Based on the flavor of both Ixalan's Binding and Angrath's Marauders we know that once you enter the plane of Ixalan, there is no leaving it. That being stated, is it possible for Jace to be stuck on Ixalan for the remainder of his existence?
It's obvious that there's a way to leave Ixalan, as there's no way they'd leave all the walkers currently there stranded, and Jace himself has future plot threads hanging.
I know one thing: I don't want Jace to leave Ixalan by the end of the block.
That would, honestly, be too quick and easy. If Angrath has been on Ixalan for who knows how long. Jace shouldn't be able to be stranded there and also find a way off by the end of a block.
At the very least, I won't accept Jace somehow breaking Ixalan's influence and setting all of the stranded walkers free. If he hijacks whatever way Bolas has for Vraska to get off the plane, that would be okay.
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I think that Orazca is what holds the key to breaking Ixalan's influence and freeing the stranded walkers. Either that or Orazca HAS something that can break Ixalan's influence.
The ability to leave makes orazca a much more aptly sought after locale for the movers and shakers of the narrative, the walkers. Jace is too ingrained in ravnica, bolas, tezz, lilli, history with Chandra, work alongside tamiyo, and general marketing for them to let him go that easy.
It's not plot armor per se, but rather just poor story telling because they've obviously set up a larger narrative with him. There would be dozens of loose ends if they railroad him here.
What I do think is that they are taking steps to rectify what some dislike about his character. He's bulking up and becoming more active, relying more on gut feels/instinct in the last story, and lost his "muscle" with the absence of nissa and Gideon so to speak. Furthermore, him piecing bits of himself together also gives us a plot hook into Vyrn. I don't know why he would have to return, but I'd imagine that the mage ring network there can power a pretty strong planar portal to move a certain undead army around. Speculation but hey, this is the kind of future this story sets us up for.
Jace is almost always the "plucky underdog" who survives when he really shouldn't. Invasion by eldrazi TWICE that you can't mind control/read/make illusions to distract? Chase by werewolves who can just straight smell you. Bested by Garruk who let him live because illusions were useless. Thrashed by bolas and mind wiped. Really kaladesh should have been the plane he rocked because of the human insurgents but again, what do illusions do against automatons?
for a game of humanoids mostly they've done a good job of keeping a mind mage in check in the story. He never seems obscenely powerful to those around him, but always slightly fragile. He's compelling in that his flaws and weaknesses draw in other characters into the narrative, unlike Gideon who can beat his way through most anything and survive the Repercussion or lili who can just straight death magic even a robot.
Stranding him would be an error imo. I'm not even a huge Jace fan but I think he adds to the story in a good way.
Maybe Illusion!Liliana was wrong. Maybe Bolas was the best thing that happened to him, because Bolas's mind-wipe seems to be paving the way for monumental character growth (which I hope they follow through with).
Also, if he somehow remembers his Vryn days, you have to account for the fact that he promised his parents that he'd return to them. That alone might be enough for him to go back there, but of course the larger plot would be centered around the mage-rings.
Has there ever been a Vryn set? If Jace does remember his days on Vryn, then that would be the first place he'd go.
Jace has been in pretty much every "Post-Mending" MTG set, so it wouldn't make sense to trap him on Ixalan. He's in a race with Vraska and Angrath to get to Orazca first because I don't think that either of them would let him leave.
There hasn't. And no Jace hasn't been in almost every post mending set. He was in Lorwyn before they had decided to make the story about them, he was in several core sets for the same reason, he was in RTR as is first appearance in a story attached to a set, Origins because Origins, and has been involved in the post origins Gatewatch arc but has only had two cards in that time counting Ixalan.
Also it doesnt seem Angrath is after Orazca from what tiny bit we know of him. He's just Pissed that he's stuck so he's causing chaos.
Has there ever been a Vryn set? If Jace does remember his days on Vryn, then that would be the first place he'd go.
Nope. So far, Vryn is the only Origins plane we've never visited "properly" in a dedicated set.
Given the huge difference between what we've seen of Kaladesh in Origins and what we've seen of it in the block proper, I have to wonder what we don't know about Vryn.
