He didn't manipulate them into aiding his cause though, if anything he hurt his cause.
We don't know that yet. What he asked for may not have been what he wanted (in fact - that's how master manipulators work) Can you tell I'm rooting for him to be UB? If he wanted Chandra to return to Kaladesh for some reason - that's exactly what happened. I have a hard time believing someone that ordered 'mistook' the Gatewatch's purpose the way he says he did.
It's certainly possible he misspoke, but that wouldn't make him UB. Though it's entirely possible Tamiyo didn't explain it properly too.
Heck, it might not even have been Tamiyo who explained it to him. We have no idea how many intermediaries were involved in this multiversal game of Telephone. He could simply have actually not had the correct impression of what the Gatewatch was looking to do.
Edit: And also, we already have a UBartifact centered planeswalker. I don't really see the need for a second one, and would prefer another color combination, or a different focus if UB.
He didn't manipulate them into aiding his cause though, if anything he hurt his cause.
We don't know that yet. What he asked for may not have been what he wanted (in fact - that's how master manipulators work) Can you tell I'm rooting for him to be UB? If he wanted Chandra to return to Kaladesh for some reason - that's exactly what happened. I have a hard time believing someone that ordered 'mistook' the Gatewatch's purpose the way he says he did.
It's certainly possible he misspoke, but that wouldn't make him UB. Though it's entirely possible Tamiyo didn't explain it properly too.
Heck, it might not even have been Tamiyo who explained it to him. We have no idea how many intermediaries were involved in this multiversal game of Telephone. He could simply have actually not had the correct impression of what the Gatewatch was looking to do.
Edit: And also, we already have a UBartifact centered planeswalker. I don't really see the need for a second one, and would prefer another color combination, or a different focus if UB.
Ah, but he is not centered in artifacts. His ability to detect the flaw(s) in anything makes him a good administrator/overseer, but so far we have not seen anything that even remotely paints him as an artificer.
It is sort of like Dack Fayden, if you didn't know the character he would easily be mistaken for an artificer due to his card (which incidentally was an argument some people used to "prove" that Saheeli was not blue/red, and we know how that turned out), but he is actually a thief.
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I'm digging Saheeli big time. I'm probably going to get the non-green 4 color commander just so I can transform my Sydri, Galvanic Genius EDH deck into a 4 color one that uses Sydri and Saheeli (mostly because I want Saheeli to show up on Fiora so those two can meet and shenanigans based on artifacts can ensue.)
They did advertise more KLD spoilers for the closing ceremony today, so Dovin Baan is not completely out for PAX yet.
We'll have more spoilers from the mothership site by then anyway, so doubly so chance for Dovin Baan, though MaRo has said his article will be about energy counters, so I'd expect an energy counter related spoiler, which pretty much excludes Dovin Baan.
While I'm loving this set so far, in many ways, it seems to suffer the same problem many people hate kamigawa . But it seems that wizards learned bout the mistakes and maybe this energy resource will become a thing in the upcoming sets.
Anyway one day I hope that kamigawa will be back or at least support to it, Arcanes deserve some love!
Is it just me or does it seem like metalcraft is being used in the set without calling it metalcraft? Like for instance on Inventors' Fair. It's clearly metalcraft but it wasn't used.
Also, use of filigree as an artifact concept was used in the Alara block. Does that mean that we're gonna see other Esper-based things in the set with how they're combining organics with metallics? There were a lot of artifact creatures in Esper that weren't purely artifact. Maybe Tezzeret will make an appearance?
I think the vehicles could be promising. You're tapping creatures to make the vehicles into creatures. So they should be more powerful because you're trading attackers and blockers just to have an artifact become a creature. Maybe they should've been more broken but we're only seeing like 11% of the cards so far anyways. Let's see what happens. EDH wants Depala, Pilot Exemplar to be a thing. Time to blow the dust off of all those old-school, unused dwarf cards!
I knew Tezzeret would be the link between Kaladesh and Amonkhet. He was said to be in Phyrexia but I knew he'd be the Agent of Artifice involved in Kaladesh. The filigree and the aetherborn were more than enough evidence for me but Larger Than Life's flavor text was the final nail in the coffin. Not only that, but if he's the head judge of the Inventors' Fair then he's been on Kaladesh for a long time in order to rise through the ranks.
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Is it just me or does it seem like metalcraft is being used in the set without calling it metalcraft? Like for instance on Inventors' Fair. It's clearly metalcraft but it wasn't used.
