The Hour of Glory was to be the moment where the gods proved their worth to the God-Pharaoh. Instead, three forgotten gods appear, their purpose ominous and unknown.
If it weren’t for the displays of individual sacrifice and courage on the part of the brave people formerly called initiates who now fight for their lives instead of for their god-granted termination
We might suspect that this Hour of Glory has not brought any glory to the world of Amonkhet in any reasonable sense of the word
It would seem as if someone
Possibly someone with big up-pointing horns and a foul sense of humor
Caused these prophetic Hours to bear intentionally ironic names
In order to weaponize the people’s very hope against them
When someone as self-serving as Liliana helps your team of heroes defeat Emrakul, and then she takes an oath to join you in your fight against interplanar threats, and then she nudges you all to head to the lair-plane of Nicol Bolas against everyone’s better judgment – she miiiiight have an ulterior motive.
Today the group face the demon Razaketh, because challenging big evil demons is probably in everybody’s interest, right? Everybody benefits, probably?
Today’sMagic story is “Feast” by Alison Luhrs, part of the Hour of Devastationstoryline!
“Initiates. Before you are heretics, doomed souls who denied your God-Pharaoh and your way of life. Your task in this, the final Trial, is to kill each of them.“
Today marks the final Trial, and the final episode of the Amonkhetstoryline – the “mid-season finale” before the start of the Hour of Devastation story! “Judgment,“ by Doug Beyer and Alison Luhrs, follows the warrior Samut as she faces an acutely personal trial – whether to convince a friend to let go of his deeply-held beliefs, or to let go of him instead.
Next week creative team members answer your questions in a Creative Team podcast. And Hour of Devastation stories kick off June 7!
In the not so distant past, Samut and Djeru were the best of friends and destined for glory. What happened on one fateful day shaped both of their futures.
Just a cute li’l story about a few young scamps in Amonkhet’s recent past. You know, harmless! I mean, nothing happens that would guide the paths of young warriors who would go on to impact the entire foundations of Amonkhet society, or like, ominously set the tone for a whole world’s future, or anything. This week’s story is “Trespass” by Michael Yichao, part of the Amonkhetstoryline!
“This is how it’s supposed to be.” Gideon undertakes the Trial of Ambition along with other initiates, and the trial takes him on a journey of enlightenment about the world of Amonkhet.
This week’s story is “Brazen” by Michael Yichao! It’s episode 6 of 8 in the Amonkhetstoryline!
In case you missed it, the mothership posted not one, but two articles on the newest planeswalkers who are joining the ranks in the Multiverse. I encourage all Vorthoses (honestly all Magic players in general) to read about these two as each has an interesting story to tell!
Also, my question for you after you read is what are your first thoughts on Niko and Tyvar?
Assuming that there’s some corporate red tape preventing the writers from diving into explicit queer representation and that said writers did as much as they were allowed to do, this still sucks. I truly believe that the best intentions were at play here when going as far as allowed with Chandra and Nissa, but ultimately it just gave LGBT players false hope with no impactful followthrough. Is well meaning queerbaiting still queerbaiting? I would say yes.
And that’s not okay.
I stan @wizardsmagic far more than most because the game means the world to me, but I can’t do it anymore. Not with this issue. The folks at Wizards of the Coast need to figure out if their claims of support and inclusivity are compatible with whatever the higher-ups say they cannot do. You have a lot of great people working on the game. You have a lot of queer people working on the game. Figure it out. Get back to us when you have a recurring, story-relevant, explicitly LGBT planeswalker. If you can’t do that, please don’t make promises you aren’t allowed to keep. No matter how good your intentions are, you’ll just end up breaking thousands of hearts.
Regular readers will know I have no love for the Gatewatch, either in concept or execution. If Nissa leaving the Gatewatch were intended to create room for the rest of the (much neglected) planeswalker cast to breathe, no one would be happier than I.
But it’s not, and Zach is on point here- it is not ok to wave representation of this sort in front of people’s faces and then seemingly torch it in the name of executive meddling.
If one doubts that something of this sort- if not exactly as Zach describes- is going on here, compare Jace X Vraska in Ixalan with Chandra and Nissa’s situation. Why can Jace get a fresh new romantic relationship to go with his character development in the space of one block, but the closest thing we have to an LGBT pairing get about one paragraph of quasi-flirting before one of them has to be written out? Because it’s Jace? That’s grotesquely unfair.
It’s funny that I find myself writing this. I don’t even like the post-Origins Nissa, and in a vacuum I’d write her out of the ongoing plot in a heartbeat for Dack or Kiora or Daretti or a reborn Elspeth or…anyone, really.
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The Blood Avatar has been summoned, and it threatens to lay waste to Strixhaven. Our heroes are going to need every trick in the book to stop it—good thing they’re in a library!
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I keep hearing people want me read more Magic story. So what if I do that on stream? As a vtuber?? On Monday, May 4th at 7pm central, join me at https://www.twitch.tv/faecouillon and we’ll give it a shot!
Last time, Niv Mizzet got an idea! From Bolas! What could go wrong? This time, we got some Golgari stuff going down!
Amidden is a dunghill or dump, usually of organic material.
Offal are entrails and internal organs used for food.
This first paragraph is a symphony! God I missed descriptive language!
Aha! We’re following Jarad here! Before his inevitable demise, I presume.
The Golgari really have it all. Bio-luminescent fungi for lights, couches covered in soft moss… That’s what’s separates them from Selesnya: Selesnya will just squat in a tree, while the Golgari will find a practical and beautiful use for every fungi for interior decoration.
Each planter was a corpse, or sometimes several corpses, carefully propped, cut, and arranged to promote the growth of some particular species of fungus.
I’m imagining Golgari growing competitions, where they’re judged not just on the fungi they grow, but also judge the corpse-planter.
“While Devesh’s latticed stinkhorn was the most lively, it wasn’t enough to make up for their disheveled corpse. Cevraya’s, on the other hand, was very well done. They guided the rhizomorphs to hold the corpse in place, freezing it in a pose of longing anguish. The planter and the fungus compliment one another, perfectly encompasing the cycle of life and death.” – Excerpt from a Golgari Fungi competition, probably.
Here a man sat with his legs crossed, head tipped back, vast yellow-white stalk growing out of his eyes; beside him a woman arched her back, her chest sectioned and peeled back to allow delicate blue fronds to reach up from her heart. Some of the fungi were so large and solid they grew around their hosts, leaving faces and limbs to jut out of quivering masses of gray-white flesh.
