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Black creatures are "death" creatures, and are things like "Demonic Tutor", "Dark Ritual", "Rune-Scarred Demon"... Demons and vampires and zombies and things l
by honkycat 6y ago
Black creatures are "death" creatures, and are things like "Demonic Tutor", "Dark Ritual", "Rune-Scarred Demon"...
Demons and vampires and zombies and things like that.
The use of "Black" as a stand-in for nefarious things is its own problem, but it does not refer the the color of skin in any way in MTG.
- hckr_news 6y agoI don’t play Magic, my co-workers do. But seems a little pedantic? I suppose they’re trying to be more inclusive, maybe focus on outreach and getting the game out to other communities.
- honkycat 6y agoI am willing to bet they just did not want to hear about these cards anymore, and this is as far as they can go since they do not have a magic lamp to wish them all a way. The cards mentioned above are NOT good in play, they are only notable for their content. Personally, I think the art for Imprison is gorgeous, but depicting violence against people of color is dehumanizing and problematic, so I understand and support the decision.
- tsherr 6y agoI think this is more of black = Night and night=scary. But it could be seen as tone deaf right now.
- honkycat 6y agoas another commenter responded, that is not as universal as you would thing! :)
- b0rsuk 6y agoWhite is the color of death in (tribal) Africa, because people are afro-Africans and skeletons are caucasian-colored.