Also, use of filigree as an artifact concept was used in the Alara block. Does that mean that we're gonna see other Esper-based things in the set with how they're combining organics with metallics? There were a lot of artifact creatures in Esper that weren't purely artifact. Maybe Tezzeret will make an appearance?
I think the vehicles could be promising. You're tapping creatures to make the vehicles into creatures. So they should be more powerful because you're trading attackers and blockers just to have an artifact become a creature. Maybe they should've been more broken but we're only seeing like 11% of the cards so far anyways. Let's see what happens. EDH wants Depala, Pilot Exemplar to be a thing. Time to blow the dust off of all those old-school, unused dwarf cards!
I knew Tezzeret would be the link between Kaladesh and Amonkhet. He was said to be in Phyrexia but I knew he'd be the Agent of Artifice involved in Kaladesh. The filigree and the aetherborn were more than enough evidence for me but Larger Than Life's flavor text was the final nail in the coffin. Not only that, but if he's the head judge of the Inventors' Fair then he's been on Kaladesh for a long time in order to rise through the ranks.
Do we know which plane Tezz planeswalked to when his Spark ignited? Because it wouldn't surprise me in the least if he has been visiting Kaladesh on and off since he became a planeswalker.
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(which incidentally was an argument some people used to "prove" that Saheeli was not blue/red, and we know how that turned out)
I- but- what- how... does that work?
Exactly, people mistakenly believed that Dack's card showed that he was an artifact related planeswalker (which he is not, he steals artifacts, he doesn't make them). But people latched onto one of his abilities was artifact related, and therefore he obviously was an artificer. So, they used that ability to prove that Saheeli couldn't be blue/red as WotC wouldn't make two blue/red planeswalkers that are related to artifacts. Yeah, some people aren't all that bright >.<
But it is still possible he has been visiting Kaladesh off and on over the years since he sparked as he'd feel at home there due to the planes artifact focus. It will be interesting to find out.
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(which incidentally was an argument some people used to "prove" that Saheeli was not blue/red, and we know how that turned out)
I- but- what- how... does that work?
Exactly, people mistakenly believed that Dack's card showed that he was an artifact related planeswalker (which he is not, he steals artifacts, he doesn't make them). But people latched onto one of his abilities was artifact related, and therefore he obviously was an artificer. So, they used that ability to prove that Saheeli couldn't be blue/red as WotC wouldn't make two blue/red planeswalkers that are related to artifacts. Yeah, some people aren't all that bright >.<
But it is still possible he has been visiting Kaladesh off and on over the years since he sparked as he'd feel at home there due to the planes artifact focus. It will be interesting to find out.
Maybe he was employed by Nicol Bolas to frequent planes were artifice is predominant (Grixis shard of Alara), Mirrodin, and Kaladesh.
As for energy counters being evergreen, I seriously doubt it. Phyrexian mana was only used in the New Phyrexia block and snow mana was only used in Coldsnap. They won't ever be used again unless those themes are revisited. The only other unique mana that has been used elsewhere is hybrid mana and because it's not tied to the Shadowmoor/Lorwyn plane. Even the colorless mana symbol was upgraded thanks to Oath of the Gatewatch but I doubt we'll see any cards outside of that set require colorless mana to cast or activate anything. Such a shame, I liked all of those new mana mechanics.
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They did advertise more KLD spoilers for the closing ceremony today, so Dovin Baan is not completely out for PAX yet.
We'll have more spoilers from the mothership site by then anyway, so doubly so chance for Dovin Baan, though MaRo has said his article will be about energy counters, so I'd expect an energy counter related spoiler, which pretty much excludes Dovin Baan.
Dovin could use Energy. Not saying he will, but he wouldn't be the first Planeswalker to use a set mechanic, and Maro has already said there is a lot of design space for Energy.
(which incidentally was an argument some people used to "prove" that Saheeli was not blue/red, and we know how that turned out)
I- but- what- how... does that work?
Exactly, people mistakenly believed that Dack's card showed that he was an artifact related planeswalker (which he is not, he steals artifacts, he doesn't make them). But people latched onto one of his abilities was artifact related, and therefore he obviously was an artificer. So, they used that ability to prove that Saheeli couldn't be blue/red as WotC wouldn't make two blue/red planeswalkers that are related to artifacts. Yeah, some people aren't all that bright >.<
But it is still possible he has been visiting Kaladesh off and on over the years since he sparked as he'd feel at home there due to the planes artifact focus. It will be interesting to find out.
