Gah I really hope she's BW or BWR... I mean, still... mono black would be good... even. but please don't make her affiliated with blue...
...Why wouldn't she be in UBR? I think your wanting her to be BW shouldn't override the fact that there is nothing keeping her from being UBR, the colors of Bolas. And defending it with "Well, angels should be W in some form" makes no sense if monoblack would be good? If anything, having her be UBR would let her have flying without costing too much.
Grixis needs stronger competitive cards anyways. Though being any part black would make me happy, I don't think you have any solid argument of her being NON-blue. (not to mention, blue= control magic)
battlegrace angel is who she reminds me of off top, and with the sigils like solmancer said, breaking the sigils sever's her ties with bant, and if she goes grixis she retains her blue aspect
I thought of battlegrace angel as well. maybe she became a grixis angel.
Well that gets to go into my quotes. Thx. If she isn't all three I'll certainly settle for one of the three color pairs. At this rate she's looking BR or BW
I feel foolish now as I completely forgot about the solid multicolor. Well then with luck she'll be all three or a pair.
Well I think RWB is a very interesting color combination and I feel like there's a lot you can do with it and like all they've done is Oros, which I like, and Hide//Seek, which doesn't really count. I also wish they'd do more with RGU I want to see what they do with the absence of both white and black.
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Well since its name is a noun (slave) I'd say no, its a creature.
Slave can also be used to qualify a person's position with respect to another, along with other words like "Servant" and "Serf". They can both be nouns to describe the person ("Servant of Whatever"), but also titular in usage ("Name, Chief Servant"). I'm personally leaning more towards creature myself since they added "of Bolas" to it, implying that it's more of the "describes what the creature is" usage ("what" the creature is would suggest the adjectival/Control Magic usage).
The more I look at it, the more I feel that it probably is a non-creature spell. The card name could really go either way, but as a creature card, the art doesn't really present an active character that has been summoned, ready for battle. Instead it's a hyponotized angel on her knees, clearly dazed and confused.
Is it possible rules-wise for them to create a card that transfers control and ownership of a card for the rest of a game? That, to me, seems like the type of ability you need on a card that references Bolas.
...Why wouldn't she be in UBR? I think your wanting her to be BW shouldn't override the fact that there is nothing keeping her from being UBR, the colors of Bolas.
You're right there isn't, but I already stated, just cuz he has his name in hers (wow that sounded wrong) does NOT mean she has to stick to his strict color scheme.
And defending it with "Well, angels should be W in some form" makes no sense if monoblack would be good?
Now, now. I never said angels had to be in some form of white. I actually would love it if she was black, but the solid multitcolor factor slipped my mind for a moment.
If anything, having her be UBR would let her have flying without costing too much.
And being an angel, flying would be a natural ability no matter what the color.
The more I look at it, the more I feel that it probably is a non-creature spell. The card name could really go either way, but as a creature card, the art doesn't really present an active character that has been summoned, ready for battle. Instead it's a hyponotized angel on her knees, clearly dazed and confused.
Is it possible rules-wise for them to create a card that transfers control and ownership of a card for the rest of a game? That, to me, seems like the type of ability you need on a card that references Bolas.
They won't create cards that transfer ownership for a couple reasons, these being the two:
- Transferral of ownership basically means "ante" of a sort. That idea didn't really pick up, so I understand.
- Transferral of ownership means that if I tried to bounce it, it would go to the NEW owner's hand. That's something they're explicitly against, thus far, especially if someone wants to be cute and do something like Time Spiral right after all that. (Hey look! I just stole your angel AND shuffled it into my library!...) Additionally, it also completely violates the premise of who is the "owner" of a card, that being "the player who began the game with the card in his/her library".
Well this is quite an interesting twist, flavor-wise it is interesting how it seems that Bolas found a way to control this bantian angel via the sigils. If that is true Bant is sure ****ed up.
Now that i see the full art the positioning sure do looks weird when you look at it closely. :/ It's a bit disappointing that it didn't end up as Asha, but hey at least there's a possibility that this is a creature card.
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It'll be hard pressed to beat this art if you ask me... best art of the set by far imo. But ya never know. I've said that before only to have it changed upon seeing another card.
Bolas doesn't need a slave, he just WANTS one, and as we know, what Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker wants, he gets. (Think the -2 planeswalker ability)
And the artwork is so clean! I'll bet it ends up in next years Spectrum.
Huh, that's a good point. We already got Bolas' ultimate ability, in the form of Cruel Ultimatum, and now it looks like we might get his second ability in the form of another non-creature spell (Though I could also see this as a creature, I suppose). I wonder if we'll see a Vindicate that doesn't hit creatures too.
