the problem with the gremlins is that they all look the same. And they remind me too much of Sandshrew. The aetherborn were a much better new tribe
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Magic: the Gathering |OT13| Ixalan - Port to Sideboard
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the problem with the gremlins is that they all look the same. And they remind me too much of Sandshrew. The aetherborn were a much better new tribe
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
except when they randomly turned into vampires
The problem with Goblins in Ixalan is they really are just monkeys, so much so that they could've just made then monkeys and no one would've complained. Its not like any of them are good enough to fit into existing Goblin decks, so I'm not sure why they felt the need to make them Goblins honestly.
Giant Panda
Member
Hell just make them Goblin Monkeys.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Tbh I really like the Ixalan goblins from a visual design standpoint. Much more so than the typical Goblin look.
Quick story write up
The Talented Captain Vraska
Also of note is Vraska has a bit of physical touch aversion because of trauma. It's neat to see character traits like that.
Also it's clear that Jace as his last act as pouty Jace stole the information about Ixalan from Bolas' head before he got erased... from existence
The Talented Captain Vraska
- Vraska meets Bolas on his mediation plane. He asks her to go to Ixalan. She accepts and gets matrix'd information she needs to go. She knows Sail Fu now. She also learns a spell to call Tezzeret.
- Vraska also gets a deal where she will become the Golgari guild master, so there's your Ravnica story in the future. Whatever Bolas wants (the immortal sun) is a huge deal.
- Vraska heads to Ixalan, enjoys freedom, gets a crew. They marvel at her sail fu.
- Vraska wonders if she's in the matrix when she stumbles upon The One err I mean the Guildpact err I mean swole buff daddy beard Jace. She saves him and he's all cute like a 🐶.
- They bond a bit, he proves useful as he helps her take a Legion of Dusk ship. She keeps him alive because he's totally cute.
Also of note is Vraska has a bit of physical touch aversion because of trauma. It's neat to see character traits like that.
Also it's clear that Jace as his last act as pouty Jace stole the information about Ixalan from Bolas' head before he got erased... from existence
SigmasonicX
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FreedomFrisbee
Member
CONTINENT OF IXALAN ON A FARAWAY PLANE
Clear distinction made between plane name and continent.
Dominaria theory lives.
Clear distinction made between plane name and continent.
Dominaria theory lives.
I think they look great as well, I just don't see why they're called goblins instead of monkeys. Monkey tribal would be so much cooler than just more goblins.
Though I have to give them props for varying up goblin looks over the years, especially compared to other evergreen tribes like Elves and Merfolk.
SigmasonicX
Member
FreedomFrisbee
Member
I'm aware. It's still a large creative oversight to double up like that, one that they've never committed before.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I'm assuming that whatever is in Orazca is part of whatever Bolas wants to use to fix the Planar Bridge that Gideon and Chandra blew up.
Also lol @ the story bringing up Jace's newfound sexy muscles like three times.
Also lol @ the story bringing up Jace's newfound sexy muscles like three times.
Ended up picking up one mostly for the transformer card so thanks for linking. Was able to order it before going to lunch and now they're sold out so looking like it won't be a repeat of the SDCC planewalkers for now.
FreedomFrisbee
Member
Mirrari is something we've legitimately theorized. Urza's head is conceivably actually in still in Karn.
charlequin
Banned
It also lets them buy cards for a bit cheaper on the whole as the buy price will be whatever the lower of those two tiers previously was, and probably save their buyers some aggravation in terms of splitting hairs on card condition.
This is just funny to me when the SDCC planeswalkers are like $200.
Urza's head is in the hot tub.
TheBlackMarvel
Member
Don't we know exactly what happened to that? Didn't it become Memnarch?
FreedomFrisbee
Member
It was used to power Memnarch, then removed and given to Glissa and Slobad, then was lost with Slobad before Scars. Additionally, the end of onslaught block revealed that there are many potential mirraris on many planes, as they were probes Karn was using.
charlequin
Banned
Also, I'm glad to see that this story confirms my thoughts about how Vraska's Bolas connection would figure in: she's never met or heard of him before this storyline, and she's explicitly working for him on contract, not as a thrall like Sarkhan and Tezzeret. Makes it much more likely she joins the Gatewatch or positions herself as an ally for them in the future.
It did, but then Karn disassembled Memnarch at the end of Fifth Dawn and gave the Mirari to Glissa and Slobad, who went into suspended animation with it. Then at some point between then and when Glissa was captured and compleated it disappeared.
I think it's much more likely that the Mirari proper will play into the Phyrexian storyline, but it was one of many planar probes created by Karn so there's always the possibility of other similar devices on other planes.
It did, but then Karn disassembled Memnarch at the end of Fifth Dawn and gave the Mirari to Glissa and Slobad, who went into suspended animation with it. Then at some point between then and when Glissa was captured and compleated it disappeared.
I think it's much more likely that the Mirari proper will play into the Phyrexian storyline, but it was one of many planar probes created by Karn so there's always the possibility of other similar devices on other planes.
TheBlackMarvel
Member
Thanks for the answers. I can see Vraska actually not joining the Gatewatch but using her position with Jace to influence the Guildpact.
Sectorseven
Member
If I go to one of those Friday night Magic events, is it just going to be a bunch of 10 year olds who kick my ass?
Every store is different, but most FNMs I go to consist of 20-30yo dudes who kick my ass. They're generally friendly events, though, and should be welcoming to newcomers.
Every place is different but the events can run late and they're gonna need a ride so usually not. Between the two stores I play at there is only one kid that plays consistently however prerelease tend to bring a few more out.
SigmasonicX
Member
What I don't get is why Karn made his probes so powerful. Why even do that?
