I think Chandra is from the Nicol Bolas Archenemy.
Tamiyo is a good fit for one Ravnica set but I can't see her being mono Blue as Jace seems to be there too. And his art is the best or one of the best we got from him, which indicates it is no PW Deck. And as far as Lili is no Reprint in Core 19 I can see this art being from there.
From Core I can also see new Sarkhan in the Planeswalker Symbol. Are there any other missing?
Jace might get another Color I suppose. UB? Tamiyo could be Bant again or UG, not likely to be UW with Teferi around.
Tamiyo and Saheeli both seem to be exactly where we last saw them: Innistrad and Kaladesh respectively. This says to me that, rather than seeing them in an upcoming standard set, they're likely to be face cards for Commander 2018.
If Tamiyo isn't on Ravnica, then it's on a plane that is culturally identical to it.
It's Ravnica.
I've got to agree. The architecture is way more reminiscent or Ravnica than Innistrad.
EDIT: I just noticed something peculiar. This new Liliana art shows her walking down the exact same steps as Jace, Telepath Unbound. I wonder what the significance of that is.
Although Elspeth is probably Theros since you kinda have to explain her coming back. Teferi and Karn though can basically be on any generic plane. But it definitely not New Phyrexia that is for sure.
So the tally of "confirmed" Ravnica 'walkers now includes Jace, Ral, Ajani, and Tamiyo.
I hope the lack of new art for Vraska doesn't mean she won't get a card in Ravnica (or worse, will die)...
I'm pleased to see Tamiyo and Saheeli, though. Hopefully, their cards are good (especially if Saheeli is in C18...the C14 ones were kind of lame when not used as commanders).
Yeah, could easily be the case. I think they keep Jace Mono U und make Tamiyo UG or Bant colored?
Or Jace might get a planeswalker deck and Tamiyo is mono-blue (i.e. Chandra and Jaya on Dominaria).
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I seriously doubt Saheeli is C18 since she is an Artifact Commander and Maro basically said Jhoira was there UR Artifact Commander. I don't see them making two Legends who are specifically about Artifacts that are commander legal within a few months.
Yeah could be Gruul or Selesnya. Teferi could be Gruul as well looks like something is burning in the background.
This seems like an astute observation
The Liliana pic shows her very powerful with the veil featured prominently
The Jace pic is similar to his Mindsculptor pic in the energy between the hands style.....
......hmmmm interesting
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Based on the new artwork, I think we can get a good framework for the planeswalkers in the next few sets. Obviously some artwork has been omitted from this poster: for instance, we will almost certainly be seeing new cards for characters like Vraska, Domri, Bolas, and Ugin before a new card for Elspeth, yet her art is included here while theirs is not. There isn't necessarily any rhyme or reason to why certain planeswalkers appear on this poster and others don't. I'd say that they want to avoid ones that could be story spoilers like Bolas or Ugin, but returned Elspeth is quite a spoiler, and one that's further in the future as well. Since they don't commission art too far in advance, we can assume that every piece of art on the post will appear on a card in the next couple of years, but not that every card in the next couple of years has art on this poster.
In addition, there are certain pieces of art on here that would make no sense on a new card in a standard-set. Our next colorless walker will almost certainly be Ugin, most likely in the third Ravnica set. This leaves little room for another colorless planeswalker in the near future, so I wouldn't expect a new card for Karn anytime soon. Rather, I think that the art on the poster is either going to be in Commander 2018, or alternate art for his most recent card, likely as a SDCC promo. Similarly, Saheeli's art is clearly on Kaladesh, and since we went there so recently, it obviously isn't for a standard-legal set in the near future. Technically, it could be a core set, but I can't imagine Saheeli being either mono-blue or mono-red. Again, this is likely either a promo version of her recent card, or a card in Commander 2018. Teferi would be a little easier to place in a standard-legal set, but the art is pretty generic and doesn't look like Ravnica or Theros, so while Teferi could be in a standard-legal set, I again think that alternate art for his recent card or a card in the Commander set is far more likely. Since Teferi is WU and there are two better candidates for WU planeswalker Commanders who don't yet have planeswalker cards (Azor and Vronos), and since his card in Dominaria is pushed for standard play, and since the art looks like it could easily be on Dominaria, I think that art is more likely to be a SDCC promo. Similarly, Karn would be an odd choice for a Commander deck since he is colorless, and his Dominaria card is very pushed, and the art would be fitting for Dominaria, so I think the promo option is more likely for him as well. Saheeli I could see appearing in Commander more easily since her previous card rotates out of standard soon and sees no play there that I know of anyway, making her less desirable as a promo, and a UR artifact commander has been requested for a long time. Obviously Jhoira exists now, but perhaps a UR artifact deck for the Commander set was decided on before Jhoira was designed. Long story short, I think Karn and Teferi are SDCC promos, and that Saheeli is from Commander 2018, but in theory any of them could go either way. Regardless, they're all out of the picture for standard-legal sets.
