The worst part for me currently is why would this interplanar organization allow the Valgolavoth team to officially enter. Seems like letting a plane consuming super-demon have a legitimate chance to win a Planeswalker spark might be a bad idea.
@PleasantKenobi That's the angle I hope they go; the formatting of the guide article makes it seem like they are "official", but maybe I'm just reading too much into it.
I don't think we have a timeline on how long ago the events of Duskmourne story were, but I'd assume Valgavoth isn't-well known at this point, because if he were it would just be too silly that anyone would let that team participate for even a second. It did sound like Winter and co were official participants, but perhaps everyone thinks they're just "regular" demon cultists.
You know Valgavoth is evil because you read the planeswalker guide, but for most of the universe he is not even a known entity. From what we know not even the rescue team from the last set has full grasp of what actually is Valgavoth and what is his plan, and publicly he is not involved in the team, Winter is the official team leader
Watching the creative team work incredibly hard to do decent, sensible writing and worldbuilding under the absurd top-down directives of Corporate 'Focus Test Says' is like looking at an exceptionally-painted work of an artist's incredibly grotesque patron.
This feels similar to Duskmourne, where the creative team actally did a great job with most of the worldbuilding, but there is always this undercurrent of shallow, focus tested corporate grime over the whole thing. That said, I am excited we get to see some more of Muraganda. It has lost a lot of it's identity I think since Dinosaurs are just a big part of magic now in general even apart from Ixalan. I think there could have still been some potential in showing very early socities living there. While I'm not too hot on the racing theme, I do like the idea of a "compilation set" like this where we visit multiple planes that mabye we wouldn't get to see otherwise. A plane like Xerex for example is really cool but probably wouldn't work too well for a standalone set. They might as well have put in a team of goofy cavepeople with Flintstone cars to match Muraganda, but maybe that was deemed to goofy.
I actually think Valgavoth allowing people to get out in exchange for a spark makes a lot of sense. He really wants to expand out of Duskmourn and the spark would give him that. Him letting people out and even sparing their lives is not unprecedented either, with the whole cult of Valgavoth and his deal with Winter. I actually want to see what he could do with a Planeswalker spark and how it interacts with his curse.
Although given how closely tied Val is to Duskmourne, it would seem a little strange if the spark device could let him planeswalk without some sort of power boost to it. He's a little bigger that the average person, to say the least.
Exactly what I was thinking! There's a whole history throughout the classic MTG lore of big bads wanting to steal planeswalker sparks in order to escape the plane they're trapped in - Yawgmoth did it, Memnarch did it, somebody else probably did it too idk :P
With reveals like this I think about stuff like Universes Beyond, specifically walking dead, and wonder if the lesson Wizards learned was not "make more crossovers that fit in Magic", rather the other way around, "make the setting of Magic fit more crossovers"
Well, "helping Avishkar grow as a multiversal, interdimensional power" as a reason to host a Grand Prix sure tracks with the sorts of reasons F1 gives for going to real up-and-coming tourist destinations like Azerbaijan, Qatar, Bahrain, Jeddah, and Sochi (that just happen to be willing to pay F1 a small fortune for the privilege of hosting Grands Prix). So that's at least sort of faithful to real life.
I've really disliked the implementation of Omenpaths so far, so I'm glad you mentioned that it's cool to see them used as to make this set take place on multiple planes. I feel like it's a good way to showcase them, better than Thunder Junction in my opinion.
So far Omenpaths only seem to make planes feel less internally integral with people from different planes showing up on other planes. Takes away some form of identity
@@davidbronstein2040 Omenpaths could have worked if there were some consistent rules behind them. Making travelling through them a conflict in and of itself could have led to some interesting opportunities. But the hand-wavey "they're completely chaotic and unstable" schtick they've gone with just means they do whatever the writers need them to do at any given time with no further explanation required.
Wouldnt it had been cool if they were actual colonial powers and the plot of the set was fighting back against the new kaladeshi government? Kaladesh is probably my favorite plane, and I think this would have been a great place to take them in the story. The rebel government has become the oppressors, and now the different planes are fighting back. Unfortunately, that's too interesting for wotc and might offend 1 person on xitter
Places do this. Culture influences. India does it within its local sphere. This Neo colonialism, they aren’t conquering anyone, but using their culture to proliferate influence.
