Okay, so the big reveal of the next block has us on an Egyptian World apparently ruled by our old buddy Nicol Bolas.
Since Egyptian lore has very little to do with Dragons, I'm wondering how much of a presence Bolas is going to have in this story, and which members of our Jacetus League gatewatch are going to be assigned with taking him down.
I wonder if they were inspired by Apocalypse from X-Men, an all powerful, immortal ruler of Egypt worshiped as a god. I can def see how Bolas would fit that, an all powerful planeswalker that bent the plane to his will, including its gods (IMO).
Probably at least Jace and Liliana will be included, considering their past with Bolas and Liliana's demon target. My guess is that the Gatewatch will not know the world is under Bolas until Jace and Liliana go there, and then Hour of Devastation will be the Gatewatch fighting and failing to liberate the world from him. Maybe someone finally dies? Afterwards, the Gatewatch regroups and someone thinks to contact Ugin to plan another battle.
"Rise Among the Worthy" on the plane of Amonkhet. Discover a world ruled by Nicol Bolas when the first set of the Amonkhet block releases April 28, 2017.
I think Bolas is going to be involved, but I don't think this is going to be the plane where they try to "take him down."
I think this is going to be more about Liliana rousing up some muscle to slay a demon, and things going wrong when they find out Bolas is involved with the plane.
Beefslab will probably also be involved, given his origin, relation to the gods, troubles with Liliana, and being the White guy potentially going up against an embodiment of Black Mana.
"Rise Among the Worthy" on the plane of Amonkhet. Discover a world ruled by Nicol Bolas when the first set of the Amonkhet block releases April 28, 2017.
I think Bolas is going to be involved, but I don't think this is going to be the plane where they try to "take him down."
I think this is going to be more about Liliana rousing up some muscle to slay a demon, and things going wrong when they find out Bolas is involved with the plane.
Beefslab will probably also be involved, given his origin, relation to the gods, troubles with Liliana, and being the White guy potentially going up against an embodiment of Black Mana.
I hadn't thought of that angle for Gideon, especially the gods and "embodiment of Black Mana" aspects. Maybe seeing new gods and the realization gods can happen anywhere prompts Gideon toward Theros at the end of the block.
"Hour of Devastation" doesn't really imply Bolas loses. I'm wondering if he's doing something similar to what happened on Alara and trying to eat the local equivalent of Nyx?
Edit: Also, didn't some poster from 4chan predict this a while ago?
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"Hour of Devastation" doesn't really imply Bolas loses. I'm wondering if he's doing something similar to what happened on Alara and trying to eat the local equivalent of Nyx?
Edit: Also, didn't some poster from 4chan predict this a while ago?
There was a rumor (before the reveal of Kaladesh) that the next block was Egyptian themed, and the block following was a second Return to Ravnica.
Egyptian block was gonna happen at some point though, so the rumor is still just that until Summer's Announcement Day.
Lol @ Bolas doesn't lose. I'm only shocked that they didn't pick Madara for the plane of his demise. Oh, well, GO TEAM FINAL BOSS PHYREXIA
Well, Madara isn't a plane, for starters.
Also, I sincerely hope they won't beat Nicol by the end of the block. That would be so terrible nobody could take any villain in Magic serious ever again. Plus, the Gatewatch severely needs a "fail" after their success with the Eldrazi. (Emrakul doesn't count, because immediate conflict HAD been resolved.)
Thinking about it Bolas had a few storylines left open for him. The basic question of what he's been doing in the two years since "he" freed the eldrazi, his reaction finding out that 2/3 titans where burned to death and one is was (self) imprisoned, Ugin is alive and well and Sarkhan being the one who caused this and Liliana, Chandra (who had been actively looking for him) and Jace being apart/the forming of the Gatewatch.
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While having another god-themed block after Theros is fine, I wonder how they are going to fit Bolas into this. Well, there IS one super evil serpent/dragon in actual Egyptian Mythology: Apep (the Greek knew him as Apophis), but for Bolas to fill in that role sounds a little ridiculous.
Anyway, yes, I remember one of Lili's demon having something of an Egyptian feel, which means this block may indeed include Liliana. Still, even given the semi-mercenary style of the Gatewatch, I wonder who's going to influence her to come there, especially this early (early as in she's still having problems with the Chain Veil); it would be rash for her to take on one of her demons at this juncture.... unless, she brings along Chandra there while Gideon and Nissa fruitlessly search for the two in Kaladesh (setting up a six-month separated split plot where Gids and Nissa get tangled in Kaladesh while Lili and Chandra are off burning stuffs in Amonkhet.
