Eldrazi returning?
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Posted on Aug. 10, 2019, 5:32 a.m. by Nasser_inside1
This gives me vibes, I feel like the eldrazi are somehow returning, the ability and flavor text both arouse suspicion, any thoughts?
PepsiAddicted says... #4
feels too early for a full return. maybe we get bits and hints for a while
August 10, 2019 7:54 a.m.
Gidgetimer says... #5
It is from a supplemental set and has no bearing on the storyline. Just like Modern Horizons doesn't mean that Urza and Yawgmoth are returning C19 doesn't mean Eldrazi are returning.
August 10, 2019 8:40 a.m.
The Eldrazi were worshipped as gods by people on Zendikar who didn't know any better. The statue looks closer to Cosi than to Ula, which would make the worshippers vampires. Although they dont know the true destructive nature of Kozilek, it would be well within their character to want their god Cosi to cleanse the world.
August 10, 2019 9:55 a.m.
Gidgetimer says... #7
I've got to disagree. The statue on Idol of Oblivion looks like the one on the left of Shrine of the Forsaken Gods . The armored and helmated one that looks like Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre . Not the robed and "crowned" one that looks like Kozilek, the Great Distortion Although you can see the spikey halo that the "crown" evokes better on Kozilek's Return . If it is one of the three Old Gods of Zendikar it is definitely Ula.
August 10, 2019 10:28 a.m.
ork_mcgork says... #8
WoTC got the message, loud and clear, that the community was beyond tired of Eldrazi after Battle For Zendikar, Oath of the Gatewatch, Shadows Over Innistrad, and Eldritch Moon all had an Eldrazi focus (less so with SOI, but the block certainly covered it). We won't be seeing Eldrazi again for a long time. At this point, we're much more likely to get a return of the Phyrexians and other villains. Also, as was pointed out, the Commander sets can supplement story stuff, but they don't drive it forward so that flavor text and art are more likely a callback to the original Zendikar block than foreshadowing of anything.
August 10, 2019 11:14 a.m.
Gidgetimer says... #9
I prefer to consider the damage you need to deal in order to win instead of damage you need to receive in order to lose. It is highly unlikely that more than one player will be playing infect, so that player needs to deal 10 damage to each opponent, or 30 damage. The remaining players are all working on life totals and so need to deal 17 each to the infect player and 20 each to the other 2 opponents, or 57 damage. So infect is harder to pull off in commander than in 60 card.
If there are multiple infect players the math changes, but there are also super simple ways to completely hose infect that are decent on their own in other interactions.
August 10, 2019 11:58 a.m.
Magic has three "great" villains that they keep returning to - the Eldrazi, which were done to excess a while back; Nicol Bolas, which was just done to excess; and Phyrexia, Magic's oldest threat, whose return Wizards has been hinting about (Karn mentioned he wanted to deal with Phyrexia after Bolas; bringing back the Weatherlight, a ship inexorably tied to the old Phyrexia stories).
I expect the next big bad guys will be Phyrexia, and, if past experience holds true, we will have Phyrexia be the bad guys for a couple years. After that, I think it is reasonable to expect either Emrakul to return and take up the mantle of big baddie again, though I would personally hope for something entirely new. There might also be a buffer zone of one year dealing with the aftermath of Bolas, rather than going right into Phyrexia.
All-in-all, I would expect it to be a minimum of 2-4 years before the Eldrazi make a comeback, and quite possibly as long as 7 years.
August 10, 2019 12:05 p.m.
Also I don't think they're gonna do another return set soon, since they just did a huge return set and wrapped up a major story line in the process. So my guess is they'll be saving Eldrazi and Phyrexian for a return set. My guess is theres probably gonna be a new big bad before we get a return to Eldrazi.
August 10, 2019 3:02 p.m.
JANKYARD_DOG says... #12
In the case of "new bad guy story" may I remind you Garruk is still running amok somewhere. Also Lily and Tezz have bounties on their heads, so that'll have to be sorted out eventually.
August 10, 2019 10:20 p.m.
Ashiok is also planning something big, and could be gearing up to become a Gatewatch-level threat.
August 11, 2019 10:36 a.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #15
TypicalTimmy, I very much agree with that; if it takes 10 poison counters to defeat a player in a "normal" game, it should take 20 to defeat them in a game of EDH.
August 11, 2019 12:30 p.m.
ScionsStillLive says... #16
I don't think Eldrazi will reappear in a "story" set, maybe just a core set.
August 19, 2019 7:38 p.m.
I'm over Eldrazi at the moment.
I built a multiplayer deck recently with Eldrazi and people HATE playing against it.
That doesn't suit my personality, so I am done with them for a while.
I'd rather see Slivers return, and that's saying something as Slivers are my first hate.
PepsiAddicted says... #2
came across this on mtgs earlier jay13 on idol of oblivion
August 10, 2019 5:44 a.m.