Learned something today and thought I'd share some MTG terminology new to me, even though it applies to my favorite commander: Selvala, Explorer Returned.

An italicized word with no rules meaning that ties together abilities on different cards that have similar functionality.
-- Comprehensive Rules Glossary

To elaborate - an ability word appears in italics in the text box at the beginning of some abilities and those words are similar to keywords in that they connect cards with similar functionality and provide extra flavor to a set as well as the card, much like flavor words (which tie nothing together except the theme(s) of a set). They have no special rules meaning and thus no individual entries in the Comprehensive Rules: the cards they are used on would function exactly the same if they were not there. This is in contrast to reminder text which also appears in italics

"Murder in the Cathedral" is a play written by T.S. Elliot, written and first performed in 1935. The play is a dramatized version of the assassination of Thomas Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury, by knights acting for the King.

The play has a minimal cast: Thomas Beckett, four assassins, four tempters, three priests, and a chorus that explains and philosophizes. It also doesn't have a traditional arrangement into Acts or Scenes, there is just a Part I and Part II.

This will be my last daylog in a long time. I initially intended to use this as a place to self-reflect in order to better myself, but I feel that I have been venting here more than is really appropriate for this type of community. Huge thank you to wertperch, fliphone, and stasik for thoughtfully reading and responding to my logs over the years.

I don't think I should continue to reflect in the same manner that I have been. I feel that I have progressively gone from improving myself to