pretty typical of getting a removal spell like this in white and in every set
but what on earth is elspeth killing there it's horrifying ofcoarse it could be ashiok forging a nightmare into a phyrexian obliterator to try to scare her
There really is a lot of graveyard hate in this set, isn't there? Especially in black. Surely Elspeth's Nightmare is the last one, at least in black? Card seems average. Tymaret Calls the Dead and Treacherous Blessing are better 3 drop enchantments to run.
Elspeth Conquers Death, though, looks like quite a good top-end card for white. If you only get off the first mode, you're not going to be that upset because this can reliably take out something big, and if you make it to the third mode, which shouldn't be too hard, then you're getting huge value.
Elspeth spreading propaganda against Heliod to empower her own spear and depower his through devotion.
Interesting
Yeah, because it's not like there was some other character who was doing that exact thing when we left Theros last time.
She and Ajani must have learned that little Theros metaphysical fact from our friend Xenagos. And now she’s employing it against another god. So cool
I'm just being salty that they seem to have completely forgotten about the one character I'm legitimately interested in and who would have fit perfectly into this set.
"Hey, they have a G/W planeswalker slot? Man, maybe it's finally time for Ajani to step out of the sidelines, given his strong ties to both the plane and the main(?) character of this story, and all the important things he was doing last time..."
"MeEt CaLiX"
"...I mean that's cool too I guess"
Elspeth spreading propaganda against Heliod to empower her own spear and depower his through devotion.
Interesting
Yeah, because it's not like there was some other character who was doing that exact thing when we left Theros last time.
She and Ajani must have learned that little Theros metaphysical fact from our friend Xenagos. And now she’s employing it against another god. So cool
I'm just being salty that they seem to have completely forgotten about the one character I'm legitimately interested in and who would have fit perfectly into this set.
"Hey, they have a G/W planeswalker slot? Man, maybe it's finally time for Ajani to step out of the sidelines, given his strong ties to both the plane and the main(?) character of this story, and all the important things he was doing last time..."
"MeEt CaLiX"
"...I mean that's cool too I guess"
One staff members commented on why they made Calix. They wanted an enchantment walker themed walker for the enchantment set. Ajani was kinda the aura/enchantment walker but they realzied the original 5 walkers was eating a lot of space and cut back what they could do to focus them more and how Ajani is fully on healing/support magic. Estrid was considered but they wanted someone more dynamic powered (i.e. animation/video game suited) and decided to make a new enchainment walker, citing that artifacts have four (five RIP Dack) walkers based on them.
This my speculation and such but with how the color balance out and making an enchainment theme walker I think Calix ended up GW after the fact more so then them having a GW slot open and the seemingly lack of any of the gatewatch I think might purposely done. Its looking Elspeth doesn't meet up with the gatewatch and this might have something to do with how the "story" ends up.
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Elspeth spreading propaganda against Heliod to empower her own spear and depower his through devotion.
Interesting
Yeah, because it's not like there was some other character who was doing that exact thing when we left Theros last time.
She and Ajani must have learned that little Theros metaphysical fact from our friend Xenagos. And now she’s employing it against another god. So cool
I'm just being salty that they seem to have completely forgotten about the one character I'm legitimately interested in and who would have fit perfectly into this set.
"Hey, they have a G/W planeswalker slot? Man, maybe it's finally time for Ajani to step out of the sidelines, given his strong ties to both the plane and the main(?) character of this story, and all the important things he was doing last time..."
"MeEt CaLiX"
"...I mean that's cool too I guess"
One staff members commented on why they made Calix. They wanted an enchantment walker themed walker for the enchantment set. Ajani was kinda the aura/enchantment walker but they realzied the original 5 walkers was eating a lot of space and cut back what they could do to focus them more and how Ajani is fully on healing/support magic. Estrid was considered but they wanted someone more dynamic powered (i.e. animation/video game suited) and decided to make a new enchainment walker, citing that artifacts have four (five RIP Dack) walkers based on them.
This changes nothing for me. Like I say, Ajani is the only character I even kind of care about right now, and he's constantly getting shoved into the sidelines, seemingly never getting any real focus of his own. They often state "story reasons" as to why certain planeswalkers can't go in certain places, but here we had the absolute perfect story reason for him to finally have a chance at the spotlight, and instead we get Generic Face #817. This card just feels like another slap in the face, since it takes a legitimately interesting and compelling thing which was tying Ajani to the plane and actually giving him a chance to shine, and just hands it on over to someone else instead. I'm one of the minority who would kill to see some more nonhumans taking more central roles in the story - Ajani being the seemingly best hope for that - and he gets shafted so much it just feels like he exists as nothing more than a face for them to point at and see "See? See? Nonhuman main character!". Oh, you mean that guy who constantly stands in the background, every now and then waving to let us know he's still there, occasionally getting a line of dialogue purely to support the human protagonist of the day? We may have different ideas of what constitutes a "main" character.
Yes, I'm sure there are other reasons behind the scenes why it "couldn't" happen, but let's be honest, it totally could if they wanted to.
This my speculation and such but with how the color balance out and making an enchainment theme walker I think Calix ended up GW after the fact more so then them having a GW slot open
I doubt that. They keep a very close eye on colour balance for planeswalkers, keeping track of it on a grid or board or something along those lines. There's no way they created a character who just coincidentally happened to fill neatly into an open slot for the set.
and the seemingly lack of any of the gatewatch I think might purposely done. Its looking Elspeth doesn't meet up with the gatewatch and this might have something to do with how the "story" ends up.
oh look another reason the whole concept of the gatewatch was terrible weird huh
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pretty typical of getting a removal spell like this in white and in every set
but what on earth is elspeth killing there it's horrifying ofcoarse it could be ashiok forging a nightmare into a phyrexian obliterator to try to scare her
Interesting
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
Elspeth Conquers Death, though, looks like quite a good top-end card for white. If you only get off the first mode, you're not going to be that upset because this can reliably take out something big, and if you make it to the third mode, which shouldn't be too hard, then you're getting huge value.
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|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
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|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
"Hey, they have a G/W planeswalker slot? Man, maybe it's finally time for Ajani to step out of the sidelines, given his strong ties to both the plane and the main(?) character of this story, and all the important things he was doing last time..."
"MeEt CaLiX"
"...I mean that's cool too I guess"
One staff members commented on why they made Calix. They wanted an enchantment walker themed walker for the enchantment set. Ajani was kinda the aura/enchantment walker but they realzied the original 5 walkers was eating a lot of space and cut back what they could do to focus them more and how Ajani is fully on healing/support magic. Estrid was considered but they wanted someone more dynamic powered (i.e. animation/video game suited) and decided to make a new enchainment walker, citing that artifacts have four (five RIP Dack) walkers based on them.
This my speculation and such but with how the color balance out and making an enchainment theme walker I think Calix ended up GW after the fact more so then them having a GW slot open and the seemingly lack of any of the gatewatch I think might purposely done. Its looking Elspeth doesn't meet up with the gatewatch and this might have something to do with how the "story" ends up.
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
I do like how clear the story seems to be even without a dedicated story post.
Yes, I'm sure there are other reasons behind the scenes why it "couldn't" happen, but let's be honest, it totally could if they wanted to.
I doubt that. They keep a very close eye on colour balance for planeswalkers, keeping track of it on a grid or board or something along those lines. There's no way they created a character who just coincidentally happened to fill neatly into an open slot for the set.
oh look another reason the whole concept of the gatewatch was terrible weird huh