Kripparian: All right. Where is Purify? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both play, and find out who is right... and who is running Purify.
Ben Brode: But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you: are you the sort of man who would put Purify into his own deck or his enemy's? Now, a clever man would put Purify into his own deck, because he would know that only a great fool wouldn't play what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the deck in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the deck in front of me.
Kripparian: You've made your decision then?
Ben Brode: Not remotely. Because Purify comes from Kharazan, as everyone knows, and Kharazan is entirely peopled with undead, and undead are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me, so I can clearly not choose the deck in front of you.
Kripparian: Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
Ben Brode: Wait till I get going! Now, where was I?
Kripparian: Kharazan.
Ben Brode: Yes, Kharazan. And you must have suspected I would have known the card's origin, so I can clearly not choose the deck in front of me.
Kripparian: You're just stalling now.
Ben Brode: You'd like to think that, wouldn't you? You've beaten my Spawn of Shadows, which means you're exceptionally strong, so you could've put Purify in your own deck, trusting on your strength to save you, so I can clearly not choose the deck in front of you. But, you've also bested my Shadow Word: Horror, which means you must have studied, and in studying you must have learned that man is mortal, so you would have put Purify as far from yourself as possible, so I can clearly not choose the deck in front of me.
Kripparian: You're trying to trick me into giving away something. It won't work.
Ben Brode: IT HAS WORKED! YOU'VE GIVEN EVERYTHING AWAY! I KNOW WHERE Purify IS!
Kripparian: Then make your choice.
Ben Brode: I will, and I choose - What in the world can that be?
Kripparian: [Ben Brode gestures up and away from the table. Kripp looks. Ben Brode swaps the decks]
Kripparian: What? Where? I don't see anything.
Ben Brode: Well, I- I could have sworn I saw something. No matter. First, let's draw. Me from my deck, and you from yours.
Kripparian, Ben Brode: [Ben Brode and Kripparian draw]
Kripparian: You drew wrong.
Ben Brode: You only think I drew wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched decks when your back was turned! Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in a mage war in Arena" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against a Designer when balance is on the line"! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha...
Ben Brode: [Ben Brode stops suddenly, his smile frozen on his face and falls to the ground defeated]
Buttercup: And to think, all that time it was your deck that Purify was in.
Kripparian: They both had Purify. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to bad card design.
Kripparian: All right. Where is Purify? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both play, and find out who is right... and who is running Purify.
Ben Brode: But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you: are you the sort of man who would put Purify into his own deck or his enemy's? Now, a clever man would put Purify into his own deck, because he would know that only a great fool wouldn't play what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the deck in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the deck in front of me.
Kripparian: You've made your decision then?
Ben Brode: Not remotely. Because Purify comes from Kharazan, as everyone knows, and Kharazan is entirely peopled with undead, and undead are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me, so I can clearly not choose the deck in front of you.
Kripparian: Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
Ben Brode: Wait till I get going! Now, where was I?
Kripparian: Kharazan.
Ben Brode: Yes, Kharazan. And you must have suspected I would have known the card's origin, so I can clearly not choose the deck in front of me.
Kripparian: You're just stalling now.
Ben Brode: You'd like to think that, wouldn't you? You've beaten my Spawn of Shadows, which means you're exceptionally strong, so you could've put Purify in your own deck, trusting on your strength to save you, so I can clearly not choose the deck in front of you. But, you've also bested my Shadow Word: Horror, which means you must have studied, and in studying you must have learned that man is mortal, so you would have put Purify as far from yourself as possible, so I can clearly not choose the deck in front of me.
Kripparian: You're trying to trick me into giving away something. It won't work.
Ben Brode: IT HAS WORKED! YOU'VE GIVEN EVERYTHING AWAY! I KNOW WHERE Purify IS!
Kripparian: Then make your choice.
Ben Brode: I will, and I choose - What in the world can that be?
Kripparian: [Ben Brode gestures up and away from the table. Kripp looks. Ben Brode swaps the decks]
Kripparian: What? Where? I don't see anything.
Ben Brode: Well, I- I could have sworn I saw something. No matter. First, let's draw. Me from my deck, and you from yours.
Kripparian, Ben Brode: [Ben Brode and Kripparian draw]
Kripparian: You drew wrong.
Ben Brode: You only think I drew wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched decks when your back was turned! Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in a mage war in Arena" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against a Designer when balance is on the line"! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha...
Ben Brode: [Ben Brode stops suddenly, his smile frozen on his face and falls to the ground defeated]
Buttercup: And to think, all that time it was your deck that Purify was in.
Kripparian: They both had Purify. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to bad card design.
This is amazing.
Why I waste so much time on a children's card game?
RNJesus Christ, this is incredible. Thank you.
Hahaha that's really amazing, great job :)
Truly a great masterpiece.
I love this