I'd imagine the Guild Champs get bumped down in rarity to Rare. I don't think two cycles of Ten Legendaries, along with a bunch of walkers, is going to fit very well. This is why I really don't expect all of the heroes and villains to get cards either, only important ones.
Remember that not every character that gets a set needs to occupy a card slot in the set proper/booster packs. They can have up to two planeswalkers per set appear in the story and be delgated to planeswalker decks. I imagine that's where we are going to see Ral Zarek and/or Vraska (unless they fit nicely into the set proper). Entirely new planeswalkers would more likely appear in booster packs, I assume.
It also seems like a good
I have a suspicions Domri Rade will be conveniently off-plane... <.<" He's not that popular.
That’s basically what I was talking about. I also have no idea how accurate it is but I saw that Tezz is supposed to get a card in the next Core set or some such? Granted it was on a MtG wiki so could just have been an error, I didn’t really dig into it as Tezz doesn’t interest me.
But yeah, with all the options I think they can do it. I kind of hope we get a two colored Planeswalker for every combination though, would be neat.
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Ever since they started printing walkers it always struck me that they could actually print a card depicting two characters. The uniqueness rule has gone away, but they could still double up much the same way they can depict two characters on a regular legendary. That might be a way to cram in more characters in a set for a planeswalker war.
Ever since they started printing walkers it always struck me that they could actually print a card depicting two characters. The uniqueness rule has gone away, but they could still double up much the same way they can depict two characters on a regular legendary. That might be a way to cram in more characters in a set for a planeswalker war.
An excellent idea in theory. In practice, however, I think the two walkers would have to share both flavor and mechanical overlap in order for the design not seem clunky. Within the current possible roster, such a scenario would most likely be something like "Ral & Tezzeret, Diabolical Engineers."
I expect we'll get PWs of enough variety that every guild will be able to play at least one. Between the three sets, I expect to see Gideon, Ral, and Bolas all show up, and likely Jace too seeing as he is the Living Guildpact and all. Vraska is quite possible, and Ajani will likely be included to counterbalance Bolas.
8-9 walkers seems like a reasonable number between three sets. Though, figuring out the right combination to ensure every guild gets to play a PW is tricky. This is what I've come up with, based on the guilds mentioned for the first two sets:
Note that I expect the characters, not these exact cards.
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Why wouldn't Jace and Vraska be guaranteed? Jace the Golden Boy in return to Ravnica not get a Walker Card? I mean I see no chance of that occurring.
I did a list myself on one of these threads. And they ,might pump in more Walkers considering this is a Planeswalker War and Ajani did some recruitment.
They could probably get away with a max 15 in the set proper.
GRN: Ajani (GW), Tezz (UB), Vraska (GB), Ral (UR)...this is pretty easy now there is Gideon. He is Boros Affiliated but he he has the BlackBlade which suggest a possible shift in color to (BW over RW). Maybe Bolas picked up Nahiri for his team? That or new character.
RNA: Teferi (UW)or I guess Narset?...the rest are tricky. Gruul well based on Dominaria and Nissa, Chandra being (RG) makes some degree of sense. Also got Domri Rade around. I could see a BW, Gideon as note due to corruption from the blade. Simic and Rakdos are wide open. UG for Nissa is she comes back maybe? Rakdos, no clue new character?
I think it is pretty unlikely to get an Planeswalker for each two color combination. Especially not for those wo got a card in Dominaria or the Core Set.
That's why monocolors are so helpful; they can play with more than one guild. If Jace and Liliana are in RNA, they cover four guilds between them.
Here are my reasonings:
Bolas will obviously be in Set 3.
Ral hasn't had a card since Dragon's Maze, Ravnica is his home, and he plays a major role in the story by helping Bolas get to Ravnica.
Ral is not likely to be in the same set as Bolas because Bolas' identity eclipses Ral.
Izzet and Golgari are in GRN, so Ral and Vraska probably should be too. That leaves Dimir, Selesnya, and Boros unaccounted for.
Gideon hasn't had a card since Amonkhet and can work with Selesnya and Boros, leaving Dimir.
Tezzeret is involved in the story, hasn't had a card since Aether Revolt, and shares Dimir's color identity, so if they're willing to include four PWs in the first set, Tezzeret is a perfect match.
Jace will obviously return, but he's pushed out of GRN by Ral and Tezzeret. Thankfully, he has Azorius and Simic in RNA.
Ral already covers burn, so Chandra isn't as needed in this trilogy. Doesn't mean she won't play a role in the story, though.
Liliana, who has become another minion of Bolas, hasn't had a card since Amonkhet, and isn't needed in GRN, fits Rakdos and Orzhov, leaving Gruul.
