Nissa replacement is something from a dream realm.
More likely another one-set strong and independent female planeswalker because we don't have enough yet.
She could also be Titania's Descendant...Raised by the Llanowar Elves. It would explain the Ranger Look of her and the possible "Nature Summoning" Magic she seems to be controlling. She also is just carrying a bow, the quiver and arrows are a part of the Green Magic around her, this could possibly show her connection to the Essence of the Forest that Titania was known for.
I like that art a lot, actually. One could only hope she's a 3-mana planeswalker with a Fauna Shaman ability on +1.
Recurable tutor at 3 cmc that's harder to interact with then fauna shaman? No thanks. Green is my jam but no thx.
I find it interesting that nissa would recently get over half a dozen walker cards in the past 5 years and then they just introduce a character that seems to be suspiciously butting into her character vibe with dress/eyes/etc. not magic, as nissa is strongly associated with land and land animation now.
Hopefully this isn't a character concept for Garruk to just off again to make him more badguyish.
Maybe, and this is just me noticing the spirit animals, she might have an ability that is the old phantom system? Like a 0/0 creature token that enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter. If it would be damaged, remove a +1/+1 counter instead. Example: Phantom Wurm
Or maybe that as an emblem like "If damage would be dealt to a creature you control, prevent that damage. Remove a +1/+1 counter from it."
Honestly, I'm surprised there hasn't been some huge flame war yet in this thread over the fact that the new planeswalker is a woman of color. Never stop surprising me, MTGS!!
For me it's because she's not as boring looking as thelastthree were.
Honestly, I'm surprised there hasn't been some huge flame war yet in this thread over the fact that the new planeswalker is a woman of color. Never stop surprising me, MTGS!!
For me it's because she's not as boring looking as thelastthree were.
I'll give you Samut, she was by far my least favorite. Kaya I liked conceptually and aesthetically but nothing else. With Hualti I don't know why but I really liked her. To each their own though.
More humanoid with more human look walkers. WotC is racist geez
Yeah! Where is our Homarid planeswalker?
A Cephalid planeswalker is all i ask. Don’t have to be a male with napoleon complex, can be a female researching other planes’ aquatic life and I would still love it (she could be my waifu)
More humanoid with more human look walkers. WotC is racist geez
Yeah! Where is our Homarid planeswalker?
A Cephalid planeswalker is all i ask. Don’t have to be a male with napoleon complex, can be a female researching other planes’ aquatic life and I would still love it (she could be my waifu)
Also we need more non humanoid walkers imo
Ah, so... you'd find Kiora more attractive... if she were a horrible octo-person instead of a conventionally pretty mermaid?
The interspecies romance police are on their way to your house right now.
More humanoid with more human look walkers. WotC is racist geez
Yeah! Where is our Homarid planeswalker?
A Cephalid planeswalker is all i ask. Don’t have to be a male with napoleon complex, can be a female researching other planes’ aquatic life and I would still love it (she could be my waifu)
Also we need more non humanoid walkers imo
Jokes and obscure creatures aside, Wizards have a lot to catch up with when it comes to non-humanoid walkers. I mean, they just missed not one, but two great opportunities to print a Sphinx walker card. And I really don't buy Maro's explanation that humans want to see humans, a lot of us are into the fantasy genre for all the weird creatures too.
More humanoid with more human look walkers. WotC is racist geez
Yeah! Where is our Homarid planeswalker?
A Cephalid planeswalker is all i ask. Don’t have to be a male with napoleon complex, can be a female researching other planes’ aquatic life and I would still love it (she could be my waifu)
Also we need more non humanoid walkers imo
Ah, so... you'd find Kiora more attractive... if she were a horrible octo-person instead of a conventionally pretty mermaid?
The interspecies romance police are on their way to your house right now.
There is no shame in love !!!!!
But kiora was about krakens ( until BFZ, now idk what she does )
Also, i would like to see a Surrakar walker, a Troll ( with the mirrodin' look, could be native from their original plane, but don't make the last troll a walker, plz ) , and a giant walker maybe a WR from lorwyn.
I don't like the excuse of only doing human-like walkers to apeal players...
So apparently this is her description in the survey?
