Ugh. It's bad enough that my opinion on the story has gotten rather low after reading spoilers from another thread, but the past two stories feel blah at best
Kruphix already knows Bolas exists, and doesn't think the pantheon could defeat him.
But so far he only knew about Bolas through Ajani and Ajani had a rather incomplete picture. With Samut, Kruphix now knows the full extent of Bolas' power and cruelty.
Before Kruphix was concerned about Theros being destroyed by Bolas. Now he learned that Bolas can (well, could, but he doesn't know that) rewrite gods at will. Now it's much more... "personal", for the lack of a better word. Knowing that someone can kill everyone you care about is still not quite on the level as knowing that that someone can make YOU kill everyone you care about.
As for Kruphix, I think as long as something doesn't directly threaten Theros in a major way he seems to have a pretty hands off live and let live approach.
This is actually very true. Kruphix does not strike me as a particularly proactive god, but still, imagine Bolas has been spotted on a plane where conditions are good for an ambush or whatever. Would he work together with gods from other pantheons, similar to how Lili's demons wove their pacts onto each others'?
Then again, being the god of mysteries, he might prefer keeping a low profile and hope Bolas leaves Theros be. Mmh.
Then again, being the god of mysteries, he might prefer keeping a low profile and hope Bolas leaves Theros be. Mmh.
Considering that, based on Nissa's vision, Bolas has been through many worlds before, it's unwise to bank on Bolas leaving your own plane alone or not noticing it exists.
Then again, Kruphix didn't gain Nissa's knowledge.
I'm sure Bolas already had plans on other worlds as well, and likely other Gods should they exist. Even in his weaker state, Bolas is more than a match for the Gods, albeit he might have to TRY to fight this time. Besides, Theros Gods are not very collaborative with each other, unlike the 5/8 Gods of Amonkhet, infighting would only make the matter worse. For example, Heliod calling himself the topdog had other Gods quite annoyed, I won't be surprised if they turned Heliod to Bolas as a sacrifice so others could continue to rule without his arrogance.
I doubt Bolas will bother with Theros. He wasted a day or two subduing Amonkhet's gods as an Oldwalker. He's not going to bother with a pantheon of 14 even more powerful gods in his diminished state even with their lack of cohesive agendas. Not while there are many other more convenient worlds IMO.
Furthermore I wonder what Kruphix thinks not only of Bolas, but also of the fact that other pantheons of gods exist. Would he favour working together with them using planeswalkers as 'bridges' or would he see them as rivals?
I'm not gonna lie: Seeing the head honchos of different planes collaborate using planeswalkers as middlemen would be interesting to see.
It's more interesting in this case because IRL Ancient Egypt and Greece had history together.
That said, unless leyline shenanigans revive the dead gods and/or creates new ones, Hazoret would be the only divinity we know he'd be able to talk to in this scenario.
That would be amazing to see. Reminds me of Avacyn employing Vronos in order to return and cure Garuuk. I'm honestly so upset they killed Avacyn. It's just absurd beyond belief what they did to Innistrad. The story and Cosmic Horror tropes were brilliant and on point though. Still, lame.
Even though I knew the second sun didnt set it didn't dawn on me until she got to Theros that the people of Amonkhet had never seen a star(suns a star blah blah I know, don't get pedantic on me). Solid story.
Agreed. Wierd to think about celestial bodies on planes. Amonkhet has two sun and no night. Theros has a sun, no moon and is in nyx. Innistrad has a sun that never full rises to an apex in the sky and a moon that control and contains horrors.
Great story. I got so excited when I saw the art from Ephara's Radiance. I suspected her first walk was to Theros from the descriptions too. I was hoping to see how she might respond to the nature of the gods there. Planeswalking locations seem to be influenced to a degree by emotion. Kiora ended up on Theros seeking massive sea life, which is what Theros is all about.
Where did it say Kiora first walked to Theros?
