Ugh, fine. Apparently because some people can't figure out the simple rule to have different passes on different sites I am forced to join my twitch and M:TGsalvation accounts. All this does is do it so that if Twitch is hacked, they get access to all our different account. It will not make us safer, it will only make Twitch a bigger target.
But fine, whatever.
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I actually have a theory that Marit Lage (of Ice Age fame, with it's curse and wrath) was an Eldrazi stuck in the shard of worlds when it was cut of from the rest of the multiverse, and thus was not imprisoned with it's kindred on Zendikar (It got stuck in a glacier instead, lol).
There are several facts that support this theory:
1. Eldrazi Monument. It grants flying and indestructability, something it shares with Marit Lage (check out Dark Depths).
2. Marit Lage was described as a creature that was not a walker but was able to traverse the planes under its own power, something that is also said about the Eldrazi.
3. Marit Lage's presence warped reality around it (check out Wrath of Marit Lage and Curse of Marit Lage), this is something Marit Lage shares with the Eldrazi as well as it obvious that the roil is caused by the Eldrazi struggling against their prison.
4. Marit Lage is a massive threat to planewalkers (shown by it's 20/20 status), which again is something it shares with the Eldrazi.
5. Marit Lage is pretty much an Elder Horror, while the Eldrazi are described as "things of nightmare", coincidence? I think not.
Conclusion: Marit Lage was an Eldrazi, and the Eldrazi race is the M:TG equivalent of Lovecraft's Great Old Ones. They are coming, and oh are they going to be pissed. ^^
Well, it is certainly possible for the veil to be part of the puzzle to the Eldrazi Cage, it would at the least explain the "shadow voices" in the webcomic.
Gigantiform changes the creatures P/T to 8/8, it removes no other part of the creatures abilities. Put it on a Llanowar and the Llanowar can still tap for G. In addition it grants the elf Trample.
Smack it on an Elvish Archdruid, and the druid will be safely out of bolt/burn range. Add a few Vines of Vastwood for removal protection and you're set to go. ^^
I think you need to keep up with things.
Ugin is the spirit dragon that was part of the organization that imprisoned the Eldrazi. Hence "Eye of Ugin" being the important artifact that everyone is after. Savvy?
In my previous post I was speculating (wildly I might add) on the possibility that the plane of Kamigawa would generate a spirit double of someone who visited the plane or only of someone born/something made on the plane. As I pointed out it is unlikely that Ugin is Nicol's spirit double as Bolas was not born on the plane and only visited it, briefly. ^^
Ugin is a given since his name is associated with the artifact used as the locking mechanism for the Eldrazi prison (The Eye of Ugin). However, Bolas is highly unlikely given just how self-centered Nicol is. Bolas cares only about one thing, and that is Bolas.
It is likely that the third party is someone who has not yet been introduced, or even mentioned. The Eldrazi have been imprisoned for quite a while after all, several millenia at the least given that none of the natives of Zendikar have any memory of the "Titans", which pretty much eliminiates the rest of the neo-walkers, including the pre-mending ones.
It is even a likely possibility that the Eldrazi where imprisoned centuries before the phyrexian invasion, this particularly holds true if the theory that Marit Lage was an Eldrazi that somehow had avoided being trapped with his/her (what was Marit Lage's gender? Did it even have one?) kindred by virtue of being stuck in the shard, which means that the third walker had to be a very, very, very old walker. And given the changes the mending made, the only way this walker could even be around, is if it belonged to a species with a very long lifespan (such as a dragon like Ugin) or had pseudo-immortality already (such as a vampire like Sorin).
Thus, it is theoretically possible, that if the walker is still around, it belongs to one of the near immortal races of M:TG, anyone know which races that is?
Personally I'd like the third one to be an angelic walker, just because it would be cool. ^^
It is a distant possibilitiy, perhaps it is even what Shapeshifter's Marrow hinted at.