Domri Rade is a Ravnican native much like Ral and Vraska, hasn't had a card since Gatecrash, and quite handily represents Gruul.
Ajani hasn't had a card since Aether Revolt, he's helping lead the anti-Bolas recruitment movement, and his colors compliment Bolas' perfectly, making him perfect for Set 3.
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From a storyline perspective I feel the first two sets will be (from the Gatewatch perspective) about preventing the inhabitants of Ravnica weakening themselves in internal conflict - whether that's guilds being at each other's throats as implied in the paranoia and arming in RTR-block, intra-guild scheming causing guilds to disintegrate as has to be resolved in Orzhov at some point, or just civil unrest from the Gateless community.
At least part of that would have been Jace's job, as has been pointed out for years.
I kinda expect Bolas-related planeswalkers not make an entrance until set three. The outside threat is only what the plane will face after the troops are rallied. Bolas, Vraska Liliana, Tezzeret... those seem like the equivalent of the Eldrazi Titans or the three bugged Gods of Amonkhet: Game changers. There is an intentional effort to keep the third set separate conceptually on the same plane.
Though it would fit Bolas's scheming to have agents active on Ravnica before appearing there, but those could easily be assorted locals/legendary creatures infiltrating the Guilds or Gateless.
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Eh I don't think its out of the question that this Ravnica Trilogy has more Planeswalkers then normal. The selling point is a thrilling Planeswalker war to end the Bolas Storyline.
I hope, like in Sarkhans case, Selesnya will influence him & make him a great card.
Yeah, if there's one thing Sarkhan needs, it's to pick up more colors.
For the rest: i have no clue . . . but i damn sure want a Niv Mizzet-Planeswalker-card
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I don't think Sarkhan will be present. I mean, maybe Ugin will? The only way I can see Sarkhan being used here is as Ugin's agent.
Ajani is GW, but is he really ? Mechanically, he's more a healer and enchanter. Elspeth was the one who made tokens. Ajani does get anthem effects (in the form of "put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control"). He has made tokens, tied to the player's life total, but that's not really his thing.
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Well to be fair we don't know the mechanics granted it is the only guild that produced two mechanics with no issues. Not overpowered, not degenerate, not terrible trash...effective and liked so lets see if they can make it 3 in a row for Selesnya.
Guilds have a clear mechanical identity from both previous Ravnica blocks, though. The audience expects similar in Ravnica 3.
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Sure...Ajani has 7 Cards, 3 are GW, 3 are mono white and 1 is RW. Ignoring the RW, he seems to like gaining life, giving +1/+1 counters occasionally with keywords, generating card advantage for specific card types (ie permanents only) and making tokens. Doesn't seem especially incompatible with the Selesyna Guild to Me. Nor does seem a great stretch to give him abilities that lineup with the Guild. I am not seeing the issue personally.
Honestly, the real stretch is Tezz quite frankly...since Dimir doesn't really have much to do with artifacts at all and artifacts are Tezz core niche.
Hmm I guess you can make a Tezz focused on the Planar Bridge...hard to tell with out knowing the Dimir mechanic.
We don't know who is showing up and when, we can make educated guess and by my count at least 10 Walkers can be expected to show up, 11 if you count Domri Rade. I expect Tezz to show up and Bolas does tend to use Tezz as his main forward operator for Mirrodin and Kaladesh. But he already has Vraska and Ral on the ground. Although Tezz is a master artificer so he could show up early to help Ral on a project.
I am just saying if there is any time to break the normal rules on Planeswalker Count per set, these are the three sets since its suppose to be a massive Planeswalker War. Not that its likely to happen.
It would make sense that they push a ton of planeswalkers in the next 3 sets, since WotC has made them Brawl commanders and they want to push Brawl. I wouldn't be surprised if some Planeswalkers take the place of new legends. They flooded us with legends in DOM to ensure that they can cut back on legends to flood us with walkers in the next sets.
I am just saying if there is any time to break the normal rules on Planeswalker Count per set, these are the three sets since its suppose to be a massive Planeswalker War. Not that its likely to happen.
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Only thing I cant think is that if any set (or sets) are going to "violate" the color balance or max walkers rules it will be these three sets. With so many walkers present for this battle maybe almost everybody gets cards. Maybe they make the sets slightly bigger to account for the extra walker mythic spots or maybe they just will think people will be so stoked for lots of walkers that they wont mind them taking up 1/3 of the mythic slots??
Shocklands are at least 80% coming back. If they make a rare cycle that isnt as good as them people will riot.
Im still not so sure the 3 set block of Ravnica will follow the same "number of planeswalker" rules.
This is a totally different situation than a normal set or block. This is a battle between Planeswalkers.
