I really wish this set would be a blast from the past, where we would see something bolas did long ago... and thus be spared yet another romp of gatewatchers saving the day... I like that hour of devastation pretty much spells that things will end badly, at least.
"I was responsible for ensuring our victory against Emrakul, and I helped solve your little problem on Kaladesh, so I think it's time we solved one of my problems. A little demon known as Belzenlok."
EDIT: Well, that or following Tezzeret back to his boss, assuming he shows up on Kaladesh.
I'm curious how the Gods will work here, since I doubt we'll get Devotion back so soon. I would love to see a "Devotion to [Card Type]" instead of a color something like "This God isn't a creature unless..."
So we got a rehash of The Dark with Innistrad, an Antiquities rehash with Kaladesh, and now an Arabian Nights rehash with Amonkhet? Cool! But after that, there's no more OG nostalgia to exploit, right? Unless they print Magic: Random Pile of Garbage with a Few Insane Cards as an alpha redux.
after the Egypt block they could do plane that has a forgotten and weak civilian, brought out flavor fully by having unreasonably weak cards, and it could be a rehash of Fallen Empires.............or did they accidentally just do that with BFZ!?
I'm also looking forward to "mummy" zombies, traps, and curses. Hopefully it is a spiritual sequel to pre-Eldrazi Zendikar.
YES! This is what I'm hoping for too.
I can't believe we're finally getting Egypt World. YUGIOOOOOOOHHHHH in my Magics! I wonder what the gods will be like here? I figured they'd go with just 5 which is perfect for this IMO. Egypt may have had many gods as Ancient Greece did, but only about five are recognizable, just like roughly only the 12 Olympians are for Greek Myth. Theros had 14 natural gods, and no Amonkhet has 5. I can only recall Ra (Amun-, -Horakhty etc.), Isis, Osiris, Anubis and Horus and I suppose Set? Sebek and yeah, that's about it off the top of my head, so 5 is fair. I suspect they'll be multicolor even though monochrome seems more suitable. After all the domains are no doubt: River, Oasis, Death, Sun and Desert/Fire.
Not sure how I feel about Bolas. It has potential but I might prefer Egypt World to be independent of Planeswalkers, especially a ruling one.
From the vid there only seems to be 5 gods, Is it possible for them to be 3 or 4 colour..? I mean with Theros they've already done Guilds and mono colour so we can only hope.
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I'm curious how the Gods will work here, since I doubt we'll get Devotion back so soon. I would love to see a "Devotion to [Card Type]" instead of a color something like "This God isn't a creature unless..."
Hey now, don't jump to conclusions!
Maybe it's not Nicol Bolas. I'm sure it could be Marit Lage a planeswalking Jackal Pup. With horns.
your right. We all have to learn our lesson from the SOI block "mystery", were the clues of Emrakul were so forced and obvious, that WotC were basically calling all of us stupid. From now on the Marit Lage people need to understand that this game isn't made for people who are smart, and enjoy an actual mystery; it's made for everyone, including people with no imagination, creativity, or intelligence. So yes, they pretty much confirmed Nicol Bolas with the artwork and reintroducing the archenemy product. After reading the state of design though, it seems even Maro admits the Emrakul innistrad thing was a mistake, interesting.
I'm also looking forward to "mummy" zombies, traps, and curses. Hopefully it is a spiritual sequel to pre-Eldrazi Zendikar.
First think I thought of as well. Mummies should be W or WB as they are lawful protectors and defenders of the crypts and the body of their eternal masters. Makes me wonder if we'll see a WB Zombies deck with SOI/AKH cards
So we got a rehash of The Dark with Innistrad, an Antiquities rehash with Kaladesh, and now an Arabian Nights rehash with Amonkhet? Cool! But after that, there's no more OG nostalgia to exploit, right? Unless they print Magic: Random Pile of Garbage with a Few Insane Cards as an alpha redux.
The next block will be Vryn, because we'll be due for a Jace reprint. Liliana will be in Amonkhet.
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Not sure about Desert coming back, it seems it might be brutal to have two to three of those on the battlefield, basically mini-Moats. Will skip ANthologies because no Flusterstorm or TNN, will get Amankhet and Mondern Masters if it has Liliana of the Veil and/or ZenFetches and that's it.
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I'm also looking forward to "mummy" zombies, traps, and curses. Hopefully it is a spiritual sequel to pre-Eldrazi Zendikar.
