In this block, from what I can see in quick glances, are 1.5, 2 demons within the two sets. But at the end of the last Innistrad block, didn't Innistrad once more become flush with demons? You know, big, winged things that could not only face down angels, but presumably get at Emrakul too? The devils are still around, and from flavor texts from last block, demons seem to goad the devils into chaos. But no demons, but for Abbey and the Mindwrack.
Was this explained somewhere? Their absence, to me, is super noticeable. Maybe even a story opportunity, working with demons against mad angels, angels and demons working together against Emrakul and the Eldrazi horrors. Reminds me of the Ghostbusters quote about dogs and cats. And wasn't there once a B/W angel who kept in contact with demons or something?
I think this is a casualty of the two set block system. In three sets of hundreds of cards, we might have had some demons amongst this chaos.
In "A Gaze Blank And Pitiless", it is said that the demons were scattered beyond being able to do anything. It can be assumed that Avacyn somehow found a way to purge them.
There are some claims that Ormendahl got assimilated by Emrakul; someone with the artbook should clarify that. But at any rate all demon cards in SOI had evidence of Emrakul's taint (lattice, deformations, et cetera), and there is only one Skirsdag card in the whole of EM (maybe two, if you count Prying Questions), so it's not hard to assume all demons were in fact assimilated and most cultists jumped ship to Emrakul.
Hell (geddit), the fact that demons were among the first creatures to be almost fully assimilated seems to suggest that they were especially vulnerable, and that there are none left.
According to the Art Book, most of the demons were purged following Avacyn Restored, leaving only a handful still active on the plane. Ormendahl survived by hiding in the catacombs beneath the Cathedral.
Was the time lapse between Avacyn Restored and Shadows that short? You'd think they would respawn by now. I figured at least partially it was to keep the focus on Emrakul.
Was the time lapse between Avacyn Restored and Shadows that short? You'd think they would respawn by now. I figured at least partially it was to keep the focus on Emrakul.
Yeah, well it was definitely at least partially to keep the focus on Emrakul.
We also don't know how long it takes demons to reform. Could be years or decades. It's only been a year since Innistrad.
In this block, from what I can see in quick glances, are 1.5, 2 demons within the two sets. But at the end of the last Innistrad block, didn't Innistrad once more become flush with demons? You know, big, winged things that could not only face down angels, but presumably get at Emrakul too? The devils are still around, and from flavor texts from last block, demons seem to goad the devils into chaos. But no demons, but for Abbey and the Mindwrack.
Was this explained somewhere? Their absence, to me, is super noticeable. Maybe even a story opportunity, working with demons against mad angels, angels and demons working together against Emrakul and the Eldrazi horrors. Reminds me of the Ghostbusters quote about dogs and cats. And wasn't there once a B/W angel who kept in contact with demons or something?
I think this is a casualty of the two set block system. In three sets of hundreds of cards, we might have had some demons amongst this chaos.
There are some claims that Ormendahl got assimilated by Emrakul; someone with the artbook should clarify that. But at any rate all demon cards in SOI had evidence of Emrakul's taint (lattice, deformations, et cetera), and there is only one Skirsdag card in the whole of EM (maybe two, if you count Prying Questions), so it's not hard to assume all demons were in fact assimilated and most cultists jumped ship to Emrakul.
Hell (geddit), the fact that demons were among the first creatures to be almost fully assimilated seems to suggest that they were especially vulnerable, and that there are none left.
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We also don't know how long it takes demons to reform. Could be years or decades. It's only been a year since Innistrad.
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