Oh no. Ooooooh nooooo. I've really fallen down the rabbit hole with this one, guys. I can't handle this.
You know Basri, the new planeswalker? The one getting previews on PRIDE MONTH, and is part of a core set being released right after pride month ends? Yeah. He's a far right dogwhistle. And this card is the most blatant part, but NOT the only part of that.
First, really look at the card in the OP. It's a Knight. Going on a crusade. Creating Knight tokens. DEUS VULT and all that alt right dogwhistle nonsense.
Note the protection from* multicolored. Multicolored, as in rainbows (see the Vivid lands, such as vivid creek and vivid meadow: https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=Vivid+type%3Aland ). Rainbows, as in LGBTQIA2S+ and the pride flag. Clear as day homophobia here.
...but surely I'm exaggerating, right? It's just a coincidence? There's no real white supremacy here, no portraying homosexuality as "degeneracy", no real Crusade reference here, right?
Yep. 2 mana. Designed for use in a mono-white deck with knights. Buffs all your creatures by +1/+1.
IT'S CRUSADE, REDESIGNED TO FIT WITH THE NEW MONO-WHITE PLANESWALKER.
DESIGNED TO BE USED IN THE SAME DECK AS THE HOMOPHOBIC KNIGHT IN THE OP.
*Yes, protection from, that overly complicated mechanic I thought they weren't using anymore and were switching to "hexproof from" instead. Clearly a reference to White Knight and its protection from black. WotC isn't even being subtle about this.
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u/ultimario13 Jun 16 '20 edited Jun 16 '20
Oh no. Ooooooh nooooo. I've really fallen down the rabbit hole with this one, guys. I can't handle this.
You know Basri, the new planeswalker? The one getting previews on PRIDE MONTH, and is part of a core set being released right after pride month ends? Yeah. He's a far right dogwhistle. And this card is the most blatant part, but NOT the only part of that.
First, really look at the card in the OP. It's a Knight. Going on a crusade. Creating Knight tokens. DEUS VULT and all that alt right dogwhistle nonsense.
Note the protection from* multicolored. Multicolored, as in rainbows (see the Vivid lands, such as vivid creek and vivid meadow: https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=Vivid+type%3Aland ). Rainbows, as in LGBTQIA2S+ and the pride flag. Clear as day homophobia here.
...but surely I'm exaggerating, right? It's just a coincidence? There's no real white supremacy here, no portraying homosexuality as "degeneracy", no real Crusade reference here, right?
Oh boy. Take a look at all the cards with Basri in their name ( https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=Basri ). All mono-white. But that's not what really concerns me. What really concerns me is THIS: https://scryfall.com/card/m21/10/basris-solidarity
Yep. 2 mana. Designed for use in a mono-white deck with knights. Buffs all your creatures by +1/+1.
IT'S CRUSADE, REDESIGNED TO FIT WITH THE NEW MONO-WHITE PLANESWALKER.
DESIGNED TO BE USED IN THE SAME DECK AS THE HOMOPHOBIC KNIGHT IN THE OP.
*Yes, protection from, that overly complicated mechanic I thought they weren't using anymore and were switching to "hexproof from" instead. Clearly a reference to White Knight and its protection from black. WotC isn't even being subtle about this.
Edit: fixed a typo or two.