So Theros appears rather stable from our glimpse. Granted there's a few loose ends there with Ashiok, Dack, Elspeth's loss, Ajani's crusade and the theft of the Bident. But overall, looks like one of the more stable planes.
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Even though I knew the second sun didnt set it didn't dawn on me until she got to Theros that the people of Amonkhet had never seen a star(suns a star blah blah I know, don't get pedantic on me). Solid story.
Agreed. Wierd to think about celestial bodies on planes. Amonkhet has two sun and no night. Theros has a sun, no moon and is in nyx. Innistrad has a sun that never full rises to an apex in the sky and a moon that control and contains horrors.
Great story. I got so excited when I saw the art from Ephara's Radiance. I suspected her first walk was to Theros from the descriptions too. I was hoping to see how she might respond to the nature of the gods there. Planeswalking locations seem to be influenced to a degree by emotion. Kiora ended up on Theros seeking massive sea life, which is what Theros is all about.
Where did it say Kiora first walked to Theros?
So Theros appears rather stable from our glimpse. Granted there's a few loose ends there with Ashiok, Dack, Elspeth's loss, Ajani's crusade and the theft of the Bident. But overall, looks like one of the more stable planes.
Theros has a moon according to Godsend. We just haven't seen it yet. EDIT: I did a search and didn't find it. Odd - I remember reading it and the author mentioning a moon and thinking to myself "how does Theros have a moon?"
Interesting idea about Amonkhet never having seen a night sky.
I never said Kiora's first planes walk was to Theros. She relied on an instinct of "the sea guiding" her to find planes like Theros.
I listed the reasons why it might not have some issues. Nothing major, but you never know what may have transpired. Also, read the comics. I've been curious what the Bident's theft would mean as an example. Would the coasts get inundated with Thassa unable to command the sea? Ashiok and Phenax have been causing problems.
I must admit, this story did feel a little lukewarm for me. I liked it, but I think because it mostly just went through the Exodus tropes already seen in the cards (as well as the Scorpion gods death) I already experienced it before and the effect was slightly diminished. It was a good story nonetheless, just like Amonkhet as a whole was (in my opinion) fantastic from start to finish. It certainly has become my favorite world alongside Ravnica and Theros. I hope that we'll find out what happened to Hazoreth and the surviving Amonkhetu a few years down the line. I'm seemingly in the minority here, but I want to see them rebuild a new thriving civilization instead of the next set being some kind of "dead Egypt with only tombs, ruins and catacombs remaining" with perhabs a few nomads roaming about. There is still much about Ancient Egypt that wasn't used in Amonkhet (which is fine, there need to be a few tropes remaining for the return).
I really liked that Samuth traveled to Theros first. I think it's pretty obvious now that the first planeswalk always has to do thematically with the circumstances of the planeswalker. And I'm hoping that creative doesn't forget the whole "Kruphix instantly gets to know everything that someone on Theros knows" thing because I would really like to see his reaction to the fate of Amonkhet and its gods.
The Amonkhetu definitely deserved this bitterweet ending. Now to the Gatewatch getting beaten by Bolas. I'm actually not even sure what I want from that story. Aside from it being good of course.
Even though I knew the second sun didnt set it didn't dawn on me until she got to Theros that the people of Amonkhet had never seen a star(suns a star blah blah I know, don't get pedantic on me). Solid story.
Agreed. Wierd to think about celestial bodies on planes. Amonkhet has two sun and no night. Theros has a sun, no moon and is in nyx. Innistrad has a sun that never full rises to an apex in the sky and a moon that control and contains horrors.
Great story. I got so excited when I saw the art from Ephara's Radiance. I suspected her first walk was to Theros from the descriptions too. I was hoping to see how she might respond to the nature of the gods there. Planeswalking locations seem to be influenced to a degree by emotion. Kiora ended up on Theros seeking massive sea life, which is what Theros is all about.
Where did it say Kiora first walked to Theros?
