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[WanderingWind]

Having never seen Mark Rosewater on camera, I take back what I said about him knowing what he was doing with that protection from black joke.

My wife watched it with me and she said, and I quote "I think I just OD'd on geek. That little guy is so excited."

 

[kirblar]

I think the block goes

111->211->332

 

[blindrocket]

My wife watched it with me and she said, and I quote "I think I just OD'd on geek. That little guy is so excited."

I missed it, can't wait to catch a clip on YouTube.
That's just how MaRo is. It's funny.
He has so much energy bundled in a small package and comes across as being so enthusiastic.

 

[traveler]

Maybe tribal is returning? Tribal with a focus on "classes" instead of races? Set does seem an awful lot like the world of Odyssey/Scourge from the little we've seen. Barbarians in a harsh environment with the inevitable promise of a dragon centric set? Guess the Mongolian theming will differentiate it.

Just spitballing. I'm more excited for this set than I have been for any in a while. Really ready for a return to bottom up design. Never was the biggest top down fan and it's results of late have been especially subpar.

 

[Kurtofan]

But there was already one in the storyline. Seem weird to say "DRAGONS ARE BACK!" and follow it up with "Woops they are all dead". Bringing the dragons back in a third, large set matches up with how Rise of the Eldrazi and Avacyn Restored played out.

I didn't say they would all die, I meant as in a big war, where they could kill everyone, like in New Phyrexia.
1 set: dragon less world, but something's not right.

2 set: dragon are back!

3 set: War against dragons! Dragons wins! (or lose)

The Scars of Mirrodin scenario.

 

[kirblar]

Maybe tribal is returning? Tribal with a focus on "classes" instead of races? Set does seem an awful lot like the world of Odyssey/Scourge from the little we've seen. Barbarians in a harsh environment with the inevitable promise of a dragon centric set? Guess the Mongolian theming will differentiate it.

Just spitballing. I'm more excited for this set than I have been for any in a while. Really ready for a return to bottom up design. Never was the biggest top down fan and it's results of late have been especially subpar.

Tribal is dead. Too much upkeep outside of blocks where it's relevant for too little reward.

 

[Hero]

Having never seen Mark Rosewater on camera, I take back what I said about him knowing what he was doing with that protection from black joke.

Haha, it's funny because I was thinking of that post of yours in particular during the reveal segment.

 

[WanderingWind]

I missed it, can't wait to catch a clip on YouTube.
That's just how MaRo is. It's funny.
He has so much energy bundled in a small package and comes across as being so enthusiastic.

Yeah, no doubt. He seems like a great guy. Love his podcast, even if he can't stay on one subject for like, 30 seconds. I love how he started casts on the color pie, then sort of meandered into other 9 part podcasts.

 

[Karakand]

EDIT: Wizards really needs to embrace spectacle. Two guys sitting at a table surrounded by acres of empty space is so...anti-climatic. Have an audience watching the feed that you can cut to cheering and/or pouting, get live reactions, etc.

They used to have the crowds close enough where you could hear them and they were very disruptive.

 

[ultron87]

Man, Chapin with the heart of the cards there.

 

[Crocodile]

I didn't say they would all die, I meant as in a big war, where they could kill everyone, like in New Phyrexia.
1 set: dragon less world, but something's not right.

2 set: dragon are back!

3 set: War against dragons! Dragons wins! (or lose)

The Scars of Mirrodin scenario.

Fair enough

Man, Chapin with the heart of the cards there.

Magic the Gathering: SKILL GAME

#KAPPA

 

[Hero]

Chapin ripping lands off the top, so good.

 

[blindrocket]

Dragons as steeds. The rider gets "enchanted" onto the dragon giving it a stat boost. When the dragon dies, the rider falls off still on the battlefield. Just how enchantment creatures work. lulz

This dragon talk reminds me of the disappointment of the lack of dragons in.... Dragon's Maze.

 

[Crocodile]

Chapin ripping untapped lands in the exact right order off the top, so good.

FTFY

 

[blindrocket]

Announcing Khans of Tarkir: http://youtu.be/zpXwpmm8GXQ


Something new.. Hmmm.. What have we been asking for?

 

[Haly]

More Standard/Modern playables?

 

[traveler]

Tribal is dead. Too much upkeep outside of blocks where it's relevant for too little reward.

Sorry, should have clarified- a tribal focus, not the actual keyword. (different Clans functioning as different tribes)

 

[blindrocket]

More Standard/Modern playables?

lol. (We can hope)

He said something we've been asking for but they've never done in Magic.

 

[WanderingWind]

Honestly, what has the community been asking for that isn't about lands? Well, except Eldrazi and it's too soon for them to be back.

 

[The Technomancer]

Honestly, what has the community been asking for that isn't about lands? Well, except Eldrazi and it's too soon for them to be back.

Eh, there's been like five years since the Eldrazi, that's a decent span. I don't think it will be Eldrazi though because this is so clearly the dragon set

...I've got no idea.

 

[blindrocket]

Hmm...

No ad cards in the pack.
No basic lands in the pack.

 

[The Technomancer]

Maybe on like the third attempt they've gotten "evolving" cards right?

Although, even with apparently mixed reception, I still thought Level Up was a really cool mechanic.

 

[narcosis219]

Full art lands are back. Told you kirbs

WHAT?? Where does it say that?