He is definitely not staying there forever, but they could take the Elspeth route and ditch him there for a while while still keeping a return possible. A significant part of the playerbase would appreciate at least that.
Has there ever been a Vryn set? If Jace does remember his days on Vryn, then that would be the first place he'd go.
Nope. So far, Vryn is the only Origins plane we've never visited "properly" in a dedicated set.
Given the huge difference between what we've seen of Kaladesh in Origins and what we've seen of it in the block proper, I have to wonder what we don't know about Vryn.
I don't believe we've properly visited Regatha, either. Not that we know much about it either, it just sorta exists and is where Jaya founded a monastery and Chandra planeswalked to.
Has there ever been a Vryn set? If Jace does remember his days on Vryn, then that would be the first place he'd go.
Nope. So far, Vryn is the only Origins plane we've never visited "properly" in a dedicated set.
Given the huge difference between what we've seen of Kaladesh in Origins and what we've seen of it in the block proper, I have to wonder what we don't know about Vryn.
I don't believe we've properly visited Regatha, either. Not that we know much about it either, it just sorta exists and is where Jaya founded a monastery and Chandra planeswalked to.
Oh yeah, Regatha was in there too. My mistake.
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So I'd go with "No".
That would, honestly, be too quick and easy. If Angrath has been on Ixalan for who knows how long. Jace shouldn't be able to be stranded there and also find a way off by the end of a block.
At the very least, I won't accept Jace somehow breaking Ixalan's influence and setting all of the stranded walkers free. If he hijacks whatever way Bolas has for Vraska to get off the plane, that would be okay.
-Chandra Nalaar
The ability to leave makes orazca a much more aptly sought after locale for the movers and shakers of the narrative, the walkers. Jace is too ingrained in ravnica, bolas, tezz, lilli, history with Chandra, work alongside tamiyo, and general marketing for them to let him go that easy.
It's not plot armor per se, but rather just poor story telling because they've obviously set up a larger narrative with him. There would be dozens of loose ends if they railroad him here.
What I do think is that they are taking steps to rectify what some dislike about his character. He's bulking up and becoming more active, relying more on gut feels/instinct in the last story, and lost his "muscle" with the absence of nissa and Gideon so to speak. Furthermore, him piecing bits of himself together also gives us a plot hook into Vyrn. I don't know why he would have to return, but I'd imagine that the mage ring network there can power a pretty strong planar portal to move a certain undead army around. Speculation but hey, this is the kind of future this story sets us up for.
Jace is almost always the "plucky underdog" who survives when he really shouldn't. Invasion by eldrazi TWICE that you can't mind control/read/make illusions to distract? Chase by werewolves who can just straight smell you. Bested by Garruk who let him live because illusions were useless. Thrashed by bolas and mind wiped. Really kaladesh should have been the plane he rocked because of the human insurgents but again, what do illusions do against automatons?
for a game of humanoids mostly they've done a good job of keeping a mind mage in check in the story. He never seems obscenely powerful to those around him, but always slightly fragile. He's compelling in that his flaws and weaknesses draw in other characters into the narrative, unlike Gideon who can beat his way through most anything and survive the Repercussion or lili who can just straight death magic even a robot.
Stranding him would be an error imo. I'm not even a huge Jace fan but I think he adds to the story in a good way.
Also, if he somehow remembers his Vryn days, you have to account for the fact that he promised his parents that he'd return to them. That alone might be enough for him to go back there, but of course the larger plot would be centered around the mage-rings.
There hasn't. And no Jace hasn't been in almost every post mending set. He was in Lorwyn before they had decided to make the story about them, he was in several core sets for the same reason, he was in RTR as is first appearance in a story attached to a set, Origins because Origins, and has been involved in the post origins Gatewatch arc but has only had two cards in that time counting Ixalan.
Also it doesnt seem Angrath is after Orazca from what tiny bit we know of him. He's just Pissed that he's stuck so he's causing chaos.
Nope. So far, Vryn is the only Origins plane we've never visited "properly" in a dedicated set.
Given the huge difference between what we've seen of Kaladesh in Origins and what we've seen of it in the block proper, I have to wonder what we don't know about Vryn.
Oh yeah, Regatha was in there too. My mistake.