Seems like an awfully high number of teams to be able to get a significant amount of lore and support cards for each team/color pairing. Remember when Ravnica had to split into multiple sets, just to cover each Guild!
Yeah I felt the same about Bloomburrow. Hard to really support every faction sufficiently with just one set. The sets barely get past establishing their own iconography, especially since cards have so much rules text nowadays.
As much as I agree that blocks were good for building up a world, I think its good thing they aren't doing them anymore especially with such extreme themes and mechanics now and days. Not every set is for everyone and it would stink to have nothing but a set you don't like three times in a row for a year. I personally think a whole block of anything that doesn't introduce big shifts in the world would get stale. Shadows of innistrad is the only block that I was playing when I felt like that happened. Everything else felt just more of the same with a new mechanic or two.
30 boosters is a absolute dirty trick ... when I buy boxes I play with them. One-on-one-Sealed with my friends! So 6 x 2 Booster ... with the old Box size you could play three times. With the new size we'll have 6 Booster left ... Guess who is not buying booster boxes anymore ...
If we are getting this silly in MTG, I wish the Universes Beyond for this set was Fast and Furious so you can give flying to Vin Diesel, to attack "in the air" so the spanish meme "EN EL AIRE" is canon in MTG. EDIT: So my Opponent can respond with "¿¡QUE!?"
I have been half expecting them to put Fast & Furious cards in the set, like they did Jurassic Park ones for Ixalan. Is it called yet that this won't happen? Maybe it'll be a (series of) Secret Lair(s) instead?
Eventually every IP will become a karting game. Happened with mario, star wars, crash bandicoot and jak&daxter. It happened even in ARMA 3. I'm suprised it took this long
Personally I’m disappointed with Aetherdrift because I care a lot about flavor and I like being able to take my fantasy settings seriously. Bloomburrow was super, super cool to me. Duskmourn, Outlaws, and Karlov were disappointing for the obvious costume reasons. I haven’t been playing for *that* long but after experiencing Bloomburrow, I’m sad knowing there won’t be anything like it. Maybe the Tarkir one will be cool.
Why the hell did they made such a big deal about desparking planeswalkers and creating omenpaths if they are just going to respark the planeswalkers back anyway?
Note: even if Chandra wins this, Nissa won't actually be able to become a planeswalker, just that she'll have a fancy item to let her planeswalk (potentially, it's stated nobody has any idea if the Aetherspark actually works or not, and even if it does how well - it might be a one & done for example. Though like, you can assume that it does). Has the notable features that she'll still be mechanically a creature + can have the item stolen from her.
Apparently this "Trophy Spark" has been on Avishkar since the consulate was still in power. It was considered a prized and dangerous thing. Then the new government took over, invested all their resources in Omenpaths, and threw this Trophy in as a shiny bauble that is "far less important" because "Omenpaths are the way of the future." It's a one off magguffin and the only people who want it for more than bragging rights are Chandra and Valgavoth.
I'm out on the current generation of M:tG art direction at the set level. Individual artists are still exceptional. I don't think I'm the target demo any more and that's ok.
The artwork with a small car racing around a gods statue on AKH from the planeswalker guide 2 is my exact feeling about this set: Look at the cool setting we built, so we could contruct a highway through it. Its almost a meta commentary on current magic design, although I doubt that this is intentional. (The second thing I noticed is the "we have this race team, and its headed by [character you already know]. Why? Why can we not establish cool new characters? When did chandra learn to race on a motorcycle?)
I think the issue is not enough effort was put into the machinery to make them really stand as vehicles. Chandra's motorcycle is too simple and futuristic for Chandra, why isn't it designed for her to channel her fire into the bike for propulsion? The bike instantly feels closer to her and would likely have a more steampunk visual which has been a staple for her for years.
