Ghen could be fun in a Curse deck. They let you reset your curses (in a sort-of-round-about-way) from a player who's no longer a threat to the player who currently is one.
In fact I would say it actually makes more sense than Urza's final non-artifice method described in Timeshifted: turn the person two dimensional while in the Eternities. And I only just now realized that's a meta joke about the game...
Whoa, A Link Between Worlds was about Planeswalking the whole time.
Tezzeret can do this stuff too, right? With his Planar Bridge?
Unless they change it (which is always a possibility I suppose), the planar bridge can't transport organic material across planes... unless that material is a zombie covered in lazotep... for some reason.
So Tezzeret can't bring people* to other planes, only things.
*Other than other planeswalkers, who have their own sparks to shield them against the Blind Eterities.
I admit I was perhaps a bit harsh on Kaya being able to take people with her. It just felt like it came out of nowhere with no foreshadowing of any kind. Little more than her going "Oh, yeah, I can totally do that."
On the first question, I would assume that like any skill, practice improves ability, so you would get better at planeswalking over time. I don't know that we have any confirmation of that within the lore though. Notably we DO know that planeswalking is harder/takes longer for some planeswalkers than others. Elspeth notably always had difficulty with it. On the flip side The Wanderer has a quirk where she has to actively focus in order to NOT randomly planeswalk away.
As for question 2. The answer WAS "No. A neowalker cannot take another living being with them through the Blind Eternities." Then we got some nonsense handwavey explanation to let Kaya carry a person with her by essentially using her ghost-phasing power to occupy the same space as them (or possess them? I'm not too clear on this) and carry them with her. So seemingly Kaya is the only neowalker with the ability to take anyone else with her, and only in a very specific manner.
Wrenn is a dryad who is physically bonded to Six, essentially merging them into a single organism and enabling them to planeswalk together.
Jiang Yanggu is able to bring Mowu with him, because it's implied or stated (I believe in the War of the Spark novel) that Mowu is actually made of stone, not a real dog.
Jace and Nissa where making their way up correct? Hopefully they can catch Akiri, falling from a huge high like that would be a awful death with the waiting for death.
There's also still Kaza and Orah flying below on Kaza's staff. They could probably catch her as well.
It seems that it's to prevent a situation where, for example, you have two equipped creatures and you activate the ability, then your opponent removes one of the creatures, and now you're left being FORCED to unequip your remaining creature. The may lets you simply choose not to do so if it becomes disadvantageous to you.
Someone brought it up on Reddit but the Ancients were a group of old planeswalkers, older than perhaps most of the Oldwalkers we know, though this is perhaps speculation on my part. They warred against the upstart Tolgath, then a 'new' generation of planeswalkers whose desire to learn somehow led to the conflict between the two groups. The Ancients and the Tolgath presumably could have had outposts on Zendikar, and thier war may have been interplanar in nature.
But even if these are the Ancients being referred to in the card, what does Nahiri stand to inherit from them? Their technology? Lore? Or their antagonism towards the younger generation of planeswalkers meddling in their affairs? Nissa and Jace witnessed what Nahiri did to Innistrad. They also know that for whatever reason, Ugin Nahiri and Sorin decided to trap the Eldrazi Titans on Zendikar. I doubt Nissa and Jace would have warm feelings towards Nahiri and I'm equally doubtful that Nahiri could believe this younger generation could ever understand the sacrifices she undertook to protect her world.
I could be wrong but names have meaning and this would not be the first time in the recent past that WotC has referenced some pretty obscure lore as the basis of a story arc.
I don't think Jace and/or Nissa actually know that Nahiri had anything to do with the events on Innistrad, though..? Is it ever stated in the story?
Unless I'm forgetting something, the only planeswalker who ever encountered Nahiri on Innistrad was Sorin. Liliana knows it was Nahiri, because she was present during Sorin's recruiting of the Voldarens in Innistrad's Last Hope though I don't believe she ever knew just WHO Nahiri was, nor do I think she ever shared that information with anyone in the Gatewatch. At least, none that I can recall in the stories, and it's highly unlikely she would have bothered to do so after the fact. She's not exactly the most forthcoming with details.
