Sure, there is a chance of spending $4 on a booster and getting the Mythic Rare $30 super card. There is also a chance of surviving putting your tongue in a light socket.
Double black and double green will be trivial in Standard. Combined with a toughness of 4--it ignores Goblin Chainwhirler--and the ability to tell your opponent "you only *thought* you killed/destroyed that permanent" this is a pretty solid card.
If you wanted to Galaxy Brain a future return to Theros.
It could finally conclude the Dack Fayden story line from those comics and cards, and could also tie into the fact that another Planeswalker from Conspiracy land is in the Ravnica books helping the Bolas fight being Kaya. Which means we might also see Elspeth again in the not too distant future.
It's also an elf, which is obviously a huge creature type with a lot of perks.
Regarding the mana cost, the design space for mana symbols mattering is pretty large, thinking Theros is understandable, but it is hardly the only option.
Return to Theros is almost guaranteed, with the Elspeth spoiled in the Planeswalker box (shes in the one with the mask forged in the underworld of Theros, so shes not really dead in a world in which you can "escape" the underworld after death and return).
Geez... I love E-Witness effects but the only good reason I see for this mana cost is if we're going back to Theros. Despite that it still feels like an okay card and in EDH it'll probably still be decent.
Dude if we did go back to Theros it would feel like fan service made just for me because the time between RTR and Theros is when I started playing...
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Strictly worse eternal witness. Worse mana cost, worse restriction. No, the bigger body won't save this, I'm sorry.
It saves it from being strictly worse
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I do think we will be seeing Devotion while this and Dominaria are in Standard, whether or not that is Theros or somewhere else.
Devotion is so important to Theros- being a popular and impactful mechanic, and one tied to the Gods- that I would be very surprised to see a return to Theros without it, and therefore it seems very unlikely they will be using it before we see a return to Theros (which probably won't be long) and use up valuable design space.
So I think we will very likely see Theros specifically.
Wouldn’t it be..boring..to get a return to Theros right after a Return to Ravnica just like last time?
I want to see Theros again but I kind of hope it will not be in the exact same order as last time.
Not to mention that the two planes are tied to mechanics that are 180° at odds.
I know I'm not the only one who hated how jarring that transition was the first time.
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I do think we will be seeing Devotion while this and Dominaria are in Standard, whether or not that is Theros or somewhere else.
It could finally conclude the Dack Fayden story line from those comics and cards, and could also tie into the fact that another Planeswalker from Conspiracy land is in the Ravnica books helping the Bolas fight being Kaya. Which means we might also see Elspeth again in the not too distant future.
Stats-wise I think it's solid.
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Regarding the mana cost, the design space for mana symbols mattering is pretty large, thinking Theros is understandable, but it is hardly the only option.
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Devotion is so important to Theros- being a popular and impactful mechanic, and one tied to the Gods- that I would be very surprised to see a return to Theros without it, and therefore it seems very unlikely they will be using it before we see a return to Theros (which probably won't be long) and use up valuable design space.
So I think we will very likely see Theros specifically.
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Not to mention that the two planes are tied to mechanics that are 180° at odds.
I know I'm not the only one who hated how jarring that transition was the first time.
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