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Quote from Flamebuster »Quote from Zhalfir »Here we go again Looks like a mono-colour legend for each of the five colours, and I'm thinking they'll do multicolour but with shards rather than wedges that M20 had. I just hope that they bring flanking in to honour Teferi's Mirage story origins. That would be such a huge (yuuuggeee?) throwback for those who remember Teferi from those days. Quote from 5colors » Nice that after 56 walkers we finally see someone Arabic and not another minotaur or something Finally some Middle Eastern representation. The Lebanese part of my heritage approves 'buster
Quote from Zhalfir »Here we go again
Quote from 5colors » Nice that after 56 walkers we finally see someone Arabic and not another minotaur or something
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Quote from SilvosRogueElemental »Quote from Tiro of Meletis »For the record, people can draft a set focused exclusively on reprints if they wanted. It would be a mess, But they could. We’re beyond this “boosters are for drafting” excuse now that Collector’s Boosters exist. Why is it fine for those packs of reprints to not be made for draft but a set that exists to get reprints into people’s hands must be hamstrung by being a draft set?
Quote from Tiro of Meletis »For the record, people can draft a set focused exclusively on reprints if they wanted. It would be a mess, But they could.
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Quote from Tiro of Meletis » This plane, book and mythos are just brilliantly remarkable. I just love Theros. Seriously that is one sweet myth, props to the authors for really delving deep into Greek-like stories to deliver such imaginative quality. If you encounter any myths like this from a certain blue female deity I admire (obsessed with), please don't hesitate to post them
Quote from Tiro of Meletis » Does it give any more details about Thassa's new weapon by any chance? Its name, abilities, or how Purphoros forged it? I always wondered why he didn't just make her another Bident, or why the book features Dekella instead of this new spear (from what I've seen in the TOC online). I always preferred the coral-like surface of the Bident, although the new spear being bronze is pretty thematic too. I wonder how she felt about losing it and about this new one. BTW the Table of Contents for the link I shared above lists a... Bidet of Thassa. omfg
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Quote from Tiro of Meletis »Overall, Theros Beyond Death is my favorite set in Magic. I really love some of the cards we saw added on the last day, namely Alirios, Chained to Memory and of course Medomai's Prophecy (from the leaks). That said, it isn't without its flaws. We all know how vehemently opposed I am to the sore lack of lore and story for Return to Theros. We waited six years, and this is one of their most promising plot points, especially being self-contained and involving only Ajani from the Gatewatch. We needed a story like this after the Gatewatch fatigue, but we didn't get anything. No details, not even elaboration on Daxos and Elspeth's reunion or relationship or her motivations to depart the plane. The set itself. I agree wholeheartedly that part of the set felt Bottom-up instead of Top-Down Greek Mythology. Especially Escape. I feel strongly opposed to Escape and more Graveyard mechanics. I really wish they had just let Theros Beyond Death be Top-Down Greek Mythology World and let this be more of a survey of Theros and its Underworld. Like a journey, the way Ixalan felt. It was just unnecessary to have Escape and all this mechanical baggage. I hate mechanics driven designs, or when sets are held back for a mechanic or because of limited and draft, etc. That said, choosing to return Devotion and Constellation was absolutely the right call, as was delivering the mono-color gods, while depicting the other gods on various spells so they had a cameo. I loved the enchantment matters theme, getting Calix as an Enchantment Planeswalker, and getting a lot of Greek and Theros Myth flavor cards (such as Kiora Bests the Sea God, and Achilles, etc.). Personally, I would have skipped the Titans entirely and made Kruphix instead Uro, etc. though. Leave the Titans for a third visit. I know it was to have Escape, but again, I don't really approve of Escape and I wouldn't introduce something like the Titans only to make two cards for them. They probably should have canned Escape and saved the Titan concept for later. Honestly, Theros deserves two sets to really be able to flesh out the story and the intentions. While I think the art and theme of this set is absolutely phenomenal, and truly my favorite set in the game thus far (will likely remain so until our third Theros visit), I did feel like this set felt a lot more dark and sinister. Our last visit to Theros felt idyllic, charming and vibrant. This set feels very somber and at times unnerving. Perhaps it's the Underworld and death depictions and the fact the gods are warring without buildup to that. Last Theros was introducing the plane and had more sets to build up to the conflict, whereas we drop right into the conflict with this one? And we also had a story that fleshed Theros out more before this. We had an opportunity to explore the world itself a bit more. This time Theros had a bit of sadness to it, not the bright balmy world I remember. Heliod deserves punishment but I hope he doesn't die or fade away from lack of devotion. I really admire the Theros pantheon as it is, and while he does deserve to pay for his crimes, I'd like to see him on a third visit to Theros again. For the love of Thassa, don't bring Phyrexia to Theros. We have a very deep well of Greek Myth Legendary creatures we still need. Go wreck planes that lack a rich source material to mine from and just allow Theros to be Greece.