Are you looking to play draft or standard?
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Quick story write up
The Talented Captain Vraska
- Vraska meets Bolas on his mediation plane. He asks her to go to Ixalan. She accepts and gets matrix'd information she needs to go. She knows Sail Fu now. She also learns a spell to call Tezzeret.
- Vraska also gets a deal where she will become the Golgari guild master, so there's your Ravnica story in the future. Whatever Bolas wants (the immortal sun) is a huge deal.
- Vraska heads to Ixalan, enjoys freedom, gets a crew. They marvel at her sail fu.
- Vraska wonders if she's in the matrix when she stumbles upon The One err I mean the Guildpact err I mean swole buff daddy beard Jace. She saves him and he's all cute like a 🐶.
- They bond a bit, he proves useful as he helps her take a Legion of Dusk ship. She keeps him alive because he's totally cute.
Also of note is Vraska has a bit of physical touch aversion because of trauma. It's neat to see character traits like that.
Also it's clear that Jace as his last act as pouty Jace stole the information about Ixalan from Bolas' head before he got erased... from existence
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Tsundere
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Tezeeret's terms of service are to be determined. Test of Metal isn't canon but then again Tezzeret doesn't appear to still be a puppet of Bolas.
Slobad killed of randomly, geth becomes a phyrexian stooge, Bruenna and a bunch of others get warped away (which was a stupid storyline as well)
You'd think we would have gotten hints of the people being kidnapped to their native planes by now.
I'd be so hyped if there's randomly an old lady Bruenna pirate or navigator on Ixalan.
Glissa's fate was even worse.
You know I'll always hold a bit of a grudge that Wizards was terrible at picking up the story from OG Mirrodin.
Slobad killed of randomly, geth becomes a phyrexian stooge, Bruenna and a bunch of others get warped away (which was a stupid storyline as well)
You'd think we would have gotten hints of the people being kidnapped to their native planes by now.
I'd be so hyped if there's randomly an old lady Bruenna pirate or navigator on Ixalan.
Glissa's fate was even worse.
Sectorseven
Member
I don't know. I've only played like once and was thinking about getting a better understanding of the game.
I would recommend going to a pre-release event this weekend because it does not require that you already own any cards and there will be a lot of new and casual players playing. Also don't be afraid to ask your opponent questions and just let them know you are new at the start of the match and they should be helpful.
Here is the information on pre-release
https://magic.wizards.com/en/event-types/prerelease
After that I would recommend looking for a store near you that runs drafts because again it does not require that you own a deck.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I mean, MaRo specifically said it's a plane and continent named "Ixalan." I don't think he'd come that close to lying. The closest he came to that was claiming Elspeth was really dead, even though WOTC makes absolutely no bones about Elspeth being Theros-dead and not dead-dead.
I guess I'm just holding out hope for some kind of language play. "It WAS Ixalan from the characters point of view, and we all discovered at the same time it's not!" or some dumb crap like that.
I realize that it's probably foolish. But a boy can dream.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Liliana's going to be confused when Jace shows up with a beard, muscles, a happy/boisterous personality, and a monster girlfriend.
I'm pretty sure they're not going to execute on it and will give Jace his lame personality back and never do anything with all this weird Gorgon/Human shipping.
I'm pretty sure they're not going to execute on it and will give Jace his lame personality back and never do anything with all this weird Gorgon/Human shipping.
Imperfected
Member
He's just too strong for his own good, so he has massive unintended consequences for everything he does. He was trying to paint a house and accidentally created a plague that's going to destroy several planes and give rise to a plague-themed supervillain before he realizes he mixed the paint wrong.
Drover of the Mighty is a new one. Only probably want to use it with Dinos though.
Sectorseven
Member
How much do these events cost?
25-30 usually, but this also changes based on prize support. Most of my local LGSs also charge 25 for early sign ups, and 30 day before or day of.
The pre-release varies from store to store. Most of the ones in my area are 20, 25 or 30. For FNM I think the standard is $5 to enter the tournament but if you are new try to find one that offers free entry. One store by me has no FNM entry free for their standard tournaments. They obviously have no prize support aside from the WOTC promos but they are super laid back and people mostly play janky homebrews. Drafts in my area run from 12 to 15 bucks.
Sectorseven
Member
So for the pre-release you're basically getting a starter deck out of that, and the drafts you'd get what, a packs worth?
Also, what are the prizes exactly, like rare cards? Are the prizes for winning a tournament or is it just a lottery thing?
For the pre-release you are getting 6 boosters worth of cards
When you draft you end up with three boosters worth of cards.
Prize support varies from store to store but usually it is some number of booster packs or store credit depending on your record at the end of the tournament.
I recommend drafts for new people because it is a good way to learn the game and build up a collection of cards.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Ixaland is everything I wanted from the flavour of a set in a long time except for the lack of guns.
I specifically mentioned colonization and exploration as a theme I'd like to see I thought barred because guns are a non option a couple threats ago but here we are.
The people of Ixalan are smart enough to put blackpowder into long massive metal tubes but they apparently can't divide to narrow the process down.
I specifically mentioned colonization and exploration as a theme I'd like to see I thought barred because guns are a non option a couple threats ago but here we are.
The people of Ixalan are smart enough to put blackpowder into long massive metal tubes but they apparently can't divide to narrow the process down.
I like my LGS for prereleases because your entry includes 2.5 packs for prize support, but you automatically get 2 of the packs. So in effect, $25 gets you 8 packs plus the stamped rare with the extra half pack for prizes. 1 st is usually around 10 packs with the top third getting at least an extra 2 packs. Great for someone middling good like myself.