Idea
The Pun Tyrant
In Magic the Gathering, there are five colors of mana: white, blue, black, red and green, each with their philosophy and specialties. With this quizz in the vein of my Idea Creates You a Super(Power) quizz, I attempt to use your answer to atribute you one, two or even all colors of magic (or none).
Note: You do not need any knowledge of the fandom or game to take this quizz. Because I'm focusing on color philosophy, you can pretty much think of it like a regular personality quizz, if with a bit more personal results. The only things taken from MTG are groups the philosophies are arranged in and inspiration for a few of the questions (also some aesthetic parts).
Of course, the results are ultimately a bit more seeded here (there's only 17 possibilities since giving out triple or even quadrulple results is a degree of precision I doubt I could muster), though depending on the popularity of this one I might make a planeswalker or just general card thread.
Now, I do want to provide a couple guidelines before I put the questions themselves:
1.Please provide honest answers- There's no real point to this if you try to skew the results. Not only will it be far more likely to be innacurate in the end if you do, but it will also probably not end up giving you the result you want anyways.
2.Please provide the "why" to your answers-The quizz is ultimately about how you think. Very different ways of thinking can get to very similar conclusions given particular circumstances. You talking about why you choose this or that option may provide even more and better insight than the answer itself.
3.Try to provide concrete answers and preferences- If you're undecise, it's generally going to be best to just take whatever it is you're even slightly more inclined towards, or whatever is your gut feeling about the answer, your first instinct. Only give me anything neutral if you absolutely can't avoid it to keep with the other two guidelines.
With all of that settled, time for the questions!
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And that will be all for now. As I deliver the results, they will be posted in a spoiler here.
Have fun everyone!
Note: You do not need any knowledge of the fandom or game to take this quizz. Because I'm focusing on color philosophy, you can pretty much think of it like a regular personality quizz, if with a bit more personal results. The only things taken from MTG are groups the philosophies are arranged in and inspiration for a few of the questions (also some aesthetic parts).
Of course, the results are ultimately a bit more seeded here (there's only 17 possibilities since giving out triple or even quadrulple results is a degree of precision I doubt I could muster), though depending on the popularity of this one I might make a planeswalker or just general card thread.
Now, I do want to provide a couple guidelines before I put the questions themselves:
1.Please provide honest answers- There's no real point to this if you try to skew the results. Not only will it be far more likely to be innacurate in the end if you do, but it will also probably not end up giving you the result you want anyways.
2.Please provide the "why" to your answers-The quizz is ultimately about how you think. Very different ways of thinking can get to very similar conclusions given particular circumstances. You talking about why you choose this or that option may provide even more and better insight than the answer itself.
3.Try to provide concrete answers and preferences- If you're undecise, it's generally going to be best to just take whatever it is you're even slightly more inclined towards, or whatever is your gut feeling about the answer, your first instinct. Only give me anything neutral if you absolutely can't avoid it to keep with the other two guidelines.
With all of that settled, time for the questions!
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1.What is... (to you)
1.1Victory?
1.2Justice?
1.3War?
1.4Progress?
1.5Love? (baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me no more... there, I did it, now you guys can take it seriously)
2. What is your favorite animal?
3.What is the most important quality to have in battle?
4.What role would you rather have in a teamfight?
5.A genie offers you three wishes. He explains that any wish-rule-affecting wishes, any direct influence on others wishes or vague reality altering wishes of permanent effect are forbidden and if requested (or if you try to pull a fast one on the genie) instead of your wish being granted you are killed. What are your three wishes?
6.When attempting to confront something superior to yourself in a certain area, you...
7.You and your friend are prepared for a final match, finding one another to be your final opponent. You both have something extremely important on the line, and winning or losing this match will determine who manages to achieve their goal or who loses. There is no middle ground that can be achieved, no way for both of you to get what you came for. There's only the match. Your friend trusts you enough that they are willing to let you make the call, you can have one of you throw the match, or you can duke it out fairly. Which do you choose?
