Either way we'll find out soon for Wizards Presents when they do their 2024 line-up reveal. It was originally scheduled for August 25th if I remember correctly but with recent changes I'm not sure if that's the correct date. Is something happening on August 5th instead?
If Belenon is a thing I guess it makes sense given its presence in MoM. I personally want to see oldplanes like Shandalar make the centrefold for once.
The lack of planeswalkers makes sense; they've done this before when building up to a central theme of a(n) (upcoming) set:
Decreasing # of artifacts from Invasion to Scourge to make way for Mirrodin
Significant lack of multi-colour cards from Onslaught to Saviours of Kamigawa to make way for Ravnica: City of Guilds.
This could be seen as the opposite, with the decreasing # of planeswalkers in a set to represent the opposite dynamic for a potential build-up again. It might not be too.
I for one am actually feel that planeswalkers need to take a background role like they were in Magic up to Lorwyn. The emphasis should be on the player being an interplanar traveller and the exploits we dare to endeavour.
If ordinary beings can planeswalk akin to how Gerrard and his crew did during the Weatherlight saga then I'm all for it.
I just hope they don't put the power balance emphasis into the design of the planeswalkers in spite of the rest of the cards in the set.
Figured Adventures would come back, but love the multi-colour aspect of them. Cruel Somnophage is the lesson they learned after the Merfolk Secretkeeper debacle XD.
And that artwork for the Dr. Who cards...As we say here in Southern Ontario:
"WOWZA!"
Merfolk Secretkeeper? I remember playing a lot of standard then and seeing some mill decks, and rogues decks but I don't remember anything noteworthy about Secretkeeper.
In limited, especially in Arena when the bots would never take Secretkeepers, people would hoard like 5+ secretkeepers. This was before the intro of Premier Drafts. Outside of that it wasn't too spectacular.
Figured Adventures would come back, but love the multi-colour aspect of them. Cruel Somnophage is the lesson they learned after the Merfolk Secretkeeper debacle XD.
And that artwork for the Dr. Who cards...As we say here in Southern Ontario:
Tomorrow we get previews or a first look into Wilds of Eldraine. Usually the Wizards Presents thing happens the latter half of August, so I dunno how this is gonna go down.
There's a neat trick should you ever forget or be confused as to what type of game Magic is.
Take any old regular Magic card, then turn it around and look at the back. It should be very obvious to you at this point what type of game it is
Magic: The Gathering
Deckmaster
A card game with five colours whose coloured dots are arranged in a pentagram-shaped layout.
With the Old Rutstein references here, I mean we don't know the full extent of Innistrad's planar layout so it could very well turn out to be a wild west-esque theme with an unknown Innistradi area we've yet to uncover. An invasion of the size that occurred is sure to have grandiose effects across all planes it touched.
A lot of these planes have a lot of uncovered area so whose to say it can't be larger than we were originally exposed to?
This is what makes Magic so beautiful: everyone is allowed to have aspects of the game that speak to them while ignoring others. It's a customizable experience rather than a single forced archetype on everyone. Magic is fantasy-based, but not the entirety of its existence. Deviations are allowed, and often times encouraged.
Quote from Crispen_Smith »
Its possible my reaction was a little strong but it definitely felt on first read that you were suggesting that you as a consumer would prefer it if other shoppers couldn't buy their Steven Seagal DVDs while shopping for mangos. Some people might like that.
Given I worked 18 years in food retail, don't underestimate the ability of grocery stores to do product placements in counter-intuitive places. I've seen hand towels in the produce department among other things. It happens. *shrug*
Guess what? I actually dislike Capenna, because I think it's crossing the boundary too much. That doesn't mean I hate Magic as a whole.
Pushing the boundary? WHAT boundary? A different aesthetic?
This clearly communicates that fantasy can be interpreted in so many ways, and Magic's latest experience is a personalized one that players can choose to incorporate into their styles. Capenna et al are examples of this. Fantasy doesn't always have to be knights and horses and spells and dragons and castles and so on.
To address this:
Quote from Simto »
Magic is fantasy
Magic is interpretive fantasy. Sci-fi has every right to be here as does steampunk or whatever else fits under that umbrella.
People have the right to (dis)like things, but that doesn't mean one perspective trumps the other. If there's an aspect or a set of Magic you don't particularly faavour, then skip over it and not participate.
Let people experience things the way they want to, not what you want them to. The Magic community is very fickle, so this doesn't surprise me one bit.
I didn't see yedora as a reprinting coming at all. Which means I get to pay less for yedora so I can get it for my kadena deck
and the rhino beetles that’s the second time I’ve seen a downshift from rare to common in one fell swoop. First time was Mortician Beetle in modern masters 2017
Don't forget about Scion of the Wild. Rare in Ravnica: City of Guilds and Tenth Edition, then common in Modern Masters 2015.
If Belenon is a thing I guess it makes sense given its presence in MoM. I personally want to see oldplanes like Shandalar make the centrefold for once.
If ordinary beings can planeswalk akin to how Gerrard and his crew did during the Weatherlight saga then I'm all for it.
I just hope they don't put the power balance emphasis into the design of the planeswalkers in spite of the rest of the cards in the set.
In limited, especially in Arena when the bots would never take Secretkeepers, people would hoard like 5+ secretkeepers. This was before the intro of Premier Drafts. Outside of that it wasn't too spectacular.
And that artwork for the Dr. Who cards...As we say here in Southern Ontario:
"WOWZA!"
So what is that in Eastern time? 6 am if I understand that right? (3 am PDT is three hours behind Eastern).
So what is everyone going to act like Cartman now?
"Screw you guys. I'm going home!"
Magic: The Gathering
Deckmaster
A card game with five colours whose coloured dots are arranged in a pentagram-shaped layout.
What am I missing here?
A lot of these planes have a lot of uncovered area so whose to say it can't be larger than we were originally exposed to?
Any takers on what you are hoping for?
Given I worked 18 years in food retail, don't underestimate the ability of grocery stores to do product placements in counter-intuitive places. I've seen hand towels in the produce department among other things. It happens. *shrug*
Pushing the boundary? WHAT boundary? A different aesthetic?
This clearly communicates that fantasy can be interpreted in so many ways, and Magic's latest experience is a personalized one that players can choose to incorporate into their styles. Capenna et al are examples of this. Fantasy doesn't always have to be knights and horses and spells and dragons and castles and so on.
To address this:
Magic is interpretive fantasy. Sci-fi has every right to be here as does steampunk or whatever else fits under that umbrella.
People have the right to (dis)like things, but that doesn't mean one perspective trumps the other. If there's an aspect or a set of Magic you don't particularly faavour, then skip over it and not participate.
Let people experience things the way they want to, not what you want them to. The Magic community is very fickle, so this doesn't surprise me one bit.
Don't forget about Scion of the Wild. Rare in Ravnica: City of Guilds and Tenth Edition, then common in Modern Masters 2015.