Shocklands will be in. (almost certainly with the same art) The more interesting question- what's going on with the 25 extra cards in the set? (likely indicating a 4th print sheet.)
What do I get in my Guild box when I go to the prerelease?
5 RtR packs, a Guild pack of your guild with 15 cards of those colors, promo card, guild spindown, guild sticker, a letter from your guild leader, and something else I forget.
5 RtR packs, a Guild pack of your guild with 15 cards of those colors, promo card, guild spindown, guild sticker, a letter from your guild leader, and something else I forget.
So what was with the guy who asked the one question saying he pulled a jace moments after they confirmed jace being a PW in the block? Was he derping? Was I derping?
Shocklands will be in. (almost certainly with the same art) The more interesting question- what's going on with the 25 extra cards in the set? (likely indicating a 4th print sheet.)
On RtR and Gatecrash: MY BODY IS READY. The confirmation of the return of all ten guilds is HUGE.
On Arsenal: Further proof that WotC doesn't hate money. Who knew?
On FTV: Realms: It has an Urborg in it. I'm happy with it.
But which one: Legends or Planar Chaos because there are two lands with urborg in their names. Either way I'm happy, although there's too many "new" lands so far.....:(
Shocklands will be in. (almost certainly with the same art) The more interesting question- what's going on with the 25 extra cards in the set? (likely indicating a 4th print sheet.)
Why do you say they will have the same art? I think it's unlikely, imo, considering they have never reused old art in any expansion set ever. The only time they reuse art is for core sets and special products like Commander/Duel decks etc.
But which one: Legends or Planar Chaos because there are two lands with urborg in their names. Either way I'm happy, although there's too many "new" lands so far.....:(
5 RtR packs, a Guild pack of your guild with 15 cards of those colors, promo card, guild spindown, guild sticker, a letter from your guild leader, and something else I forget.
The something else was a Guild-specific achievement card/list.
So what was with the guy who asked the one question saying he pulled a jace moments after they confirmed jace being a PW in the block? Was he derping? Was I derping?
They handed out promos to the people who asked questions. So, I guess, he got an existing promo Jace.
I'm a bit disappointed in Boros Gideon, although I'm not surprised. I'd just hoped they wouldn't quite go that way with the character.
In other news, I'm convinced now more than ever that the block will fall more or less along the lines of my planned custom set that's since been scrapped (no need making a custom set if they're doing it for real). Basically, my idea was that Ravnica becomes a sort of staging ground for planeswalkers who gather together using the infinite consortium as a staging group to fight the threats of the multiverse (Eldrazi, Phyrexia, etc.). This of course is Nicol Bolas' plan all along, as he takes advantage of the gathering of planeswalkers to enact his devious plan and attempt to steal their sparks, ascending to the godhood he once knew. I think something like this will happen, and a major PW will die.
Man, they couldn't offer more solid stuff on Ravnica? This felt like the perfect time and place to give us a little more crunch on the subject.
Let's see: art spoiled for the Ravnica lands (which undoubtedly is Shockland art), list of all the guilds and their leaders, a new golgari legend, name of the next set, which guilds are going to be in which set, prerelease info, draft format info, and # of planeswalkers in each of the next 2 sets plus the names of 2 of those PWs. All of this and we're still almost 3 months away from the release. What more did you want?
FTV: Realms:
They spoiled Urborg, Tomb of Yagomth; Glacial Chasm; Grove of the Burnwillow; Forbidden Orchard; and Dryad Arbor.
I was unimpressed until I saw the Arbor. WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL! (looking for a picture right now) Like crazy beautiful... It has a Modern frame (the regular frame, not future sight), has the color indicator that they used on the "night side" of werewolves, and the text box... nothing. Just the Green symbol used on Basic Forest.
Commander Arsenal:
No more premium decks... oh no I don't care.
A commander product every year Commander sets? Score. Thumbs up.
Duel Decks: Golgari vs Izzet:
We get the name, type, and manacost of the Golgari Legend... nobody cares, give me a little more so I care.
Return to Ravnica, Gatecrash, and "Sinker".
Oh wow, lots of information here... basically all upside.
First, guilds coming back. This was obvious but it's good to hear it's happening as this is yet another hint at Shocks coming back. RtR will have Izzet, Azorious, Rakdos, Selesnya, and Golgari. With Simic, Gruul, Boros, Orzhov, and Dimir being in Gatecrash. All guilds have new keywords. The guilds watermarks are slightly changed, but still easy to identify.
Second, this is a Ravnica block, so no planar jumping as was speculated before.
Third. The set cycle will be Big-Big-Small. So come fall you will draft RtR, RtR, RtR. In winter, you will draft Gatecrash, Gatecrash, Gatecrash. Then come Spring, you will draft Return to Rav, Gatecrash, "Sinker" (but in reverse order obv). This is cool.
At the prerelease, you get to choose your guild. So come the Return to Ravnica Prerelease, I could choose say Izzet (which I will) and I will get the following:
-5 Return to Ravnica packs.
-A Guild pack of your guild with 15 cards of those colors.
-Promo prerelease card (which there will be 5 promos for Return and Gateway, one for each guild.)
-Guild spindown.
-Guild sticker.
-A letter from your guild leader and...
-A Prerelease challenge card.
This is all good except the fact that you get to also play with your prerelease card, which will be an auto-include in everyone's deck.
Also, there are two PW in RtR. One is Jace.
In Gatecrash, the tagline is "Fight for your guild" and Gideon is confirmed to be one of the two PW in that set. All hints and the picture of him scream he will be Boros.