I didn’t read ahead and I was 100% right. Now I need to make a Golgari D&D character who wants to create the best rot sculpture ever.
Cilia is a very odd thing to call your inner council, especially when cilium are the hair-like things in your lungs.
Reminder that the Erstwhile serving Jarad & the Cilia here were raised by Mazirek to overthrow him. They’re playing the long con, I see…
Oh hey, Storrev! She’s on a card! What was ordered sealed, the door? Why would you want to seal it, Jarad? Hiding from a certain petrifying someone?
Cold Iron is a thing in Ravnica. Good against fae.
By god! That’s Vraska’s music!
And she brought her cutlass with her! You go, pirate queen!
Vraska walking in with her kraul allies. Time for retribution.
Blue and red facepaint, Jarad? Seriously? You’re in the Golgari, not Izzet.
“Vraska,” he snarled. “I do not recall summoning you. Nor asking you to break down my door.” “And here I am, nevertheless,” Vraska said. “Funny, that.”
We missed you so much!!!
The elves are scrambling out of the way, but the Erstwhile are staying at the ready. Looks like Jarad doesn’t have any allies in the room whatsoever. Courtesy of Nicol Bolas no doubt.
“Someone kill her,” Jarad drawled.
You can just feel the laziness oozing out of him.
Ooh, the tattoos mean something! I wonder if different grades of blademaster have different insects, or if the type of mantis tattoo dictates which rank you are. Like at each level, more of it is added on.
Dang, Mazirek! Just melting someone so that only a skeleton remains! Shame you were somehow a pawn of Bolas. Still waiting for an explanation on that.
It’s rare for Kraul to be telepathic.
Really, Jarad? Wigs on the Erstwhile? Was that really necessary? And give the ladies more substantial clothes, you monster.
Jarad’s already dead, though at this point I assume people just use ‘kill’ for zombies and other undead just out of simplicity.
Jarad already throwing out racist remarks with ‘bug’. I’m glad we get to see him perish.
“Respect will do you very little good when you’re rotting in my garden.” Jarad grinned, bright and unhinged. “But enough of this! Put aside your grievances, and I will make you—” Vraka lashed out, a fast punch that caught Jarad on the nose with a solid crunch. He staggered backward, blood streaming over his upper lip.
^^accurate reenactment.
Ahhhh. Jarad turned back to Vraska, and nowthere was panic in his eyes. She drank it in like nectar. His mouth worked, hands clutching at his robe “You still won’t get away with it,” he muttered. “Enjoy your little victory. The rest of the elves—” “Have Erstwhile servants,” Vraska said. “Don’t they?”
This deserves an award. The Most Glorious ‘F*ck You’ Moment Award.
Jarad, why do you have a collar? Nevermind, I don’t want to know. You’re a statue now. And soon to be rubble, probably.
Ooh! Kaya story!
Abas-relief is a relief with a shallow depth.
Wow, Orzhov security is worse than the Izzet’s. Then again, there’s the flavor text for Cyclopean Snare: The spoiled, gluttonous halls of the Orzhov teem with gaudy, needless wealth. Even their security measures are made for beauty first, efficiency second.
Reminder that the Golgari are in charge of agriculture. That pear you’re eating? Probably grown from dear ol’ uncle bob.
Do you know what I want to see in the next core set? An Origin’s style set for enemy-colored walkers.
We don’t know anything ‘bout where Kaya’s from, apart from the fact that she’s from a noble family. And now that she’s been sliding through barriers most her life.
I’d like to see the first plane Ral planeswalked to. Maybe Kaladesh? Or speaking of which, where did Saheeli Rai go?
We don’t know much about the first plane Vraska planeswalked to, other than it was dark. I’m sure one of the Ixalan stories also mentioned she was imprisoned there too, but that may have been because she needed to master planeswalking.
Where did Kiora first planeswalk to? What gigantic beasts did she see? Did she go to Naya?
What about Nahiri? I’d suggest Huatli, but we know her story for the most part. It’d still be neat to see her on Kaladesh though.
Anyways, back to the story!
It’s nice comparing the decadence of the Golgari to that of the Orzhov. It’s an interesting juxtaposition.
The first rule of mercenary work was “never trust the client,” and that was doubly true in the case of Nicol Bolas.
Like you trusted Emilio Revari at first?
OOH! Kaya’s plane has a broken sky!
Kaya needs new contacts if they insisted Nicol F*cking Bolas was trustworthy.
Kaya is the kind of assassin who’d leave you a letter detailing how pitiful your security was.
Gargoyles, despite being made of stone, can be silenced by jamming your fist down their throat. I’m going to chalk this up to ‘Orzhov spending money on realistic gargoyle statues.’
Dang, Kaya’s a professional! Carrying bandages with her to use on the job!
Typically, though, they didn’t live—or continue to exist, or whatever—long enough to spread the lesson around, since they usually had few defenses against a foot of cold steel in their ghostly hearts.
Thank you Kaya, for being as confused as I am when referring on killing/destroying undead.
Rescue mission accomplished! Teysa is saved!
I think ‘mutual friend’ refers to Bolas here. Kaya’s being evasive about who it is, and as Bolas did direct Kaya to free Teysa, he would technically count as a mutual friend.
Later on in the story, Teysa knows she’s working with Bolas, but doesn’t want Tomik to know. And now we know another, if not the, reason Teysa didn’t want to see Kaya. Guilt, perhaps. Or just snubbing her because a war wasn’t what she wanted.
Teysa’s worried about the legalese of killing the Obzedat, while Kaya thinks she means the difficulty of killing ghosts.
More info on Kaya! Her family relationships are “complicated”.
“Let’s not kill me off justyet.” Kaya scratched her nose thoughtfully.
Yeah, it’s not as if you’re Dack Fayden. Aw, too soon?
Twisted Stem inn. Another location, one where Tomik frequents. I wonder if he and Ral–
Ah, another excellent story from Django Wexler! The Ghost Council get to live – er, unlive? – another day, but Jarad is dust! Great action scenes (which I’m not the best at commenting on) and great scenery, it was wonderful!
We got rot gardens! Fungus lights! Corpse planters! Lungs! Erstwhile! Splintering doors! A true pirate queen! Decadence! Laziness! Rot slime & skeletons! Punching right in the face! Uprising servants! Secrets! Revenge! Ostentatious & useless security! More decadence! Not trusting clients! Broken skies! Gargoyles! Professionalism! Contracts! Killing ghostly grandfathers! Murder plots! Inns!
