I'd also like to throw out that it's very, very, very unlikely that Eldrazi will have no casting cost, given that the current standard environment has Cascade floating around in it.
(Rise) of the (Eldrazi) is going to be a (set) built around the (Eldrazi) (creatures), all of which have no (color) and are (legendary).
i think you may be spot on with the legendary concept
it makes sense since the monument is legendary and from the looks of each one of the creatures is that they will be epic in and of themselves... or should i say unique
In what universe? If you build a deck like that, and ever draw that hand, I will personally come to wherever you live, perform complicated acts of awestruck ********, then disembowel myself to escape the world that allowed something like this to occur and validate you.
i think you may be spot on with the legendary concept
it makes sense since the monument is legendary and from the looks of each one of the creatures is that they will be epic in and of themselves... or should i say unique
The monument is not legendary, but I believe the Eldrazi themselves might be. I'm curious now, and I'm excited about a (possibly) slower limited format, and hopefully as a result a slower Standard environment.
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I was thinking about this. I think MaRo did make a mistake here. Otherwise, the word is most likely some word that is the same plural and singular. In this case, I'd guess "Eldrazi", which is both plural and singular, from the usage. The only problem here is that previously, all the obvious mentions of "Eldrazi" also had the "s" left on the end, indicating a mistake either way.
I think Eldrazi is plural and singular. The set name is Rise of the Eldrazi. If you were writing a book about a zombie invasion, you wouldn't call it Rise of the Zombie, would you? You'd call it Rise of the Zombies.
As for powers and toughnesses (from the last page), that's fine in this context. When you're talking about the p/t of multiple creatures, you can say toughnesses, even though the Firefox spellchecker doesn't like it.
"Huge" wouldn't be a weird word for Maro to use when spoiling a... huge creature.
Rise of the Eldrazi is going to be a set built around the Eldrazi titans, all of which have no color and are huge. For example, there are two Eldrazi at *, the smaller of which is 7/7. All of the Eldrazi have a new ability called <keyword1>. Creatures with <keyword1> have a triggered ability; whenever a creature with <keyword1>attacks, the opponent must sacrifice that many permanents. The Eldrazi are very expensive but there are artifacts** that can create 0/1 tokens called Brood Lineage that can be sacrificed to add one colorlessmana to your mana pool and will help you be able to cast the Eldrazi. In addition, the <Eldrazi/Lineage/Set> has a new keyword called <keyword2>. You may spend <resource>*** on creatures with <keyword2> to improve their powers and toughnesses****. This Limited environment is much slower than the one in Zendikar.
* = I don't think there will be only two Eldrazi at any rarity except perhaps Mythic.
** = The Hedrons, probably.
*** = I'm inclined to believe in life payments instead of mana, or a mix of the two.
**** = "Powers and Thoughnesses" is awkward. It might be "stats and abilities" or something similar to that.
Also, I think that <keyword2> must be different than Multi Kicker somehow, since it's something new.
That's really good feedback, and I agree with most of your points. However, regarding the first point: the language "at 7" is atypical for Maro and somewhat awkward. He tends to use that language when discussing rarities (e.g., "We printed too much removal at common" or "There was a cycle of these at rare").
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The Goblins are very goblin but there are goblins that can create 0/1 goblins called Goblin Goblin that can be goblin to goblin one goblin goblin to your goblin goblin and will help you be able to goblin the Goblins.
Hahaha what an awesome sentence
And yeah I can't see them being 0 even if Cascade wasn't standard because it would just add more craziness to extended
Wow. This is another one of those obnoxious MaRo hints...:facepalm:
Well, I have to admit, you guys seem pretty close. As in, it makes a load of sense. Keep it up! Remember how we've done in the past.
Oh good lord, this can even be taken to mean contraptions are coming.
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I think Eldrazi is plural and singular. The set name is Rise of the Eldrazi. If you were writing a book about a zombie invasion, you wouldn't call it Rise of the Zombie, would you? You'd call it Rise of the Zombies.
As for powers and toughnesses (from the last page), that's fine in this context. When you're talking about the p/t of multiple creatures, you can say toughnesses, even though the Firefox spellchecker doesn't like it.
