I hope he isn't R/G because we already got alot of those in the last blocks.He might be B/R since he was Mardu originally and becoming the color combination of freedom against the tyrany of dragons suits him
So, how cool an idea would it be if the Planeswalker rule did not apply to this Sarkhan? Is it even possible to make a rule (without using way too many words) which allows THIS Sarkhan to share the battlefield with another one, but only in that case? Perhaps:
"If you control Sarkhan, Unbroken, and one other Sarkhan Planeswalker not named Sarkhan, Unbroken, the Planeswalker Rule does not apply to these Sarkhan Planeswalkers."
Sounds a bit wordy and ambiguous. If they wanted to do that, they could just make another planeswalker subtype for him. I kind of doubt it though.
How about: Sarkhan loses his Spark, Narset gains it.
I agree, I think that Sarkhan won't be a planeswalker anymore. He'll still have his spark, but he won't have ignited it yet.
Again, impossible. The events outside of this block still happened, so Sarkhan is still a planeswalker.
Not even remotely impossible. Sarkhan isn't the same person in the new timeline, so it's kind of crazy to think that he'd do things all over again the same way the second time around. Creative has been very emphatic about the point that nothing outside of Tarkir is affected by the time-shift. Yes, that is an affront to causality since the person known as Sarkhan clearly had an impact on the Multiverse outside of Tarkir even though that person ceased to exist the moment he saved Ugin 1,280 years ago. But those are the in-universe (or, rather, in-Multiverse) rules that Creative has come up with, so those are the rules the storyline will follow, regardless of how illogical they are.
As such, Sarkhan could plum cease to exist and it wouldn't have an impact on the storyline outside of Tarkir. Creative has been very adamant about that point. It's perfectly conceivable that Sarkhan loses his Planeswalker status until a later time when Creative can come back to Tarkir and tap that storyline about Sarkhan's spark igniting then.
It would be very unlikely for Sarkhan to lost his spark because it's somewhere stated that the events in other planes haven't change, and Sarkhan played a role in those events. Also, he seems to be the image of the set and those characters are commonly planeswalkers.
Being G and U the only remaining colors for planeswalkers in this block (A missing color in a block does not happen since Scars block) my bet for the two last planeswalker are RG Sarkhan (Unbroken) and monoU Narset or Temur Sarkhan (U would be justified because of the colors in the pin, he has become wiser and all the time travel experience)and a monoB or monoW walker (for not color overlapping in the same set), but the last one would let Narset out beacuse she is primary white.
I am really hoping he's a temur walker. You cannot go wrong with red, green, and blue abilities on a planeswalker. Mmmmm card advantage and perhaps cheating dragons into play...
He has the same light lock of hair that he has at the start of the KTK trailer, where he says "I was never even born". From that statement I was guessing that he would exist in the alternate timeline as an unborn "lost in time" kind of character. "The Unbroken" is not a perfect title for him under this theory, it sounds a lot more upbeat and positive. But two depictions of him with that lock of hair seems at least to pretty strongly suggest that there will be a new Sarkhan card in DTK.
When you look at the KTK trailer at this specific moment Sarkhan definitely looks like its 'unbroken' pin but the green part seem more yellow and definetely not points him at being 'green' so I guess he does not have to be green. If he is not green that means no Narset walker and a GX Ramaz I guess.
Here's a direct comparison between the higher resolution image of the pin that was posted in today's Arcana and Sarkhan from the KTK trailer in the moment just before he says "I was never born at all". There are indeed many similarities in my opinion.
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I guess another GR Sarkhan would be ok, though I'm a little bored with them after getting two pretty good ones back-to-back. I don't think I want to see a Temur Sarkhan because of the existance of Ramaz, who is also a Temur shaman-esque planeswalker who gives off a heavy Sarkhan vibe.
I am hoping that he is Jund colors. Unbroken leads me to think that his RB and RG cards collectively fuse with his R card, and now he his whole again. Doesn't make a lot of sense, but that's just the vibe I get from this.
I don't think he would lose his spark. He could, but I don't see it happening. I suppose it makes sense from that trailer video.
Wizards has, in the past, stated that they like having a color balance for a block's planeswalkers. Unless Narset is somehow green, chances are that Sarkhan will be RG. It also makes sense for him to be Atarka because that likely aligns with his own desire of worshiping a powerful dragon.
Doug Beyer said that "A person calling himself Sarkhan" would be on Alara and interacting with Bolas etc.