With that out of the way, my predictions for planeswalkers in the next six standard-legal, taking the new art reveals into account, are under the first spoiler tag. Explanation for why each one appears where it does can be found under the second spoiler tag.
Guilds of Ravnica
New walker
Ral
Vraska
Planeswalker decks
Jace
Gideon
Ravnica Allegiance
Tibalt
Kaya
Kiora
Planeswalker decks
Tamiyo
Domri
Untitled Third Ravnica Set
Bolas
Samut
Ugin
Planeswalker decks
Liliana
Vivien
Core 2020
Nahiri
Dovin
Ob Nixilis
Daretti
Garruk
Planeswalker decks
Same as above
Theros Set 1
Ajani
Elspeth
Dack
Planeswalker decks
Elspeth
Dack
Theros Set 2
Ashiok
Samut
Gideon
Planeswalker decks
Ashiok
Samut
I'm predicting that in the first two Ravnica sets, we see a planeswalker for every guild. The new Tamiyo art looks convincingly WU and is set in an Azorius area. Jace's new art looks like it could be UB, and we could see him work with or take over the Dimir to fight against Bolas. The Rakdos lack a planeswalker currently but there are several who would fit right in and could be used as agents of Bolas: Tibalt, Ob Nixilis, or Daretti. The Gruul have Domri. Selesnya is an odd one since it appears in the first set and Ajani was in the set right before it. We could in theory see a new Ajani or Huatli, but a new walker might be a better fit. Kaya reappearing to help Teysa kill the Obzedat is pretty much a given at this point, so that covers Orzhov. Izzet has Ral, Golgari has Vraska, and Boros has Gideon. The Simic also lack a planeswalker but Kiora is a popular character who would fit right in, and probably the only planeswalker that would fit in the Simic. I don't expect the number of planeswalkers per set to increase, but rather, I expect them to make better use of the additional slots in planeswalker decks. They already started to do this in Dominaria by adding an extra character, Chandra, who didn't appear in the main set. Ravnica sets could do the same except with two additional walkers. Three from the main set and two from planeswalker decks means five planeswalkers per set, which is one per guild.
Guilds of Ravnica has Dimir, Selesnya, Izzet, Golgari, and Boros. The walker balance in standard currently leans in favor of white, blue, and especially red - Core 2019 and Ixalan block as a whole are both color-balanced, but Teferi and Jaya in Dominaria throw it off slightly. Since only main set planeswalkers are intended for standard play, and three dual-colored planeswalkers in a set results in one overlapping color, I would expect one of the first two Ravnica sets to favor black and the other to favor green. A black-favoring Guilds of Ravnica would put both Jace and Gideon in the main set along with Vraska, while putting Ral and whoever the Selesnya walker is into the planeswalker decks. This seems unlikely since they've stated that their goal is to put Gatewatch members in planeswalker decks and other characters in the main set. Therefore I expect this set to lean towards green, putting the Selesnya walker (who I'm going to assume will be a new character), Ral, and Vraska in the main set while leaving Jace and Gideon for planeswalker decks.
Ravnica Allegiance has Azorius, Rakdos, Gruul, Orzhov, and Simic. This set should lean towards black, meaning that the Rakdos walker, Kaya, and Kiora belong in the main set with Tamiyo and Domri in the planeswalker decks. Tamiyo has gotten a card more recently than the others and although she isn't technically a Gatewatch member currently, she will either become one or continue to be an ally they can call upon, meaning that she will have plenty of opportunities to get cards and should be fine to appear only in the planeswalker deck. Domri is the least popular of the three new planeswalkers from RTR so while I still expect him to return, restricting him to a planeswalker deck so that more popular characters can get the spotlight makes sense. I'm also going to assume that the Rakdos planeswalker is Tibalt. Ob Nixilis and Daretti are also possible but I think that the former would be better used as a villain of his own story arc rather than a Bolas pawn, while the former would be out of place without artifact support that this set, and the Rakdos faction specifically, don't have enough room for.