I agree with this. Its like the word "deer". It can say "I went out and saw a deer crossing the road" or "There were fifty deer crossing the road". I sincerely doubt that MaRo just happened to make a mistake in that paragraph, as that would destroy any credibility of the entire thing.
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The monument is not legendary, but I believe the Eldrazi themselves might be. I'm curious now, and I'm excited about a (possibly) slower limited format, and hopefully as a result a slower Standard environment.
oops my bad totally correct there
still i agree that a slightly slower limited format would be nice however if it is Eldrazi that the article is talking about they have to have some way to slow the board down. when you throw down the monument it has an immediate presence on the board, i know i have faced it down before and just scraped out a win, so i think that these creatures would need to have same presence on the board when they hit.
In what universe? If you build a deck like that, and ever draw that hand, I will personally come to wherever you live, perform complicated acts of awestruck ********, then disembowel myself to escape the world that allowed something like this to occur and validate you.
I think I should explain my reasoning behind saying "at common" seems the most likely - although now that I look at some more stuff, actually it seems "at uncommon" is probably a bit more likely.
If he really is talking about the Eldrazi, and they really are these huge, epic things, most of them are going to be rare. (Not mythic - a few will be mythic, of course, but there are only 15 mythics and it wouldn't be so great if nearly all of them were Eldrazi. It would also make Eldrazi in general way too rare.) But, as MaRo likes to point out, it's not much of a set theme if it doesn't exist at common. But they wouldn't want to make too many common Eldrazi - probably just 2.
That said, I now think uncommon is a bit more likely, as they might not want common Eldrazi at all, and looking at past examples apparently uncommon suffices - there were a few uncommon legends in Kamigawa (not common legends), and a few uncommon WUBRG cards in Conflux (but not common WUBRG cards). If we figure Eldrazi are like legends or 5-color cards, then chances are the rarity in question is uncommon. If he's speaking of Eldrazi at all, of course.
All of the Eldrazi have a new ability called <keyword1>. Creatures with <keyword1> have a triggered ability; whenever a creature with <keyword1> attacks, the opponent must sacrifice that many permanents.
I just think this doesn't make sense at all. "That many" is usually used with a number. And attack has no number attached. Unless the name of the ability is something like: "Fear my Power X" (X is a number), that sentece doesn't make sense.
I just think this doesn't make sense at all. "That many" is usually used with a number. And attack has no number attached. Unless the name of the ability is something like: "Fear my Power X" (X is a number), that sentece doesn't make sense.
If you read the rest of the posts before it, you would see that this was already suggested by me as the only possible explanation for the phrasing used in that sentence. Regardless of what words one chooses to insert, unless there is an error by Maro, the ability must have a number attached to it.
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Rise of the Eldrazi is going to be a set built around the Contraption artifacts, all of which have no cost (ie: Tokens) and are artifacts. For example, there are two cards at Mythic, the Rigger of which is 7/7. All of the riggers have a new keyword called assemble. Contraptions with abilities have a drawback; whenever a contraption with an ability ETB, the contraptions controller must sacrifice that many (lands? Contraptions?). The Riggers are very cool but there are Contraptions that can create 0/1 Contraptions called Assembly Worker that can be tapped to give one worker +1/+1 to your Assembly Workers and will help you be able to attack the opponent. In addition, the set has a new mechanic called (Combine? Transform?). You may spend Contraptions on this ability with colorless mana to improve their power and toughness. This Limited card is much better than the one in Future Sight.
Rise of the Eldrazi is going to be a set built around the Contraption artifacts, all of which have no cost (ie: Tokens) and are artifacts. For example, there are two cards at Mythic, the Rigger of which is 7/7. All of the riggers have a new keyword called assemble. Contraptions with abilities have a drawback; whenever a contraption with an ability ETB, the contraptions controller must sacrifice that many (lands? Contraptions?). The Riggers are very cool but there are Contraptions that can create 0/1 Contraptions called Assembly Worker that can be tapped to give one worker +1/+1 to your Assembly Workers and will help you be able to attack the opponent. In addition, the set has a new mechanic called (Combine? Transform?). You may spend Contraptions on this ability with colorless mana to improve their power and toughness. This Limited card is much better than the one in Future Sight.
