HoD is closer than you think! Jeez it's June already. JUNE! And with our July PR around the corner and spoilers to start flowing soon enough, let us play the guessing game that is HoD Invocations! Whoever has the most points when the full reveal happens wins..... forum cred.
31.) Nicol Bolas's Card
32.) God 6
33.) God 7
34.) God 8
35.) Some other HoD Card (no points awarded for this vague BS)
36.) Damnation
37.) Cataclysm
38.) Cruel Ultimatum
39.) Lightning Bolt
40.) Chord of Calling
41.) Swords to Plowshares
42.) Demonic Tutor
43.) Desertion
44.) Void
45.) Brainstorm
46.) Braingyser
47.) Victimize
48.) Doubling Season
49.) Reanimate
50.) Sphinx's Revelation
51.) Jokulhaups
52.) Life's Finale
53.) Profane Command
54.) Bribery
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I don't think that we will get a planeswalker Invocation. They might make planeswalker Masterpieces at some point, but I have a feeling they have not put enough thought into that frame to allow it to be modified into a planeswalker version.
That said the rest of your list seems good. I'd add the rest of the Augur of Bolas mini-cycle as well as some cool devastating cards like Life's Finale or Devastation Tide.
I say there will be a cycle of cards (probably instants/sorceries) for the Hours (like there was one Hour when the Hekma gets undmade and another where Bolas reveals the truth of the glorious afterlife and one where the still unjudged fight for last-minute conversion to worthiness etc.) Those will be my bet for the cards from within the set to be made into part of the invocations.
Also Jackal Pup with art showing a wee khenra peeing on a mummy caretaker. Or that might be early head-canon art from the next Un-set.
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I don't think that we will get a planeswalker Invocation. They might make planeswalker Masterpieces at some point, but I have a feeling they have not put enough thought into that frame to allow it to be modified into a planeswalker version.
That said the rest of your list seems good. I'd add the rest of the Augur of Bolas mini-cycle as well as some cool devastating cards like Life's Finale or Devastation Tide.
They have to flavorfully work and Amonkhet has no merfolk or viashino.
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“There are no weak Jews. I am descended from those who wrestle angels and kill giants. We were chosen by God. You were chosen by a pathetic little man who can't seem to grow a full mustache"
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
Feel free to modify.
5 Amonkhet cards need to fit somewhere
Edit: I knew I should've put Maelstrom pulse instead of pernicious
It was a toss up between FoW and Mana drain.
I believe consecrated Sphinx and mindsensor but common guesses. ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
I did really really good on these for the first set..... let's see how many make it to HofD
And that was me assuming NO creatures
In the story 8 gods ruled Amonkhet before Bolas took over. It been hinted that the other 3 gods are around in some form, whether they are de-powered or corrupted.
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“There are no weak Jews. I am descended from those who wrestle angels and kill giants. We were chosen by God. You were chosen by a pathetic little man who can't seem to grow a full mustache"
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
Well, Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh is for sure in the Invocations. I'm guessing we'll see more gold Invocations for HOD.
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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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You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
Masterpiece sets always include cards from the associated set. You think they're going to leave the God-Pharaoh out of this one?
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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.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
Masterpiece sets always include cards from the associated set. You think they're going to leave the God-Pharaoh out of this one?
Look at that frame. It's not exactly laid out well for a planeswalker variant, is it? Eating up a lot of space, centering the text. The planeswalker card would have to follow an entirely different style to fit - even a three-ability planeswalker would be more than I expect to fit, but a four-ability 'walker just doesn't seem in the cards.
I expect we'll see the "God-Pharaoh's Gift" and probably a cycle of actual invocations/spells named after the five gods including Bontu's Last Reckoning. That's now my official bet for the six Invocations taken from among the new HOU cards.
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Planar Chaos was not a mistake neither was it random. You might want to look at it again.
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I expect power enchantments like Sylvan Library and Omniscience to be in Theros Masterpieces. Think about it, Sylvan Library showing Nylea and the cop of Sylvan Caryatids, or Omniscience depicting Kruphix at the edge of the world.
MTGS Wikia Article about "New World Order"
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.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
I'm going to say though that Immortal Servitude is problematic. I don't think the design of the Invocations can handle hybrid well enough for me to support putting this in. The mana symbols are all monochrome in their design. While it's not a dealbreaker, it's certainfly going to be an influence that makes me wonder whether this flavor homerun will actually show up.
