So I was fiddling around in the files of 2013, and came across a folder of personas;
They are all new art, with only a couple previously seen.
Personally, that Raven girl better be a good card.
D5 also seems to be a Grixis Etherium girl?
Also of note, is that there are at least a half dozen image files that refer to a plane called "Kyneth". Only 3 show the plane itself, one being a low quality 3D snapshot, and the two being the same image (one small, one big). I won't bother uploading it because it's only a rocky cliff edge over looking a vast, vast sea. The 3D snapshot image reflects this. The lighting is natural, with greenery on the cliff as per our world.
Good work. Some of these might be from new cards, but I'm skeptical on DotP2013 for specifics, and DotP rising popularity can warrant new art specifically for the personas.
The last leak out of DotP confirmed some of the guilds, but they were under different names than the guild leaders that were shown at San Diego Comic Con. The decks in the expansion had guild themes, but no new cards. They're probably going to replace cards in those decks in an update around the time the expansion is released. Very tricky, Wizards. Very tricky.
Rows 7, 8, and 9 are apparently the avatars you can unlock from the upcoming DLC.
The artwork is indeed nice. The artwork associated with the brand itself seems to get better over time.
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Those arts are soooo beautiful. It should be interesting to see their cards eventually, several of the cards are distinctly Ravnican, whereas others aren't maybe we're getting a preview of Fall 2013 (Huey?).
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Some of those are really awesome! But I think I'll be sticking with the white-cloaked mage guy in row 4. I'm curious about the species of the character in row 8 on the far right. He looks sort of leonin, but not quite, but doesn't really resemble a werewolf, so I can't figure out what he's supposed to be.
Only rows 7, 8, and 9 are new. The rest are already in the current version of the game.
So Kyneth is going to be the location of the new addition to the main campaign? Interesting. Especially because The Zephyr Maze, the only existing plane card with the Kyneth type, was given the Shandalar type in the release version of DotP (I don't know if that's been corrected in a patch or not, haven't played recently).
If you believe all the art must be used for cards because all the art was used for cards last year, then yes.
If you believe Smokestack that all of the art was specifically designed for planeswalker personas, then no.
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How about somewhere in the middle. I remember reading some where on the mother ship that some of the art they get does not match with a current set they are working on. What do they do with said art you would ask? Well they hold onto it for a later set or block.
Now I know my inner crazy needs some release, so which ones of this set look like they could be guild mages?
these are supposed to be other planeswalkers, because they're avatars for you and in the game you're a planeswalker. I highly doubt most of these will ever become cards unfortunately.
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Some of these would make awesome, awesome planeswalkers. The callbacks to the Alara Shards are nice. And a Loxodon Planeswalker (B3)? Sweet. Assuming, of course, that they are intended for PWs.
One of the artists (I need to figure out who) the guy who did the fish/thingy (B1) said on his blog they were commissioned to invent planeswalkers for the game. He invented that race solely for the persona.
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Well, as I mentioned before, A6 depicts Dack Fayden. So that would support the idea that all those might be supposed to be pöaneswalkers.
If D5 is indeed depicting Sheoldred as I assume, however, that would mean that the personas are just a bunch of people - some planeswalker, some not - just like the Vanguard characters were.
Well they're defined and used as planeswalker personas. Pretty safe to assume you could call them all 'walkers. And D5 is certainly not Sheoldred. Not even close..
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Now I know my inner crazy needs some release, so which ones of this set look like they could be guild mages?
Might as well enjoy the speculation while we can. There are 10 new personas and 10 guilds of Ravnica, but I'm not sure all 10 of the new personas relate to the 10 guilds.
8A and 8B are both guild worthy. 8A We know Simic will contain Merfolk, and you can compare this guy to the guild leader. 8B Is a Dryad, maybe an Elf, both fitting of Selesnya.
7D would be a badass Orc for Gruul, if Gruul were to have Orcs.
7A and 7B are humans, with possible Golgari, Dimir, Boros, Izzet associations.
All of them are fair game. Even if they don't show up on cards, it'd be interesting to get some back story on what the artists imagined. Like 5A, Mirrodin? Cyborg? What's his story?
They are all new art, with only a couple previously seen.
Personally, that Raven girl better be a good card.
D5 also seems to be a Grixis Etherium girl?
Also of note, is that there are at least a half dozen image files that refer to a plane called "Kyneth". Only 3 show the plane itself, one being a low quality 3D snapshot, and the two being the same image (one small, one big). I won't bother uploading it because it's only a rocky cliff edge over looking a vast, vast sea. The 3D snapshot image reflects this. The lighting is natural, with greenery on the cliff as per our world.
The last leak out of DotP confirmed some of the guilds, but they were under different names than the guild leaders that were shown at San Diego Comic Con. The decks in the expansion had guild themes, but no new cards. They're probably going to replace cards in those decks in an update around the time the expansion is released. Very tricky, Wizards. Very tricky.
But hey, here's some new stuff for speculation.
Are they part of the DLC or something?
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The real question is why use art we've never seen when they could have just as easily used art from recent sets? It seems like an intentional plant.
Whether its future cards though, cannot be said for sure. They could just be unused artworks.
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Smokestack confirmed that the art was specifically for planeswalker personas.
So Kyneth is going to be the location of the new addition to the main campaign? Interesting. Especially because The Zephyr Maze, the only existing plane card with the Kyneth type, was given the Shandalar type in the release version of DotP (I don't know if that's been corrected in a patch or not, haven't played recently).
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That depends.
If you believe all the art must be used for cards because all the art was used for cards last year, then yes.
If you believe Smokestack that all of the art was specifically designed for planeswalker personas, then no.
:thumbsup::thumbsdown:
How about somewhere in the middle. I remember reading some where on the mother ship that some of the art they get does not match with a current set they are working on. What do they do with said art you would ask? Well they hold onto it for a later set or block.
Now I know my inner crazy needs some release, so which ones of this set look like they could be guild mages?
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Well they're defined and used as planeswalker personas. Pretty safe to assume you could call them all 'walkers. And D5 is certainly not Sheoldred. Not even close..
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Might as well enjoy the speculation while we can. There are 10 new personas and 10 guilds of Ravnica, but I'm not sure all 10 of the new personas relate to the 10 guilds.
8A and 8B are both guild worthy. 8A We know Simic will contain Merfolk, and you can compare this guy to the guild leader. 8B Is a Dryad, maybe an Elf, both fitting of Selesnya.
7D would be a badass Orc for Gruul, if Gruul were to have Orcs.
7A and 7B are humans, with possible Golgari, Dimir, Boros, Izzet associations.
All of them are fair game. Even if they don't show up on cards, it'd be interesting to get some back story on what the artists imagined. Like 5A, Mirrodin? Cyborg? What's his story?
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