Either wizards is following through with the horribly telegraphed Emrakul angle (likely), or they are stringing us along pretty damn well (I can hope).
Now that I think about it, I hope it's Arixmethes, and Nahiri brought it to torment multiple walkers (obviously it has ties to Kiora, and I guess Gideon too). That would be quite the curve ball, and a welcome one. By the way, Tamiyo said in the blue mass bounce spell that the "tides are ignoring the moon" and you can see an octopus like monster in the water. Well if Emrakul is the "moon" like some have said, then how is the tides ignoring it if it's right in the water. WotC doesn't normally directly contradict themselves all on one card. Just saying.
I don't think it would be. Remember. Emrakul also distorts gravity, allowing it to fly. That's why the tides may no longer obey the moon. As much as I love Arixmethes, the largest kraken in MTG couldn't warp Avacyn or cause everything going wrong on Innistrad now. His influence would be coastal and oceanic only, and very literal too - flooding. I don't think Nahiri has ever been to Theros either. I really do hate to admit it but Emrakul is sounding more logical every moment.
Or this is foreboding that two more Eldrazi Titans will appear as a result of whatever the block is up to. Ulamog and Kozilek are gone and the multiverse eco-system is gearing up to have them replaced. After all, what we only learnt from Zendikar is that they can be killed with a lot of Ghostfire if forced to materialize too much into a plane, we still have no actual idea what purpose they serve and how they are created.
Of course, this theory requires emphasis on "They came as Three" from the aspect of "There are always three" rather than "There's one more remaining", which simply indicates "Emrakul is still around".
Why? Because why go to the trouble of doing the mystery hype? It would've been more shocking to reveal Emrakul at the same time they unveiled Shadows Over Innistrad. We're way past that though.
If they're doing it right, then Emrakul is bound to be a red herring. Red herrings are staple of the mystery genre, and Emrakul would count as a titanic red herring.
After all, they pulled off a good twist with Kozilek being on Zendikar all along, so I would expect WOTC's creative team capable of a little more than "Where's Emrakul? Oh, here she is!"
You don't call "dying to removal" if the removal is more expensive in resources than the creature. If you have to spend BG (Abrupt Decay), or W + basic land (PtE) to remove a 1G, that is not "dying to removal". Strictly speaking Goyf dies to removal, but actually your removal is dying to Goyf.
It's also true that the planeswalkers who defeated the Eldrazi also came as three. And that Nahiri, who is behind all this, is one of those three as the clues would point out. Jace is looking for Nahiri herself after all. Doesn't explain what Nahiri is summoning though. So it could still be Emrakul.
That said, I think it would be lovely to have Emrakul annihilate Tarkir. The worst plane of all. She needs revenge on Ugin too of course.
Hmm, if the large creature in Innistrad turns out to be Emrakul and she succeeds in eating up everyone - Nahiri might try to get revenge on Ugin next. Though Tarkir might be harder to invade because there are plenty of dragons there. And of course Ugin is there too.. can fight the Eldrazi with his colorless magic.
Thats assuming Nahiri survives. I get the feeling we're gonna see a sword fight to the death between her and a certain angry old vampire.
I just know this is going to set the Jaters a-groanin', but...
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
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Why? Because why go to the trouble of doing the mystery hype? It would've been more shocking to reveal Emrakul at the same time they unveiled Shadows Over Innistrad. We're way past that though.
If they're doing it right, then Emrakul is bound to be a red herring. Red herrings are staple of the mystery genre, and Emrakul would count as a titanic red herring.
After all, they pulled off a good twist with Kozilek being on Zendikar all along, so I would expect WOTC's creative team capable of a little more than "Where's Emrakul? Oh, here she is!"
I also still rather doubt Emrakul, but for somewhat different reasons. They've been building up this reveal SUPER hard as an enormous threat to the multiverse that was previously not expected. Some kind of terrible revelation that changes the game COMPLETELY. I don't see how they could feasible argue that the reveal just being that Emrakul is still around somehow changes anything. She left Zendikar before the Gatewatch were able to seal and kill her like they did the other two, so it's not like they don't realize that she's still out there.
That being said, I do think that the "Remember this: They came as..." is a hint, but I think it's hinting at something even bigger than Emrakul (as mentioned earlier in the thread, "three" is never explicitly stated. I think that THAT is the red herring of this mystery). Either we're going to find out that there are more 'drazi, or we're going to start to get something of an understanding of exactly what the Eldrazi actually ARE. As much as I wish it were Marit Lage, I can't really see that being the case any more. I'm expecting the latter, because there were already strong hints at the end of last set that the Gatewatch might have saved Zendikar in the short term by killing Ulamog and Kozilek, but that in the long term they may have caused something much, MUCH worse to happen....