Funny part. MaRo asked what the most important thing in Ravnica was and the audience screams "Shocklands!" of which Maro replies... "Yea and Guilds..."
Why do you say they will have the same art? I think it's unlikely, imo, considering they have never reused old art in any expansion set ever. The only time they reuse art is for core sets and special products like Commander/Duel decks etc.
Rosewater mentioned that they've learned that people use the art to ID cards (on his tumblr), and I'd actually be really surprised to see them not re-use it here.
Interesting design and totally understandable but then I did and still do love that oddball card frames they used in futuresight, although the art is better.
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No, they gave someone draft sets of the original Ravnica block.
5 RtR packs, a Guild pack of your guild with 15 cards of those colors, promo card, guild spindown, guild sticker, a letter from your guild leader, and something else I forget.
I missed most of the FTV stuff. Which Urborg is in? The original or Tomb of Yawgmoth?
Also a guild-specific Achievement card
Was this 100% confirmed?
But which one: Legends or Planar Chaos because there are two lands with urborg in their names. Either way I'm happy, although there's too many "new" lands so far.....:(
Why do you say they will have the same art? I think it's unlikely, imo, considering they have never reused old art in any expansion set ever. The only time they reuse art is for core sets and special products like Commander/Duel decks etc.
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The something else was a Guild-specific achievement card/list.
They handed out promos to the people who asked questions. So, I guess, he got an existing promo Jace.
To me, those pictures looked much more like panorama basics.
I'm a bit disappointed in Boros Gideon, although I'm not surprised. I'd just hoped they wouldn't quite go that way with the character.
In other news, I'm convinced now more than ever that the block will fall more or less along the lines of my planned custom set that's since been scrapped (no need making a custom set if they're doing it for real). Basically, my idea was that Ravnica becomes a sort of staging ground for planeswalkers who gather together using the infinite consortium as a staging group to fight the threats of the multiverse (Eldrazi, Phyrexia, etc.). This of course is Nicol Bolas' plan all along, as he takes advantage of the gathering of planeswalkers to enact his devious plan and attempt to steal their sparks, ascending to the godhood he once knew. I think something like this will happen, and a major PW will die.
My custom sets:
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YOU SMASH OTHER THING NOW. SMASH GOOD. ALL OF THEM.
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Thank you so much!!!!:D Now about karakas......
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This:
I need all of them. Now.
Oh my gods,
Too awesome.
I doubt he would say "dear". The rest seems pretty accurate
Super clever. Awesome formatting. I love it!
Let's see: art spoiled for the Ravnica lands (which undoubtedly is Shockland art), list of all the guilds and their leaders, a new golgari legend, name of the next set, which guilds are going to be in which set, prerelease info, draft format info, and # of planeswalkers in each of the next 2 sets plus the names of 2 of those PWs. All of this and we're still almost 3 months away from the release. What more did you want?
FTV: Realms:
They spoiled Urborg, Tomb of Yagomth; Glacial Chasm; Grove of the Burnwillow; Forbidden Orchard; and Dryad Arbor.
I was unimpressed until I saw the Arbor. WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL! (looking for a picture right now) Like crazy beautiful... It has a Modern frame (the regular frame, not future sight), has the color indicator that they used on the "night side" of werewolves, and the text box... nothing. Just the Green symbol used on Basic Forest.
Commander Arsenal:
No more premium decks... oh no I don't care.
A commander product every year Commander sets? Score. Thumbs up.
Duel Decks: Golgari vs Izzet:
We get the name, type, and manacost of the Golgari Legend... nobody cares, give me a little more so I care.
Return to Ravnica, Gatecrash, and "Sinker".
Oh wow, lots of information here... basically all upside.
First, guilds coming back. This was obvious but it's good to hear it's happening as this is yet another hint at Shocks coming back. RtR will have Izzet, Azorious, Rakdos, Selesnya, and Golgari. With Simic, Gruul, Boros, Orzhov, and Dimir being in Gatecrash. All guilds have new keywords. The guilds watermarks are slightly changed, but still easy to identify.
Second, this is a Ravnica block, so no planar jumping as was speculated before.
Third. The set cycle will be Big-Big-Small. So come fall you will draft RtR, RtR, RtR. In winter, you will draft Gatecrash, Gatecrash, Gatecrash. Then come Spring, you will draft Return to Rav, Gatecrash, "Sinker" (but in reverse order obv). This is cool.
At the prerelease, you get to choose your guild. So come the Return to Ravnica Prerelease, I could choose say Izzet (which I will) and I will get the following:
-5 Return to Ravnica packs.
-A Guild pack of your guild with 15 cards of those colors.
-Promo prerelease card (which there will be 5 promos for Return and Gateway, one for each guild.)
-Guild spindown.
-Guild sticker.
-A letter from your guild leader and...
-A Prerelease challenge card.
This is all good except the fact that you get to also play with your prerelease card, which will be an auto-include in everyone's deck.
Also, there are two PW in RtR. One is Jace.
In Gatecrash, the tagline is "Fight for your guild" and Gideon is confirmed to be one of the two PW in that set. All hints and the picture of him scream he will be Boros.
Funny part. MaRo asked what the most important thing in Ravnica was and the audience screams "Shocklands!" of which Maro replies... "Yea and Guilds..."
Anyway, I was very impressed. Good panel overall.
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Rosewater mentioned that they've learned that people use the art to ID cards (on his tumblr), and I'd actually be really surprised to see them not re-use it here.
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Interesting design and totally understandable but then I did and still do love that oddball card frames they used in futuresight, although the art is better.