@otterfire4712 to be fair about the lack steam punk part, chandra will not participate with her plain in this race so it make sense for her to not use a steam punk bike
@@mmmbhss3468 no where did I mention her home plane in my comment on her and her bike. To boot, steampunk is not entirely what I'd consider the aesthetic of Kaladesh, rather it's more intricate Indian fashion with a mechanical through line, hell the aether tubes and lines look like elaborate bongs. Izzet, Caperna, and some electromancers in Innistraad.
When your 1/1 dork from the hell dimension stands in front of your opponent’s gigantic war-rig that inexplicably does not have trample: WITNESS ME!!!!!
The definatly feels like a Mario Kart thing here, where the big bad Valgavoth is sending his minions to go kart racing with Chandra. ALSO, reminds me of YuGiOh 5Ds. So who knows, maybe it could be good.
Please don't be gaslit by any content creators into accepting this obvious price hike. Wizards are saying "WE are not suggesting any price increases because WE only set MSRP for packs". I.e. Any price increases or shrinkflation on the box you see will be due to greedy retailers and not us. A year ago it was $100 per booster box of 36 packs. Then they charged us 120 for a play booster box because play boosters were 'like set boosters'. Then they nerfed play boosters while steadily increasing the price to $130, $140. Now they're going to reduce the # of packs while charging you $110 and act like they didn't increase the price. A year from now, they're going to change boxes to 24 packs and charge you $100 and tell you 'we wanted to keep boxes under $100 and give everyone great value'. It's so obvious what they're doing and everyone is just going along with it as if it's nothing.
This set very much feels like a return to the very mid to poor sets of late such as murders and outlaws and I don’t hold out much hope that it’ll be as fun as DM or as well designed as BB
Murders I can agree, was poor. But Outlaws, aside from a weak theme, was a fun set imo. It had a lot of good and fun cards that slot well into existing decks. Murders on the other hand had both a massive flavour fail, and very forgettable cards. The surveil lands were nice but nothing about the set interests me in the slightest.
@@boringmonkey6958I agree re the cards in outlaws, some good stuff in there. My worry is that even if there are decent cards in the set the new set will share the same weaknesses in terms of theme
I would appreciate it if UW sets didn't get made into parodies in the future. I am not a fan of this beach epsiode - set for Magic. We are already getting so much UB crap shoved down our throats every other week that it would be a nice refresher to experience a proper 3 set cycle on a single plain with cohesive storytelling instead of these one-of joke sets.
I'm really still not sold on it at all. The last 2 years of sets have just felt like WotC trying to do their best Hearthstone impression, and I'd rather they don't. Also, 'problematic' name or not, Kaladesh honestly just sounds way more catchy than Avishkar. Can't see too many enfranchised players actually bothering to train themselves to use the new name instead.
Minor nitpick: the reformed Consulate post-Aether Revolt was still unpopular because it didn't do enough to loosen restrictions on Aether - and were completely unprepared for the Phyrexian invasion. The current Assembly that changed the name of the plane and is trying to become a multiplanar center of culture is the result of *another* revolution. The New Culture Collective used underground street racing as a flashy recruitment tactic to entice people to join their resistance to the Consulate, which left them uniquely prepared to serve as recon scouts and search-and-rescue during the invasion. With help from some Renegades from the first revolution, they rode their wave of popularity into a new, more democratic government.
I just hate the fact sparks are something you can just rip from someone and anyone else can in turn use it. Sparks feel like they should be a legit part of someone. You can't just fucking 'surgically' remove or add to someone. So fucking stupid. Sparks/Planeswalkers means so fucking little when it used to be something incredibly significant.
@@TaskMaster5 We're honestly so far past that point, even. There are wormholes everywhere, so the spark barely matters. And when suddenly all dimensions became one, the only thing WotC could think to do with that is "let's have a big race." They have nothing interesting to say about a universe where all reality was suddenly turned on its head, why not give away a spark. lol
7:43 I think from a farther standpoint this may be Valgavoth trying to get his own spark, possibly trying to use a spark to expand his plane out into other planes? Possibly.
I wonder if this will end up being a set that they do Planechase for. It feels like that could be thematic, they could also make an alt win con card that was something along the lines of getting through a full planar deck.
As a newcomer who mostly plays Draft and Commander, I’m excited for this fun looking set. I honestly don’t really care about the lore, i just want fun cards.