So Theros appears rather stable from our glimpse. Granted there's a few loose ends there with Ashiok, Dack, Elspeth's loss, Ajani's crusade and the theft of the Bident. But overall, looks like one of the more stable planes.
Theros has a moon according to Godsend. We just haven't seen it yet. EDIT: I did a search and didn't find it. Odd - I remember reading it and the author mentioning a moon and thinking to myself "how does Theros have a moon?"
Interesting idea about Amonkhet never having seen a night sky.
I can't remember if it was Jenna or Maro but someone mention there isn't a moon (and hence why none of the gods have that aspect of Selene or Artemis). If i had to guess I think its a *creative* choice so at night Nyx is full visible with out moon light to block it out.
I never said Kiora's first planes walk was to Theros. She relied on an instinct of "the sea guiding" her to find planes like Theros.
Ah my bad!
I listed the reasons why it might not have some issues. Nothing major, but you never know what may have transpired. Also, read the comics. I've been curious what the Bident's theft would mean as an example. Would the coasts get inundated with Thassa unable to command the sea? Ashiok and Phenax have been causing problems.
I very much doubt they would wreak or have a huge plane changing conflict on Theros off-screen to be found in this minor glimpse (unless the next or soonish block/set was Theros 2 and it was set up). Thought at this point the next returning world will most likely be Ravnica and then Theros so this might hint at Samut being on the plane on its return.
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I'm very interested in Kruphix's reaction to acquiring Samut's knowledge as well and his general thoughts. Any information he has may help Theros in the unlikely event Bolas were to visit. Not the first time Bolas has done this - Night's Reach had her mask stolen and her domains destroyed by him as well, to the point that the Sisters blocked Leshrac from entering Kamigawa presumably for being a Planeswalker. Leshrac as an Oldwalker, no less.
Hopefully they won't have a plane-wide conflict on Theros at all, ever. There's enough story to tell there which doesn't need it. Elspeth's Greek tragedy tale alone is enough to interest us. I sincerely hope it's not all about Ashiok when we return. Regardless, love getting a glimpse of Theros in peacetime. I wish Samut had been able to interact more with the gods there, or will in the future. It's understandable she'll need to be home now. The plus to that is Amonkhet has a planeswalker loyal to it. It really will need that going forward.
Someone on tumblr pointed this out, the gods brought the hours and destroyed the city-sate what going to happen to them now Bolas is done with them, but Tezzeret had been making the planar portal big enough for gear hulks and other huge being to travel through.
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Someone on tumblr pointed this out, the gods brought the hours and destroyed the city-sate what going to happen to them now Bolas is done with them, but Tezzeret had been making the planar portal big enough for gear hulks and other huge being to travel through.
This raises the question: are gods considered "alive" for the purposes of the bridge? 'Cuz if they aren't, methinks our trip to Dominaria next year may have them resetting the "Days Without an Apocalypse" sign to zero.
Ugh. It's bad enough that my opinion on the story has gotten rather low after reading spoilers from another thread, but the past two stories feel blah at best
Why exactly?
The latest one with Samut's ascension feels kinda forced/rushed, but frankly it's more bearable than the previous one where people are dying left and right and I just can't be bothered about caring. Maybe it's hallmark for apocalyptic plots to include story snippets that involve people dying left and right for whatever reason that I consider that previous story one full wasted week, or maybe because, as with the Eldrazi, writing an actually engaging apocalyptic story is a hell lot harder than your average adventure story. Either that, or again, due to having read spoilers, I already know what will happen and I'd rather they just get to the meaty story parts instead of dawdling on some random dead extra (this last is, again, probably the reason why I enjoyed this week's story better than last's, even when I still utterly dislike Samut's ascension). Still, no lying here, there are times when, after reading the spoilers of a story, movie, whatever, I actually find them more appealing even before actually watching the show, and last week's story in particular to me is proof Magic story just doesn't have that quality. Either yet, or never. Either that, or I may have a deep dislike on any of Wizards's attempt to make any apocalyptic story or any plot involving ancient beings after my general disappointment on how the botched up the Eldrazi-related stuffs.
