[quote from="5colors »" url="/forums/magic-fundamentals/the-rumor-mill/808748-4-17-mothership-spoilers-gideon-blackblade-narset?comment=6"]Different art from the stainless too, master pieces maybe?
And finally Narset is mono-blue like she should have been.
Why should she be mono blue? Jeskai colors would be best but not seeing why mono blue makes the most sense.
Note: This is all personal opinion.
I really dislike the tend the world building team (its no long creative now apparently) have of making mono-colored walkers into multicolored. Sorin bugs me since for awhile he was a mono black heroic character...then they gave him white. The reason for this was Innistrad brought his white side and at the time. Then he shows up during Tarkir black/white. I was annoyed but I was thinking it was gonna be due to color balance reasons. Add in the formed Khan cycle in dragon of tarkir was mono-colored it would have fit IMO better if Narset was mono colored with them.
Different art from the stainless too, master pieces maybe?
And finally Narset is mono-blue like she should have been.
Yes, the glass art is Gideon's masterpiece edition art (that was spoiled on the very first weekend along with Roalesk and 8 more walkers including Bolas)
Considering how the leaks looked I was unsure personally if the frame was to be believed.
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I mean, Sorin wasn’t remotely a mono Black hero, but that’s neither here nor there. Narset isn’t mono Blue though.
Narset was mentioned to be centered in blue, meaning that if she was going to be a mono-color it would be blue. Since we knew Bolas would be the only 3 color card in the set and Tefri/Dovin were going to hold the WU walker spots, the only way Narset could have fit was to be mono-blue.
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True. Forget to say I kinda think of her like Sarkhan and Ajani where her core is blue (since in both timelines the clans she ended up joining where blue-centered) but her full color identity is Jeskai.
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Well Gids, if this is your last Standard card, at least you went out with one heck of a good one. If Heart of Kiran were still around, you'd be even more of a beast than you were as an Ally of Zendikar.
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Given the shape of the wings and the presence of the “thumb” it’s definitely not an angel or a Pegasus. Given the sort of star shaped frill just to the left of gideons head I’d say it’s Niv but we know other things from book leaks.
Narset was mentioned to be centered in blue, meaning that if she was going to be a mono-color it would be blue. Since we knew Bolas would be the only 3 color card in the set and Tefri/Dovin were going to hold the WU walker spots, the only way Narset could have fit was to be mono-blue.
I mean, I don’t think Dovin or Teferi are any more centered in White/Blue than Narset personally. I already knew she was going to be monoBlue for a while, doesn’t mean I agree with the decision. I don’t agree with all the decisions regarding Planeswalker division this set. Like how we were three Walkers off from having a two color cycle.
Well Gids, if this is your last Standard card, at least you went out with one heck of a good one. If Heart of Kiran were still around, you'd be even more of a beast than you were as an Ally of Zendikar.
Holy *****, I didn't think about him with Heart of Kiran. That would have been ******* deadly! I miss Kaladesh cards
So is Narset just absolutely determined to be the bane of casual EDH?
Not nearly in the same way Leovold was.
Leovold you could continuously jam from the Command zone until he stuck and you could lock people out and you could do it early on. Narset on the other hand, cannot continually be jammed into oblivion until you lock someone out.
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Odd choice (or clever) that Gideon is the only one of the planeswalkers whose card doesnt have the stained glass picture. An allusion to the "death" i guess (wotc and everyone else dont give a s*^t about Domri)
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Odd choice (or clever) that Gideon is the only one of the planeswalkers whose card doesnt have the stained glass picture. An allusion to the "death" i guess (wotc and everyone else dont give a s*^t about Domri)
The other art will be out for the mythic edition master pieces
I think Gideon was the only walker with more than one static/triggered ability. But they also revealed that static/triggered abilities may appear in walkers in the future.
So it will be interesting if ALL mythic walkers have 4 slots moving forward. Or if they will have rare walkers with 3 slots in sets with only 3-5 walkers total? (If walkers don’t have to my mythic every time.)
Note: This is all personal opinion.
I really dislike the tend the world building team (its no long creative now apparently) have of making mono-colored walkers into multicolored. Sorin bugs me since for awhile he was a mono black heroic character...then they gave him white. The reason for this was Innistrad brought his white side and at the time. Then he shows up during Tarkir black/white. I was annoyed but I was thinking it was gonna be due to color balance reasons. Add in the formed Khan cycle in dragon of tarkir was mono-colored it would have fit IMO better if Narset was mono colored with them.
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I mean, Sorin wasn’t remotely a mono Black hero, but that’s neither here nor there. Narset isn’t mono Blue though.
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True. Forget to say I kinda think of her like Sarkhan and Ajani where her core is blue (since in both timelines the clans she ended up joining where blue-centered) but her full color identity is Jeskai.
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Well Gids, if this is your last Standard card, at least you went out with one heck of a good one. If Heart of Kiran were still around, you'd be even more of a beast than you were as an Ally of Zendikar.
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.
Almost look like the "fins" of the Weatherlight.
I mean, I don’t think Dovin or Teferi are any more centered in White/Blue than Narset personally. I already knew she was going to be monoBlue for a while, doesn’t mean I agree with the decision. I don’t agree with all the decisions regarding Planeswalker division this set. Like how we were three Walkers off from having a two color cycle.
Holy *****, I didn't think about him with Heart of Kiran. That would have been ******* deadly! I miss Kaladesh cards
Not nearly in the same way Leovold was.
Leovold you could continuously jam from the Command zone until he stuck and you could lock people out and you could do it early on. Narset on the other hand, cannot continually be jammed into oblivion until you lock someone out.
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The other art will be out for the mythic edition master pieces
He has two static abilities though
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I think Gideon was the only walker with more than one static/triggered ability. But they also revealed that static/triggered abilities may appear in walkers in the future.
So it will be interesting if ALL mythic walkers have 4 slots moving forward. Or if they will have rare walkers with 3 slots in sets with only 3-5 walkers total? (If walkers don’t have to my mythic every time.)
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Same! Can't quite tell if that is Rakdos behind him or Niv, but the full art would help a lot in that area. Might need this Gideon on the art alone!