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.
So was I. This was the initial reason why I tried to search for it, ending at least with this info. I have not read Fifth Dawn. I was hoping for King/Thran, not Onslaught/, Grubb or McGough. I like the last one's style in Kamigawa books. But as long as the man who wrote The Darksteel Eye avoid writing MTG novels, it is acceptable.
Why reprint a Nightmare in flavor-intensive set, especially considering the fact that it come to us two months later with Ninth? That would be illogical, don't you think? This is 100% black Ki-Rin.
Yes, you mean Captain Okazawa, leader of the refugees' escort.
His name was the first that jumped into my mind when I saw the picture.
According to Amazon.com, the author of the first book in Ravnica cycle will be Cory Herndon, the author of the Fifth Dawn novel. No image is available so far, though.
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So THIS is an excellent idea, yamaneko. The Elemental Spirit would be far the best way how to describe her nature at the card. Good point.
You stirred my curiosity. So I went and found the book, and here we go:
Page 43:
"She is a primordial force of nature, a consumer of warmth and devourer of life." - Kiku
Page 45:
..This was not a myojin to be appeased by prayers but a primordial spirit with the cruel instinct of a predator. - Kiku's thoughts
So she IS a kami, but a kami that cannot be reasoned with like the myojin or Mochi. She is primordial, straightforward coming to consume warmth. Trying to talk or else reason with her would be quite as useful as trying to reason with raging river or falling avalanche.
Quistnix is half-right. She is not a demon. I am not sure if we can say that she is not a kami. Kiku said that she is a force of nature, but all the kami are the natural forces embodied. The myojin are the embodiments of single colors.
And as for the title:
Snow Queen, Snow Lady, Lady of Snow, Lady of Frost, Frost Queen, Frost Maiden/oh, this reminds me of Icewind Dale:D/
These seem to be the most probable.
I do not like the B/W scheme much. But though B/W, it is done nicely. The clan part is hilarious.
This is a complete comics adaptation of EP III. If you are too eager to endure the waiting, hold your breath, and Let the Force be with you.
/Right-click at the link, and Save As.... it is a zip archive full of .gif, 24.7 MB/