First think I thought of as well. Mummies should be W or WB as they are lawful protectors and defenders of the crypts and the body of their eternal masters. Makes me wonder if we'll see a WB Zombies deck with SOI/AKH cards
So we got a rehash of The Dark with Innistrad, an Antiquities rehash with Kaladesh, and now an Arabian Nights rehash with Amonkhet? Cool! But after that, there's no more OG nostalgia to exploit, right? Unless they print Magic: Random Pile of Garbage with a Few Insane Cards as an alpha redux.
The next block will be Vryn, because we'll be due for a Jace reprint. Liliana will be in Amonkhet.
I'm down for Vryn.
For those upset - we get two brand new blocks back to back to compensate for the double returns. And one of them is EGYPT WORLD at last!
I find it rather awkward to know Bolas rules here. On a plane with gods. Makes one wonder what exactly transpired there between him and the natural rulers of the plane? Or if he created the gods to govern in his absence? Bolas's interaction with gods could be compelling.
Wonder if Kiora will appear to challenge the river god with new Bident? I'd actually love some sort of tie-in with Theros in general. Ancient Greece and Egypt had a very intimate relationship. Egypt was far more ancient of course, and had recordings of events which took place in the Mediterranean and Greece itself that the Greeks only had oral myths for, and had even forgotten in part. I'd love to see a Theros tie in. Gods on Amonkhet may not even exist even. Just be a ploy. But I doubt WOTC would risk our displeasure by not printing gods.
Anyway, Theros should have an Elysian Fields so why does this have a heroic afterlife, but not Theros too? Hope we see Elspeth in Theros!Elysian Fields then when we return.
The BASIC LANDS of this set are no doubt going to be astounding.
Please have a Falcon-Headed god.
I hope there's an auto-win condition in this set to be an Exodia trope!
I'm curious how the Gods will work here, since I doubt we'll get Devotion back so soon. I would love to see a "Devotion to [Card Type]" instead of a color something like "This God isn't a creature unless..."
W You have X Enchantments on the Battlefield.
U You have X Artifacts on the Battlefield.
B X creatures have died this turn.
G You have X Creatures on the Battlefield.
R You have cast X instant or sorceries this turn.
The proposed B and Red gods would have a disadvantage compared to the W, U and G based on counting permanents vs spells, abilities, and targeting requirements.
I'm also looking forward to "mummy" zombies, traps, and curses. Hopefully it is a spiritual sequel to pre-Eldrazi Zendikar.
First think I thought of as well. Mummies should be W or WB as they are lawful protectors and defenders of the crypts and the body of their eternal masters. Makes me wonder if we'll see a WB Zombies deck with SOI/AKH cards
So we got a rehash of The Dark with Innistrad, an Antiquities rehash with Kaladesh, and now an Arabian Nights rehash with Amonkhet? Cool! But after that, there's no more OG nostalgia to exploit, right? Unless they print Magic: Random Pile of Garbage with a Few Insane Cards as an alpha redux.
The next block will be Vryn, because we'll be due for a Jace reprint. Liliana will be in Amonkhet.
It could also easily be Ravnica because Jace is the Living Guildpact, Monday's story established a plot relevant to him happening on the plane, and we've already received story hints and bits in the last year about things happening on Ravnica.
Plus there was that rumor a while back about "Egypt World followed by Ravnica again."
Kaladesh, the egyptian block and nicol bolas, can't remember the last time I was so psyched about future magic releases. Well played wizards, well played...
I'm SO SICK of the "too strong for Standard" argument. It's the new "Dies to removal". We can have a two mana 4/4 with a zillion abilities, but we can't just have Accumulated Knowledge. Makes sense.
Anyway, Theros should have an Elysian Fields so why does this have a heroic afterlife, but not Theros too? Hope we see Elspeth in Theros!Elysian Fields then when we return.
I think Lore-Wise it did, but there was also the "subtle prodding" that the afterlife the people of Amonkhet are fighting for may not exist.
Its always possible the first set of the block will be "This is nicol bolas's world, but nicol bolas is missing, where could he be?"
Which would lead to an hour of devastation quite nicely when he returns.
If thats the case, then all the less than subtle mentions of bolas being on this plane could be a bit of misdirection at first
This set sounds really exciting! Jackal/Anubis tribal please!
