Minor nitpick incoming: I don't like how the eternals are handled in this set artwise. I mean, they were created from the cream of the crop of Amonkhet, from a culture entirely devoted to perfecting various martial arts and combat styles. And they get consistently owned in art by run of the mill Boros legionnaires, wurms, trolls and even vines? What the...
Minor nitpick incoming: I don't like how the eternals are handled in this set artwise. I mean, they were created from the cream of the crop of Amonkhet, from a culture entirely devoted to perfecting various martial arts and combat styles. And they get consistently owned in art by run of the mill Boros legionnaires, wurms, trolls and even vines? What the...
I only recently made the same observation. For the best of the best, made even tougher with lazotep, they sure come apart easily. It's as bad as the Emperor's 'elite' battalion of storm-troopers being beaten by teddy bears on the forest moon of Endor.
Minor nitpick incoming: I don't like how the eternals are handled in this set artwise. I mean, they were created from the cream of the crop of Amonkhet, from a culture entirely devoted to perfecting various martial arts and combat styles. And they get consistently owned in art by run of the mill Boros legionnaires, wurms, trolls and even vines? What the...
Perhaps the best of the best on Amonkhet are mediocre on Ravnica? Along the lines of, "You think life's tough on Amonkhet? Let's see how you fare against Ravnica's 10 trials. We call our trials 'Guilds'."
Minor nitpick incoming: I don't like how the eternals are handled in this set artwise. I mean, they were created from the cream of the crop of Amonkhet, from a culture entirely devoted to perfecting various martial arts and combat styles. And they get consistently owned in art by run of the mill Boros legionnaires, wurms, trolls and even vines? What the...
To be fair, the same applies in reverse if you show the eternals only ever winning. "The guilds of Ravnica have been at each others throats for ten thousand years, and you expect them to just get rolled over by a bunch of zombies in blue makeup?" It turns out that in war, both sides will have victories and defeats. We've seen some of Bolas' victories, and now we're seeing some of the Ravnicans. I'm sure there will be plenty more cards with eternals beating on people to come, we're just in the section of the story where the good guys are making up some progress.
Minor nitpick incoming: I don't like how the eternals are handled in this set artwise. I mean, they were created from the cream of the crop of Amonkhet, from a culture entirely devoted to perfecting various martial arts and combat styles. And they get consistently owned in art by run of the mill Boros legionnaires, wurms, trolls and even vines? What the...
Well, they didn't exactly keep the minds of most of them, thus why Lily is needed. A neigh indestructible mindless zombie is ultimately still a mindless zombie.
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Minor nitpick incoming: I don't like how the eternals are handled in this set artwise. I mean, they were created from the cream of the crop of Amonkhet, from a culture entirely devoted to perfecting various martial arts and combat styles. And they get consistently owned in art by run of the mill Boros legionnaires, wurms, trolls and even vines? What the...
Well, they didn't exactly keep the minds of most of them, thus why Lily is needed. A neigh indestructible mindless zombie is ultimately still a mindless zombie.
They still retain their skills. That was the whole point of Amonkhet. Bolas could have easily raised an army of living corpses, but the trials and the cartouches makde sure his undead fighters stay just as deadly as they were in life. This was actually a point in Hour of Devastation, where the eternals were mopping the floor with the living, because they were elite killer machines and even the best living fighters were at best evenly matched in a one on one.
Minor nitpick incoming: I don't like how the eternals are handled in this set artwise. I mean, they were created from the cream of the crop of Amonkhet, from a culture entirely devoted to perfecting various martial arts and combat styles. And they get consistently owned in art by run of the mill Boros legionnaires, wurms, trolls and even vines? What the...
Well, they didn't exactly keep the minds of most of them, thus why Lily is needed. A neigh indestructible mindless zombie is ultimately still a mindless zombie.
They still retain their skills. That was the whole point of Amonkhet. Bolas could have easily raised an army of living corpses, but the trials and the cartouches makde sure his undead fighters stay just as deadly as they were in life. This was actually a point in Hour of Devastation, where the eternals were mopping the floor with the living, because they were elite killer machines and even the best living fighters were at best evenly matched in a one on one.