You will eventually become invested in the lore, and there will come a day when you are piecing the entire timeline together and realize what a shame it was that WotC allowed such a cool ass story to wither into corpo cringe garbage.
Yeah, but Lorwyn and Ravnica don’t sell newcomers. Spiderman and Final Fantasy do. Aetherdrift and Duskmourn are a happy medium, a kind of “best of both worlds”. I’d be more concerned with power creep and the state Standard is in.
I am a bit warmer after showing the teams, especially the Guidelight Voyagers. The Guidelight I think could be just sci-fi, but I have hopes that there will be more of a magic twist that might make them a bit closer to droids. The first image has a digital tongue sticking out. I know people are worried about the hats thing, but I have a fondness camp, where we can see a tongue in cheek and dedication to a theme. It could risk hitting Unset status, but I think can be saved by striking the balance of still the core of the aspects even if it might look silly at first. Kind of like the Planeswalkers tyrning into animals in Duskmourn.
I dont care what people say, it's incrediblty frustrating and hard to enjoy magic when... HALF the sets are universes beyond, and then when we DO get an "in unniverse" set, it's something silly like fedoras or motorcycles. AND THEN when we do get a proper feels like old magic set it's just a return to an old problematic set like tarkir or lorwyn, beloved, but problematic. AND THEN LORWYN GETS PUSHED BACK FOR MORE UNIVERSE BEYOND!!!!!!! Ya, I'm kind of done caring.....
Im in waiting mode, just playing with what I have, slowly blinging the decks I love, and buying the singles of cards I want and Faeries to add to my Decks/Collection 🧚. In Lorwyn I'll buy at least a Collector box and after that I'll resume my "not buying sealed product if UB or dumb set" stance.
@@SSolemn I'm with you there. I aint buying anything until we get some lorwyn, although right now I'm on an indefinite hiatus due to having to quit my toxic LGS. So that's also saving me a ton of money currently!
"They're a colonial power now, but its ok because there was a revolution, and governments after revolutions in history have always been filled with exclusively good people, so it's good people colonization!"
Despite my complaints about mtg current card effect designs and not really playing anymore, i actually love the fact that a plane took advantage of the portals to make a racetrack. I love these kind of crazy sport/racing plots in shows and movie, mainly the animated REDLINE movie where its a multi planet death race. Crazy environments, crazy cars, and dumb fun overall
Speaking from midway through spoilers, this was a set that, when it was announced, I was very mid on it. Being now able to see how some of it is executed, I really like where they are going with the set. Aetherdrift accomplishes a number of things well from a theming standpoint. It allows the team to handle multiple planes that are liked, but aren't necessarily ready for a complete revisit. It feels like a good world-building setup to check on how multiple worlds are dealing with the impact of the Omenpaths. It also does a great job setting up faction identities in a fun way, which is something I haven't quite enjoyed from any of the sets since the end of Phyrexia. On a gameplay level, it gives a lot of love to vehicles/mounts, which have been underutilized and need a set like this to get more fleshed out. There's already a few that have caught my eye for fitting into certain decks I have for various purposes. Some of the mechanics are a bit hit and miss, though. Start Your Engines is at risk of being a mostly flavor mechanic that doesn't do much due to the ironically slow rate, since most of the effects requiring Max Speed to do anything. Exhaust is nice, because it allows for more powerful one time effects, but for MtG players who are used to being able to abuse effects constantly, it might be a tough pill to swallow unless you think of it like Monsterous. Overall, I think the set is a flavor win, with a decent number of interesting cards if you aren't super onboard with the theme.
They took a hit with Karlov Manor already, but considering the amount of time required to create each set it may take a couple of years to correct course anyway.
36 was sadly the ideal size for drafting with my friend group. The set itself is a bit meh, most sets have been beach episodes this past year anyways. Bloomburrow and Foundations are the only mainline 2024 sets I've really enjoyed the vibe of, so one more beach episode hardly matters, not sure if I care for the implication of a fucking racetrack running through multiple planes.
i really hope (hoped if its already set in stone) that they call the set "Avishkar: Aetherdrift" and not just Aetherdrift. There is gonna be a bell curve in people how long it takes people to learn the new name, and making Aetherdrift a subtitle will really help in pushing that curve closer to 0.
