After witnessing the finale of the gatewatch arc involving Bolas going nuts to become a god-like figure again, it made me wonder if the arc would have been better received if it took place on his native Dominaria, the part where his quest for godhood originated.
It felt so out of place being on Ravnica. Imagine if they had found a way to revive his dead brethren on Dominaria as part of the epic showdown rather than what happened with the eternals, gatewatch, and whatever else they had planned for it.
Does anyone else feel that they missed a prime opportunity to end this arc on the place where it all started?
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The entire plot was interesting, as it finally involved a big bad that actually destroyed something of value and it had stakes that could kill some planeswalkers (sadly almost nobody died that matters, which is really bothersome).
The trailer for War of the Sparks was the best WotC ever did and probably ever will, hyped the set to astronomical levels.
Still gives me goosebumps : War of the Spark Trailer
Ravnica itself is a good place for the conflict, as its so filled with many characters and acts as a hub world with Jace being the Guildpact (as which he does a terrible job running around the multiverse doing anything but his job).
WotC 1 set per plot approach dragged it down, having 3 sets as a block for the showdown would have been much more epic, much more death and destruction, and more room to involve more old elements.
Yea, jumping to multiple planes to fight the big bad, which assembles more evil help would have been more interesting, we got a bit of that in all the sets leading to the "climax" , with Amonkhet, Kaladesh, even Dominaria, but it just provided pieces to the plot, with Tezzeret and the zombie army, Blackblade for Gideon and beating all the demons for Liliana, etc. That was "ok" but the actual climax was too quick and the consequences of all that basically voided away right with the next block, where non of the stuff actually mattered.
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Invasion/Apocalypse did a better job building the climax, a massive struggle of multiple factions and big plans to beat the bad evil, instead of just "lets storm the citadel" which they did in War of the Spark (incredible lazy approach to the climax, Bolas could and should have fought and retreated much more, as hes supposed to be intelligent).
It felt so out of place being on Ravnica. Imagine if they had found a way to revive his dead brethren on Dominaria as part of the epic showdown rather than what happened with the eternals, gatewatch, and whatever else they had planned for it.
Does anyone else feel that they missed a prime opportunity to end this arc on the place where it all started?
'buster
HR Analyst. Gamer. Activist | Fearless, and forthright | Aggro-control is a mindset.
Elspeth and Jhoira rock my world.
The trailer for War of the Sparks was the best WotC ever did and probably ever will, hyped the set to astronomical levels.
Still gives me goosebumps : War of the Spark Trailer
Ravnica itself is a good place for the conflict, as its so filled with many characters and acts as a hub world with Jace being the Guildpact (as which he does a terrible job running around the multiverse doing anything but his job).
WotC 1 set per plot approach dragged it down, having 3 sets as a block for the showdown would have been much more epic, much more death and destruction, and more room to involve more old elements.
Yea, jumping to multiple planes to fight the big bad, which assembles more evil help would have been more interesting, we got a bit of that in all the sets leading to the "climax" , with Amonkhet, Kaladesh, even Dominaria, but it just provided pieces to the plot, with Tezzeret and the zombie army, Blackblade for Gideon and beating all the demons for Liliana, etc. That was "ok" but the actual climax was too quick and the consequences of all that basically voided away right with the next block, where non of the stuff actually mattered.
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Invasion/Apocalypse did a better job building the climax, a massive struggle of multiple factions and big plans to beat the bad evil, instead of just "lets storm the citadel" which they did in War of the Spark (incredible lazy approach to the climax, Bolas could and should have fought and retreated much more, as hes supposed to be intelligent).
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