8.You roll a six-sided die. Which are you hoping to roll? (the context is null and void for this question. You're pretty much just throwing the dice for the sake of it)
A) 6, the biggest number
B) You're content nomatter what number falls
C) You really just want it to get struct in the cracks, that sounds real exciting (AKA stopping without landing on any one face)
D) Whatever number you think the side may be skewed towards
E) 1, the lowest number
9.Following a hacking to the government of your country, random people received piles of documents containing highly classified information which could come to expose nefarious secrets kept under lock and key up until that point. It also will contain a variety of other information of course, and though you suspect it is mostly mundane, there is a chance crucial information is being kept there which could provide information to even worse groups. You are one of the people who receive such documents and quickly find you can't open them to check, but only have two available options: "Share", which will expose all the documents to the public, or "Delete" which will delete those documents.
Which button do you click?
10.What is your stance on freedom VS safety?
11.Society has fallen into chaos as an evil god was released from their seal and began tearing havoc. However, they offer you a special choice, a chance to make it stop: If humanity hosts an event like the hunger games every year, they will spare humanity for that year. He has yet another offer: You can personally torture and murder a young child instead of hosting that hunger games-like event, and the evil god will still spare humanity for that year. Which option do you take?
12. What is your stance on group needs VS individual needs?
13.After arriving at Hitler's crib having travelled back in time (and ignoring the ramifications of that and all), you are about to pull the trigger when your friend who travelled with you proposes a different solution: taking baby Hitler and moving them to a different family, so that they might be raised differently. What are your thoughts on this proposal?
14.What is your stance on nature VS nurture?
15.Someone very dear to you has just been declared a traitor and a murderer, and is currently on the run. As you come home that day, you find them hiding in your house, and they tell you they didn't do any of what they are accused of, and beg you to hide them until they can gather proof of their innocence. They don't know how long it will take or how difficult it will be, but something tells you they are telling the truth, or at least so you think. What do you do?
16.Do you tend to follow your heart or follow your brain more?
17.You and a coworker each put in the same amount of effort in your jobs this month. However, your coworker is just more naturally skilled at the job than you are, thus making them far more productive. Your boss wants to reward him for that, but he is also quite the greedy boss, and thus you have a strong suspicion he is going to take your coworker's raise right out of your paycheck. However, your boss has yet to find the truth and you happen to run into a chance to manipulate the data to make it look like YOU produced more. Do you do it?
18.Which is more important, learning to appreciate what you have, or ceising the opportunities that appear before you?
19.As it happens, you were right there when the Notre Dame caught fire. You weren't in time to stop it, but on a whim you find yourself going inside in an attempt to save something. Which of the following are you more likely to save?
A)Whatever looks like it'll sell for the most
B)Nothing, I just leave back again. What a stupid idea throwing myself to the flames for some trinkets or what have you...
C)A symbol of great religious importance
D)People. The objects, the church itself are pretty much doomed anyway, I'd only be searching for people.
20.What's the absolute minimum that would make you take a life?
21.What are the ideal vacation spot and activities for you?
22.What is your biggest flaw, in your opinion?
23.What is your biggest quality, in your opinion?
BONUS QUESTION: Besides having fun, what's the number 1 thing you seek in a game?
1.1Victory?
1.2Justice?
1.3War?
1.4Progress?
1.5Love? (baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me no more... there, I did it, now you guys can take it seriously)
2. What is your favorite animal?
3.What is the most important quality to have in battle?
4.What role would you rather have in a teamfight?
5.A genie offers you three wishes. He explains that any wish-rule-affecting wishes, any direct influence on others wishes or vague reality altering wishes of permanent effect are forbidden and if requested (or if you try to pull a fast one on the genie) instead of your wish being granted you are killed. What are your three wishes?
6.When attempting to confront something superior to yourself in a certain area, you...