Or this is foreboding that two more Eldrazi Titans will appear as a result of whatever the block is up to. Ulamog and Kozilek are gone and the multiverse eco-system is gearing up to have them replaced. After all, what we only learnt from Zendikar is that they can be killed with a lot of Ghostfire if forced to materialize too much into a plane, we still have no actual idea what purpose they serve and how they are created.
Of course, this theory requires emphasis on "They came as Three" from the aspect of "There are always three" rather than "There's one more remaining", which simply indicates "Emrakul is still around".
I like this angle, a new being arising here to replace Kozilek.
It's possible that Emrakul's not obvious (to the plane and the people in it) because of how Nahiri is summoning her? Since it seems pretty clear the Cryptoliths are Nahiri's creation, as they don't match Emmy's Eldrazi detritus. Having them all pointing to one place, serving a singular purpose.
Avacyn going mad might just be an accidental side-effect to Emmy's warping the minds of every person praying to Avacyn on the plane at once, she's so rooted to the plane she is attached to every thought and person she has to be getting an extra dose of Emrakul crazy from it.
Hmm, if the large creature in Innistrad turns out to be Emrakul and she succeeds in eating up everyone - Nahiri might try to get revenge on Ugin next. Though Tarkir might be harder to invade because there are plenty of dragons there. And of course Ugin is there too.. can fight the Eldrazi with his colorless magic.
Of course Ugin is not ther, too. At least as of right now Ugin is surveying the aftermath of BFZ on Zendikar.
Thats assuming Nahiri survives. I get the feeling we're gonna see a sword fight to the death between her and a certain angry old vampire.
I have a suspicion Nahiri survives. She is an interesting new villain with a personal grudge rather than a card-carrying evil. And we were promised a new threat to the multiverse rising from this block. As ruthless and mad as Nahiri is, she fits the bill.
If they're doing it right, then Emrakul is bound to be a red herring. Red herrings are staple of the mystery genre, and Emrakul would count as a titanic red herring.
After all, they pulled off a good twist with Kozilek being on Zendikar all along, so I would expect WOTC's creative team capable of a little more than "Where's Emrakul? Oh, here she is!"
1st: I thought we had our fair share of red herrings already.
2nd: I'm actually quite confident we'll see Emrakul, but would not be entirely discount the possibility that we will see a second reveal in addition to Emrakul. I think the chances aren't in favor of another BIG BAD, but it is yet possible. Several ideas have been put forward how this could be explained in flavor:
The Sea God actually is a separate entity from Emrakul that always has been on Innistrad and gets awoken by the arrival of a powerful force rivalling its might.
Nahiri attempts to summon Emrakul to Innistrad, but also attracts the attention of another evil.
etc.
The most likely scenario is that Nahiri is a Harbinger of Emrakul and the pre-existing lore and the new madness caused by Emrakul are being mixed up and interwoven, so the clues come together nicely.
Here is one thing though: There is a difference between having a single red herring and showing multiple clues pointing in the same direction spread over multiple arts and a puzzle involving six token cards and the flavor text of two more cards from two different sets and even two different blocks. That's a substantial amount of effort. And if you create a scavenger hunt game toresolve a mystery you want there to be a chance of success - so the red herring would have to be accompanied by a "correct" solution with equal representation.
There is only one alternative brought forth that even remotely comes close to Emrakul in possible hints, and that one gets more and more unlikely to be the sole soluion as time passes without additional indications of Marit Lage. I personally wouldn't mind Marit Lage from the sea and Emrakul from the moon having a tentacle slap fight; it's a resolution that everyone can be happy with (everyone not from Innistrad that is). Yet I'd say that Emrakul has put themself forward as more likely than not being at least a partial solution - which is not yet the case for Marit Lage (though she is still in the running just by virtue of Thing in the Ice and the mysterious token in the next FTV).
Are there any other strong contenders? Never have been, really. If we assume a mystery is meant to be figured out the question is more "Are we done figuring it out or is there another layer?" rather than "Have we reached a correct conclusion at all?"
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Who is to say that the Oathwatch even actually defeated Ulamog and Kozilek? For all we know, they just defeated their physical manifestations on Zendikar. The Eldrazi are basically infinite beings tied to the Blind Eternities.
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I've been hesitant to get on board with this Emrakul theory but this new puzzle piece is definitely interesting. Would they have had enough time after removing Emrakul's set from Battle for Zendikar to rebuild it into Eldrich Moon? How far were they really into design/development when it was cut? Story would have been very easy to change if it was only in the initial phase.
