For me, as a veteran, it is, and always was, about the community, not the name. I'll go where the people I like to talk to, and the staff that did such amazing work, are going.
If the staff moves to Nexus, I'll follow, like I went from News to Sally 14 years ago.
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May 9, 2018Caranthir posted a message on Dominaria Retrospective by Mark WintersGreat article!Posted in: Articles
Though I am a little sad that after Kelly Digges, I see that another man highly responsible for the gem that is Dominaria left Wizards. -
Apr 9, 2018Caranthir posted a message on Dominaria Preview - Final PartingCalled it!!! (I mean the Final Parting being Josu + Liliana, not Jodah + dying Jaya).Posted in: Articles
Also, gratz a lot to an official preview card! -
Mar 15, 2018Caranthir posted a message on Dominaria Spoiler Digest - Who's Who and What's What from the Release NotesPosted in: ArticlesQuote from Formless_One »No, the Baron Sengir and Grandmother Sengir come from Ulgothra. However, Grandmother Sengir is actually a planeswalker named Ravi who knew the Baron when he was young and as I understand it before he was a vampire. Then she went insane after pulling an Urza and blowing up most of Ulgothra. But the plane has a planar portal that most likely connects to Dominaria, and who knows? Maybe the Baron and his "Grandmother" did some traveling around the Multiverse at some point.
The Baron is NOT from Ulgrotha. He is from an unknown plane, he was brought to Ulgrotha by an unknown walker and stranded there. He might be originally from Dominaria, as we seen Sengir vampires there...but there is not enough info either to confirm or dismiss it.
Granny is a former planeswalker and one-time friend of the Baron who had a hand in him becoming vampire. See here: https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Ravi
More in this 12 years old article from Matt Cavotta: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/royal-bloodline-emphasis-blood-2006-02-15 -
Mar 12, 2018Caranthir posted a message on Dominaria Spoiler Digest - Who's Who and What's What from the Release NotesYou are welcome. Some more:Posted in: Articles
odah's paragraph is quite wild.
"(Jodah) was also present during the Phyrexian Invasion and helped restore Urza's sanity during that time" - this is wholly incorrect, where you got it?
- one of the primary contributous to Worldspell - not quite, he had to provide his mirror and was forced to utilize (and in the process, consume) the safe havens to distribute the excess energy of the spell to prevent another Sylex Blast.
It is debatable, whether Evra, Halcyon Witness is what we think. After all, we have seen Halcyon Glaze. But using this very particular name on Dominaria and NOT tying it to THE Halcyon would be immensely stupid.
Kolo Meha was above all a Bogardan fire mage, but with ties to Madara, of course.
Gix was not Glacian's kíller. He attacked and wounded him, but Yawgmoth "killed" him by his treattment. -
Mar 12, 2018Caranthir posted a message on Dominaria Spoiler Digest - Who's Who and What's What from the Release NotesSome minor corrections:Posted in: Articles
- Primevals' rebirth was one of the climaxes of Planeshift,not Invasion
- Karn's Temporal Sundering is probably the time machine explosion also depicted on Sunder, not the Tolarian rift closure.
- Sagas get counters on the beginning of the precombat main phase
- Mirari was just one of Karn's probes, and a faulty one (it shouldn't be leaking power)
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Mar 7, 2018Caranthir posted a message on Ixalan Story Interview with Alison LuhrsLoving it. Amazing read.Posted in: Articles
The most interesting thing for me is the reveal of intentional use of farce structure and themes for the story. It makes PERFECT sense. And explains a lot. -
Feb 11, 2016Caranthir posted a message on Archive Trap: The World of InnistradGreat article, guys. Thanks for summarizing this.Posted in: Articles
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Jan 13, 2008Caranthir posted a message on [Powerfantasy] Some pics of a game...Great pics, James Losing Miles had to hurt, indeed. I like your choice of team....playing with Miles and Phobeya together is one of my preferred combinations. Just add Harass and you got my fav "supervillain" team. But Sil is powerful with any high-damage super character.Posted in: Hydrokinesis's Blog
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As soon as I have seen thie info about creature types, it have instantly reminded me of Sigil, the City of Doors from the D&D multiverse. And now a VERY farfetched idea: What if Ravnica is going to be very rich of planeswalkers, or at least some kind of other planar-active creatures (limited planeswalking (only in two directions, for example?)) Just as the "planars" and "primes" in D&D. All these recently introduced {race} {class} creature types, the introduction of equipment - all these things point to a certain kind of implementing some of D&D features into MTG. So why not the "MTG Sigil"? Maybe there will be a planeswalker in control of each guild, recruiting his followers on other planes...???
