MTG Salvation

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I would argue that Xenagos isn't really a villain, he just got painted that way. They said in the uncharted realms, he merely wanted to show mortals that the gods were nothing no worship, even though he failed. As in greek mythology, the gods were dicks and he wanted to show the people they didn't have to believe. I personally really liked him, even though he wasn't the most pleasant guy.

Close, said Kruphix. He traveled to other worlds where there were no gods, and decided everyone on Theros should know the gods were a lie.

"I don't think he succeeded," said Kydele.

He did not, said Kruphix. People saw the chaos. They saw the destruction. They saw, in short, a usurper into a domain that had otherwise remained, by all appearances, indefinitely stable. Perhaps, if he had lived to take his place among the pantheon, people might remember that there had not always been a god of revelry, and come to wonder what that meant about the other gods

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Triton is the name of the legendary merfolk as far as we know.

Tritons and the humans of Meletis comprise most of Thassa's worshippers, as well as all who venture out to sea, whether for exploration, commerce, or war. Although tritons exalt her above all other gods, she shows no favoritism toward them, seeming equally impassive to all mortals.

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I think that one thing that RTR proved is that all of the mechanics are useful and well-balanced (for limited). Even Izzet, which looked like the dud guild early, ended up being quite good because its overload mechanic was put onto some cards that ended up being really, really good. Similarly for Rakdos, where the idea of just adding a +1/+1 counter to a creature being worth that creature being unable to block seemed preposterous; but if you look at the creatures they put unleash on, they actually are very strong.

I think that's the key here - Wizards balanced the guilds; if their guild ability is weak or narrow, they put it on good cards to make up for that. For this reason I expect that Orzhov is going to get some pretty good cards, because Extort by itself is not a mechanic that is going to win games outright like Overload or Populate can.

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So far I'm the only person to answer yes. I think Bolas is the perfect person to bring back the Phyrexians. We've waited long enough too. That Planar Portal has to bring something to Amonkhet, and the scariest thing connected to -1/-1 counters has to be the Phyrexians. Bolas doesn't **** around.

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If anything Liliana oath gave her a loop hole;

I see that together we’re more powerful than we are alone. If that means I can do what needs to be done without relying on the Chain Veil, then I’ll keep watch. Happy now?

Which means after (if she can) kills her demons and (if she can) separates from the chain vail she could peace out of the gate watches lives.

As other have said I think Liliana will use the gatewatch to get rid of demon #3 at the cost of them beating Bolas.

If anything I'm excepting Jace to betray the Gatewatch JL- Tower of Babel like.

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cyberium_neo found full art images of the gods and of Gideon and ....Nissa :flame:. So far it really looks like the gods where put in WUBRG order (or at least thier main colors).

Cat god- It seems as if she has a bunch of mummies as servants. Could be we see the introduction of white zombies?

Croc god- defiantly the black god since he got an army of undead worshippers.

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Wizards hates unfun mechanics, so I highly doubt there will ever be a return of Infect.

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Quoting from the fat pack booklet:
"Based on what Liliana had learned from Tezzeret, the Gatewatch determine that he is working for the evil dragon Planeswalker Nicol Bolas. Ajani believes Nicol Bolas is hiding something on the plane of Amonkhet, but he warns the Gatewatch that Bolas is extremely dangerous and recommends that they regroup on Dominaria and secure additional aid before facing him. After Ajani leaves, however, the Gatewatch decide that they cannot wait any longer to free a world from the clutches of Bolas. They set their sights on Amonkhet and brace themselves for battle with the dragon."

Some bad assumptions made by Gatewatch here. One, they need no backup to take him on. Two, that Amonkhet is a world that needs saving from his clutches.

If hour of devastation isn't a member dying and the Gatewatch losing.......Just wow

I really doubt anyone is dying. Just doesn't make sense with how they've done things so far. In general I think the core five Gatewatch are about as immune from death as possible.

And that's exactly the point and problem people have with the Gatewatch.
They go charging off to fight something way more powerful than them with no backup and under false or unsubstantiated premises and the plot armor protects them again? Ridiculous.

• Gatewatch goes to Amonkhet to "find Bolas," encouraged by Liliana.
• Bolas isn't there, but evidence of him ruling the plane his.
• Liliana convinces (tricks) the Gatewatch into helping her kill Razaketh.
• Bolas returns for Hour of Devastation and kicks the neowalkers' asses.
• Gatewatch go to Dominaria to recruit more walkers, coinciding with Magic's 25th anniversary.
• This begins a multi-block story arc of the Gatewatch going to different planes, going out of their way to recruit new members, and fighting agents of Bolas trying to advance his schemes. (For examples, vs. Vraska on Atlazan, or whatever they change the name to.) There may be a few unrelated, self-contained blocks, but generally the plots will focus on recruitment and defeating agents of Bolas.
• A few years later, Gatewatch returns to Amonkhet with reinforcements and defeat Bolas.

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Reasonable, if seen in small numbers; too much of this would slow down the game considerably.

Also, the million dollar question is: Could you conceivably put this in black?