Line #5 Webcomic/CardboardCrack


1	''[[https://cardboard-crack.com Cardboard Crack]]'' is a webcomic about ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' and its players. It has a simple black-and-white StickFigureComic format and chronicles the trials, struggles and joys of playing ''Magic''. It frequently pokes fun at players' habits, as well as how Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast are handling the game.
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3	!!This webcomic provides examples of:
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5	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In [[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/48012980381/emergency-landing "Emergency Landing"]], the passengers all have serious concerns like "am I going to die?" and "who will take care of my kids?"... except for the last one, who's worried about his ''Magic'' cards.
6	* BaitAndSwitch: [[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/678412169621225472/finding-the-one "Finding the One"]] has a son ask his father when you know you've found "the one". For the first part of the response, it sounds like he's describing the feeling of being in love... but he's actually talking about finding the perfect ''Magic'' deck.
7	* CrackIsCheaper: The comic frequently references the cost of playing ''Magic'', such as [[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/48251681055/top-3-reasons-to-play-mtg this strip]] citing "You hate money" as a reason to play it. Even the comic's title is a reference to how addictive and expensive ''Magic'' can be.
8	* EleventyZillion: In [[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/683931938930704384/infinite "Infinite"]], a player can make an arbitrarily large number of creature tokens. When told that he has to pick a number (not just "infinite"), he says he wants to create a "gazillion" tokens.
9	* EmbarrassingTattoo: [[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/707347912824422400/tattoo-playmat This strip]] has a character get a tattoo in [[{{Conlang}} Phyrexian]] only for Elesh Norn, a Phyrexian leader, to ask why it reads "splendid cow fart".
10	* FanDumb[[invoked]]: "[[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/683112930589458432/quitting Quitting]]" features the kind of fan who constantly complains about the franchise and threatens to abandon it, but never actually leaves.
11	* FlippingTheTable: The HypocriticalHumor in [[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/127691581026/sophisticated "Sophisticated"]] comes from a player talking about how "sophisticated" ''Magic'' is, then flipping the table in frustration after getting mana screwed again.
12	* GameNightFight:
13	** Implied to be common in [[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/685918163418906624/commander-night "Commander Night"]], where a player decides to show up to a game night with a dagger, a brick, shoulder pads and a helmet.
14	** [[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/709965278594940928/edh-playmat This playmat]] features four players fighting over a game of Commander.
15	** [[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/721255120513400832/commander-night-playmat This strip]] has a player declare that a Commander night is a success when "everyone but myself is fighting".
16	* GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/723433306430062593/ring-bearer This strip]] highlights a particularly amusing interaction regarding a ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' set: you can make your One Ring the Ring-bearer... which is supposed mean a creature holding the One Ring.
17	* HypocriticalHumor:
18	** In [[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/686914787596238848/so-annoying "So Annoying"]], a stickman keeps complaining about their opponent using "low-skill" or "annoying" strategies... but has no problems using these strategies himself.
19	** [[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/127691581026/sophisticated "Sophisticated"]] has a player talk about how "sophisticated" ''Magic'' is, which leads into the punchline of him FlippingTheTable after getting mana screwed again.
20	* LamePunReaction:
21	** In [[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/158059551461/kitchen-finks "Kitchen Finks"]], a player tries to joke that a set included "everything but the kitchen finks" after noticing that the titular card didn't get a reprint. The opponent is not impressed.
22	** Invoked in "[[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/680765444433592320/izzet Izzet]]", where people keep making lame "Izzet" puns to get someone to stop playing Izzet decks.
23	* SeriousBusiness: Some of the characters take ''Magic'' a bit too seriously:
24	** [[http://cardboard-crack.com/post/96843116146/wedding "Wedding"]] has a female player put "And I promise to never touch my wife's ''Magic'' cards" in the ''wedding vows''.
25	** In "[[http://cardboard-crack.com/post/126892980261/dating-a-magic-player Dating a Magic Player]]", the boyfriend tries to give his girlfriend a ''Magic''-themed cake... only for her to complain that the colors are not in the correct order.
26	** In [[http://cardboard-crack.com/post/126644357891/contract "Contract"]], a player tries to get another player to sign a contract to prove he's serious about an in-game deal.
27	** In [[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/678046075606695936/dangerous "Dangerous"]], a woman declares that she likes men who live dangerously. She's with her current boyfriend because he runs 41 cards in draft, which is one more than the minimum deck size and slightly lowers consistency.
28	* TakeThat: Many strips make fun of how Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast is running the game. For instance, [[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/674870002977046528/never-better "Never Better"]] has a player lament how he feels ''Magic'' is changing for the worse while a character representing Wizards is just ignoring him and bragging about profits.
29	* TemptingFate: In [[https://cardboard-crack.com/post/678675191761715200/drafting "Drafting"]], a player keeps ranting about his opponents' supposed lack of skill. He ends up going 0-2.

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