Date: 28 September 2019
Format: Writing Exercise
Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale
Word Count: 666
Author’s Note: For this short story, I challenged myself to a short fairy tale based on some random Magic: The Gathering cards from Throne of Eldraine. The cards I drew for this, and that the story ended up being built out of, were the following:
- Syr Carah, the Bold (3RR Legendary Creature Human Knight, 3/3)
- Henge Walker (3 Artifact Creature Golem, 2/2)
- Memory Theft (2B Sorcery)
- Prized Griffin (4W Creature Griffin, 2/2)
- Garenbrig Carver (3G Creature Human, 3/2)
- Korvold, Fae-Cursed King (2BRG Legendary Creature Dragon Noble, 4/4)
- Wishful Merfolk (1U Creature Merfolk, 3/2)
- Banish into Fable (4WU Instant)
- Specter’s Shriek (B Sorcery)
- Slaying Fire (2R Instant)
- All That Glitters (1W Enchantment Aura)
- Giant Opportunity (2G Sorcery)
- Overwhelmed Apprentice (U Creature Human Wizard, 1/2)
- Tuinvale Treefolk (5G Creature Treefolk, 6/5)
- The Great Henge (7GG Legendary Artifact)
- Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig (GGG Legendary Creature Giant Noble, 0/0)
- Embereth Paladin (3R Creature Human Knight, 4/1)
Sam Huffer 