By the five colors!!! Hello Zazdor, I am happy to see you here too. Another chapters of fanfic would be very appreciated by your faithful readers :D.
BTW, if you find the time, check the Greek Alliance thread. I am sure that there are more than few people that would be extremely happy to see you !
And also a way how to re-guess many of the arts - the K-R rule is quite limiting
Nevertheless, if you look at the mount, there is one huge difference. The pterons were designed clearly as the Magic counterparts of flying dinosaurs, especially Pteranodon.
But if you look at this beast, it is clearly feathered, resembling the extincted Phororhacos , with the exception that the Phororhacos was not a flying bird. This is a kind of enormous bird of prey. something like the Ice Age aesthirs, that were mastered by skyknights /but again, the aesthirs were more overgrown birds than fantasy creatures/. Okay. Maybe in a few hundred thousands of years, the pteron could have evolved into this. So unless Ravnica is not situated in this time range in relation to Mirrodin, I do not think there is a link between the worlds.
And I am interested to help and participate in any way I would be able to :D.
Thanx Ix, as usual, if there is a need for someone to clear the things, you always pop up and do so. That is why you have been missed so much.
I am sure you are right in Kiku's issue. The moonfolk mess was more distracting, especially by the aforementioned punctual usage of Otawara in Heretic and Oboro {BTW, Oboro is the "card-approved" term, it was even mentioned in Kamigawa Glossary part 1}in Guardian.
Amen to that. No other comment is needed :D:D:D. And you REALLY did ever want to truly leave?
Well said, Herder, both for Squirle and the status quo of this forum.
I must admit that I have not wasted any time and I have already PMed to Belgareth yesterday evening, as soon as I saw the announcement, and suggested Squirle for mod. I know that he was interested from the very beginning, and considering his recent work, he would be an excellent candidate.
In case he refuses for some reason, I am willing to take the job as well.
1: Llanowar Elves
2: Naturalize
3: Karplusan Yeti
4: Reminiscence
5: Karplusan Forest
6: Kraken's Eye (the mood of pic = artifact + it is really BIG eye...)
7: Paladin en-Vec
8: Ley Druid
9: Rod of Ruin
10: Mahamoti Djinn
11: Orcish Artillery
12: Overgrowth
13: Mind Rot? Mana Clash?
14: Kird Ape
15: Lumengrid Warden
16: Llanowar Behemoth
I think that by the last three words he meant Gaea and Freyalise, but I can only guess the third one could be Titania...? Anyway, here is Scott's response:
The names and terms: for the whole book, there are used some quite different names for identical things compared to Heretic. Two most noticeable: Otawara (Heretic) = Oboro (Guardian). You do not find the latter name in the previous book, as well as the former in present.
Kiku is referred as a jushi in Heretic, but almost punctually as a mahotsukai in Guardian. I understand that it is a similar example as the terms wizard and mage, but it is good to choose one an stick onto it.
I liked the cameos of Sosuke and Sachi /though the latter was not named/. But just after these is a big problem: the appearance of Jugan. I do not know whether JMS knew the content of this book when writing "The Dragon Shield". I guess not. Aside from bad story, he created a bad inconsistency.