Hatred Outlives the Hateful | Magic's Best Flavor Text 

Drainpipe Vermin- "When times are tough, the poor eat the rats. When times are tougher, the rats eat the poor."

the flavor text of traumatize is easily the best in all of magic the gathering "He was left with just enough memory to remember what he lost."

"Its diet consists of fruits, plants, small woodland animals, large woodland animals, woodlands, fruit groves, fruit farmers, and small cities."

"You. Poet. Be sure to write this down." -Fabled Hero

Reckless Cohort: You have a family, Mine died at sea gate. You go to your's and I'll go to mine. My heart...

My favorite flavor text has always been for Goblin Assassin. "The more victims he kills, the more likely he is to get the right one." Both silly and explains what the card does.

“You say this Tenth District, not Rubblebelt. But where smash happen, that Rubblebelt. Rubblebelt state of mind.“ - Urgdar, cyclops philosopher

Hey, I wrote that ftext for Rancor! Really flattering to see the praise! Keep up the awesome videos.

My favorite flavor text: _"The willow knows what the storm does not: that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it."_ -Blood of the Martyr

My favorite flavor text is on the card Last word. "Someday, someone will best me. But it won't be today, and it won't be you."

My favorite flavor text of all time is Black Knight's "Battle doesn't need a purpose; the battle is its own purpose. You don't ask why a plague spreads or a field burns. Don't ask why I fight."

The five types of flavor text: 1. quotes from literature 2. world-building 3. dialogue 4. goblins 5. stand-alones

"As I died, I rejoiced. I would see my family again. But then I woke up back on the battlefield. Back in Kamigawa. Back in hell." -Kenzo the Hardhearted

Funny, I thought the agreed upon best flavor text of all time was: Gerrard: "But it doesn't do anything!" Hanna: "No - it does nothing."

Favorite whimsy is the card Goblin Offensive. "They certainly are."

"Greatness, at any cost." 4 words that just perfectly encapsulate the color black and its beliefs.

I just love the rats tribe flavor text and how it represents the way society looks at rats and also the representation of the mechanic of discarting cards: "Nothing is sacred to rats. Everything is simply another meal" "When times are tough, the poor eat the rats. When times are tougher, the rats eat the poor" "Rats come in one amount: too many"

"she wished for gold, but not for the strength to carry it." from Glittering Wish is one of my favorites

"I love lightning! It's my best invention since the rock." -Toggo, goblin weaponsmith.

One of my favorites is the text from Abomination of Llanowar: "Run!" screamed its living mouths. "Come!" cried its dead ones.

"Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight everything with fire." -Jaya Ballard, task mage

"Don't just have an idea -- Have all of them" --Niv-Mizzet

"Time passes. Time crawls. Time doesn't move at all."

I remember opening Tragic Lesson at HoU's pre-release and loving the flavour. It reads: "Though Kefnet's followers feverishly searched his last words for some final riddle, they found only the gurgles of a dying god."

Canyon minotaur: "We'll scale these cliffs, traverse Brittle Bridge, and then fight our way down the volcanic slopes on the other side." "Isn't the shortest route through the canyon?" "Yes." "So shouldn't we-" "No."

One of my other favourite ones is canal monitor. “The first goblin tried to swim the canal. The second built a raft. The third and final goblin launched herself from a fire canon and soared over the canal, trailing smoke. All three were eaten, but only one was cooked.”

There are many words and phrases that can cause an experienced wizard to tremble in fear. Chief among them is "oops." I love this one.

There's a card in the newest set 'Adventures in the Forgotten Realms' named 'Split the Party'. The flavor text is simply 'Don't' and it's perfect.

I like Skullcrack's flavour text the most: "The lawmage's argument was clever and well reasoned, but Blunk's response proved irrefutable." It syncs up with and calls back to both the name and art of the card, and adds a bit of world-building and whimsy to an otherwise brutal concept

one that always stuck with me was anarchist: "those who do not follow are doomed to lead"

Intrepid Hero: "A fool knows no fear. A hero shows no fear."

My favourite flavour text is from Unsummon, M13 edition: *Not to be. That is the answer.* Concise, witty, makes you think, AND a literary reference. 10/10 imo

Yes wrath of god is cool without flavor text. But what if it had the flavor text from totally lost?

"For his family, Barrin made a funeral pyre of Tolaria." What 8th Edition did to Obliterate should be a crime.