I guess this is a bit of a rushed comment, seeing that frankly I also blitzed through Kaladesh stories without reading the fine prints well enough, but at least there are some Kaladesh components which managed to draw me in. Or maybe it's because I prefer engaging characters more than attempts on grandiose plots. Yahenni, Gisa and Geralf are among the last non-planeswalker characters who got my attention the right way.
Not really looking forward to the last chapter, which will no doubt consist of lame gatewatch thoughts and even lamer Bolas evil-villain-ing. Unless he (like any good bad-villain) details what exactly his plans for his ascent to his former power are.
If Alison Luhr writes it, it will be a good read. She has never disappoited me so far.
Before Kruphix was concerned about Theros being destroyed by Bolas. Now he learned that Bolas can (well, could, but he doesn't know that) rewrite gods at will. Now it's much more... "personal", for the lack of a better word. Knowing that someone can kill everyone you care about is still not quite on the level as knowing that that someone can make YOU kill everyone you care about.
Why do you think Bolas could do that? Gods on Amonkhet are formed through leylines, while Theros gods a creatures of Nyx. Their "biology" is completely different.
Having said that, I love to see what Bolas is capable of but I do look forward to a story where he gets his butt handed to him in the future.
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Good read. Nice to finally see someone ascending essentially by strong ecstatic event, not traumatic. Samut first-walking to Theros is a nice and quite logical choice.
I really like how HoD stories are really focused on the world denizens, and the Gatewatch are essentially cameoing.
What I really do NOT like that the next week is the Hour of Devastation, the final battle between Bolas and the Watch. And then five podcasts and Ixalan story. It means probably no aftermath story :-( And I really want to know how and when Nissa is supposed to show the druids the way to renewal...
Now....Wizards, if the final story is given to Wyatt or Beyer.....
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Good read. Nice to finally see someone ascending essentially by strong ecstatic event, not traumatic. Samut first-walking to Theros is a nice and quite logical choice.
I really like how HoD stories are really focused on the world denizens, and the Gatewatch are essentially cameoing.
What I really do NOT like that the next week is the Hour of Devastation, the final battle between Bolas and the Watch. And then five podcasts and Ixalan story. It means probably no aftermath story :-( And I really want to know how and when Nissa is supposed to show the druids the way to renewal...
Now....Wizards, if the final story is given to Wyatt or Beyer.....
Eldritch Moon didn't get an aftermath story either IIRC, so it's nothing new, and at least we get to see some of what the survivors are up to in the cards.
I'm wary about how the final fight between Bolas and the Gatewatch will be written, but since we already know that the Gatewatch will get pwned hard, it might be a pretty short fight in all honesty. The glimpse of the fight from Djeru's point of view implied that Bolas didn't even care about what the Gatewatch was doing.
Good read. Nice to finally see someone ascending essentially by strong ecstatic event, not traumatic. Samut first-walking to Theros is a nice and quite logical choice.
I really like how HoD stories are really focused on the world denizens, and the Gatewatch are essentially cameoing.
What I really do NOT like that the next week is the Hour of Devastation, the final battle between Bolas and the Watch. And then five podcasts and Ixalan story. It means probably no aftermath story :-( And I really want to know how and when Nissa is supposed to show the druids the way to renewal...
Now....Wizards, if the final story is given to Wyatt or Beyer.....
Eldritch Moon didn't get an aftermath story either IIRC, so it's nothing new, and at least we get to see some of what the survivors are up to in the cards.
I'm wary about how the final fight between Bolas and the Gatewatch will be written, but since we already know that the Gatewatch will get pwned hard, it might be a pretty short fight in all honesty. The glimpse of the fight from Djeru's point of view implied that Bolas didn't even care about what the Gatewatch was doing.