Also, the reason for not showing Eldritch Moon's set symbol has to be that it would reveal something so recognizable that it would give away some surprise that they are building to. That alone throws up some serious suspicion. I doubt that they would be hiding it if it was just a moon or something.
1st: I thought we had our fair share of red herrings already.
I mean, wasn't that the point of Nahiri, Avacyn, and the cultists? The entire story of the first set is a distraction from the second set
Even without the potential main antagonists given to us, people have apparently been give wide enough berth before this information to guess all kinds of crazy things in the information vacuum. Even now the exact role of Emrakul and if it's the only thing to worry about is up for debate for some.
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They didn't care that he was the savior of Fort Keff, the great hunter of Ondu, the champion of Kabira. To them, he was just another piece of flesh, a thing with life to be drained away.
Well... On another site one commented on how odd one of the Os is Eldritch Moon seems (it is shaed a little differently from the other) and commented on how that could be the expansion symbol...
Or the symbol could very well be the same shown on the necklace clue.
Ok, but if the symbol is in the picture of the name, or even the clue token, what would be the point in not revealing it? That just doesn't make sense to me. I'm betting that it's being held back because it would give something up that is important to the block. I could be completely wrong, though, and Wizards is messing with us.
I still think Wizards is trying to convince everyone it's just going to be Emrakul to make it that much more of a surprise when the truth is revealed. Giving these big hints at Emrakul and these little hints at Marit Lage makes me believe that it will be neither, as much as I was hoping for Marit Lage.
Those weird altars are clearly a focal point of the block (they're in far more art than any of the Em or ML clues), and I have yet to see a compelling argument for how they could be related to either of the monsters we suspect.
Ok, but if the symbol is in the picture of the name, or even the clue token, what would be the point in not revealing it? That just doesn't make sense to me. I'm betting that it's being held back because it would give something up that is important to the block. I could be completely wrong, though, and Wizards is messing with us.
I've been saying this for as long as the EMN symbol has been kept secret.
That was all the Emrakul evidence I needed
(the only other threat with such an obvious form is Bolas, who may still have like a 1% chance over Emrakul,
but it won't be freaking Marit Lage, who we don't have a clear image of).
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I still think Wizards is trying to convince everyone it's just going to be Emrakul to make it that much more of a surprise when the truth is revealed. Giving these big hints at Emrakul and these little hints at Marit Lage makes me believe that it will be neither, as much as I was hoping for Marit Lage.
Those weird altars are clearly a focal point of the block (they're in far more art than any of the Em or ML clues), and I have yet to see a compelling argument for how they could be related to either of the monsters we suspect.
if you are referring to the stone formations, it seems that they are small construct created to harness Innistrad's mana and make it converge to a focal point: Drownyard Temple Warped Landscape
That seems to be the major point "Emrakultists" used for their thesis.
Then there is the "clue mistery" that could be interpreted as a proof...
But then, why should Tamiyo hide in her journal a phrase uttered by Ugin when:
1) she doesn't know anything about the Eldrazi;
2) she doesn't know anything about Ugin;
3) she doesn't know anything about Jace.
I'm not satisfied by the answer "because that is a mystery WotC wrote in the cards and doesn't have anything to do with the actual plot"...
Marit Lageans instead want Marit Lage to be there because... It is Marit Lage and she has her fans.
As for the corruption that is twisting some of the creatures in Innistrad... Some say it comes from Emrakul... Well... I don't buy it... It could be anything. We already saw powerful magic produce mutations in bystanders in the Onslaught block and there was no Eldrazi there, just a little otherworldly artifact called Mirari.
I'm pretty sure no one is suggesting that the clue puzzle are actually there in the fictional world and written by Tamyio. It's a puzzle in real life where people are, play games and have fun. It's not like creatures have power and toughness in the fictional world either. It's a game.
But then, why should Tamiyo hide in her journal a phrase uttered by Ugin when:
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No one thinks Tamiyo is hiding these clues. The flavor text are part of a real world game and a message to the players by the game makers not something we are to assume is consciously communicted in-universe. Anyone sane will tell you that they do not consider this an indication of Tamiyo consciously refering to the events of another plane she does not know about.
You can be unsatisfied with an answer, but that does not make it wrong.
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and these little hints at Marit Lage makes me believe that it will be neither, as much as I was hoping for Marit Lage
I seriously doubt anything perceived as a hint of Marit Lage was planted by Wizards intentionally for that purpose.
I think any connection is some people seeing what they want to be the case, either as a dislike of Eldrazi (or eldrazi influence immediately after an Eldrazi block) or a nostalgic desire to return to old lore.