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I think the frame can handle hybrid. You simply make the bands on each side different colors. In Servitude's case, left side white, right side black.
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MTGS Wikia Article about "New World Order"
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.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
I think the frame can handle hybrid. You simply make the bands on each side different colors. In Servitude's case, left side white, right side black.
I'm not refering to the frame, but the actual mana symbol. I think giving the cloth/bands a gradient like hybrids usually have would actually be pretty. I don't think though they would have chosen monochrome mana symbols if they actually planned to use hybrid. Bayesian inference basically. It's not definite and the graphical design of the Invocations already contains some other questionable choices, but I think hybrid mana symbols in this monochrome style would be the crowning moment of bad visual design even for the Invocations.
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Planar Chaos was not a mistake neither was it random. You might want to look at it again.
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Remember that AER Inventions only included two new cards, Paradox Engine and Planar Bridge. I expect the same here.
Since HoD is more Top-down Bolas with a heavy dash of Egypt, I figure there should be plenty of spells in Bolas' colors that reflect effects Bolas would use, like Recoil, Undermine, Backlash, Blightning, and Dreadbore. Of course some of those could be dual-god spells like Maelstrom Pulse and Vindicate.
MTGS Wikia Article about "New World Order"
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.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
I only want Flusterstorm. I can live with the ugly ass card frame if it means I can get one that doesn`t plummet completely when the card gets a proper Masters reprint.
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HoD is closer than you think! Jeez it's June already. JUNE! And with our July PR around the corner and spoilers to start flowing soon enough, let us play the guessing game that is HoD Invocations! Whoever has the most points when the full reveal happens wins..... forum cred.
31.) Nicol Bolas's Card
32.) God 6
33.) God 7
34.) God 8
35.) Some other HoD Card (no points awarded for this vague BS)
36.) Damnation
37.) Cataclysm
38.) Cruel Ultimatum
39.) Lightning Bolt
40.) Chord of Calling
41.) Swords to Plowshares
42.) Demonic Tutor
43.) Desertion
44.) Void
45.) Brainstorm
46.) Braingyser
47.) Victimize
48.) Doubling Season
49.) Reanimate
50.) Sphinx's Revelation
51.) Jokulhaups
52.) Life's Finale
53.) Profane Command
54.) Bribery
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"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
I don't think that we will get a planeswalker Invocation. They might make planeswalker Masterpieces at some point, but I have a feeling they have not put enough thought into that frame to allow it to be modified into a planeswalker version.
That said the rest of your list seems good. I'd add the rest of the Augur of Bolas mini-cycle as well as some cool devastating cards like Life's Finale or Devastation Tide.
I say there will be a cycle of cards (probably instants/sorceries) for the Hours (like there was one Hour when the Hekma gets undmade and another where Bolas reveals the truth of the glorious afterlife and one where the still unjudged fight for last-minute conversion to worthiness etc.) Those will be my bet for the cards from within the set to be made into part of the invocations.
Also Jackal Pup with art showing a wee khenra peeing on a mummy caretaker. Or that might be early head-canon art from the next Un-set.
Finally a good white villain quote: "So, do I ever re-evaluate my life choices? Never, because I know what I'm doing is a righteous cause."
Factions: Sleeping
Remnants: Valheim
Legendary Journey: Heroes & Planeswalkers
Saga: Shards of Rabiah
Legends: The Elder Dragons
Read up on Red Flags & NWO
They have to flavorfully work and Amonkhet has no merfolk or viashino.
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
I am excited to see the masterpieces.
They will have a new border style and should have colored spells/creatures for the first time.
I think these would fit a theme, hit flavor and can be imagined with Amonkhet art.
Damnation
Demonic Tutor
Necropotence
Grim Tutor
Diabolic Edict
Dark Ritual
Thoughtseize
Mind Twist
Berserk
Worldly Tutor
Overrun
Sylvan Library ?
Rancor
Rites of Flourishing
Natural Order
Mana Drain *
Mystical Tutor
Ancestral Visions
Cryptic Command
Counterspell
Spell Snare
Omniscience
Enlightened Tutor
Armageddon
Wrath of God
Leyline of Sanctity
Orims Chant ?
