Carbonize has a minotaur being killed gruesomely. In addition, they are the victim in various other cards, including, but not limited to, Anchor to the Aether, Razor Boomerang, Ghostly Prison, Serra Bestiary, Smite, Backslide, Fleeting Distraction, Void Snare, Dark Betrayal, Hand to Hand, and Lightning Blast. Whenever it's a minotaur, it almost feels like it goes further than normal. Minotaurs themselves are an infrequent creature type. Is there a reason to the disparity?

Minotaurs just take abuse well. : )

Anchor to the Aether Art Backslide Carbonize Creatures Dark Betrayal Fleeting Distraction Ghostly Prison Hand to Hand Lightning Blast Limited Minotaur Razor Boomerang Serra Bestiary Void Snare Your Hand

Storytelling Progression

The current state of storytelling in MTG is the same as it was 17 years ago. As far as I can remember, there has never been a backslide in any part of Magic like this. What are your thoughts?

Elements are similar, but the idea of telling stories through short stories online rather than novels has never been done before recently.

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