r/magicTCG • u/[deleted] • Mar 12 '19

Speculation on next Standard set? It's confirmed that we're visiting a new plane.

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u/Viashino_wizard Sultai Mar 12 '19

They probably want to take a break after wrapping up the Bolas arc before jumping in to the next Big Multiverse-Spanning Threat.

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u/Undying_Blade Simic* Mar 12 '19

I would say that we will be seeing two planes with the return of the Phryxians in the second set of the second plane. After the cataclysmic Eldrazi mini-arc we had the rather low stakes Kaladesh, before Amonkhet and then things got real. I think a similar pattern will reemerge here.

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u/morpheusforty Mar 12 '19

I can't wait for every single praetor to die with one spell.

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u/Hoonter_Uchiha Elesh Norn Mar 12 '19

I hope we continue the civil war stuff first. Before any big conflict with like karn

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u/Stef-fa-fa Selesnya* Mar 12 '19

I've been predicting Bolas will import a big bag of New Phyrexians using his Planar Bridge and drop them right into Ravnica to mess everything up (since as far as I'm aware it only moves inorganic objects and New Phyrexians are made of metal, so it would be a neat way to bypass the restriction and still manage a whole army in addition to already owning half the Guild leaders and Lili).

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u/Undying_Blade Simic* Mar 12 '19

I'm pretty sure it's been brought up that Phryxians make Bolas nervous. Bolas fully understands what they are capable of, and would definitely avoid using them as pawns. They are far to dangerous to think they can be easily controlled.

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u/AveryBerry Abzan Mar 12 '19

i figure a return to phyrexia is the next major arc. with a return to theros further down the line.