Can we talk about Nicol Bolas for a second. What is he doing? What's the point?
You're basically the head god of the plane and everyone loves you for being you after you mind controlled their real gods and killed everyone old enough to remember otherwise, so why is it that when you arrive to collect your Army of Trial Champions you also decide it's time to kill everyone else? You have a self-sustaining zombie factory, and now you're just blowing it up because "Lol, I'm the villain" Why not, instead, be like "You're all not worthy, but I'm merciful, so I'll give you another chance" and repeat this in another 20 years. Oh no, the gatewatch showed up! If only you had five literal gods to help you defeat them! And we know you succeed because there's cards of it. What do you all think, what is going on here?
Can we talk about Nicol Bolas for a second. What is he doing? What's the point?
You're basically the head god of the plane and everyone loves you for being you after you mind controlled their real gods and killed everyone old enough to remember otherwise, so why is it that when you arrive to collect your Army of Trial Champions you also decide it's time to kill everyone else? You have a self-sustaining zombie factory, and now you're just blowing it up because "Lol, I'm the villain" Why not, instead, be like "You're all not worthy, but I'm merciful, so I'll give you another chance" and repeat this in another 20 years. Oh no, the gatewatch showed up! If only you had five literal gods to help you defeat them! And we know you succeed because there's cards of it. What do you all think, what is going on here?
To prevent it being used against him i the future?
Like if it weren't destroyed? Alright, short of mass mindwipe or genocide, what stops the populace after learning of their God-Pharaoh's treachery from becoming rebels and then destroying his facility? Plus the only people who saw the lazotep facility/necropolis were the anointed (white-bandaged mummies). All the champions that passed through the gates and into the necropolis were dead due to the trials. Keeping order would be harder with more people dissenting, so why bother? The charade of being God-Pharaoh was literally to harvest human bodies, who with cartouches that stored their combat memories, were the most skilled combatants to ever grace Amonkhet. It is the path of least resistance.
As while this facility for making a lazotep army is going, which maintains itself without his oversight by the way, he is off reaping from another plane that adds different units to his army.
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Can we talk about Nicol Bolas for a second. What is he doing? What's the point?
You're basically the head god of the plane and everyone loves you for being you after you mind controlled their real gods and killed everyone old enough to remember otherwise, so why is it that when you arrive to collect your Army of Trial Champions you also decide it's time to kill everyone else? You have a self-sustaining zombie factory, and now you're just blowing it up because "Lol, I'm the villain" Why not, instead, be like "You're all not worthy, but I'm merciful, so I'll give you another chance" and repeat this in another 20 years. Oh no, the gatewatch showed up! If only you had five literal gods to help you defeat them! And we know you succeed because there's cards of it. What do you all think, what is going on here?
To prevent it being used against him i the future?
So he's going to blow up every plane in existence? If he got this far without the plane being used against him why would it suddenly start?
Like if it weren't destroyed? Alright, short of mass mindwipe or genocide, what stops the populace after learning of their God-Pharaoh's treachery from becoming rebels and then destroying his facility?
Well, he could do both of those things, like he did when he came the first time. Plus, the plane already deals with rebels, and if they destroy the facility you're in the same place you started: With a destroyed facility.
Plus the only people who saw the lazotep facility/necropolis were the anointed (white-bandaged mummies). All the champions that passed through the gates and into the necropolis were dead due to the trials. Keeping order would be harder with more people dissenting, so why bother?
Because the plane keeps its own order. It's literally zero effort from him. If you're so worried about gnats rebelling, then come back and kill them all. Don't kill them while they're still doing everything to give you more resources.
The charade of being God-Pharaoh was literally to harvest human bodies, who with cartouches that stored their combat memories, were the most skilled combatants to ever grace Amonkhet. It is the path of least resistance.
Which you can still do without killing everyone, as demonstrated by all the bodies you've already made.
As while this facility for making a lazotep army is going, which maintains itself without his oversight by the way, he is off reaping from another plane that adds different units to his army.
Can't wait until he blows up that one too because if there's anyting better than growing an army, it's making sure it's size is limited.
Can we talk about Nicol Bolas for a second. What is he doing? What's the point?
You're basically the head god of the plane and everyone loves you for being you after you mind controlled their real gods and killed everyone old enough to remember otherwise, so why is it that when you arrive to collect your Army of Trial Champions you also decide it's time to kill everyone else? You have a self-sustaining zombie factory, and now you're just blowing it up because "Lol, I'm the villain" Why not, instead, be like "You're all not worthy, but I'm merciful, so I'll give you another chance" and repeat this in another 20 years. Oh no, the gatewatch showed up! If only you had five literal gods to help you defeat them! And we know you succeed because there's cards of it. What do you all think, what is going on here?
To prevent it being used against him i the future?
So he's going to blow up every plane in existence? If he got this far without the plane being used against him why would it suddenly start?
Like if it weren't destroyed? Alright, short of mass mindwipe or genocide, what stops the populace after learning of their God-Pharaoh's treachery from becoming rebels and then destroying his facility?
Well, he could do both of those things, like he did when he came the first time. Plus, the plane already deals with rebels, and if they destroy the facility you're in the same place you started: With a destroyed facility.
Plus the only people who saw the lazotep facility/necropolis were the anointed (white-bandaged mummies). All the champions that passed through the gates and into the necropolis were dead due to the trials. Keeping order would be harder with more people dissenting, so why bother?