And it looks like we won’t be getting any story for Core 2020, so… um…
When will the next Announcement Day be??? Stay tuned!
While we may be in the middle of a story drought, I can at least catch up on a proper online Magic Story! And while I have started War of the Spark: Ravnica, I haven’t finished it yet – it’ll be more of an overall review going over the essentials, tidbits, and oddities. But enough about Greg Weisman – time to see what Django Wexler can do!
It’s gonna be interesting to see what’s gone over in the prequel, for that is what this is.
It was autumn in Ravnica, and so it rained, day after day.
…I have the sneaking suspicion I’m gonna have to set up a Greg Weisman roast jar.
Compare this to how he started the online story: Hekara was waiting for me on the Transguild Promenade. All we get is someone called Hekara and a place.
Django sets us up with a season, and a description. Not just raining, but day after day raining. It’s… dare I say… actual storytelling!
Okay, I’m gonna try and limit my roasting of Greg Weisman throughout the rest of this. Promise.
What a descriptive paragraph! The imagery!!! Rain marching down like a conquering army (foreshadowing!), drains vomiting up debris, long-forgotten oceans…! Oh, I missed this sort of writing!
We’re following Ral for this story! In the neighborhood of Seven Swords, within which lies Frost Lane. Ye who wants to run a D&D Ravnica campaign, take note.
Upscale shops can afford to have magical lights, but other stores make do with Victorian-era lamps. The Victorian is just a frame of reference for y’all.
After all, he thought, with grim satisfaction, what’s the point in being a “rain mage” if you have to get wet?
Goddamn I love this! Of course Ral, being a storm mage, can bend rain around him so he stays dry! I love these little uses of magic, like Jace projecting an illusion of alertness around himself when the Gatewatch first met Dovin Baan, or Chandra warming up soup after incinerating Ulamog and Kozilek.
I love the information we get on Seven Swords. So much of Ravnica’s history has been preoccupied with guild conflict that the source of its name is lost to time – but what we do know is just so informative! It really helps flesh out Ravnica!
It’s taking a lot of effort to not repost entire paragraphs of the story, let alone the entire thing, but it’s just so goddamn good!
Well. Ral stared into the darkness, as though force of will could make it give up its secrets.
Of course it won’t, Ral: Force of Will is a counterspell.
*dodges rotten fruit flung in my direction*
Django Wexler where have you been these past few weeks with your beautiful descriptive language?????
A young woman breaking into Nivix? Who would want to – oh no. Not Rat. Anything but Rat!
Hey now, Izzet isn’t guarded by madmen with flamethrowers. The Izzet are equal opportunity employers, first of all. Second, they’re flame spouters: the difference is really elementary. In this essay I will attempt to…
Looks like Bolas is doing some good ol’ fashioned mind-control here! At least, I think that’s who the other scaly slithering mind is. We might get to see the death of Niv-Mizzet!
I love how the Izzet have all the protection against magic at their disposal, but a person attached to a mundane kite can still slip through!
Nowhere’s the mastermind of Bolas at work! To be fair, Greg does get into a bit of that in what I’ve read in the novel, but this is just the simple bits all coming together!
Magical defenses? Just a kite. Air elementals to get it up there of course, nice touch, but diving in is mundane.
All those alarm systems? Ral made them. And Bolas is blackmailing Ral.
That vedalken who was replacing Ral for tonight? He just so happened to meet someone at an opera last night (which we get the name of a comedic opera in Ravnica, #worldbuilding), who is now on aforementioned kite about to slip past every defense he knows about when he turns them off.
We’ve gotten mentions of posters here before, but I wonder how they’re made on Ravnica. Like, is there a printing press? Do magical brushes re-paint images a la Mickey’s Sorcerer’s Apprentice brooms?
OH SHIT IT’S TEZZY-BOY!!!
Okay, Tezzy-boy? Ravnica ain’t a second-rate world. Then again, you’ve been to New Phyrexia, and it is pretty unique, I get it. Also Kaladesh, which I guess is technologically more advanced than Ravnica. If you think about it–
“Yourmastertold me that once already,” Ral said. Tezzeret’s lip twitched, and Ral knew he’d scored.
Getting him where it hurts!
“As I said, I don’t understand why he extends his mercy, only that it rarely lasts.” Tezzeret pushed himself down from the stage.
“I should know. Brought be back to life. I thought, ‘Huh, nice guy.’ Now I’m left in eternal servitude to him, so grains of salt and all that.” – Tezzy-boy, probably.
Give it a few more pages, Ral: you’ll still only have one arrogant dragon to serve, but it’s not the one you had before.
Beside him, something was rising out of the dust: a long-limbed, spider-like construct with a single glowing eye on a flexible stalk.
…weird flex, Tezzeret, but okay. Maybe the minion budget is a little tighter than usual with Liliana on the payroll.
Tezzeret, you fool! Ral is the storm!
Ral carries a shield. Then again an Izzet gauntlet probably counts as a shield with how big it is. A delicate shield, but a shield nonetheless.
Actually it’s just an electric shield, we learn later on – which is still impressive.
Ral also has a trench coat.
On his back, a bulge beneath his trench coat, was the Mizzium-Ion Electrostatic Accumulator, Mark IV, the very latest from the Laboratory of Storms and Electricity.
Y’know, I should really make an award for Pretentious Titles of Pretentiousness. We don’t see ‘em often, but it’s still fun.
The original long-ago inventor had intended her device to produce harmless entertainment for children’s parties. After the third fried clown, Ral had taken over the project for his own purposes.
I’m giving this a Yes! Yes! Yes! Award, because it’s just hilarious.
Ral, you’ve been played like a fiddle.
So our Dimir mind mage knows she’s being controlled, but can’t do anything about it. That must be horrifying – like sleep paralysis except you’re committing a murder.
Black-market Izzet artificers are a thing.
This is a very interesting look into Niv-Mizzet’s room. Telescopes, looking outwards; books upon books; little machinery because he does thought-experiments.
Also, he sleeps like a cat. Very important.
Oh! We’re getting an important plot point from the novel!
So y’know the whole Planar Beacon thing? How that was Niv-Mizzet’s idea and Ral built the thing? Yeah, Bolas planted that inside Niv’s head. Stellar move! That’s the mastermind we wanted to see!