Maybe.
The problem is that the artbook says...
...that Nissa was forced to planeswalk away to avoid being killed by Bolas, just like all others, during the final fight. I can imagine her falling unconscious from the choking vines depicted on her Defeat and left for dead by Bolas, being found by Samut later and helping the survivors. But that is not what the book says.
There is literally no time window for Nissa's actions that are hinted on the cards. Unless she returns later. On the other hand, the artbooks have shown to be sometimes very sketchy or even wrong source of info (like Baral dispelling Jace's illusions during the rebel attack, whereas he was at that moment already incarcerated in the story by Baan)
Simply, there is too much to tell in one story. As one of my friends suggested,
I would like to see a short paragraph on each member of the Gatewatch after the life-saving emergency planeswalk, just to see where and how they end up...
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But as you say...it will probably be a very short fight, so it might work. We got some extra-long stories at some important points of story, why not here.
It may be the entire team, who knows. Allison ideally since she took on this block.
Creative overall has been pretty solid though. Kreines really improved for SOI/EMN. Even BFZ, despite being inconsistent, had some very high highs that are memorable. I like how some members take on a niche such as Digges developing Jace and Kiora. Allison with Amonkhet, etc.
It may be the entire team, who knows. Allison ideally since she took on this block.
Creative overall has been pretty solid though. Kreines really improved for SOI/EMN. Even BFZ, despite being inconsistent, had some very high highs that are memorable. I like how some members take on a niche such as Digges developing Jace and Kiora. Allison with Amonkhet, etc.
Kreines seems to be more comfortable with more "intellectual" or analytical stories, which SOI was trying to be to some extent.
I really like how HoD stories are really focused on the world denizens, and the Gatewatch are essentially cameoing.
Probably at least in part due to people complaining about the GW. Obviously they have the main story strokes set up well in advance but I wouldn't be surprised if the actual stories are written much later. So they could slide around the details to make the story a bit more about the Amonkhet people.
The sad beauty of Amonkhet's ending is that Hazoret, once charged against her will to murder her own children at trail's end, is the one left leading the survivors. At least now she can have a chance to redeem her unwilling mistakes.
I doubt Bolas will bother with Theros. He wasted a day or two subduing Amonkhet's gods as an Oldwalker. He's not going to bother with a pantheon of 14 even more powerful gods in his diminished state even with their lack of cohesive agendas. Not while there are many other more convenient worlds IMO.
Furthermore I wonder what Kruphix thinks not only of Bolas, but also of the fact that other pantheons of gods exist. Would he favour working together with them using planeswalkers as 'bridges' or would he see them as rivals?
I'm not gonna lie: Seeing the head honchos of different planes collaborate using planeswalkers as middlemen would be interesting to see.
It's more interesting in this case because IRL Ancient Egypt and Greece had history together.
That said, unless leyline shenanigans revive the dead gods and/or creates new ones, Hazoret would be the only divinity we know he'd be able to talk to in this scenario.
That would be amazing to see. Reminds me of Avacyn employing Vronos in order to return and cure Garuuk. I'm honestly so upset they killed Avacyn. It's just absurd beyond belief what they did to Innistrad. The story and Cosmic Horror tropes were brilliant and on point though. Still, lame.
I dont know that the theran gods are more powerful than the amonkhetu gods (though there certainly more of them) if anything the theran pantheon has a more exploitable weakness since they are dependant on devotion. I doubt we'll ever know but i would guess that in a 1v1 brawl Hazoret and purphoros are roughly equal
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Ehhhh, we never really saw the Amonkhetu gods really *do* much of anything. The battles between Hazoret and the Scorpion God and Hazoret and Bontu are the only times we see them in action, and I was disappointed by how mundane they were. Remember how Thassa swept the floor with Kiora? Now *that* was a god fight.
