I'm not sure why this hasn't come up quite, but I think this is pretty likely a "sarkhan uses's bolas's power to go back in time and prevent the khans from killing all the dragons so bolas can use the dragons as a personal army" or something. I mean that could be implied when everyone's saying he "brings the dragons back" but that sounds more like you think sarkhan is going to warp dragons in from an earlier era.
Maro's comments about the block representing change seem like the strongest evidence for it, the unique block structure even more so. The small set is going to be 100% time travel. Triumphant return of suspend. Mark my words.
Shame Kaalia was tied into Alara because the time travel aspect would have made it possible she was from Tarkir before the dragons became extinct. Also being Wedge based does this mean that Sharkhan is just Anti-Blue alligned? He has been purely Jund and now he's supposed to be wedge alligned making him alligned to 4 colors most likely everything but blue? i do relize he can just be Jund but its a bit weird to me. so far quite interested.
1/3 of the way through ftv and not super impressed. as someone already posted all 5 confirmed cards were on the list that was deemed fake and to be honest im not a fan of that list even though there is some cool stuff.
i dont see him being Jund to be hoenst so 2 color or even just red as i have seen suggested on other threads are very likely. I know it is a bit ridiculous to think of sarkhan as 4 color alligned as i hope to never see a 4 or 5 color pw..... unless it was a sliver..... no bad idea
i dont see him being Jund to be hoenst so 2 color or even just red as i have seen suggested on other threads are very likely. I know it is a bit ridiculous to think of sarkhan as 4 color alligned as i hope to never see a 4 or 5 color pw..... unless it was a sliver..... no bad idea
There were some 5-color pre-mending planeswalkers (Taysir being the main one) and Urza was WUBR so it wouldn't be that bad if Sarkhan was Dega. However, I just don't think that white is in his philosophy and blue certainly isn't.
An Urza Walker would have to do more damage to your side of the board than he ever does to your opponents, to fit how his "saving" tended to work out in the story.
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the art may have alot white red and black but he is using a URG( tamur) cloathing
your reasoning ii the same people ( me included) used to say Elspeth was going to be WG....
But he doesn't.
Yes, he does! It's right on his goddamn shoulder! It's the exact same goddamn symbol! There's two goddamn pictures showing it! Are you blind? Are you one of those people that refuses to admit that you're wrong even when shown photographic evidence? It's the Temur symbol on his shoulder. It's as plain as day. Anyone that says that they aren't the same symbol is either delusional or an idiot, probably both.
Second Temure image, second image with ta snow background. I'm realy hoping for a small snow subtheme in this block.
That is ridiculous. There is no snow theme. I might have been wrong about the wedge theme, but this is not going to be a time-travel dragon wedge snow block.
Are those Dog people on the Temur picture? I don't know what to think
Seriously! That's what I said! I think it really IS a dog person. And there seems to be a rat guy in the Mardu picture and a snake guy in the Sultai image. I never would have imagined such creature types on this plane. I can't wait.
You might be right and I'm not saying we're getting snow. It's merely something I'd like to see. If it's not the case, too bad and I won't be dissapointed, but if it's the case then I'll be happy! These images are Just teasing me a little.
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Can't wait for the mods to come back and admit the instant deletion of the FtV leak was a mistake. Only thing I can figure is they got a C&D or something. The only excuse they had was "the font looked wrong."
Hardly. I'm technically the only mod to have received a C&D from Wizards and it was for something else. I forget who deleted it, but it's likely because it was completely unsubstantiated and as you mentioned, a wrong font. Those are really big strikes. Ignoring hindsight, it would be deleted again.
However, now that you mention it, I'll go take a look into whether it warrants being unarchived.
I read that as "we have heard everyone hates set prerelease promo rares, so were adding a little more variance".
I read it as "Stores have been complaining that they continually run out of one pack, which makes players upset, because there's always one pack better than the rest, so we add variance so people won't go after the good card."
