After kinda disappointing spoiler of duel deck (no new cards from upcoming set), let's talk about possible BG Kaladesh cards/archtypes. What do you expect from world well-known (not so well, though) for UR cards and artifacts?
What we know of Kaladesh so far (from Magic Origins) is that it is ruled by the Consuls who are blue white. May of the inventors seem to be blue-red in nature. Outside of the cities there are natural things such as Caterpillars, and Tigers. Also the villagers seem to be pretty green in nature. So I would expect lots of wild animals for one. I wonder (as it is indian themed) whether we will get Loxodon there are well in Green-white.
As to black. We haven't seen anything of black so far in Kaladesh. I wonder if the Consuls have a black component to them, making them Esper in nature. Other than that I would expect some demons but no Zombies or Vampires.
I expect Green-Black to be the anti-artifact colours. We already know Caustic Caterpillar Also per the planeswalker thread there is a strong speculation that Garruk might be making an appearance - and he HATES artifacts.
Kaladesh isn't a plane made from artifacts (like Mirrodin) but a plane where the humans use artifacts because they have limited natural magic capabilities (Kind of like modern day Earth in a way). Thus I expect Green-Black to represent the natural order fighting back against that.
There does seem to be at least a little black in the Consul's. The way the guards tormented Chandra on how they killed her parents and now they were going to kill her was very evil.
I expect Kaladesh to have a stronger enemy colour focus, so far we have; WB: Consul's (the ones that aren't WU) UR: Artificers GB: Nature fighting back against development of civilization UG: ? Maybe a sect of druids who are working with nature and artifacts. WR: I expect this to be the Rebels working against the Consul's for freedom.
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I expect Green-Black to be the anti-artifact colours. We already know Caustic Caterpillar Also per the planeswalker thread there is a strong speculation that Garruk might be making an appearance - and he HATES artifacts.
Green being anti-artifact, I won't deny. But black has long been one of the more pro-artifact colors simply because it views artifacts as another tool to use for its goals. What might make black feel anti-artifact is the fact it rarely gets direct interaction with artifacts outside of artifact-heavy blocks. And certain black factions, like Golgari, might skew black against artifacts. But in Mirrodin and Esper, black was all too happy to embrace artifice.
If any color pair is anti-artifact, it's RG. Chandra already demonstrates that red will likely play a role in the Aether Revolt. Red is anti-authority, pitting it against WU, while green is anti-industry, pitting it against UB. Where green is outright anti-artifice, red simply happens to like breaking stuff, and so red's artifact hate is really more destructive fun. This does not mean that red artificers won't be abundant, indeed Origins indicates that red artificers are plentiful in Kaladesh, they just don't always respect the Consul's authority. Black will probably have its share of artificers as well, but like red they'll likely lean towards criminal activities and thus stand in opposition to the Consul, when they aren't trying to benefit from it as black is wont to do with political systems.
All this said, I sense that we might be seeing certain pairs align more with the Consul or at least artifice and others against it. If so, BG will likely be on the anti-Consul side.
As for Garruk himself, that is usually true, but he's since accepted having the hedron planted in his body, impeding the curse. At this point he just doesn't want anyone getting in the way of his hunting.
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And certain black factions, like Golgari, might skew black against artifacts
And.. which colours where Golgari? OH, right, BG... which are the colours we are talking about. And which colours is Garruk, the planeswalker who most hates artifacts? Again, BG.
If any color pair is anti-artifact, it's RG. Chandra already demonstrates that red will likely play a role in the Aether Revolt. Red is anti-authority, pitting it against WU, while green is anti-industry, pitting it against UB.
RG is more anti artifact than BG is, undeniably. However the question was raised about BG, and since I expect Kaladesh to be heavy enemy coloured (it's due and the the enemy painlands are rotating out of Standard so it is pretty much mandatory that we will see some enemy coloured rare cycle) BG is likely going to be a more relevant to the block than RG is.
Red isn't completely anti-authority in Kaladesh. We already know the artificers are all RU and the Consul controls the Foundry (or what's left of it after Chandra wreaked havoc there as a child) where all the artifacts are made.
This does not mean that red artificers won't be abundant, indeed Origins indicates that red artificers are plentiful in Kaladesh, they just don't always respect the Consul's authority.
Red artificers might be part of the rebellion, too. There was a lady who helped Chandra escaped by letting her into the foundry. She helped her because she was good friends with her parents - subtly implied that they were all anti-government.
Black will probably have its share of artificers as well, but like red they'll likely lean towards criminal activities and thus stand in opposition to the Consul, when they aren't trying to benefit from it as black is wont to do with political systems.
This is likly true. Did I ever say that black will be completely anti-artifact? No. My comments were specifically addressed at BG.