So I guess this at least opens up the possibility that Sarkhan Vol loses his spark and that there is another Sarkhan (not named Vol) in this new timeline. Seems fishy though, if only for game mechanics reasons: Sarkhan Vol is a planeswalker of type sarkhan. So there is a new Sarkhan that uses the Sarkhan title, but gets another planeswalker type? Sounds confusing.
Doug Beyer said that "A person calling himself Sarkhan" would be on Alara and interacting with Bolas etc.
So I guess this at least opens up the possibility that Sarkhan Vol loses his spark and that there is another Sarkhan (not named Vol) in this new timeline. Seems fishy though, if only for game mechanics reasons: Sarkhan Vol is a planeswalker of type sarkhan. So there is a new Sarkhan that uses the Sarkhan title, but gets another planeswalker type? Sounds confusing.
If anything, I think the most logical answer is that there are now two Sarkhans: The first is the planeswalker, who no longer "exists" because he is a paradox. The streak of blue hair could symbolize that he is an anomaly. The second is the individual that exists in the new timeline, not necessarily a planeswalker, but an individual who never knew the old Tarkir.
Wizards has, in the past, stated that they like having a color balance for a block's planeswalkers. Unless Narset is somehow green, chances are that Sarkhan will be RG. It also makes sense for him to be Atarka because that likely aligns with his own desire of worshiping a powerful dragon.
First of all Narset is still not confirmed to be a walker and the comments about her inner greater potential could just be that she masters somehow the sixth fire (Ghostfire, opposed to soulfire, mistfire , bloodfire & else), what could mean she and the jeskai-replacement faction will have colorless with colorful manacost as their thing, or just her being a colorless card.
Second, Maro stated in November there will be 5 planeswalkers in KTK block, but he never said 5 cards so if 2 Sarkhans it is possible we have a 6th walker.
I would hate if he ends up RG because that would mean 3 blocks in a row with an RG walker, plus the fact that Theros had 3 green walkers and M15 had both Garruk and Nissa. Green does not need a walker in the block, although if there isn't any that would mean next block shall revolve on Garruk's returning to green...
I personally believe and hope it will be BR Sarkhan, U Narset and possibly a RUG Ramaz if Maro's comments have to be interpreted as a 'we are getting 5 walkers, one of them twice".
The reason for the heavy green emphasis on Theros is because, according to MaRo, Theros is a world that is primarily green and secondarily white. The planeswalkers reflect that. Despite that, though, all five colors were represented on planeswalker cards in that block. In fact, the only block thus far that has not featured a color on planeswalkers is Scars of Mirrodin, which did not have a green 'walker.
Tarkir is a world that is primarily red, so I think expecting Sarkhan 2.0 and/or Narset to be part red is logical.
The old Sarkhan couldd actually seize to exist for new Sarkhan and he might get his memories when old Sarkhan cameback so thats why he decided to help revive Ugin IMO
The old Sarkhan couldd actually seize to exist for new Sarkhan and he might get his memories when old Sarkhan cameback so thats why he decided to help revive Ugin IMO
Certainly possible. That could also explain the "Unbroken" title, as two Sarkhans become one whole planeswalker.
His blue lock of hair is almost certainly a 'ghostblue' like Ugin's color.
Here's a direct comparison between the higher resolution image of the pin that was posted in today's Arcana and Sarkhan from the KTK trailer in the moment just before he says "I was never born at all". There are indeed many similarities in my opinion.
I'm sure that the KTK trailer sarkhan is the post FRF sarkhan, the one we might see in DTK. Evidence being that Ugin's hedron is on Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker but no longer on his staff in the KTK 'never born' trailer. Sarkhan lost the hedron in the act of healing Ugin, and so these pictures depict sarkhan afterward.
What colors will (new) Sarkhan be? Well, If you look at the new pin or the 'never born' trailer sarkhan, his shoulders are now, quite literally, dragonscale. Dragonscale Boon and other scale-granting cards are green, and the pin shown today also makes them seem very green in tint. In addition, Sarkhan v1 was RG and doing fine, while Sarkhan the mad (haunted by bolas) was RB. With Sarkhan being UN-Mad, I'd doubt he'd be back to black (a bolas influence), and instead fully predict his RG status. DTK currently needs a Blue planeswalker and a green one. If they're fine with giving both white and black a *****ty sorin, we can assume they would let the Green planeswalker of the set be a dual as well.