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Ehhhh, we never really saw the Amonkhetu gods really *do* much of anything. The battles between Hazoret and the Scorpion God and Hazoret and Bontu are the only times we see them in action, and I was disappointed by how mundane they were. Remember how Thassa swept the floor with Kiora? Now *that* was a god fight.
The Amonkhet Gods are basically glorified Elementals.
The Theros Gods are the way they are because the people of Theros believe that they're that epic.
Ehhhh, we never really saw the Amonkhetu gods really *do* much of anything. The battles between Hazoret and the Scorpion God and Hazoret and Bontu are the only times we see them in action, and I was disappointed by how mundane they were. Remember how Thassa swept the floor with Kiora? Now *that* was a god fight.
The Amonkhet Gods are basically glorified Elementals.
The Theros Gods are the way they are because the people of Theros believe that they're that epic.
To be fair, they went up against other gods, one of which specifically changed to being able to murder them, were taken by surprise by this turn of events and are shown to have quite a few very powerful abilities which the Theros gods (except for Kruphix) lack: All of them can see inside other beings on their plane and have powerful abilities not centered around only one element and are immortal. They are definitely worthy of being called gods is what I'm saying. They are just more "mechanical" in certain ways, but interestingly (and in the end tragically) also more approachable than the Theros gods. Elementals mostly lack sapience too by the way if I'm not mistaken.
They are also not subject to natural change like the Theros gods are. Since they don't depend on believe they are more or less immutable unless someone tinkers with the worlds leylines itself. Thassa might be stable now, but she might one day be split into two new god personas, or slowly change so much that she stops being Thassa (something that Kruphix hinted at), depending on the Therosians beliefs. Hazoreth though will stay herself for as long as Amonkhet exists (at least unless someone like Bolas comes along again obviously).
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Why do you miss Kaladesh?
But so far he only knew about Bolas through Ajani and Ajani had a rather incomplete picture. With Samut, Kruphix now knows the full extent of Bolas' power and cruelty.
Before Kruphix was concerned about Theros being destroyed by Bolas. Now he learned that Bolas can (well, could, but he doesn't know that) rewrite gods at will. Now it's much more... "personal", for the lack of a better word. Knowing that someone can kill everyone you care about is still not quite on the level as knowing that that someone can make YOU kill everyone you care about.
This is actually very true. Kruphix does not strike me as a particularly proactive god, but still, imagine Bolas has been spotted on a plane where conditions are good for an ambush or whatever. Would he work together with gods from other pantheons, similar to how Lili's demons wove their pacts onto each others'?
Then again, being the god of mysteries, he might prefer keeping a low profile and hope Bolas leaves Theros be. Mmh.
Considering that, based on Nissa's vision, Bolas has been through many worlds before, it's unwise to bank on Bolas leaving your own plane alone or not noticing it exists.
Then again, Kruphix didn't gain Nissa's knowledge.
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That would be amazing to see. Reminds me of Avacyn employing Vronos in order to return and cure Garuuk. I'm honestly so upset they killed Avacyn. It's just absurd beyond belief what they did to Innistrad. The story and Cosmic Horror tropes were brilliant and on point though. Still, lame.
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Agreed. Wierd to think about celestial bodies on planes. Amonkhet has two sun and no night. Theros has a sun, no moon and is in nyx. Innistrad has a sun that never full rises to an apex in the sky and a moon that control and contains horrors.
Where did it say Kiora first walked to Theros?
So Theros appears rather stable from our glimpse. Granted there's a few loose ends there with Ashiok, Dack, Elspeth's loss, Ajani's crusade and the theft of the Bident. But overall, looks like one of the more stable planes.
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Interesting idea about Amonkhet never having seen a night sky.
I never said Kiora's first planes walk was to Theros. She relied on an instinct of "the sea guiding" her to find planes like Theros.
I listed the reasons why it might not have some issues. Nothing major, but you never know what may have transpired. Also, read the comics. I've been curious what the Bident's theft would mean as an example. Would the coasts get inundated with Thassa unable to command the sea? Ashiok and Phenax have been causing problems.