At this rate the next set will be a tournament where all the planeswalkers come together to fight shadow versions of each other in an ultimate fighting tournament. Mario is there
Really this setting screamed a visit to the plane of Vrynn to me. With all their mage-rings and technology that looks like a phantastic mix with Kaladesh/Avishkar. But, alas, you cannot have it all.
The issue for me isn't the reduced size of the box, cause I was one of those not happy of having the minimum price of a box at 160€ here in France when sets were 125-135 and draft 105-115 ; technically now it goes back to where set boxes were. The issue is that Play boosters have less value than sets : when we had the list there was a fifth chance of having a rare per box, now only 4 and the odds are way less than in sets, not to mention the joke of special guests that not only are so scarce but on top of that most of them are uncommons or commons artificially upgraded to the mythic rarity and so the odds to pull a good one are even rarer. So they just merged sets and draft into one with less value than the former sets, which were the type of boxes I was mostly going for. I used to pull 6-8 mythics in set boxes with 30 packs, it's only been 5-6 max in play boxes so far and I've got quite a few of them. In the end it's just a price increase for less value, with a fake excuse of it being draftable AND having value like sets, when the reason those of us buying set boxes was to get more value and less bulk, which doesn't happen in play boxes. At least when there was draft + set boxes we had the choice, now it's just forced price increase with less value...
This almost reminds me of the hot wheel world race movies from the early 2000s, which brings some nostalgia I guess. Not really magic-ish, but it's more palatable than other themes I could think of
It's like Mario Kart meets Fortnite, but it's still a turn based card game. I wonder if anyone is gonna make a "racing" format to go with it, and what that would look like? EDIT: I also find it interesting to see how some of the returning planes are recovering after WotC, essentially, blew them up.
i personally feel like this could have maybe been the end of a story line (like how MOM was) instead of a starting point. allowing stories to develop and having this at the end could have been something players may be excited for especially since sets are jumping from plane to plane now
Everything feels shoehorned in. Its like, who tf were most of these before there was an interplanar race set? More than half of the teams come from places we don't know of. EDIT: By "shoehorned", I mean, where were these planes and people in thunder junction or any other sets? Why only now do we see any hint of them?
@PleasantKenobi None of the previous sets had this kind of interconnectedness. We never saw any new plane influences in other sets, only already known planes interacting. It's jarring to see all of a sudden new planes connected when previously it was only old ones
@@PleasantKenobi surely you can see how ridiculous that is. It’s a core flaw to an interconnected multiverse. The ability to introduce no characters and factions always existed without the ridiculous omen path stuff. However, when each plane had its own story it never brought up questions like “why weren’t these guys referenced at all in the phyrexian invasion” or “why weren’t these guys interested in the cache of thunder junction.” They clearly already existed within the multiverse so why didn’t we get even the slightest hint of them during key multiverse events? It makes no sense for continuity.
Bold prediction: You will be able to fling a turtle of some kind to destroy a vehicle. Less bold prediction: There will be a Take the Lead mechanic similar to initiative; giving you something if you are 'winning the race'. I hope its not boring or annoying to track. Least bold prediction: The Goblin Admech is gonna be sweet.
One disappointment I see, if we were to have a wavky races set, is that there is more than one unknown plane being "referenced". It would have been cool if the majority of competitors were from pre-existing planes (with only one foreshadowing a future plane) and seeing each plane own version of vehicles.
It's probably Nico Bolas's spark. That could be how he comes back to the story front as a bad guy again since he's just in a planer prison right now and no one knows he's alive besides his brother. Plus he had a pretty heavy hand with tarkir history and we are revisiting their next year. If you turn the image of the aether spark upside-down down it actually looks like Bolas's horns with the gem in the middle.
1:48 damn its almost like if you have to wait 2 years for feedbak on a change that you should make changes slower. Like maybe do one stupid fucking dog shit set, and then wait for it to come out and see what people think as opposed to just sending it and doing 3 or more years of them
It's a bit weird feeling, but I think this sort of setting actually works decently well with it being a one-and-done set instead of a 2 or 3 set block. It's a race, so it's supposed to be fast-paced. In terms of hopeful game mechanics, I'm pumped for new vehicle stuff. Also, hopefully a flavorful alternate wincon.
