I'm always so excited when there is an announcement like this, but I'm burned every time. This seems a bit more set in stone than the last rumor of a movie, so I'm happy about that.
Glad it's animated!
Well, it looks like it's actually happening, but that's about all we know now. No info on characters (apart from Chandra probably being in), plot, animation style or even the tone and intended audience of the show. Heck, even the "teaser image" is just the art from exquisite firecraft. Reserving my excitement for when we know at least something.
It won't be canon. It won't be about Urza & co. It won't be the movie we were waiting for almost a decade. It won't...already sounds boring enough.
Nowhere in that article did it say it wouldn’t be canon. It said it’s a separate storyline from the things happening now. I can’t imagine that WotC, with all the focus they’re trying to put in the story(whether or not you feel like they’re doing a good job of it or not), wouldn’t try to have any media they put out like this not be at least canon.
I would love it if it was an adaptation of the original Greensleeves novels, like the Whispering Woods. Those books are just silly, high fantasy. We need more of that in the world. I love how they just try to cram names of Magic cards into them.
"Oh, what's that!?"
"This? This, my boy, is a mana vault! Don't touch it!"
It's just going to be Jace and Chandra and Nissa and Gideon joining their fists high in the air, shouting: "By the power of Graymox, together we are Captain Planeswalker! Love is the sixth color!"
I like everything about this. I much rather an animated tv show to anything live action and/or a movie. Animation lets them do more magical things with less cost on effects and anymore I personal like how storytelling and characters can breath more on a tv show rather than a movie. I wonder if they will get someone new or they contacted who ever is voice the characters on area to do this as well for branding.
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From marketing standpoint, a show aimed at kids makes the most sense to attract new players. So, to compare it to Star Wars animated shows, I am expecting something closer to Resistance than Clone Wars. Hopefully I am wrong...
It won't be canon. It won't be about Urza & co. It won't be the movie we were waiting for almost a decade. It won't...already sounds boring enough.
Nowhere in that article did it say it wouldn’t be canon. It said it’s a separate storyline from the things happening now. I can’t imagine that WotC, with all the focus they’re trying to put in the story(whether or not you feel like they’re doing a good job of it or not), wouldn’t try to have any media they put out like this not be at least canon.
No, not a "separate" storyline as it take place in different worlds but in the same timeline or storyline of the main events, but an all-new storyline which means : A reboot.
The Russos’ show will be a new story that doesn’t follow one that’s already been told, but it could still use some of Magic’s more iconic and recurring Planeswalkers like Jace Beleren or Nicol Bolas.
Forget to see the same story we know from paper magic. It will be completely rewritten. That's why it won't be canon to the current one.
I dont want it to make me cringe every time I watch it.
Honestly i don't care
Let the young ones have something worthwhile to watch too
Let magic snatch the yu gi oh fanbase
Let the game gain new life with other means than "dumb down the game until 6-years old start to actually learn and play this"
Finally we'll have children buying magic without knowing a damn thing about the rules like it happens for pokemon and yugioh
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How i feel about competitive players and casual players in EDH: The competitive are german tourists, the casual are italian tourists, both in a italian beach. The italians asking themselves "why are the germans here?" make a legitimate question, the answer is because the beach is beautiful, no matter the country you came from. The italians wanting to ban the germans are dumb, because if the germans pay for their stay and follow the rules like everyone else, they have the right to be in the beach. Hovewer, if the germans started to ask themselves "why are the italians here?"... they would be dumb as hell.
I really hope it has the planeswalkers and all but it's actually them playing the game itself just so people can make youtube poops where everyone is a horrible cheater.
Jace: "I play Divination. It allows me to draw two more cards! *Footage loops to make him draw 4 cards*. Now I summon my Guard Gomazoa-Guard Gomazoa attack his lifepoints directly! It allows me to draw two more cards!"
I really hope it has the planeswalkers and all but it's actually them playing the game itself just so people can make youtube poops where everyone is a horrible cheater.
Jace: "I play Divination. It allows me to draw two more cards! *Footage loops to make him draw 4 cards*. Now I summon my Guard Gomazoa-Guard Gomazoa attack his lifepoints directly! It allows me to draw two more cards!"
No, not a "separate" storyline as it take place in different worlds but in the same timeline or storyline of the main events, but an all-new storyline which means : A reboot.
That... isn't what a "reboot" means at all. A reboot would imply an all-new continuity. Just like Marvel movies don't "reboot" the Cinematic Universe every time they shift to Ant-Man from Captain Marvel, instead just focusing in a different story in the same universe, this wouldn't be a "reboot" as much as it would be a new story focusing on different characters in the same universe.
Is this going to tell the same story from the card game? No, and that's a good thing. The card game storyline is much bigger than what one could fit into a 20 or even 50 minute episode, and trying to cram in 10+ years of story in such a short timespan always disappoints both old-timers (because the story would lose a lot of the nuance and details that made it interesting in the first place) and newcomers (which would have to "learn" 10+ years of story in a very short timespan). This isn't new, every major expanded universe does this, from the aforementioned Marvel to Star Wars.
