you list has 'inner calm' and 'spiritual strength'. I believe one of the portugese cards is 'inner calm, outer strength' - and strength turns up but once.
Kiri-Onna is mentioned 3 times in the orb
Kagemaro is the black one. The green one is known but I can't remember it at the moment.
Let me see:
Kiyomaro: White
Soramaro: Blue
Kagemaro: Black
...
Masumaro: Green
We only need the name of the red maro-spirit, we know each of them has a descendant too, and seem to have abilities linked to the mortal world, for example, Soramaro has the moonfolk 'return a land: do something' ability.
Then the red one could have the Yamabushi ability, the white one could have bushido, the green one could have the pseudo-poison ability, the black one could have...
What do their names mean? Soramaro sure has relation to soratamy, and Kiyomaro reminds me of kitsune. See what I see?
EDIT: isn't the green one that which shows ghostly snakes (poison, then): Masumaro <--> Matsu-tribe?
I believe there is only room for two snake warriors, presumably the ones that go with Matsu-Tribe and Kashi-Tribe. I kinda suspect the names are not entirely arbitrary and the ability to have something to do with growth (snake tokens perhaps?)
I believe there is only room for two snake warriors, presumably the ones that go with Matsu-Tribe and Kashi-Tribe. I kinda suspect the names are not entirely arbitrary and the ability to have something to do with growth (snake tokens perhaps?)
I completely agree Jarsyl, Masu = growth I believe, so perhaps a pump-able ability for your creatures, or a token generator of some sort, at any rate, I guess Masumaro to have the 'untargetable' ability, but it's speculation at best.
I believe there is only room for two snake warriors, presumably the ones that go with Matsu-Tribe and Kashi-Tribe. I kinda suspect the names are not entirely arbitrary and the ability to have something to do with growth (snake tokens perhaps?)
Hope they're Legendary so we can fetch them with Time of Need.
Long Live the Snakes!
Kiyomaro, First to Stand
Soramaro, First to Dream
Kagemaro, First to Suffer
....maro, First to Desire
Masumaro, First to Live
I suppose Kage could be Fear and Kiyo Suffer. Any other suggestions?
'Kagemaro, First to Suffer' makes alot of sense Orange Mage as there's 1 instance of 'suffer' in the Orb, and 1 instance of 'suffer's' in the Orb too, as in:
'... Kagemaro, First to Suffer's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand...'
Great stuff there Orange mage, you and I may have them all by the previews tonight I'd say!
I was just reading the list of names... we need to get ourselfs some anomymous source that has access to black cards... I'm so curious about what they did with it in this seemingly powerful/better-then-the-rest-of-kamigawa set.
Agreed, hopefully our source(s) will crack open the Black & Red precon, and spoil us for new cards/scans. I've no doubt the critter on the cover of the B/R precon is one of the Ghost-lit creatures, note his Lantern, and ghostly visage.
Have we all but confirmed these cards have derived from two different precons only; or is there some speculation that our source(s) may have opened a couple of booster packs, and is just feeding us info based on the color of cards?
I'd love to see more, as would we all! This has been a great week so far!
Agreed, hopefully our source(s) will crack open the Black & Red precon, and spoil us for new cards/scans. I've no doubt the critter on the cover of the B/R precon is one of the Ghost-lit creatures, note his Lantern, and ghostly visage.
Have we all but confirmed these cards have derived from two different precons only; or is there some speculation that our source(s) may have opened a couple of booster packs, and is just feeding us info based on the color of cards?
I'd love to see more, as would we all! This has been a great week so far!
the cards are exactly those mentioned on the precon sheets.
Legendary Morphling would be pretty cool, I have to admit, though I've never been a fan of the guy. And Hunter, I don't know how you do it, but THANKS!!!
What we're doing here is akin to taking the text of Moby Dick, locating specific words therein, rearranging them to create a passage from Fight Club, and concluding from this evidence that Tyler Durden is based on Ahab.
you list has 'inner calm' and 'spiritual strength'. I believe one of the portugese cards is 'inner calm, outer strength' - and strength turns up but once.
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Kagemaro is the black one. The green one is known but I can't remember it at the moment.
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Let me see:
Kiyomaro: White
Soramaro: Blue
Kagemaro: Black
...
Masumaro: Green
We only need the name of the red maro-spirit, we know each of them has a descendant too, and seem to have abilities linked to the mortal world, for example, Soramaro has the moonfolk 'return a land: do something' ability.
happy hunting!!
I believe there is only room for two snake warriors, presumably the ones that go with Matsu-Tribe and Kashi-Tribe. I kinda suspect the names are not entirely arbitrary and the ability to have something to do with growth (snake tokens perhaps?)
I completely agree Jarsyl, Masu = growth I believe, so perhaps a pump-able ability for your creatures, or a token generator of some sort, at any rate, I guess Masumaro to have the 'untargetable' ability, but it's speculation at best.
Haven't read the books but are the moths ridden by the mothrider samurai also spirits? they seem to leave out other creature types on spirits.
Hope they're Legendary so we can fetch them with Time of Need.
Long Live the Snakes!
'Kagemaro, First to Suffer' makes alot of sense Orange Mage as there's 1 instance of 'suffer' in the Orb, and 1 instance of 'suffer's' in the Orb too, as in:
'... Kagemaro, First to Suffer's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand...'
Great stuff there Orange mage, you and I may have them all by the previews tonight I'd say!
Agreed, hopefully our source(s) will crack open the Black & Red precon, and spoil us for new cards/scans. I've no doubt the critter on the cover of the B/R precon is one of the Ghost-lit creatures, note his Lantern, and ghostly visage.
Have we all but confirmed these cards have derived from two different precons only; or is there some speculation that our source(s) may have opened a couple of booster packs, and is just feeding us info based on the color of cards?
I'd love to see more, as would we all! This has been a great week so far!
the cards are exactly those mentioned on the precon sheets.
What do you think the chances are we'll see the G/W & B/R precons spoilt?
Has anyone got a direct correspondence to our source? Can we request some more info?
For which we say, heartily: Thanks a bunch, yo :biggrin3:
Sakashima: 5 instances in the Orb!!!!
That can mean only one thing...
Could Sakashima be the Shapeshifter?
Anyway, Hunter, Kitsune Loreweaver is #17, so you can put it in bold.
One more thing: #44 may begin with the name Minamo.
Would they do it????
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