The third and final set will almost certainly include Bolas and Ugin. The foreshadowing in Core 2019's story is pretty obvious: we're going to see those two fight. The question is who the third planeswalker will be. There are two planeswalkers who basically have to appear in this story arc because their motivation is centered around getting revenge on Bolas: Samut and Vivien. Of the two, I think that Samut would fit better in the main set, since she could easily be RGW as to not throw off color balance, and her previous card was less recent. I think Vivien will show up in the planeswalker decks along with Liliana, meaning that the color not represented in the first set's planeswalker decks (green) and the one not appearing in the second set's (black) will both be the focus in the third set's. Both of these characters are almost certainly going to be involved in the climax of the story but don't fit particularly well into any of the guilds, and both have had main set cards recently in Core 2019 so they shouldn't take up a spot in the main set.
For Core 2020, I expect a new lineup of monocolored walkers that fit a certain theme, just like Core 2019. The desire for a Villains set by both the players and the designers is clear, and the resolution of the Bolas story arc is the perfect time to establish a rogue's gallery of other villains that the Gatewatch can fight. Green and white are both easy picks: Garruk and Nahiri. Both have leaned toward other colors in the past but could still conceivably be monocolored, especially since core sets can show past versions of them. The spoiled Garruk art looks vaguely villainous but not fully BG, which would be perfect for this set. For blue, the obvious choice is Tezzeret, but after his appearance in Core 2019, we'll need someone else instead. Dovin Baan is a popular character and a potential future antagonist, and as a Vedalken artificer, he could easily be given a mono-blue card (though not a mono-white one). There are only two mono-black planeswalkers in existence currently, and of them Ob Nixilis is the one who is more unambiguously villainous and who has not appeared as recently. For red we could see Tibalt or Daretti or even a new character in theory, but since I expect Tibalt on Ravnica, I'm going to give the edge to Daretti.
The set after Core 2020 will almost certainly be on Theros with a returned Elspeth, who should be WB. This is where I expect the new Ajani art to be used, and although is looks more mono-white the GW, GW would be better in a block with at least one other white planeswalker. We should also be seeing Dack Fayden and Ashiok, who were both left on Theros as a loose plot thread that needs to be resolved. That adds UB and UR. For the other two planeswalkers, we could see some combination of Gideon, who would need to be RW due to the large number of white planeswalkers, and Samut, who planeswalked to Theros for her first planeswalk and who has nowhere else to go with her story after Bolas barring a return set on Amonkhet. UB, RG, GW, WB, UR, and RW would overrepresent red and white by one, but is still relatively color balanced. I could, however, see a new planeswalker replace either Gideon or Samut. I would put Ajani and Elspeth in the first set since their art has already been commissioned which means they can't be too far in the future. This would also add Dack to the first set for color balance, which would also make sense if he is one of the main protagonists. The second set would then have Gideon, Samut, and Ashiok, which would still make sense: if Ashiok is the main villain, and Gideon ends up dying as has been heavily foreshadowed, both should have their most dramatic moments in the second set, and Samut should be held off on until the second set anyway if she recently appeared in the third Ravnica set. For planeswalker decks, I would choose Elspeth and Dack for the first set, and choose Ashiok and Samut for the second. This would avoid both overlapping colors in the same set, and giving more planeswalker decks to Gideon and Ajani, who have both already had multiple planeswalker decks.
With the art, that we have and don't have... I don't think we will see Elspeth in Standard soon. I think it is most likely, that we will see her with Garruk and Saheeli in Commander, while the others are SCDD and first Ravnica - and with no Vraska that maybe means she isn't the Guild leader of the Golgari?
Elspeth requires a pretty big story event to get a new card (what with being dead and all), I highly doubt that will be relegated to a supplemental set. I also don't think that we can necessarily say that a character not having art on the poster means they won't be getting a new card in the near future.
But right now we have three Ravnica sets upcoming, with the set after that being another core set, right? Or is there one more new set befoew Core20? Even if there is, I'm not sure if they'd do another return after such an exhaustive revisit of Ravnica. So either Elspeth is in some other product, shows up on a Plane that isn't Theros, or they comissioned art for her waaaay in advance (which I don't think they do).
There are no telltale gothic structures in Teferi's AW, but he's standing under a tree with autumn-colored leaves. Could be a hint for him geting a new card on Ravnica as well.