Blue walker? Everyone (but me) loves the idea of Narset, and while it seems most likely due to fan following, there are others in the running that shouldn't be counted out. Ramaz (DotP) was a big prediction for this plane when it was first shown (very much a Temur vibe), Taigam (Taigam's scheming) was depicted as a mysterious up-and-comer of the sultai in Khans, and if you get deep in your lore you'll read about a temur shaman with a lot of involvement with sarkhan named Chianul. Any one of these could be our blue walker.
Not even remotely impossible. Sarkhan isn't the same person in the new timeline, so it's kind of crazy to think that he'd do things all over again the same way the second time around. Creative has been very emphatic about the point that nothing outside of Tarkir is affected by the time-shift. Yes, that is an affront to causality since the person known as Sarkhan clearly had an impact on the Multiverse outside of Tarkir even though that person ceased to exist the moment he saved Ugin 1,280 years ago. But those are the in-universe (or, rather, in-Multiverse) rules that Creative has come up with, so those are the rules the storyline will follow, regardless of how illogical they are.
As such, Sarkhan could plum cease to exist and it wouldn't have an impact on the storyline outside of Tarkir. Creative has been very adamant about that point. It's perfectly conceivable that Sarkhan loses his Planeswalker status until a later time when Creative can come back to Tarkir and tap that storyline about Sarkhan's spark igniting then.
What? This is the weirdest way to interpret that post.
Doug wasn't saying they're arbitrarily deciding other planes can't be affected by time travel. He was saying they chose not to do anything to Sarkhan that would undo the stories they've already told with him.
There wasn't really anything mysterious about Taigam. He was a Jeskai Monk who decided that power via Rakshasha and Wealth through Sultai was better than trying to find something immaterial like enlightenment. He seems a little too set with Tarkir to have a spark.
Chianul knows Sarkhan. He's aware of him. He was aware of the alternate timeline. According to the Guide to Tarkir he thought he needed to meet Sarkhan, but Narset ended up doing that and we never encountered him. So, it seems unlikely he'll show up.
Ramaz...Ramaz just honestly doesn't seem important enough. Kaldheim, the location he may or may not be from, is definitely very Temur, and his colors are, and sure, he's even a servant of Bolas so there's the justification that maybe he's there to spy on a dead dragon. But why would Bolas even send him to begin with? So far as Bolas knows, Ugin died by his claw.
Narset seems plausible just from the story perspective of "Sarkhan is fixing things, and one of the things he's fixing is Narset's death too." Plus, it would feel...off for a block to not introduce one other new Planeswalker from such a well received plane.
Not even remotely impossible. Sarkhan isn't the same person in the new timeline, so it's kind of crazy to think that he'd do things all over again the same way the second time around. Creative has been very emphatic about the point that nothing outside of Tarkir is affected by the time-shift. Yes, that is an affront to causality since the person known as Sarkhan clearly had an impact on the Multiverse outside of Tarkir even though that person ceased to exist the moment he saved Ugin 1,280 years ago. But those are the in-universe (or, rather, in-Multiverse) rules that Creative has come up with, so those are the rules the storyline will follow, regardless of how illogical they are.
As such, Sarkhan could plum cease to exist and it wouldn't have an impact on the storyline outside of Tarkir. Creative has been very adamant about that point. It's perfectly conceivable that Sarkhan loses his Planeswalker status until a later time when Creative can come back to Tarkir and tap that storyline about Sarkhan's spark igniting then.
What? This is the weirdest way to interpret that post.
Doug wasn't saying they're arbitrarily deciding other planes can't be affected by time travel. He was saying they chose not to do anything to Sarkhan that would undo the stories they've already told with him.
To quote Doug, "Altering the history of Tarkir only alters Tarkir" He said that the only way that the changes of Tarkir will affect the Multiverse at large was if a planeswalker visited Tarkir between the time when Sarkhan changed history and now, and "transmit time-travel changes outside of Tarkir."
from the perspective of the rest of the Multiverse, somebody who called himself Sarkhan still showed up and participated in those Sarkhan-involving, off-Tarkir events in recent history (meeting Ajani on Jund, declaring fealty to Bolas, going to the Eye of Ugin, fighting with Chandra and Jace). In other words, worlds other than Tarkir have seen Sarkhan showing up and doing stuff over the past few years just as before, and haven’t experienced any temporal changes, even though things have already begun to change in Tarkir’s history.
