That said the lilypads are probably a nice texture to have behind the text box.
A quick mock-up confirms that both vertical illustrations work well cropped and the creepy child would look weird if not cropped at all, so maybe this is just artists laying out their art the way they want even if only a detail of the illustration is used as card art. Anyone remember the promotional art for the moxes?
Though the Agent of Faces certainly could be a planeswalker rather than some rare creature, it's certainly possible both ways.
Quote from Jhyrryl »Kinda looks like it, doesn't it. And Sorin standing behind him.
Everyone who wears a hood is Jace. Everyone with white hair is Sorin. And Academy Journeymage is Narset.
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Believe me, I wanted to LOVE this set. But once nostalgia-blindness subdues, ppl will realize how mediocre Dominaria is in terms of power level.
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I also took another picture of the three foil mythics these boxes packed, as a little bonus. This might be a very good occasion to show some of you why I might come across as negative or pessimistic sometimes, or why hate I garbage mythics in such products with such a passion... because it's ME who opens this **** all the god damn time!
(Apologies for the bad quality, I forgot to correct a setting for my cam as I took the pics.)
edit: approx 24 boxes, thank you raptor
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I don't really know what makes this a mythic, it can't exactly be due to power reasons. It's a minimal boost, followed by delayed boardclear that might net you a built-in creature advantage of 1. Clearing opponents grave is just irrelevant after three turns, lets face it. Sure, it's a complex card, but I guess we'll also get sagas at lower rarities.
I'm also pretty surprised by that wording, is this a new thing that they type such abrupt explanations? 'Add a lore counter' shouldn't it be 'Add a lore counter on it or CARDNAME'? Sacrifice After III. III what, effect, trigger, counter? I get how the card works, but this seems pretty drastic compared to previous wordings. In all fairness, though, this layout is clean, unique and readable, so they got that part right.
God bless their incredible confidence and enthusiasm.
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Of course... Of course that's the reason behind it. God forbid they go all out for a set celebrating 25th anniversary, I mean we need some sort of backup to sell the next masters, right?
Maros answer just aggravates me more than it should. I appreciate the honesty, but that constraint issue he talks about really needs to **** off once and for all. Unless you're talking about the constraints Hasbro might enforce on you there's just no excuse, just do it for once instead of making up excuses, it's your damn game ffs!
Can't this, can't do that bs led to such awesome things as the reserved list, which is without a doubt, the grandest concept mtg could ever invent.
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I don't think the set is absolute trash, but it's not the masters it should've been, at least from my point of view.
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Maro just doesn't get teh memes. Apparently, totally lost is hilarious, but lulzing around with storm crow in limited isn't - makes sense.