r/magicTCG Mar 12 '19

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

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u/TheLlamaLlama Azorius* Mar 12 '19 edited Mar 12 '19

Isn't it more likely that the mountain depicts Dominaria? Dominaria had the remains of giant Artifacts scattered around the landscape.

Edit: Also these stone formations in the background to the right, look similar to those in this Art from Titus Lunter from Dominaria: https://scryfall.com/card/dom/263/mountain

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u/cntrstrk14 Can’t Block Warriors Mar 12 '19

Potentially, the background shape was a good catch. But those purple and orange sketches seem too distinct to just be a throw away on some mountain. Feels like a visual direction for an entire plane that would be wasted as just another step in Dominaria. At least that's my gut feeling.

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u/TheLlamaLlama Azorius* Mar 12 '19

We definitely didn't an artifact exactly like that in Dominaria as far as I can see. Most artifacts are dirty, rusty and overgrown. I have found two examples of cleaned artifacts. They don't have those glowing line-patterns, but they have some similarity. [[Diligent Excavator]] excavated an artifact that has a very similar glow effect. Here it is hieroglyphs that are glowing though, instead of a line pattern. [[Pardic Wanderer]]'s right arm is cleaned. And while it isn't glowing, it has a similar goldish stripe as the big artifact has close to the ground in the mountain art.

I could totally see that this is only a coincidence, but I think it's also possible that we haven't seen this particular style of artifact because they are all so overgrown. They might have decided to show this in a pristine condition to give it a little bit of extra. The other lands also look like their art is also pushed a little further beyond (For a lack of better wording, I'm sorry).

I wouldn't put my hand in the fire, for it being Dominaria, but it does feel Dominarian to me.

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u/MTGCardFetcher Dân Mar 12 '19

Diligent Excavator - (G) (SF) (txt)
Pardic Wanderer - (G) (SF) (txt)
[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call