What I'm wondering is, did Karn decide to take his clothes off when he traveled to another plane? How does he decide when he wants to wear clothes? Does he feel naked when he's not wearing clothes?
What I'm wondering is, did Karn decide to take his clothes off when he traveled to another plane? How does he decide when he wants to wear clothes? Does he feel naked when he's not wearing clothes?
He is out in the nature, which does not judge him like the academy people do.
After seeing his art more clearly I'm wondering if he really is on Vryn, the structures behind him are not mage rings, maybe he too is on Ravnica there. It could also be art for the third set, which may bring them to different planes.
But all my yes for a new Tamiyo, that art is fantastic, maybe we will see more members of the story circle coming to aid Ajani.
Of all the Art Elspeth is definitely the oddball among them, all of the other art (except maybe Saheeli) can be tied to the current story.
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I am not sure what your point is a Marketing Poster, so it should tease about what is coming but every character who is getting a card from here until the end of 2019 doesn't need to be on the poster with new art. They got enough representatives of who is on Ravnica as Jace, Ajani, Tamiyo, Ral, etc are all pretty clearly on Ravnica.
I am just saying the only advance spoiler is Elspeth or I should say the only that is obviously a spoiler is Elspeth. However, I think pretty much everyone predicted Elspeth wasn't dead for good so its more a matter of when she was coming back not if she was coming back.
It will be 5 years since we last went to Theros next year so we are on schedule for a Return to Theros.
I don't mostly because she be what BW which overlaps with Serra who I think pretty much needs to show up since much salt was generated by Nahiri getting her slot last time.
How large is this poster? I thought it would've been a little bigger than indicated. I ordered one as well.
It's the standard size you would expect for a normal poster, really. The issue with it is that the individual images are a little less than a square inch apiece, which makes details blurry.
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Jace might get another Color I suppose. UB? Tamiyo could be Bant again or UG, not likely to be UW with Teferi around.
I've got to agree. The architecture is way more reminiscent or Ravnica than Innistrad.
Examples:
Azorius Guildgate
Selesnya Guildgate
Thespian's Stage
Orzhov Guildgate (the Dragon's Maze/C17/ModernMasters17 version)
any of the RTR Islands (particularly #2 and #3)(I don't know how to link to specific versions of basics, sorry)
Domed roofs simply aren't a major feature of Innistradi buildings, whereas they feature very prominently in the new Tamiyo art.
So the tally of "confirmed" Ravnica 'walkers now includes Jace, Ral, Ajani, and Tamiyo.
Also, considering the art of the recently spoiled Liliana, Untouched By Death (https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/the-rumor-mill/795121-liliana-untouched-by-death) is not the fiery one we see here, I'm inclined to believe that she's gonna make an appearance too.
EDIT: I just noticed something peculiar. This new Liliana art shows her walking down the exact same steps as Jace, Telepath Unbound. I wonder what the significance of that is.
Two are the FTV Promo version, and the one of him leaping maskless through the forest is an old Duels promo.
Ravnica: Jace, Ral, Ajani, Tamiyo, Liliana
Unconfirmed: Teferi, Karn, Elspeth, Saheeli
Although Elspeth is probably Theros since you kinda have to explain her coming back. Teferi and Karn though can basically be on any generic plane. But it definitely not New Phyrexia that is for sure.
I hope the lack of new art for Vraska doesn't mean she won't get a card in Ravnica (or worse, will die)...
I'm pleased to see Tamiyo and Saheeli, though. Hopefully, their cards are good (especially if Saheeli is in C18...the C14 ones were kind of lame when not used as commanders).
Or Jace might get a planeswalker deck and Tamiyo is mono-blue (i.e. Chandra and Jaya on Dominaria).
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Yeah could be Gruul or Selesnya. Teferi could be Gruul as well looks like something is burning in the background.
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This seems like an astute observation
The Liliana pic shows her very powerful with the veil featured prominently
The Jace pic is similar to his Mindsculptor pic in the energy between the hands style.....
......hmmmm interesting
Since it isn't an actual block, they could always put Tamiyo in Set 3 and make her monoblue, or WU.
Imagine if Set 3's mythics were all planeswalkers? 15 PWs total?