Lol. I remember earlier this year I predicted contraptions in Zendikar and people were like OMG it was a joke! I said I knew it was a joke but contraptions could be a good idea. Sadly, I don't think they would do it despite being awesome.
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Rise of the Eldrazi is going to be a set built around the Eldrazi titans, all of which have no color and are huge. For example, there are two Eldrazi at uncommon, the smaller of which is 7/7. All of the Eldrazi have a new ability called <keyword1>. Creatures with <keyword1> have a triggered ability; whenever a creature with <keyword1>attacks, the opponent must sacrifice that many permanents. The Eldrazi are very expensive but there are artifacts that can create 0/1 tokens called Brood Lineage that can be sacrificed to add one colorlessmana to your mana pool and will help you be able to cast the Eldrazi. In addition, the set has a new keyword called <keyword2>. You may spend <resource> on creatures with <keyword2> to improve their stats and abilities. This Limited environment is much slower than the one in Zendikar.
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Rise of the Eldrazi[1] is going to be a set[2] built around the Eldrazi titans[3], all of which have no color[4] and are huge[5].
[1] "Rise of the Eldrazi" here is certain. The text is italicised, which would only be used for a set name; the name is 4 words long, and the first and fourth words are capitalized. Finally, the fourth word is plural. [2] Given [1], [2] must be "set" from context. [3] Given the name of the set, it is obviously built around the Eldrazi. The word "titans" is speculation, based on lore and context. Further, the next line confirms that the set is built around a type of creature (by calling one a 7/7). [4] "Color" here is almost certain. There are a limited number of things they could not have: abilities, power, toughness, mana costs, names, types, etc. Given what we know about them and can infer from the rest of the text, however, they have all of these things. Also, Ghostfire is believed to be an early reference to the Eldrazi, and it is remarkable for being colorless. [5] This is necessitated by context. The next line begins "For example," and states that one of the creatures is a 7/7. In order for the line to make sense, the size of the creature must somehow relate to the properties that are being discussed.
For example, there are two Eldrazi[6] at uncommon[7], the smaller[8] of which is 7/7.
[6] Given [3] and general context, we are still talking about the Eldrazi in this sentence. [7] This could be any rarity, uncommon is speculation. [8] From context, we know that this is intended to highlight one of the remarkable aspects of the Eldrazi. If the word "larger" is used here, the sentence is not remarkable, as the other one could be any size.
All of the Eldrazi[9] have a new ability[10] called <keyword1>[11].
[9] The word is plural, and from context we know we are still discussing the same thing as the previous sentence. That means this word is also "Eldrazi." [10] Given the context of the following line, This word must be "ability." [11] We do not currently know what this ability would be.
Creatures[12] with <keyword1>[13] have a triggered ability[14]; whenever a creature[15] with <keyword1>[16]attacks[17], the opponent[18] must sacrifice that many permanents.[20]
[12] From the reference to a 7/7, we know we are talking about creatures. [13] From context, this must once again be the name of the keyword. [14] "Triggered ability" is speculation, based on the context and the fact that the next sentence starts with "whenever", which is typically a sign of a triggered ability. Another possibility is "drawback"; "triggered ability" is not a perfect fit, because it is two words. However, "drawback" seems unlikely, as it is a set defining mechanic that defines the most important creatures of the set, which seems to imply that it would be some sort of reason to want to cast them. [15] We know creatures have this ability from previous lines. [16] From context, this is once again the name of the ability. [17] "attacks" is speculation; this could also be "blocks" or "dies" or even "taps". However, none of those words seem likely. [18] Assuming this is not a drawback ([14]), the opponent must be the one affected. [19] This is speculation. This could also be "discard that many cards" or "tap that many creatures" or various other possible combinations. I have chosen "sacrifice permanents" because of the synergy with the next mechanic.
The Eldrazi[20] are very expensive[21] but there are artifacts[22] that can create 0/1 tokens[23] called Brood Lineage[24] that can be sacrificed[25] to add[26] one colorlessmana[27] to your mana pool[28] and will help you be able to cast[29] the Eldrazi.[30]
[20] From context, we are still talking about the same thing. [21] This word is speculation, inferred from [26], [27], [28], and [29]. [22] This word is speculation, inferred from lore and and [23]. These are presumably the hedrons. [23] This word is certain, it must be a creature (because it is 0/1) and cannot be a card (because it is being created). [24] The name "Brood Lineage" is speculation. [25] This word could also be "tapped". [26] There are a limited number of constructions that fit "____ one ____ _____ to your ____ ____." The only one I can find that is typically used is "add one _____ mana to your mana pool." [27] From [4], the mana is colorless. [28] Where else would mana go? [29] This is necessitated by context. [30] This is necessitated by context.
