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I didn’t look at them all, but most of these seem to be completely different cards when they transform. I was talking specifically about swapping power and toughness every turn but otherwise remaining the same card (e.g. this 2/4 becomes a 4/2 becomes a 2/4 etc.) Edit: here’s an example. Not...

That would definitely make them “interesting”!

This is a very similar mechanic to what Hearthstone used for werewolves (power and toughness swapped every other turn as they shift back and forth between forms). Does MTG have a history of doing this too, or did they crib it from Hearthstone?

See, @Chaosmancer, even when something doesn’t “make sense” in the fiction it’s nonetheless possible to come up with a fictional justification if you try hard enough. You can reject it as insufficient in your eyes, but that doesn’t make it wrong.

I laughed, but let’s be fair: Chaosmancer wants to spice Halflings up (according to what he finds spicy). He doesn’t want to remove them. Personally, I like my default halfling mild and unspicy, but with a hidden potential (just like Tolkien’s hobbits). They’re the quintessential zero-to-hero...

And all of these criticisms apply equally well to the various FR races.

Nope. It’s not. It’s an opinion based on a different set of aesthetic preferences. Just because it doesn’t appeal to you or “make sense” according to your preferred criteria doesn’t mean it’s incorrect or incoherent. “Somebody likes something for reasons that don’t align with my preferences...

It would be hard for me to conceive of a less effective rebuttal; you’re completely missing the point. It’s possible—admirable even—to design a fantasy world in which things “making sense” (according to your particular definition of what makes sense) is a top design priority. There is...

Yeah, it’s almost as if those design decisions were made for aesthetic reasons—as a narrative conceit if you will—and the need for an in-fiction explanation for these pecularities was thought to be unnecessary/irrelevant! Implausible/unexplained demographic distributions in my fantasy game? The...

Debatably “not worth” an ASI until after you’ve maxed Dex (+1 to hit, +1 to Dex saves, and +1 AC is pretty good; +1 damage and +1 to ability checks is just gravy). Additionally, the extra offensive mobility that charger provides is rendered moot by cunning action: dash, so the only thing you’re...

I find your argument wholly unconvincing. I can intellectually understand why this line of argument could make sense to a particular person with a particular set of aesthetic preferences and design priorities, and how Halflings could pose a problem to that person. However, I am not such a...

Shivan dragon on steroids: Haste, cannot be countered, and if you pump its power to 20, it deals 20 damage to a target of your choice. Edit: and a 6/6 instead of a 5/5

Looks like our earlier analysis based on collector number/alphabetical order was wrong. Cool card!

Oh, good point! Uh oh! You think I’ve said too much?

Taxon? What do my taxes have to do with this? Are you the guy who tipped off the IRS? I assure you: all those miniatures were a legitimate business expense! Anyway, I’m glad you’ve come around and that you can see the cold hard objective truth: dinosaurs are lizards and are therefore lame.

Wrong again. Everyone knows birds aren’t real. Also, dinosaurs are lizards and lizards are lame (as I’ve already established with my brilliant powers of deduction). It’s basic science.

Dinosaurs? Lame! Dragons? Rad! Your assertion that dinosaurs are cool is factually wrong. If dinosaurs are so great, why’d they go extinct, hmm? I rest my case.

Pay 11 mana to gain 1-19 life if you fulfill an extremely particular condition? The life gain part of the card seems too byzantine to be good. Granted, I’ve never played Commander; is it really that slow?

Obviously, I would have to go with 9 different variations of Halfling as my core races. Is there really any other choice?