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
In addition, there are certain pieces of art on here that would make no sense on a new card in a standard-set. Our next colorless walker will almost certainly be Ugin, most likely in the third Ravnica set. This leaves little room for another colorless planeswalker in the near future, so I wouldn't expect a new card for Karn anytime soon. Rather, I think that the art on the poster is either going to be in Commander 2018, or alternate art for his most recent card, likely as a SDCC promo. Similarly, Saheeli's art is clearly on Kaladesh, and since we went there so recently, it obviously isn't for a standard-legal set in the near future. Technically, it could be a core set, but I can't imagine Saheeli being either mono-blue or mono-red. Again, this is likely either a promo version of her recent card, or a card in Commander 2018. Teferi would be a little easier to place in a standard-legal set, but the art is pretty generic and doesn't look like Ravnica or Theros, so while Teferi could be in a standard-legal set, I again think that alternate art for his recent card or a card in the Commander set is far more likely. Since Teferi is WU and there are two better candidates for WU planeswalker Commanders who don't yet have planeswalker cards (Azor and Vronos), and since his card in Dominaria is pushed for standard play, and since the art looks like it could easily be on Dominaria, I think that art is more likely to be a SDCC promo. Similarly, Karn would be an odd choice for a Commander deck since he is colorless, and his Dominaria card is very pushed, and the art would be fitting for Dominaria, so I think the promo option is more likely for him as well. Saheeli I could see appearing in Commander more easily since her previous card rotates out of standard soon and sees no play there that I know of anyway, making her less desirable as a promo, and a UR artifact commander has been requested for a long time. Obviously Jhoira exists now, but perhaps a UR artifact deck for the Commander set was decided on before Jhoira was designed. Long story short, I think Karn and Teferi are SDCC promos, and that Saheeli is from Commander 2018, but in theory any of them could go either way. Regardless, they're all out of the picture for standard-legal sets.
With that out of the way, my predictions for planeswalkers in the next six standard-legal, taking the new art reveals into account, are under the first spoiler tag. Explanation for why each one appears where it does can be found under the second spoiler tag.
New walker
Ral
Vraska
Planeswalker decks
Jace
Gideon
Ravnica Allegiance
Tibalt
Kaya
Kiora
Planeswalker decks
Tamiyo
Domri
Untitled Third Ravnica Set
Bolas
Samut
Ugin
Planeswalker decks
Liliana
Vivien
Core 2020
Nahiri
Dovin
Ob Nixilis
Daretti
Garruk
Planeswalker decks
Same as above
Theros Set 1
Ajani
Elspeth
Dack
Planeswalker decks
Elspeth
Dack
Theros Set 2
Ashiok
Samut
Gideon
Planeswalker decks
Ashiok
Samut
Guilds of Ravnica has Dimir, Selesnya, Izzet, Golgari, and Boros. The walker balance in standard currently leans in favor of white, blue, and especially red - Core 2019 and Ixalan block as a whole are both color-balanced, but Teferi and Jaya in Dominaria throw it off slightly. Since only main set planeswalkers are intended for standard play, and three dual-colored planeswalkers in a set results in one overlapping color, I would expect one of the first two Ravnica sets to favor black and the other to favor green. A black-favoring Guilds of Ravnica would put both Jace and Gideon in the main set along with Vraska, while putting Ral and whoever the Selesnya walker is into the planeswalker decks. This seems unlikely since they've stated that their goal is to put Gatewatch members in planeswalker decks and other characters in the main set. Therefore I expect this set to lean towards green, putting the Selesnya walker (who I'm going to assume will be a new character), Ral, and Vraska in the main set while leaving Jace and Gideon for planeswalker decks.
Ravnica Allegiance has Azorius, Rakdos, Gruul, Orzhov, and Simic. This set should lean towards black, meaning that the Rakdos walker, Kaya, and Kiora belong in the main set with Tamiyo and Domri in the planeswalker decks. Tamiyo has gotten a card more recently than the others and although she isn't technically a Gatewatch member currently, she will either become one or continue to be an ally they can call upon, meaning that she will have plenty of opportunities to get cards and should be fine to appear only in the planeswalker deck. Domri is the least popular of the three new planeswalkers from RTR so while I still expect him to return, restricting him to a planeswalker deck so that more popular characters can get the spotlight makes sense. I'm also going to assume that the Rakdos planeswalker is Tibalt. Ob Nixilis and Daretti are also possible but I think that the former would be better used as a villain of his own story arc rather than a Bolas pawn, while the former would be out of place without artifact support that this set, and the Rakdos faction specifically, don't have enough room for.