In addition, the set[31] has a new keyword[32] called <keyword2>[33].
[31] From "In addition" and the fact that this item is no longer plural (and hence, not discussing the Eldrazi), we know the subject of the sentence is changing. From context, however, we are still talking about the same set. [32] Given [31], this is necessitated by context. [33] We do not know the name of this keyword.
You may spend <resource>[34] on creatures[35] with <keyword2>[36] to improve their stats and abilities.[37]
[34] You "spend" either life or mana. However, you always spend mana on every spell, so it seems redundant to phrase it this way. Even so, however, "life" here is speculation. [35] This could be artifacts, permanents, or spells. "creatures" is speculation. [36] From context, this is once again the name of the keyword. [37] This is necessitated from context. There are many different ways that have been proposed to phrase it, but they all mean the same thing.
This Limited environment[38] is much slower[39] than the one in Zendikar.[40]
[38] "Environment" is necessitated by context. [39] From the context of the rest of the paragraph, the limited environment would logically be slow. Also, Limited is current extremely fast; for it to be "must faster" would be almost impossible. [40] Like [1], this is once again a set name. It is italicised, singular, and a single word (e.g., not "Shard of Alara", for example). The most likely candidates are "Zendikar" or "Worldwake", but the audience to whom this message was addressed has no experience with "Worldwake", and thus that one seems unlikely.
[18] Assuming this is not a drawback ([14]), the opponent must be the one affected.
This one is actually 2 words. Maro wrote "the goblin goblin must goblin that many goblins". So it's either attacking player or defending player. Since the Eldrazi Monument requires you to sacrifice your own creatures, I wouldn't be surprised if this does the same thing.
Great dissection, Goryus! It's just [17] through [20], along with [34], that really seem uncertain in an important way. By the way, you left off the footnote marker on [19].
Wow, extremely good job, Goryus! Almost everything in there makes sense and even seems likely. I am a little bit perturbed if the format slows down too much...I hope they didn't just make it so that players can power out their Eldrazi. I am anticipating this set much more than Worldwake.
I really didn't like 12-19 when I first saw it (which, by the way, you annotated as 12-18 and then 20), and after looking at it carefully, now I know why.
The text you put is
; whenever a creature[15] with <keyword1>[16] attacks[17], the opponent[18] must sacrifice that many permanents.[20]
. . . How many permanents?
There's been no reference to a count.
Let's see that in goblincypher again:
Goblins with goblin have a goblin; whenever a goblin with goblin goblins, the goblin goblin must goblin that many goblins.
Properly filling in your more certain abductions:
Creatures with <keyword> have a goblin; whenever a goblin with <keyword> goblins, the goblin goblin must goblin that many goblins.
Now here's the cool thing. "that many" comes from Rosewater. But how could that be? It is indeed mysterious; there's no obvious way to fill in the Goblins with count-producing indexicals.
But that has to be what's cool about this. . . keyword.
... Oh, and look at that. You replaced "goblin goblin" with "opponent." That can't be right.
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i think you may be spot on with the legendary concept
it makes sense since the monument is legendary and from the looks of each one of the creatures is that they will be epic in and of themselves... or should i say unique
The monument is not legendary, but I believe the Eldrazi themselves might be. I'm curious now, and I'm excited about a (possibly) slower limited format, and hopefully as a result a slower Standard environment.
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I think Eldrazi is plural and singular. The set name is Rise of the Eldrazi. If you were writing a book about a zombie invasion, you wouldn't call it Rise of the Zombie, would you? You'd call it Rise of the Zombies.
As for powers and toughnesses (from the last page), that's fine in this context. When you're talking about the p/t of multiple creatures, you can say toughnesses, even though the Firefox spellchecker doesn't like it.