Maybe he was employed by Nicol Bolas to frequent planes were artifice is predominant (Grixis shard of Alara), Mirrodin, and Kaladesh.
As for energy counters being evergreen, I seriously doubt it. Phyrexian mana was only used in the New Phyrexia block and snow mana was only used in Coldsnap. They won't ever be used again unless those themes are revisited. The only other unique mana that has been used elsewhere is hybrid mana and because it's not tied to the Shadowmoor/Lorwyn plane. Even the colorless mana symbol was upgraded thanks to Oath of the Gatewatch but I doubt we'll see any cards outside of that set require colorless mana to cast or activate anything. Such a shame, I liked all of those new mana mechanics.
To be fair, Tezzeret only went to Mirrodin because Bolas forced him to go. Tezz does not like to be told what to do, and only works for Bolas because he doesn't have the necessary power to stand up to the elder dragon.
As for your other thought, Energy counters may not be evergreen, but if popular you can be certain that they will show up again as they open up a lot of design possibilities. Phyrexian mana has both flavor and design/development issues, flavor issues in that it does not make sense anywhere but where Phyrexia is present. And design/development issues in that it is very, very, difficult to balance. Last we had it, it nearly broke standard. As for Snow mana, again it is a flavor issue, it doesn't make sense except on cold worlds, but I fully expect it to return eventually, mostly because it was never utilized properly to begin with in Ice Age and Alliances, and partially because there is still a lot of untapped potential there (Snow-mana casting costs, for example).
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(which incidentally was an argument some people used to "prove" that Saheeli was not blue/red, and we know how that turned out)
I- but- what- how... does that work?
Exactly, people mistakenly believed that Dack's card showed that he was an artifact related planeswalker (which he is not, he steals artifacts, he doesn't make them). But people latched onto one of his abilities was artifact related, and therefore he obviously was an artificer. So, they used that ability to prove that Saheeli couldn't be blue/red as WotC wouldn't make two blue/red planeswalkers that are related to artifacts. Yeah, some people aren't all that bright >.<
But it is still possible he has been visiting Kaladesh off and on over the years since he sparked as he'd feel at home there due to the planes artifact focus. It will be interesting to find out.
Maybe he was employed by Nicol Bolas to frequent planes were artifice is predominant (Grixis shard of Alara), Mirrodin, and Kaladesh.
As for energy counters being evergreen, I seriously doubt it. Phyrexian mana was only used in the New Phyrexia block and snow mana was only used in Coldsnap. They won't ever be used again unless those themes are revisited. The only other unique mana that has been used elsewhere is hybrid mana and because it's not tied to the Shadowmoor/Lorwyn plane. Even the colorless mana symbol was upgraded thanks to Oath of the Gatewatch but I doubt we'll see any cards outside of that set require colorless mana to cast or activate anything. Such a shame, I liked all of those new mana mechanics.
To be fair, Tezzeret only went to Mirrodin because Bolas forced him to go. Tezz does not like to be told what to do, and only works for Bolas because he doesn't have the necessary power to stand up to the elder dragon.
As for your other thought, Energy counters may not be evergreen, but if popular you can be certain that they will show up again as they open up a lot of design possibilities. Phyrexian mana has both flavor and design/development issues, flavor issues in that it does not make sense anywhere but where Phyrexia is present. And design/development issues in that it is very, very, difficult to balance. Last we had it, it nearly broke standard. As for Snow mana, again it is a flavor issue, it doesn't make sense except on cold worlds, but I fully expect it to return eventually, mostly because it was never utilized properly to begin with in Ice Age and Alliances, and partially because there is still a lot of untapped potential there (Snow-mana casting costs, for example).
I hope snow mana makes a comeback. Energy counters have a lot of potential and hopefully appear in other technology driven planes. Colorless matters should also be used elsewhere instead of just with Kozilek's spawns. Yes, phyrexian mana was broken but if ever Phyrexians are used again, it'll probably only be with them.
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As for your other thought, Energy counters may not be evergreen, but if popular you can be certain that they will show up again as they open up a lot of design possibilities. Phyrexian mana has both flavor and design/development issues, flavor issues in that it does not make sense anywhere but where Phyrexia is present. And design/development issues in that it is very, very, difficult to balance. Last we had it, it nearly broke standard. As for Snow mana, again it is a flavor issue, it doesn't make sense except on cold worlds, but I fully expect it to return eventually, mostly because it was never utilized properly to begin with in Ice Age and Alliances, and partially because there is still a lot of untapped potential there (Snow-mana casting costs, for example).