I think it’s pointless changing the name (call me the worst person you know). Been 8 years and no one complained. Only because they have now told us it’s offensive people r being offended. They should’ve kept quiet. The same people are mad about “tribal”. Just like DND players being offended by dark elves by being racist themselves and comparing them to black people. And the same with half elves. Ridiculous. 4:32
Other examples of “offensive” things to new players. Players think orcs represent Asian people (which in itself is racist), Ashnodd story being completely changed even tho it’s a feminists wet dream as she was a leader in a male dominated society but the fact that the society was even male dominated in the first place was offensive enough… what a joke. A Female artist was kicked off of making art (one of the best mtg artists) because she followed right wing accounts on twitter. Plenty of stories… Justice Geddes compared rich mythological creatures to Jews saying that if they are represented as rich with big noses then it is antisemitic… if a card has cleavage on it and you are offended then it needs to be covered, if you find half naked men in a hot tub offensive then you must be homophobic. (I find no cardboard attractive, however it is a terrible double standard)
Teams from various planes somehow travel to this race location to participate in a multi planar race in hopes of winning a spark that will allow them to travel to other planes?
And if they had licensed scooby doo for a duskmourne secret lair the way they SHOULD have done it would have been easier to license wacky races for this one
Forge and Fire is selling 30-boxes for 110, 100 with coupon code. So approximately $3.65 or $3.35 a pack for prerder. I assume that's going to be more like $4+ per pack if you buy in bulk post-release, maybe $120 a box?. I think there's not a lot of excitement for this set, which will keep prices in check, but they might push closer to MSRP for Tarkir or Final Fantasy.
I mean it's my two favourite plains with some absolutely stunning art already, I just wish it was like a massive inventors fair or something rather than a race...
I think Valgavoth will become the main Villian after his team gets the spark and next year we will see a Duskmourn invasion set when he tries to take over another plane.
Creatively bankrupt set. Now if one of the commander decks from the set was vehicle themed, I would be happy; with the inclusion of additional vehicles in the overall set. I want to play magic to cast magic spells not to open a portal and have a million vehicles run over the opposing magi. Weak. I really hope the person leading creative during this period 2 years ago is out of the loop.
This is a weird looking UNset.
What if they did a spinoff mtg series that the story was rated R (the cards would still be pg 13 since its public stuff)
Oh shit, a big TH-camr watched my video.
@@PleasantKenobi Its the big guy
what's un about it?
@neminem233 ive seen you everywhere in recent vids lol
The worst part for me currently is why would this interplanar organization allow the Valgolavoth team to officially enter. Seems like letting a plane consuming super-demon have a legitimate chance to win a Planeswalker spark might be a bad idea.
Maybe his involvement isn't public.
@PleasantKenobi That's the angle I hope they go; the formatting of the guide article makes it seem like they are "official", but maybe I'm just reading too much into it.
I don't think we have a timeline on how long ago the events of Duskmourne story were, but I'd assume Valgavoth isn't-well known at this point, because if he were it would just be too silly that anyone would let that team participate for even a second. It did sound like Winter and co were official participants, but perhaps everyone thinks they're just "regular" demon cultists.
You know Valgavoth is evil because you read the planeswalker guide, but for most of the universe he is not even a known entity. From what we know not even the rescue team from the last set has full grasp of what actually is Valgavoth and what is his plan, and publicly he is not involved in the team, Winter is the official team leader
I just don't understand why doesn't he just steal the cup, why win it?
Watching the creative team work incredibly hard to do decent, sensible writing and worldbuilding under the absurd top-down directives of Corporate 'Focus Test Says' is like looking at an exceptionally-painted work of an artist's incredibly grotesque patron.
While I do think it is dumb top-down directives, I’m not so sure it’s only from the corpos:/
@chrisbenson6753 Yeah, it's easy to blame management, but im not entirely convinced it's only them.