 

[WanderingWind]

WHAT?? Where does it say that?

I'm just guessing based on the Judge art and the fact that I can't think of something else that people have been asking for that fits.

kirbs is just hating, as per the usus

 

[kirblar]

I'm just guessing based on the Judge art and the fact that I can't think of something else that people have been asking for that fits.

kirbs is just hating, as per the usus

I'm not hating, I'm asking why you would print expensive full art promos only to devalue them months later by printing full art lands again.

They don't do this with Judge stuff on purpose.

 

[The Technomancer]

It could be a wedge block, people have been frothing at the mouth for that for a while. Doesn't really seem to fit with the, admittedly two, pieces of art we've seen so far

EDIT: no wait, they wouldn't do multicolor two years after RTR. They said they learned their lesson with Alara

 

[kirblar]

It could be a wedge block, people have been frothing at the mouth for that for a while. Doesn't really seem to fit with the, admittedly two, pieces of art we've seen so far

EDIT: no wait, they wouldn't do multicolor two years after RTR. They said they learned their lesson with Alara

Also, gold is a "we can use it whenever thing" in small doses now.

 

[WanderingWind]

I'm not hating, I'm asking why you would print expensive full art promos only to devalue them months later by printing full art lands again.

They don't do this with Judge stuff on purpose.

Just joking, mate.

But judge promos can be foiled, signed versions sent out ahead of time. That's still pretty neat, and they can be promos for like, level 1s or something.

Think outside the box!

 

[acheron_xl]

Probably more double-faced cards. Maro says that people love that bullshit and there's a ton of untapped design space and blah blah blah.

 

[WanderingWind]

Check out the Pro Tour to see what Magic looks like sans counter magic.

Spoiler: It's dumb as hell

 

[Hero]

I'm with Kirblar, full art basics aren't featured in this set. Next year for Return to Zendikar.

 

[Lucario]

Announcing Khans of Tarkir: http://youtu.be/zpXwpmm8GXQ


Something new.. Hmmm.. What have we been asking for?

~definitely lots of dragons~

Spoiler

if they're all dead 4real i quit magic

Seriously though, little dragons -- dragon tribal especially -- would be the best.

 

[ultron87]

If it's the dragon set I hope Bolas shows up.

 

[blindrocket]

I keep having whacky ideas.

Dragons are dead on that plane but the PW returns with a portal to bring them from other planes. The twist is you can play cards with the dragon creature type from previous sets.

 

[OnPoint]

Bring back the other Elder Dragons.

Make Niv a PW.

Um...

That's all I got for stuff people have been asking for.

 

[Kacar]

I keep having whacky ideas.

Dragons are dead on that plane but the PW returns with a portal to bring them from other planes. The twist is you can play cards with the dragon creature type from previous sets.

Haha this would be beyond incredible.

 

[Wichu]

I keep having whacky ideas.

Dragons are dead on that plane but the PW returns with a portal to bring them from other planes. The twist is you can play cards with the dragon creature type from previous sets.

Time Spiral-esque Timeshifted cards in boosters, but they're all Dragons.

 

[bigkrev]

Nam gets thoughtsiezed, reveals hand with 2 different art Thoughtsiezes AND is using 4th Edition Forests

I think he hates aesthetics.

 

[kirblar]

Time Spiral-esque Timeshifted cards in boosters, but they're all Dragons.

Given that they explicitly had to change collation methods to make this block work, this could be it (a shared sheet that all 3 sets use.)

 

[Firemind]

Nam gets thoughtsiezed, reveals hand with 2 different art Thoughtsiezes AND is using 4th Edition Forests

I think he hates aesthetics.

Those fourth edition basics are truly a thorn in the eye. At least use Urza's if you like text.

 

[blindrocket]

I want to play with my Thundermaw Hellkites.

 

[narcosis219]

I'm just guessing based on the Judge art and the fact that I can't think of something else that people have been asking for that fits.

kirbs is just hating, as per the usus

Okay so don't say it like it's truthfact.

YOU GOT ME ALL WET IN THE PANTIES

 

[Haly]

If I wanted to watch people trade weenies, I'd watch Hearthstone.

 

[kirblar]

If I wanted to watch people trade weenies, I'd watch Hearthstone.

In Hearthstone, they actually trade.

 

[Haly]

In Hearthstone, they actually trade.

True that.

 

[Jaeyden]

Chapin win makes me smile. So happy for him!

 

[Crocodile]

I'm glad Chapin won, he finally got his dues Plus we don't want another Pro Tour where the winner would just go down in history as "the dude that wasn't Chapin" (no disrespect to Wook).

Spoiler

That fucking photo though........I can't :/

The bit at the end with Elspeth was a bit awkward but Sprankle is def a God-Tier cosplayer I wonder who her go to character will be now that

Spoiler

Elspeth is dead

 

[f0rk]

Where do you guys stand on different sets for the same cycles of lands. Like if all my Arid Mesa's are Zendikar would it be bad my Verdant Catacombs are from the new set.

 

[Angry Grimace]

I give it a 5% chance that Elspeth doesn't just come back to life through tomfoolery.

 

[rCIZZLE]

Where do you guys stand on different sets for the same cycles of lands. Like if all my Arid Mesa's are Zendikar would it be bad my Verdant Catacombs are from the new set.

Would be a little bit of a visual fail but it'd be better than having different versions of lands within the playset.