"When Ojutai attacked, I had just begun appreciating mastery of the [something][School, perhaps?]." Shun Yin
My friend isn't 100% on his translation, but it should be something like "When I fought Ojutai, I understood that my own training had only just begun." - Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest"
I think they're all female. At least I hope so. Magic is fairly ahead of the curve when it comes to representation, but there's always progress to be made.
Kolaghan is definitely female, and I'm pretty sure Atarka was female in the DailyMTG story. I don't think the others have been specifically stated, but I'm pretty sure I recall MaRo saying something about gender being interesting with the dragons.
Found the quote from Doug Beyer: "Kolaghan is female (that’s just a typo in the article), although gender is a bit of an interesting issue when it comes to Tarkir dragons, as we’ll see when we learn more about their life cycle."
WotC is not going to have the dragons be hermaphrodites, are they? They are not going to have the dragons be capable of changing sex, in the manner of the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park, are they? I hope not.
This has probably been asked already, but aren't dragons born in magical storms, not through reproduction?
I am certain that that is merely a legend, a story that the people of Tarkir made up because they were in awe of the might and majesty of dragons, akin to how countless stories of creation from across the world describe deities creating life from various elements of nature.
This creature is most excellent, but I do believe that, for 7 mana, it could have been a 6/6 and still have been balanced, or that it could have been a 5/6 for 6 mana and be balanced.
Has it been confirmed that all five legendary dragons are female? Everyone here is referring to Ojutai as "she," but I not recall her having been stated to be such.
The dragons all have broods. It's safe to assume they are all brood mothers. See: Female.
This has probably been asked already, but aren't dragons born in magical storms, not through reproduction?
As far as we know they are born in storms. Their way of life has not been explained in great detail yet. I wonder if they will start to breed though or if they will only come from storms.
Was hoping for a dragon that blinks things. That would've been awesome. As is, this will only see play in the most casual Commander groups. Nice art, though.
As with the dimir dragon not milling, I guess they decided to not go for the quite so obvious ability on these guys.
Blink Dragon would have been pretty nice in this morph block (probably why they didn't give it that ability). I doubt anyone wanted a Mill Dragon.
Lol. Far enough to have a harem of dragons for the dragon planeswalker...lmao...
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Actually its more usable.
Archon don't got vigilance.
Archon ability don't trigger off other creatures.
Archon don't got much in the way of tribal synergy.
Archon is actually tinier than this. 4/5 vs 5/6.
Archon is same mana cost as this legendary dragon.
I expected more playable dragons than what we have seen so far. Nearly all of them are ~2 mana over costed or 2-3 P/T shy of being playable in anything outside of limited. Add in a terrible dragon land and a set touting dragons wont see many, or any, dragons being played. Stormbreathe is light years better than all the dragons revealed so far.
Actually its more usable.
Archon don't got vigilance.
Archon ability don't trigger off other creatures.
Archon don't got much in the way of tribal synergy.
Archon is actually tinier than this. 4/5 vs 5/6.
Archon is same mana cost as this legendary dragon.
The archon, however, can target two permanents at a time; that may not be much of an advantage, but I still wished to mention it.
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This has probably been asked already, but aren't dragons born in magical storms, not through reproduction?
I am certain that that is merely a legend, a story that the people of Tarkir made up because they were in awe of the might and majesty of dragons, akin to how countless stories of creation from across the world describe deities creating life from various elements of nature.[/quote]
He thought he saw—no, it couldn’t be. Sarkhan squinted, shielding his face with his hand. Oh, but it was! It was!
A pair of wings!
The wide, leathery appendages beat against the storm harder and harder, spawning waves of low, rumbling thunder. They labored to pull a form, gnarled and twisted, out of the fray. The form coalesced as it emerged behind the wings, opening its maw and bellowing a great, resounding roar.
A dragon!
Sarkhan grabbed his staff and struggled to his feet only to fall to his knees once more, gasping for breath, clutching his chest, for his heart might otherwise rupture his ribs.
A second dragon was birthed from the tempest, and then a third.
They were wondrous, dazzling, exquisite. They were dragons the likes of which he had never seen.
Tears rallied to the corners of Sarkhan’s eyes, mixing with the ebbing rain as they streamed down his cheeks. He blinked them away; they obscured his vision, and he wanted to see, he had to see.