It is highly, HIGHLY unlikely that the new Sarkhan would have done things exactly the same way as the old Sarkhan. Sarkhan is also clearly subject to the whims of the time stream by how he was whisked away out of existence after saving Ugin. Yes, we have a new image of Sarkhan, but we don't know who he is or what his history is. There's certainly no reason to think that there's anything inherently special about Sarkhan that would cause the old him to merge with the new him without outside intervention -- which is certainly conceivable (given Ugin's super-temporal perceptions and influence, it's possible that he remakes Sarkhan by pulling the old him out from oblivion and merges it with the current Sarkhan who grew up on dragon-dominated Tarkir (and likely never experienced the whispers of Ugin that led to his spark igniting).
We don't really know much of anything at this point, but Creative does seem to want to insulate the changes that happened on Tarkir from the rest of the Multiverse -- and they especially don't want to retcon all of the recent MtG storyline that's taken place so far with Alara, Zendikar, and the Eldrazi. There's also no getting around the fact that Sarkhan, without outside intervention from a powerful force, would not have taken the same path as he did in the original timeline, even if his spark somehow did ignite in the new timeline. It seems like Doug wants there to be some kind of temporal shield between the planes that insulates the effects of time travel on one plane from everywhere else.
There is no "new" Sarkhan, he was never born.
Old Sarkhan was transported back to where he begun his time travel and a memory of himself still participated of the multiverse events because Sarkhan Vol, the planeswalker is the only Sarkhan to ever be.
We're getting either BR Sarkhan and UGR Ramaz, or RG Sarkhan and UBR Bolas, as we need a conflicting force to keep moving the story forward, Narset was a red herring.
I think SARKAHN, the khan of khans, will be five colors and will rule Tarkir. The art on the pin goes out of its way to include all five colors of Magic in a garish mess.
Narset, Bolas, or Ramaz (purely for convenience, though is anyone excited about this guy?) are the other planeswalkers I would be least surprised to see in the other slot.
Sounds a bit wordy and ambiguous. If they wanted to do that, they could just make another planeswalker subtype for him. I kind of doubt it though.
Not even remotely impossible. Sarkhan isn't the same person in the new timeline, so it's kind of crazy to think that he'd do things all over again the same way the second time around. Creative has been very emphatic about the point that nothing outside of Tarkir is affected by the time-shift. Yes, that is an affront to causality since the person known as Sarkhan clearly had an impact on the Multiverse outside of Tarkir even though that person ceased to exist the moment he saved Ugin 1,280 years ago. But those are the in-universe (or, rather, in-Multiverse) rules that Creative has come up with, so those are the rules the storyline will follow, regardless of how illogical they are.
As such, Sarkhan could plum cease to exist and it wouldn't have an impact on the storyline outside of Tarkir. Creative has been very adamant about that point. It's perfectly conceivable that Sarkhan loses his Planeswalker status until a later time when Creative can come back to Tarkir and tap that storyline about Sarkhan's spark igniting then.
Being G and U the only remaining colors for planeswalkers in this block (A missing color in a block does not happen since Scars block) my bet for the two last planeswalker are RG Sarkhan (Unbroken) and monoU Narset or Temur Sarkhan (U would be justified because of the colors in the pin, he has become wiser and all the time travel experience)and a monoB or monoW walker (for not color overlapping in the same set), but the last one would let Narset out beacuse she is primary white.
Then again, as I mentioned in the Storyline thread, Sarkhan might become the khan of the dragons.
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I don't think he would lose his spark. He could, but I don't see it happening. I suppose it makes sense from that trailer video.
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So I guess this at least opens up the possibility that Sarkhan Vol loses his spark and that there is another Sarkhan (not named Vol) in this new timeline. Seems fishy though, if only for game mechanics reasons: Sarkhan Vol is a planeswalker of type sarkhan. So there is a new Sarkhan that uses the Sarkhan title, but gets another planeswalker type? Sounds confusing.
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If anything, I think the most logical answer is that there are now two Sarkhans: The first is the planeswalker, who no longer "exists" because he is a paradox. The streak of blue hair could symbolize that he is an anomaly. The second is the individual that exists in the new timeline, not necessarily a planeswalker, but an individual who never knew the old Tarkir.
The reason for the heavy green emphasis on Theros is because, according to MaRo, Theros is a world that is primarily green and secondarily white. The planeswalkers reflect that. Despite that, though, all five colors were represented on planeswalker cards in that block. In fact, the only block thus far that has not featured a color on planeswalkers is Scars of Mirrodin, which did not have a green 'walker.
Tarkir is a world that is primarily red, so I think expecting Sarkhan 2.0 and/or Narset to be part red is logical.
