Living Wall

Walls as Creatures

"Walls being creatures makes little flavor sense" - With the notable exception of Living Wall (incidentally, one of my favorite pieces of Magic art).

I do agree Living Wall makes sense as a creature.

Art Creatures Flavor Living Wall Wall

Living Wall Creative

"I like my creatures mostly sentient or, at bare minimum, alive." So Living Wall is ok? Especially with that amazing Anson Maddocks art?

Living walls are the ones I mind the least creatively.

Art Creatures Living Wall Wall

Starter Deck Memories

My best friend and I managed to convince his mom to stop by a bookstore, where she begrudgingly bought us a starter deck. We were 6 years old and we were equally fascinated and disgusted by Living Wall - which later allowed me to conclude we had a revised starter (it was after Unl. came out). We didnt speak English so we just invented our own rules. My friend went to a GP 2 months ago to play Legacy and we still play together with my cube. This will most likely never change, so thank you Magic.

: )

Appreciation Conventions Cube Draft English Legacy Living Wall Rules Wall

Living Wall Observation

does it bother you that the best example of a wall as a creature, Living Wall, is itself actually an artifact?

It’s just proof to me that artifacts are more artifact than creature.

Artifacts Creatures Living Wall Wall

Wall Creature Type

I just taught a person to play Magic. We are currently opening some new packs together and handed me an Archer's Parapet and asked why "Wall" was a creature type.

Exactly. I’m okay with something like Living Wall, but Wall of Stone - come on!

Archer Creatures Living Wall Parapet Wall Wall of Stone

Walls as Creatures

Players likes Walls. A Wall represented as a creature makes little to no sense. Would the type line "Enchantment Creature - Wall" help solve this issue? It seems like a Wall of Fire is essentially an enchantment that functions like a creature.

My issue is with a wall being a creature. How is a wall a creature? Sure, I’ll buy Living Wall but most walls are inanimate. Creatures should not be inanimate.

Creatures Enchantments Living Wall Wall Wall of Fire

Alpha Cards Modern Potential

Following cards from alpha are not modern legal and have no reserve list, color pie, complexity or power level concerns, think you could see if any can get fit into a set?: Dwarven Warriors, Hurloon Minotaur, Copper Tablet, Conservator, Burrowing, Celestial Prism, Castle, Animate Artifact, Ironclaw Orcs, Ironroot Treefolk, Lance, Living Wall, Obsianus Golem, Orcish Oriflamme, Pearled Unicorn, Plague Rats, Phantom Monster, Phantasmal Forces, Scavenging Ghoul

Interestingly, most of those cards we’ve made better versions of them.

Alpha Animate Artifact Artifacts Burrowing Caves Celestial Prism Color Pie Colors Conservator Copper Tablet Dwarven Warriors Golem Hurloon Minotaur Ironclaw Orcs Ironroot Treefolk Living Wall Minotaur Modern Obsianus Golem Orc Orcish Oriflamme Pearled Unicorn Phantasmal Forces Phantom Monster Plague Rats Power Level Prism Rat Rat Scavenging Ghoul Treefolk Unicorn Wall Warrior

On Asking Questions

is it cool that I ask a million questions a day or do you find it annoying? and is Wall of Denial a wall you are cool with? it seems like a semi living creature that is also a wall who intercepts attacks

I love getting questions, so ask away. The walls I’m happiest with are walls that feel like a living thing (Living Wall) rather than a nonliving object (Stone Wall).

Creatures Living Wall Wall Wall of Denial

Opinion on Walls

It makes me sad to see you hating on walls :(. As someone who was amazed as a child by the 'Living Wall' in his revised deck (and yes like almost everyone we thought it could block all the enemy creatures at once!). I think you can still throw in a wall or two out there, but you have to make it feel like a WALL. Make it like a 0/10 and able to block any number of creatures. Or immune to combat damage (It's so big you cant just smash it with your sword). Also - Legendary Wall anyone? :)

It’s not that I don’t like walls. I just don’t think they make any sense as creatures. Creatures are supposed to be sentient living things. Wall of Stone? That’s an artifact not a creature. I’m in the minority on this opinion though which is why we still have walls.

Artifacts Creatures Living Wall Wall Wall of Stone

Card Attack Rules

I've got a silver-bordered rules question, if R&D's Secret Lair is in play, and I control a Avian Changeling and a Living Wall, can the Avian Changeling or the Living Wall attack?

Yes, because R&D Secret Lair will keep defender off the card and the rules now don’t prevent walls from attacking (all walls normally have defender but not in this one case).

Attacking Avian Changeling Changeling Defender Game Design Living Wall R&D's Secret Lair Rules Secret Lairs Wall