Didn't see this here so I thought it would share. A poster on 4chan's /tg/ (traditional games) board had this to say:
"The block after Innistrad 2 will be about a new plane called Sivagat. It's a desert world and will heavily reference Egyptian mythology. It will feature gods and the story will be a relatively small-scale mystery plot that's gonna be completely separate from any other story line going on at the moment. The reason for this separation is that WotC is worried that the block will mirror Kamigawa in certain regards due to the exotic setting and almost niche mythology that's not as popular as Greek mythology.
The first set of the block will be called Secrets of Sivagat and the second set will be called Fury of the Sand.
The block after that will be another Return to Ravnica. I have no information about that story and only know the name of the first set. War of the Guilds."
Seems worth keeping in mind, especially considering how many seemingly random leaks have popped up and ended up true recently. Egyptian theme has always been on MaRo's shortlist, and seeing as how we will be getting a "return" every other set now, Ravnica being so popular and all about Jace now doesn't seem so far-fetched. Link below.
I am skeptical about the authenticity of this. 4chan is hardly a reliable source, and we got a fake list of rares/mythics in EMA from /tg/ just last week. Additionally, I don't think ANY information about a block over a year in the future would be available at the moment. Knowing the exact name of the second set in the block after Innistrad is suspicious (as is knowing the exact name of the first Rav3 set), as is the whole "This storyline will be unconnected" bit.
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This is not true, because I can reveal right now that the next block will be space themed. Not sci-fi-ish or techy like that, but with sun/moon phases and astral travel by means of magic as major themes, and game mechanics will reflect those themes. The plot will take place on several different heavenly bodies. The next block after that takes us back to Theros.
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EXTREMELY minor support for this theory is the fact that others have noted that Razaketh revealed in Magic Duels game DID give off a slightly Egyptian vibe. I will say...more Gods would be kinda interesting. I would certainly expect Devotion to return.
It seems kinda soon for another Mythos block (and ABSOLUTELY TOO SOON for Ravnica 3) but whatever, this game is more and more becoming "Magic: the Riffing on Old Successes" by the day. It really wouldn't surprise me.
I am skeptical about the authenticity of this. 4chan is hardly a reliable source, and we got a fake list of rares/mythics in EMA from /tg/ just last week. Additionally, I don't think ANY information about a block over a year in the future would be available at the moment. Knowing the exact name of the second set in the block after Innistrad is suspicious (as is knowing the exact name of the first Rav3 set), as is the whole "This storyline will be unconnected" bit.
I am inclined to agree. But with that being said with the new block rotation system and focus on a much more cohesive story line, who knows how far out they have to have their block names, themes, and stories planned to make sure it all works nowadays.
I am inclined to agree. But with that being said with the new block rotation system and focus on a much more cohesive story line, who knows how far out they have to have their block names, themes, and stories planned to make sure it all works nowadays.
Sure, but if they're doing cohesive storylines, then why the heck would they take a whole block off from that to do an unrelated story? I don't buy this "afraid it would end up like Kamigawa" theory.
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Sure, but if they're doing cohesive storylines, then why the heck would they take a whole block off from that to do an unrelated story? I don't buy this "afraid it would end up like Kamigawa" theory.
Beats me. The one thing that makes me actually skeptical is the whole unrelated mystery thing already being Conspiracies shtick. I would be very surprised if they did a mystery theme again. Especially since Innistrad seems to have some of the whole "mystery" thing going on as well with Clue tokens and such.
And after RTRTR (Return to Return to Ravnica) we can go to Tarkir again, because what's better than going back to a plane as fast as humanly possible. At the very least couldn't we get a return set from a plane that was older than about 3 years and 3 months ago, although if this is true it will be about 5 years.
The Egyptian plane sounds interesting, but then again 3 return blocks surrounding it I'm looking for anything else at the moment, even if SoI is good, or at least better than BFZ, which won't be too hard, doing all of these return blocks is already tiring.
Mystery is a pretty general thing. When do we have a block without violent conflict? Now, if it's all Scooby Doo going to investigate, that's different, but there's pretty much always some unknown thing. For example, Mirrodin 1 had the whole green sun/crazy machine dude mysteries. Kamigawa had the crazy king that stole a serpent god's baby because a moon dude told him he could rule the world forever mystery. Ravnica had a whole mystery guild that "didn't exist." Time Spiral had mysterious time rifts that did all kinds of crazy *****. Lorwyn had the mysterious aurora that changed the whole world that almost no one knew about. Alara had 4 other hidden fragments almost no one knew about. Zendikar had hidden tentacle monsters the players didn't even know about until they came busting out. Mirrodin 2 had the stealthy phyrexian takeover. Innistrad had the mysterious disappearance of Avacyn. Theros had the mystery of how to become/kill a god. Khans had the "what happened to Ugin?" mystery. Zendikar 2 had the how the hell do we stop these things mystery.