Either way, I don't really care if it's one, the other, or neither. I'm just disappointed that Avacyn's explicit description as an agent created to "maintain balance" on the plane was not used as the reason for her turning against humans. That was my expectation when we left Innistrad last time.
I wasn't on Team Marit Lage or anything, but Emrakul just seems like really lazy story-telling. Would it have been so hard to come up with something new and different?
i dont think is lazy... i mean nahiri is trying to save zendikar from the eldrazi and have her revenge against sorin, so attracting the eldrazi to sorin home is 2 birds with one stone.
I don't really understand why people think Emrakul on Innistrad is lazy..
Would people call a JTMS reprint in SoI lazy just because it's following a "Return to Zendikar." Or would they call a Snapcaster or LoTV reprint lazy just because it's "Return to Innistrad?"
I don't really understand why people think Emrakul on Innistrad is lazy..
Would people call a JTMS reprint in SoI lazy just because it's following a "Return to Zendikar." Or would they call a Snapcaster or LoTV reprint lazy just because it's "Return to Innistrad?"
I don't really understand why people think Emrakul on Innistrad is lazy..
Would people call a JTMS reprint in SoI lazy just because it's following a "Return to Zendikar." Or would they call a Snapcaster or LoTV reprint lazy just because it's "Return to Innistrad?"
I don't get it..
I think it's lazy story telling. While yes we don't know how Emrakul will affect a plane without outside interference, having the whole mystery angle end with her, especially right after BfZ, seems pointless. If SoI was a set or two later, I think it could work, if that's the plan.
and these little hints at Marit Lage makes me believe that it will be neither, as much as I was hoping for Marit Lage
I seriously doubt anything perceived as a hint of Marit Lage was planted by Wizards intentionally for that purpose.
I think any connection is some people seeing what they want to be the case, either as a dislike of Eldrazi (or eldrazi influence immediately after an Eldrazi block) or a nostalgic desire to return to old lore.
That's not nothing or seeing what we want, but Emrakul is seeing what we want
Either way, I don't really care if it's one, the other, or neither. I'm just disappointed that Avacyn's explicit description as an agent created to "maintain balance" on the plane was not used as the reason for her turning against humans. That was my expectation when we left Innistrad last time.
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|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
Of course, this theory requires emphasis on "They came as Three" from the aspect of "There are always three" rather than "There's one more remaining", which simply indicates "Emrakul is still around".
Why? Because why go to the trouble of doing the mystery hype? It would've been more shocking to reveal Emrakul at the same time they unveiled Shadows Over Innistrad. We're way past that though.
If they're doing it right, then Emrakul is bound to be a red herring. Red herrings are staple of the mystery genre, and Emrakul would count as a titanic red herring.
After all, they pulled off a good twist with Kozilek being on Zendikar all along, so I would expect WOTC's creative team capable of a little more than "Where's Emrakul? Oh, here she is!"
"OH GOD MY BRAIN IS EXPLOADING AT HOW BAD THE ART IS ON MY OWN CARD"
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I just know this is going to set the Jaters a-groanin', but...
My guess is Jace will interfere with Sorin and Nahiri's duel somehow, most likely by either persuading Nahiri not to pursue her grudge any further or mind-controlling her into abandoning the fight for now. Or Jace finds out what's causing Avacyn and possibly Nahiri to go mad and notifies Sorin, prompting the vampire to deal with Avacyn at some point. Somehow we go from Nahiri attacking Markov Manor, to Jace investigating Markov Manor and finding Tamiyo's Journal, to Sorin and Nahiri squaring up for a duel, to Sorin ending his creation once and for all. Somewhere along the way Jace investigates the cryptoliths and their role in Markov Manor's fate, and traces them to the Drownyard.
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
I also still rather doubt Emrakul, but for somewhat different reasons. They've been building up this reveal SUPER hard as an enormous threat to the multiverse that was previously not expected. Some kind of terrible revelation that changes the game COMPLETELY. I don't see how they could feasible argue that the reveal just being that Emrakul is still around somehow changes anything. She left Zendikar before the Gatewatch were able to seal and kill her like they did the other two, so it's not like they don't realize that she's still out there.
That being said, I do think that the "Remember this: They came as..." is a hint, but I think it's hinting at something even bigger than Emrakul (as mentioned earlier in the thread, "three" is never explicitly stated. I think that THAT is the red herring of this mystery). Either we're going to find out that there are more 'drazi, or we're going to start to get something of an understanding of exactly what the Eldrazi actually ARE. As much as I wish it were Marit Lage, I can't really see that being the case any more. I'm expecting the latter, because there were already strong hints at the end of last set that the Gatewatch might have saved Zendikar in the short term by killing Ulamog and Kozilek, but that in the long term they may have caused something much, MUCH worse to happen....
