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Oh and maybe it was obvious but turns out Heliod, the Radiant Dawn Flip is part of a cycle of ally-colored transformers, joined by at least Etali () and Ayara (). Any takers for blue and green? Probably safe to say that it'll be still-living characters who have had a mono-colored legendary creature card and are from a plane that's been in Standard-legal set. (I'm hoping for Fblthp, and that he'll be the new main villin in ten years.)
New Elspeth is... not all that exciting, despite afaik being the only in-story preview? And yes, turns out she does have (a fake) Godsend, somehow. Oh and Serra is kind of still around?
Ranke feels like he was written as more red than black ("You can't tell me what to do!"). And Torbran, Thane of Red Fell, by contrast, seemed more white than red in how serious and responsible he was acting.
March 23, 2023 6:02 p.m.
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Seems like Quintorius is being made into a PW card, probably because there was a demand for less humans among them. Wonder how much they'll differentiatie him from Daretti, Scrap Savant, aside from not being artifact-focused?
March 22, 2023 12:16 p.m.
Abaques: Rather than the mana cost, he could just have an activated ability like ": Target creature you control can’t be blocked this turn." :P
Tolkien elves are also more artifice-y than most MtG ones (with e.g. Meria being the exception that confirms the rule)
Gimli feels mono-R? idk if he ever does anything especially moral/charitable to anyone who's not already a friend of his, and he likes fighting for its own sake.
March 18, 2023 2:40 p.m.
March 18, 2023 5:22 a.m.
Precon!Sauron will be Grixis at least:
As for Aragorn being blue... I don't think wisdom is exclusive to blue. Blue is more about being wise for it's own sake rather than as a means for good? Been a long time since I read the books, but while Aragorn is learned, he's not actively studious?
March 18, 2023 5:15 a.m.
Oh and the by the "elven Sol Ring" I actually meant the dwarven one; the light kinda hides the beginning of the upper part of the arm so that's why I found it to be unintentionally Thing-like
March 16, 2023 4:15 p.m.
Mishra, Eminent One is another painless way of paying for Mount Doom wiping
March 16, 2023 2:32 p.m.
Feels like a flavor fail that Mount Doom can't be played with Partners!Frodo & Sam. And would it really be too powerful if the board wipe could use any artifact? You're still sacing a land and paying seven mana.
I wonder if there'll be a Smeagol // Gollum card that transform back and forth? Smeagol being red, Gollum black. (I feel that, as a junkie cannibal that likes riddles, he was both before he befriended Frodo.)
Tom Bombadil's Saga Cascade can only trigger once per turn, but that can be bent a bit with proliferate
The One Ring's ETB protection potentially gives effective life gain by preventing damage, helping mitigating the impact of burdens. (Also, it took me way to long to realize that it's supposed to represent invisibility.)
The elven Sol Ring art looks like it features a disembodied hand
March 15, 2023 6:18 p.m.
They could have side-stepped the overdefining of Bombadil by making him the set's only Planeswalker
March 15, 2023 12:33 p.m.
Spoiler season starts at May 30
So this is one of the few UB:s I'll reluctantly admit that I kinda like, since Tolkien's work doesn't clash too much with MTG's more generic fantasy flavor. From what I'm seen, I'm actually kind of dissapointed that that they're not doing more to differentiate their character designs from the Jacksson movies?
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#1Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor: Good call, wasn't aware that it was up.
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• A double-faced token (one that transforms): Templating sounds like it'll be wordy e,g. "Create a 1/1 black Phyrexian creature with "B: Transform this creature" that transforms into a 3/3 black Phyrexian Horror creature."
• A card that costs XUUUU: More efficient Mass Manipulation?
• A legendary creature returns not seen since Homelands: Irini Sengir? AFAIK all the other immortals have had reprints, and I could see her teaming up with Daughter of Autumn. For reference. (A much better idea: Vampire Chandler)
• Two draft archetypes that have a creature type matters component (one of which is Phyrexians - see above): Angel?
• The tenth _ & ___ sword: Blue & Black. I was thinking "Oil and Water", but the naming scheme for the ally-colored Swords tend to be complementary rather than contrasting. Dunno either what mechanics they'll use, most seem to have been snatched by the rest.
Next, here are some rules text that will be showing up on cards:
• “You may cast spells with flash or flying from the top of your library.”: Some blue-inclusive pairing, can't think of which tho.
• “where X is the excess damage dealt this way.”
• “This spell can’t be copied.”: AFAIK stuff like Isochron Scepter and Mizzix's Mastery can still copy it while it's a card outside of the stack
• “Each player can’t cast more than one non-Phyrexian spell each turn.”: Not a fan of this, feels situationally bad.
• “Whenever a permanent you control transforms or a permanent enters the battlefield under your control transformed,”: Hoping Tovolar Flip will be able to use this.
• “If the opponent protects it, remove a defense counter from it.”: Guessing this is for a Battle card and that it's indeed something Monarch-like.
• “At the beginning of your upkeep, if you haven’t been dealt combat damage since your last turn, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.”: Interesting seeing as the last set had Phyrexian Arena.
Finally, here are some Phyrexians in the set:
• Creature – Phyrexian Bear Rhino: Ikoria-based
• Creature – Phyrexian Devil: Innistrad-based, I hope. Would be funny since then it'd be Norn-ish.
• Creature – Phyrexian Dog Warrior: Tarkir-based
• Creature – Phyrexian Jackal: Jackal Pup reference? Otherwise you could go with Amonketh, although the lack of class makes me doubtful.
• Creature – Phyrexian Shark: Mmmm yess
And some creature type lines of denizens fighting them:
• Creature – Raccoon Warrior: Capenna-based
• Creature – Goblin Spellshaper: no idea what it'll Spellshape
• Creature – Wolverine Dinosaur: Again, Ikoria.
• Legendary Creature – Elder Giant Dog: As pointed out, Kroxa + Kunoros
• Legendary Creature – Ape Dinosaur Turtle: Kogla + Yidaro, Wandering Monster. Feels kinda weird since they don't seem like very natural enemies?
March 24, 2023 7:09 p.m.