That's really good feedback, and I agree with most of your points. However, regarding the first point: the language "at 7" is atypical for Maro and somewhat awkward. He tends to use that language when discussing rarities (e.g., "We printed too much removal at common" or "There was a cycle of these at rare").
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Also, I really do not buy "powers and toughnesses". Stats and abilities seems more believable.
It's a good guess. Still fails the "for example" test, though.
"They're all colorless and legendary. For example, one is a 7/7."
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Hahaha what an awesome sentence
And yeah I can't see them being 0 even if Cascade wasn't standard because it would just add more craziness to extended
Well, I have to admit, you guys seem pretty close. As in, it makes a load of sense. Keep it up! Remember how we've done in the past.
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I agree with this. Its like the word "deer". It can say "I went out and saw a deer crossing the road" or "There were fifty deer crossing the road". I sincerely doubt that MaRo just happened to make a mistake in that paragraph, as that would destroy any credibility of the entire thing.
oops my bad totally correct there
still i agree that a slightly slower limited format would be nice however if it is Eldrazi that the article is talking about they have to have some way to slow the board down. when you throw down the monument it has an immediate presence on the board, i know i have faced it down before and just scraped out a win, so i think that these creatures would need to have same presence on the board when they hit.
If he really is talking about the Eldrazi, and they really are these huge, epic things, most of them are going to be rare. (Not mythic - a few will be mythic, of course, but there are only 15 mythics and it wouldn't be so great if nearly all of them were Eldrazi. It would also make Eldrazi in general way too rare.) But, as MaRo likes to point out, it's not much of a set theme if it doesn't exist at common. But they wouldn't want to make too many common Eldrazi - probably just 2.
That said, I now think uncommon is a bit more likely, as they might not want common Eldrazi at all, and looking at past examples apparently uncommon suffices - there were a few uncommon legends in Kamigawa (not common legends), and a few uncommon WUBRG cards in Conflux (but not common WUBRG cards). If we figure Eldrazi are like legends or 5-color cards, then chances are the rarity in question is uncommon. If he's speaking of Eldrazi at all, of course.
I just think this doesn't make sense at all. "That many" is usually used with a number. And attack has no number attached. Unless the name of the ability is something like: "Fear my Power X" (X is a number), that sentece doesn't make sense.
If you read the rest of the posts before it, you would see that this was already suggested by me as the only possible explanation for the phrasing used in that sentence. Regardless of what words one chooses to insert, unless there is an error by Maro, the ability must have a number attached to it.
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Lol. I remember earlier this year I predicted contraptions in Zendikar and people were like OMG it was a joke! I said I knew it was a joke but contraptions could be a good idea. Sadly, I don't think they would do it despite being awesome.
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Rise of the Eldrazi is going to be a set built around the Eldrazi titans, all of which have no color and are huge. For example, there are two Eldrazi at uncommon, the smaller of which is 7/7. All of the Eldrazi have a new ability called <keyword1>. Creatures with <keyword1> have a triggered ability; whenever a creature with <keyword1> attacks, the opponent must sacrifice that many permanents. The Eldrazi are very expensive but there are artifacts that can create 0/1 tokens called Brood Lineage that can be sacrificed to add one colorless mana to your mana pool and will help you be able to cast the Eldrazi. In addition, the set has a new keyword called <keyword2>. You may spend <resource> on creatures with <keyword2> to improve their stats and abilities. This Limited environment is much slower than the one in Zendikar.
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[1] "Rise of the Eldrazi" here is certain. The text is italicised, which would only be used for a set name; the name is 4 words long, and the first and fourth words are capitalized. Finally, the fourth word is plural.
[2] Given [1], [2] must be "set" from context.
[3] Given the name of the set, it is obviously built around the Eldrazi. The word "titans" is speculation, based on lore and context. Further, the next line confirms that the set is built around a type of creature (by calling one a 7/7).
[4] "Color" here is almost certain. There are a limited number of things they could not have: abilities, power, toughness, mana costs, names, types, etc. Given what we know about them and can infer from the rest of the text, however, they have all of these things. Also, Ghostfire is believed to be an early reference to the Eldrazi, and it is remarkable for being colorless.
[5] This is necessitated by context. The next line begins "For example," and states that one of the creatures is a 7/7. In order for the line to make sense, the size of the creature must somehow relate to the properties that are being discussed.
