Concerning a new Time Spiral, SOI and EMN have been very heavy with references to original Innistrad. When we return to Dominaria, I expect the flavor will feel like Time Spiral, even if the mechanics won't.
Magic Story - Battle of Thraben
* When Jace returns to Innistrad, he goes up to the biggest werewolves there and tries to beat them up with his mind. It works on two, but it doesn't on the third, because it transforms into an Eldrazi Werewolf in response. Gideon arrives and beats it up for him.
* Apparently arriving planeswalkers can hear enough of a conversation to respond to it before they fully appear. *shrug*
* Chandra and Nissa arrive. Nissa notes that the plane is dark and twisted, but it's not all Emrakul's fault. Jace clarifies the plane was always dark and twisted.
* Jace suggests doing the same thing as last time, but Nissa can't due to the cryptolith network.
* Liliana talks to Gared (the lab assistant). Liliana revels in the world ending, but Gared points out that's the normal state for Innistrad.
* Chandra and Gideon are killing Eldrazi Horrors. Nissa says she could call elementals, but they wouldn't like what would respond.
* They can't push forward anymore, so they defend Nissa while she taps into the leylines, which take the form of thorny vines. Innistrad's leylines don't like her and fight back, digging into her skin and wrapping around her neck until she breaks away.
* Liliana's zombies come to their rescue. Gideon doesn't appreciate her help, but Chandra does. Nissa really doesn't like her, or rather her Chain Veil, and Gideon has to calm her down. He says if Jace trusts her, he will.
* Get it guys? Red and blue are black's allies, and white and green are its enemies. Green is usually to most open to other colors, but it's getting hung up on the artifact. "It's like poetry, it rhymes." Though seriously, I'm not upset about them representing the color philosophies, just that this was a bit too obvious.