7.You and your friend are prepared for a final match, finding one another to be your final opponent. You both have something extremely important on the line, and winning or losing this match will determine who manages to achieve their goal or who loses. There is no middle ground that can be achieved, no way for both of you to get what you came for. There's only the match. Your friend trusts you enough that they are willing to let you make the call, you can have one of you throw the match, or you can duke it out fairly. Which do you choose?
8.You roll a six-sided die. Which are you hoping to roll? (the context is null and void for this question. You're pretty much just throwing the dice for the sake of it)
A) 6, the biggest number
B) You're content nomatter what number falls
C) You really just want it to get struct in the cracks, that sounds real exciting (AKA stopping without landing on any one face)
D) Whatever number you think the side may be skewed towards
E) 1, the lowest number
9.Following a hacking to the government of your country, random people received piles of documents containing highly classified information which could come to expose nefarious secrets kept under lock and key up until that point. It also will contain a variety of other information of course, and though you suspect it is mostly mundane, there is a chance crucial information is being kept there which could provide information to even worse groups. You are one of the people who receive such documents and quickly find you can't open them to check, but only have two available options: "Share", which will expose all the documents to the public, or "Delete" which will delete those documents.
Which button do you click?
10.What is your stance on freedom VS safety?
11.Society has fallen into chaos as an evil god was released from their seal and began tearing havoc. However, they offer you a special choice, a chance to make it stop: If humanity hosts an event like the hunger games every year, they will spare humanity for that year. He has yet another offer: You can personally torture and murder a young child instead of hosting that hunger games-like event, and the evil god will still spare humanity for that year. Which option do you take?
12. What is your stance on group needs VS individual needs?
13.After arriving at Hitler's crib having travelled back in time (and ignoring the ramifications of that and all), you are about to pull the trigger when your friend who travelled with you proposes a different solution: taking baby Hitler and moving them to a different family, so that they might be raised differently. What are your thoughts on this proposal?
14.What is your stance on nature VS nurture?
15.Someone very dear to you has just been declared a traitor and a murderer, and is currently on the run. As you come home that day, you find them hiding in your house, and they tell you they didn't do any of what they are accused of, and beg you to hide them until they can gather proof of their innocence. They don't know how long it will take or how difficult it will be, but something tells you they are telling the truth, or at least so you think. What do you do?
16.Do you tend to follow your heart or follow your brain more?
17.You and a coworker each put in the same amount of effort in your jobs this month. However, your coworker is just more naturally skilled at the job than you are, thus making them far more productive. Your boss wants to reward him for that, but he is also quite the greedy boss, and thus you have a strong suspicion he is going to take your coworker's raise right out of your paycheck. However, your boss has yet to find the truth and you happen to run into a chance to manipulate the data to make it look like YOU produced more. Do you do it?
18.Which is more important, learning to appreciate what you have, or ceising the opportunities that appear before you?
19.As it happens, you were right there when the Notre Dame caught fire. You weren't in time to stop it, but on a whim you find yourself going inside in an attempt to save something. Which of the following are you more likely to save?
A)Whatever looks like it'll sell for the most
B)Nothing, I just leave back again. What a stupid idea throwing myself to the flames for some trinkets or what have you...
C)A symbol of great religious importance
D)People. The objects, the church itself are pretty much doomed anyway, I'd only be searching for people.
20.What's the absolute minimum that would make you take a life?
21.What are the ideal vacation spot and activities for you?
22.What is your biggest flaw, in your opinion?
23.What is your biggest quality, in your opinion?
BONUS QUESTION: Besides having fun, what's the number 1 thing you seek in a game?
And that will be all for now. As I deliver the results, they will be posted in a spoiler here.
Have fun everyone!
Results so Far
Your result was blue.