And of course, once you’ve proved your usefulness to Bolas, you’re discarded*
*unless your name is Sarkhan Vol, which why did you leave him alive once he opened the Eye of Ugin? ‘Cause that led to Sarkhan doing the time-warp and bringing your dead twin back to… well not life, but existence let’s say. The same twin who’s now serving as your jailer. You set yourself up for your own downfall, Bolas.
This also works in Bolas’ favor: a Dimir agent trying to kill the Izzet Guildmaster further sows dissension among the guilds.
Viashino are described as dragon-like here. Which… nah, I’m not seeing.
Two uniformed guards there recognized him and cleared the way, and he stalked past them, rain dripping from his coat onto the scarred concrete floor.
“Well of course we let ‘im through! Not like there’s a shapeshifter in charge of a secret spy guild, is there?” – Izzet guard before being fired, probably.
Elevators in Ravnica were designed by Bogo Sternwhistle, which what a name!
Also it could probably just be this elevator, I get that, but still…
Stenorian means loud and powerful.
“How long have you known?” “That you are a Planeswalker? Since you first came here. The signs are not difficult to read, once you know the truth.” “Then why pretend ignorance?” Niv-Mizzet gave a dry chuckle. “In ten thousand years, I have found no tactic more effective than knowing more than you let on. I had no reason to interrupt your little game. Until now.”
As funny as this is to think Niv-Mizzet knew about Ral the whole time, I wonder if it’s untrue. Bolas could’ve planted that juicy little tidbit in the agent’s mind, leaving it for Niv-Mizzet to use to gain leverage over Ral. I think it’s something he’d do.
Yeah, Azor didn’t intend for a planeswalker to become the Living Guildpact. Heck, I don’t think he intended for anyone to become the Living Guildpact.
Oh right! Remember when Ral Zarek killed Melek, Izzet Paragon, to become the mazerunner for the Izzet? Shame, too: it could’ve been a milestone for weird/elemental representation…
So here, in short, is “Niv-Mizzet’s” plan:
1. Get all 10 guilds to agree.
2. Become the Guildpact
3. Beat Bolas.
You can see how well that plan went. But hey, at least he’s fully fine with leaving the Izzet to accomplish this. And giving Ral the position of Guildmaster… how could he refuse?
Come to think of it, with Ral going after Tezzeret, who is in charge of the Izzet now?
“Leave the Dimir to me. If Lazav has thrown in his lot with Bolas, then we will simply need to replace him. No doubt one of his lieutenants will be unhappy with his guildmaster’s choice of loyalty.” – Niv-Mizzet
Or her. Etrata’s still with the Dimir.
Ah yes, the “Backup Plan”. Not Operation Desperation, which is the Backup Backup Plan. No, thisis the thing that Bolas planted in Niv-Mizzet’s mind – the Planar Beacon!
Ral spikes his hair with elecrticity. Forget about spending hundreds on hair product – use STATIC!
Ah yes, send letters to the Azorius, where Dovin Baan is working…
Oh my god… that was… THAT WAS AN ACTUAL STORY!!! Not a recap, not a teaser, not a recap – not those little samples in grocery stores to make you buy their product! This was an actual honest-to-gods story!!! And it’s so REFRESHING to read this descriptive language! To see people talking like people instead of what someone presumes to think that kids sound like! To be immersed in a well-loved and well-crafted world!
We got personified rain! Seven Swords! Practical magic! History! Silver Curtains! Rage! Kites! Mind-control! Planning! Comic operas! Security runes! Posters! Tezzy-boy! Insults! Planar ratings! Eye stalks! Mizzium-Ion Electrostatic Accumulator Mk IV! Fried Clowns! Diversions! Telescopes! Books! Adding secrets! Discarding! Incompetent guards! Bogo Sternwhistle! Dragons acting like cats (not to be confused with cat dragons)! Planeswalkers! Knowledge! Changing the Living Guildpact! Backup plans!
And the 2nd chapter’s already been out, and the 3rd got emailed today, so I can’t do a cliffhanger… um…
Yes I know I haven’t gone over the email stories. I was going to read it yesterday to compare & contrast it with today’s, but I’ll give Greg Weisman one last chance. Let’s let him wrap things up before we move onto better things…
I.
Y’know, reading the first paragraph, it reminds me of something. It’s like hearing your friends talking about something funny that happened, but when they tell it it’s kinda eh, and they’re like ‘You had to be there.’ That. That’s what this is.
Why does everyone keep calling it a gem between his horns? It’s made of metal. Unless it’s coated in metal, in which case why would you hide your bling, Bolas?
Of course Liliana is still alive. We STILL don’t know who Raven Man is.
STOP. CALLING. THEM. CREEPIES!!!
I think that’s Rhonas and Kefnet down, if the card art is anything to go by.
He spoke with such confidence, such authority, that he was pretty darn reassuring, you know?
DON’T SAY THAT WE’RE GONNA MISS HIM EVEN MORE NOW…!
“The plan, this time, is simple enough. For the moment, Bolas has pulled back the bulk of his forces to his Citadel. So we’ll respond by launching a massive two-pronged attack. On the ground, every guildmember, every Planeswalker—hell, every Ravnican who can hold a weapon—will launch a full-frontal assault. Everything we’ve got. All at once. Everyone. Unless you can fly or can hitch a ride on something that does. Next, while the ground assault keeps the Eternals busy, Aurelia, me, and the rest of our combined air forces will engage from above. I’ll make use of my invulnerability to get in close. Then I’ll stab Bolas with Blackblade. And it will all be over.” He made it sound really simple, really easy. Too easy …
Nominated for a “Slimefoot thought it was a terrible idea” award.
I love Ral trying to protect his boyfriend~!
Mister Jura began, raising Blackblade high once more and saying: “Never again. Not on any world. This I swear: for Sea Gate, for Zendikar, for Ravnica and all its people, for justice and peace, I will keep watch. And after Bolas falls, when any new danger arises to threaten the Multiverse, I will be there with the Gatewatch beside me.”
I’m pretty sure the rest of Jace’s Oath was telepathic. Where’s your psychic powers for that, Rat?
Chandra’s, same as before.
Teferi would know all about the strong plaguing the weak: he’s met Urza.