Don't forget that on Amonkhet it was one city's worth army of undead agains that same city's living population. And they had their training for how long, 20 years, 50? Ravnica is just SO MUCH bigger in terms of sheer numbers. And it is not exactly peaceful world. Maybe somewhere like Kaladesh resistance would be less, but here with 10 guilds in constant weapon race? Even if we scratch off all the civilians (many of whom are still somewhat capable in combat, though) we have TEN armies, with skills, weapons, strategies honed over 10 millenia. They are bound to have some elite units and troops matching or sometimes surpassing Eternals in combat skills. It's a miracle and a testament to the Eternals' outstanding abilities that they've got that serpentine nest' denizens beaten hard enough on THEIR territory to make them mobilize all reserves and drive them into alliance.
Minor nitpick incoming: I don't like how the eternals are handled in this set artwise. I mean, they were created from the cream of the crop of Amonkhet, from a culture entirely devoted to perfecting various martial arts and combat styles. And they get consistently owned in art by run of the mill Boros legionnaires, wurms, trolls and even vines? What the...
Perhaps the best of the best on Amonkhet are mediocre on Ravnica? Along the lines of, "You think life's tough on Amonkhet? Let's see how you fare against Ravnica's 10 trials. We call our trials 'Guilds'."
Better than having the whole thing on Segovia I guess.
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I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
Flying Eternal croc and Eternal falcons are a bit surprising,though.
The thing hovering on Demolish is confirmed to be Parhelion II
Let this great clan rest in peace (2001-2011)
Turret Ogre is a scary common for Limited. Again, I'm actually kind of surprised it's a common at all.
It's not a Croc it's Glorybringer
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest WUR Voltron Control
Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun WU Unblockable Mirror Trickery
Ra's al Ghul (Sidar Kondo) and Face-Down Ninjas
Brudiclad, Token Engineer
Vaevictis (VV2) the Dire Lantern
Rona, Disciple of Gix
Tiana the Auror
Hallar
Ulrich the Politician
Zur the Rebel
Scorpion, Locust, Scarab, Egyptian Gods
O-Kagachi, Mathas, Mairsil
"Non-Tribal" Tribal Generals, Eggs
Nice. Hoping they make it a reasonable cmc if they make a vehicle parhelion.
Getting excited to see the next spoilers..
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Flying
1: Eternal Aven gains haste until end of turn.
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“This is what glory looks like.” —Nicol Bolas
would've been the perfect place to be brave and print Pillage
I only recently made the same observation. For the best of the best, made even tougher with lazotep, they sure come apart easily. It's as bad as the Emperor's 'elite' battalion of storm-troopers being beaten by teddy bears on the forest moon of Endor.
Perhaps the best of the best on Amonkhet are mediocre on Ravnica? Along the lines of, "You think life's tough on Amonkhet? Let's see how you fare against Ravnica's 10 trials. We call our trials 'Guilds'."
Well, they didn't exactly keep the minds of most of them, thus why Lily is needed. A neigh indestructible mindless zombie is ultimately still a mindless zombie.
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Numquam evolutioni obstes. Solum conculceris.
Pascite draconem, evolvite aut morimini.
They still retain their skills. That was the whole point of Amonkhet. Bolas could have easily raised an army of living corpses, but the trials and the cartouches makde sure his undead fighters stay just as deadly as they were in life. This was actually a point in Hour of Devastation, where the eternals were mopping the floor with the living, because they were elite killer machines and even the best living fighters were at best evenly matched in a one on one.
Don't forget that on Amonkhet it was one city's worth army of undead agains that same city's living population. And they had their training for how long, 20 years, 50? Ravnica is just SO MUCH bigger in terms of sheer numbers. And it is not exactly peaceful world. Maybe somewhere like Kaladesh resistance would be less, but here with 10 guilds in constant weapon race? Even if we scratch off all the civilians (many of whom are still somewhat capable in combat, though) we have TEN armies, with skills, weapons, strategies honed over 10 millenia. They are bound to have some elite units and troops matching or sometimes surpassing Eternals in combat skills. It's a miracle and a testament to the Eternals' outstanding abilities that they've got that serpentine nest' denizens beaten hard enough on THEIR territory to make them mobilize all reserves and drive them into alliance.
Better than having the whole thing on Segovia I guess.