Blue is the color of knowledge, perfectionism and opportunity. Blue looks at the world and sees a blank slate of potential, ready to be improved on and nurtured to unlock that very potential. Blue seeks to continually improve itself and its environment towards its own ideals of perfection, often less a concrete goal or end state and more a shifting goal of neverending improvement. Blue is a color that puts great value on the power of intellect and information, as the more it knows about the itself and the world around it, the better they can mess with it to perfect it. Blue values forethought and analysis, taking every bit of information and every resource down to the most minute and efficient way of using them, and therein lies its strength, that of its understanding of the world around it and forethought. However, this is a double edged sword for blue, as results in considerably slowing blue's reaction time. Blue is often too passive or too caught up in its own thinking, thus failing to act when the situation does not allow one time to think it through.
Blue Concepts: Intellect, forethought, perfectionism, learning, progress
Further Reading (if you're interested): True Blue
Blue is the color of knowledge, perfectionism and opportunity. Blue looks at the world and sees a blank slate of potential, ready to be improved on and nurtured to unlock that very potential. Blue seeks to continually improve itself and its environment towards its own ideals of perfection, often less a concrete goal or end state and more a shifting goal of neverending improvement. Blue is a color that puts great value on the power of intellect and information, as the more it knows about the itself and the world around it, the better they can mess with it to perfect it. Blue values forethought and analysis, taking every bit of information and every resource down to the most minute and efficient way of using them, and therein lies its strength, that of its understanding of the world around it and forethought. However, this is a double edged sword for blue, as results in considerably slowing blue's reaction time. Blue is often too passive or too caught up in its own thinking, thus failing to act when the situation does not allow one time to think it through.
Blue Concepts: Intellect, forethought, perfectionism, learning, progress
Further Reading (if you're interested): True Blue
Your result was red.
Red is the color of emotion. To red what matters is following it's heart and it loathes holding it back. It's only clear to follow your emotions: cry if you're sad, laugh if you're happy, punch something if you're upset. For this reason rules, order, thinking...those are just things that get in the way to red, things that hold one back from expressing their real feelings and who they really are. Freedom is something red values to no end, and of course not just its own, but everyone else's too. Red wants everyone to freely follow their heart, and if conflict happens, then it happens. Conflict is pretty much just a natural thing that will happen regardless.
While red wants the freedom to achieve its goals, those goals aren't always self-centered. There are emotions like comradery and love after all...sometimes, even just the desire the build something or express oneself artistically is enough for red, simple passion, unregulated by rules and constraints. To red, life is an adventure, and the heart is their guide.
Red concepts: emotion, passion, freedoom, chaos
Further Reading (if you're interested): Seeing Red
Red is the color of emotion. To red what matters is following it's heart and it loathes holding it back. It's only clear to follow your emotions: cry if you're sad, laugh if you're happy, punch something if you're upset. For this reason rules, order, thinking...those are just things that get in the way to red, things that hold one back from expressing their real feelings and who they really are. Freedom is something red values to no end, and of course not just its own, but everyone else's too. Red wants everyone to freely follow their heart, and if conflict happens, then it happens. Conflict is pretty much just a natural thing that will happen regardless.
While red wants the freedom to achieve its goals, those goals aren't always self-centered. There are emotions like comradery and love after all...sometimes, even just the desire the build something or express oneself artistically is enough for red, simple passion, unregulated by rules and constraints. To red, life is an adventure, and the heart is their guide.
Red concepts: emotion, passion, freedoom, chaos
Further Reading (if you're interested): Seeing Red
Your result was white/red, otherwise known as Boros.
White/red is known as the color pair of idealism and passion. The color of peace, security and order (white) and the color of emotions and freedoom (red), while normally enemies, come to a compromise through one's strong ideals and drive. White/red tends to seek out peace through chaos and/or freedoom through order, it makes and breaks rules on the fly according to it's own sense of justice and of what is the right thing to do. It is this ability to focus on the persuit of the passion that drives it that makes for the strengths of this color combination, however because this is a color combination that tends to despise sneakiness, treachery and deception it is a very straightforwardly-thinking combination.
