MTG Salvation

I don't believe we're seeing Chandra in this block, but just pointing this out:

-Theros had Elspeth as the "face walker" and we still got Ajani later in the block (thought he wasn't mono-W in his Nyx card)

I relly don't see Chandra being anything other than mono-R, and it would be a bit weird to see her in Tarkir anyway. But I wouldn't be surprised if Chandra show up on the next block (probably no as the face walker, since we just got a mono-R one, but might have an important role). This is even more likely if we do get a Return to Zendikar soon.

I guess this could be called a confirmation on Nahiri being the Lithomancer, right?

Nahiri was gone and her silence disturbed him, but Ugin should have sensed the danger. Why hadn't he come to Zendikar? The Eldrazi titans were a fire that could not be quenched, and Ugin's absence was strange.

Sorin expected her an Ugin to show up when the Eldrazi were freed. Sounds like she's part of the trio.

She might have an ability based on Perilous Vault, what do you think?

Odds are that among all boxes some are really good, some are pretty bad, and most them are average boxes. So is no surprise that one person got such a good box. If lots of people start opening boxes like this, then maybe Wizards did something to change the odds of certain cards appearing.

I did however opened 2 foil fetchlands during pre releases (19 boosters opnened, including seeded ones). But I guess I was just on a lucky weekend.

The part 2 of the KTK Planeswalker's Guide has an interesting thing

Chianul, Who Whispers Twice: Chianul is old for a Temur, around fifty. (Life tends to be short due to a harsh environment and nearly constant warfare.) He was the One Who Whispers Twice when Surrak assumed the mantle of Dragonclaw, and he has seen another version of the "now" in which dragons are ascendant, leading the humans. Sarkhan Vol spent some time with Chianul as a young man, learning about his visions, voices, and knowledge of dragons. The old shaman recently led a Wide Whisper that revealed what he called a "weak point in the multiple nows." He believes Sarkhan needs to accompany him to this location to assist with a ritual that will "heal the now."

http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/planeswalkers-guide-khans-tarkir-part-2-2014-09-10

I guess this supports the "Dragons leading clans" idea

Calling it now, this is the best card in the whole set

Rotting Mastodon 4B
Creature - Zombie Elephant
2/8

Expecting awesome art for it

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I'm sure some Abzan card will stick +1/+1 counters on this bad boy soon enough to block.

You have some point, but still if I play Abzan deck with Rhino and my opponent plays same deck with Polukranos he will end up with bigger creature.

That's the part where Abzan starts its control thing.
Banishing Light
Utter End
The "Journey to Nowhere" thing
Destroy target creature with Delve
Hero's Downfall

I guess there are many good options for the deck

Well, we do have another Green Mythic Rare slot left
It would be the first time reprinting a non-Core-Set-Planeswalker Mythic though. Curiously, MaRo talked about it recently, saying that they would eventually do that, but haven't done yet because Mythic Rares aren't around for that long.

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Wizards needs to push the five clan names to be matching with the wedges for marketing reasons, so whatever happens, I don't think we'll see anything in Louie called "Temur" that is not RUG in nature.

Good point

However, I don't think they will completely go away from the five clans theme. So we may see cards focused on the main color of each clan and still bear its name. Maybe dual color stuff with the main color and either one of the other two.

-All basic land types land: This is a bit insane with domain. Turn 2 Tribal Flames for 5 damage. Also, very good with other non-domain cards, even with ETB tapped.

-Full art lands: Zendikar had a strong land theme, so full art basic lands had a greater reason to exist. But we'll surely get them soon or later.

-Missing lands: a common color fixer cycle is pretty safe to assume. I don't see a reason for the panoroamas, since we already have fetchlands. Maybe somthing like the Vivid Grove cycle for Lorwyn (always add 1 color, sometimes add 5 color) or the "tri" lands from Ivasion like Ancient Spring (taps for one mana, sacs for two manas of other color)

For the other five I'd love to see utility lands or maybe manlands. Could not be a cycle too. A rare or mythic rare land. A "taps for any color" common land like Unknown Shores and maybe some utility lands with colorless activation).

-Enemy Fetches: Almost impossible to be in KTK. Could be on the last set, but I can see them holding their reprints for MM2 or a Return to Zendikar block.

Edit: Also, I love the idea of fetchable non-basic lands like the Shadowmoor uncommons (I guess Murmuring Bosk is too strong to play along Fetchlands)

I think it would be really weird to have an WUBRG card that says it is colorless.
I mean.... why being colorless? Ghostflame is essentialy a red card that bypasses "protection from red".

But I'd really like to see a 5-color PW soon.

The relation between Jeskai and Ugin stuff (the third eye, ghostflame) is kind of clear. But remember every clan is somehow tied to the might dragons of the past. So the others clans can be related to Ugin in other aspects (like.... the Scales, Claws, Fangs and Wings)

Colorless is the best guess, but assuming he has a color, I would guess something that feels opposed to Bolas, like Bant or Temur.

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They do have new artwork for the mirage diamonds, although those seem a bit overpowered for standard. I don't think we'll see many mana rocks, since there are already going to be a few good mana dorks in standard.

They're probably for Commander 2014

I'd be surprised if we don't get some artifact color fixers. Even non-multicolor sets gets them. Maybe not like the Alara ones, but we sould get something

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I don't really see it, but white fits Mardu

Another enemy color pair rare. Seems like a cycle.