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.


And as pointed out by Moppi, Bolas has gone ahead and plastered his face all over everything

I like how you guys highlighted everything but the giant-ass Bolas horns in the background behind the center statue.

Of interest, the only Egyptian-themed card from recent memory is Vengeful Pharaoh, which like Bolas, prominently features a bauble floating between horns.

Shrug.
I didn't make it.

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

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.

Hope the god looks like Sekhmet

All the gods are nicol bolas.

You may want to check again:



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

"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".

I have a question, viz.: since when did Nicol Bolas have any Ancient Egyptian qualities?

You beat me to it

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

@hari: He doesn't

I wouldn't say that Bolas has any Egyptian qualities. Instead we'll be seeing fake-Egypt with Bolas qualities since he conquered them.

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.

Here's the set symbol, by the way.



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

I like it.

Illuminati confirmed.

Best the symbol has looked for a while.

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~!



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.

Seriously? This is literally the first thing you mention?

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that's a joke