'My Devin Townsend Project'
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Custom Nicknames + Flavour Text: Sorceries —April 30, 2024
Sorceries
Blasphemous Act: Nickname: Monument “The surviving monument on the backdrop of a destroyed city was a testament to their lasting legacy.” — Reference to Monument, the song that was an ode to SYL, and the end of SYL, the destruction of the city. (Monument, The New Black — Strapping Young Lad, 2006, City — Strapping Young Lad, 1997)
Conflux: Nickname: The Puzzle “It’s time to cast The Puzzle.” (The Puzzle — 2021)
Cruel Ultimatum: Nickname: Pain “Give in to the pain.” (Deadhead, Accelerated Evolution — 2003)
Eerie Ultimatum: Nickname: The Underworld “So, raise your glasses to the underworld!” (Evermore, Empath - 2019)
Emergent Ultimatum: Nickname: The Field “With fear and anxiety, they looked across the field.” (The Field, Casualties of Cool — 2014)
Farewell: Nickname: The Void “Simple mortals, hear the call of the void.” (Call of the Void, Lightwork — 2022)
Farseek: Nickname: The Way Home “The flow of music gesturing from the Empath’s flute showed them the way home…” — In reference to their home land being the land brought onto the battlefield with Farseek. (Empath — 2019, The Way Home!, Addicted — 2009)
Genesis Ultimatum: Nickname: Offer Your Light “Offer your light, and experience the cosmic drifts.” (Offer Your Light, Transcendence — 2016, Cosmic Drifts, Space Oyster — DreamPeace, 2023)
Hunting Wilds: Nickname: Resources “Depressed, fallen, divine musician, let me tap into your resources and bring out the best in you.” — Devin Townsend reflecting on his transition from having an inflated sense of self-importance and being raised as a golden child, all the way to realising how far he had fallen, alienating people including his wife and close family, addicted to substances and seeing the end result of his actions, including in his music. The card is meant to represent a chance to help bring out the best in him, an uphill journey he has worked on himself after falling from high.
Imposing Grandeur: Nickname: Freaking Party “You think I don’t know this is freaking weird? Who here is ready to freaking party??” (War, The Retinal Circus — 2013)
Inspired Ultimatum: Nickname: Burn “So let them burn, let them fires burn. Let them burn, let them go.” (The Complex, Physicist — 2000) Life from the Loam: Nickname: Need “Don’t die on me…don’t go away, when I need you here…” (The Death of Music, Ocean Machine: Biomech — 1997)
Majestic Genesis: Nickname: Genesis “From the top to the bottom, GENESIS!” (Genesis, Empath —2019)
Nature’s Lore: Nickname: God “God is in the mountain as is in the rock…” (War, Infinity — 1998)
Ruinous Ultimatum: Nickname: Sorry “I’m sorry everyone — Devin Townsend, Canadian"
Skyshroud Claim: Nickname: Stay at Home “If you don’t wanna lend a hand then try and stay at home…” (Rain City, Sky Blue/Z2 — 2014)
Spoils of Victory: Nickname: Skeksis “Stop it Skeksis, you’re such a hypergeek.” (Skeksis, Alien — Strapping Young Lad, 2004, Hypergeek, Synchestra — 2006)
Three Visits: Nickname: Never Die “Never going to die, we’re always gonna live forever. In our fields of green…” (Triumph, Synchestra — 2006)
Titanic Ultimatum: Nickname: FEEEED! “Now, hunger does what sorrow could never do…FEEEED!” (The Mighty Masturbator, Deconstruction — 2011)
Torment of Hailfire: Nickname: Universal Flame! “Let the universal flame burn!” (Universal Flame, Sky Blue/Z2 — 2014)