Sarkhan (R?) -- Process of elimination: Sarkhan, Jaya and Tibalt are three mono-R walkers, and only two can be uncommon. It also seems weird to have both Jaya and Chandra at rare. Wouldn't be surprised if he has other colors, though.
Vivien (G) -- Same logic as Sarkhan: three mono-G walkers, and only two can be uncommon. Vivien has had much more prominence in the story than Jiang Yanggu.
I'd actually prefer if both Sorin and Nahiri were rare, so they can continue their rivalry eye to eye.
Especially since Nahiri's (glas) artwork seems to mirror his.
She is the most likely candidate for the (R/W) (and hence uncommon) walker though.
Very weird how a couple days ago they explained how they were going to preview cards in a cool new different way integrating into the story, and now today we already get a major plot point with Niv-Mizzet getting souped up powers. I realize it isn't the full details, but now we know that somehow Niv gets supercharged (and is likely instrumental in saving Ravnica, if they do in fact save it).
Also, WOW these are some spicy cards. A Nissa that just doubles your mana in monogreen as a static ability, another Teferi that can make life tough for opponents, and a truly bonkers Nicol Bolas. My head is spinning.
edit: @phosphorus, I doubt Giden is mythic based on the system they appear to have, which is all the mythic walkers have static ability plus 3 loyalty abilities, and the rares have static ability plus 2 loyalty abilities.
Also I would be surprised if Ugin wasn't also a mythic.
edit: @phosphorus, I doubt Giden is mythic based on the system they appear to have, which is all the mythic walkers have static ability plus 3 loyalty abilities, and the rares have static ability plus 2 loyalty abilities.
Also I would be surprised if Ugin wasn't also a mythic.
Please read through the thread. MaRo has confirmed Gideon is a mythic. He also has four slots, which is what is confirmed, not three loyalty abilities.
Well, this isn't really a spoiler. This is a leak. Wizards will not be happy about this.
Also I assume Gideon Blackblade is rare. Since he follows the pattern of a rare walker. One static and two activated abilities. The mythic symbol is the Mythic Edition Symbol so I guess we also get one for War of the Spark.
So Ugin still has a chance to be in the mythic slot and we have 2 extra colored walker.
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Well, this isn't really a spoiler. This is a leak. Wizards will not be happy about this.
Also I assume Gideon Blackblade is rare. Since he follows the pattern of a rare walker. One static and two activated abilities. The mythic symbol is the Mythic Edition Symbol so I guess we also get one for War of the Spark.
So Ugin still has a chance to be in the mythic slot and we have 2 extra colored walker.
Again, MaRo confirms he's a mythic, and he has four slots, which is what the "pattern" is confirmed to be, not three activated abilities.
The real mystery is how long until someone else comes along and suggests Gideon is actually a rare again.
Huh... let me check what artifacts exile themselves for Karn purposes.
Amulet of Unmaking: Cute but nope. Next. Brittle Effigy: Better... but we can do better. Cranial Archive: Is this a real card? Crook of Condemnation: Uhmmm... okay Feldon's Cane: Next! Gonti's Aether Heart: Ooooh. Now we're getting somewhere. It would take some doing but extra turns are a good payoff. Lotus Bloom: I mean... technically? Next! Perilous Vault: YES! A legitimately decent card that card can grab back. Relic of Progenitus: Welp, it's better than the crook of condemnation... Sentinel Totem: How many of these darn cards are there?!? Serum Powder: Let's group this with Lotus Bloom in the "Why would you want this back?" category. Silent Gravestone: Another one. What? Why?!? Surveyor's Scope: Woohoo, our second decent option... albeit one that you would have a hard time using multiple times. Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang: That... actually works. Equipping Tatsumasa to its own token would totally work. Not enough payoff for the hoops that you are jumping through, however. Thran Foundry: Confound you, Wizards! Time Machine: If your group allows un-cards, all the more power to you. If you restart the game with big karn to get those cards back early, you are a legend (if that even works...). Ugin's Nexus: USABLE OPTION NUMBER 3!!! Wand of Vertebrae: ...Enough of the graveyard manipulating cards. If I see one more of these suckers, I swear- Watchers of the Dead: Nope. I'm done.
Well, that could not have been more disappointing. I have to admit that I was expecting some sort of huge Mirror of Fate or Memory Jar-esque card to exile itself... but no. Even the broken artifacts just sacrifice themselves. Instead, it seems that self-exile was primarily used so players wouldn't get confused over whether a card exiles or shuffles itself back into a library when it sacrifices itself as a cost. If you want to go nuts with this card in EDH, it's Ugin's Nexus or bust.