I also don't recall anyone mentioning it in War of the Spark, just that she and Sorin were fighting, then mysteriously not fighting any more.
Are the arts for Niambi and Subira switched? Cause the woman in the "Subira" art is definitely wearing Niambi's clothes and earings and hairstyle. And Subira was the caravan leader.
I wasn’t sure which one was what
I just guess due to body age
Easy mistake with a character who has met people across a ton of ages.
Indeed. Niambi is likely as she appears now, where Subira appears in her art to most likely be how she looked then.
Do we even know if Subira is still alive? I can't recall if she was mentioned in the current time frame of the stories (I know she wasn't IN the part of the stories that took place in present day, but I can't recall if there was a reason given or not).
Are the arts for Niambi and Subira switched? Cause the woman in the "Subira" art is definitely wearing Niambi's clothes and earings and hairstyle. And Subira was the caravan leader.
Huh, if the translation is correct, this does not target.
"Up to two creature and/or planeswalkers of your choice."
So it gets around Shroud/Hexproof/Kira/Kasmina type effects. I mean that doesn't make it GOOD, given protection and indestructible, but it's an interesting quirk.
It kinda feels like yet one more thing that White is now worse at than other colors. Add it to the list.
That is perhaps and overreaction, but it's certainly the feeling I get from it.
Unless they change it (which is always a possibility I suppose), the planar bridge can't transport organic material across planes... unless that material is a zombie covered in lazotep... for some reason.
So Tezzeret can't bring people* to other planes, only things.
*Other than other planeswalkers, who have their own sparks to shield them against the Blind Eterities.
As for question 2. The answer WAS "No. A neowalker cannot take another living being with them through the Blind Eternities." Then we got some nonsense handwavey explanation to let Kaya carry a person with her by essentially using her ghost-phasing power to occupy the same space as them (or possess them? I'm not too clear on this) and carry them with her. So seemingly Kaya is the only neowalker with the ability to take anyone else with her, and only in a very specific manner.
EDIT: Oh, right, there's also Wrenn and Six, and to a lesser extent Jiang Yanggu and his dog Mowu.
Wrenn is a dryad who is physically bonded to Six, essentially merging them into a single organism and enabling them to planeswalk together.
Jiang Yanggu is able to bring Mowu with him, because it's implied or stated (I believe in the War of the Spark novel) that Mowu is actually made of stone, not a real dog.
There's also still Kaza and Orah flying below on Kaza's staff. They could probably catch her as well.
It seems that it's to prevent a situation where, for example, you have two equipped creatures and you activate the ability, then your opponent removes one of the creatures, and now you're left being FORCED to unequip your remaining creature. The may lets you simply choose not to do so if it becomes disadvantageous to you.
It makes her a natural leader for the Ladies Looking Left commander deck. (Yes, it's a thing.)
I don't think Jace and/or Nissa actually know that Nahiri had anything to do with the events on Innistrad, though..? Is it ever stated in the story?
Unless I'm forgetting something, the only planeswalker who ever encountered Nahiri on Innistrad was Sorin. Liliana knows it was Nahiri, because she was present during Sorin's recruiting of the Voldarens in Innistrad's Last Hope though I don't believe she ever knew just WHO Nahiri was, nor do I think she ever shared that information with anyone in the Gatewatch. At least, none that I can recall in the stories, and it's highly unlikely she would have bothered to do so after the fact. She's not exactly the most forthcoming with details.
I also don't recall anyone mentioning it in War of the Spark, just that she and Sorin were fighting, then mysteriously not fighting any more.
Indeed. Niambi is likely as she appears now, where Subira appears in her art to most likely be how she looked then.
Do we even know if Subira is still alive? I can't recall if she was mentioned in the current time frame of the stories (I know she wasn't IN the part of the stories that took place in present day, but I can't recall if there was a reason given or not).
"Up to two creature and/or planeswalkers of your choice."
So it gets around Shroud/Hexproof/Kira/Kasmina type effects. I mean that doesn't make it GOOD, given protection and indestructible, but it's an interesting quirk.
Apparently his title would more accurately be Vito, Thorn in the Dusk Rose's Side.