Brother's War came with a card called Audacity, which is a sort of homage to Rancor. Not only does it also give a creature +2/+0 and trample, but its flavour text reads 'Bravery outlives the brave.'

From War of the Spark, one of my favorite pieces of flavor text has to be heartfire: *The mage looked within and realized there was still one piece of fuel to burn.* The way that meshes in with the desperate nature of the set and the fact you have to sacrifice someone to cast it really hits home on this one, especially with the card art to go with it.

one of my all time favorites is darksteel plate. "If there can be no victory, then I will fight forever."- Koth of the Hammer

“I’d be happy to stop contradicting you, just as soon as you start being right.”

Time of Heroes is one that stuck with me: No one spoke. There was no need. The threat of the Eldrazi presented a simple choice: lay down your weapons and die for nothing, or hold them fast and die for something.

An older version of Lava Axe simply reads: "Catch!" and I still say that to people when I do it to them on draft night whenever it's legal, despite the current text saying something mundane about a cinder hatchet

Talking about Zepellin (and especially Bonham) just makes me love this channel even more!!! Gorgon's head (Born of the Gods) has a flavor text that cracks me up, silly one though: "You slew the gorgon? Show me." --King Igalus, last words

"Sometimes death comes knocking. Sometimes it tears down the walls." Army of the Damned. Adore that flavour text.

Goblin Sky Raider has to be my favorite flavor text: "The goblin word for 'flying' is more accurately translated as 'falling slowly.'"

I love the flavor text of Crested Craghorn: "Craghorns experience a wide range of emotions: rage, fury, anger... " ___Foothill guide

"These fiends are slightly less tolerable than you." "A sentiment that warms my heart, sister."

"Your first mistake was thinking I'd let you live long enough to make a second."-mental misstep

My favorite flavor text comes from Near Death Experience: Lands ravaged, cities in ruins, so many lives sacrificed, and yet there was no other word for it but victory.

One of my favorite comes from Mana Leak; "The fatal flaw in every plan is the assumption that you know more than the enemy." It has always resonated with me not only as a lesson in how to play Magic, but how to handle the perspective of someone else. You don't know their life's experiences, and to assume so can backfire in the most spectacular way, especially when deciding in how to interact with them.

"But..." - City of Ass. Best flavour text hands down.

I think my favorite part about clear a path is that the guards on it are a card, and their flavor text is "none may pass. For free."

I think Loyal Cathar and (flipped side) Unhallowed Cathar together tell a fantastic story. A soldier afraid of becoming a zombie is reassured that his soul is protected by the angels, but on the flipped side we can see that his fears were fully realized. It shows the breakdown of the Avacyn faith - and it's waning power to offer any real protection against the mounting evil - quite beautifully. And the timing of the conversation makes it almost seem like a camera cut in a movie or something, how the reassurance only comes after we already see him turned. It's a great use of the two "scenes" flavour text can play with on a transforming card.

It doesn't think It doesn't feel It doesn't laugh or cry All it does from dusk til dawn Is make the soldiers die

"Don't laugh, it works" Armadillo Cloak Brilliant !

"There's nothing to worry about." - Just the Wind

"When defeat is near and guidance is scarce, all eyes look in one direction." -Command Tower

with this, take the flavor text of live fast: "When you have the chance, take it. Laugh, sing, dance. Don't allow the night to end."

Step 1: Find your cousin. Step 2: Get your cousin in the cannon. Step 3: Find another cousin.

"Paradox? We'll worry aboutt that yesterday!" One of my personal faves.

"Some trade in goods, some in secrets. My soul has walked the futures, and I offer the rare coin of possibility." -Magus of the Bazaar

My faves (all whimsical) "Its diet consists of fruits, plants, small woodland animals, large woodland animals, woodlands, fruit groves, fruit farmers, and small cities." "'Ach! Hans, run! It's the lhurgoyf!' -Saffi Eriksdotter, last words" "'The purpose of existence is simple: everything is fuel for the magmaw.' -Jaji, magmaw worshipper" "'Early olive buds? A good omen. Flock of crows? Not so good. Mountain exploding? Bad. Very, very bad.' -Hira, street oracle" "Many who cross Sorin's path come down with a sudden and fatal case of being-in-the-way-of-a-millennia-old-vampire." "'If I fight, I might step on a butterfly. That would be sad.' -Krowg of Qal Sisma" "Step 1: Find your cousin. Step 2: Get your cousin in the cannon. Step 3: Find another cousin." "'And if I'm lying,' he began . . ." "'These kids today with their collector numbers and their newfangled tap symbol. Twenty Black Lotuses and twenty Plague Rats. Now that's real Magic.'"

