There's a guy at my shop who can't pronounce words correctly. He calls Pongify "Ponj-i-fie" instead of "Pong-i-fie", and Protean Hulk "Protein Hulk". Does that count?
It never gets old to hear someone say "I'll Ponj-i-fie my Stuffy Doll!".
EDIT: Oh, and an old casual favorite: in my old playgroup we all used the abbreviated form of Swords to Plowshares (STP), but we sounded it out. We didn't say each letter individually. Hah. We were losers...
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I tend to look at individual card nicknames about the same as I look at deck names - the nice, simple ones that make sense are fine but anything overly obscure or complicated (or anything trying too hard to be clever) get annoying very quickly. For example, I don't mind people calling a Hypnotic Specter "Hippie," but I find it annoying when people refer to the Invitational cards by the name of the person who designed the card.
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I thought that Pongify was pronounced Pohn-jif-i. I guess you HAVE to be right, though...
I call the Confidant Bob, Giant Solifuge is Mr. Tickle, and Damnation is simply Suck (All of your creatures suck). Rathi Trapper has become known as 'The Gimp' in our draft group. I can't remember why, but I think it has something to do with the fact that he can tap any creature...
Bob/Bob the Builder: Dark Confidant. Isochron Scepter: It's a no-stick, no matter what you have on it. Mindslaver: Well, what I call this probably shouldn't be repeated in public. Kokusho: Kokopuffs, or less-nice words. Once known as Greater Brok-usho. Birds of Paradise: We call it a tweet... Isamaru: Samurai Puppy Dog. No, I'm not joking. Skeletal Vampire: Batman. Hypnotic Specter: Hippie. Hippie Hippie Shake: What your opponent does when you randomly yank his best card due to Hippie's ability. Ghost Quarter: Type 2 Wasteland. Akroma (white version): Akroma, Lady of Keywords Anything that reads "counter target spell": No. Seige-Gang Commander: Welll...dunno if this is appropriate, either.
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a friend of mine was testing angelfire against me a few weeks back and decided to call compulsive research comp usa and then it became usa today. i was like, 'dude, you're gonna drop that in a tourney and your opp is gonna be like, 'what?'' i think it's pretty funny tho.
and i call llanowar elves, lawn mower. don't know why.
and i don't know why anyone would get annoyed by calling dark confidant bob, or calling shadowmage infiltrator finkel. that's what they are. i don't see that as different than calling hypnotic specter hyppie.
I thought that Pongify was pronounced Pohn-jif-i. I guess you HAVE to be right, though...
Well actually... He is right. Pongify (pronounced with a hard G sound, like the word GO), has its root in the word Pongo, the original name given to the African Gorrilla.
Im not sure if Pongify is even a real word, or whether WoTC jsut felt like making up a verb meaning "to turn into an Ape".
But all in all the correct pronunciation is with a G, not a J sound.
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Please, accept that Magic costs money to play, and drop it. A playset of Baneslayers>playset of duals. New Jace>Force of Will. Etc... Not to mention, Legacy is so wide open, that it's easy to build a deck that can perform reasonably well without very many "money staples" at all.
My local card shop calls wrath of god Thong due top the guy in the bottom right of the original image. I personally like to call Sulfur Elemental Shredder.
*** is "OH <snip> THE MOON", which is a reference both to the pantsless guy in the original artwork and to the current artwork, in which it appears the moon is vaporizing everything.
Shock is The Fonz because this guy in our playgroup points at you and says "Aaaay!" whenever he targets you with a burn spell.
For a while my friend and I called Spirit of the Night "Fuzzy Wuzzy," but we started playing Ichorid instead once Torment came out, so it's fallen out of use.
Similarly, Horobi, Death's Wail is "Cuddles."
Other than that, we usually just drop words from the names until it's one word. Dark Confidant is just Confidant, Dark Ritual, and all mana spells like it, is just Ritual, Metalworker is "stupid" or "wrong."
Also, we have nicknames for plays. Ritspec is Dark Ritual into Hypnotic Specter. I haven't said it aloud yet, but I often think of "Necro to 7" for drawing cards to fill my hand off 'potence and Bargain.
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For us, there is the Rules Avatars, Stupid and Stupid's Cousin. Basically, there was a pompous T1 player that always randomly shuffled his deck without any means to do so. One of our friends has fallen into putting Stupid onto the table, with the rules that "If you're feeling stupid, you may pay the cost and shuffle your deck". Stupid's Cousin, however, is activated if you take too long to take your turn, don't realize you're being talked to, or if you completely miss something vital. He comes at you and deals three damage that is unblockable, unpreventable, and unredirectable. Seems we made a use for him.
