It sounds like Proft will declare who's behind all the murders in tomorrow's episode.
Or will he? Proft hasn't seen the clue Agrus Kos saw that implies that Judith is behind the murders and has access to a strange moss (perhaps that's the origin of the moss-making sprouts?). In contrast, Proft encounters a hooded figure who doesn't know who's behind the killings but does rearrange Proft's mind during their meeting.
In Episode 7, the Golgari imply they're still fighting Phyrexians, and Izoni implies the suspicious powder isn't from Ravnica. It doesn't look like anything is Izoni's fault, either.
Actually enjoying this story a lot. Much better than the ones we had before. I just hope it has a satisfying conclusion.
A bit confused about the part with the moss. The attackers were simic (supposedly) but the magic involved seems more golgari? Unless the sprout didn't kill them but literally transmuted them into moss to reform later. But it looked more like "rapid decomposition" like we know from golgari.
It also raises the question why they'd do it. The whole "kill yourself before you're captured" only really works in extreme conditions, like an assassin trained only for one purpose their entire life, and these were just some common mooks; or when you fear the interrogation process to be worse than death, and neither really applied here.
Also, looks like Proft and Kaya will come to the same conclusion independently.
yea that’s what it looks like is gonna happen to me
both Teams unite and tell each other they figured out the same theory of who the killer(s) are
Oh and if infact vraska. First will Jace be involved of this? Second how does this cause Rakdos to go to thunder junction? (Only thing I can think of is to go after the killer for revenge of being framed.)
I'm actually thinking that Aurelia might actually go through with declaring war on the Rakdos Cult after all (note that the card art implies she gives the "you have one day" directive to Proft, but the story indicates she gives the directive to the seemingly less competent detective pair of Kaya and Kellan), and Rakdos figures the easiest way his guild gets out of the war is that he leaves the plane (probably via omenpath) to declare his non-participation.
The sprout that seemingly transmutes people to moss is intriguing. I'm actually of the possibly deviant opinion that the Simic/Selesnya hammer team that attacked Kaya and Kellan is actually made of moss elemental folk who triggered their own dissolution by swallowing the sprouts. They don't seem brainwashed, unlike all of the other apprehended assailants, so I think they're willingly working for the culprit. The tuft of white fur found with one such dissolved moss folk seemingly implies that Voja is complicit or at least was an ingredient in the creation of the sprouts or moss folk, but maybe the fur isn't Voja's.
Rakdos being off the hook makes sense - Episode 5 only mentions Rakdos (possibly unconsciously) inciting murderous rages and doesn't say Rakdos gives the raging killers amnesia in the process.
We're still going to need an explanation for Rakdos going to Thunder Junction, though.
Episode 3 and one of the card art pictures inside it heavily imply that Etrata's weapon was the one that killed Zegana, and Etrata's hand was the one that made the killing stroke. Episode 2 didn't make any of those very clear, then. (Episode 3 also implies that Etrata was not in control of her actions at the time, or she at least placed a memory block around the murder.)
At this point, I'm starting to wonder whether there's more than one killer on the loose.
According to Maro's teasers, there's a Mole God in this set. Was this merely the god the Gruul were trying to summon in Episode 1, or will this god only show up later?
FWIW, I predict the mole god themselves will be neutral, even if the murderer worships them.
EDIT: Given what we know about Etrata's role later in the story (i.e. saves at least one life, no recorded killings in that interim), Episode 2's preview blurb of "With the help of a brilliant detective, the killer is discovered. But catching this dangerous individual is an entirely different matter." either involves Detective Proft picking up on a subtle clue that is not (directly) acted on in this episode or is a blatant lie.
Based on the Naya-coloured Commander deck revolving explicitly around "Disguises" (an unusual tack for this colour set in Ravnica - perhaps unless the topic is Rat), Boros getting a different Commander deck, and some Story Spotlight cards already featuring a green-hooded assailant, I have a feeling the murderer is in Gruul, Selesnya, or mono (red, white, or green) colours. I think the Dimir Commander deck is a decoy and the Dimir turn out to be innocent (for once).
Pretty brutal Grief didn't get banned too. Time for Yawgmoth to claim the modern throne.
I remember the dream Grief Turn 1 starts being at their worst against aggro, to the point that the Grief-start deck still lost those games. Fury ate a lot of those decks right up.
Tribal as a term to collect every single creature of a type is sort of like saying "Well, they're both in the EU, so the people of France and Italy are the same."
Yes,, they're both Europeans. They must be all mad being Europeans like that!
I sure hope they don't start any wars over all that.
The EU is partially here to prevent wars. Trust me, the Europeans fought each other a lot.
Exactly, words in different contexts mean different things. But the context here is "a group of Magic: The Gathering cards that mechanically care about a specific creature type". There isn't even an implication of painting indigenous real-world cultures in a negative light. So why are we erasing its usage in ANY context, just because it has ONE negative connotation?
