I guess future spellbooks will feature the other four mono-coloured gatewatch people and then branch out into multicoloured and perhaps also to villains like Nicol Bolas.
What are some ideas for future inclusions? I guess the named spells (Nissa's Pilgrimage, Liliana's Mastery are obvious candidates, but I am especially interested if anyone can think of any more off-beat candidates. (I wouldn't have guessed Gifts Ungiven or Mystical tutor for Jace for example).
When we move into multicoloured, there are a lot less options for iconic spells. Any good candidates here? And do we think that all spells in a multicoloured spellbook will be multicoloured, or will for example Domri Rade get a mixture of red, green and Gruul cards?
Well, first off I would not be so sure about future spellbook releases containing their namesake cards. Aside the planeswalker himself, Jaces spellbook didn't contain a single cad with "Jace" in the cardname, like Jace's Ingenuity, Jace's Sanctum or Jace's Phantasm to name a few. I think these products are more about what the characters themselves DO rather than cards that are character-themed, so rather Dark Salvation or Army of the Damned than Liliana's Mastery.
I wonder what they will put in the sets for upcoming planeswalkers too, as blue is the one color that has common staples playable even in eternal formats (Brainstorm, Negate), but what will Nissa get thats comparable? Cultivate? Sylvan Scrying? Nature's Claim?
Also, i wonder if creature cards are going to be represented in these products. Most planeswalkers can't summon creatures directly, so I would have guessed they jump on oppoortunities for creature card inclusion that make sense. However, they passed on Jace's Phantasm, which would have been perfect imo.
For multicolored planeswalkers, they will most likely include 1 or 2 signature spells in that color combination but have most cards be monocolored (representing all the colors), So Nicol Bolas might get Cruel Ultimatum, but will also have things like Mind Control, Killing Wave and Hour of Devastation. You know, the things Bolas just does to pass time =)
Blue might have the most Legacy/Vintage staple spells, but I see these as a great way to publish popular commander cards, especially since they're 1-ofs.
Chandra: Lightning Bolt (obviously), Red Elemental Blast, Chain Lightning, Fireblast )basically all the burn staples that have already been printed tons of times).
Nissa: Cultivate, Avenger of Zendikar, Beast Within, Reclamation Sage, Explosive Vegetation, Rampant Growth, Oracle of Mul Daya, Elvish Mystic, Worldly Tutor
Liliana: Demonic Tutor, Diabolic Tutor, The Chain Veil
Blue might have the most Legacy/Vintage staple spells, but I see these as a great way to publish popular commander cards, especially since they're 1-ofs.
Chandra: Lightning Bolt (obviously), Red Elemental Blast, Chain Lightning, Fireblast )basically all the burn staples that have already been printed tons of times).
Nissa: Cultivate, Avenger of Zendikar, Beast Within, Reclamation Sage, Explosive Vegetation, Rampant Growth, Oracle of Mul Daya, Elvish Mystic, Worldly Tutor
Liliana: Demonic Tutor, Diabolic Tutor, The Chain Veil
Nicol Bolas: Terminate, Fact or Fiction (the mind games part does seem very diabolically appropriate), Propaganda, Toxic Deluge
Nahiri: Stoneforge Mystic, Masterwork of Ingenuity, Sword of Vengeance, Steelshaper's Gift
Tamiyo: Ponder, Enlightened Tutor, Tamiyo Field Researcher, Tamiyo's Journal, Farseek, Sensei's Divining Top
Chandra doesn't do lightning magic. Lightning Bolt definitely belongs to Ral Zarek, not Chandra.
I think we'll probably see the Origins 5 first, in order of popularity: Jace, Chandra, Liliana, Gideon, and Nissa (the first three are confirmed by Maro; I don't know for sure that Gideon is more popular than Nissa but it seems like a safe bet). Maybe they'll decide to go with the originals and do Garruk and Ajani instead of Nissa and Gideon, especially with Nissa leaving the Gatewatch. Bolas seems extremely likely as well. Ugin could be possible if they give him a larger story role in the form of an Ugin vs. Bolas war, and could have lots of valuable Eldrazi-related spells. Other than that, planeswalkers who have been in the story for a long time and have lots of cards are good choices - Tezzeret, Sarkhan, Sorin, Karn, etc.