The great beasts frolicked, fledglings learning themselves for the first time. They careened across the sky, locking antlers in spirited fights—they had antlers! Sarkhan laughed gleefully. The dragons on Tarkir had antlers!
Actually its more usable.
Archon don't got vigilance.
Archon ability don't trigger off other creatures.
Archon don't got much in the way of tribal synergy.
Archon is actually tinier than this. 4/5 vs 5/6.
Archon is same mana cost as this legendary dragon.
Well, is Vigilance really needed on a guy that locks the relevant attacks your opponent has?
Is this dragon ever going to lock more than two guys down in an practical situation?
Does this dragon have tribal synergy (as of this set)? I don't think you have much to use with this guy in the way of WU/colorless dragons. If you go full Jeskai in EDH or something then you get all the cool dragons, and this guy's ability becomes meaningless because your opponent's creatures just get killed by Balefire and etc
They're probably the same rough amount of usefulness, at least until DTK comes out and a few more WU darguns appear for the sake of a novelty deck
7cmc though ugh
It dies once or twice if its your commander, and it totes will, and you just cry as you probably never see it again
Well, is Vigilance really needed on a guy that locks the relevant attacks your opponent has?
Is this dragon ever going to lock more than two guys down in an practical situation?
Does this dragon have tribal synergy (as of this set)? I don't think you have much to use with this guy in the way of WU/colorless dragons. If you go full Jeskai in EDH or something then you get all the cool dragons, and this guy's ability becomes meaningless because your opponent's creatures just get killed by Balefire and etc
They're probably the same rough amount of usefulness, at least until DTK comes out and a few more WU darguns appear for the sake of a novelty deck
7cmc though ugh
It dies once or twice if its your commander, and it totes will, and you just cry as you probably never see it again
Vigilance + Flying is super useful on top of a lockdown ability. Meaning you still have a blocker after you lockdown a strong flier and dealt your damage to your opponent who now has to deal with a dragon blocking the way for his weaker guys.
One dragon locks down one guy. If you have a second dragon you can lock down two guys. If you want to get into the nit and gritty of EDH we can always throw in clone spells and Mirror Gallery in which if you have say one dragon and one clonedragon and the mirror you can lockdown four creatures, all of which have flying and vigilance and are 5/6.
Depends on pushed the "darguns" will be in DTK. If they are pushed to playable then the legends from FRF will become all stars.
Well, is Vigilance really needed on a guy that locks the relevant attacks your opponent has?
Is this dragon ever going to lock more than two guys down in an practical situation?
Does this dragon have tribal synergy (as of this set)? I don't think you have much to use with this guy in the way of WU/colorless dragons. If you go full Jeskai in EDH or something then you get all the cool dragons, and this guy's ability becomes meaningless because your opponent's creatures just get killed by Balefire and etc
They're probably the same rough amount of usefulness, at least until DTK comes out and a few more WU darguns appear for the sake of a novelty deck
7cmc though ugh
It dies once or twice if its your commander, and it totes will, and you just cry as you probably never see it again
Vigilance + Flying is super useful on top of a lockdown ability. Meaning you still have a blocker after you lockdown a strong flier and dealt your damage to your opponent who now has to deal with a dragon blocking the way for his weaker guys.
One dragon locks down one guy. If you have a second dragon you can lock down two guys. If you want to get into the nit and gritty of EDH we can always throw in clone spells and Mirror Gallery in which if you have say one dragon and one clonedragon and the mirror you can lockdown four creatures, all of which have flying and vigilance and are 5/6.
Joy, 3 card combos that don't actually do much, are disrupted by every removal spell, are easier to accomplish with something like Yosei, and aren't even particularly fun.
Would this have been played at five mana? My guess is it might have been on the lower fringes of competitive play.
At seven - /vomit. Archon of the Trimvariante had a much higher board impact and was also rubbish. Seven mana creatures need to claw you back into a game you are losing horribly and offer a way to close it quickly (like Angel of Serenity did, or before that the actually good Elesh Norn) and even then they aren't always playable.
