For me, as a veteran, it is, and always was, about the community, not the name. I'll go where the people I like to talk to, and the staff that did such amazing work, are going.
If the staff moves to Nexus, I'll follow, like I went from News to Sally 14 years ago.
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May 9, 2018
Caranthir posted a message on Dominaria Retrospective by Mark WintersGreat article!Posted in: Articles
Though I am a little sad that after Kelly Digges, I see that another man highly responsible for the gem that is Dominaria left Wizards.
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Apr 9, 2018
Caranthir posted a message on Dominaria Preview - Final PartingCalled it!!! (I mean the Final Parting being Josu + Liliana, not Jodah + dying Jaya).Posted in: Articles
Also, gratz a lot to an official preview card! -
Mar 15, 2018
Caranthir posted a message on Dominaria Spoiler Digest - Who's Who and What's What from the Release NotesPosted in: ArticlesQuote from Formless_One »No, the Baron Sengir and Grandmother Sengir come from Ulgothra. However, Grandmother Sengir is actually a planeswalker named Ravi who knew the Baron when he was young and as I understand it before he was a vampire. Then she went insane after pulling an Urza and blowing up most of Ulgothra. But the plane has a planar portal that most likely connects to Dominaria, and who knows? Maybe the Baron and his "Grandmother" did some traveling around the Multiverse at some point.
The Baron is NOT from Ulgrotha. He is from an unknown plane, he was brought to Ulgrotha by an unknown walker and stranded there. He might be originally from Dominaria, as we seen Sengir vampires there...but there is not enough info either to confirm or dismiss it.
Granny is a former planeswalker and one-time friend of the Baron who had a hand in him becoming vampire. See here: https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Ravi
More in this 12 years old article from Matt Cavotta: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/royal-bloodline-emphasis-blood-2006-02-15 -
Mar 12, 2018
Caranthir posted a message on Dominaria Spoiler Digest - Who's Who and What's What from the Release NotesYou are welcome. Some more:Posted in: Articles
odah's paragraph is quite wild.
"(Jodah) was also present during the Phyrexian Invasion and helped restore Urza's sanity during that time" - this is wholly incorrect, where you got it?
- one of the primary contributous to Worldspell - not quite, he had to provide his mirror and was forced to utilize (and in the process, consume) the safe havens to distribute the excess energy of the spell to prevent another Sylex Blast.
It is debatable, whether Evra, Halcyon Witness is what we think. After all, we have seen Halcyon Glaze. But using this very particular name on Dominaria and NOT tying it to THE Halcyon would be immensely stupid.
Kolo Meha was above all a Bogardan fire mage, but with ties to Madara, of course.
Gix was not Glacian's kíller. He attacked and wounded him, but Yawgmoth "killed" him by his treattment. -
Mar 12, 2018
Caranthir posted a message on Dominaria Spoiler Digest - Who's Who and What's What from the Release NotesSome minor corrections:Posted in: Articles
- Primevals' rebirth was one of the climaxes of Planeshift,not Invasion
- Karn's Temporal Sundering is probably the time machine explosion also depicted on Sunder, not the Tolarian rift closure.
- Sagas get counters on the beginning of the precombat main phase
- Mirari was just one of Karn's probes, and a faulty one (it shouldn't be leaking power)
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Mar 7, 2018
Caranthir posted a message on Ixalan Story Interview with Alison LuhrsLoving it. Amazing read.Posted in: Articles
The most interesting thing for me is the reveal of intentional use of farce structure and themes for the story. It makes PERFECT sense. And explains a lot. -
Feb 11, 2016
Caranthir posted a message on Archive Trap: The World of InnistradGreat article, guys. Thanks for summarizing this.Posted in: Articles
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Jan 13, 2008
Caranthir posted a message on [Powerfantasy] Some pics of a game...Great pics, JamesPosted in: Hydrokinesis's Blog
Losing Miles had to hurt, indeed. I like your choice of team....playing with Miles and Phobeya together is one of my preferred combinations. Just add Harass and you got my fav "supervillain" team. But Sil is powerful with any high-damage super character. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
Wildfire, Pyroclasm, Flametongue Kavu... all these get better with this one.
If only there has been added a prevention for yourself..
So I think that there are two possible candidates: Overgrown Tomb and Svogthos, the Restless Tomb. I do not think that this could be a Rot Farm.
As for the others:
Most grievous death: Hanna of the Weatherlight and Mirri of the Weatherlight,
Most dramatic death: Barrin of Tolaria, Chainer
Most lame death: Ertai
Most ingenious death: Volrath
Most deserved death/punishment: Mochi and Konda
Most brave death: Gerrard/Urza, Skellum
Most selfless death/sacrifice: Bo Levar
Perplex...well, I am perplexed:eek: by this card. Brutal for the cost, very versatile.
Evangel ... Yay for Saprolings!
Rotwurm - nice addition to the Golgari puzzle, as R_E has said.
Psychic Drain - heh... EAT YOUR BRAIN
Congregation - Combo-licious
Watchwolf - 3/3 for 2? Well, the Conclave is the weenie guild (mostly), and it is vulnerable to the "Healing Bolt"
Sagittars - Phew, fat and two-headed... hate to play against
Dark Heart and GG - occasionaly usable
Sunhome Enforcer- sweet. I believe that he is the one from the trailer.
Doppleganger - good name, but I do not know whether I would play this.
Trophy Hunter - reminds me of Bounty Hunter from Tempest (by the name)
The Hierophant - why not? Cards like this were always used.
Ivy Dancer - in an environment of 2 of 4 guilds featuring green, it is not so bad as it seemed to be at the first sight.
Another nice piece. But I agree that this could prove to be very strong, though not tapping lands. Thanks, R_E.
Svogthos is clearly the Golgari guildhome, the place where Svogthir the ancient Golgari necromancer and Guildpact signer was kept in constant torment by the gorgon sisters (until the book story took place, of course) I would have really like to have seen this land transformed into a "Legendary Zombie Wizard named Svogthir".
Look at Vedalken Engineer and imagine him without the glass bulb. Technically, you have a simian four-handed humanoid with blue skin.
Happy to be of help to reach it
The Dimir headquarters is...well...decent. I have hoped for something else, but this is also good.
There was plenty of useful info, just like the Guild leaders and guild affiliations - does not the Simic Parun, an elvish "biomancer" named Momir Vig, sound cool?
And what about the Izzet? Now I understand why their signet is a dragon. If you have a dragon wizard (Niv-Mizzet) for parun, it is clear as a summer sky.
Azorius, the UW guild, is characterised as cold and calculating...not exactly like good guys
Patience, young Skywalker, TFE will return...sometimes...with a fresh bunch of them
Well, that is probably the best of this pile. If it has at least cool art, I can imagine to play it at least in casual decks.
No, thanks.:p
In a block with plenty of tokens, this could have been good - if only the cost has been lower. Nice name, though.
EDIT: Meh, I have broken the RTFC rule. nontoken, not token. So, with convoke, this can be a cheap Wrath...not so bad.
Sorcery speed, cost 3... typical filler.
I love the name and flavor, but this is probably the only thing I can like about this card. Vulnerable to non-damage killers...