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Hope we get a good amount of traps as well
This set is a hit: Gods, Nicol Bolas, Traps-enchantments/Instants/Sorceries/Artifacts, Egypt... Hyped for this !
"I was responsible for ensuring our victory against Emrakul, and I helped solve your little problem on Kaladesh, so I think it's time we solved one of my problems. A little demon known as Belzenlok."
EDIT: Well, that or following Tezzeret back to his boss, assuming he shows up on Kaladesh.
WBC Eldrazi & Taxes CBW
UR Keep on Cantripin' (UR Phoenix) RU
WU Surprise! It's not UW Control! (UW Midrange) UW
BG The Rock, Straight BG
U Mono-Blue Fish U
RBW Mardu Pyromancer BWR
RG Rabble! Rabble! (GR Blood Moon Aggro) GR
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W Death & Taxes W
I can't believe we're finally getting Egypt World. YUGIOOOOOOOHHHHH in my Magics! I wonder what the gods will be like here? I figured they'd go with just 5 which is perfect for this IMO. Egypt may have had many gods as Ancient Greece did, but only about five are recognizable, just like roughly only the 12 Olympians are for Greek Myth. Theros had 14 natural gods, and no Amonkhet has 5. I can only recall Ra (Amun-, -Horakhty etc.), Isis, Osiris, Anubis and Horus and I suppose Set? Sebek and yeah, that's about it off the top of my head, so 5 is fair. I suspect they'll be multicolor even though monochrome seems more suitable. After all the domains are no doubt: River, Oasis, Death, Sun and Desert/Fire.
Not sure how I feel about Bolas. It has potential but I might prefer Egypt World to be independent of Planeswalkers, especially a ruling one.
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
Indeed. Plus today's story had matter transporting rings.
BRGKresh the BloodbraidedBRG, A box of lands and ideas.
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RG Titanshift. A deck made of cards too stupid for EDH.
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Gods are lie, it's all Bolas cruel game.
First think I thought of as well. Mummies should be W or WB as they are lawful protectors and defenders of the crypts and the body of their eternal masters. Makes me wonder if we'll see a WB Zombies deck with SOI/AKH cards
The next block will be Vryn, because we'll be due for a Jace reprint. Liliana will be in Amonkhet.
I get that the taglines are probably meaningless, but battlecruiser/Rise of the Eldrazi-esque drafter environment in Hour of Devastation?
Choose one of these judge of creation:
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Exciting stuff!
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For those upset - we get two brand new blocks back to back to compensate for the double returns. And one of them is EGYPT WORLD at last!
I find it rather awkward to know Bolas rules here. On a plane with gods. Makes one wonder what exactly transpired there between him and the natural rulers of the plane? Or if he created the gods to govern in his absence? Bolas's interaction with gods could be compelling.
Wonder if Kiora will appear to challenge the river god with new Bident? I'd actually love some sort of tie-in with Theros in general. Ancient Greece and Egypt had a very intimate relationship. Egypt was far more ancient of course, and had recordings of events which took place in the Mediterranean and Greece itself that the Greeks only had oral myths for, and had even forgotten in part. I'd love to see a Theros tie in. Gods on Amonkhet may not even exist even. Just be a ploy. But I doubt WOTC would risk our displeasure by not printing gods.
Anyway, Theros should have an Elysian Fields so why does this have a heroic afterlife, but not Theros too? Hope we see Elspeth in Theros!Elysian Fields then when we return.
The BASIC LANDS of this set are no doubt going to be astounding.
Please have a Falcon-Headed god.
I hope there's an auto-win condition in this set to be an Exodia trope!
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
The proposed B and Red gods would have a disadvantage compared to the W, U and G based on counting permanents vs spells, abilities, and targeting requirements.
It would be cool for them to poke fun at YuGiOh. They have not done something like that in a while.
It could also easily be Ravnica because Jace is the Living Guildpact, Monday's story established a plot relevant to him happening on the plane, and we've already received story hints and bits in the last year about things happening on Ravnica.
Plus there was that rumor a while back about "Egypt World followed by Ravnica again."
I think Lore-Wise it did, but there was also the "subtle prodding" that the afterlife the people of Amonkhet are fighting for may not exist.
Which would lead to an hour of devastation quite nicely when he returns.
If thats the case, then all the less than subtle mentions of bolas being on this plane could be a bit of misdirection at first
EDH:
Niv-Mizzet
Legacy:
The Rack
Modern
Venser, the Sojourner Control