The third and final set will almost certainly include Bolas and Ugin. The foreshadowing in Core 2019's story is pretty obvious: we're going to see those two fight. The question is who the third planeswalker will be. There are two planeswalkers who basically have to appear in this story arc because their motivation is centered around getting revenge on Bolas: Samut and Vivien. Of the two, I think that Samut would fit better in the main set, since she could easily be RGW as to not throw off color balance, and her previous card was less recent. I think Vivien will show up in the planeswalker decks along with Liliana, meaning that the color not represented in the first set's planeswalker decks (green) and the one not appearing in the second set's (black) will both be the focus in the third set's. Both of these characters are almost certainly going to be involved in the climax of the story but don't fit particularly well into any of the guilds, and both have had main set cards recently in Core 2019 so they shouldn't take up a spot in the main set.
For Core 2020, I expect a new lineup of monocolored walkers that fit a certain theme, just like Core 2019. The desire for a Villains set by both the players and the designers is clear, and the resolution of the Bolas story arc is the perfect time to establish a rogue's gallery of other villains that the Gatewatch can fight. Green and white are both easy picks: Garruk and Nahiri. Both have leaned toward other colors in the past but could still conceivably be monocolored, especially since core sets can show past versions of them. The spoiled Garruk art looks vaguely villainous but not fully BG, which would be perfect for this set. For blue, the obvious choice is Tezzeret, but after his appearance in Core 2019, we'll need someone else instead. Dovin Baan is a popular character and a potential future antagonist, and as a Vedalken artificer, he could easily be given a mono-blue card (though not a mono-white one). There are only two mono-black planeswalkers in existence currently, and of them Ob Nixilis is the one who is more unambiguously villainous and who has not appeared as recently. For red we could see Tibalt or Daretti or even a new character in theory, but since I expect Tibalt on Ravnica, I'm going to give the edge to Daretti.
The set after Core 2020 will almost certainly be on Theros with a returned Elspeth, who should be WB. This is where I expect the new Ajani art to be used, and although is looks more mono-white the GW, GW would be better in a block with at least one other white planeswalker. We should also be seeing Dack Fayden and Ashiok, who were both left on Theros as a loose plot thread that needs to be resolved. That adds UB and UR. For the other two planeswalkers, we could see some combination of Gideon, who would need to be RW due to the large number of white planeswalkers, and Samut, who planeswalked to Theros for her first planeswalk and who has nowhere else to go with her story after Bolas barring a return set on Amonkhet. UB, RG, GW, WB, UR, and RW would overrepresent red and white by one, but is still relatively color balanced. I could, however, see a new planeswalker replace either Gideon or Samut. I would put Ajani and Elspeth in the first set since their art has already been commissioned which means they can't be too far in the future. This would also add Dack to the first set for color balance, which would also make sense if he is one of the main protagonists. The second set would then have Gideon, Samut, and Ashiok, which would still make sense: if Ashiok is the main villain, and Gideon ends up dying as has been heavily foreshadowed, both should have their most dramatic moments in the second set, and Samut should be held off on until the second set anyway if she recently appeared in the third Ravnica set. For planeswalker decks, I would choose Elspeth and Dack for the first set, and choose Ashiok and Samut for the second. This would avoid both overlapping colors in the same set, and giving more planeswalker decks to Gideon and Ajani, who have both already had multiple planeswalker decks.
Elspeth requires a pretty big story event to get a new card (what with being dead and all), I highly doubt that will be relegated to a supplemental set. I also don't think that we can necessarily say that a character not having art on the poster means they won't be getting a new card in the near future.
There are no telltale gothic structures in Teferi's AW, but he's standing under a tree with autumn-colored leaves. Could be a hint for him geting a new card on Ravnica as well.
He is out in the nature, which does not judge him like the academy people do.
After seeing his art more clearly I'm wondering if he really is on Vryn, the structures behind him are not mage rings, maybe he too is on Ravnica there. It could also be art for the third set, which may bring them to different planes.
But all my yes for a new Tamiyo, that art is fantastic, maybe we will see more members of the story circle coming to aid Ajani.
Of all the Art Elspeth is definitely the oddball among them, all of the other art (except maybe Saheeli) can be tied to the current story.
Thanks to DarkNightCavalier from Heroes of the Plane Studios for this sick Signature.
It will be 5 years since we last went to Theros next year so we are on schedule for a Return to Theros.
It's the standard size you would expect for a normal poster, really. The issue with it is that the individual images are a little less than a square inch apiece, which makes details blurry.