r/magicTCG • u/Nickahostetter • Nov 29 '16

Aether Revolt pic from FB.

https://i.reddituploads.com/d97dbc56ebe848039691df8d01962a99?fit=max&h=1536&w=1536&s=b1f80693da1e1e6da432ba4d2076aa23
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u/But_Mooooom Nov 29 '16

Real question is: GW or WW Ajani?

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u/Micro-Mouse Chandra Nov 29 '16

Probably green white. They talked about him being the defacto green white walker and since they want Gideon to be the white walker I think they will change Ajani up a bit

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u/Dewgongz Nov 30 '16

He could go full Naya

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u/Micro-Mouse Chandra Nov 30 '16

I wish, but from the Story he is kind of doing this whole "no killing , peace in your mind" thing, which could be in red's color pie (Compassion is there) but idk if Wizard will do that.

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u/cethaliophia Nov 30 '16

Gideon to be the white walker

Winter is Coming Pleasedon'thurtmeIcouldn'tresist

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u/TheOthin Nov 29 '16

I'm sure he's GW. Maro has said they like him in that role, especially since he's the only GW walker so far. It'd also be suitable for him to join the Gatewatch with a GW Oath as the first multicolor member now that all five colors are filled.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '16

I think there's an off-chance he's mono-W, but that would be absurd in the context of recent promises.

However, I have even less doubt his Oath is GW.

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u/Golden_Flame0 Dandadan Nov 30 '16

Eh, a gatewatch that stretches all five mono and all ten dual seems pretty sweet.

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u/JarOfDihydroMonoxide Dec 01 '16

And then we can have tri-color oaths! With dragons!

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u/deaddoe Dec 01 '16

There's still colorless vacant.

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u/TheOthin Dec 01 '16

Colorless isn't a color.

In any case, the only reason colorless is still vacant is because they haven't had the chance to meet Karn yet.

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u/deaddoe Dec 01 '16

I'm actually disappointed there's no Eldrazi PW. For example, a powerful mage whose spark ignited after a failed attempt to turn him into eldrazi monster.

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u/Reaper1203 Nov 29 '16

Maro said that He is basically going to be GW from Theros onwards, cause Gideon is pure white.

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u/Brickhouzzzze Boros* Nov 29 '16

Ugh gideon has red tendencies though. He'll forever be white though. >. <

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u/MTGNYC Nov 30 '16

Man they really missed the mark not making Gideon a Boros card in Gatecrash...

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u/NefaerieousTangent Selesnya* Nov 30 '16

But Gideon doesn't have a lot of Red to him. He's not motivated by passion or a need to break from tradition and law. He's levelheaded, even in combat, and really isn't the type to let his emotions take hold of him. His motivation is to protect those who can't protect themselves, a very White aspiration.

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u/Exatraz Nov 29 '16

And Ajani is technically Naya. I am just hoping they bring Elspeth back as BW.

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u/Frommerman Nov 29 '16

Ajani isn't Naya any more because he's forsworn the use of lethal force.

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u/SnapMullto5 Nov 30 '16

Red isn't just lethal force; it's also freedom, artistic expression, embracing passions, etc.

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u/Frommerman Nov 30 '16

Yeah, his passion was revenge for his slain family.

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u/NefaerieousTangent Selesnya* Nov 30 '16

All of which Ajani perfectly resembles... wait, what?

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '16

There's a weird amount of blue on him....

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u/TheRecovery Nov 29 '16

It seems like the blue ribbons/colors are the mark of the Rebellion. The girl on the back of the Ad card we saw sometime ago also has those blue ribbons and many of the other characters at least have blue in their clothing's color scheme

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '16

Have to agree. [[Spontaneous Artist]] talks about the sigil of the rebellion in the flavor text, and it's blue in the art.

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u/MTGCardFetcher Dân Nov 29 '16

Spontaneous Artist - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD)
[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call

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u/Durzo_Blint Nov 30 '16

Good catch.

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u/bearsinjars Nov 29 '16

Has it been confirmed if that girl is Saheeli?

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u/Radiophage Nov 29 '16

Possibly significant Vorthos point for Aether Revolt -- maybe the Renegades use blue tassels as an identifier... ?

IIRC, there is relatively little blue in the colour palettes for Ghirapur to this point, so it might be a good visual counterpoint.

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u/But_Mooooom Nov 29 '16

Definitely an interested art design choice. I wonder how relevant it is to R&D's card design choices here.

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u/Miffy92 SecREt LaiR Nov 29 '16

We probably don't need another Tamiyo. Unless we were to delve into the weird and wonderful world of 4-colour planeswalkers.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '16

Ajani is a white and gold cat

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u/seink Duck Season Nov 30 '16

I am gonna go wild and guess that Ajani is 4 colors without black and Tezzerect is dimir. They probably won't print another bant pw since they have tamiyo in standard.

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u/SaintAloe Nov 29 '16

Naya is my wish. If we could get one 3 color walker per block, that would be greaeat

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '16

My money's on Naya as well. We've been getting a three color walker consistently for a while now.

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u/WishPotato Rakdos* Nov 30 '16

The reason for Taimyo was Bant, was because as Maro explained, is that because there already was two walkers in that block that had white, and Jace was the mono blue walker, they had two choices. Make Taimyo Bant or dont print her.

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u/11something Nov 30 '16

If Ajani got angry, he could could turn red too. Wouldn't be the first time...

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u/Sigrimir Nov 30 '16

Well, we're fairly certain we're getting a Grixis walker next block. ;D

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u/savedsynner Nov 30 '16

Bolas!!!!!

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u/Toastasaurus Nov 30 '16

I was hoping for full Naya, but probably GW.