The plane will be fine, but that's hardly a recent thing. Planes aren't typically destroyed. The last one where it's pretty strongly that would be Mirrodin, and prior to that I'm not even sure what plane that was the focus of a block would be next on that list. Something big may happen, but what is too difficult to tell just yet, we barely know anything about the block.
I also don't see how two victories in a row means that Bolas is destined to lose and the Gatewatch win. Sure it's likely to be three after Kaladesh, but it's pretty arguable if Innistrad was really a win, Emrakuk is just delayed not gone. But until we know more it's a really large assumption to say that Bolas is going to lose.
There was nothing said about Amonkhet being destroyed. Your arguments for why it wouldn't happen are valid, but saying that the storyline is doomed because a plane that was never marketed as being up for destruction isn't going to be destroyed is ridiculous. Hour of Devastation could easily mean Bolas has a plan that will bring devastation to someone or something, even if that thing isn't Amonkhet (why would he destroy a plane he already rules over anyway?).
The Gatewatch has had exactly 2 victories (possibly 3, depending on if you count each individual Titan as an individual victory; 2.5 if you count Emrakul as only a partial victory; and likely 3.5-4 when Kaladesh is over, but that is yet to be seen.) Saying "they never lose... EVER", especially when one of those "victories" is VERY arguable, is silly.
No, if Bolas gets what he wants, then Bolas wins. Just because less people die (which STILL doesn't make sense), that doesn't mean that Bolas loses; it just means that the Gatewatch loses slightly less.
So what you're saying is that a partial victory of the Gatewatch (Emrakul) counts as a full one because their goal (stopping Emrakul) was fulfilled (even though Em is just trapped and in fact wanted to be trapped), yet Bolas needs to have a 100%, absolute victory (which includes an entire plane being destroyed (for no reason), an event which has little precedence.)?
You clearly don't take M;tG villains seriously anyway. I highly doubt that Bolas getting a partial victory will really affect your perception of them very much.
If the Gatewatch fight Bolas, yes, they should lose horribly. But we don't know if they are going to fight Bolas; hell, we don't even know if they are going to meet Bolas! (They will, but it isn't explicitly known.)
Just a tip: no matter how valid or reasonable your points are, saying "I'm very rarely wrong about this stuff" will not convince anybody to side with you, ESPECIALLY without any examples or evidence.
Lol @ Bolas doesn't lose. I'm only shocked that they didn't pick Madara for the plane of his demise. Oh, well, GO TEAM FINAL BOSS PHYREXIA
Well, Madara isn't a plane, for starters.
Also, I sincerely hope they won't beat Nicol by the end of the block. That would be so terrible nobody could take any villain in Magic serious ever again. Plus, the Gatewatch severely needs a "fail" after their success with the Eldrazi. (Emrakul doesn't count, because immediate conflict HAD been resolved.)
Watch as it turns out that there is [SOMETHING] on Amokhet that [BLUE CHARACTER] determines can be used to [METHOD OF DEFEAT] Bolas despite the Gatewatch being hugely outmatched.
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Don't worry, that "blue character" is never going to die... At least as long as market research says he is the favorite of them all... ... ... Just because he had the most broken cards yet and featured in every basic set from his inception...
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Weird, I don't recall Jace being in Tarkir, Theros, original Innistrad, Scars of Mirrodin, or Alara. And he only sort of showed up in Battle for Zendikar. And he doesn't look to be showing up in Kaladesh.
That leaves...what, four sets aside from Core (Lorwyn, Original Zendikar, Return to Ravnica, Shadows Over Innistrad)?
Were you counting the core sets that no one cared about Planeswalker-wise?
Weird, I don't recall Jace being in Tarkir, Theros, original Innistrad, Scars of Mirrodin, or Alara. And he only sort of showed up in Battle for Zendikar. And he doesn't look to be showing up in Kaladesh.