Because the plane keeps its own order. It's literally zero effort from him. If you're so worried about gnats rebelling, then come back and kill them all. Don't kill them while they're still doing everything to give you more resources.
The charade of being God-Pharaoh was literally to harvest human bodies, who with cartouches that stored their combat memories, were the most skilled combatants to ever grace Amonkhet. It is the path of least resistance.
Which you can still do without killing everyone, as demonstrated by all the bodies you've already made.
As while this facility for making a lazotep army is going, which maintains itself without his oversight by the way, he is off reaping from another plane that adds different units to his army.
Can't wait until he blows up that one too because if there's anyting better than growing an army, it's making sure it's size is limited.
As described in the artbook, literally.
I dont't have one.
You forget that he was only able to warp Amonkhet for his own uses in the first place because he was still an oldwalker when he set the plan into motion, knowing that he would lose much of his power due to the mending soon. He can't just kill everyone on the plane again (nor can he blow up other planes at all). He had to use the three insect gods and elaborate magic rituals (set in motion by Razoketh) to actually destroy as much evidence of what he did as possible, killing the gods, the people he couldn't use etc. Once the whole afterlife scam was revealed (something he couldn't possibly hide from the people of Amonkhet) there was just no going back. Also there might not be enough Lazothep left in the accessable regions of Amonkhet to create more of the Eternals. As such he decides to devastate as much of the plane as possible to cover his tracks. Last but not least, remember that he also has a very sadistic streak. Why not bring as much despair to the rest of the plane he doesn't really need anymore? It's fun (at least for him). The story isn't even at the point of explaining his motivations, so I would suggest waiting a bit longer before you judge it.
I've said this before but I'll keep on repeating that Bolas is a giant dick. Regardless of his master plans and grand schemes it's important to remember that a lot of the douchy things Bolas does are for the sake of being douchy. When your one of the most powerful beings in existence and have most of the things you want the only thing you really want is to be entertained. Cruelty, mayhem, and manipulation are Bolas's hobbies, getting an immortal army out of the deal may just be Bolas pragmatically mixing business with pleasure.
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UG Merfolk RG 8-Whack BWG Abzan midrange GRB Living End UWB Spirit Control
GU Kruphix's "Hug Assassin" RW Kalemne's "Play Fatties and Hope for the Best!" BUGW Atraxa's "All counters, all the time"
You're basically the head god of the plane and everyone loves you for being you after you mind controlled their real gods and killed everyone old enough to remember otherwise, so why is it that when you arrive to collect your Army of Trial Champions you also decide it's time to kill everyone else? You have a self-sustaining zombie factory, and now you're just blowing it up because "Lol, I'm the villain" Why not, instead, be like "You're all not worthy, but I'm merciful, so I'll give you another chance" and repeat this in another 20 years. Oh no, the gatewatch showed up! If only you had five literal gods to help you defeat them! And we know you succeed because there's cards of it. What do you all think, what is going on here?
Like if it weren't destroyed? Alright, short of mass mindwipe or genocide, what stops the populace after learning of their God-Pharaoh's treachery from becoming rebels and then destroying his facility? Plus the only people who saw the lazotep facility/necropolis were the anointed (white-bandaged mummies). All the champions that passed through the gates and into the necropolis were dead due to the trials. Keeping order would be harder with more people dissenting, so why bother? The charade of being God-Pharaoh was literally to harvest human bodies, who with cartouches that stored their combat memories, were the most skilled combatants to ever grace Amonkhet. It is the path of least resistance.
As while this facility for making a lazotep army is going, which maintains itself without his oversight by the way, he is off reaping from another plane that adds different units to his army.
As described in the artbook, literally.
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Well, he could do both of those things, like he did when he came the first time. Plus, the plane already deals with rebels, and if they destroy the facility you're in the same place you started: With a destroyed facility. Because the plane keeps its own order. It's literally zero effort from him. If you're so worried about gnats rebelling, then come back and kill them all. Don't kill them while they're still doing everything to give you more resources. Which you can still do without killing everyone, as demonstrated by all the bodies you've already made.
Can't wait until he blows up that one too because if there's anyting better than growing an army, it's making sure it's size is limited.
I dont't have one.
You forget that he was only able to warp Amonkhet for his own uses in the first place because he was still an oldwalker when he set the plan into motion, knowing that he would lose much of his power due to the mending soon. He can't just kill everyone on the plane again (nor can he blow up other planes at all). He had to use the three insect gods and elaborate magic rituals (set in motion by Razoketh) to actually destroy as much evidence of what he did as possible, killing the gods, the people he couldn't use etc. Once the whole afterlife scam was revealed (something he couldn't possibly hide from the people of Amonkhet) there was just no going back. Also there might not be enough Lazothep left in the accessable regions of Amonkhet to create more of the Eternals. As such he decides to devastate as much of the plane as possible to cover his tracks. Last but not least, remember that he also has a very sadistic streak. Why not bring as much despair to the rest of the plane he doesn't really need anymore? It's fun (at least for him). The story isn't even at the point of explaining his motivations, so I would suggest waiting a bit longer before you judge it.
RG 8-Whack
BWG Abzan midrange
GRB Living End
UWB Spirit Control
GU Kruphix's "Hug Assassin"
RW Kalemne's "Play Fatties and Hope for the Best!"
BUGW Atraxa's "All counters, all the time"
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