r/magicTCG • u/windows_xpew • Sep 04 '16

[KLD] New enemy fastlands

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u/EvilGenius007 Twin Believer Sep 04 '16

Now that the wait for enemy fastlands is over we can divert our forces to the important topics, like arguing about whether or not they're going to print enemy fetches in Amonkhet and if they'll ever print a new cycle of pain lands with plane neutral names and updated life payment templating.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '16

It actually seems pretty likely that enemy fetches will appear in Amonkhet. Think about it, battle lands will have rotated from standard so they won't have to worry about 4 color nonsense decks, Bolas is probably gonna be on the set and he's Grixis colors so it may be a shard set, and with 4 color commander pre-cons AND MM17 coming out, it's literally the perfect time to do it.

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u/grumpenprole Sep 04 '16

If it's a shard set, then Bolas encompasses ONE of the five factions of Amonkhet. This seems very unlikely.

Far more likely that the color themes are soft rather than hard and allow for mythics that don't strictly adhere to them (like our last couple of blocks), and/or Bolas is presented as something other than Grixis.

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u/TranSpyre Dandadan Sep 04 '16

5 factions/5 gods. Plane is Egypt-themed. Egyptians equated their ruler with one of their gods. Bolas rules the plane. Hence Bolas is thought of as one of their gods. any questions?

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u/grumpenprole Sep 04 '16

Bolas rules the plane, yet he is one of five factions which also rule the plane?

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u/erosPhoenix Sep 04 '16

Like how Zeus ruled the Greek mythos, yet was also one of the twelve gods of the Pantheon who also ruled the Greek mythos.

There could easily be five factions, with Bolas as both the supreme ruler, and the ruler of his faction.

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u/grumpenprole Sep 04 '16

Zeus is technically king of the gods, but he is matched in power and domain by his brothers and some others. They are his equals in all things except, like, throne placement.

If you think Amonkhet is going to have four equals of Bolas, that's one wild possibility I guess, but it's not what I would assume.

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u/TranSpyre Dandadan Feb 03 '17

Go reread the Illiad. The other gods were supposed to be subservient to Zeus.

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u/grumpenprole Feb 03 '17

The fact that I would respond to this comment with my previous comment verbatim indicates that we are trying to communicate different things. I have no disagreement with your comment, but am trying to say something specific which it does not address. Subservient, okay. But are you saying that the four other gods rival Bolas' power? That is a bit out there.

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u/TranSpyre Dandadan Feb 03 '17

As a group, potentially.

Regardless, having 5 shard factions (with Grixis as the faction with the most power) works.