Vivien hails from a tribe of forest dwellers whose homeland was already threatened by encroaching civilization. When her plane itself was destroyed, Vivien managed to escape with the Arkbow, a piece of advanced magical technology capable of "storing" the essence of any creatures Vivien encounters. After seeing the impact of civilization on her home, Vivien now travels the planes, seeking out the essences of new creatures on her mission to ultimately restore balance to the Multiverse.
I'm guessing she's going to show up in the core set. Green has been woefully short on mono coloured planeswalkers ever since Garruk went dark. Every other colour has at least 2 mono coloured walkers ...
White - Gideon / Elspeth / (maybe Nahiri)
Blue - Jace / Tamiyo
Black - Liliana / Ob Nixilis
Red - Chandra / Koth / Jaya Ballard
Until now green has only had Nissa and this has been a real problem for WoTC when trying to balance Planeswalker colours. So getting Vivien is long overdue. Having her show up in Core 2019 will help balance things out I'm guessing and will give us an alternative protagonist to Nissa.
So apparently this is her description in the survey?
Vivien hails from a tribe of forest dwellers whose homeland was already threatened by encroaching civilization. When her plane itself was destroyed, Vivien managed to escape with the Arkbow, a piece of advanced magical technology capable of "storing" the essence of any creatures Vivien encounters. After seeing the impact of civilization on her home, Vivien now travels the planes, seeking out the essences of new creatures on her mission to ultimately restore balance to the Multiverse.
More likely another one-set strong and independent female planeswalker because we don't have enough yet.
EDH is a CASUAL format. Get with the program, or GTFO.
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
Two Score, Minus Two or: A Stargate Tail
(Image by totallynotabrony)
Recurable tutor at 3 cmc that's harder to interact with then fauna shaman? No thanks. Green is my jam but no thx.
I find it interesting that nissa would recently get over half a dozen walker cards in the past 5 years and then they just introduce a character that seems to be suspiciously butting into her character vibe with dress/eyes/etc. not magic, as nissa is strongly associated with land and land animation now.
Hopefully this isn't a character concept for Garruk to just off again to make him more badguyish.
Maybe, and this is just me noticing the spirit animals, she might have an ability that is the old phantom system? Like a 0/0 creature token that enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter. If it would be damaged, remove a +1/+1 counter instead. Example: Phantom Wurm
Or maybe that as an emblem like "If damage would be dealt to a creature you control, prevent that damage. Remove a +1/+1 counter from it."
Yeah! Where is our Homarid planeswalker?
Spirits
A Cephalid planeswalker is all i ask. Don’t have to be a male with napoleon complex, can be a female researching other planes’ aquatic life and I would still love it (she could be my waifu)
Also we need more non humanoid walkers imo
Ah, so... you'd find Kiora more attractive... if she were a horrible octo-person instead of a conventionally pretty mermaid?
The interspecies romance police are on their way to your house right now.
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
Jokes and obscure creatures aside, Wizards have a lot to catch up with when it comes to non-humanoid walkers. I mean, they just missed not one, but two great opportunities to print a Sphinx walker card. And I really don't buy Maro's explanation that humans want to see humans, a lot of us are into the fantasy genre for all the weird creatures too.
There is no shame in love !!!!!
But kiora was about krakens ( until BFZ, now idk what she does )
Also, i would like to see a Surrakar walker, a Troll ( with the mirrodin' look, could be native from their original plane, but don't make the last troll a walker, plz ) , and a giant walker maybe a WR from lorwyn.
I don't like the excuse of only doing human-like walkers to apeal players...
/sees himself out
lol!
I'm all for more variation between walkers, just dont give us the Gatewatch, and imagine the scope for new designs, new looks, etc.
Spirits
Can someone confirm or deny this?
White - Gideon / Elspeth / (maybe Nahiri)
Blue - Jace / Tamiyo
Black - Liliana / Ob Nixilis
Red - Chandra / Koth / Jaya Ballard
Until now green has only had Nissa and this has been a real problem for WoTC when trying to balance Planeswalker colours. So getting Vivien is long overdue. Having her show up in Core 2019 will help balance things out I'm guessing and will give us an alternative protagonist to Nissa.
So distinctly Not a Dominarian.
...gotta catch 'em all.
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