Nah. The design team needs to retire. Foundations slapped design wise but that’s really the only one since March of the machine.
This feels similar to Duskmourne, where the creative team actally did a great job with most of the worldbuilding, but there is always this undercurrent of shallow, focus tested corporate grime over the whole thing.
That said, I am excited we get to see some more of Muraganda. It has lost a lot of it's identity I think since Dinosaurs are just a big part of magic now in general even apart from Ixalan. I think there could have still been some potential in showing very early socities living there.
While I'm not too hot on the racing theme, I do like the idea of a "compilation set" like this where we visit multiple planes that mabye we wouldn't get to see otherwise. A plane like Xerex for example is really cool but probably wouldn't work too well for a standalone set.
They might as well have put in a team of goofy cavepeople with Flintstone cars to match Muraganda, but maybe that was deemed to goofy.
yeah the Travelogue sets (what maro called it) would be great for introducing new planes that can't fit a full set
Plot twist: The cat from Esika's Chariot enters the race so it can use the aether spark to bring back the other cat.
I am sooo hoping for a reprint
Now this is pod racing!
It's workingh, it's workinggg
Totally Wizard!
I actually think Valgavoth allowing people to get out in exchange for a spark makes a lot of sense. He really wants to expand out of Duskmourn and the spark would give him that.
Him letting people out and even sparing their lives is not unprecedented either, with the whole cult of Valgavoth and his deal with Winter.
I actually want to see what he could do with a Planeswalker spark and how it interacts with his curse.
Although given how closely tied Val is to Duskmourne, it would seem a little strange if the spark device could let him planeswalk without some sort of power boost to it. He's a little bigger that the average person, to say the least.
Exactly what I was thinking! There's a whole history throughout the classic MTG lore of big bads wanting to steal planeswalker sparks in order to escape the plane they're trapped in - Yawgmoth did it, Memnarch did it, somebody else probably did it too idk :P
With reveals like this I think about stuff like Universes Beyond, specifically walking dead, and wonder if the lesson Wizards learned was not "make more crossovers that fit in Magic", rather the other way around, "make the setting of Magic fit more crossovers"
Well, "helping Avishkar grow as a multiversal, interdimensional power" as a reason to host a Grand Prix sure tracks with the sorts of reasons F1 gives for going to real up-and-coming tourist destinations like Azerbaijan, Qatar, Bahrain, Jeddah, and Sochi (that just happen to be willing to pay F1 a small fortune for the privilege of hosting Grands Prix). So that's at least sort of faithful to real life.
@@schraedera and Las Vegas
I've really disliked the implementation of Omenpaths so far, so I'm glad you mentioned that it's cool to see them used as to make this set take place on multiple planes. I feel like it's a good way to showcase them, better than Thunder Junction in my opinion.
So far Omenpaths only seem to make planes feel less internally integral with people from different planes showing up on other planes. Takes away some form of identity
@@Schwenne1994 I am quietly hoping that the omenpaths get scrapped soon. It's terrible worldbuilding.
@@davidbronstein2040 Omenpaths could have worked if there were some consistent rules behind them. Making travelling through them a conflict in and of itself could have led to some interesting opportunities. But the hand-wavey "they're completely chaotic and unstable" schtick they've gone with just means they do whatever the writers need them to do at any given time with no further explanation required.
@@ArixOdragcthe latest planeswalker's guide contains some very good worldbuilding and rules for omenpaths. Necessitated by how the race works.
i feel like this entire set would be better if we were still using blocks instead of just a single set
Honestly all the sets in the last couple years would be better if they were a block. I want more bloomburrow and thunder junction lol
Very interesting to see the India-inspired plane get turned into a "progressive" colonial power. Once again incredible world building from WotC.
OOF
Left-wing racism strikes again. Malcolm X had a very good point about it.
Wouldnt it had been cool if they were actual colonial powers and the plot of the set was fighting back against the new kaladeshi government? Kaladesh is probably my favorite plane, and I think this would have been a great place to take them in the story. The rebel government has become the oppressors, and now the different planes are fighting back. Unfortunately, that's too interesting for wotc and might offend 1 person on xitter
Places do this. Culture influences. India does it within its local sphere. This Neo colonialism, they aren’t conquering anyone, but using their culture to proliferate influence.