What if (cue Paranoid Junkie Voice) the Sigils are some crazy artifacts that Bolas Created to control peoples minds, man, cuz then he could like, take control of Bant & Stuff, man, and then he'd only have 4 more to take control of the Alara Plane...man.
as a creature card, the art doesn't really present an active character that has been summoned, ready for battle. Instead it's a hyponotized angel on her knees, clearly dazed and confused.
This.
The card doesn't seem to represent a "creature, ready for battle" at all - rather, it represents something happening to the formerly battle-ready creature. I don't think it's a creature, but that's just MHO.
Everyone knows that good luck and good game are such insincere terms that any man who does not connect his right hook with the offender's jaw on the very utterance of such a phrase is no man I would consider as such.
And in Portuguese IIRC, "bolas" is slang for "balls".
Slave of Balls.
Seriously though, this art is some of the best I've seen in ages; so dynamic and with a rich, if simple, story.
I'm hoping for the first :symb::symu::symr: angel, as it would be so interesting and fitting for bolas. It would be cool if it started out as a badass haste angel with "slave counters" on it, and after so many turns, it would eventually break free, become a mono-white creature, and go under your opponents control.
I hope this is actually a creature, and not just a spell because man, that's some kick-ass art. Also, it would be equally cool to see it have a full title of "Asha, Slave of Bolas", and be something along the lines of Selenia, only better.
Personally, i'm hoping for BRW. Though BR or BRU would also be acceptable.
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...Why wouldn't she be in UBR? I think your wanting her to be BW shouldn't override the fact that there is nothing keeping her from being UBR, the colors of Bolas. And defending it with "Well, angels should be W in some form" makes no sense if monoblack would be good? If anything, having her be UBR would let her have flying without costing too much.
Grixis needs stronger competitive cards anyways. Though being any part black would make me happy, I don't think you have any solid argument of her being NON-blue. (not to mention, blue= control magic)
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I thought of battlegrace angel as well. maybe she became a grixis angel.
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Is it possible rules-wise for them to create a card that transfers control and ownership of a card for the rest of a game? That, to me, seems like the type of ability you need on a card that references Bolas.
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You're right there isn't, but I already stated, just cuz he has his name in hers (wow that sounded wrong) does NOT mean she has to stick to his strict color scheme.
Now, now. I never said angels had to be in some form of white. I actually would love it if she was black, but the solid multitcolor factor slipped my mind for a moment.
And being an angel, flying would be a natural ability no matter what the color.
- Transferral of ownership basically means "ante" of a sort. That idea didn't really pick up, so I understand.
- Transferral of ownership means that if I tried to bounce it, it would go to the NEW owner's hand. That's something they're explicitly against, thus far, especially if someone wants to be cute and do something like Time Spiral right after all that. (Hey look! I just stole your angel AND shuffled it into my library!...) Additionally, it also completely violates the premise of who is the "owner" of a card, that being "the player who began the game with the card in his/her library".
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Now that i see the full art the positioning sure do looks weird when you look at it closely. :/ It's a bit disappointing that it didn't end up as Asha, but hey at least there's a possibility that this is a creature card.
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Bolas doesn't need a slave, he just WANTS one, and as we know, what Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker wants, he gets. (Think the -2 planeswalker ability)
And the artwork is so clean! I'll bet it ends up in next years Spectrum.
I am hoping its a B/R angel. I could go with B/R/W seeing that Bolas has many minions and most of them retain their original nature to some extent.
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Huh, that's a good point. We already got Bolas' ultimate ability, in the form of Cruel Ultimatum, and now it looks like we might get his second ability in the form of another non-creature spell (Though I could also see this as a creature, I suppose). I wonder if we'll see a Vindicate that doesn't hit creatures too.
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Because this angel kneeled down in under the control of Boras. His tail is around her.
Could be "Gain control of the creature. End of turn does not effected."
But also at what cost? Notice the broken coins?
This.
The card doesn't seem to represent a "creature, ready for battle" at all - rather, it represents something happening to the formerly battle-ready creature. I don't think it's a creature, but that's just MHO.
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Who wouldn't want that her as a slave? I hope it has a tap ability... "I tap that".
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And in Portuguese IIRC, "bolas" is slang for "balls".
Slave of Balls.
It's probably more likely a UBBR enslave kind of card.
Seriously though, this art is some of the best I've seen in ages; so dynamic and with a rich, if simple, story.
I'm hoping for the first :symb::symu::symr: angel, as it would be so interesting and fitting for bolas. It would be cool if it started out as a badass haste angel with "slave counters" on it, and after so many turns, it would eventually break free, become a mono-white creature, and go under your opponents control.
Personally, i'm hoping for BRW. Though BR or BRU would also be acceptable.
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