The green-blue Draft archetype became the "transformation matters" deck. In the end, though, this theme didn't play well enough to keep.

Looks like that was tried in design but changed by the time the set was developed.

I'm wondering if BW could be the delirium archetype?

This set is a bit weird because some of the mechanics are centred in the same colours as the tribes - UB being zombies and skulk, BR being vampires and madness.

You're right about UG, my mistake. About Delirium, we saw a lot of Green cards with it already, and the color does Self-Mill, unlike White.

What rarity were those green cards though? (I can't easily check the full spoiler from work, but I don't know if we've seen a green delirium below rare yet)

It seems like white has the powerful uncommons. Delirium doesn't have to be self mill it can be cast an instant and a sorcery and sacrifice two permanents. Green seems to be more interested in fuelling a discard deck - black discards basic lands to gain effects, then green returns them to hand.

We have two mythics left. We already got a new card for buttercup, reckon we'll get blossom and bubbles too?

We haven't seen a single mono Green Mythic...

But it's okay because MaRo says maybe to just about anything...

Well, if that random BS turns out to be true, I take heart in one thing: War of the Guilds can't happen with Jace as is. Either he dies, is no longer living guildpact, or can't get to ravnica (which is as good as not being living Guildpact). Or they manage to burn the place down while he's absent.

I'm cool with anything that leads to Ravnica's annihilation as-is

Phyrexian assimilation maybe?
Nah, I don't think they'd go that far on one of their most popular planes. Especially not after Emrakul has just done the same to Innistrad (my crazy theory is looking more and more likely, woohoo)

And the block after Shadows over Innistrad is not Sands of Sivagat. We're going to Kaladesh to witness the Aether Revolt (not Æther?).

Maro says that Kaladesh has something in it that he's been trying to get in for longer than he has been head designer. Anyone know, from his past discussions, what that might be?

bad computer-generated gold bodywear?

Riggers and Contraptions? A set completely free of instants, sorceries, and enchantments with tons of OP midrange creatures and OP artifacts? Some particularly weird creature type he's secretly obsessed with that creative never let him make before because it didn't make sense in prior worlds? Some kind of terrible mechanic idea that is bad in both limited and constructed formats due to being clunky and unintuitive to play with while also being just strong enough that they make every implementation of it too high cmc to be worth playing? Some kind of coin-flipping, dice rolling, or random mechanic being prominent in red? Some kind of doubling mechanic in green?

Actually, I think I'm being a bit over-critical with some of these, and I'm just salty over control in Standard being nerfed from the days of RTR block and saying goodbye to 4 mana unconditional wraths.

Rumors are floating around MTGS that Emrakul is going to be a promo card in Eldritch Moon. Anyone want to talk about what this might mean?

Link: Here

I was convinced of the Emrakul theory when they released an official article pointing out all the tentacles, fungus-like latticework, and "otherworldly colors" that appear on SOI card art. All of those are motifs associated with eldrazi, with the latticework being a particular trait of Emrakul's brood.

Pretty sure I said earlier -- it's Wizards, "What is the most ham-handed option?"
Also the fact that Battle for Zendikar was condensed from 3 to 2 sets gives them a good reason.

I was convinced of Emrakul when I read the art book's pages of her being all about how her presence induces madness and how she only alters organic matter and how survivors of Emrakul encounters often had latticework sprouting from their flash to sign the beginning of their transformation into drones. Then I took a look at SOI's artwork and no way it isn't Emrakul.

Though I hope they don't actually solve the Eldrazi storyline now.

Me, December 12, in this thread.


A month later Fallingman jumped on the bandwagon, while AzureShade gave a vehement, "0%" refute.

You know what else is tied to tentacles-like appendages, funguses and is relevant to innistrad story? trees! It was the tree of redemption all along, it even got hinted by appearing multiple times on the new stories and having a marque green mythic representing a tree.

Today's card of the day is Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

Plot twist: Killing Emrakul causes all the vampires in every plane to spontaneously disappear/die! The Eldrazi are why vampires exist and killing the last one would kill off millions upon millions of...living?...beings.