There could easily be more than the typical two-three we see in normal sets.
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Tezzeret is involved in the story, hasn't had a card since Aether Revolt, and shares Dimir's color identity, so if they're willing to include four PWs in the first set, Tezzeret is a perfect match.
I highly doubt that. I am sure they will not include 4 Walkers in any set in the near future (except Core sets). And I don't think that Tezzeret is a good fit for Dimir, as they mechanically do not work well together at all. And with Tezzeret in the Core Set - which seems like a good fit to include some of the Walkers playing a role - I can't see him getting a second card that soon, especially as we have much more Walkers then room for cards - and we haven't even talked about new ones! I can although see him not beeing on Ravnica, as he helps Bolas (and maybe Lili) with the Planar Bridge and may just join later - but I can surely see him not getting a card in one of the Sets, as there are much more Walkers that will most likely play a bigger role and Tezzeret got much more cards as many other Walkers we might have a chance to see (like Ral, etc.).
Tezzeret is absolutey no fit as you say. And Ravnica isn't known for it's artifacts at all, so there is absolutely no connection to Ravnica or especially the Dimir. What I can see is him beeing a more controlling version, but that would mostly mean less artifact theme in these circumstances and that seems highly unlikely. And I am pretty sure he is not on Ravnica, helping Bolas with the Immortal Sun and the Planar Bridge and most likely we will not see them before at the second or more likely the third set or am I wrong here?
We're assuming that Tezzeret can't be given abilities that mesh well with the Dimir, like making Thopter tokens with flying or a Construct token with some manner of scrying ability (spybots, you know?), granting artifact-related evasion, or turning creatures into artifacts. Be creative, you know?
That said, of the PWs I listed, I acknowledge that Tezzeret is the least likely to get a card, but if they wanted to make sure every guild gets to play with a planeswalker, Tezzeret is a fairly convenient option for Dimir.
I don't think that all Guilds will have a Walker, that fits into. That hasn't been the case the last time arround and for Limited, you can easily splash a Ral Zarek in Dimir or Vraska in Selesnya etc.
Last time around also didn't involve an impending planeswalker war. At any rate, monocolor PWs make it easier for every guild to get to play with a PW. Keep in mind I'm not saying Gideon, Jace, and Liliana sign up with any specific guild, just that I think they want to make sure every guild will get at least one PW they can play between the three sets. Obviously some guilds will have access to more due to the PWs, but it just wouldn't be much fun if any particular guild was left out.
Of course, there's the question of what will the planeswalker decks for each set be? These are my guesses:
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I hope, like in Sarkhans case, Selesnya will influence him & make him a great card.
Yeah, if there's one thing Sarkhan needs, it's to pick up more colors.
For the rest: i have no clue . . . but i damn sure want a Niv Mizzet-Planeswalker-card
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I don't think Sarkhan will be present. I mean, maybe Ugin will? The only way I can see Sarkhan being used here is as Ugin's agent.
Ajani is GW, but is he really ? Mechanically, he's more a healer and enchanter. Elspeth was the one who made tokens. Ajani does get anthem effects (in the form of "put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control"). He has made tokens, tied to the player's life total, but that's not really his thing.
I think Ugin taking part is quite probable, whether directly or, as you mentioned, indirectly through an agent. This is exactly the kind of event he wouldn't want to miss. Besides, to even have a chance, the Gatewatch needs someone closer to Bolas' level (no offense to Niv).
Hmm, I could see Ugin appearing in set 3 alongside Ajani and Bolas. But how would they address his colorless theme?
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Hmm, I could see Ugin appearing in set 3 alongside Ajani and Bolas. But how would they address his colorless theme?
Does he need a colorless theme? I think planeswalker's colors don't have to follow the set's themes, just look at SOI Tamiyo. Or Sorin and Nahiri too, for that matter. Besides, the last set will break the two color pair pattern typical for Ravnica, so there's no way to tell what color patterns will be present.
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I feel like Wizards may have kinda different opinion since they make native walkers to play a major role in the story every set.
That’s basically what I was talking about. I also have no idea how accurate it is but I saw that Tezz is supposed to get a card in the next Core set or some such? Granted it was on a MtG wiki so could just have been an error, I didn’t really dig into it as Tezz doesn’t interest me.
But yeah, with all the options I think they can do it. I kind of hope we get a two colored Planeswalker for every combination though, would be neat.
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An excellent idea in theory. In practice, however, I think the two walkers would have to share both flavor and mechanical overlap in order for the design not seem clunky. Within the current possible roster, such a scenario would most likely be something like "Ral & Tezzeret, Diabolical Engineers."