[6] Given [3] and general context, we are still talking about the Eldrazi in this sentence.
[7] This could be any rarity, uncommon is speculation.
[8] From context, we know that this is intended to highlight one of the remarkable aspects of the Eldrazi. If the word "larger" is used here, the sentence is not remarkable, as the other one could be any size.
[9] The word is plural, and from context we know we are still discussing the same thing as the previous sentence. That means this word is also "Eldrazi."
[10] Given the context of the following line, This word must be "ability."
[11] We do not currently know what this ability would be.
[12] From the reference to a 7/7, we know we are talking about creatures.
[13] From context, this must once again be the name of the keyword.
[14] "Triggered ability" is speculation, based on the context and the fact that the next sentence starts with "whenever", which is typically a sign of a triggered ability. Another possibility is "drawback"; "triggered ability" is not a perfect fit, because it is two words. However, "drawback" seems unlikely, as it is a set defining mechanic that defines the most important creatures of the set, which seems to imply that it would be some sort of reason to want to cast them.
[15] We know creatures have this ability from previous lines.
[16] From context, this is once again the name of the ability.
[17] "attacks" is speculation; this could also be "blocks" or "dies" or even "taps". However, none of those words seem likely.
[18] Assuming this is not a drawback ([14]), the opponent must be the one affected.
[19] This is speculation. This could also be "discard that many cards" or "tap that many creatures" or various other possible combinations. I have chosen "sacrifice permanents" because of the synergy with the next mechanic.
[20] From context, we are still talking about the same thing.
[21] This word is speculation, inferred from [26], [27], [28], and [29].
[22] This word is speculation, inferred from lore and and [23]. These are presumably the hedrons.
[23] This word is certain, it must be a creature (because it is 0/1) and cannot be a card (because it is being created).
[24] The name "Brood Lineage" is speculation.
[25] This word could also be "tapped".
[26] There are a limited number of constructions that fit "____ one ____ _____ to your ____ ____." The only one I can find that is typically used is "add one _____ mana to your mana pool."
[27] From [4], the mana is colorless.
[28] Where else would mana go?
[29] This is necessitated by context.
[30] This is necessitated by context.
[31] From "In addition" and the fact that this item is no longer plural (and hence, not discussing the Eldrazi), we know the subject of the sentence is changing. From context, however, we are still talking about the same set.
[32] Given [31], this is necessitated by context.
[33] We do not know the name of this keyword.
[34] You "spend" either life or mana. However, you always spend mana on every spell, so it seems redundant to phrase it this way. Even so, however, "life" here is speculation.
[35] This could be artifacts, permanents, or spells. "creatures" is speculation.
[36] From context, this is once again the name of the keyword.
[37] This is necessitated from context. There are many different ways that have been proposed to phrase it, but they all mean the same thing.
[38] "Environment" is necessitated by context.
[39] From the context of the rest of the paragraph, the limited environment would logically be slow. Also, Limited is current extremely fast; for it to be "must faster" would be almost impossible.
[40] Like [1], this is once again a set name. It is italicised, singular, and a single word (e.g., not "Shard of Alara", for example). The most likely candidates are "Zendikar" or "Worldwake", but the audience to whom this message was addressed has no experience with "Worldwake", and thus that one seems unlikely.
If your answer is "No," then your morality does not come from God's commandments.
If your answer is "Yes," then please, please reconsider.
This one is actually 2 words. Maro wrote "the goblin goblin must goblin that many goblins". So it's either attacking player or defending player. Since the Eldrazi Monument requires you to sacrifice your own creatures, I wouldn't be surprised if this does the same thing.
The text you put is
. . . How many permanents?
There's been no reference to a count.
Let's see that in goblincypher again:
Properly filling in your more certain abductions:
Now here's the cool thing. "that many" comes from Rosewater. But how could that be? It is indeed mysterious; there's no obvious way to fill in the Goblins with count-producing indexicals.
But that has to be what's cool about this. . . keyword.
... Oh, and look at that. You replaced "goblin goblin" with "opponent." That can't be right.
EDIT: Melriken, you may state your terms for ego siggification, and I will fulfill them.
EDIT2: ****, that's ego-siggable, isn't it?
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