“I have seen tyrants whose ambitions knew no limits. Creatures who styled themselves gods or praetors…”
HOLD UP WAIT A MINUTE HOLD UP WAIT A MINUTE
AJANI, BRUH, YOU AIN’T NEVER BEEN ON NEW PHYREXIA
‘But he met with Elspeth!’ Yeah – he ain’t seen shit about praetors! Unless there’s a Roman plane we ain’t been to yet, but f*ck that shit! I’m calling you out on this, Greg Weisman!
NISSA SAID HER OATH SHE’S BACK BABY!!!
Wait… where’s Kaya’s oath? There was a card for it and everything.
Don’t you go onto the next section without giving us Kaya’s Oath!
II.
I wonder how long Isperia’s petrified corpse is gonna stay there. Did she have any family? How often do sphinxes have kids anyways? Are there litters, or is it one at a time?
Chandra. You want Chandra to turn on the Immortal Sun. Okay. I didn’t know it could be turned off, but hey, whatevs. Azor’s a dick, and I could totes see him keeping everyone else on the plane even after he thought Ugin abandoned him, instead of just letting everyone else flee.
Actually this still has me pissed off, but I’m too tired to articulate my frustration.
Oh yeah, Dack could touch the Immortal Sun and learn how it works. It’s not like he’s… oh right…
Yes I am still immensely proud of my edit.
"There’s a humongous golden trinket a couple blocks away, and instead of going after it, I’m off to fight an Elder Dragon. Some thief …” – Dack Fayden, not quite last words but close enough
III.
If I was a little bit …invulnerable, I’d use that to make sure my friends and family stayed alive and safe.
Rub more salt in our wounds, why don’t you.
That’s… an awkward conversation between Vraska and Jace. I feel like if we knew what was going on, it might seem less so. Why aren’t I complaining about it more? You’ll see…
Ral, are you jealous of their relationship goals?
IV.
FIRST LINE AND WE’RE ALREADY IN MEDIA RES, HEARING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT ALREADY HAPPENED OFF-SCREEN.
I mean, axes can still be used for sneak-attack. Hell, any weapon can be used for sneak-attack in 5e. Maybe they’re working on Pathfinder rules…
I’m surprised sparks are still flying up. Just how many people on Ravnica are planeswalkers?
For that matter, is the baby from Under the Cover of Fog still allive???
Also I miss Nicky Drayden. Even at her worst, she still showed gave us a lot of worldbuilding, memorable characters, intriguing settings, and new ways of thinking about each of the guilds. She is leagues above Greg Weisman.
Oh right, as the eternals are covered in Lazotep, Dack would be able to touch ‘em and gain insight. Shame he couldn’t put that to use…
I guess it makes sense for Vorel to return a bit to his roots and use a mace, but I’d be hulking out and using my fits if I were in the simic. Or use a swordfish as a weapon, because I’m in the Simic and I can make a fish that can be air and remain perfectly rigid when impaled through a foe!
RAT DON’T YOU DARE CALL VRASKA A DEMON IN MY PRESENCE EVER AGAIN!!!
Jace apparently had telekinesis now.
Sorin and Nahiri are working together for now. It’s temporary. I fully expect a set where they’re duking it out on some plane. Maybe the Gatewatch has to stop their feud from destroying more worlds.
Of all the scenes we get to see, of course we get to see Dack’s death!
Rest in peace, you brilliant thief. You deserved to star in one of the main sets, and you certainly deserved a better death, but we’ll always remember you as the greatest thief in the multiverse…
V.
How is Kaya valuable to you? Oh right, your unnoticability…
Rat. Please. Tell me. How do you know what a werewolf is? Is it your psychic ability to know things you shouldn’t?
VI.
Oh hey! We get to see Feather! See and nothing more. Perhaps in the novel…
Ooh, card callbacks with sapphire drake!
So Liliana actually gave the order to shoot Gideon down. Not an autopilot zombie thing – she actually fucking pantomimed shooting a fucking bow and arrow to shoot down Gideon. Just…fuck.
VII.
If she was caught off guard, maybe Bolas made her enforce her contract. Yeah, Imma go with that ‘til I read the novel…
Let’s all take a moment to appreciate Viktor Titov and his art piece here. Gideon Jura, wielding the Blackblade, riding amidst the flames on Rakdos’ head, all while lightning arcs in the background. F*cking superb!
Oof, but this is hardly the worst thing Rakdos has endured.
Blackbladeshattered against Nicol Bolas’s invincible brow.
If nothing else, we got the phrase ‘invincible brow’ from these stories.
VIII.
Okay, folks. It’s coming. The moment we’ve all been dreading…
I knew then that Miss Raven-Hair had switched sides. No way to know why…
A child with unexplained psychic powers? Greg… you haven’t been reading Stephen King, have you? It all makes sense now…!
Yes, that was it. There was less of her; black flecks and purple sparks were being carried off by the wind. I was watching her flake apart, disintegrate, one little bit at a time. That does not seem like a pleasant way to go …
Mister Jura I don’t feel so good…
Goodbye, Gideon…
(I know it’s insensitive, but did his Eternal Aegis transfer to Liliana?)
IX.
Well, looks like Bolas was backstabbed figuratively and literally! Go Niv-Mizzet! Bonus points for using the last Amonkheti God’s weapon!
And now Bolas is no longer a planeswalker. His own weapons, turned against him. Glorious.
Now, we know from the cards Bolas is in the Meditation Realm with Ugin serving as his jailer. I suppose it’ll be explained in the novel…
X.
Oh, Vitu-Ghazi’s just dormant. Good to know!
Note from the wiki, she apparently took Bolas’ Spirit-Gem. Y’know, it kinda does look like an egg… maybe the Raven Man will hatch from it…
I saw Miss Yanling and Mister Yanggu depart with their three-tailed dog (who seemed to turn to stone just before all three vanished).
…?
I guess that’s how he’s trying to explain how Mowu can go between planes? I don’t like it.
XI.
Sorta strange, but then again Rat’s powers are strange, so you’re forgiven for not remembering her, Hekara.
“COME, WOMAN,” he said in his booming sepulchral voice, “RAVNICA IS OURS AGAIN. THE LONG BATTLE HAS BROUGHT THE PEOPLE LOW, AND THE CIRCUS MACABRE MUST PLAY TO THE CROWD AND LIGHTEN ALL HEARTS. WE HAVE PERFORMERS TO GATHER, ACTS TO PREPARE, AND A READY-MADE AUDIENCE YEARNING TO FORGET THE DAY’S HORRORS—BY BURNING. BLEEDING AND BURNING.”