Disenchant
Land Tax
Skullclamp
Nevinyrral's Disk
Through the Breach
Price of Progress
Burning Wish
Gamble
Sneak Attack
Lightning Bolt
Chain Lightning
Blood Moon
Dragonstorm
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
Nicol Bolas, Elder Dragon Legend
Vindicate
Cruel Ultimatum
Pernicious Deed
Lightning Helix
Glimpse the Unthinkable
Feel free to modify.
5 Amonkhet cards need to fit somewhere
Edit: I knew I should've put Maelstrom pulse instead of pernicious
It was a toss up between FoW and Mana drain.
I believe consecrated Sphinx and mindsensor but common guesses. ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
I did really really good on these for the first set..... let's see how many make it to HofD
And that was me assuming NO creatures
That's what I get. <.<"
Finally a good white villain quote: "So, do I ever re-evaluate my life choices? Never, because I know what I'm doing is a righteous cause."
Factions: Sleeping
Remnants: Valheim
Legendary Journey: Heroes & Planeswalkers
Saga: Shards of Rabiah
Legends: The Elder Dragons
Read up on Red Flags & NWO
In the story 8 gods ruled Amonkhet before Bolas took over. It been hinted that the other 3 gods are around in some form, whether they are de-powered or corrupted.
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
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.
Don't you mean old version of bolas?
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.
Look at that frame. It's not exactly laid out well for a planeswalker variant, is it? Eating up a lot of space, centering the text. The planeswalker card would have to follow an entirely different style to fit - even a three-ability planeswalker would be more than I expect to fit, but a four-ability 'walker just doesn't seem in the cards.
I expect we'll see the "God-Pharaoh's Gift" and probably a cycle of actual invocations/spells named after the five gods including Bontu's Last Reckoning. That's now my official bet for the six Invocations taken from among the new HOU cards.
Finally a good white villain quote: "So, do I ever re-evaluate my life choices? Never, because I know what I'm doing is a righteous cause."
Factions: Sleeping
Remnants: Valheim
Legendary Journey: Heroes & Planeswalkers
Saga: Shards of Rabiah
Legends: The Elder Dragons
Read up on Red Flags & NWO
|| 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 ||
So, we have 24 left for HoD. We'll probably see more monocolored, but I also expect more multicolored.
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 actually would take it.
Mortal Combat is cool.
I'm going to say though that Immortal Servitude is problematic. I don't think the design of the Invocations can handle hybrid well enough for me to support putting this in. The mana symbols are all monochrome in their design. While it's not a dealbreaker, it's certainfly going to be an influence that makes me wonder whether this flavor homerun will actually show up.
Finally a good white villain quote: "So, do I ever re-evaluate my life choices? Never, because I know what I'm doing is a righteous cause."
Factions: Sleeping
Remnants: Valheim
Legendary Journey: Heroes & Planeswalkers
Saga: Shards of Rabiah
Legends: The Elder Dragons
Read up on Red Flags & NWO
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'm not refering to the frame, but the actual mana symbol. I think giving the cloth/bands a gradient like hybrids usually have would actually be pretty. I don't think though they would have chosen monochrome mana symbols if they actually planned to use hybrid. Bayesian inference basically. It's not definite and the graphical design of the Invocations already contains some other questionable choices, but I think hybrid mana symbols in this monochrome style would be the crowning moment of bad visual design even for the Invocations.
Finally a good white villain quote: "So, do I ever re-evaluate my life choices? Never, because I know what I'm doing is a righteous cause."
Factions: Sleeping
Remnants: Valheim
Legendary Journey: Heroes & Planeswalkers
Saga: Shards of Rabiah
Legends: The Elder Dragons
Read up on Red Flags & NWO
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Not to my knowledge. Frankly, I find it unlikely. Of course, they might be the Puffpower Boyz, the Demon analogs to the Powerpuff Girls, but ... yeah.
Since HoD is more Top-down Bolas with a heavy dash of Egypt, I figure there should be plenty of spells in Bolas' colors that reflect effects Bolas would use, like Recoil, Undermine, Backlash, Blightning, and Dreadbore. Of course some of those could be dual-god spells like Maelstrom Pulse and Vindicate.
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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.
Stay reasonable, be mindful of your expectations and don't feed the trolls.
Doomsdayin'