I hope snow mana makes a comeback. Energy counters have a lot of potential and hopefully appear in other technology driven planes. Colorless matters should also be used elsewhere instead of just with Kozilek's spawns. Yes, phyrexian mana was broken but if ever Phyrexians are used again, it'll probably only be with them.
Phyrexian mana would be a lot easier to balance if they keep it out of casting costs. Or at least mix it with regular colored symbols in costs. Stuff like the souleaters were fine; the problem was stuff like being able to play Dismember in any color deck, and for a third of the cost.
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Ah yes, Dismember, now that's broken. I get your point. But the symbol is the greek symbol phi so it's basically directly related to Phyrexia.
Well. That and the fact that we call it Phyrexian Mana.
I presume if they were going to do something similar, it would be an easy enough change artistic-design-wise.
I could very easily see Energy returning. Although it's themed around Artifacts this time around not every card that uses it deals with Artifacts. Demon of Dark Schemes after all doesn't have anything to do with Artifacts, so they could bring it back on any plane they want to, possibly with different justification for what it represents. Maybe on Amonkhet (as an example) it ties to an aspect of the soul, and it is themed around dead creatures, just tying off of the demon there and expanding on it. Would be a very different feel from the Aether theme of Kaladesh, but both use the same mechanic.
And it's supposedly got a ton of design space. I doubt it'll be evergreen, but I could easily see it become a deciduous mechanic. It depends entirely on popularity, but personally I think it's a really neat idea.
Edit: And also, we already have a UBartifact centered planeswalker. I don't really see the need for a second one, and would prefer another color combination, or a different focus if UB.
Ah, but he is not centered in artifacts. His ability to detect the flaw(s) in anything makes him a good administrator/overseer, but so far we have not seen anything that even remotely paints him as an artificer.
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1) I posted the above before Tezzeret was revealed. I have very good pattern recognition and prediction skills and I knew there was going to be a UB planeswalker in this block and the only planeswalker that fit the bill at the time was (possibly) Dovin. Now that we know Tezzeret is involved in this story that slot obviously goes to him. (Unless they make either character Esper - but I doubt they'd put an Esper planeswalker and a Dimir planeswalker in the same block.)
2) The ticking artifacts all over his clothes and all the little artifacts in his art suggest he will, in fact, be an artificer. If all he did was detect flaws I doubt he would have been represented this way.
Do we know which plane Tezz planeswalked to when his Spark ignited? Because it wouldn't surprise me in the least if he has been visiting Kaladesh on and off since he became a planeswalker.
We know for a fact that he's a regular on Kaladesh. The entire reason for disguising himself was that, and I might be misquoting this, "Any artificer in Ghirapur would recognize him on sight."
The man in the hood wrapped himself in the hum of the Inventors' Fair, and listened. He kept his face and right arm hidden, no longer to dodge the Consulate soldiers or prying eyes of the bright-lensed thopters, but to walk freely among the fairgoers. Inventors would recognize him instantly, of course, and interrupt his work. He couldn't have that. He needed to complete his mission before anyone had a chance to notice him.
The only way inventors would recognize him instantly is if he is on the plane frequently.
Well, as head judge they would no doubt recognize him no matter how often he's there, especially with his arm. But I agree he's likely been there for some time.
And I don't know that Dovin will be an artificer. I'm sure he can be one, but we already have two that are bound to be artifact users, half the Planeswalkers being that seems kind of excessive. I would hope they wouldn't go that hard on the theme, especially when they said this isn't meant to be an artifact block like Mirrodin.
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Honestly, out of all of the great cards that were spoiled here, I am happiest about Dwarf tribal. They never should have remvoed dwarves in the first place.
Edit: And also, we already have a UBartifact centered planeswalker. I don't really see the need for a second one, and would prefer another color combination, or a different focus if UB.
Ah, but he is not centered in artifacts. His ability to detect the flaw(s) in anything makes him a good administrator/overseer, but so far we have not seen anything that even remotely paints him as an artificer.
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1) I posted the above before Tezzeret was revealed. I have very good pattern recognition and prediction skills and I knew there was going to be a UB planeswalker in this block and the only planeswalker that fit the bill at the time was (possibly) Dovin. Now that we know Tezzeret is involved in this story that slot obviously goes to him. (Unless they make either character Esper - but I doubt they'd put an Esper planeswalker and a Dimir planeswalker in the same block.)
2) The ticking artifacts all over his clothes and all the little artifacts in his art suggest he will, in fact, be an artificer. If all he did was detect flaws I doubt he would have been represented this way.
