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CardName: Descend Like Hawk Cost: R Type: Instant Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Target creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn. *Sequence* - If you cast another spell this turn, it gains first strike until end of turn. Flavour Text: "Aim for the eyes, strike at the neck." Set/Rarity: Xianlu Common |
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That name looks like the weirdest creature spell.
"Descend Like a Hawk"? "Hawk Descend"? "Rising/Falling/Flying Swallow"?
The name is inspired by the dubiously-grammatical transliterations of tai chi forms - for example, the ones listed here. Blue sequence spells are "softer" forms while red sequence spells are more forceful variations of those forms. The lack of an indefinite article is done on purpose, since I feel like it's more familiar to westerners as something out of a cheap Kung Fu flick - especially American westerners. "Falling Swallow" is a good name, though - but I like the overly wordy names for attacks since it makes the feel of the set a bit less serious.