Would be interesting if, like on Theros, there's an afterlife on Amonkhet too - which is in line with what we know so far about it, and what we know about Egyptian mythology (who lived their lives in preparation for the afterlife). I think the Gatewatch will be devastated, and a member of it might die. This could be what prompts a return to Theros to understand afterlives. Or perhaps, as stated earlier, Gideon is inspired by seeing other gods to return to his home. He's already seen Thassa's Bident and Kiora, and we know Erebos and the fate of the irregulars molded much of his drive. Ashiok is clearly being set up as a villain there too. We'll have to see.
I'd be fine with a partial victory, never a total victory on Amonkhet. I understand Bolas is supposed to be the ultimate villain, with virtually no way to defeat him, but wasn't Ajani already partially victorious at the end of the Alara block? Also, we know for the sake of storytelling, someday, somehow, someone is going to take Bolas down. Its the fate of every evil villain in a story that involves heroes, and all we are doing is complaining about who actually gets to do it. Does it matter if the Gatewatch does it, perhaps after many more years of experience? I personally feel that all the Gatewatch will do on Amonkhet is figure out what Bolas's aims are and that's it, maybe slow him down a bit, but no further.
Also, Emrakul being trapped really really can't be considered a victory. Sure Innistrad is temporary safe in a sense, but consider the losses. There were thousands of deaths, the loss of Avacyn, Sorin's entrapment, Thraben's possible destruction, the fates of many main characters (Thalia, Sigarda, Arlinn, etc.) mostly unknown, Emrakul's brood possibly being still active, werewolves making a comeback, the flight of nightmares coming into being and the loss of the majority of angels, the murders caused by the Lunarch inquisition, plus a lot more. Yep, a total victory I'd say. Furthermore, from Emrakul's perspective, she got everything she wanted. The world wasn't ready for her, so she wanted a place to wait, and the Gatewatch provided her with the perfect way to do it. From the Gatewatch's perspective, a possible victory, but they have no way of knowing.
The second set is named HOur of Devastation. It leads you towards thinking that the plane is going to be devastated, especially now when we know that Bolas is involved.
If we count Emrakul, which we should, Gatewatch currently has 3 victories with 4th coming up in Aether Revolt. So far they haven't lost, not even once, despite impossible odds because ''it is not fun when heroes lose''. They ''lost'' to Emrakul's forces on Innistrad but then the titan had sealed itself because we can't have Gatewatch be defeated. You can count this as the Creative's way of saying ''see? see? They WERE defeated but then everything turned out semi ok. It is not like they can't be defeated lol''.
If Bolas gets what he wants then he wins. Did he also won on Alara?
Bolas should have a 100% victory. After the way the titans were treated Bolas needs a 100% victory to not make himself look bad.
Actually I do, but I can see why you're confused. I take mtg villains very seriously, but those are the villains from a very different time in mtg history, the old pre Mirrodin villains. I take Yawgmoth and Volrath very very seriously. They've earned to be taken very seriously. I doubt that anyone here who has read the books about them doesn't take them seriously. It is these new villains, from BFZ onward, which I can't take seriously. Eldrazi titans, eldritch monsters with untold power, beings that no one understands, being defeated by the five teenagers with attitude without destroying a SINGLE plane and causing any real damage is stupid. Humanizing Emrakul is silly because that goes directly against the ''beings far above our understanding'' description that we have had earlier. Praetors, leaders of the Phyrexia, who had improved almost all life forms on New Phyrexia decide not to kill Koth, the leader of the rebelion against them, which absolutely goes against the way that they've treated everybody else, because mirran forces must prevail in the next block. Ob Nixilis, a demon planeswaker with a huge grudge against the Gatewatch and Zenidkar, decides to go the Bond villain route and not murder the Gatewatch when he has the chance but ''torture'' them instead. Sorin, who is insanely pissed off against Nahiri, decides to play with her and kill her slowly to give her a chance to beat him instead of simply impaling her with his sword. None of those guys have earned to be taken seriously because of their recent actions.
Gatewatch will fight Bolas. They won't appear on his plane, see him and be like ''oh, hey, it is Bolas, lets talk to him/run.''. They are going to fight him and, as Vorthospike mentioned, Jace, the most brilliant mind in the multiverse who always knows better than anyone else, will find a certain something to help them defeat Bolas, because Bolas is obviously mentally retarded for the sake of the story and he had forgotten to remove a certain something that can stop him from the plane.