With that said, the ability to Wishboard artifacts (leaving an engineered explosives, a chalice of the void, and a Tormod's Crypt in your sideboard, for example) will get this card a certain amount of face time.
edit: @phosphorus, I doubt Giden is mythic based on the system they appear to have, which is all the mythic walkers have static ability plus 3 loyalty abilities, and the rares have static ability plus 2 loyalty abilities.
Also I would be surprised if Ugin wasn't also a mythic.
Please read through the thread. MaRo has confirmed Gideon is a mythic. He also has four slots, which is what is confirmed, not three loyalty abilities.
Thanks. Was just coming back to edit my post after reading back and seeing that MaRo was confirming stuff.
As a mythic, he actually underwhelms me compared to the other mythics, and his two static "slots" really just feel like one ability and it's a variant of the same ability Gideon always gets. The card is certainly strong though.
Well you have to cut me some slack here, because Gideon's first ability did read like a large textbox and not like 2 slots. I mean I can see the 2 slots now that you pointed that out, but that is not entirely obvious.
Also where did Maro confirm that? On PAX or in his block? I mean I am seriously surprised that he comments on leaks.
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Well you have to cut me some slack here, because Gideon's first ability did read like a large textbox and not like 2 slots. I mean I can see the 2 slots now that you pointed that out, but that is not entirely obvious.
Also where did Maro confirm that? On PAX or in his block? I mean I am seriously surprised that he comments on leaks.
I'm just teasing for laughs because of how many posters keep suggesting it.
This in turn means you could open a sealed box with six different uncommon planeswalkers and they're all playable in a single color. Neat. Ginger Lady and Dovin could be swapped around, but my guess is they want the four fresh faces (Teyo, Davriel, Ginger Lady, Hat Lady) to be appear more frequently, thus putting them all at uncommon.
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This in turn means you could open a sealed box with six different uncommon planeswalkers and they're all playable in a single color. Neat. Ginger Lady and Dovin could be swapped around, but my guess is they want the four fresh faces (Teyo, Davriel, Ginger Lady, Hat Lady) to be appear more frequently, thus putting them all at uncommon.
I mean 2 Azorius rare? Why? I think is more likely to have Dovin as uncommon Azorius Walker, Teyo as mono white rare and Ginger Lady as uncommon white? The distribution would be more balanced this way.
The oddities are definitely the Azorius walkers and the overall lack of black Planeswalkers at Rare. I honestly think Hat Lady will be a black Planeswalker.
Especially since Nahiri's (glas) artwork seems to mirror his.
She is the most likely candidate for the (R/W) (and hence uncommon) walker though.
WSram, UBaral, RPurphoros, GFreyalise
(G/W)Trostani, (B/G)Izoni, (B/R)Rakdos, (U/B)Yuriko, (U/R)Locust God
U(B/R)Marchesa, W(R/G)Zacama, G(W/B)Karador, B(R/W)Edgar, U(W/B)Silas/Tymna
G(U/R)Animar, W(G/U)Derevi, U(B/G)Muldrotha, G(B/R)Windgrace, G(R/W)(U/B)Jodah
Also, WOW these are some spicy cards. A Nissa that just doubles your mana in monogreen as a static ability, another Teferi that can make life tough for opponents, and a truly bonkers Nicol Bolas. My head is spinning.
edit: @phosphorus, I doubt Giden is mythic based on the system they appear to have, which is all the mythic walkers have static ability plus 3 loyalty abilities, and the rares have static ability plus 2 loyalty abilities.
Also I would be surprised if Ugin wasn't also a mythic.
Please read through the thread. MaRo has confirmed Gideon is a mythic. He also has four slots, which is what is confirmed, not three loyalty abilities.
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Also I assume Gideon Blackblade is rare. Since he follows the pattern of a rare walker. One static and two activated abilities. The mythic symbol is the Mythic Edition Symbol so I guess we also get one for War of the Spark.
So Ugin still has a chance to be in the mythic slot and we have 2 extra colored walker.
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Again, MaRo confirms he's a mythic, and he has four slots, which is what the "pattern" is confirmed to be, not three activated abilities.
The real mystery is how long until someone else comes along and suggests Gideon is actually a rare again.
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Amulet of Unmaking: Cute but nope. Next.
Brittle Effigy: Better... but we can do better.
Cranial Archive: Is this a real card?
Crook of Condemnation: Uhmmm... okay
Feldon's Cane: Next!
Gonti's Aether Heart: Ooooh. Now we're getting somewhere. It would take some doing but extra turns are a good payoff.
