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?
Magic: the Gathering - Kamigawa Fox ‘o’ Nine Tails
The Kitsune (Japanese: 狐きつね) of Kamigawa are cunning, tricksy masters of diplomacy and swordmanship. They are curious and fond of playing pranks, mostly harmless ones for their own amusement. They tend to live in large, close-knit family clans related through blood and marriage. Kitsune are proud of their lineages, and are are able to trace their ancestry back through multiple generations.
The more a kitsune experiences, the more tails they grow, with the wisest elders having nine tails. The average kitsune is slighter and shorter than a human, with the top of their head coming up to person’s chin. They have white fur with red markings.
The kitsune are are most commonly found in the Imperial court.
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Light-Paws, Emperor’s Voice1W
Legendary Creature- Fox Advisor [rare]
Whenever an Aura enters the battlefield under your control, if you cast it, you may search your library for an Aura card with mana value less than or equal to that Aura and with a different name than each Aura you control, put that card onto the battlefield attached to Light-Paws, Emperor’s Voice, then shuffle.
Boom! Comics’ Magic series, providing plenty of healthy relationships. More pls
Honestly, with Chandra being one of the new main characters and the fact that the new team is heading to Zendikar in the next issue, I’d be willing to bet we see the return of Gruulfriends in the next few months. One can only hope…
As a reminder to the community (and probably an intro for many of you), there were a series of short stories written for the website during the original Kamigawa block. You can’t find them on the main site anymore (as of right now), but you can find them here.
Some personal favorites - Eight and a Half Tails - The Dragon’s Errand - A Servant’s Mission - The Face Behind the Mask
“As far as anyone knows, Nicol Bolas is the oldest Planeswalker in the Multiverse. Ages before remembered history, Bolas established empires across multiple planes, hoarded secrets and treasures beyond number, and vanquished potential rivals ranging from a demon-leviathan to other ancient dragons. Truly, he wielded the power of a god - not a petty local god, like the squabbling tyrants of Theros, but an immortal being of near-limitless magical strength and knowledge approaching omniscience.
When rifts in the fabric of time threatened to destroy Dominaria, Bolas actually helped heal the plane, but at a terrible cost: stabilizing the fundamental structure of the Multiverse - a phenomenon called the Mending - also limited omnipotence and immortality. Bolas felt his power drain and the knowledge he had accumulated over millennia seep away like water through a sieve. For the first time, he felt the tattered edges of his own wings, and the creaking ligaments and popping joints of his aging body. He was no longer a god.
Nicol Bolas was mortal again, but he was still a dragon. Ancient beyond human reckoning, he retained knowledge of spells to stagger the imagination of any living mage. His vast intellect still dwarfed the minds of the short-lived minions who served him. So he conjured schemes, woven twisting plans inside of plans, and charted a path that, he knew, would lead him back to divinity - to the power that was his birthright.
However, Nicol Bolas is not the only elder dragon. According to legend, he has four close relatives, variously referred to as siblings or cousins, whose power rivals his own. Like Bolas, each of these dragons is associated with three colors of mana. Bolas has claimed that his old rivals have all been exterminated, and some stories relate their deaths - but other tales cast doubt on the truth of Bolas’s assertion.” - M19 Player’s Guide.
Doing the Dominarian Annotations ended up screwing a little with my release schedule, but I’m doing my best to catch up! So today I’ve got three new blog posts for you all!
We want to see your take on what’s going on in this enigmatic card. What is the backstory? What is the context? What is it like to be a shapeshifter pirate?
Don’t forget to tag your post with #MTG Flash Fan Fic so we’re able to find it.
Have fun everyone! We can’t wait to see what you create.
This week’s MTG Flash Fan Fic prompt is up!!
Go to it everyone! And let’s remember to have fun and be supportive of each other!
Hello everyone. Without going into much detail, today has been a very rough day for me. I came back home extremely tired towards the end of the day (I’m in Europe) and kind of at the edge of tears. However, I’m blessed enough to have really good friends even though they live in different nations, and several of them were kind enough to listen to me rant and whine and offered me pleasant distractions and lifted my spirits. So, because of this, I am now feeling a lot better, and I’d like to dedicate this week to friends and companions, in a way.
-Solidarity of Heroes, by Eric Deschamps
Today’s prompt is simple and to the point. Write a story about two or more characters, canon or of your creation, who struggle and work together to overcome adversity.
For those of you who would prefer a prompt that’s a bit more precise (as MaRo always says, restrictions breed creativity), how about this one: Write a story about a duo, canon or of your creation, that competes in the stadium of Valor’s Reach, on Kylem.
-Spellweaver Duo, by Steve Argyle
I quite liked what we were shown of Kylem, and I think there is a lot of potential for a narration that takes place in the Stadium, since we have several flavor texts that show how complex and varied the battles can be. What kind of strategy will your duo employ? Who will they fight? What will the special rules of the battle be? That’s entirely up to you to decide!
Now you listen here! Thassa’s cat is priceless to her and she would pay ANY cost for that foamy feline!!
ashlingthepilgrim brought up an interesting point that if the cat’s casting cost was four blue mana, then having it under your control would always make Thassa a creature for you. I like that flavor!!
So if we’re going to change its casting cost, we should come up with an ability to make it worthwhile.