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That is certainly one way to interpret the set name, yes. As is a dozen other ways. Hell , the name could even mean that Amonkhet will be devastated (even if it makes no sense, seeing as how Bolas controls the plane and all), but not destroyed. They aren't synonyms. But I guess that wouldn't be a "100% victory".
The Gatewatch will have (at the end of Aether Revolt) between 2.5 and 4 victories, depending on how one defines "victory". It is also important to remember that the story of Kaladesh isn't (so far) an "officially sanctioned" Gatewatch mission; Chandra and Liliana left on their own, with Nissa following only because of them. Not saying that it won't be a victory for them, but it's something to consider.
Yes, Bolas did win on Alara. His goal was to absorb the maelstrom, only a tiny portion remained outside of his grasp. The only thing he failed to do was destroy Alara, which was nothing but an attempt to metaphorically flex his muscles.
I will allow you to retain your right to wish for an 100% victory (though I personally wouldn't like it; there has to be a tiny bit of hope for Bolas to crush, after all.)
I mean, I would personally classify the vast majority of Zendikari and Innistradi, along with Innistrad's most prominent protector and most of her agents being destroyed as real damage, but I understand what you're saying.
The Phyrexians didn't spare Koth. They couldn't catch him, because he's y'know, a planeswalker.
You have a point on Nixilis.
If you are talking about the Oldwalker fight, Sorin didn't play with her; he didn't want to kill her, didn't even want to fight her. If you are talking about their most recent fight, I don't recall Sorin doing anything of the sort, but I will have to reread the article.
Let's be honest, no matter how well Creative makes Amonkhet, you still wouldn't like Bolas or the current story.
Ah, the old Jace-hate circlejerk. Let's all make major assumptions about a story we have minimal information about together!
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I think the story will involve one of Liliana's demons. One of them looks somewhat Egyptian and Bolas was the broker who set Liliana up with each of them. I imagine she goes to deal with him and Gideon will also play a major role (if they want to keep him in Standard). Bolas will probably show up but be more of a side-plot; catching us up with him, reintroducing him post-origins, and setting up his master plan.
The plane doesn't necessarily have to be destroyed for the Gatewatch to lose. Bolas just keeps right on ruling the plane and doing what he's doing, that is a loss for the Gatewatch. Maybe someone dies, maybe someone loses their spark, maybe the whole Gatewatch loses their sparks. (I know this is all baseless speculation, I'm just suggesting hypotheticals to make a point.) Basically any number of really bad things could happen that don't involve Amonkhet biting the dust.
I definitely think that Bolas is going to come out on top after all is said and done. Ridiculous power aside, this is his home turf, and the Gatewatch are due for a loss. The degree of the loss is not something I'm sure about, but I'm 100% positive that they'll lose in some way.
I think one of the gatewatch will get captured and the Hour of devastation is Bolas found a way to extract a PW'S spark and transfer it into another being. One of his "worthy". Then we'll have an Evil PW besides Garruk, Ashiok, and loltibalt. Cause Bolas is trying to create a loyal PW "team" ain't he?
I think the story will involve one of Liliana's demons. One of them looks somewhat Egyptian and Bolas was the broker who set Liliana up with each of them. I imagine she goes to deal with him and Gideon will also play a major role (if they want to keep him in Standard). Bolas will probably show up but be more of a side-plot; catching us up with him, reintroducing him post-origins, and setting up his master plan.
Absolutely. Many months back, we got names and thumbnail/head shots of Liliana's remaining demons. I remember in the first dozen posts, someone pointed out one of them had an almost Egyptian look to it.
The other one was very red and fiery looking and (given those visual characteristics) I would be very surprised if that one doesn't show up (and get dealt with rather violently) while we're on Kaladesh.
I can't imagine them actually permanently removing Bolas but...maybe. That would feel really weird, honestly.
I think the story will involve one of Liliana's demons. One of them looks somewhat Egyptian and Bolas was the broker who set Liliana up with each of them. I imagine she goes to deal with him and Gideon will also play a major role (if they want to keep him in Standard). Bolas will probably show up but be more of a side-plot; catching us up with him, reintroducing him post-origins, and setting up his master plan.
Absolutely. Many months back, we got names and thumbnail/head shots of Liliana's remaining demons. I remember in the first dozen posts, someone pointed out one of them had an almost Egyptian look to it.
The other one was very red and fiery looking and (given those visual characteristics) I would be very surprised if that one doesn't show up (and get dealt with rather violently) while we're on Kaladesh.
