Thread: Theory of Advanced Thoughtforms

Land cards: quite a possibility as a background energy, or even used to draw energy.
And yes, skrying before summoning is probably a good idea ;p

Interesting idea about the paintings. Perhaps I could try something with an artists rendering of Saint Germain I saw once...

Also, you might not need to burn a card if things go horribly wrong. Just cleanse it thoroughly, bind it closed and seal it off.

Personally if I start practicing summoning creatures from the cards, I'm gonna start with my elf/beast deck. I'm more than confident in my ability to "wrestle" with them. lol.

I'll post here with the results of my experiments when I'm finished
( *mad scientist laugh in the back of my mind* )

Cheers.

I did not test it, but I think land cards or skrying cards would be similar to work with paintings. I did not do anything with it so far, but I can feel different energies from paintings. For once it is the special "vibe" it has from the qualities of the depictions...and then if it is a original then there is something very special to it - like the energy of its creator.
Amusingly, my best results were with some reproductions of paintings by Frank Frazetta.

I would sure like to hear some results
Personally I am still not sure with what to start and how. But I am rather sure with my plan about the "astral workplace". Feels more sure and I am more confident there...additionally my current abilities go in this direction anyway. Even if I would try to summon something straight away, it would be somewhere in the mental plane or lower astral plane.

A additional thought I had: If one uses such a astral place, would not the other rules of the game be possible to use there too? The dynamics are rather in the dark, but for instance if one has problems with a creature, could one use a banishing spell from the game? Just a thought...

Useful info, I think:

MtG TCG Duels from a literary perspective? - MTG Salvation Forums
What's the AEther? - MTG Salvation Forums

Apparently the creators did their homework and had at least some clue about classical philosophy (if not magical theory).

I'd say so
games are based (usually- sometimes not fully) based in mythology, mythology is based in lore, which is based in magick.
Or something like that.
I haven't slept all night so the quality of my posts might be waning.
As is my will power
I need some friggin coffee.

moving on, interesting speculation in those forums.
I wish I had more to say than that. But my mind is about to shut down.
g'night.

G'dnight

(Yay, a substantial post )