My friend isn't 100% on his translation, but it should be something like "When I fought Ojutai, I understood that my own training had only just begun." - Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest"
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BGGlissa, the TraitorGB
URTibor and LumiaRU
WUBOloro, Ageless AsceticBUW
UBSygg, River CutthroatBU
RGXenagos, God of RevelsGR
UGVorel of the Hull CladeGU
GBSavra, Queen of the GolgariBG
URGMaelstrom WandererGRU
I knew this card reminded me of something from RTR. Good call, these seem very similar.
UR Blue-Red Control
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UWR Jeskai Control
WotC is not going to have the dragons be hermaphrodites, are they? They are not going to have the dragons be capable of changing sex, in the manner of the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park, are they? I hope not.
I am certain that that is merely a legend, a story that the people of Tarkir made up because they were in awe of the might and majesty of dragons, akin to how countless stories of creation from across the world describe deities creating life from various elements of nature.
“When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.”-Thomas Jefferson
“A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of its user.”-Theodore Roosevelt
“Patriotism means to stand by one's country; it does not mean to stand by one's president.”-Theodore Roosevelt
As far as we know they are born in storms. Their way of life has not been explained in great detail yet. I wonder if they will start to breed though or if they will only come from storms.
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Does your friend have a translation for shiromi? It's... a little odd, to say the least.... (It's the word right before 'training'/'syugyoo'.)
But we did get one
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I advocate for the elimination of the combo archetype in Modern. I believe it is degenerate and unfun by its very nature and will always limit design space and cause unnecessary bans.
Actually its more usable.
Archon don't got vigilance.
Archon ability don't trigger off other creatures.
Archon don't got much in the way of tribal synergy.
Archon is actually tinier than this. 4/5 vs 5/6.
Archon is same mana cost as this legendary dragon.
The archon, however, can target two permanents at a time; that may not be much of an advantage, but I still wished to mention it.
“When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.”-Thomas Jefferson
“A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of its user.”-Theodore Roosevelt
“Patriotism means to stand by one's country; it does not mean to stand by one's president.”-Theodore Roosevelt
I am certain that that is merely a legend, a story that the people of Tarkir made up because they were in awe of the might and majesty of dragons, akin to how countless stories of creation from across the world describe deities creating life from various elements of nature.[/quote]
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So no they are literally born in a storm. Sorry
Well, is Vigilance really needed on a guy that locks the relevant attacks your opponent has?
Is this dragon ever going to lock more than two guys down in an practical situation?
Does this dragon have tribal synergy (as of this set)? I don't think you have much to use with this guy in the way of WU/colorless dragons. If you go full Jeskai in EDH or something then you get all the cool dragons, and this guy's ability becomes meaningless because your opponent's creatures just get killed by Balefire and etc
They're probably the same rough amount of usefulness, at least until DTK comes out and a few more WU darguns appear for the sake of a novelty deck
7cmc though ugh
It dies once or twice if its your commander, and it totes will, and you just cry as you probably never see it again
He said you might be mistaking 自/ji for 白/shiro. 自身 is jishin/oneself.
EDH Decks
BGGlissa, the TraitorGB
URTibor and LumiaRU
WUBOloro, Ageless AsceticBUW
UBSygg, River CutthroatBU
RGXenagos, God of RevelsGR
UGVorel of the Hull CladeGU
GBSavra, Queen of the GolgariBG
URGMaelstrom WandererGRU
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
Vigilance + Flying is super useful on top of a lockdown ability. Meaning you still have a blocker after you lockdown a strong flier and dealt your damage to your opponent who now has to deal with a dragon blocking the way for his weaker guys.
One dragon locks down one guy. If you have a second dragon you can lock down two guys. If you want to get into the nit and gritty of EDH we can always throw in clone spells and Mirror Gallery in which if you have say one dragon and one clonedragon and the mirror you can lockdown four creatures, all of which have flying and vigilance and are 5/6.
Depends on pushed the "darguns" will be in DTK. If they are pushed to playable then the legends from FRF will become all stars.
I concede to your last point.
Joy, 3 card combos that don't actually do much, are disrupted by every removal spell, are easier to accomplish with something like Yosei, and aren't even particularly fun.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
At seven - /vomit. Archon of the Trimvariante had a much higher board impact and was also rubbish. Seven mana creatures need to claw you back into a game you are losing horribly and offer a way to close it quickly (like Angel of Serenity did, or before that the actually good Elesh Norn) and even then they aren't always playable.
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