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I really liked that Samuth traveled to Theros first. I think it's pretty obvious now that the first planeswalk always has to do thematically with the circumstances of the planeswalker. And I'm hoping that creative doesn't forget the whole "Kruphix instantly gets to know everything that someone on Theros knows" thing because I would really like to see his reaction to the fate of Amonkhet and its gods.
The Amonkhetu definitely deserved this bitterweet ending. Now to the Gatewatch getting beaten by Bolas. I'm actually not even sure what I want from that story. Aside from it being good of course.
I can't remember if it was Jenna or Maro but someone mention there isn't a moon (and hence why none of the gods have that aspect of Selene or Artemis). If i had to guess I think its a *creative* choice so at night Nyx is full visible with out moon light to block it out.
Ah my bad!
I very much doubt they would wreak or have a huge plane changing conflict on Theros off-screen to be found in this minor glimpse (unless the next or soonish block/set was Theros 2 and it was set up). Thought at this point the next returning world will most likely be Ravnica and then Theros so this might hint at Samut being on the plane on its return.
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Hopefully they won't have a plane-wide conflict on Theros at all, ever. There's enough story to tell there which doesn't need it. Elspeth's Greek tragedy tale alone is enough to interest us. I sincerely hope it's not all about Ashiok when we return. Regardless, love getting a glimpse of Theros in peacetime. I wish Samut had been able to interact more with the gods there, or will in the future. It's understandable she'll need to be home now. The plus to that is Amonkhet has a planeswalker loyal to it. It really will need that going forward.
|| 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 ||
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
This raises the question: are gods considered "alive" for the purposes of the bridge? 'Cuz if they aren't, methinks our trip to Dominaria next year may have them resetting the "Days Without an Apocalypse" sign to zero.
The latest one with Samut's ascension feels kinda forced/rushed, but frankly it's more bearable than the previous one where people are dying left and right and I just can't be bothered about caring. Maybe it's hallmark for apocalyptic plots to include story snippets that involve people dying left and right for whatever reason that I consider that previous story one full wasted week, or maybe because, as with the Eldrazi, writing an actually engaging apocalyptic story is a hell lot harder than your average adventure story. Either that, or again, due to having read spoilers, I already know what will happen and I'd rather they just get to the meaty story parts instead of dawdling on some random dead extra (this last is, again, probably the reason why I enjoyed this week's story better than last's, even when I still utterly dislike Samut's ascension). Still, no lying here, there are times when, after reading the spoilers of a story, movie, whatever, I actually find them more appealing even before actually watching the show, and last week's story in particular to me is proof Magic story just doesn't have that quality. Either yet, or never. Either that, or I may have a deep dislike on any of Wizards's attempt to make any apocalyptic story or any plot involving ancient beings after my general disappointment on how the botched up the Eldrazi-related stuffs.
I guess this is a bit of a rushed comment, seeing that frankly I also blitzed through Kaladesh stories without reading the fine prints well enough, but at least there are some Kaladesh components which managed to draw me in. Or maybe it's because I prefer engaging characters more than attempts on grandiose plots. Yahenni, Gisa and Geralf are among the last non-planeswalker characters who got my attention the right way.
Why do you think Bolas could do that? Gods on Amonkhet are formed through leylines, while Theros gods a creatures of Nyx. Their "biology" is completely different.
Having said that, I love to see what Bolas is capable of but I do look forward to a story where he gets his butt handed to him in the future.
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I really like how HoD stories are really focused on the world denizens, and the Gatewatch are essentially cameoing.
What I really do NOT like that the next week is the Hour of Devastation, the final battle between Bolas and the Watch. And then five podcasts and Ixalan story. It means probably no aftermath story :-( And I really want to know how and when Nissa is supposed to show the druids the way to renewal...