It does seem like they're focusing more on desirable reprints than cards that are already tied to the characters. They'd rather commission new art for a somewhat unrelated but valuable card than reprint garbage that already has Jace/Chandra/whoever art. So Nissa's Pilgrimage seems like the exact type of thing they'll avoid including. Which is ultimately a really good thing for us, the players. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of reprints in the Jace spellbook and I hope that they keep that consistent in the future.
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I guess future spellbooks will feature the other four mono-coloured gatewatch people and then branch out into multicoloured and perhaps also to villains like Nicol Bolas.
What are some ideas for future inclusions? I guess the named spells (Nissa's Pilgrimage, Liliana's Mastery are obvious candidates, but I am especially interested if anyone can think of any more off-beat candidates. (I wouldn't have guessed Gifts Ungiven or Mystical tutor for Jace for example).
When we move into multicoloured, there are a lot less options for iconic spells. Any good candidates here? And do we think that all spells in a multicoloured spellbook will be multicoloured, or will for example Domri Rade get a mixture of red, green and Gruul cards?
What are peoples speculations and thoughts?
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I wonder what they will put in the sets for upcoming planeswalkers too, as blue is the one color that has common staples playable even in eternal formats (Brainstorm, Negate), but what will Nissa get thats comparable? Cultivate? Sylvan Scrying? Nature's Claim?
Also, i wonder if creature cards are going to be represented in these products. Most planeswalkers can't summon creatures directly, so I would have guessed they jump on oppoortunities for creature card inclusion that make sense. However, they passed on Jace's Phantasm, which would have been perfect imo.
For multicolored planeswalkers, they will most likely include 1 or 2 signature spells in that color combination but have most cards be monocolored (representing all the colors), So Nicol Bolas might get Cruel Ultimatum, but will also have things like Mind Control, Killing Wave and Hour of Devastation. You know, the things Bolas just does to pass time =)
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Some cards I think could work:
Chandra: Lightning Bolt (obviously), Red Elemental Blast, Chain Lightning, Fireblast )basically all the burn staples that have already been printed tons of times).
Nissa: Cultivate, Avenger of Zendikar, Beast Within, Reclamation Sage, Explosive Vegetation, Rampant Growth, Oracle of Mul Daya, Elvish Mystic, Worldly Tutor
Liliana: Demonic Tutor, Diabolic Tutor, The Chain Veil
Sorin: Anguished Unmaking, Vampiric Tutor, Vindicate
Nicol Bolas: Terminate, Fact or Fiction (the mind games part does seem very diabolically appropriate), Propaganda, Toxic Deluge
Nahiri: Stoneforge Mystic, Masterwork of Ingenuity, Sword of Vengeance, Steelshaper's Gift
Tamiyo: Ponder, Enlightened Tutor, Tamiyo Field Researcher, Tamiyo's Journal, Farseek, Sensei's Divining Top
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Chandra doesn't do lightning magic. Lightning Bolt definitely belongs to Ral Zarek, not Chandra.
I think we'll probably see the Origins 5 first, in order of popularity: Jace, Chandra, Liliana, Gideon, and Nissa (the first three are confirmed by Maro; I don't know for sure that Gideon is more popular than Nissa but it seems like a safe bet). Maybe they'll decide to go with the originals and do Garruk and Ajani instead of Nissa and Gideon, especially with Nissa leaving the Gatewatch. Bolas seems extremely likely as well. Ugin could be possible if they give him a larger story role in the form of an Ugin vs. Bolas war, and could have lots of valuable Eldrazi-related spells. Other than that, planeswalkers who have been in the story for a long time and have lots of cards are good choices - Tezzeret, Sarkhan, Sorin, Karn, etc.
It does seem like they're focusing more on desirable reprints than cards that are already tied to the characters. They'd rather commission new art for a somewhat unrelated but valuable card than reprint garbage that already has Jace/Chandra/whoever art. So Nissa's Pilgrimage seems like the exact type of thing they'll avoid including. Which is ultimately a really good thing for us, the players. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of reprints in the Jace spellbook and I hope that they keep that consistent in the future.