We got this too out of today’s story. This was fun.
I’m with Angrath: Destroy the Immortal Sun.
Dang, Ob Nixilis is on their hitlist now… What did he do? Recently, I mean.
Miss Nalaar looked over at the demolished Embassy of the Guildpact and said, “We lost our clubhouse.”
The Gatewatch do need a clubhouse. It brought us one of the greatest stories in Magic, Homesick.
There’s Kaya’s Oath.
God bless you, Niv-Mizzet, bragging about your new job to the former holder of said job.
Tomik showing his allegiance to his guild. Think of the property damage…!
So here’s the hitlist as follows:
Ral Zarek vs Tezzeret I am 100% convinced Tezzeret will show up on New Phyrexia. Ral, bring a hazmat suit.
Vraska vs Dovin Baan So her “punishment” is getting to kill the former Azorius guildmaster? Dang, she got off easy…
Kaya vs Liliana Vess I mean if you really want to help the dead move on, Kaya, you got your work cut out for you…
That was… alright. There was still a lot missing, but it still summed up the story pretty well… though not as well as the cards in the set did :P
So what’s next? Well I have a backlog of email stories to read which I’ve heard are fantastic, so I’ll try and work on that tomorrow. Then we have Core Set spoilers, not sure if we’re getting stories with that or not. We still haven’t had an announcement day in what seems like forever! But I’m sure we’ll get it eventually.
As for you, Greg Weisman…
… we’ll see if it’s just the free stories you wrote that aren’t so good, or you yourself…
…stay tuned for the Ravnica prequels, and for the roasting of Greg Weisman!!!
That’s gonna have to wait ‘til after work. Stay tuned later today to see if Django Wexler is a better writter than Greg Weisman (not that it’s a high bar – zing!)
Last time, Rat was unnoticeable! This time, Operation Desperation!
…
Wait, did Tumblr get rid of the divider lines? Son of a – how am I supposed to divide segments now? Just have no dividers like an unprofessional writer???
I.
Ah right, Jarad was killed and became a lich. That’s why it’s ‘first killed’.
… part of me is considering pasting these stories in a word doc, and replacing all instances of ‘creepies’ with ‘eternals’. See how that reads.
Oh good, the portal’s closed!
Or maybe four … My companions all stopped dead in their tracks. I asked Teyo what was wrong, and he said something had changed.
That’s it? No quotes? I mean, Teyo’s new to planeswalking and all, so he probably would be unfamiliar with the sensation.
Also, what kind of monster puts spaces between their ellipses?
Also also, Rat’s psychic abilities coming into play!
Jace, Teferi, Jaya, and Vivien vs. Liliana & the Dreadhorde… f*ck that’s a good band name…
Yes, there was still the dragon. Actually, did Bolas just show up to sit pretty and let all the sparks come to him? Is laziness in his color alignments, or does he have to concentrate on the Elder Spell?
II.
The first juggler, wearing studded red leathers and ribbons that ended in sharp metal fishhooks, impressively juggled six flaming torches. The second juggler juggled eight human skulls. The third juggled twelve flaming skulls. The fourth juggler was an undead skeleton, bones reinforced with wrought iron, including four wrought-iron horns mimicking those of its master, Rakdos the Defiler. It juggled flaming cat skulls pulled from a small furnace smoldering within its own rib cage.
That’s seven, seven times the word ‘juggle’ was used in this paragraph!
Did you count those 500 steps, Rat? I’d make a Proclaimers joke here, but the story hasn’t earned it.
Wait, did Vraska kill Hekara? Quick, to the wiki!
WHAT THE EVERLOVING F*CK!?!?!?
So apparently, in the novel, a Bolas-possessed Lavinia killed Hekara. It mentions Vraska betraying the group, so she might’ve played a part, but… WHAT THE EVERLOVING F*CK???
Greg, are you okay? Do you need help? That’s a rhetorical question: You need an intervention here. That, or motivation. Besides a paycheck. These plot twists have M. Night Shyamalan going, “Woah, tone it down there.”
Y’know, I wonder if Rat’s “latent psychic abilities” are just a device to let us know what the other characters are thinking…
The walls were lined, smeared, with hundreds of torn and overlapping banners, some advertising centuries-old performances, most incorporating some insult to one of the other guilds, with Orzhov, Azorius, and Boros being the most common and popular targets.
See?That’s a good sentence! Why can’t the rest of your stories be like this???
Unicycles exist in Ravnica.
Ogres wearing masks made from ogre skulls… like, bits of ogre skull tied together?
Still, our little group hesitated before the entrance’s ominous red glow—until Queen Vraska muttered, “Screw it,” and marched through the arched gothic doorway.
We missed you, Vraska…
Gobakhan is an arid desert environment. I mean, I kinda guessed that, but still…
Oh hey, Exava! She was the Rakdos maze-runner!
Contralto: the lowest female singing voice.
Oh hey! Tomik Vrona, Ral’s boyfriend!
I scurried over to Hekara’s side. The thrull was tall, and I had to stand on tiptoe to see my friend and kiss her pale cheek. It was real now. I honestly couldn’t tell you whether that made it better or worse.
… okay, moving on.
The last time Niv-Mizzet tried to gain power, Jace became the guildpact. I 100% understand Rakdos’ hesitance.
Hekara’s back! And undead (I think)! And a blood witch!
Hekara cartwheeled away. The cartwheel morphed into a somersault, which morphed into a backflip. Hekara landed on the stage, and I applauded!
Cool trick.
Hellhounds have acidic saliva.
Oh no, Hekara can’t see Rat anymore. I’d be so sad if I didn’t wish I could ignore Rat as a narrator.
III.
I’m not gonna waste another divider on this paragraph.
IV.
F*cking call them eternals…!
Also you know Miss Raven-Hair’s name now, geez…
“Don’t worry. I’ll explain everything that happens as we go.” He said, “I think I’ve got the gist of it all by now.” “Yeah, but you don’t know most of the players.” He started to say something, paused and then said, “Thank you, Araithia. That would be very helpful. And I expect … very entertaining.” “You just love to hear me babble.”
1. You haven’t been explaining. We’ve gotten snippets and tidbits, nothing more.
2. If we wanted the gist of things, we would’ve looked at the cards. Reading the cards explains the story.
3. You’re right, we don’t know most of the players. We have to check out the novel from our local library because f*ck supporting this author.