Now....Wizards, if the final story is given to Wyatt or Beyer.....
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Eldritch Moon didn't get an aftermath story either IIRC, so it's nothing new, and at least we get to see some of what the survivors are up to in the cards.
I'm wary about how the final fight between Bolas and the Gatewatch will be written, but since we already know that the Gatewatch will get pwned hard, it might be a pretty short fight in all honesty. The glimpse of the fight from Djeru's point of view implied that Bolas didn't even care about what the Gatewatch was doing.
Maybe.
The problem is that the artbook says...
There is literally no time window for Nissa's actions that are hinted on the cards. Unless she returns later. On the other hand, the artbooks have shown to be sometimes very sketchy or even wrong source of info (like Baral dispelling Jace's illusions during the rebel attack, whereas he was at that moment already incarcerated in the story by Baan)
Simply, there is too much to tell in one story. As one of my friends suggested,
But as you say...it will probably be a very short fight, so it might work. We got some extra-long stories at some important points of story, why not here.
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It may be the entire team, who knows. Allison ideally since she took on this block.
Creative overall has been pretty solid though. Kreines really improved for SOI/EMN. Even BFZ, despite being inconsistent, had some very high highs that are memorable. I like how some members take on a niche such as Digges developing Jace and Kiora. Allison with Amonkhet, etc.
|| 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 ||
Kreines seems to be more comfortable with more "intellectual" or analytical stories, which SOI was trying to be to some extent.
I wonder who's going to be up-front for Ixalan.
Probably at least in part due to people complaining about the GW. Obviously they have the main story strokes set up well in advance but I wouldn't be surprised if the actual stories are written much later. So they could slide around the details to make the story a bit more about the Amonkhet people.
|| 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 ||
I dont know that the theran gods are more powerful than the amonkhetu gods (though there certainly more of them) if anything the theran pantheon has a more exploitable weakness since they are dependant on devotion. I doubt we'll ever know but i would guess that in a 1v1 brawl Hazoret and purphoros are roughly equal
RG 8-Whack
BWG Abzan midrange
GRB Living End
UWB Spirit Control
GU Kruphix's "Hug Assassin"
RW Kalemne's "Play Fatties and Hope for the Best!"
BUGW Atraxa's "All counters, all the time"
Xantcha, Phyrexian Reject
Jodah, Archmage Eternal
Tovolar, Howlpack Alpha
Pivlic, Orzhov Informant
Crixizix, Master Engineer
Feather, Boros Peacekeeper
Marisi Coilbreaker
O-Kagachi
Gix, Phyrexian Praetor
Karn, Father of Machines
Yawgmoth, Father of Machines
Serra, Mother of All Angels
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
Leshrac the Nightwalker
Jeska, the Thrice-Touched
Elspeth Returned
Crucius the Mad
Taysir the Infinite
Urza's Head (Unglued!)
The Amonkhet Gods are basically glorified Elementals.
The Theros Gods are the way they are because the people of Theros believe that they're that epic.
To be fair, they went up against other gods, one of which specifically changed to being able to murder them, were taken by surprise by this turn of events and are shown to have quite a few very powerful abilities which the Theros gods (except for Kruphix) lack: All of them can see inside other beings on their plane and have powerful abilities not centered around only one element and are immortal. They are definitely worthy of being called gods is what I'm saying. They are just more "mechanical" in certain ways, but interestingly (and in the end tragically) also more approachable than the Theros gods. Elementals mostly lack sapience too by the way if I'm not mistaken.
They are also not subject to natural change like the Theros gods are. Since they don't depend on believe they are more or less immutable unless someone tinkers with the worlds leylines itself. Thassa might be stable now, but she might one day be split into two new god personas, or slowly change so much that she stops being Thassa (something that Kruphix hinted at), depending on the Therosians beliefs. Hazoreth though will stay herself for as long as Amonkhet exists (at least unless someone like Bolas comes along again obviously).