The one you're talking about is called Belzenlok, which is very german-sounding ("Belzebub" is an outdated german name for the devil). So I wouldn't expect him on Kaladesh at all.
Since Egyptian lore has very little to do with Dragons, I'm wondering how much of a presence Bolas is going to have in this story, and which members of our
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Probably at least Jace and Liliana will be included, considering their past with Bolas and Liliana's demon target. My guess is that the Gatewatch will not know the world is under Bolas until Jace and Liliana go there, and then Hour of Devastation will be the Gatewatch fighting and failing to liberate the world from him. Maybe someone finally dies? Afterwards, the Gatewatch regroups and someone thinks to contact Ugin to plan another battle.
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I think Bolas is going to be involved, but I don't think this is going to be the plane where they try to "take him down."
I think this is going to be more about Liliana rousing up some muscle to slay a demon, and things going wrong when they find out Bolas is involved with the plane.
Beefslab will probably also be involved, given his origin, relation to the gods, troubles with Liliana, and being the White guy potentially going up against an embodiment of Black Mana.
I hadn't thought of that angle for Gideon, especially the gods and "embodiment of Black Mana" aspects. Maybe seeing new gods and the realization gods can happen anywhere prompts Gideon toward Theros at the end of the block.
Edit: Also, didn't some poster from 4chan predict this a while ago?
There was a rumor (before the reveal of Kaladesh) that the next block was Egyptian themed, and the block following was a second Return to Ravnica.
Egyptian block was gonna happen at some point though, so the rumor is still just that until Summer's Announcement Day.
Well, Madara isn't a plane, for starters.
Also, I sincerely hope they won't beat Nicol by the end of the block. That would be so terrible nobody could take any villain in Magic serious ever again. Plus, the Gatewatch severely needs a "fail" after their success with the Eldrazi. (Emrakul doesn't count, because immediate conflict HAD been resolved.)
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Anyway, yes, I remember one of Lili's demon having something of an Egyptian feel, which means this block may indeed include Liliana. Still, even given the semi-mercenary style of the Gatewatch, I wonder who's going to influence her to come there, especially this early (early as in she's still having problems with the Chain Veil); it would be rash for her to take on one of her demons at this juncture.... unless, she brings along Chandra there while Gideon and Nissa fruitlessly search for the two in Kaladesh (setting up a six-month separated split plot where Gids and Nissa get tangled in Kaladesh while Lili and Chandra are off burning stuffs in Amonkhet.
And knew that you were just trolling. Nice try.
I also don't see how two victories in a row means that Bolas is destined to lose and the Gatewatch win. Sure it's likely to be three after Kaladesh, but it's pretty arguable if Innistrad was really a win, Emrakuk is just delayed not gone. But until we know more it's a really large assumption to say that Bolas is going to lose.
There was nothing said about Amonkhet being destroyed. Your arguments for why it wouldn't happen are valid, but saying that the storyline is doomed because a plane that was never marketed as being up for destruction isn't going to be destroyed is ridiculous. Hour of Devastation could easily mean Bolas has a plan that will bring devastation to someone or something, even if that thing isn't Amonkhet (why would he destroy a plane he already rules over anyway?).
The Gatewatch has had exactly 2 victories (possibly 3, depending on if you count each individual Titan as an individual victory; 2.5 if you count Emrakul as only a partial victory; and likely 3.5-4 when Kaladesh is over, but that is yet to be seen.) Saying "they never lose... EVER", especially when one of those "victories" is VERY arguable, is silly.
No, if Bolas gets what he wants, then Bolas wins. Just because less people die (which STILL doesn't make sense), that doesn't mean that Bolas loses; it just means that the Gatewatch loses slightly less.
So what you're saying is that a partial victory of the Gatewatch (Emrakul) counts as a full one because their goal (stopping Emrakul) was fulfilled (even though Em is just trapped and in fact wanted to be trapped), yet Bolas needs to have a 100%, absolute victory (which includes an entire plane being destroyed (for no reason), an event which has little precedence.)?
You clearly don't take M;tG villains seriously anyway. I highly doubt that Bolas getting a partial victory will really affect your perception of them very much.
If the Gatewatch fight Bolas, yes, they should lose horribly. But we don't know if they are going to fight Bolas; hell, we don't even know if they are going to meet Bolas! (They will, but it isn't explicitly known.)
