Friday, March 26, 2021

Blunder Conductor

Card Name: "Zaffai, Thunder Conductor."
 
 
Text Box: "Zaffai, Thunder Collector."
So which one is it? He conducts, he collects... as far as thunder goes, this guy does it all! He slices! He dices! Order now while supplies last!
 

Somehow this card's name must have been changed mid-design and nobody (who gets paid to do this, might I add) noticed this fact. Even Magic Set Editor allows the use of a tilde symbol as a stand-in for the card's name - that is, it will change to reflect any alterations to the card's name later down the line. Is this kind of technology beyond the capabilities of the guys who actually make the damn game? Do we still have to put up with such patheitc mistakes because they can't be bothered to streamline the design process? Well, until this card gets its very sad errata, you can rest assured that his big 10 damage payoff comes from... some other card with a different name. What colour is this Thunder Collector? Does he count as a creature or is he actually a planeswalker card?

Just wait until they print "Zaffai, Thunder Collector" in Return to Strixhaven purely to save face and I look like a big idiot.