I've never heard such a reasonable explanation for disliking Gorilla Titan's text.

Passwall Adept “My doors are called trespassing, my signatures, forgeries. They don’t respect my talents, and I don’t respect their labels.”

I've always liked Wandering Ones "I saw them once, when I was a child. They led me to my parents' arms when I was lost. Why have they abandoned me now? Why won't they take me home again?" -Unnamed beggar Like, it makes prime use of the real estate provided by being vanilla, and just kinda provides a quiet moment that gives them a place in the world and summarizes the effects of the Kami war without being overly cringey or expositional.

Loved the video, as always. I wonder why nobody ever talks about Fit of Rage's (sixth edition) flavour text: "Anger is fleeting, remorse is eternal." - Karn, the Silver Golem Not only does it complement the card and the art perfectly, as it gives you something to think about.

My favorite nonexistent flavor text is Murder. Just three words on the card. Destroy Target Creature. That's all. Nothing else.

“In a healing world, I write-I, who will never be healed. Let my last gift to you be one of memory; from a thousand lost thoughts, choose one, and remember my name.” Tragic Poet, Dominaria. Gives me literal chills. Somber, fitting, a gentle reminder of a scarred world and the people trying to make life mean something there.

My favorite flavour text has always been Reparations: "Sorry I burned down your village. Here's some gold."

Oh man, I hoped that you would mention my favorite one, Reflecting Pool: "Does it reflect the future that once was or the past that can never be?" This flavor text just got me forever obsessed, it's so great.

Delver of Secrets flavor text is another good piece of literature... tells a full story with the help of the art. "Unfortunately, all my test animals have died or escaped, so I shall be the final subject. I feel no fear. This is a momentous night." -Laboratory notes, final entry

Crash of Rhinos has a flavor text that really stuck with me: _"Love is like a rhino, short-sighted and hasty; if it cannot find a way, it will make a way."_

I always loved Eternal Witness’ flavor text, “She remembers every word spoken, from the hero’s oath to the baby’s cry.”

Gruul Charm still has my favorite flavor text of any card: "Not Gruul? Then die!" -Borborygmos The mechanics of the card all make sense on their own, but only through the flavor text can you understand why they are all together on the Gruul Charm >Creatures without flying can't block this turn The non-Gruul player will die >Deal 3 damage to each creature with Flying Creatures which cannot possibly be Gruul will die >Gain control of all permanents you own That which is rightfully Gruul shall not die, and instead shall return home

"Try to pretend like you understand what's important." -Fact or Fiction. Something about the gameplay of this card coupled with its iconic flavor text and the way you feel hopeless against it encapsulates such beauty.

"Not all heroes die in armor" Blessed Spirits (Origins)

"If there's anything a werewolf hates, it's a collar- especially Avacyn's Collar, the symbol of her church. You see, Avacyn hunted werewolves, but mostly just the ones that hunted humans. Most of them did, but it's worth pointing out that some didn't. Who knows? In the future, if Sorin (the planeswalker who created Avacyn (the Angel God thing that the people of Innistrad worship at churches (where holy symbols of Avacyn's Collar are kept, like the one pictured), and who basically considers Sorin her father) comes back, maybe the balance in the world can be restored or something. But it seems unlikely that such an event would happen. For now, let's just focus on the fact that this werewolf is destroying a collar and that the collar happens to be the symbol of Avacyn, the guardian Angel of Innistrad, where both the werewolves and Avacyn are from."

One who goes unpunished never learns. Grim Tutor

Sorry, Sam, but the best flavor text is Counterspell from Tempest. "It was probably a lousy spell in the first place." as you counter your opponent's most important combo piece... intensely satisfying.

I really like Utter End: "I came seeking a challenge. All I found was you." -Zurgo, khan of the Mardu

i’ve always loved the flavor text for heartfire: “The mage looked within and realized there was still one piece of fuel to burn” does a great job of tying into the cards mechanic of sacrificing a creature to deal damage

My favorite flavor text in MtG is "Phyrexian Negator"'s "They exist to cease."

One of my favorites that I haven't seen mentioned is that of Arcane Laboratory. "Too many wizards spoil the spell, but too many spells spoil the wizard. -Sign on entry to arcane lab" For quick reference: Arcane Laboratory 2U Enchantment Each player can't play more than one spell each turn.