4. This is not an entertaining experience. Hell, the stories I write are better than this, and I have to write them all in one sitting so I don’t come back and cringe at what I write!
5. WE DON’T LOVE YOUR BABBLING!!!
… I’m fine, I just… needed to get that off my chest. Please tell me the story team will be in charge of the Core Set story… if there is one… please tell me there is one…
Normally I’d say it’s in Agyrem, but that’s vanished. Then again, there are still spirits on Ravnica, so…
Wait, when did the Boros agree to the plan?
Only when all the others had shown their faces did Guildmaster Lazav of House Dimir reveal that he had been there all along—right beside Teyo and I—by morphing out of the form of Chief Varryvort. “Damnit, Lazav!” Master Zarek said in a clipped and dangerous voice. “What the hell have you done with the real Varryvort?” Master Lazav “reassured” Master Zarek in a lazy drawl, “Your accomplished chief chemister is sleeping one off. He’ll be just fine come morning—assuming this succeeds, and any of us are just fine come morning.”
This exchange is almost worth the rest of the story. Almost.
My mother seemed to be looking Teyo up and down. She frowned a little and shot me a questioning look. Apparently, Teyo Verada hadn’t passed muster as a dependable friend for Ari Shokta’s daughter.
Still not worth it, but a valiant attempt.
“The gods know he can hardly do a worse job than Beleren.“ – Ral “As soon as I invent the bus I’m gonna throw you under it” Zarek
First, that’s not untrue…
Second, who are these gods everyone keeps referring to? Give us Ravnica’s pantheon!!!
Rakdos intolerance.
I wonder if Teyo learns about leylines, would he be able to create a planar shield?
Oh shit! Kefnet’s here to interrupt the ritual!
STOP! CALLING! THEM! CREEPIES!!!
And Kefnet would be using his staff or magic for f*ck’s sake!
Gold scales? Lemme check that art real quick…
Nope, still looks red to me.
Oh wow, New Niv Mizzet really is swole!
Side-note, I wonder how the guilds are going to use all this lazotep? Even if all the bodies are cremated, scraps have gotta be laying around somewhere. The Dimir could use the recordative properties, the Izzet could probably do all sorts of crazy stuff…
The eleven were just beginning to come out of their trances. Master Zarek shook his head to clear it and then looked up … just in time to see Master Niv-Mizzet fall. The dragon crashed down ten feet to the left of us, shaking the ground—and shattering all our hopes. The Firemind lay there, breathing heavily and barely moving. One wing seemed bent beneath his body at an angle so awkward, I had to cringe. Gan Shokta said, "That’s it? Is the great power of the new Living Guildpact already spent from dealing with a single one-armed Eternal?”
Dude just came back from the dead and became the Guildpact. Chill out.
Well that was… disappointing. But hey, I got to make dividers from it.
But will we get a compitent story next time??? Stay tuned!!!
Last time, plans were made, some characters did things that were a bit odd for them, and Operation Desperation! Let’s see what’s next!
I.
“What happens with the Azorius Senate and House Dimir~? Buy the book!” – Some money-grubbing Wizards CEO, probably
And no, I’m not going to stop harping on this. The culmination of years of story and planning is literally locked behind a paywall. What we’re getting here is just bedcrumbs.
Kaya’s in charge of getting the Golgari, Rakdos, Gruul, and Selesnya in line. Only one of those is going to be easy I’m guessing, and it’s the guild who has a color about working together.
Rat might be able to help with Gruul, given her origin.
Oh hey, Nissa’s here! Somehow. I mean planar beacon, etc., but how specifically she got to this point, if she saw Chandra, and so on, is left to the novelpaywall.
Please stop calling them ‘creepies’ like a child referring to bugs. You’re lessening the threat the eternals present.
Nissa, as always, proving herself a polite yet potent powerhouse.
Miss Revane, in particular, seemed to be public enemy number one for having awakened Vitu-Ghazi, resulting in the World-Tree’s departure, dismemberment, and near-complete destruction.
“It wanted to help protect you!” – Nissa, who did nothing wrong.
Well at least we’re getting background on Rat. Or more precisely her godfather, but still really neat!
Your godfather gives you piggy-back rides? Rat’s godfather gives her centaur-back rides!
Ah, the return of Rat, Information Kiosk!
“It’s understandable. But I believe we have business to attend to.” He turned to Mistress Kaya and Teyo, saying, “Anyone with the good taste to take notice of our Araithia deserves a chance to be heard. "Again, Miss Revane leaned in to whisper, "Who is this Araithia?”
Nissa sweetie, you’re doing your best here…!
Wait… what? Is it invisibility? Or does she have the powers of The Shadow since she’s slightly psychic? Y’know, from the old radio show? The ability to cloud men’s minds so that they cannot see him?
What are you talking about? When getting someone to meditate, you’re a phenomenal talker! Or is it just for Chandra~?
Yeah I can blame you a little, Rat. It’s not Nissa’s fault that Vitu-Ghazi was killed by Rhonas, but the Selesnya still need someone to blame.
II.
Oh right, Teyo’s from some sort of desert world. Of course he’d be amazed to see so much green!
Hang on… oh no…
So Teyo came from a desert world, went to a city world, and then somewhere with a lot of vegetation. Anakin came from a desert world, went to a city world, then went to Naboo. … Okay, I may be a bit tired. It’s a long stretch. But if we get ratfolk on Gobakhan, I’m changing my profile picture to a jawa.
Also according to mtg.gamepedia, in the novel it’s mentioned that Gobakhan has two suns… but even so Teyo’s still better written than Anakin.
Speaking of Gobakhan, no loxodon there. We didn’t see a reaction from Teyo towards godfather Boruvo, so he either didn’t have one (meaning there are centaurs there), or it wasn’t mentioned. Since we know so little about Gobakhan, I’ll assume the former.
So Rat chose wisely and chose the ability to be unnoticeable, which is 1000x better than invisibility. Invisible people leave footprints that can be tracked: unnoticeable people leave tracks which aren’t important enough to follow.
It’s probably a good thing Rat wasn’t sent to the Dimir: Lazav would’ve been like, “You’re hired.” “I didn’t–” “Sure you did, don’t you remember? Speaking of memory, the rest of you don’t know her. You just met her today. She’s always been a part of my guild. Now what was this about Operation Desperation?”
Trostani isn’t even dischordant: one of the trio ain’t even playing their instrument. That’s a musical pun, by the by.
