Y'all know they been doing ~50% return planes, new planes since Scars of Mirrodin right?
I should probably rephrase: When I said old, I meant "overused", losing freshness, visited too frequently within short time span. Theros on second visit still has some freshness. Dominaria had always been a lot more diverse and historically intriguing (no pun intended) and it's set centuries after the war, which made returning to it a new experience.
not just that, but do commander players even care what plane we visit? format doesn't really impact the popularity of a set, or the desire to return to it... the cards do.
Then you have a very skewed view on who we are. I am all for lore expansion and intriguing mechanics, which makes visiting new planes very exciting, especially for continuing MtG timeline.
Every plane deserves at least two visits, some planes like Ravnica deserves 3 thanks to being the focal point of a saga. Zendikar in this case, I can't think of a story that would prompt a revisit so soon, and it flunked badly last time, so it feels tiresome to go there again.
My all-time favorite depiction of Jeska has to be this fan art by fellow MTGS user merkymerx though:
I wish I could get a Jeska card with that artwork...
It's good to see muscles on a warrior woman. Seriously, why is it so hard for MtG artists to show women's abs, especially if they are wielding huge weapons?
Am I the only one who's worried about the 70+ brand new legends? Commander products in the past had 16~20 new legends each year, they're literally putting three plus years worth of ideas into this one, and that's not counting the Commander Legend decks. And if they continue with this trend, well of creativity will run dry quickly.
I should probably rephrase: When I said old, I meant "overused", losing freshness, visited too frequently within short time span. Theros on second visit still has some freshness. Dominaria had always been a lot more diverse and historically intriguing (no pun intended) and it's set centuries after the war, which made returning to it a new experience.
Then you have a very skewed view on who we are. I am all for lore expansion and intriguing mechanics, which makes visiting new planes very exciting, especially for continuing MtG timeline.
Every plane deserves at least two visits, some planes like Ravnica deserves 3 thanks to being the focal point of a saga. Zendikar in this case, I can't think of a story that would prompt a revisit so soon, and it flunked badly last time, so it feels tiresome to go there again.
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
Maybe that's why they dare to return to old places (again), knowing that commander players will pay the bill this year.
It's good to see muscles on a warrior woman. Seriously, why is it so hard for MtG artists to show women's abs, especially if they are wielding huge weapons?
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
RK Post still has it better. I miss him.
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
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