Darkness.
Shadow fades into emptiness and reality itself slips away. He can hear nothing, he can see nothing, he can feel nothing. He is nothing. Time does not pass. Suddenly, there is ripples, ripples in the nothingness. A pale light seeps through the void and he can feel again. There is a voice now, a deep voice, echoing throughout the entirety of his reality, beckoning his mind to wake.
He cannot understand what it is saying, but the effect is made nonetheless. He is standing now as well. Yet there is no floor beneath him, he is floating in space, but standing all the same. The wall of reality around him flex in ribbons of formless substance. He does not know where he is, he does not understand anything he is seeing.
"What is going on?" he says, wondering. The voice answers.
"A fAiR qUeStIoN. I wOuLd AnSwEr It, If It WoUlD nOt CoNfOuNd yOu So, ThAt YoU cOuLd UnDeRsTaNd."
It speaks in echoes, voices following each other, jostling back and forth such that the sound of each word is different from the last. It is not human. It is like anything he has ever heard.
"WhAt I cAn TeLl YoU, wHaT yOu NeEd tO kNoW, iS tHaT yOu WeRe... ArE... dEaD." the voice continues.
"Dead? Is this an afterlife?" He asks
"NoT qUiTe. ThIs Is ThE TiMeLeSs: ThE eSsEnCe Of ReAlItY iTsElF."
"Then who, or what, are you?"
"I aM tHe TiMeLeSs. AnD iT iS mE."
"I don't understand, but I get the impression I'm not supposed to."
"ThAt Is CoRrEcT."
He looks around, the voice comes not from any point in space, that is, if this reality has space. The voice comes from everywhere. It seems "The Timeless" speaks the truth.
"BeFoRe We SpEnD tOo LoNg SpEaKiNg, It Is BeSt ThAt We GeT tO tHe PoInT. I aM sUrE yOu ArE wOnDeRiNg WhAt iT iS yOu ArE hErE FoR, nO?"
Answers, he thought, and so many questions.
"LeT uS gO sOmEwHeRe A lItTlE mOrE... fAmIlIaR."
Space warps around him once more, a haze clouds his vision. He finds his feet on normal ground, his head fills with normal air. The haze lifts and the world as he knows it is clear to see.
"Where am I?" he asks
"HoMe." the Timeless replies.
"Home?"
"It HaS bEeN mOrE tHaN a ThOuSaNd YeArS."
He is standing on a cliff face, grassy, the view is familiar indeed. It is different from when he last saw it, but he knows where he is.
"ThInGs ChAnGe."
Teferi of Zhalfir was ready.
Teferi, the Returned ( )
Planeswalker- Teferi (M)
+2: Scry 3
+2: Until your next turn, you may cast nonland cards as though they had flash
-9: Scry 7, then draw seven cards.
(4)
@Metallix87.
The mending was a long time ago... more than a thousand years you might say.
It's almost as if I am being intentionally mysterious with this.
@Apoquallyp. Alchemist's Refuge says you are right about the wording, will change in a moment. I don't know about the power level though.
@Metallix87.
The mending was a long time ago... more than a thousand years you might say.
This is simply not true. The mending, per the present storyline, was roughly a century ago.
Regardless, time is inconsequential, since Teferi ages extremely slowly. He is still alive in the present story, without a spark, and likely not having aged much since we last saw him.
Relative to now, a hundred maybe, relative to this storyline however, it's more, the exact timeline is still up in the air, I just put a thousand as a starting point.
Who said anything about what happened to Teferi since the mending? That was when we last saw him, who knows what's happened to him since?
@Metallix87
Again, the timeline is not final for this, but this takes place after the current time. Automatically, the assumption is that sets are in rough chronological order, so the assumption for this is that it takes place a good deal of time after the current time. Things change. I even said this may be hundreds of years ahead of the current time. I don't know exactly, as it's not important to the storyline.
I will clarify a few things: Teferi has died at some point and somehow he has regained, or will regain, his spark and is returned to life now (which is at least several years ahead of DTK where the storyline last left off, after Runin and Fate of Alara storylines).
I'm staying away from that timeline discussion, but I want to say that Teferi is still on the weak side, especially with that loyalty reduction which I feel was unnecessary. He doesn't protect himself, can't take much punishment, and has no immediate impact on the board. As he is, he has no chance at all to see play in a Constructed format. My suggestion would be to make both his +1 a +2:
Teferi, the Returned3UU
Planeswalker- Teferi (M)
+2: Scry 3.
+2: Until your next turn, you may cast nonland cards as though they had flash.
-9: Scry 7, then draw seven cards.
{4}
It's also possible to make one ability a +2 and the other a +1, but that looks unelegant in my opinion.
Shadow fades into emptiness and reality itself slips away. He can hear nothing, he can see nothing, he can feel nothing. He is nothing. Time does not pass. Suddenly, there is ripples, ripples in the nothingness. A pale light seeps through the void and he can feel again. There is a voice now, a deep voice, echoing throughout the entirety of his reality, beckoning his mind to wake.
He cannot understand what it is saying, but the effect is made nonetheless. He is standing now as well. Yet there is no floor beneath him, he is floating in space, but standing all the same. The wall of reality around him flex in ribbons of formless substance. He does not know where he is, he does not understand anything he is seeing.
"What is going on?" he says, wondering. The voice answers.
"A fAiR qUeStIoN. I wOuLd AnSwEr It, If It WoUlD nOt CoNfOuNd yOu So, ThAt YoU cOuLd UnDeRsTaNd."
It speaks in echoes, voices following each other, jostling back and forth such that the sound of each word is different from the last. It is not human. It is like anything he has ever heard.