About any "subpar" mechanics or cards: Context is king.
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I don't like any of the nicknames that don't derive from the card name itself. I'm cool with Dark Confidant being called Confidant, but the whole "Bob" thing sounds ridiculous. Same with Shadowmage --> Finkel.
I don't like any of the nicknames that don't derive from the card name itself. I'm cool with Dark Confidant being called Confidant, but the whole "Bob" thing sounds ridiculous. Same with Shadowmage --> Finkel.
Well, those names derive not from the name, but from the maker of the card itself.
Dark Confidant is Bob (Maher)
Shadowmage Infiltrator is (John) Finkel
I hope you knew that but from the way you wrote your post it seemed like you didn't.
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Castigate = Castrate, because that's how crippling it is (in my casual playgroup).
Now there's another one... oh yeah. Might of Old Krosa is MOOK, because there's this one guy who has an MGA deck, and he blows off multiples at sorcery speed in turns 3-5 to WIN THE GAME. So you feel mook'd.
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One of my friends calles ovinize... onions. >_>
We all know the common ones, but what about the ones you've created?
It never gets old to hear someone say "I'll Ponj-i-fie my Stuffy Doll!".
EDIT: Oh, and an old casual favorite: in my old playgroup we all used the abbreviated form of Swords to Plowshares (STP), but we sounded it out. We didn't say each letter individually. Hah. We were losers...
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I know there are more but of course the stupidest of all is the only one that comes to mind.
I call the Confidant Bob, Giant Solifuge is Mr. Tickle, and Damnation is simply Suck (All of your creatures suck). Rathi Trapper has become known as 'The Gimp' in our draft group. I can't remember why, but I think it has something to do with the fact that he can tap any creature...
Bob/Bob the Builder: Dark Confidant.
Isochron Scepter: It's a no-stick, no matter what you have on it.
Mindslaver: Well, what I call this probably shouldn't be repeated in public.
Kokusho: Kokopuffs, or less-nice words. Once known as Greater Brok-usho.
Birds of Paradise: We call it a tweet...
Isamaru: Samurai Puppy Dog. No, I'm not joking.
Skeletal Vampire: Batman.
Hypnotic Specter: Hippie.
Hippie Hippie Shake: What your opponent does when you randomly yank his best card due to Hippie's ability.
Ghost Quarter: Type 2 Wasteland.
Akroma (white version): Akroma, Lady of Keywords
Anything that reads "counter target spell": No.
Seige-Gang Commander: Welll...dunno if this is appropriate, either.
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and i call llanowar elves, lawn mower. don't know why.
and i don't know why anyone would get annoyed by calling dark confidant bob, or calling shadowmage infiltrator finkel. that's what they are. i don't see that as different than calling hypnotic specter hyppie.
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Well actually... He is right. Pongify (pronounced with a hard G sound, like the word GO), has its root in the word Pongo, the original name given to the African Gorrilla.
Im not sure if Pongify is even a real word, or whether WoTC jsut felt like making up a verb meaning "to turn into an Ape".
But all in all the correct pronunciation is with a G, not a J sound.
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Similarly, Horobi, Death's Wail is "Cuddles."
Other than that, we usually just drop words from the names until it's one word. Dark Confidant is just Confidant, Dark Ritual, and all mana spells like it, is just Ritual, Metalworker is "stupid" or "wrong."
Also, we have nicknames for plays. Ritspec is Dark Ritual into Hypnotic Specter. I haven't said it aloud yet, but I often think of "Necro to 7" for drawing cards to fill my hand off 'potence and Bargain.
About any "subpar" mechanics or cards: Context is king.
If I make a templating or grammar error, let me know.
The franchise MtG most resembles is Battlestar Galactica. Why? Its players exist in, at most, a dozen different models at any given point in time, with perhaps up to 3% variation, 5% if you're lucky.
Hah, yeah, we call it Castrate, too.
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Well, those names derive not from the name, but from the maker of the card itself.
Dark Confidant is Bob (Maher)
Shadowmage Infiltrator is (John) Finkel
I hope you knew that but from the way you wrote your post it seemed like you didn't.
Also, we sometimes try to translate card names in French. I know it sounds silly, but usually it really doesn't work..
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Now that you mention it, I distintcly remember reading Knobgobbler Rats.
And farts is a good name for the sulfurous 3/2, took me a second to get it though =D
Now there's another one... oh yeah. Might of Old Krosa is MOOK, because there's this one guy who has an MGA deck, and he blows off multiples at sorcery speed in turns 3-5 to WIN THE GAME. So you feel mook'd.
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