New MTG Site Presents Cards From A Lore Perspective

Many things make Magic: The Gathering a great game - Strategic gameplay and complex deckbuilding, magnificent art, roleplaying/fantasy elements, and storytelling & lore. There's something in the game for everyone, and many players enjoy several different facets of the game. Many resources are devoted to most of these elements, and now you lovers of MTG flavor have one as well - MTGFlavor.com.

This site shows MTG cards stripped of all their gameplay stats, abilities, & connotations and presents them from a strictly lore point of view. What's fantastic about this is that you get to look at cards in a different light than usual. You can find some unplayable cards with amazing art and flavor text combinations that you'd never batted an eye at. It's really cool and brand-new, so I wanted to give it a shout-out.

What The Site Does

As mentioned, the site is just newly up and running. It allows you to search for magic cards by name and presents the card's art, author, set, and flavor text. That's it. There's no card frame, text (abilities, card type, etc.), or mana cost. There's also an upvote system, where users can give a thumbs up to cards they're fond of.

In addition to a search bar, there are sections where you can view the cards with the most upvotes and a "shuffle" feature, which will generate a random card. I have to say; after a visit to the site, it's quite fun to play around with. I enjoyed seeing cards this way, as well as seeing what others are upvoting.

There were quite a few cards that I was familiar with on some level that I'd never given a thought to the flavor of the card. I also generated random cards for some time and looked up a few personal favorites (looking at you Carnival of Souls) to give them a quick thumbs up. One of the cards I've seen a million times without ever appreciating was the Urza's Legacy version of Rancor.

Conclusion

If you go to the site, I'm sure you'll find some under-appreciated classics and hidden gems. I think the idea is fantastic, and I'm bookmarking it. Now that it's here, it seems like we should have had this all along. After all, numerous sites allow you to do this for gameplay features and mechanics, and some even have a "flavor" or "lore" filter. However, mtgflavor takes it a step further, strips everything but flavor away, and gives me something I didn't know I wanted.

So, go check it out, and let me know what you think. I'd love to hear your favorite card from a flavor point of view and any new ones you stumble across. Until next time, take care of yourselves, my friends.