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 Post subject: Amonkhet flavor tread
PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 2:42 pm 
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Today during announcement day they announced that Amonkhet would be the next block.
Stylistically, it looks very Egyptian, and it is being described thusly:

""Rise Among the Worthy" on the plane of Amonkhet. Discover a world ruled by Nicol Bolas when the first set of the Amonkhet block releases April 28, 2017."

"The desert oasis of Amonkhet forges warriors. You have trained your entire life for a chance to face the Trials of the Five Gods and join the elite ranks of the Worthy. Using your strength, speed, and cunning, overcome deadly challenges and rise above the competition to claim an honored place in the Afterlife!"

Only one piece of art so far, but oooooh-wee it looks sweet.
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And as pointed out by Moppi, Bolas has gone ahead and plastered his face all over everything
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 2:45 pm 
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And as pointed out by Moppi, Bolas has gone ahead and plastered his face all over everything
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I like how you guys highlighted everything but the giant-ass Bolas horns in the background behind the center statue.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 2:51 pm 
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Of interest, the only Egyptian-themed card from recent memory is Vengeful Pharaoh, which like Bolas, prominently features a bauble floating between horns.


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 2:52 pm 
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AzureShade wrote:
I like how you guys highlighted everything but the giant-ass Bolas horns in the background behind the center statue.

Shrug.
I didn't make it.

I do like it is behind the statue.
Whoever the gods are, Bolas is behind them.


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 2:55 pm 
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Interestingly, this is the first new plane to not have the plane name as the title of the first set since we started plane hopping.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 2:55 pm 
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Hope the god looks like Sekhmet

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:02 pm 
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All the gods are nicol bolas.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:04 pm 
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Barinellos wrote:
Interestingly, this is the first new plane to not have the plane name as the title of the first set since we started plane hopping.
You may want to check again:

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Set Name: Amonkhet
Block: Set 1 of 2 in the Amonkhet Block
Number of Cards: 264
Prerelease Events: April 22-23, 2017
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Launch Weekend: April 28-30, 2017
Game Day: May 20-21, 2017
Magic Online Prerelease Events: May 5, 2017
Magic Online Release Date: May 8, 2017
Pro Tour Date: May 12, 2017
Official Three-Letter Code: AKH
Twitter Hashtag: #MTGAKH
Languages Available: English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
MSRP: $3.99


I'm not sure what "Rise Among the Worthy" refers to, but it is not the set name.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:06 pm 
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"Rise Among the Worthy" is just the tagline of the set. The Aether Revolt page also has a tagline "It's Time to Take the Power Back", and Hour of Devastation has "Unleash your Endgame".

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:10 pm 
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I have a question, viz.: since when did Nicol Bolas have any Ancient Egyptian qualities?


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:10 pm 
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You beat me to it :censored:

I feel like an egypt set alone isn't enough to be cool but with nico it should be fun

@hari: He doesn't

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:15 pm 
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I wouldn't say that Bolas has any Egyptian qualities. Instead we'll be seeing fake-Egypt with Bolas qualities since he conquered them.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 4:37 pm 
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I mean as anyone who knows anything knows pyramids act as a focus for temporal energies so presumably Bolas is trying to get some of that sweet sweet time juice.


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Here's the set symbol, by the way.

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From this page: http://magic.wizards.com/en/game-info/p ... oming-soon

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Here's the set symbol, by the way.

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From this page: http://magic.wizards.com/en/game-info/p ... oming-soon

I like it.


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Illuminati confirmed.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 4:56 pm 
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Best the symbol has looked for a while.

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2016 10:22 am 
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And as pointed out by Moppi, Bolas has gone ahead and plastered his face all over everything
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I was all groggy-d up when the reveals were blasting out of social media, but this image was not created by me, it's from an MTGS user named creatorpwned. Just clarifying this.

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Nevertheless... I am all up and about about this set~!

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The melanin, the fashions, the architecture, THE GAWDS!

Speaking of which, I cannot WAIT for the art of the men in here... heehee. The Mummy franchise from years back tainted my childhood.

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Moppi wrote:
The melanin,

Seriously? This is literally the first thing you mention?

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that's a joke

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