Emmara Tandris, former Selesnyan maze-runner, as well as Jace’s ex. He wiped her memory of planeswalking and other worlds, but given what’s happened with the War of the Spark… oh well.
I hope that’s her card name when she finally gets one: Araithia, still Gateless.
Aw, Emmara’s so sweet!
“Emmara, please,” Kaya said. “We need to unite the guilds. Ral has a plan passed down by Niv to save Ravnica, but it won’t work without all ten guilds cooperating.” “And it may not work even if all ten guilds cooperate, correct?”
“…Youhave been outside, right? We’re kinda out of options.” – Kaya, probably.
Oh she’s not Mistress Emmara, she’s Milady Emmara. Fancy!
“In fact, I suspect the troubles on my world may be Bolas’s handiwork, as well.” – Kaya
Oho! Backstory ahoy! We still don’t know her home plane, but Bolas may be meddling there! Well, may have been meddling there.
Side-note, it’ll be interesting to see what will come from Bolas’ schemes on other planes without his interference/guidance. And his minions. I mean, we know Tezzeret’s probably gonna apply for that Father of Machines position in New Phyrexia, but aside from him…
Oh hey, Trostani woke up! Well, Cim did, anyways.
…I find it really odd that Ses is so reluctant. I wonder if this seed of information will grow into something sinister down the line?
III.
I wonder how the beacon worked anyways. Like was it a light that only planeswalkers could see, and then moth-to-flame and all that? Or was it like a siren’s song? Ah well: it’s gone, so that’s one plan succeeded!
I don’t know what was getting into me, but I actually stopped and rolled my eyes at her. “No one else hears me. No one else wants to. Besides, we’ve almost reached Skarrg. Now, when we get there, you guys should let me do the talking.” “I thought they can’t hear you,” Teyo said. Then he looked stricken, afraid he’d hurt my feelings.
This is so sweet, but I’m still putting this in for Best Owns and Burns.
Ah yes, normal Gruul sounds: angry voices and weapon clashing.
Oh shit, Rat’s dad is fighting Borborygmos! I thought Domri killed him and that’s how he became guildmaster? Quick, to the wiki!
Okay he was defeated and everyone lost respect for him. But he’s still alive!
IV.
“Please, Araithia, no need to shout!” “I thought Gruul warriors were supposed to shout!” “In battle. Not at their mothers,” she said and cuffed me hard.
No matter your guild, your mother is still your mother. Well if you’re in the Dimir, I suppose you could lose the memory of who your mother is, but that’s splitting hairs here.
“We have to go,” I said. “Gan Shokta and Borborygmos are killing each other. "She faked a yawn. "Again?”
This deserves a Masterclass of Sass award!
“I know, Araithia. I heard. I’m so very sorry. She could kill with the best of them. And she was a good friend to you. A worthy friend.” – Ari Shokta
Best Mom in Ravnica. Putting you in for a Best Supporting Character award!
V.
Again, this plays into guild conflict. While Ral and Kaya didn’t directly associate with Domri, since they all served Bolas and Domri is dead, Borborygmos needs to blame somebody (else).
Hold on, let’s do a list of Ari’s weapons:
A Sword
An Axe
Two long daggers (shortswords?)
Iron chain
Guns *flexes arms*
… Okay that was a bit odd, but the Gruul are in? Yay?
In all seriousness, it’s nice to see a soft side to Gruul.
VI.
Jesus, Ral! 66 minutes???
…
…you couldn’t wait for three more minutes?
… ..must’ve been a damn good 66 minutes if Tomik’s still with you~
What is a Krokt and why are you using it as a swear? Quick, to the wiki!
Oh, they’re unlucky goblins, mostly in Rakdos. Makes sense.
Mistress Kaya smirked a bit, as Master Zarek ran through allthe implications of what I was telling him.
He’s 100% wondering if she caught him and Tomik together.
“I’m used to it. And really, I’m kinda impressed at what you’re doing now. My mother says it took my father three months after I was born to master focusing on me.” – Rat
God, I was so hoping this was the case!
“Ari, what are you holding?” “Your daughter.” “Oh.”
Now for the big question: did Jace restore Vraska’s memories yet? DO WE ACTUALLY GET TO SEE THAT MOMENT???
"I think I’m very open to new things.” “No, you don’t. You want to be. But you don’t believe you are. But you are. Isn’t that strange?”
…I don’t know whether to put this in for a Non Sequitur award or a Pathetic Planeswalker Excuses award. I’ll put it in both for now.
If you’re walking in concentric circles, it’s a spiral.
You already know the Golgari mazes! Plot convenience at its finest…!
Well if you’re laying a trap, you should be expecting enemies by definition.
Ah, love that descriptive language! Dead leaves being blown across a grave. Shame we don’t get that more often in the WAR stories…
Oh hey, the Erstwhile have a leader! Storrev!
Ooh! We get to see Mazirek again! Yay!
Isperia’s last look was of mild surprise? Had she seen this coming and thought it the best outcome, a la Doctor Strange?
Mister Azdomas made a series of clicking noises in his throat before speaking. There was a dark anger in the clicking and in his voice: “Mazirek was another Bolas collaborator, revealed by Queen Vraska before her departure.”
… what?
What?
What the f*ck?
How??
When??
WHY???
Mazirek was the one who freed the Erstwhile! Why is he a tormentor???
Literally from what we saw of him he was fine! He was drinking tea with Vraska and everything!!! WHy is he suddenly a bad guy???
WHAT THE EVERLOVING FUCK!?!?!?
“You look ridiculous,” Master Zarek said to her, trying to replace a certain tone of bitterness with something approximating contempt. “What are you supposed to be, a pirate?”
VII.
Guess we don’t get to see her return to normal… aw…
What that’s it? You just agree with her? I guess time’s of the essence, but still…
RIP Khazi, whomever you were…
Mu Yanling is there too??? She didn’t even get a card! Please don’t tell me she dies…
MOWU MOWU MOWU MOWU MOWU
Also, if the eternals have stormed the doors, they can enter buildings now.
And now they need to get the Rakdos on their side…
Well that was… a mixed bag. It was long, it went here and there, and… eh? It was alright. I may be too tired to get really mad, like how Vraska’s in her pirate garb or how she managed to leave Ravnica before the Sun took effect. Again, probably in the novel paywall. It wasn’t altogether bad, but considering the past few stories it needed to be a lot better. It was still not good, but not bad enough for me to get really angry. Except that Mazirek part because what the f–