I like this animation studio... live action would be too expensive for a show - but I really wish they had stuck to the movie plan.
Story.... I expect it to be canon, and to line up with one of the sets in 2020. I also expect that the focus will not be on the same characters as the main story. I expect Jace and Chandra and Ajani and other popular characters will occasionally show up, but that the main story will follow characters that are not involved in the main story to the same degree. Kind of like how MCU TV shows overlap with the films but focus on their own stories more than the overarching Avengers story.
IMO, I think it would be cool if it were focused on Ral, Vraska and Kaya hunting down Liliana, Dovin and Tezzeret. And Garruk hunting the hunters.
But this is probably too dark. It will probably be based on Tamiyo and Narset and their daycare service.
I like everything about this. I much rather an animated tv show to anything live action and/or a movie. Animation lets them do more magical things with less cost on effects and anymore I personal like how storytelling and characters can breath more on a tv show rather than a movie. I wonder if they will get someone new or they contacted who ever is voice the characters on area to do this as well for branding.
This encapsulate why I've always been calling for an animated series over live-action movie. I've been waiting since the original Ravnica-trailer at least.
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Planar Chaos was not a mistake neither was it random. You might want to look at it again.
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https://uk.ign.com/articles/2019/06/03/magic-the-gathering-animated-series-coming-to-netflix-from-avengers-endgame-directors-joe-and-anthony-russo?abthid=5cf4ab1fa1d6f45a36000139
Sounds interesting to say the least.
Glad it's animated!
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Welp... The Russo bros taking this on makes it a slightly different kettle of fish.
You have my attention.
Nowhere in that article did it say it wouldn’t be canon. It said it’s a separate storyline from the things happening now. I can’t imagine that WotC, with all the focus they’re trying to put in the story(whether or not you feel like they’re doing a good job of it or not), wouldn’t try to have any media they put out like this not be at least canon.
"Oh, what's that!?"
"This? This, my boy, is a mana vault! Don't touch it!"
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I just hope it isnt too....childish.
I dont want it to make me cringe every time I watch it.
No, not a "separate" storyline as it take place in different worlds but in the same timeline or storyline of the main events, but an all-new storyline which means : A reboot.
The Russos’ show will be a new story that doesn’t follow one that’s already been told, but it could still use some of Magic’s more iconic and recurring Planeswalkers like Jace Beleren or Nicol Bolas.
Forget to see the same story we know from paper magic. It will be completely rewritten. That's why it won't be canon to the current one.
Honestly i don't care
Let the young ones have something worthwhile to watch too
Let magic snatch the yu gi oh fanbase
Let the game gain new life with other means than "dumb down the game until 6-years old start to actually learn and play this"
Finally we'll have children buying magic without knowing a damn thing about the rules like it happens for pokemon and yugioh
Jace: "I play Divination. It allows me to draw two more cards! *Footage loops to make him draw 4 cards*. Now I summon my Guard Gomazoa-Guard Gomazoa attack his lifepoints directly! It allows me to draw two more cards!"
Nicol Bolas: "My move. I play a-
Jace: "My move! I draw two-THOUSAND more cards!"
Screw the rules, I have mana!
Is this going to tell the same story from the card game? No, and that's a good thing. The card game storyline is much bigger than what one could fit into a 20 or even 50 minute episode, and trying to cram in 10+ years of story in such a short timespan always disappoints both old-timers (because the story would lose a lot of the nuance and details that made it interesting in the first place) and newcomers (which would have to "learn" 10+ years of story in a very short timespan). This isn't new, every major expanded universe does this, from the aforementioned Marvel to Star Wars.
Story.... I expect it to be canon, and to line up with one of the sets in 2020. I also expect that the focus will not be on the same characters as the main story. I expect Jace and Chandra and Ajani and other popular characters will occasionally show up, but that the main story will follow characters that are not involved in the main story to the same degree. Kind of like how MCU TV shows overlap with the films but focus on their own stories more than the overarching Avengers story.
IMO, I think it would be cool if it were focused on Ral, Vraska and Kaya hunting down Liliana, Dovin and Tezzeret. And Garruk hunting the hunters.
But this is probably too dark. It will probably be based on Tamiyo and Narset and their daycare service.
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Jace: I cast Divination. It lets me take the top two cards of my deck and add them to my hand.
Teferi: I will activate Divination. It allows me to draw two more cards.
Nissa: I play Divination. I will take the top two cards of my deck and add them to my hand.
Saheeli: Bingo! This Divination card allows me to take the next two cards of my deck into my hand!
Ashiok: Despair as I refresh my hand with this Divination card for it allows me to draw two more cards.
Sarkhan Vol: I...uh...what does this thing even do?
Narset: It lets draw two more cards, Sarkhan.
Sarkhan:...What?
Narset: >_<'
Well, hopefully they can make The Gatewatch character more likeble and interesting.
This encapsulate why I've always been calling for an animated series over live-action movie. I've been waiting since the original Ravnica-trailer at least.
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