White/red concepts: Justice, passion, drive, honor, compassion, idealism, fanatism
Further Reading (if you're interested): Disorderly Conduct
White/red is known as the color pair of idealism and passion. The color of peace, security and order (white) and the color of emotions and freedoom (red), while normally enemies, come to a compromise through one's strong ideals and drive. White/red tends to seek out peace through chaos and/or freedoom through order, it makes and breaks rules on the fly according to it's own sense of justice and of what is the right thing to do. It is this ability to focus on the persuit of the passion that drives it that makes for the strengths of this color combination, however because this is a color combination that tends to despise sneakiness, treachery and deception it is a very straightforwardly-thinking combination.
White/red concepts: Justice, passion, drive, honor, compassion, idealism, fanatism
Further Reading (if you're interested): Disorderly Conduct
Your result was red and black, also known as Rakdos.
Red and black are the two colors most concerned with one's own well being. It combines the unrestrained show of emotions and love of freedoom from red, with the cynicism and "very man for himself" policy from black. While it is easy to mistake this as evil, do not be fooled: red black isn't out to hurt anyone, it just happens to make itself the first priority and damm be the consequences. Black/red can feel passion and love, and it will do anything for those they care about- because hurting those people is like hurting red/black themselves.
Of the two color pairings, this is the most "live and let live" color combination as well. Red and black just wants to experience the height of a free life, the absolute freedoom of doing whatever the hell it pleases. It won't be hurt, unless you get in the way of that of course.
Red/black concepts: Hedonism, determination, recklessness ,fun
Further Reading (if you're interested): Hedonism With Attitude
Red and black are the two colors most concerned with one's own well being. It combines the unrestrained show of emotions and love of freedoom from red, with the cynicism and "very man for himself" policy from black. While it is easy to mistake this as evil, do not be fooled: red black isn't out to hurt anyone, it just happens to make itself the first priority and damm be the consequences. Black/red can feel passion and love, and it will do anything for those they care about- because hurting those people is like hurting red/black themselves.
Of the two color pairings, this is the most "live and let live" color combination as well. Red and black just wants to experience the height of a free life, the absolute freedoom of doing whatever the hell it pleases. It won't be hurt, unless you get in the way of that of course.
Red/black concepts: Hedonism, determination, recklessness ,fun
Further Reading (if you're interested): Hedonism With Attitude
Your result was blue and black, also known as Dimir.
Blue is a color that seeks to perfect itself and the world around it, usually by means of learning how. Black is a color that looks out to itself, which has few reservations in using whatever is available for it's own goals. The resulting pairing is one that seeks to perfect itself and the world around it to become more suitable for themselves. It wants to make the world a more convenient place to live in for themselves, and improves themselves and what they can get their hands on for that exact purpose.
Blue/black is the more reserved and secretive color combination. It prefers to pass more under the radar, acting but never acting in such a way as to stand out, thinking and analyzing but never so much as to become passive. Blue/black values information highly, less for the knowledge by itself, and more by the potential and pratical applications that may come from it.
Blue/black concepts: cunning, sneakiness, precision, manipulation, secrecy, sublety, practicality
Further Reading (if you're interested): Pretty Sneaky Sis
Blue is a color that seeks to perfect itself and the world around it, usually by means of learning how. Black is a color that looks out to itself, which has few reservations in using whatever is available for it's own goals. The resulting pairing is one that seeks to perfect itself and the world around it to become more suitable for themselves. It wants to make the world a more convenient place to live in for themselves, and improves themselves and what they can get their hands on for that exact purpose.
Blue/black is the more reserved and secretive color combination. It prefers to pass more under the radar, acting but never acting in such a way as to stand out, thinking and analyzing but never so much as to become passive. Blue/black values information highly, less for the knowledge by itself, and more by the potential and pratical applications that may come from it.
Blue/black concepts: cunning, sneakiness, precision, manipulation, secrecy, sublety, practicality
Further Reading (if you're interested): Pretty Sneaky Sis
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