Magic the Gathering Thread XXIV: *Slaps Roof* This Thread Can Hold So Many Chandras!

[enderlord99]

Spoiler: Joke

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Shortly after the War of the Spark, a Rakdos cultist overhears a few surviving planeswalkers discussing linguistics for some reason; one of those 'walkers was probably Jace. The cultist hears that the Therosan plural for "octopus" is "octopodes" and that it was also, coincidentally, the generally-accepted word for that purpose among the more scientifically-minded populace here on Ravnica.

The cultist immediately comes up with a way to use this fact. He searches for a specific situation to take advantage of: a member of the Simic Combine standing near a small grove of pecan trees the Selesnya had planted a few years back. He sees exactly that, so he struts up and asks: "Do you know what the plural of 'octopus' is?"

"Of course I do!" came the reply.

"Did you know that the technical term for this tree right here is a 'bofus' then?"

"No it isn't!" the biomancer exclaimed. "It's just a pecan tree!"

The cultist pressed: "No really. This tree is a bofus, this grove is a bunch of bofodes, and these" he concluded, picking up a handful of pecans off the ground...

"...are....

Spoiler: Punchline

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"BOFODES NUTS!

That punchline was probably obvious.

ION: Does anyone know a commander-legal way to make another player's lands all count as creatures? Preferably continuously, and preferably in Jund (though Dune-Brood also works)

EDIT: It seems Nature's Revolt work.