My Top 10 flavor texts: 1: Vesuva: "It is everywhere you've ever been." 2: Vorel of the Hull Clade: "I used to hurl rocks and eat scraps of meat burned over a fire. Look at what I've become and tell me Simic does not hold infinite possibility." 3: Vanishing: "Careless, like a child with fire, was I with time." 4: Blazing Archon: "Through the haze of battle I saw the glint of sun on golden mane, the sheen of glory clad in mail, and I dropped my sword and wept at the idiocy of war." 5: Obliterate: "For his family, Barrin made a funeral pyre of Tolaria." 6: Llanowar Elves: "One bone broken for every twig snapped underfoot." 7: Hatred: "I will flay the skin from your flesh and the flesh from your bones and scrape your bones dry and still, you will not have suffered enough." 8: Ogre Resistor: "He didn't have a word for 'home,' but he knew it was something to be defended." 9: Lyra Dawnbringer: "You were not alone. You never were." 10: Wandering Ones: "I saw them once, when I was a child. They led me to my parents' arms when I was lost. Why have they abandoned me now? Why won't they take me home again?"

"The enemy has been destroyed, sir. So have the forest, the city, your palace, your dog . . ." One of my all time favorites on a card reserved for desperate times.

"Life is a series of choices between bad and worse"

From one of my favorite cards in function art and lore, Anguished Unmaking "Sorin had created Avacyn, so it was a cruelty beyond imagining, a pain beyond description, that it fell upon him to end her forever."

My two favorites are Goblin Offensive - "They certainly are." - and the original Mad Prophet from Avacyn Restored - "There's no heron in the moon! It's a shrew! A five-legged shrew with a voice like whispering thunder!"

One of my favourites is the one for Goblin Piker: "Once he'd worked out which end of the thing was sharp, he was promoted to guard duty". As you said, it elevates the card. The goblin looks dim-witted in his badly fitted armor and the 2/1 card has no other text, it's just another goblin to use in the front lines.

"All memory of your existence will be wiped from reality. You will die, and no one will mourn." -Memnarch Fifth Dawn's Door to Nothingness flavour text remains the most brutal, shiver inducing flavour I've seen on a card.

My favorite flavor text is, unfortunately, a pun, but I think it's a brilliant bit of comic book cheese that really adds to an already bright and mischievous card: "Immolation is the sincerest form of flattery". Young Pyromancer always puts a smile on my face and reminds me not to take the game (or myself) too seriously.

4:27 "What is the meaning of leg?"

"My mind has changed. My strength has not." -Kamahl, Fist of Krosa. if you take every argument made for Rancor's flavor text that makes it great, it applies just as much, if not moreso, to Kamahl, Fist of Krosa. Text that fits on a single line. Text that refers bavk not only to the first kamahl card, but also refers to his growth and change as a character in mtg canon. Most importantly, however, it's ability to resonate with those who read it. People change. No one is who they were a month ago. a year ago. or whenever it was that you an opening hand for a first time and realized that this game would change who you are and how you perceive other gaming experiences you have. But no matter what changes you've made or have had forced upon you, you're still here. and if you can still stand on your own two feet, if you can get up after life shoves you down, thrn you damn well wont let anyone forget how hard you can push back. Your circumstances will change. Your opinions will change. the people you hold dear, they just might change too. But who you are, deep down inside. that power within. it doesnt matter if it strikes like lightning or overruns the obstacles in your path. youre still you. dont let anyone forget it.

I've always loved this flavor text on Scute mob "Survival rule 781: There are always more scute bugs." -Zurdi, goblin shortcutter

My favorite flavor text would be "Each year that passes rings you inwardly with memory and might. Wield your heart, and the world will tremble." from Doran, the Siege Tower

My favorite has to go to Day of Judgment from Zendikar: ""I have seen planes leveled and all life rendered to dust. It brought no pleasure, even to a heart as dark as mine." -Sorin Markov

Phyrexian arena: a drop of humanity for a sea of power Everything i love about black in one sentence :)

You have a family. Mine died at Seagate. You go to yours, and I'll go to mine.

He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.- Raging Goblin

Counterspell's "Jace feigned interest." Is pretty top.

"The Battle is won. There's Work to be done. / The Blessed Sleep must wait. / A fiend is about. It stalks the devout./ I'll save them from my fate." - The Good Geist's Vow. My favorite flavor text. It invokes feelings of heroism, tragedy and solidarity. It's just so beautiful it brings a tear to my eye.

"Catch!"