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They have a it set up for two announcement days a year with each on having around 6 months of info. But because they wanted to built up hype for the 25ht anniversary we had that wonky announcement week last year that gave us the info for Dominaria and the corset a lot earlier then we would have known.
I really wish they'd manage a reset back to the originally intended scheme of two fixed times per year. I loved the evitability.
I think they will, we didn't leaned about Kaladesh or Aether Revolt until the May before, so we are getting back on schedule.
Yeah this was a good one, we have Subira, so people complaining that she wasnt on the screen can rest satisfied that she was in a story now.
I had the same thought as Perkunas, is kwende's card him 50 years before DOM? not that it really matters, just a funny thing to do with the story.
I thought the exact same thing!
Maybe the card Kwende is Kwende the Second or Third?
The card sets and story timeline doesn't match sometimes, such as Tezzeret being long gone from Alara during its storyline or Neheb having been a champion a generation (so 20 years on Amonkhet) before Samut and Djeru time.
I really liked how they depicted the Mono W antagonist. Despite being vengeful and mistaken, he did not let his vengeance break the chief points on his ‘paladin code’, despite having broken the spirit of such a code long ago.
A perfect Pharisee-like character, who backs down when a stronger, wiser character has the guts to intervene in his vengeance.
I was thinking the same things, it also helps with Teferi character growth because he can see the long time effects for the "everyday" people.
Eh we don't know what the Abyss is or the Demon War that got Belzenlok trapped in.
Yes but what we do know is A) the rifts had been ******* up not only stuff on Dominaria but other worlds and B) after the mending a lot stuff was changed on other planes such as The Great Aurora on Lorwyn happening sooner then excepted and the aether boom on Kaladesh. I could see a rift effect being whatever was trapping Belzenlok and when the mending happened it allowed him to finally escape.
They have a it set up for two announcement days a year with each on having around 6 months of info. But because they wanted to built up hype for the 25ht anniversary we had that wonky announcement week last year that gave us the info for Dominaria and the corset a lot earlier then we would have known.
This round we get the back story on Tetsuko and I really hope she gets a role in the story. I also like how her teleport ability seems to be a nod to her family origins being off plane. Also helps to show Bolas isn't all powerful.
I believe they counted Magic Origins with Sage of Lat-Nam as well.
Thanks, added. Was there an official list anywhere, or what do you mean by "they counted"?
I can't think of any office source fro the top of my head, just when Dominaria is brought up they mention Magic Origins since it got 1/10th of the spotlight for worlds and then you have Sage of Lat-Nam with Origins in the flavor text.
Am I the only one who feels that Martha Wells's talent is hindered by WotC's need for haste?
I love how Wells does relationships and dialogues, yet the story remain fast paced, too fast, for its own good. They should've hired her for a book, even if it has to be a pdf instead of paper. Why get a real writer only to force plot holes and urgency onto her?
One thing I think to remember is that Dominaria was two sets before they decide it would be one set and thus I think creative had to condense the storyline. This might be why the pacing is on the fast track.
2) How is Teferi aging slowly? The same time bomb (ha) that created the slow-time water that kept Jhoira perpetually young also trapped Teferi and sparked his planeswalker spark. From then on, he was essentially a god whose physical form was a manifestation of his thoughts. Which means, he didn't need slow-time water, and his physical form would become energy and so it wouldn't have any effect anyway. But when he loses his spark . . . he ages a decade maybe in the time it takes his daughter to hit her 50s? That doesn't make sense to me. Liliana needed to recoup her youth through demon pacts because she turned into an old hag, in what seems to me from what I've read to be the normal aging process. So what gives with Teferi? "I was immortal once" is not a good explanation.
My theory;
Maybe when he got trapped in the time bomb it slowed down his "moral self" aging similar to how the time water slows Jhoria. He became a planeswalker but when he lost his spark he became his "moral self" again, but was able to survive his age catching up with him since his that was a trait of his "moral self", similar now Sorin still ages as Innistrad vampire after the mending.
I think they will, we didn't leaned about Kaladesh or Aether Revolt until the May before, so we are getting back on schedule.
The card sets and story timeline doesn't match sometimes, such as Tezzeret being long gone from Alara during its storyline or Neheb having been a champion a generation (so 20 years on Amonkhet) before Samut and Djeru time.
I was thinking the same things, it also helps with Teferi character growth because he can see the long time effects for the "everyday" people.
Yes but what we do know is A) the rifts had been ******* up not only stuff on Dominaria but other worlds and B) after the mending a lot stuff was changed on other planes such as The Great Aurora on Lorwyn happening sooner then excepted and the aether boom on Kaladesh. I could see a rift effect being whatever was trapping Belzenlok and when the mending happened it allowed him to finally escape.
It also looks like Belzenlok took over the Cabal a little after the mending, maybe the mending was the reason he was able to escape the abyss?
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Agreed I hope they do something like this for all the legends going forward (or at least the ones that don't get featured in the story).
https://twitter.com/wizards_magic/status/988096358480515077
This round we get the back story on Tetsuko and I really hope she gets a role in the story. I also like how her teleport ability seems to be a nod to her family origins being off plane. Also helps to show Bolas isn't all powerful.
I can't think of any office source fro the top of my head, just when Dominaria is brought up they mention Magic Origins since it got 1/10th of the spotlight for worlds and then you have Sage of Lat-Nam with Origins in the flavor text.
How did you reach so far to get Belzenlok was "trapped in Dominaria hell after a war" to him being a coward?
One thing I think to remember is that Dominaria was two sets before they decide it would be one set and thus I think creative had to condense the storyline. This might be why the pacing is on the fast track.
My theory;
Maybe when he got trapped in the time bomb it slowed down his "moral self" aging similar to how the time water slows Jhoria. He became a planeswalker but when he lost his spark he became his "moral self" again, but was able to survive his age catching up with him since his that was a trait of his "moral self", similar now Sorin still ages as Innistrad vampire after the mending.
Would that make Silmefoot and his Saprolings, Rocket and baby groot?
We got some more character bio;
https://twitter.com/wizards_magic/status/986356145785917441
Looks like some of future sight might still yet to come with Tarox being the pride and joy of Verix and Karoz...