"WhAt I cAn TeLl YoU, wHaT yOu NeEd tO kNoW, iS tHaT yOu WeRe... ArE... dEaD." the voice continues.
"Dead? Is this an afterlife?" He asks
"NoT qUiTe. ThIs Is ThE TiMeLeSs: ThE eSsEnCe Of ReAlItY iTsElF."
"Then who, or what, are you?"
"I aM tHe TiMeLeSs. AnD iT iS mE."
"I don't understand, but I get the impression I'm not supposed to."
"ThAt Is CoRrEcT."
He looks around, the voice comes not from any point in space, that is, if this reality has space. The voice comes from everywhere. It seems "The Timeless" speaks the truth.
"BeFoRe We SpEnD tOo LoNg SpEaKiNg, It Is BeSt ThAt We GeT tO tHe PoInT. I aM sUrE yOu ArE wOnDeRiNg WhAt iT iS yOu ArE hErE FoR, nO?"
Answers, he thought, and so many questions.
"LeT uS gO sOmEwHeRe A lItTlE mOrE... fAmIlIaR."
Space warps around him once more, a haze clouds his vision. He finds his feet on normal ground, his head fills with normal air. The haze lifts and the world as he knows it is clear to see.
"Where am I?" he asks
"HoMe." the Timeless replies.
"Home?"
"It HaS bEeN mOrE tHaN a ThOuSaNd YeArS."
He is standing on a cliff face, grassy, the view is familiar indeed. It is different from when he last saw it, but he knows where he is.
"ThInGs ChAnGe."
Teferi of Zhalfir was ready.
Teferi, the Returned ( )
Planeswalker- Teferi (M)
+2: Scry 3
+2: Until your next turn, you may cast nonland cards as though they had flash
-9: Scry 7, then draw seven cards.
(4)
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RUNIN: Norse mythology set (awaiting further playtesting)
FATE of ALARA: Multicolour factions (currently on hiatus)
Contibutor to the Pyrulea community set
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- Main Cube
- No Brains, All Feelings Cube
"Until your next turn, you may cast nonland cards as though they had flash."
Completed sets:
Iamur — The Underwater Set
Overworld — Pirates vs. Octopuses
Esparand — The Sands of Time
Unfinished Sets:
Siege of Ravnica — Eldrazi in Ravnica
Shandalar — The Mana Set
Iamur Reimagined — Iamur v2
You can find more creative projects on my page Antaresdesigns!
The mending was a long time ago... more than a thousand years you might say.
It's almost as if I am being intentionally mysterious with this.
@Apoquallyp.
Alchemist's Refuge says you are right about the wording, will change in a moment. I don't know about the power level though.
RUNIN: Norse mythology set (awaiting further playtesting)
FATE of ALARA: Multicolour factions (currently on hiatus)
Contibutor to the Pyrulea community set
I'm here to tell you that all your set mechanics are bad
#Defundthepolice
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So nobody is wondering what set this is from ?
RUNIN: Norse mythology set (awaiting further playtesting)
FATE of ALARA: Multicolour factions (currently on hiatus)
Contibutor to the Pyrulea community set
I'm here to tell you that all your set mechanics are bad
#Defundthepolice
This is simply not true. The mending, per the present storyline, was roughly a century ago.
Regardless, time is inconsequential, since Teferi ages extremely slowly. He is still alive in the present story, without a spark, and likely not having aged much since we last saw him.
- Main Cube
- No Brains, All Feelings Cube
Who said anything about what happened to Teferi since the mending? That was when we last saw him, who knows what's happened to him since?
RUNIN: Norse mythology set (awaiting further playtesting)
FATE of ALARA: Multicolour factions (currently on hiatus)
Contibutor to the Pyrulea community set
I'm here to tell you that all your set mechanics are bad
#Defundthepolice
Per Doug Beyer last Fall, Teferi is currently still alive, but without his spark.
- Main Cube
- No Brains, All Feelings Cube
Again, the timeline is not final for this, but this takes place after the current time. Automatically, the assumption is that sets are in rough chronological order, so the assumption for this is that it takes place a good deal of time after the current time. Things change. I even said this may be hundreds of years ahead of the current time. I don't know exactly, as it's not important to the storyline.
I will clarify a few things: Teferi has died at some point and somehow he has regained, or will regain, his spark and is returned to life now (which is at least several years ahead of DTK where the storyline last left off, after Runin and Fate of Alara storylines).
RUNIN: Norse mythology set (awaiting further playtesting)
FATE of ALARA: Multicolour factions (currently on hiatus)
Contibutor to the Pyrulea community set
I'm here to tell you that all your set mechanics are bad
#Defundthepolice
Teferi, the Returned 3UU
Planeswalker- Teferi (M)
+2: Scry 3.
+2: Until your next turn, you may cast nonland cards as though they had flash.
-9: Scry 7, then draw seven cards.
{4}
It's also possible to make one ability a +2 and the other a +1, but that looks unelegant in my opinion.
Completed sets:
Iamur — The Underwater Set
Overworld — Pirates vs. Octopuses
Esparand — The Sands of Time
Unfinished Sets:
Siege of Ravnica — Eldrazi in Ravnica
Shandalar — The Mana Set
Iamur Reimagined — Iamur v2
You can find more creative projects on my page Antaresdesigns!
RUNIN: Norse mythology set (awaiting further playtesting)
FATE of ALARA: Multicolour factions (currently on hiatus)
Contibutor to the Pyrulea community set
I'm here to tell you that all your set mechanics are bad
#Defundthepolice