Do we know which plane Tezz planeswalked to when his Spark ignited? Because it wouldn't surprise me in the least if he has been visiting Kaladesh on and off since he became a planeswalker.
We know for a fact that he's a regular on Kaladesh. The entire reason for disguising himself was that, and I might be misquoting this, "Any artificer in Ghirapur would recognize him on sight."
The man in the hood wrapped himself in the hum of the Inventors' Fair, and listened. He kept his face and right arm hidden, no longer to dodge the Consulate soldiers or prying eyes of the bright-lensed thopters, but to walk freely among the fairgoers. Inventors would recognize him instantly, of course, and interrupt his work. He couldn't have that. He needed to complete his mission before anyone had a chance to notice him.
The only way inventors would recognize him instantly is if he is on the plane frequently.
I understand the "problem with computer" issue quite well, as I am myself suffering from it. But I will building my new rig this weekend.
Anyway, given what we know now that Tezzeret is in the block, we can safely assume that Dovin's color scheme is most likely WU or mono U, I am leaning towards the former due to his abilities and role, but either is very likely.
Tezzeret will be *at least* UB, and we will most likely be getting an additional planeswalker in Aether Revolt besides him. The last one will probably be either partially white, or partially black, possibly both. *Personally* I am holding out hope for a white/red dwarf planeswalker, but at this point it could be nearly anything. Lily is unlikely to get a card in Aether Revolt due to her just getting one in EMN, and the likely focus she'll get in Amonkhet, but it is not impossible.
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It's kind of interesting since we know Tezzeret is on the Plane and Saheeli and he are foils to each other in their art I'm wondering if they'll be foils in the story. I'd love to have a little artificer showdown and find out just how naturally gifted Saheeli is. We've already got hints of her power and we know she can conduct herself admirably in an artificer duel from her first appearance... but she's still young and not supped up by Bolas so I'm curious how she'll fare against the more experienced and ruthless Tezz. Especially since I don't know if she's ever faced another Planeswalker in battle.
After reading that vehicles, if crewed, can pilot other vehicles, now I want to live the dream of playing several vehicles, each bigger than the previous, a Doomed Traveler and a board wipe, then use the spirit token to initiate a Gurren-Lagann-like chain and attack with a huge mechanical behemoth
No! No actual creatures allowed! It needs to be turtles all the way down! The chain must start with a Fleetwheel Cruiser that has just been flickered!
Heck, it might not even have been Tamiyo who explained it to him. We have no idea how many intermediaries were involved in this multiversal game of Telephone. He could simply have actually not had the correct impression of what the Gatewatch was looking to do.
Edit: And also, we already have a UB artifact centered planeswalker. I don't really see the need for a second one, and would prefer another color combination, or a different focus if UB.
Ah, but he is not centered in artifacts. His ability to detect the flaw(s) in anything makes him a good administrator/overseer, but so far we have not seen anything that even remotely paints him as an artificer.
It is sort of like Dack Fayden, if you didn't know the character he would easily be mistaken for an artificer due to his card (which incidentally was an argument some people used to "prove" that Saheeli was not blue/red, and we know how that turned out), but he is actually a thief.
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We'll have more spoilers from the mothership site by then anyway, so doubly so chance for Dovin Baan, though MaRo has said his article will be about energy counters, so I'd expect an energy counter related spoiler, which pretty much excludes Dovin Baan.
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I knew Tezzeret would be the link between Kaladesh and Amonkhet. He was said to be in Phyrexia but I knew he'd be the Agent of Artifice involved in Kaladesh. The filigree and the aetherborn were more than enough evidence for me but Larger Than Life's flavor text was the final nail in the coffin. Not only that, but if he's the head judge of the Inventors' Fair then he's been on Kaladesh for a long time in order to rise through the ranks.
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Do we know which plane Tezz planeswalked to when his Spark ignited? Because it wouldn't surprise me in the least if he has been visiting Kaladesh on and off since he became a planeswalker.
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It was Grixis.
Exactly, people mistakenly believed that Dack's card showed that he was an artifact related planeswalker (which he is not, he steals artifacts, he doesn't make them). But people latched onto one of his abilities was artifact related, and therefore he obviously was an artificer. So, they used that ability to prove that Saheeli couldn't be blue/red as WotC wouldn't make two blue/red planeswalkers that are related to artifacts. Yeah, some people aren't all that bright >.<
Good to know. Thanks.
But it is still possible he has been visiting Kaladesh off and on over the years since he sparked as he'd feel at home there due to the planes artifact focus. It will be interesting to find out.
