There is always something new to learn, regardless of how proficient you would rate yourself to be in any subject. Today I heard for the first time ever of the “Rabiah Scale” and the “Storm Scale“, which might seem confusing to some readers since I claim to dabble in Magic for about fifteen years at this point. Although, not knowing of those scales might just show that I am not as interested in Magic the Gathering online forums or the “Blogatog” blog from Mark Rosewater, the head designer of Magic the Gathering, but that is besides the point. While the “Rabiah Scale” is also fairly interesting in my opinion, the “Storm Scale” really got my attention. For anyone who does not know it, it is basically a semi-casual rating system that Mark Rosewater put into place, which rates how likely it is that certain game mechanics or keywords in Magic the Gathering return in later sets. Confusingly, the scale goes from one to eleven, with one basically being evergreen keywords like Flying that pretty much show up everywhere and ten being incredibly unlikely. The only eleven, which basically means that this mechanic in question will never be revisited, is the “Bonds with creatures” mechanic; and I for one can only support the decision of never seeing line of text that on a card again.