All this said, I sense that we might be seeing certain pairs align more with the Consul or at least artifice and others against it. If so, BG will likely be on the anti-Consul side.
I can see BG going either way for or against the Consul. It depends on how black the consul is to begin with. If people are right and the Consul leans towards Esper colours (rather than strictly WU) then yes. The Consul members that want to protect but are officius about it are WU - the ones that enjoy causing pain and suffering (some of the soldiers that chased Chandra) are WB.
That said - BG has a tendency to be anti-civilization. Green is about primal nature and black tends to be self interested and against cooperation and the combination are anti-civilization. Both colours reject the rule of order that the Consul's provide. In fact WU is BG's most hated colour pairing (Enemy colours most hate the colours opposite the colour that's in between them - in this case Red's opposite is W and U.
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On Kaladesh, natural mages like Chandra are rare. Work that would be done with magic on other planes is instead accomplished through devices that harness the power of raw Aether.
This makes me think green and black will have some artifact related magic. Unless they change the plane charcter or consider 2/5 colors rare.
I've never understood why Red hates Artifacts, since Red is actually the color that cares about them the most, behind Blue, I think.
However, I think GB might be 'feral' villagers - kind of like the Gruul, only less R and more B, humans who despise civilization and actively drive it away, through G and B means. Rogues, pirates, scoundrels, people who hate civilization but also steal and murder it to survive. Less insane than the Gruul and more dour, sinister, bitter.
I'm very excited to see what identity they give green and black in this world. Scoundrels, smugglers and those whose sole intention lies in profiting from Kaladeshian artifice would make sense in black. Green should contain most of the wildlife, but it would also make sense too see humans who live far away from the city, either because they despise technology or because they are perhaps hunted by the consul. I don't know how a GB pair would fit in here from my point of view. It could be a group (let's not say guild here, shall we) who joined forces only because their hatred for technology united them in some bizarre way. I'm just really looking forward to this plane, I'm starving for some artwork already.
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.
As has been pointed out before, red doesn't hate artifacts, not entirely. It's more that red enjoys breaking artifacts. The difference in mindset can be summed up as thus:
Green: An artifact!? DESTROY THE ABOMINATION!
Red: Yay, I get to break stuff!
It's only when artifacts start curbing red's fun that it starts to hate them as much as green. That said, red is also capable of playing nicely with artifacts, especially Equipment.
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There is actually a race that has already been associated with black and green and fits nicely into the Indian setting - the Rakshasa. Although it is questionable if they would see a return so soon after Tarkir...
If we finally get some new black anti-artifact cards I am all for it. Would make life easier in EDH.
It would be in the form of cards that punish players for playing artifacts rather than removal, as artifact removal (except for artifact creatures) is not in blacks part of the color pie.
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It's about time for the reserved list to die, for the sake of Vintage and Legacy (And Commander).
If we finally get some new black anti-artifact cards I am all for it. Would make life easier in EDH.
It would be in the form of cards that punish players for playing artifacts rather than removal, as artifact removal (except for artifact creatures) is not in blacks part of the color pie.
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I expect that BG gets some kind of exile-cards-from-graveyards focus that's ambivalent to the artifact theme.
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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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It's been made clear that the ten pairs are going to start receiving more equal treatment in the future barring tricolor sets where emphasizing either ally or enemy pairs is more practical. Every ally and enemy pair is going to have a limited strategy with a multicolored uncommon to help identify that strategy.
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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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There is actually a race that has already been associated with black and green and fits nicely into the Indian setting - the Rakshasa. Although it is questionable if they would see a return so soon after Tarkir...
Rakshasa are known as powerful magic users. Doubt it fits Kaladesh right. The same problem with zombies (maybe Kaladesh has non-magic ways to animate dead? I have no idea).
I'd love to see a bit of black pie-bend/breaking this time around with something inspired by Gate to Phyrexia, although tweaked enough to not bother the reserved list rules and less powerful perhaps, but still paying a cost to do something black normally can't do that is playable artifact hate in a mono-black deck, especially if they make the artifacts theme strong, which I hope they do. If nothing else, stuff along the lines of Artificer's Hex might help in a pinch, indirect hate that punishes the opponent for having artifacts by attacking non-artifact resources for having/using artifacts.
I'd also be interested in black being something of a 'power keepers left behind by the advancement of advanced artifact society'. People who refuse to relinquish rare forbidden and dangerous magics the consuls hate, hiding out far from society (with red and green occasionally playing this theme as well, but less focused on it). I'd also like to see it in the form of the corrupt parts of the society taking advantage of the artifacts, and some of the politicians and more corrupt Consuls. Also some of the wealthy decadent and uncaring for restraint individualists taking advantage of the comforts of this society and what wealth they have to get fancy artifacts.
