Quote from Caranthir »And it is not like Tolkien's world did not have other skin colors in it...the Easterlings, the Umbar corsairs, the Haradrim...
The minions of Sauron, the pirates who tried to join Sauron, and the minions of Sauron?
You see the problem there, right?
EDIT: Also, I think you might to take another look at Boromir and Faramir.
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Seems good.
I like this is a new area for white as well. Natural extension of White's abilities.
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It will feel like Harry Potter *and* something similar. It will feel like Harry Potter in the same way other magic school stories feel like Harry Potter and the same way Harry Potter feels like other magic school stories.
I'm not sure what the confusion is about. Remember Innistrad? That was also a genre-based setting. It felt like Dracula, and the Wolfman, and Frankenstein and a number of other stories of the like. But it wasn't a reskin of any of those stories, it was it's own world and story that used a combination of familiar elements. Expect something similar here.
See, Ixalan is actually a perfect comparison here, because it's not based on Un'Goro, it's based a classic subgenre of 'lost world' stories including Marvel's Savage Land, the Dinotopia series, and the original Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Wish these conversations could be had without going quite this far off the rails.
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Hawk looks kinda good.
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https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/638595481981894656/hey-mark-got-an-unconventionalhmm-good-unset#notes
This would seem to indicate we can expect a good ten or so phyrexian cards, though I think this set might be a good example of the kind of exception that is covered under that 'in general' clause.
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MirrodinNew Phyrexia yet or had much hints at them beginning a plane crossing invasion yet. And this set already has some clear story conflicts and themes, the phyrexians are just going to overshadow all of that.Compared to Eldritch Moon, there we had the advantage of a whole previous block and the Shadows over Innistrad set being essentially just Innistrad based. And with Amonkhet we had the first set before the Bolas stuff went off the wall. This is our very first introduction to Kaldheim and there's Phyrexians already? That seems like a mistake, and one WotC would not likely make.
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You know, it's very kind of you to flatter me by calling me an activist. Here I thought I was just saying some ***** online. I'm glad my words have had such an impact on some people to warrant this praise.
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Your choice of comparison is poor, dare I say the point I'm making is even more obvious in this case than in the original context. As Flossedbeaver already touched upon, when you use the swastika in the modern-day, you have to be mindful of the nazi connection, regardless of the nazi's usage of it being 'invalid' or whatever else you want it call it. Similarly, when you're making a set full of Norse cultural elements, you have to be mindful of the fact that many of those elements have a fascist connection.