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Before Avacyn had first appeared, a thousand years ago, there had been four sisters, one the eldest and most powerful of the angels. Bruna. Gisela. Sigarda. And the one they would no longer name.

This line is pretty huge, Avacyn has only been around for a thousand years which means Sorin didn't create her before the titans were initially trapped. Seen a lot of arguments about this in the past. It could very well stand to reason that Nahiri did play a role in helping Sorin create Avacyn, hence the similarities and why she knows how to influence her.

I read this as more of a period of time. "Before Avacyn" was 6000 years ago up to the "a thousand years ago." It was like Sigarda was recalling both ancient times with the unnamed sister and the last time the unnamed one was alive.
Not sure how I feel if it does turn out that Avacyn isn't as old as initially thought.

They mean the one towards the end, just before the pic of Avacyn the Purifier. Look towards the bottom right.

Wow, today's story really delivered. Def enjoyed the different viewpoints to let us know both the big characters' actions and how they effect the smaller peoples of the world.

I am stoked to hear that there was a B/W angel to complete the Sigarda, Bruna, and Gisela cycle.

Visualizing this story was fun. Knew I would like this from the beginning with Avacyn just floating in silence and enjoying the isolation before answering a prayer. Kinda reminded me of the Superman scene where he is just chilling up in the air before rushing off.

Quote from Downdala »

The problem with your Shadow theory is that all the Zendikari cults of Emrakul (Emeria and Kamsa) have her being a source of light rather than shadows... Most are speaking of her halo and everything.

It would be a very strange flavor twist to have Emrakul worshipped has an angel of light on Zendikar, and having a cult of the dark deep sea on Innistrad.

Not to mention that the way the Shadow is affecting Innistrad is not very eldrazi, since no mana seems drained anywhere.

Also, the unfathomable aspect of eldrazis, although interesting as a scary image, does not fit perfectly the madness/delirium theme and gothic horror of Innistrad. The flavor is too much "human" feelings and romance. Eldrazi aliens are explicitly not emotionnal.

The religious beliefs of one culture on a different plane for Em would have no bearing on how another culture on a different plane would perceive it. Yes, Merfolk and Kor of Zendikar associate Em with light, but that's after thousands of years of distorted history. It would be a nice twist that a separate culture focusing on dark depths would see/mistake Em as their god. Mortals tend to fit the unknown to their preconceived notions.

Ok, glad to have that clarified. I feel foolish since I was let down just seeing the Recap article today. Looking forward to next week!

But it's true though: Sorin's motivations begin and end with him. Think about how he left Zendikar after Nissa destroyed the Keystone. A hero would have stayed, maybe even coming around and working with Nissa again to defeat the Eldrazi. Sorin's reaction best describes him: You made a mistake when I told you not to, and I'll leave you to your fate.

Sorin should be mono-black. He is pragmatic, selfish, hedonistic, and has no qualms about killing to meet an objective, or just casually. He is not a noble protector either: his actions regarding Avacyn and Zendikar were motivated by self-preservation for his race and plane, respectively. He doesn't care about other planes or peoples, just threats to his own. Otherwise, why didn't hop back to Zendikar when Nahiri sent out the distress call?
I get that you can argue Wizards' decision to add white due to 'greater good' points, but let's be honest. Sorin is out for Sorin's interests, same as Liliana. True, he doesn't wantonly kill as much as her, but that's just self-control that he's learned over the millennia. He is not like Gideon because Sorin would not be willing to hop between two worlds solving problems like Gideon did with Ravnica and Zendikar. Heck, he has problems getting to one plane on time. If it's not Innistrad, then Sorin will let other things take priority.
I've resigned myself to yet another rendition of B/W Sorin, but will still pine for a well done mono B version.

It's not an artifact based on comparison of the first checklist to this one. Checklist one has the artifact areas as marbled gray, while this checklist two is simply light gray. More than likely a land because a true colorless card *should* be up top. I say *should* since there were no colorless cards in original Innistrad, so dunno if checklist would follow regular cardlist layouts.

Quote from Jenrik »

http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/tell-me-what-you-want-2016-03-07

Not Maro referring to these character card requests in his article today! OOHHHHH.

Arixmethes mention!

I did find it odd that he called it a Serpent, when we know Arixmethes is a kraken.

Quote from Jay13x »

I hadn't looked closely at Thraben Inspector until now... either that's Emrakul's manifestation, or it's some kind of coral/seaweed.

Look at the two images I uploaded. One shows that the clues appear to be a sea god's symbol, with three fish hooks and moon in the background, rising over the sea, maybe?

The other shows Thraben Inspector's art more closely.

Honestly, I'm torn, it could go either way.

Haha, you beat me to it! Posted everywhere but here.

And agreed, dunno if it'll be a new threat in the sea god or a reveal that it's Emrakul come to Innistrad. Leaning toward my Desolate Eldrazi.

Hmmmm,I thought those were suction-cups, like on a tentacle, for Just the Wind. Looking again, I can see them as eyes too.

Agreed. Thraben Investigator looks like it's holding/standing near Emrakul corruption.

The spoiled Thraben Investigator is holding and standing near a growth that looks like it could be the corruption of Emrakul. As opposed to Ulamog and Kozilek's direct wastes, Em's could be more of a mossy, organic blight that eats away at the world. Just my initial thoughts/reaction.

So with Thraben Inspector, she is holding some sort of lichen/corruption covering part of a home. I don't mean to sound like a broken record, but conspiracy theory is that this is the start of Emrakul's wastes. And it would be different from Ulamog's and Kozilek's because it's a living waste, created by Em's affect on fungus/other microbes, that breaks down the land.

Emrakul is one of my favorite characters, and the only Eldrazi I opened naturally. Its profile calls to me both being about time and concepts of desolate isolation and the void. Now that a clarification of its abilities is available, I do like the shift in affecting and twisting biology.

Cannot wait to see what happens next for Emrakul!