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But here’s the thing. The version of Dogmeat on theMagic: The Gathering x Falloutcards is explicitly the Fallout 4 version of Dogmeat, complete with goggles and bandana, and I’m no fan of Fallout 4. Sure, Nick Valentine was my best bud, but my top two Fallouts are the original and New Vegas, and Fallout 4 iswahaaaydown the list.
It’s worth mentioning that each of these Magic decks comes with two Commanders to choose from, so while Dogmeat is the default Commander for the Scrappy Survivors deck there is a second option. Unfortunately, that second option is Preston Garvey.
I decided to go with the Hail, Caesar deck instead, even though in three playthroughs of New Vegas I’ve never sided with Caesar’s Legion once. While I appreciate Caesar’s dedication to the historically accurate pronunciation of Roman names, he’s a bigot, a slaver, and a poster boy for all those annoying “hard men have to make hard decisions” dudes. That said, his deck also has Butch from Fallout 3 in it, and Tunnel Snakes rule.
Scrappy Survivors seemed popular among the group I played with—at a table of four, two players had Dogmeat as their Commander. The other played the Science! deck with Dr. Madison Li in charge (their alternate choice was Liberty Prime), while I played Caesar. His deck brings back the Squad mechanic introduced in the 40K crossover, which lets you summon additional copies of certain cards for two extra mana each. You can make as manyGary Clonesas you can afford, and I used it to bulk up my force with bonus Wasteland Raiders. Once I played Caesar himself, his ability to create extra soldiers every time you attack pushed me into aggressive play and gave me a growing army of disposable goons to back it up, which was all in-character.
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Meanwhile, one of the Dogmeats fell early to the other Scrappy Survivors deck. It really is a dog-eat-dog Wasteland out there. Dr. Madison Li put together a force of flying vehicles none of us could counter—despite having ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot in my deck, who can fly, as well as Boone, who has the Reach ability to let him snipe fliers out of the sky, I didn’t draw either all game. But neither the mad science air force nor the Legion’s army managed to win the match. Instead, the last Scrappy Survivor piled every buff and piece of equipment possible onto Dogmeat, creating an unholy Dogzilla who got more powerful every time he attacked thanks to the Pip-Boy 3000 letting him “pick a perk” and gain a +1/+1 counter each time. How he got that Pip-Boy to stay on his paw I’ll never know.
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That’s the fun thing about these crossovers. While a subset of old Magic heads moan about “Fortnite-ification”, Magic’s setting has always been such generic fantasy I’ve rarely felt much attachment to the characters on its cards. Give me a Fallout, Lord of the Rings, or Warhammer deck and I immediately have strong feelings about, say, the White Glove Gourmand, who lets you swap dead people for healing Food tokens. Or Ian the Reckless, who can damage you as well as enemies just like when I foolishly gave him a burst-fire weapon all the way back in the original Fallout.
Maybe next time I’ll switch to the Hail, Caesar’s other Commander, Mr. House, and be a bit more ruthless. His ability lets you gamble, paying mana to roll dice each turn and create a 3/3 robot for every 4+ you get. Everybody knows robots don’t have feelings.
Please don’t remind me about Nick Valentine being my best bud.
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