Since everything on Kamigawa has a spiritual double, it is possible that Ugin was Nicol Bolas', however, since Nicol is not native to Kamigawa, it is not likely, unless that if one spends enough time there, the plane itself generates the double. But this would mean that Nicol visited Kamigawa a very long time ago, since Ugin was one of the planeswalkers whom imprisoned the Eldrazi. Thus it is unlikely, but a remote possibility.
Affinity is unlikely to return, but the rest is quite plausible.
Personally I believe that Morph will be making a return in the set (See Lumithread Field for the reason, both the art and flavor text screams Mirrodin, of course I am well aware that it is in no way a guarantee of the return of the mechanic, just likely), Fortifications is also a likely mechanic to return as it is the logical extention of the equipment mechanic introduced in the original Mirrodin block.
Meh, time will tell if he will visit Zendikar. I think he probably will, likely for a short while (or maybe an extended period after the Liliana debacle), or he has visited the plane previously to the debacle before getting drawn into it to help out his friend, thus explaining why he was quoted on that blue counterspell.
Looked like Jace to me. But then again, I only saw it for a brief period at the pre-release. So YMMV.
Anyway, I am still pretty certain that his curiosity has led him to Zendikar, if he was seriously interested in helping Liliana, he wouldn't have told Garruck where she was...
Which incidentally has lead me to another odd thought... After re-reading the webcomics, I realized that the "voices" in the tomb Liliana raids refered to being trapped in shadow... What if the "voices" are trapped Eldrazi?
Crazy Theory - The Veil is part of the Zendikaran lock to keep the Eldrazi trapped, specifically, it is the key to the lock.
Actually Jace is in Zendikar, he just hasn't changed enought to warrant a new card. To be specific, he can be seen in the art of Summoning Trap and the flavor text of a specific counterspell variant (the one that creates an illusion token, the name escapes me at the moment, I apologize).
Jace is in Zendikar for one simple reason: Zendikar is a plane of ancient knowledge and secrets, and if there is one thing that Jace likes it is more knowledge. Going to help Liliana is not in his primary nature, he is blue, not white after all.
Agreed. I am reasonably sure that we have just been shown what the "brood-lineage" is. ^^
And I am not saying he is from Kamigawa, I am just saying that of the planes we know of that is his most likely origin place, and that it does make sense for a Kami spirit from that plane to have a spark as the spirits are "spiritual twins" of persons, animals, items, and places in that plane, and if Ugin was the spirit twin of a person or item from that plane that was able to traverse the planes under its own power then it would be logical for it's spirit twin (Ugin) to be able to do the same.
On Magicthegathering.com of course. ^^
Specifically, you can find them here:
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Multiverse/planeswalkers.aspx?x=mtg/multiverse/webcomics/main
Happy hunting. ^^
There where five legendary dragon spirits and one legendary equipment that could turn into a dragon spirit that where given cards, five of them where the guardian spirits of places, while the sixth where the spirit of a weapon. Thus, logically speaking, it would make sense for there to have been other spirit dragons that originated on the plane of Kamigawa.
We are well aware of this, so you really have no need to keep pointing it out. We are simply speculating on a "What if" scenario, which is what speculation is for, no? ^^
The reason that (most) artificial planes are unstable is because they are inherently unbalanced in the mana department by their creators. Serras realm was pretty much pure white mana, while Phyrexia was predominantly black (with possibly some red and blue thrown in).
However, at least one known artificial plane besides mirrodin is stable: Bolas' Meditation Plane, it is at least ten millenia old as of Time Spiral, and in no way does it show signs of falling apart.
Personally I believe that Mirrodin is safe for one simple reason, it is mana balanced, Each of the five "suns" of Mirrodin provide one color of mana, and as of Fifth Dawn, they are in balance against each other. Thus theoretically Mirrodin can exist for an indefinte amount of time without ever showing signs of falling apart at the seams.
Garruk does seem Zendikaran... I would not be surprised if he was a pre-mending walker originally from Zendikar. At the least we know he has an intimate knowledge of the plane from his warning to Jace (whom incidentally appears on one of the trap cards, in the art of summoning trap staring down a Baloth, he is also in the flavor text of a counterspell variant).