Green I'd like to see natural animals, things from outside of the cities, beasts people might encounter while traveling between places or that inspire the designs of some of the artifact creatures. Perhaps a unique perspective for a set of green artificers could be a group who sees building things and tool use and such as the natural behavior of humans, and thus embrace it, but try to only create artifacts that allow them to live in harmony with the natural world and avoid environmentally destructive forms of industry and construction, and also see the rest of nature as an inspiration, so model more of the artifact-creatures they create off of natural beasts. Perhaps another green group could be people specialized in harvesting and storing aether to power everything, who create or utilize artifacts that generate mana (like the gold tokens from Theros block) or equivalent power (like charge counters) who are well studied on how energy flows and can be controlled, and who perhaps specialize in studying the aether as a potent force that can't fully be controlled and is potentially violent and destructive, but in a way that fits it's nature.
And of course strong artifact hate that green often gets anyway will be needed particularly for any particularly strong artifact strategies in the block (along with red and white getting such).
I'm just hoping for some stuff that feels distinct from Golgari.
Maybe a new GB legendary that doesn't run on reanimation, but something more Kaladesh related. Like a giant planty zombie that hates thopters.
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I can hope for new atogs, maybe some ouphes, all hating on artifacts. All the artifact hate will balance out the artifact power, and hopefully prevent a Mirrodon and Mirrodon 2.0 incident.
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The green will probably be represented in both the animals that are found in the wilds outside of the main city of Ghirapur (I would like to see the horned tiger thing from Chandra's origin story on a card), as well as the villagers who inhabit them. Maybe there will be some kind of anti-artifact sect that mostly resides in these decidedly low-tech villages or something.
The black is very likely going to be some puppetmaster behind the scenes manipulating things to his/her own end. The Consuls' system itself is likely U/W, but there are very likely B actors within the system manipulating things to benefit themselves.
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As to black. We haven't seen anything of black so far in Kaladesh. I wonder if the Consuls have a black component to them, making them Esper in nature. Other than that I would expect some demons but no Zombies or Vampires.
Kaladesh isn't a plane made from artifacts (like Mirrodin) but a plane where the humans use artifacts because they have limited natural magic capabilities (Kind of like modern day Earth in a way). Thus I expect Green-Black to represent the natural order fighting back against that.
There does seem to be at least a little black in the Consul's. The way the guards tormented Chandra on how they killed her parents and now they were going to kill her was very evil.
I expect Kaladesh to have a stronger enemy colour focus, so far we have;
WB: Consul's (the ones that aren't WU)
UR: Artificers
GB: Nature fighting back against development of civilization
UG: ? Maybe a sect of druids who are working with nature and artifacts.
WR: I expect this to be the Rebels working against the Consul's for freedom.
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I can see GB being anti-artifact of some sort
Green being anti-artifact, I won't deny. But black has long been one of the more pro-artifact colors simply because it views artifacts as another tool to use for its goals. What might make black feel anti-artifact is the fact it rarely gets direct interaction with artifacts outside of artifact-heavy blocks. And certain black factions, like Golgari, might skew black against artifacts. But in Mirrodin and Esper, black was all too happy to embrace artifice.
If any color pair is anti-artifact, it's RG. Chandra already demonstrates that red will likely play a role in the Aether Revolt. Red is anti-authority, pitting it against WU, while green is anti-industry, pitting it against UB. Where green is outright anti-artifice, red simply happens to like breaking stuff, and so red's artifact hate is really more destructive fun. This does not mean that red artificers won't be abundant, indeed Origins indicates that red artificers are plentiful in Kaladesh, they just don't always respect the Consul's authority. Black will probably have its share of artificers as well, but like red they'll likely lean towards criminal activities and thus stand in opposition to the Consul, when they aren't trying to benefit from it as black is wont to do with political systems.
All this said, I sense that we might be seeing certain pairs align more with the Consul or at least artifice and others against it. If so, BG will likely be on the anti-Consul side.
As for Garruk himself, that is usually true, but he's since accepted having the hedron planted in his body, impeding the curse. At this point he just doesn't want anyone getting in the way of his hunting.
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.
And.. which colours where Golgari? OH, right, BG... which are the colours we are talking about. And which colours is Garruk, the planeswalker who most hates artifacts? Again, BG.
RG is more anti artifact than BG is, undeniably. However the question was raised about BG, and since I expect Kaladesh to be heavy enemy coloured (it's due and the the enemy painlands are rotating out of Standard so it is pretty much mandatory that we will see some enemy coloured rare cycle) BG is likely going to be a more relevant to the block than RG is.
Red isn't completely anti-authority in Kaladesh. We already know the artificers are all RU and the Consul controls the Foundry (or what's left of it after Chandra wreaked havoc there as a child) where all the artifacts are made.