I like this angle, a new being arising here to replace Kozilek.
Avacyn going mad might just be an accidental side-effect to Emmy's warping the minds of every person praying to Avacyn on the plane at once, she's so rooted to the plane she is attached to every thought and person she has to be getting an extra dose of Emrakul crazy from it.
Of course Ugin is not ther, too. At least as of right now Ugin is surveying the aftermath of BFZ on Zendikar.
I have a suspicion Nahiri survives. She is an interesting new villain with a personal grudge rather than a card-carrying evil. And we were promised a new threat to the multiverse rising from this block. As ruthless and mad as Nahiri is, she fits the bill.
1st: I thought we had our fair share of red herrings already.
2nd: I'm actually quite confident we'll see Emrakul, but would not be entirely discount the possibility that we will see a second reveal in addition to Emrakul. I think the chances aren't in favor of another BIG BAD, but it is yet possible. Several ideas have been put forward how this could be explained in flavor:
Here is one thing though: There is a difference between having a single red herring and showing multiple clues pointing in the same direction spread over multiple arts and a puzzle involving six token cards and the flavor text of two more cards from two different sets and even two different blocks. That's a substantial amount of effort. And if you create a scavenger hunt game toresolve a mystery you want there to be a chance of success - so the red herring would have to be accompanied by a "correct" solution with equal representation.
There is only one alternative brought forth that even remotely comes close to Emrakul in possible hints, and that one gets more and more unlikely to be the sole soluion as time passes without additional indications of Marit Lage. I personally wouldn't mind Marit Lage from the sea and Emrakul from the moon having a tentacle slap fight; it's a resolution that everyone can be happy with (everyone not from Innistrad that is). Yet I'd say that Emrakul has put themself forward as more likely than not being at least a partial solution - which is not yet the case for Marit Lage (though she is still in the running just by virtue of Thing in the Ice and the mysterious token in the next FTV).
Are there any other strong contenders? Never have been, really. If we assume a mystery is meant to be figured out the question is more "Are we done figuring it out or is there another layer?" rather than "Have we reached a correct conclusion at all?"
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Also, the reason for not showing Eldritch Moon's set symbol has to be that it would reveal something so recognizable that it would give away some surprise that they are building to. That alone throws up some serious suspicion. I doubt that they would be hiding it if it was just a moon or something.
I mean, wasn't that the point of Nahiri, Avacyn, and the cultists? The entire story of the first set is a distraction from the second set
Even without the potential main antagonists given to us, people have apparently been give wide enough berth before this information to guess all kinds of crazy things in the information vacuum. Even now the exact role of Emrakul and if it's the only thing to worry about is up for debate for some.
But the people behind the barrier knew.
Ok, but if the symbol is in the picture of the name, or even the clue token, what would be the point in not revealing it? That just doesn't make sense to me. I'm betting that it's being held back because it would give something up that is important to the block. I could be completely wrong, though, and Wizards is messing with us.
Those weird altars are clearly a focal point of the block (they're in far more art than any of the Em or ML clues), and I have yet to see a compelling argument for how they could be related to either of the monsters we suspect.
I've been saying this for as long as the EMN symbol has been kept secret.
That was all the Emrakul evidence I needed
(the only other threat with such an obvious form is Bolas, who may still have like a 1% chance over Emrakul,
but it won't be freaking Marit Lage, who we don't have a clear image of).
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I'm pretty sure no one is suggesting that the clue puzzle are actually there in the fictional world and written by Tamyio. It's a puzzle in real life where people are, play games and have fun. It's not like creatures have power and toughness in the fictional world either. It's a game.
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I think any connection is some people seeing what they want to be the case, either as a dislike of Eldrazi (or eldrazi influence immediately after an Eldrazi block) or a nostalgic desire to return to old lore.
Either way, I don't really care if it's one, the other, or neither. I'm just disappointed that Avacyn's explicit description as an agent created to "maintain balance" on the plane was not used as the reason for her turning against humans. That was my expectation when we left Innistrad last time.
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Sums up my view of the SOI story:
Would people call a JTMS reprint in SoI lazy just because it's following a "Return to Zendikar." Or would they call a Snapcaster or LoTV reprint lazy just because it's "Return to Innistrad?"
I don't get it..
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I think it's lazy story telling. While yes we don't know how Emrakul will affect a plane without outside interference, having the whole mystery angle end with her, especially right after BfZ, seems pointless. If SoI was a set or two later, I think it could work, if that's the plan.