EDIT: After comparing the texts it still looks fake. Looking closely at Cataclysm and Smokestack, the T's on each look like they have the tail, where Beleren has no tail on its T. If someone could get a clearer picture showing the T's to be tailless, I'd be happy to open it up to discussion...
I read that as "we have heard everyone hates set prerelease promo rares, so were adding a little more variance".
I read it as "Stores have been complaining that they continually run out of one pack, which makes players upset, because there's always one pack better than the rest, so we add variance so people won't go after the good card."
I agree completely. I don't think players hate the promos. On the contrary, most players (casual prerelease players) love them. This is 100% a response to the store issue. A lot of stores ran out of one of the promos on midnight releases, and just didn't have the promos that people wanted on Saturday/Sunday. I'm not sure how this will work out, but it will at least alleviate that issue. 7/27/2014 2:05:38 AM
To everyone speculating about Sarkhan's color, it was explicitly stated by Maro that in the story Sarkhan was previously a part of one of the clans, left and then planeswalked away. I can't remember for sure which clan it was, but I know it wasn't Abzan, Jeskai, or Sultai. That leaves Temur and Mardu and my gut says it was Temur. Again, I can't remember 100%.
HOWEVER, someone in the audience did explicitly ask Maro about three color PWs returning and in a non-direct way Maro said they were interested in returning to that idea, but not in the near future. That implied it was not in this set, but not really confirmation either. You know how Maro is.
All in all, the panel was great. I'm a bit surprised people were posting pictures of the line earlier. I walked right in 2 minutes before the panel and got a seat near the front pretty easily. I thought those pictures were a bit disingenuous since the room it was in (25) doesn't host the "popular" things that Hall H and Ballroom 20 get (i.e. Movies and TV shows). I'm not trying to be mean towards Magic (I obviously play), but Magic is hardly the focus of most Comic-con attendees and to some degree I was glad since it lead to a pretty easy attendance.
Also don't know if anyone posted it, but we got these postcards of the five Khan leaders and people who asked questions got a free Funko Pop Art figure.
EDIT: After comparing the texts it still looks fake. Looking closely at Cataclysm and Smokestack, the T's on each look like they have the tail, where Beleren has no tail on its T. If someone could get a clearer picture showing the T's to be tailless, I'd be happy to open it up to discussion...
If it IS fake though, where did the faker get the artwork for Cataclysm, Smokestack and Living Death? The first two were completely unseen art as far as I know and the new art for Vintage Masters Living Death was spoiled AFTER the FTV images were leaked, wasn't it? Also, of all the people speculating about the cover art, I didn't really see anyone guess it was for Firespout, but the art seems to be perfect for that card. It it IS fake, whoever did it put a heck of a lot of work into faking it and they were pretty good/lucky at digging up art for cards that just so happened to actually be the art for said cards before anyone knew about them.
To everyone speculating about Sarkhan's color, it was explicitly stated by Maro that previous Sarkhan was part of one of the clans and left and then planeswalked away. I can't remember for sure which clan it was, but I know it wasn't Abzan, Jeskai, or Sultai. That leaves Temur and Mardu and my gut says it was Temur. Again, I can't remember 100%.
HOWEVER, someone in the audience did explicitly ask Maro about three color PWs returning and in a non-direct way Maro said they were interested in returning to that idea, but not in the near future. That implied it was not in this set, but you know how Maro is.
"know how Maro is"
You mean he never straight up lies? If what he said is true about 3-color planeswalkers, we can be sure there is not a 3-color walker in the near future if it was said in the recent past.
Another thing to mention is, I take it the other attendees saw the images of the scenery of each clan? Like the desert-ish region, the swamp/forest region (for Sultai), etc.? I am by no means confirming anything since it was NEVER stated at the panel, but my first reaction for those two art pieces were "That kind of looks like an Arid Mesa and a Verdant Catacomb."
Again, this is just what I thought when I saw those two art pieces and nothing more.