Because it's a massive connotation. You'll notice I never said anything about indigenous people with relation to the word. I just said it has baggage.
It's also just, like, more correct to use a different word. Not politically correct, but actually correct. Tribal as a term to collect every single creature of a type is sort of like saying "Well, they're both in the EU, so the people of France and Italy are the same."
Wizards has been willing to pull off the "Well, they're both in the EU..." equivalent multiple times before, both with the infamous "Dinosaur" creature type applying to the prehistoric non-dinosaur reptiles plesiosaurs and pterosaurs and the Phyrexian creature type applying to all sorts of creatures whose only commonality is that they side with or come from a place dubbed Phyrexia (this includes New Phyrexia).
Because words in different contexts mean different things. There's some baggage the word Tribe carries when referring to groups of people, which is largely what it's used for in Magic.
Taxonomy groups things (taxonomists realize that the old groupings are increasingly arbitrary, resulting in old order names like Insectivora and Edentata being struck out and eliminated); you'd think the same baggage would apply there. (Granted, you can argue that taxonomy is tone-deaf enough to insist on calling larger groups "kingdoms" that aren't ruled by monarchs...)
Are they changing Tribal to Kindred due to the (situationally) negative usage of the word tribal?
I assume so. It was mentioned in an article a few months ago that they had multiple cultural consultants recommend against calling creature types mattering "tribal."
There's an actual taxonomic rank called "tribe"; I don't know why cultural consultants get so hung up about that word.
They get a basic land and I get a treasure token? I don't like that trade--it is in their favor. Unless I just desperately need a cave in the graveyard or I can play lands from my graveyard.
Remember back when we were stuck with Ghost Quarter and you got nothing?
Or will he? Proft hasn't seen the clue Agrus Kos saw that implies that Judith is behind the murders and has access to a strange moss (perhaps that's the origin of the moss-making sprouts?). In contrast, Proft encounters a hooded figure who doesn't know who's behind the killings but does rearrange Proft's mind during their meeting.
In Episode 7, the Golgari imply they're still fighting Phyrexians, and Izoni implies the suspicious powder isn't from Ravnica. It doesn't look like anything is Izoni's fault, either.
I'm actually thinking that Aurelia might actually go through with declaring war on the Rakdos Cult after all (note that the card art implies she gives the "you have one day" directive to Proft, but the story indicates she gives the directive to the seemingly less competent detective pair of Kaya and Kellan), and Rakdos figures the easiest way his guild gets out of the war is that he leaves the plane (probably via omenpath) to declare his non-participation.
The sprout that seemingly transmutes people to moss is intriguing. I'm actually of the possibly deviant opinion that the Simic/Selesnya hammer team that attacked Kaya and Kellan is actually made of moss elemental folk who triggered their own dissolution by swallowing the sprouts. They don't seem brainwashed, unlike all of the other apprehended assailants, so I think they're willingly working for the culprit. The tuft of white fur found with one such dissolved moss folk seemingly implies that Voja is complicit or at least was an ingredient in the creation of the sprouts or moss folk, but maybe the fur isn't Voja's.
We're still going to need an explanation for Rakdos going to Thunder Junction, though.
Given her ghost uncle's great ambition, I think Teysa will herself come back as a ghost regardless of whether she ends up with contracts at all.
At this point, I'm starting to wonder whether there's more than one killer on the loose.
FWIW, I predict the mole god themselves will be neutral, even if the murderer worships them.
EDIT: Given what we know about Etrata's role later in the story (i.e. saves at least one life, no recorded killings in that interim), Episode 2's preview blurb of "With the help of a brilliant detective, the killer is discovered. But catching this dangerous individual is an entirely different matter." either involves Detective Proft picking up on a subtle clue that is not (directly) acted on in this episode or is a blatant lie.
I remember the dream Grief Turn 1 starts being at their worst against aggro, to the point that the Grief-start deck still lost those games. Fury ate a lot of those decks right up.
The EU is partially here to prevent wars. Trust me, the Europeans fought each other a lot.
Wizards has been willing to pull off the "Well, they're both in the EU..." equivalent multiple times before, both with the infamous "Dinosaur" creature type applying to the prehistoric non-dinosaur reptiles plesiosaurs and pterosaurs and the Phyrexian creature type applying to all sorts of creatures whose only commonality is that they side with or come from a place dubbed Phyrexia (this includes New Phyrexia).
Taxonomy groups things (taxonomists realize that the old groupings are increasingly arbitrary, resulting in old order names like Insectivora and Edentata being struck out and eliminated); you'd think the same baggage would apply there. (Granted, you can argue that taxonomy is tone-deaf enough to insist on calling larger groups "kingdoms" that aren't ruled by monarchs...)
There's an actual taxonomic rank called "tribe"; I don't know why cultural consultants get so hung up about that word.
Remember back when we were stuck with Ghost Quarter and you got nothing?