That is a pretty darned good card for UW--a early creature and incidental life gain, maybe you get to peek at an opponent's hand, but chapter III lets you pull exactly the answer you need from the sideboard.
Who is that reaching down and exactly what is going on with the hand/arm? Is that person compleating?
Not sure if my Pioneer UW Fliers deck wants this or not. If it were 2 bird tokens I would go for it. But at one it seems like there are better things for my deck to do on turn 3 with 3 mana. Pulling a card from the sideboard is tempting. Maybe I can work it into my SB.
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STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
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Does that last chapter imply the warning is about an off-plane threat? Neat.
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Although ninjas are experts of camouflage and concealment, they are actually horrible liars. This means that no matter where you are, you can shout out, “Are there any ninjas here?” and if there’s a ninja within earshot, he’ll be compelled to respond.
What is the art representing? One guy is Alrund, who is the other one? ...Why his arm looks like it's made of etherium?
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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.
Honestly, I didn't think of using the third step to Wish for a sideboard answer - I was thinking of Wishing for a sideboard threat a la The Prismatic Bridge.
That is a pretty darned good card for UW--a early creature and incidental life gain, maybe you get to peek at an opponent's hand, but chapter III lets you pull exactly the answer you need from the sideboard.
Who is that reaching down and exactly what is going on with the hand/arm? Is that person compleating?
I thought that was either Alrund's raven message being absorbed into the recipient or the person transforming into/from a raven. Note the similarity in art style of both the fuller raven and the raven arm.
To me it looks like the raven leaving is Alrund to the character on the left, and the raven becomes compleated. Some of that filigree looks likes the raven’s wings.
That is a pretty darned good card for UW--a early creature and incidental life gain, maybe you get to peek at an opponent's hand, but chapter III lets you pull exactly the answer you need from the sideboard.
Who is that reaching down and exactly what is going on with the hand/arm? Is that person compleating?
My boring theory is that we're overthinking and that person is either a Valkyrie (note the wings) or Esika.
Pretty sure it is Esika - In all her art she's depicted with strands of magic emitting from her hands. It just seems to be depicting (in sort of a before and after composite) the Raven leaving Alrund, and the raven arriving in Esika's hands.
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With the damaged Planar Bridge in his chest leaking energy that slowly seared the surrounding flesh, Tezzeret fled to Esper on Alara.[20] There he was informed by a gloating Tibalt, who had witnessed the end, that Bolas was dead. Tibalt had hoped to feed on Tezzeret's pain over his master's death, but he couldn't be happier about it. Bolas had been the only entity in the Multiverse powerful enough to stop his minion. With the dragon gone, there was no one who could stand in his way. Reuniting with his own minions, the gargoyle Brokk and the homunculus Krzntch, he reoccupied his fortress in the clouds, the Seekers' Sanctum.
The Wanderer revealed that she feared what Tezzeret might become, now that he had become untethered from Bolas. She considered him extremely dangerous and a possible threat to the Multiverse. Aided by unique abilities she possessed that allowed her to track him, The Wanderer and Ral Zarek eventually found Tezzeret. The pair were attacked by a squadron of etherium gargoyles. Ral and The Wanderer destroyed all of them but the leader, Grokk. They then entered Tezzeret's base and battled against his minions and faced multiple traps. Upon reaching Tezzeret, The Wanderer was knocked unconscious by the lead gargoyle and automatically planeswalked away. Ral found his powers useless as Tezzeret's Planar Bridge technology absorbed and redirected his lightning strikes. Nevertheless, Ral challenged Tezzeret to continue fighting, and in hand-to-hand combat, Ral was badly beaten. Not wanting to be hunted further, Tezzeret showed mercy and gave Ral his damaged etherium arm to provide proof of the kill.[20]
Tezzeret returned to Ravnica to meet with Lazav with whom he had formed a secret alliance. Lazav revealed that Ral had unexpectedly told the truth about his defeat which prevented Lazav from blackmailing him. With better news, Lazav went on to discuss his plans to blackmail Vraska and how they could now exploit the new leadership structure of the Orzhov. Lazav also revealed that he had infiltrated the Simic.[20]
Tezzeret is still alive, has the Planar Bridge lodged in his chest, and The Wanderer even mentions she worries what he will become. It is thought without Bolas commanding him, he will be one of the most powerful threats still roaming around, as he has the Planar Bridge with him. This also coincides with it looking like the character in the saga art has an etherium arm, and anytime WotC mentions Tezzeret in a story context, his etherium arm plays some role in the story.
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Fliers deck, anyone?
(Sorry about that last ability, Commander players.)
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Who is that reaching down and exactly what is going on with the hand/arm? Is that person compleating?
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
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Although ninjas are experts of camouflage and concealment, they are actually horrible liars. This means that no matter where you are, you can shout out, “Are there any ninjas here?” and if there’s a ninja within earshot, he’ll be compelled to respond.
It’s not a story spotlight but I am wagering this is secretly is one because they are singaling the phyrexians are coming
I thought that was either Alrund's raven message being absorbed into the recipient or the person transforming into/from a raven. Note the similarity in art style of both the fuller raven and the raven arm.
Probably overthinking it. I just looks like that raven--Hakka, if I recall--is issuing a warning about that person.
Do we know anyone whose arm is made of etherium?
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Tezzeret was my thought, too.
Excerpt from MTG Wiki article on Tezzeret:
Forsaken
With the damaged Planar Bridge in his chest leaking energy that slowly seared the surrounding flesh, Tezzeret fled to Esper on Alara.[20] There he was informed by a gloating Tibalt, who had witnessed the end, that Bolas was dead. Tibalt had hoped to feed on Tezzeret's pain over his master's death, but he couldn't be happier about it. Bolas had been the only entity in the Multiverse powerful enough to stop his minion. With the dragon gone, there was no one who could stand in his way. Reuniting with his own minions, the gargoyle Brokk and the homunculus Krzntch, he reoccupied his fortress in the clouds, the Seekers' Sanctum.
The Wanderer revealed that she feared what Tezzeret might become, now that he had become untethered from Bolas. She considered him extremely dangerous and a possible threat to the Multiverse. Aided by unique abilities she possessed that allowed her to track him, The Wanderer and Ral Zarek eventually found Tezzeret. The pair were attacked by a squadron of etherium gargoyles. Ral and The Wanderer destroyed all of them but the leader, Grokk. They then entered Tezzeret's base and battled against his minions and faced multiple traps. Upon reaching Tezzeret, The Wanderer was knocked unconscious by the lead gargoyle and automatically planeswalked away. Ral found his powers useless as Tezzeret's Planar Bridge technology absorbed and redirected his lightning strikes. Nevertheless, Ral challenged Tezzeret to continue fighting, and in hand-to-hand combat, Ral was badly beaten. Not wanting to be hunted further, Tezzeret showed mercy and gave Ral his damaged etherium arm to provide proof of the kill.[20]
Tezzeret returned to Ravnica to meet with Lazav with whom he had formed a secret alliance. Lazav revealed that Ral had unexpectedly told the truth about his defeat which prevented Lazav from blackmailing him. With better news, Lazav went on to discuss his plans to blackmail Vraska and how they could now exploit the new leadership structure of the Orzhov. Lazav also revealed that he had infiltrated the Simic.[20]
Tezzeret is still alive, has the Planar Bridge lodged in his chest, and The Wanderer even mentions she worries what he will become. It is thought without Bolas commanding him, he will be one of the most powerful threats still roaming around, as he has the Planar Bridge with him. This also coincides with it looking like the character in the saga art has an etherium arm, and anytime WotC mentions Tezzeret in a story context, his etherium arm plays some role in the story.