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Maybe he was employed by Nicol Bolas to frequent planes were artifice is predominant (Grixis shard of Alara), Mirrodin, and Kaladesh.
As for energy counters being evergreen, I seriously doubt it. Phyrexian mana was only used in the New Phyrexia block and snow mana was only used in Coldsnap. They won't ever be used again unless those themes are revisited. The only other unique mana that has been used elsewhere is hybrid mana and because it's not tied to the Shadowmoor/Lorwyn plane. Even the colorless mana symbol was upgraded thanks to Oath of the Gatewatch but I doubt we'll see any cards outside of that set require colorless mana to cast or activate anything. Such a shame, I liked all of those new mana mechanics.
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Dovin could use Energy. Not saying he will, but he wouldn't be the first Planeswalker to use a set mechanic, and Maro has already said there is a lot of design space for Energy.
To be fair, Tezzeret only went to Mirrodin because Bolas forced him to go. Tezz does not like to be told what to do, and only works for Bolas because he doesn't have the necessary power to stand up to the elder dragon.
As for your other thought, Energy counters may not be evergreen, but if popular you can be certain that they will show up again as they open up a lot of design possibilities. Phyrexian mana has both flavor and design/development issues, flavor issues in that it does not make sense anywhere but where Phyrexia is present. And design/development issues in that it is very, very, difficult to balance. Last we had it, it nearly broke standard. As for Snow mana, again it is a flavor issue, it doesn't make sense except on cold worlds, but I fully expect it to return eventually, mostly because it was never utilized properly to begin with in Ice Age and Alliances, and partially because there is still a lot of untapped potential there (Snow-mana casting costs, for example).
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I hope snow mana makes a comeback. Energy counters have a lot of potential and hopefully appear in other technology driven planes. Colorless matters should also be used elsewhere instead of just with Kozilek's spawns. Yes, phyrexian mana was broken but if ever Phyrexians are used again, it'll probably only be with them.
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Well. That and the fact that we call it Phyrexian Mana.
I presume if they were going to do something similar, it would be an easy enough change artistic-design-wise.
And it's supposedly got a ton of design space. I doubt it'll be evergreen, but I could easily see it become a deciduous mechanic. It depends entirely on popularity, but personally I think it's a really neat idea.
Due to computer problems the last few days I'm a bit behind - I'm going to respond to you both at once.
1) I posted the above before Tezzeret was revealed. I have very good pattern recognition and prediction skills and I knew there was going to be a UB planeswalker in this block and the only planeswalker that fit the bill at the time was (possibly) Dovin. Now that we know Tezzeret is involved in this story that slot obviously goes to him. (Unless they make either character Esper - but I doubt they'd put an Esper planeswalker and a Dimir planeswalker in the same block.)
2) The ticking artifacts all over his clothes and all the little artifacts in his art suggest he will, in fact, be an artificer. If all he did was detect flaws I doubt he would have been represented this way.
We know for a fact that he's a regular on Kaladesh. The entire reason for disguising himself was that, and I might be misquoting this, "Any artificer in Ghirapur would recognize him on sight."
EDIT: Here's the exact quote (emphasis mine)
The only way inventors would recognize him instantly is if he is on the plane frequently.
And I don't know that Dovin will be an artificer. I'm sure he can be one, but we already have two that are bound to be artifact users, half the Planeswalkers being that seems kind of excessive. I would hope they wouldn't go that hard on the theme, especially when they said this isn't meant to be an artifact block like Mirrodin.
Chandra - R
Nissa - G
Liliana - B
Dovin U
Tezzeret - WUB
i'm calling it
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Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
I understand the "problem with computer" issue quite well, as I am myself suffering from it. But I will building my new rig this weekend.
Anyway, given what we know now that Tezzeret is in the block, we can safely assume that Dovin's color scheme is most likely WU or mono U, I am leaning towards the former due to his abilities and role, but either is very likely.
Tezzeret will be *at least* UB, and we will most likely be getting an additional planeswalker in Aether Revolt besides him. The last one will probably be either partially white, or partially black, possibly both. *Personally* I am holding out hope for a white/red dwarf planeswalker, but at this point it could be nearly anything. Lily is unlikely to get a card in Aether Revolt due to her just getting one in EMN, and the likely focus she'll get in Amonkhet, but it is not impossible.
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Would Ensouled Scimitar or Haunted Plate Mail work?
OMG, equipment on vehicles!
You're calling a Liliana in this block?