Article Contest, And Another Important Announcement

Ladies and gentlemen, we’d like to announce the second Magic Lampoon Article Contest!
The goal of this contest is to write the best joke article in the contest’s theme. The winner of the contest will receive one box of Lorwyn boosters!
The theme of this contest is:
Planeswalkers
It could be about the planeswalkers in Lorwyn. It could be [...]

Congress Bans Umezawa’s Jitte In Standard

WASHINGTON — After years of lobbying, protests and partisan bickering, the House of Representatives voted along party lines to ban Umezawa’s Jitte in all Standard and Kamigawa block tournaments Thursday.
A similar bill is expected to pass in today’s Senate session.
Democrats, who have been widely criticized for failing to make good on the promises of the [...]

Mishra Tells Young People: You Can Either Get An Education, Or You Can Get Stuck In Argive

 
Originally ran Nov. 4, 2006
FALLAJI TERRITORY — People responded with anger Saturday after Mishra, speaking at a Fallaji rally, told listeners that they could either “get an education or end up stuck in Argive.”
“Digging for artifacts,” Mishra said.
“In the sand,” he added.
“Like a moron,” he said.
Critics swiftly began to call for Mishra to apologize Saturday.
“You [...]

MTGRobot Front Page Up And Running

MTGRobot’s front page is in full swing. You can post links to things you’ve found, vote on links other people have posted, and post articles a la Slashdot.
Check it out.
MTGRobot

Photochop – Zen

Card of the Week – Garruk Wildspeaker

This week’s card is Garruk Wildspeaker. From across time and space and the vastness of the multiverse, he has come to untap two of your lands.

Lorwyn, Kamigawa Naming Expert Speaks To Public For First Time

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — The elusive Wizards of the Coast naming expert responsible for the card names in the recent Kamigawa and Lorwyn blocks spoke recently to The Magic Lampoon in an exclusive interview.
The expert, a tiny fellow with pointy ears who introduces himself as Eepertwitter Spindlechirp, lives in a cozy burrow excavated from a hillside, called Windbrisk Heights. [...]

Mark Rosewater Fixes Magic Lampoon By Assigning Jokes To Color Pie

RENTON, Wash. — In a surprise announcement, Mark Rosewater announced Thursday that he would be quitting his current position at Wizards of the Coast to move to a new creative position at The Magic Lampoon.
Rosewater said he planned to shake things up at the Lampoon by assigning jokes to the color pie.
“Their main problem? Not enough constraints. Constraints breed [...]

MTGRobot Message Board

In anticipation of the closure of The Magic Lampoon, some of our most enterprising members have created a new message board. It’s called MTGRobot, and we feel it has tremendous promise.
Why not check it out? It looks like it’s going to be quite the creative outlet for some of our sharpest correspondents.
MTGRobot

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