The move anti-discrimination period started probably a while ago, ever since Doug Beyer dismissed homophobia in Ravnica by claiming no one in the multiverse is affected by bigotry.
I think anti-bigotry sentiments are nice and all, but they shouldn't flat out retcon everything and pretend it didn't happen. If you must, introduce changes to individual planes saying that race relations have improved or something.
Assuming TBD had a story, I suppose the discoveries of the complexity of minotaur culture would have caused a shift in perception.
In general I think this guide smooths the relationship between humans and other races way too much. In the original setting they were in flat out genocidal terms with everyone aside from Lagonna centaurs and satyrs.
Anything else on newish stuff that been added for Beyond Death? With no art book, novel or planeswalker guide I just realized this the only source for anything they added in since last time.
I think there are a few things, I sadly don't have much time this week, I will try and get to it on the weekend. I'am still hoping for that book to come out one day
There is a bit of lore for the woe strider under the Klothys section.
"Walkers of Woe. The nightmarish creatures known as woe striders are said to be products of Klothys’s punishment. These beings descend from an age when some mortals learned to unshackle themselves from the strands of destiny. To what end is a question lost to time, but Klothys put a quick end to these blasphemers and eradicated nearly all knowledge of their methods. Ever since, the shades of these accursed mortals have walked the Underworld as woe striders, monstrosities endlessly seeking strands of destiny that they might use to replace their own discarded lots." - Mythic Odysseys of Theros
And some more under the monster section
"Woe striders form from the souls of those who’ve broken the bonds of destiny. Over centuries, these cosmic blasphemers transform into hunched, long-limbed horrors. Sadistic things, woe striders seek ways to reweave themselves into the tapestry of destiny. This leads them to search for answers within the bowels of other beings, performing murderous haruspicy in pursuit of their discarded cosmic purpose. When they fail to find answers, their unnatural cries cause reality to shudder, undermining magic and sane minds alike." - Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Something else I found was the art for Perisophia, described as a member if the ruling council (the Twelve) of Meletis and some other new art.
Edit: Found something new on Tymaret, if I'am not mistaken.
When Phenax escaped the only one to witness it was an unremarkable soul called Tymaret. He shared what he saw with Erebos and received a cursed blessing from him. He restored him as a returned with the task of slaying Phenax. The tasked proved to be difficult, because Phenax was masked, because of that Tymaret slaughtered every mortal he encountered, confident that one of them would be Phenax. When Phenax became a god he evaded Tymaret, leaving him and his legion of Returend to endlessly, fruitlessly kill in Erebos name.
With this in mind, it makes sense why Erebos choose Tymaret as his champion during THB.
I also corrected the part with Phenax on my previous post.
He sacrificed his identity to the memory draining waters and was able to cross the rivers that ring the world wrapped in a shred of Athero’s cloak (not actually hiding in the cloak). Since he had no identity, Athreos couldn’t detect him and Erebos couldn’t use his lash to pull him back.
So we finally put a face to Agnomakhos. I almost thought they forgot about him.
Yes, but so are angels in many planes. Again, the flame-kin of Lorwyn bring precedent, but the explanation better be good because Calix is explicitly called a construct.
He did predict Heliod's spear being broken. Maybe he figured out his last intervention only made things worse and allowed Heliod to bring about his own ruin.
They're made of flesh. Curiously like the Amonkhet gods they have a form of pseudo-devotion, so the actual question is why they're not gods aside from the mechanics perspective.
Yeah, the Calix thing definitely needs to be explained.
Then again the defnition of "born" in MTG is inconsistent. For example Lorwyn flame-kin are "born" and apparently can theoretically hold a spark but they're just elementals spawned fully grown from a specific volcano.
So you mean to tell me the archons were at war with the giants and played Sarkic cults on their slaves and nobody thought this was relevant?
I love how they stabbed him in the eye and still bring a spear to his chest.
With his steed - aka real form - being a winged cow, Agnomakhos should be the next meme loser.
I think anti-bigotry sentiments are nice and all, but they shouldn't flat out retcon everything and pretend it didn't happen. If you must, introduce changes to individual planes saying that race relations have improved or something.
Assuming TBD had a story, I suppose the discoveries of the complexity of minotaur culture would have caused a shift in perception.
So we finally put a face to Agnomakhos. I almost thought they forgot about him.
Then again the defnition of "born" in MTG is inconsistent. For example Lorwyn flame-kin are "born" and apparently can theoretically hold a spark but they're just elementals spawned fully grown from a specific volcano.