Lotus Bloom: I mean... technically? Next!
Perilous Vault: YES! A legitimately decent card that card can grab back.
Relic of Progenitus: Welp, it's better than the crook of condemnation...
Sentinel Totem: How many of these darn cards are there?!?
Serum Powder: Let's group this with Lotus Bloom in the "Why would you want this back?" category.
Silent Gravestone: Another one. What? Why?!?
Surveyor's Scope: Woohoo, our second decent option... albeit one that you would have a hard time using multiple times.
Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang: That... actually works. Equipping Tatsumasa to its own token would totally work. Not enough payoff for the hoops that you are jumping through, however.
Thran Foundry: Confound you, Wizards!
Time Machine: If your group allows un-cards, all the more power to you. If you restart the game with big karn to get those cards back early, you are a legend (if that even works...).
Ugin's Nexus: USABLE OPTION NUMBER 3!!!
Wand of Vertebrae: ...Enough of the graveyard manipulating cards. If I see one more of these suckers, I swear-
Watchers of the Dead: Nope. I'm done.
Well, that could not have been more disappointing. I have to admit that I was expecting some sort of huge Mirror of Fate or Memory Jar-esque card to exile itself... but no. Even the broken artifacts just sacrifice themselves. Instead, it seems that self-exile was primarily used so players wouldn't get confused over whether a card exiles or shuffles itself back into a library when it sacrifices itself as a cost. If you want to go nuts with this card in EDH, it's Ugin's Nexus or bust.
With that said, the ability to Wishboard artifacts (leaving an engineered explosives, a chalice of the void, and a Tormod's Crypt in your sideboard, for example) will get this card a certain amount of face time.
Thanks. Was just coming back to edit my post after reading back and seeing that MaRo was confirming stuff.
As a mythic, he actually underwhelms me compared to the other mythics, and his two static "slots" really just feel like one ability and it's a variant of the same ability Gideon always gets. The card is certainly strong though.
Also where did Maro confirm that? On PAX or in his block? I mean I am seriously surprised that he comments on leaks.
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I'm just teasing for laughs because of how many posters keep suggesting it.
And it was on his Blogatog.
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W Hat Lady
U Narset
U Tamiyo
B Davriel
B Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
R Sarkhan
R Tibalt, Rakish Instigator
G Arlinn, Voice of the Pack
G Yanggu
(W/U) Ginger Lady
(U/B) Ashiok
(B/R) Angrath
(R/G) Samut
(G/W) Vivien
(W/B) Kaya
(U/R) Saheeli
(B/G) Vraska, Swarm's Eminence
(R/W) Huatli
(G/U) Kiora
C Karn, the Great Creator, Ugin
U Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
R Chandra, Fire Artisan, Jaya
G Nissa, Who Shakes the World
WU Dovin
WU Teferi, Time Raveler
RG Domri, Anarch of Bolas
GW Ajani, the Greathearted
WB Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord
UR Ral, Storm Conduit
RW Nahiri
This in turn means you could open a sealed box with six different uncommon planeswalkers and they're all playable in a single color. Neat. Ginger Lady and Dovin could be swapped around, but my guess is they want the four fresh faces (Teyo, Davriel, Ginger Lady, Hat Lady) to be appear more frequently, thus putting them all at uncommon.
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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I mean 2 Azorius rare? Why? I think is more likely to have Dovin as uncommon Azorius Walker, Teyo as mono white rare and Ginger Lady as uncommon white? The distribution would be more balanced this way.
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Yeah, but people are counting him as one of the Uncommon black Planeswalkers.
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the bolas walker card
why do i have a feeling that bolas number 5 is considered a practice run for a black border urza walker card?
(in a non standard set)
Yes it is! And it just might be the missing piece to my multicolored matters hybrid set.
Unless Urza's head explodes from Karn Xenomorph style, I doubt that is gonna happen.
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i mean for non standard sets or products like commander/conspiracy/battlebond/modern horizons
Love that Gideon gets the Blackblade name.
Domri looks super good in an aggro deck. Turn 4 Domri, use +1, play Zhur-Taa Goblin/Nest Robber/etc
Teferi looks real fun in edh
Nissa's mana doubling is also going to be super sweet in edh
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Which one is Nicol Bolas 3?
Nicol Bolas
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver <--- This one? (I'm assuming since Planeswalker decks are usually spoiled before sets that hes 3rd over God-Pharaoh
Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh <--- or 3rd planeswalker?
Nicol Bolas, the Ravager/Nicol Bolas, the Arisen