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Certainly possible. That could also explain the "Unbroken" title, as two Sarkhans become one whole planeswalker.
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What colors will (new) Sarkhan be? Well, If you look at the new pin or the 'never born' trailer sarkhan, his shoulders are now, quite literally, dragonscale. Dragonscale Boon and other scale-granting cards are green, and the pin shown today also makes them seem very green in tint. In addition, Sarkhan v1 was RG and doing fine, while Sarkhan the mad (haunted by bolas) was RB. With Sarkhan being UN-Mad, I'd doubt he'd be back to black (a bolas influence), and instead fully predict his RG status. DTK currently needs a Blue planeswalker and a green one. If they're fine with giving both white and black a *****ty sorin, we can assume they would let the Green planeswalker of the set be a dual as well.
Blue walker? Everyone (but me) loves the idea of Narset, and while it seems most likely due to fan following, there are others in the running that shouldn't be counted out. Ramaz (DotP) was a big prediction for this plane when it was first shown (very much a Temur vibe), Taigam (Taigam's scheming) was depicted as a mysterious up-and-comer of the sultai in Khans, and if you get deep in your lore you'll read about a temur shaman with a lot of involvement with sarkhan named Chianul. Any one of these could be our blue walker.
What? This is the weirdest way to interpret that post.
Doug wasn't saying they're arbitrarily deciding other planes can't be affected by time travel. He was saying they chose not to do anything to Sarkhan that would undo the stories they've already told with him.
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Chianul knows Sarkhan. He's aware of him. He was aware of the alternate timeline. According to the Guide to Tarkir he thought he needed to meet Sarkhan, but Narset ended up doing that and we never encountered him. So, it seems unlikely he'll show up.
Ramaz...Ramaz just honestly doesn't seem important enough. Kaldheim, the location he may or may not be from, is definitely very Temur, and his colors are, and sure, he's even a servant of Bolas so there's the justification that maybe he's there to spy on a dead dragon. But why would Bolas even send him to begin with? So far as Bolas knows, Ugin died by his claw.
Narset seems plausible just from the story perspective of "Sarkhan is fixing things, and one of the things he's fixing is Narset's death too." Plus, it would feel...off for a block to not introduce one other new Planeswalker from such a well received plane.
To quote Doug, "Altering the history of Tarkir only alters Tarkir" He said that the only way that the changes of Tarkir will affect the Multiverse at large was if a planeswalker visited Tarkir between the time when Sarkhan changed history and now, and "transmit time-travel changes outside of Tarkir."
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It is highly, HIGHLY unlikely that the new Sarkhan would have done things exactly the same way as the old Sarkhan. Sarkhan is also clearly subject to the whims of the time stream by how he was whisked away out of existence after saving Ugin. Yes, we have a new image of Sarkhan, but we don't know who he is or what his history is. There's certainly no reason to think that there's anything inherently special about Sarkhan that would cause the old him to merge with the new him without outside intervention -- which is certainly conceivable (given Ugin's super-temporal perceptions and influence, it's possible that he remakes Sarkhan by pulling the old him out from oblivion and merges it with the current Sarkhan who grew up on dragon-dominated Tarkir (and likely never experienced the whispers of Ugin that led to his spark igniting).
We don't really know much of anything at this point, but Creative does seem to want to insulate the changes that happened on Tarkir from the rest of the Multiverse -- and they especially don't want to retcon all of the recent MtG storyline that's taken place so far with Alara, Zendikar, and the Eldrazi. There's also no getting around the fact that Sarkhan, without outside intervention from a powerful force, would not have taken the same path as he did in the original timeline, even if his spark somehow did ignite in the new timeline. It seems like Doug wants there to be some kind of temporal shield between the planes that insulates the effects of time travel on one plane from everywhere else.
Again, we don't know anything for sure right now.
Old Sarkhan was transported back to where he begun his time travel and a memory of himself still participated of the multiverse events because Sarkhan Vol, the planeswalker is the only Sarkhan to ever be.
We're getting either BR Sarkhan and UGR Ramaz, or RG Sarkhan and UBR Bolas, as we need a conflicting force to keep moving the story forward, Narset was a red herring.
Sarkhan is now either leader of the Temur or the Mardu clans in my opinion he is red or green he is no longer a planeswalker
Narset, Bolas, or Ramaz (purely for convenience, though is anyone excited about this guy?) are the other planeswalkers I would be least surprised to see in the other slot.
It was definitely ambiguous, but that was what I thought had happened.