Red artificers might be part of the rebellion, too. There was a lady who helped Chandra escaped by letting her into the foundry. She helped her because she was good friends with her parents - subtly implied that they were all anti-government.
This is likly true. Did I ever say that black will be completely anti-artifact? No. My comments were specifically addressed at BG.
I can see BG going either way for or against the Consul. It depends on how black the consul is to begin with. If people are right and the Consul leans towards Esper colours (rather than strictly WU) then yes. The Consul members that want to protect but are officius about it are WU - the ones that enjoy causing pain and suffering (some of the soldiers that chased Chandra) are WB.
That said - BG has a tendency to be anti-civilization. Green is about primal nature and black tends to be self interested and against cooperation and the combination are anti-civilization. Both colours reject the rule of order that the Consul's provide. In fact WU is BG's most hated colour pairing (Enemy colours most hate the colours opposite the colour that's in between them - in this case Red's opposite is W and U.
On Kaladesh, natural mages like Chandra are rare. Work that would be done with magic on other planes is instead accomplished through devices that harness the power of raw Aether.
This makes me think green and black will have some artifact related magic. Unless they change the plane charcter or consider 2/5 colors rare.
However, I think GB might be 'feral' villagers - kind of like the Gruul, only less R and more B, humans who despise civilization and actively drive it away, through G and B means. Rogues, pirates, scoundrels, people who hate civilization but also steal and murder it to survive. Less insane than the Gruul and more dour, sinister, bitter.
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Green: An artifact!? DESTROY THE ABOMINATION!
Red: Yay, I get to break stuff!
It's only when artifacts start curbing red's fun that it starts to hate them as much as green. That said, red is also capable of playing nicely with artifacts, especially Equipment.
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.
It would be in the form of cards that punish players for playing artifacts rather than removal, as artifact removal (except for artifact creatures) is not in blacks part of the color pie.
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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.
I expect BG not to be a thing at all. I expect the Ally pairs to be pushed once more.
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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.
Rakshasa are known as powerful magic users. Doubt it fits Kaladesh right. The same problem with zombies (maybe Kaladesh has non-magic ways to animate dead? I have no idea).
I'd also be interested in black being something of a 'power keepers left behind by the advancement of advanced artifact society'. People who refuse to relinquish rare forbidden and dangerous magics the consuls hate, hiding out far from society (with red and green occasionally playing this theme as well, but less focused on it). I'd also like to see it in the form of the corrupt parts of the society taking advantage of the artifacts, and some of the politicians and more corrupt Consuls. Also some of the wealthy decadent and uncaring for restraint individualists taking advantage of the comforts of this society and what wealth they have to get fancy artifacts.
Green I'd like to see natural animals, things from outside of the cities, beasts people might encounter while traveling between places or that inspire the designs of some of the artifact creatures. Perhaps a unique perspective for a set of green artificers could be a group who sees building things and tool use and such as the natural behavior of humans, and thus embrace it, but try to only create artifacts that allow them to live in harmony with the natural world and avoid environmentally destructive forms of industry and construction, and also see the rest of nature as an inspiration, so model more of the artifact-creatures they create off of natural beasts. Perhaps another green group could be people specialized in harvesting and storing aether to power everything, who create or utilize artifacts that generate mana (like the gold tokens from Theros block) or equivalent power (like charge counters) who are well studied on how energy flows and can be controlled, and who perhaps specialize in studying the aether as a potent force that can't fully be controlled and is potentially violent and destructive, but in a way that fits it's nature.
And of course strong artifact hate that green often gets anyway will be needed particularly for any particularly strong artifact strategies in the block (along with red and white getting such).
Maybe a new GB legendary that doesn't run on reanimation, but something more Kaladesh related. Like a giant planty zombie that hates thopters.
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Oloro, Ageless Ascetic - Lifegain/Lifedrain Pillowfort
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Mizzix - Out of the Box Spellslinger
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Green is going to hate artifacts still, maybe we will see new Atogs?
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I can hope for new atogs, maybe some ouphes, all hating on artifacts. All the artifact hate will balance out the artifact power, and hopefully prevent a Mirrodon and Mirrodon 2.0 incident.
Commander:
Aurelia the Warleader - Combat Tricks and Swarm
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic - Lifegain/Lifedrain Pillowfort
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice - Token Assault
Meren of Clan Nel Toth - Reanimator Value
Mizzix - Out of the Box Spellslinger
Standard:
RB Madness Vamps
Casual:
Formerly Modern Elfball
The black is very likely going to be some puppetmaster behind the scenes manipulating things to his/her own end. The Consuls' system itself is likely U/W, but there are very likely B actors within the system manipulating things to benefit themselves.