I'm putting absolutely no stock into this whatsoever for obvious reasons. However, as much as I love Ravnica, hearing the thought of another return there so soon made me roll my eyes and groan. That is not what you want as anyone at WOTC. My personal reaction to this and the feelings of others that I've seen lead me to the personal opinion that this new block philosophy is a mistake. A return to one of the most loved settings in the game shouldn't be something that a lot of players roll there eyes at or say it's top soon for. They should be excited. But with this new system we're not only getting assured returns every other set, but we're going to be getting returns faster and faster because each block is now only two sets long. I feel like this could burn itswlf out very quickly.
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Yeah, but there was like, one or two mummies, if that? They're definitely not the same creature type of monster, but they fit together, like how Ghouls and Zombies do. Simplifying fo rthe purpose of good gameplay.
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That would be great. I don't follow the Magic storylines but seeing the same Planeswalkers is getting a little old and their too similar mechanics quite a bit worn out.
This is complete BS. They've already said the story line will tie blocks together more intensely than in the past, so breaking that immediately sounds like a bad idea. They've already said that starting with BFZ, every 4 blocks will include two returns and two new planes, so breaking that immediately sounds like a bad idea. This is just someone throwing ***** at the wall and hoping to come back and claim the glory if by some chance they're right. They're betting on being right about Ravnica and even gave themselves a little out clause for the Egyptology set where they could try to tell everyone Wizards changed their mind due to worry about its reception.
It's a shame, because an Egyptology set would be really cool. It would be nice to see cards designed around it from a company that would actually work to tell real aspects of Egyptology rather than the bastardization method Yugioh took with it for the first 10 years of its existence.
Well, if we really get a Egyptian/Desert themed world. I really hope we get some Deserts and interaction with the card type.
It they don't want to match the colors of the Theros gods, they could try 3-colored ones. First set shards, second set wedges. Perhaps a conflict between these two upper Egypt vs lower Egypt stile.
Or they really try to do a 4-colored set this time. Would be a first.
I find it unlikely that they're gonna make a set that will not have any ties to the current ongoings of the Neowalkers... though Tarkir was sort of in that direction until the 2nd set and the revival of Ugin.
My only takeaway about this rumour is the Egyptian Gods, seeing that Theros wasn't too far off... how will they be able to incorporate that into the set if ever.
And another Return to Ravnica > Means Jace is gonna be there again > FUDGESTICKS.
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I wonder, if it´s true, how different it will be from Theros which also Gods, like would its uniqueness fail because we already have had gods?
Egyptian mythology is extremely distinct from Greek mythology...about the only commonalities would be gods and heroes. Egyptian gods were also far less likely to manifest in the physical realm than their Greek counterparts (which would routinely meddle directly in mortal affairs and sometimes knock one up.
While I like an Egyptian mythology set I'd hate to see us getting Ravnica 3 when there are a ton of great planes who haven't gotten a return yet.
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While I like an Egyptian mythology set I'd hate to see us getting Ravnica 3 when there are a ton of great planes who haven't gotten a return yet.
I'm not sure I'd say "a ton".
There's Dominaria, which is where most of the pre-Modern sets take place. I assume we'll end up there again at some point.
Most of the other early planes are either very maligned (Ulgrotha, Mercadia) or otherwise obsolete (Rath).
If we look at blocks since the inception of Modern, we've got:
Mirrodin - Revisted in Scars
Kamigawa - Maligned, they've said repeatedly a return is not likely
Ravnica - Revisted in Return to Ravnica
Dominaria (Time Spiral) - Covered
Lorwyn/Shadowmoor - Not particularly popular
Alara - This is a decent candidate for return
Zendikar - Revisited to in BFZ
Innistrad - Revisiting in SOI
Theros - A decent candidate, but still pretty recent
Tarkir - Another decent candidate, but even more recent
So Dominaria, Theros, and Alara are the only ones I could really see getting a return over Rav3.
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I could see it happening, with Bolas trying to do his best to ruin Ravnica and Jace's plans. As far as the Egyptian theme, they've been wanting to do that for a while now.
