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CardName: Wild Camelicorn Cost: 1G Type: Creature - Camel Unicorn Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Rules Text: Flavour Text: Priests of Ma'at preach how each of the gods' creations serves a grander purpose, but mentioning the camelicorn in their presence is considered bad taste. Set/Rarity: Ankheret Common

Wild Camelicorn
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Creature – Camel Unicorn
Priests of Ma'at preach how each of the gods' creations serves a grander purpose, but mentioning the camelicorn in their presence is considered bad taste.
Illus. Mourlie at deviantart
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Updated on 10 Dec 2014 by Berf

Code: CG01

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2014-12-08 16:14:26: Berf created the card Wild Camelicorn
2014-12-08 16:14:45: Berf edited Wild Camelicorn:

grammar

Question for the philosophers: should it be a Camel Unicorn or Unicorn Camel?

I'd say Unicorn Camel. That's because 'unicorn' appears to be more of a state with a creature like this (it has a central horn on its head) than a hybrid of the two animals together (or, at least, that's how I would imagine any artits to draw this animal. I doubt they would take to the assignment and make a camel-ish looking unicorn so much as a unicorn-ish looking camel.)

If that's the case, then we should probably mimic the way zombie creature types are written out, since zombification is more of a state too. Nantuko Husk is a 'zombie insect'. Know what I mean, Vern?

Race Class.

Is it a camel that works as a unicorn, or a unicorn that works as a camel?

From the picture; it's a camel that is part-timing as a unicorn.

Also Unicorn Camel just reads more naturally to me, Unicorn sounds like it could be an adjective - similarly to Happy Camel.

Though saying that, cases can be camel case. Hmmm. I guess a camelicorn would be a camel unicorn?

2014-12-09 13:37:56: Berf edited Wild Camelicorn:

the council has spoken

I would argue that "Unicorn" is the class/modifier here, and that this should most certainly be "Camel Unicorn."

Actually, I like Vitenka's "camelicorn", that's better than "unicamel". But I agree with L2i0n0k7 that "Camel Unicorn" feels more natural (it was my original version after all).

2014-12-10 20:49:08: Berf edited Wild Camelicorn:

change name to Camelicorn (was unicamel), revert to original typing

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