Just a tip: no matter how valid or reasonable your points are, saying "I'm very rarely wrong about this stuff" will not convince anybody to side with you, ESPECIALLY without any examples or evidence.
Watch as it turns out that there is [SOMETHING] on Amokhet that [BLUE CHARACTER] determines can be used to [METHOD OF DEFEAT] Bolas despite the Gatewatch being hugely outmatched.
Weird, I don't recall Jace being in Tarkir, Theros, original Innistrad, Scars of Mirrodin, or Alara. And he only sort of showed up in Battle for Zendikar. And he doesn't look to be showing up in Kaladesh.
That leaves...what, four sets aside from Core (Lorwyn, Original Zendikar, Return to Ravnica, Shadows Over Innistrad)?
Were you counting the core sets that no one cared about Planeswalker-wise?
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Also, Emrakul being trapped really really can't be considered a victory. Sure Innistrad is temporary safe in a sense, but consider the losses. There were thousands of deaths, the loss of Avacyn, Sorin's entrapment, Thraben's possible destruction, the fates of many main characters (Thalia, Sigarda, Arlinn, etc.) mostly unknown, Emrakul's brood possibly being still active, werewolves making a comeback, the flight of nightmares coming into being and the loss of the majority of angels, the murders caused by the Lunarch inquisition, plus a lot more. Yep, a total victory I'd say. Furthermore, from Emrakul's perspective, she got everything she wanted. The world wasn't ready for her, so she wanted a place to wait, and the Gatewatch provided her with the perfect way to do it. From the Gatewatch's perspective, a possible victory, but they have no way of knowing.
That is certainly one way to interpret the set name, yes. As is a dozen other ways. Hell , the name could even mean that Amonkhet will be devastated (even if it makes no sense, seeing as how Bolas controls the plane and all), but not destroyed. They aren't synonyms. But I guess that wouldn't be a "100% victory".
The Gatewatch will have (at the end of Aether Revolt) between 2.5 and 4 victories, depending on how one defines "victory". It is also important to remember that the story of Kaladesh isn't (so far) an "officially sanctioned" Gatewatch mission; Chandra and Liliana left on their own, with Nissa following only because of them. Not saying that it won't be a victory for them, but it's something to consider.
Yes, Bolas did win on Alara. His goal was to absorb the maelstrom, only a tiny portion remained outside of his grasp. The only thing he failed to do was destroy Alara, which was nothing but an attempt to metaphorically flex his muscles.
I will allow you to retain your right to wish for an 100% victory (though I personally wouldn't like it; there has to be a tiny bit of hope for Bolas to crush, after all.)
I mean, I would personally classify the vast majority of Zendikari and Innistradi, along with Innistrad's most prominent protector and most of her agents being destroyed as real damage, but I understand what you're saying.
The Phyrexians didn't spare Koth. They couldn't catch him, because he's y'know, a planeswalker.
You have a point on Nixilis.
If you are talking about the Oldwalker fight, Sorin didn't play with her; he didn't want to kill her, didn't even want to fight her. If you are talking about their most recent fight, I don't recall Sorin doing anything of the sort, but I will have to reread the article.
Let's be honest, no matter how well Creative makes Amonkhet, you still wouldn't like Bolas or the current story.
Ah, the old Jace-hate circlejerk. Let's all make major assumptions about a story we have minimal information about together!
Just a tip: I read almost everything posted here. Expecting me, or anyone else, to remember everything you predict, especially when from what you've been posting recently boils down to "Creative sucks and the old lore was better in every way because reasons", is foolish.
Just a tip: you still need to provide actual examples of times you were right, not just say that you were right.
Just a tip: even if you are right int this instance or were right in any other instance, doesn't mean you don't look like an ass.
Absolutely. Many months back, we got names and thumbnail/head shots of Liliana's remaining demons. I remember in the first dozen posts, someone pointed out one of them had an almost Egyptian look to it.
The other one was very red and fiery looking and (given those visual characteristics) I would be very surprised if that one doesn't show up (and get dealt with rather violently) while we're on Kaladesh.
I can't imagine them actually permanently removing Bolas but...maybe. That would feel really weird, honestly.
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The one you're talking about is called Belzenlok, which is very german-sounding ("Belzebub" is an outdated german name for the devil). So I wouldn't expect him on Kaladesh at all.