I know I'm probably beating a dead horse but is it possible Geralf is black and the Skaab zombies are blue because they represented a new, different way to animate the undead? I mean blue is kinda the color of curiosity and innovation. That's not to say we've never seen this kind of zombie before, I mean the reassembled corpse theme has been used a lot. But, they had never been blue before which makes me think that Geralf did something new a different on Innistrad. That is however not to say he is blue. His color determination would be more closely aligned to his motives rather than the product of his experiment.
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So the Abzan have special dragonscale armor and their mechanic is a long game one...
The Mardu are experts in mounted raiding and want to outpace their opponents, sounds like Flanking.
"Innistrad is a world tormented by the undead. The necromantically animated corpses of the dead, called "ghouls" or "the unhallowed," shuffle mindlessly in massive hordes, seeking to devour the flesh of the living. The twisted necromancers who raise them are called ghoulcallers, and they crave the power and destruction brought by their shambling minions.
Some alchemists of questionable sanity create undead in another way, by suturing together the mongrel flesh of several cadavers and breathing into them a semblance of alchemical life. These stitched abominations, called skaabs, often inspire mobs of torch-bearing villagers to purge their towns of the unnatural beings—and their creators." - From http://archive.wizards.com/magic/tcg/article.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/innistrad/world3
You are correct in that his motivations are largely more responsible for his color than his creations, after all he has a black creation in the form of his Messenger.
That said, it still feels more likely that he'd be Blue for the sake of balance.
Why is the video so quiet? I have the volume set to max and I have the volume on my computer at near 100% and I can barely hear anyone but Maro talking.
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Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
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Not entirely the labels are from me personally, based on my assumption that during the Panel they were presented like "one basic based on the central clan color".
I could be wrong and we could still get different lands out of them.
Also where in the video did they say that one of the clan mechanics is a returning one?
a question was asked if morph was the returning mechanic. the answer: maybe. so it's possible that one clan has a returning mechanic.
Well they announced something old we players wanted to see returned and something new we players want that they haven't done yet. The "new" thing is probably wedges, the old thing could be a mechanic, like morph, or could be a time travel block, or maybe something completely different. His "maybe" sounded more like "it's up to you", so if you wanted morph to return then that's your returning thing, but there will be other highly demanded things.
Maro said that they showed 4 arts for each clan: one khan, one group shot, one action shot, and one basic land. So yeah, these are basic lands.
Not that I mind, I usually dislike the look of the plains (quite a shame for a white mage such as I,) but I absolutely love this one! The city, the desert, the mountains, the blue sky. I wish more plains would have that much stuff going on. I know it kinda goes against what plains are supposed to be, but I don't care, I'll be using this specific land a lot unless there's an even better one in the set.
Same thing for the swamp, it is a lot more busy and vivid than usual, and I like that!
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Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
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So, the Cunning side of the Duel Deck is RWU?
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I advocate for the elimination of the combo archetype in Modern. I believe it is degenerate and unfun by its very nature and will always limit design space and cause unnecessary bans.
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/arc/video-2014-sdcc-magic-panel-2014-08-01
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S3_oYCnBak
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The Mardu are experts in mounted raiding and want to outpace their opponents, sounds like Flanking.
Some alchemists of questionable sanity create undead in another way, by suturing together the mongrel flesh of several cadavers and breathing into them a semblance of alchemical life. These stitched abominations, called skaabs, often inspire mobs of torch-bearing villagers to purge their towns of the unnatural beings—and their creators." - From http://archive.wizards.com/magic/tcg/article.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/innistrad/world3
Gisa and Geralf were created to specifically show the counter-philosophies of Blue and Black zombie-raisers, AKA Skaaberen vs. Necromancers. Gisa is a necromancer, Geralf is a Skaaberen. Geralf however, is far from the only one as noted by Deranged Assistant, Havengul Runebinder, Makeshift Mauler, Scrapskin Drake, Sensory Deprivation, Stitcher's Apprentice, and Undead Alchemist.
You are correct in that his motivations are largely more responsible for his color than his creations, after all he has a black creation in the form of his Messenger.
That said, it still feels more likely that he'd be Blue for the sake of balance.
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a question was asked if morph was the returning mechanic. the answer: maybe. so it's possible that one clan has a returning mechanic.
especially that Island and the Plains.
One of those looks suspiciously like a Verdant Catacombs...
Another looks like a RUG Triland.
EDIT: derp, all basic lands.
I like that each seems associated with a clan-
Jeskai Island, Abzan Plains, etc.
That's a nice Alaresque touch.
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Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
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I think the Mardur one looks like Arid Mesa....
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but it will be probably trilands
Basic? were did you saw this ?
That's how they're labeled- I'd love to be wrong
Also, full-art lands de-confirmed.
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Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
Not entirely the labels are from me personally, based on my assumption that during the Panel they were presented like "one basic based on the central clan color".
I could be wrong and we could still get different lands out of them.
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Well they announced something old we players wanted to see returned and something new we players want that they haven't done yet. The "new" thing is probably wedges, the old thing could be a mechanic, like morph, or could be a time travel block, or maybe something completely different. His "maybe" sounded more like "it's up to you", so if you wanted morph to return then that's your returning thing, but there will be other highly demanded things.
Not that I mind, I usually dislike the look of the plains (quite a shame for a white mage such as I,) but I absolutely love this one! The city, the desert, the mountains, the blue sky. I wish more plains would have that much stuff going on. I know it kinda goes against what plains are supposed to be, but I don't care, I'll be using this specific land a lot unless there's an even better one in the set.
Same thing for the swamp, it is a lot more busy and vivid than usual, and I like that!
Esper Plains is easily my favorite,
but this is a close second.
The organgey one from AVR is also great.
These are tantalizing and make me hopeful for the basic lands of KTK.
The ones in Theros were *so* bland, blech.
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EDH:
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
I highly doubt we get full-art lands again until Return to Zendikar.
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