The art on all of these tokens is on point. I LOVE the art on the 4/4 Zombie Warrior with Bolas and Oketra in the background. I also like Kev Walker's Devil and Winona Nelson's Citizen tokens.
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The art depicts it on the Meditation Plane, so that was likely deliberate.
Since they are made by Ugin and the manifest / morph were in the lore of Tarkir leftovers of Ugin's magic or things like that, it is only to be expected.
I love the Zombie Warrior token for Oketra, that art is on point! I also enjoy what they did with the three Army tokens, showing an increasing number of Eternals. And the Servo token is giving me Fblthp vibes due to how big its eye is and its pose in the crowd.
Also, Ugin's token shows that it's now his horns, not Bolas' horns, that adorn the Meditation Realm now.
The art on all of these tokens is on point. I LOVE the art on the 4/4 Zombie Warrior with Bolas and Oketra in the background. I also like Kev Walker's Devil and Winona Nelson's Citizen tokens.
Same, liking that too. The 4/4 zombie looks like he can kick butt.
Voja looks thick. He can have a contest with Mowu on who is thicker one.
Why does the citizen token look like a crazy person from a horror movie?
Well drawn servo. The feeling of Kaladesh is there.
I enjoy the fact that there are additional planeswalkers in each deck...Kaya and Kiora, very nice. Bioessence Hydra, yes please! Actually could see myself getting both, not bad.
I really like that the angel token is not a complete slate of white. Wizards tend to go overboard in color correction and color uniformity. Here, the angel has a nice green background and red details that makes it pop a lot more than the usual blue-sky background.
Same for the soldier and goblin.
Unfortunately, they fell into the same old trap for many others. The devil is the worst of the lot. Red on orange on red on orange, really? The comparison to the goblin is painful.
Other are more of middle ground: the assassin black background in a black frame... but she's nicely dressed in lilac and green.
Since this post also covers the planeswalker decklists, I will take a moment to comment that Gideon, the Oathsworn's static ability buffs "non-Gideon creatures". Problem is, Kytheon, Hero of Akros is a non-Gideon creature, so even though Gideon can't buff other Gideons, he can buff his past self, which is a hilarious flavor fail.
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Great tokens this set - the temptation to buy a box grows daily.
Also, I have to say that those are some of the strongest intro decks in a long time. They actually feel like old precons in that they are clearly bad but also clearly have a theme that would be fun for the kitchen table and could morph into a tier 2 deck of some sort with some love. Also some rares that feel like they'll have actual value: Oath of Kaya is a nice add to the Gideon deck (although it'd be nicer if the deck had more 'walkers in it) and Command the Dreadhorde is a card with potential, while Jace's deck comes with Bioessence Hydra (again it'd be better with more 'walkers but can't win 'em all) and more importantly Spark Double which is great. These might be the first Planeswalker decks I bother purchasing as well.
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The 3 different Zombie Army tokens with different quantities of Eternals behind the one in front is a nice touch.
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The angel token looks quite nice.
The art depicts it on the Meditation Plane, so that was likely deliberate.
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Also, Ugin's token shows that it's now his horns, not Bolas' horns, that adorn the Meditation Realm now.
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EDIT: I also think it is kinda crazy that we have a set with 36 planeswalkers and only one emblem.
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Sarkhan the Masterless makes 4/4 Dragons while Liliana, Dreadhorde General makes the 2/2 Zombies.
However, Pretty disappointed in the new rendition of Voja. I wish Lars Grant-West would've gotten to do both.
That's my favorite Servo to date as well. Adorable.
Great dragon art, great devil, awesome zombies all around even tho this style really resembles skeletons more than anything.
That spirit is beautiful.
Overall, LOVE the token art for this set.
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Same, liking that too. The 4/4 zombie looks like he can kick butt.
Voja looks thick. He can have a contest with Mowu on who is thicker one.
Why does the citizen token look like a crazy person from a horror movie?
Well drawn servo. The feeling of Kaladesh is there.
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I really like that the angel token is not a complete slate of white. Wizards tend to go overboard in color correction and color uniformity. Here, the angel has a nice green background and red details that makes it pop a lot more than the usual blue-sky background.
Same for the soldier and goblin.
Unfortunately, they fell into the same old trap for many others. The devil is the worst of the lot. Red on orange on red on orange, really? The comparison to the goblin is painful.
Other are more of middle ground: the assassin black background in a black frame... but she's nicely dressed in lilac and green.
I do dig the whimsy of the servo token.
Really like the angel too.
However Woja looks quite chubby (maybe he's eaten too much lazotep coating). Isn't he in a weird pose ?
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Also, I have to say that those are some of the strongest intro decks in a long time. They actually feel like old precons in that they are clearly bad but also clearly have a theme that would be fun for the kitchen table and could morph into a tier 2 deck of some sort with some love. Also some rares that feel like they'll have actual value: Oath of Kaya is a nice add to the Gideon deck (although it'd be nicer if the deck had more 'walkers in it) and Command the Dreadhorde is a card with potential, while Jace's deck comes with Bioessence Hydra (again it'd be better with more 'walkers but can't win 'em all) and more importantly Spark Double which is great. These might be the first Planeswalker decks I bother purchasing as well.
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Wait, actually, ok wait a minute how exactly did Sarkhan take dragons with him to the meditation realm?