8-9 walkers seems like a reasonable number between three sets. Though, figuring out the right combination to ensure every guild gets to play a PW is tricky. This is what I've come up with, based on the guilds mentioned for the first two sets:
GRN: Gideon, Tezzeret, Ral Zarek, Vraska
RNA: Jace, Liliana, Domri Rade
???: Ajani, Bolas
Note that I expect the characters, not these exact cards.
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 did a list myself on one of these threads. And they ,might pump in more Walkers considering this is a Planeswalker War and Ajani did some recruitment.
They could probably get away with a max 15 in the set proper.
GRN: Ajani (GW), Tezz (UB), Vraska (GB), Ral (UR)...this is pretty easy now there is Gideon. He is Boros Affiliated but he he has the BlackBlade which suggest a possible shift in color to (BW over RW). Maybe Bolas picked up Nahiri for his team? That or new character.
RNA: Teferi (UW)or I guess Narset?...the rest are tricky. Gruul well based on Dominaria and Nissa, Chandra being (RG) makes some degree of sense. Also got Domri Rade around. I could see a BW, Gideon as note due to corruption from the blade. Simic and Rakdos are wide open. UG for Nissa is she comes back maybe? Rakdos, no clue new character?
That's why monocolors are so helpful; they can play with more than one guild. If Jace and Liliana are in RNA, they cover four guilds between them.
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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.
At least part of that would have been Jace's job, as has been pointed out for years.
I kinda expect Bolas-related planeswalkers not make an entrance until set three. The outside threat is only what the plane will face after the troops are rallied. Bolas,
VraskaLiliana, Tezzeret... those seem like the equivalent of the Eldrazi Titans or the three bugged Gods of Amonkhet: Game changers. There is an intentional effort to keep the third set separate conceptually on the same plane.Though it would fit Bolas's scheming to have agents active on Ravnica before appearing there, but those could easily be assorted locals/legendary creatures infiltrating the Guilds or Gateless.
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I don't think Sarkhan will be present. I mean, maybe Ugin will? The only way I can see Sarkhan being used here is as Ugin's agent.
Ajani is GW, but is he really ? Mechanically, he's more a healer and enchanter. Elspeth was the one who made tokens. Ajani does get anthem effects (in the form of "put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control"). He has made tokens, tied to the player's life total, but that's not really his thing.
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Honestly, the real stretch is Tezz quite frankly...since Dimir doesn't really have much to do with artifacts at all and artifacts are Tezz core niche.
We don't know who is showing up and when, we can make educated guess and by my count at least 10 Walkers can be expected to show up, 11 if you count Domri Rade. I expect Tezz to show up and Bolas does tend to use Tezz as his main forward operator for Mirrodin and Kaladesh. But he already has Vraska and Ral on the ground. Although Tezz is a master artificer so he could show up early to help Ral on a project.
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Ive only been saying this for my last few posts in this thread. Finally someone has acknowledged that it could be a possibility. Just quote me from now on though Hahahaha
We're assuming that Tezzeret can't be given abilities that mesh well with the Dimir, like making Thopter tokens with flying or a Construct token with some manner of scrying ability (spybots, you know?), granting artifact-related evasion, or turning creatures into artifacts. Be creative, you know?
That said, of the PWs I listed, I acknowledge that Tezzeret is the least likely to get a card, but if they wanted to make sure every guild gets to play with a planeswalker, Tezzeret is a fairly convenient option for Dimir.
Last time around also didn't involve an impending planeswalker war. At any rate, monocolor PWs make it easier for every guild to get to play with a PW. Keep in mind I'm not saying Gideon, Jace, and Liliana sign up with any specific guild, just that I think they want to make sure every guild will get at least one PW they can play between the three sets. Obviously some guilds will have access to more due to the PWs, but it just wouldn't be much fun if any particular guild was left out.
Of course, there's the question of what will the planeswalker decks for each set be? These are my guesses:
GRN
GW Ajani
UR Ral Zarek
RNA
WU Jace
BR Liliana
ST3
RW Gideon
BG Vraska
Bear in mind that a PW can get a deck for a set in which they didn't get a regular card. See Nissa, Genesis Mage, Vraska, Scheming Gorgon, and Chandra, Bold Pyromancer.
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 think Ugin taking part is quite probable, whether directly or, as you mentioned, indirectly through an agent. This is exactly the kind of event he wouldn't want to miss. Besides, to even have a chance, the Gatewatch needs someone closer to Bolas' level (no offense to Niv).
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.
Does he need a colorless theme? I think planeswalker's colors don't have to follow the set's themes, just look at SOI Tamiyo. Or Sorin and Nahiri too, for that matter. Besides, the last set will break the two color pair pattern typical for Ravnica, so there's no way to tell what color patterns will be present.