That being said, I think it's probably fake like 99% of rumors to come off of 4chan. Also, yay so excited to return to a block for a third time when there's still several places we haven't returned to
"The block after Innistrad 2 will be about a new plane called Sivagat. It's a desert world and will heavily reference Egyptian mythology. It will feature gods and the story will be a relatively small-scale mystery plot that's gonna be completely separate from any other story line going on at the moment. The reason for this separation is that WotC is worried that the block will mirror Kamigawa in certain regards due to the exotic setting and almost niche mythology that's not as popular as Greek mythology.
The first set of the block will be called Secrets of Sivagat and the second set will be called Fury of the Sand.
The block after that will be another Return to Ravnica. I have no information about that story and only know the name of the first set. War of the Guilds."
Seems worth keeping in mind, especially considering how many seemingly random leaks have popped up and ended up true recently. Egyptian theme has always been on MaRo's shortlist, and seeing as how we will be getting a "return" every other set now, Ravnica being so popular and all about Jace now doesn't seem so far-fetched. Link below.
http://boards.4chan.org/tg/thread/45592647/the-block-after-innistrad-2-will-be-about-a-new
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It seems kinda soon for another Mythos block (and ABSOLUTELY TOO SOON for Ravnica 3) but whatever, this game is more and more becoming "Magic: the Riffing on Old Successes" by the day. It really wouldn't surprise me.
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I am inclined to agree. But with that being said with the new block rotation system and focus on a much more cohesive story line, who knows how far out they have to have their block names, themes, and stories planned to make sure it all works nowadays.
Sure, but if they're doing cohesive storylines, then why the heck would they take a whole block off from that to do an unrelated story? I don't buy this "afraid it would end up like Kamigawa" theory.
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Beats me. The one thing that makes me actually skeptical is the whole unrelated mystery thing already being Conspiracies shtick. I would be very surprised if they did a mystery theme again. Especially since Innistrad seems to have some of the whole "mystery" thing going on as well with Clue tokens and such.
The Egyptian plane sounds interesting, but then again 3 return blocks surrounding it I'm looking for anything else at the moment, even if SoI is good, or at least better than BFZ, which won't be too hard, doing all of these return blocks is already tiring.
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Yeah, but there was like, one or two mummies, if that? They're definitely not the same creature type of monster, but they fit together, like how Ghouls and Zombies do. Simplifying fo rthe purpose of good gameplay.
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Now another return to Ravnica? I really hope that's fake. I'm sure eventually we'll see it but these return blocks are getting old fast for me.
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It's a shame, because an Egyptology set would be really cool. It would be nice to see cards designed around it from a company that would actually work to tell real aspects of Egyptology rather than the bastardization method Yugioh took with it for the first 10 years of its existence.
It they don't want to match the colors of the Theros gods, they could try 3-colored ones. First set shards, second set wedges. Perhaps a conflict between these two upper Egypt vs lower Egypt stile.
Or they really try to do a 4-colored set this time. Would be a first.
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My only takeaway about this rumour is the Egyptian Gods, seeing that Theros wasn't too far off... how will they be able to incorporate that into the set if ever.
And another Return to Ravnica > Means Jace is gonna be there again > FUDGESTICKS.
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Egyptian mythology is extremely distinct from Greek mythology...about the only commonalities would be gods and heroes. Egyptian gods were also far less likely to manifest in the physical realm than their Greek counterparts (which would routinely meddle directly in mortal affairs and sometimes knock one up.
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I'm not sure I'd say "a ton".
There's Dominaria, which is where most of the pre-Modern sets take place. I assume we'll end up there again at some point.
Most of the other early planes are either very maligned (Ulgrotha, Mercadia) or otherwise obsolete (Rath).
If we look at blocks since the inception of Modern, we've got:
Mirrodin - Revisted in Scars
Kamigawa - Maligned, they've said repeatedly a return is not likely
Ravnica - Revisted in Return to Ravnica
Dominaria (Time Spiral) - Covered
Lorwyn/Shadowmoor - Not particularly popular
Alara - This is a decent candidate for return
Zendikar - Revisited to in BFZ
Innistrad - Revisiting in SOI
Theros - A decent candidate, but still pretty recent
Tarkir - Another decent candidate, but even more recent
So Dominaria, Theros, and Alara are the only ones I could really see getting a return over Rav3.
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That being said, I think it's probably fake like 99% of rumors to come off of 4chan. Also, yay so excited to return to a block for a third time when there's still several places we haven't returned to