Maro's comments about the block representing change seem like the strongest evidence for it, the unique block structure even more so. The small set is going to be 100% time travel. Triumphant return of suspend. Mark my words.
He could just be 2-colored this time around.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
i dont see him being Jund to be hoenst so 2 color or even just red as i have seen suggested on other threads are very likely. I know it is a bit ridiculous to think of sarkhan as 4 color alligned as i hope to never see a 4 or 5 color pw..... unless it was a sliver..... no bad idea
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There were some 5-color pre-mending planeswalkers (Taysir being the main one) and Urza was WUBR so it wouldn't be that bad if Sarkhan was Dega. However, I just don't think that white is in his philosophy and blue certainly isn't.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
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Yes, he does! It's right on his goddamn shoulder! It's the exact same goddamn symbol! There's two goddamn pictures showing it! Are you blind? Are you one of those people that refuses to admit that you're wrong even when shown photographic evidence? It's the Temur symbol on his shoulder. It's as plain as day. Anyone that says that they aren't the same symbol is either delusional or an idiot, probably both.
Yes, they are clearly the same. They are clearly EXACTLY the same.
That is ridiculous. There is no snow theme. I might have been wrong about the wedge theme, but this is not going to be a time-travel dragon wedge snow block.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
Seriously! That's what I said! I think it really IS a dog person. And there seems to be a rat guy in the Mardu picture and a snake guy in the Sultai image. I never would have imagined such creature types on this plane. I can't wait.
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However, now that you mention it, I'll go take a look into whether it warrants being unarchived. I read it as "Stores have been complaining that they continually run out of one pack, which makes players upset, because there's always one pack better than the rest, so we add variance so people won't go after the good card."
EDIT: After comparing the texts it still looks fake. Looking closely at Cataclysm and Smokestack, the T's on each look like they have the tail, where Beleren has no tail on its T. If someone could get a clearer picture showing the T's to be tailless, I'd be happy to open it up to discussion...
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They are not obsoleting the best lands in Modern.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
I agree completely. I don't think players hate the promos. On the contrary, most players (casual prerelease players) love them. This is 100% a response to the store issue. A lot of stores ran out of one of the promos on midnight releases, and just didn't have the promos that people wanted on Saturday/Sunday. I'm not sure how this will work out, but it will at least alleviate that issue.
7/27/2014 2:05:38 AM
Umm... no.
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HOWEVER, someone in the audience did explicitly ask Maro about three color PWs returning and in a non-direct way Maro said they were interested in returning to that idea, but not in the near future. That implied it was not in this set, but not really confirmation either. You know how Maro is.
All in all, the panel was great. I'm a bit surprised people were posting pictures of the line earlier. I walked right in 2 minutes before the panel and got a seat near the front pretty easily. I thought those pictures were a bit disingenuous since the room it was in (25) doesn't host the "popular" things that Hall H and Ballroom 20 get (i.e. Movies and TV shows). I'm not trying to be mean towards Magic (I obviously play), but Magic is hardly the focus of most Comic-con attendees and to some degree I was glad since it lead to a pretty easy attendance.
Also don't know if anyone posted it, but we got these postcards of the five Khan leaders and people who asked questions got a free Funko Pop Art figure.
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If it IS fake though, where did the faker get the artwork for Cataclysm, Smokestack and Living Death? The first two were completely unseen art as far as I know and the new art for Vintage Masters Living Death was spoiled AFTER the FTV images were leaked, wasn't it? Also, of all the people speculating about the cover art, I didn't really see anyone guess it was for Firespout, but the art seems to be perfect for that card. It it IS fake, whoever did it put a heck of a lot of work into faking it and they were pretty good/lucky at digging up art for cards that just so happened to actually be the art for said cards before anyone knew about them.
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You mean he never straight up lies? If what he said is true about 3-color planeswalkers, we can be sure there is not a 3-color walker in the near future if it was said in the recent past.
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Again, this is just what I thought when I saw those two art pieces and nothing more.
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