@@williamdrum9899lmao you haven't read a blessed word he said
Seems like an awfully high number of teams to be able to get a significant amount of lore and support cards for each team/color pairing.
Remember when Ravnica had to split into multiple sets, just to cover each Guild!
It would be great to return to a block set story style, give us more time to invest in a world and its characters
Yeah I felt the same about Bloomburrow. Hard to really support every faction sufficiently with just one set. The sets barely get past establishing their own iconography, especially since cards have so much rules text nowadays.
@@melephs_capI haven’t heard a single people reference bloomburrows story since it released lol
As much as I agree that blocks were good for building up a world, I think its good thing they aren't doing them anymore especially with such extreme themes and mechanics now and days. Not every set is for everyone and it would stink to have nothing but a set you don't like three times in a row for a year. I personally think a whole block of anything that doesn't introduce big shifts in the world would get stale. Shadows of innistrad is the only block that I was playing when I felt like that happened. Everything else felt just more of the same with a new mechanic or two.
A recurring weakness in magic sets since the shift to single set planes.
I cannot wait for Baywatch Jace and Vraska!
Yugioh 5DS fans everywhere getting bricked up when they see this lol. "IT'S ALL CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES NOW, BAAAAAABBBBBYYYYYY!!!!!!!!"
YGOTAS fans scream in a chorus "CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLESSS"
Give me that Vin Diesel Secret Lair baby!!!
@@EstimatedAdam The Family Bundle
Nah. Twisted Metal!
I need an enchantment called "When You're Here" that shows Vin Diesel sitting at a picnic table surrounded by piles of breadsticks and salads.
@@thisismyyoutubepage I'll take the garlic Parmesan foil
30 boosters is a absolute dirty trick ... when I buy boxes I play with them. One-on-one-Sealed with my friends! So 6 x 2 Booster ... with the old Box size you could play three times. With the new size we'll have 6 Booster left ...
Guess who is not buying booster boxes anymore ...
If we are getting this silly in MTG, I wish the Universes Beyond for this set was Fast and Furious so you can give flying to Vin Diesel, to attack "in the air" so the spanish meme "EN EL AIRE" is canon in MTG.
EDIT: So my Opponent can respond with "¿¡QUE!?"
No lie bro, you are cooking. A Fast and Furious Universes Beyond is the FF we should have gotten.
Vin Diesel, Legendary Creature - Human Rogue Familia
I have been half expecting them to put Fast & Furious cards in the set, like they did Jurassic Park ones for Ixalan. Is it called yet that this won't happen? Maybe it'll be a (series of) Secret Lair(s) instead?
'Jump the shark' - I mean odds are that's the name of a card in the set
YES
Eventually every IP will become a karting game. Happened with mario, star wars, crash bandicoot and jak&daxter. It happened even in ARMA 3. I'm suprised it took this long
Still no Bloodbornekart tho...
@@TheUltimatetofuBloodborne kart got turned into Nightmare Kart at least
Personally I’m disappointed with Aetherdrift because I care a lot about flavor and I like being able to take my fantasy settings seriously. Bloomburrow was super, super cool to me. Duskmourn, Outlaws, and Karlov were disappointing for the obvious costume reasons. I haven’t been playing for *that* long but after experiencing Bloomburrow, I’m sad knowing there won’t be anything like it. Maybe the Tarkir one will be cool.
Fuzzy critters is just a costume you like.
have faith
Duskmourn was actually cool though, don't put that shit into the same bucket as outlaws and karlov😅
@@VoodooDuckduskmourn had cool monster stuff but the survivor stuff was really lame
This is just wacky races
Why the hell did they made such a big deal about desparking planeswalkers and creating omenpaths if they are just going to respark the planeswalkers back anyway?
Because committing to a story beat is something companies are fucking allergic to. Got to undo it all ASAP!!!
I call this The Law of Conservation of Absolutely Fucking Everything (TM)
Note: even if Chandra wins this, Nissa won't actually be able to become a planeswalker, just that she'll have a fancy item to let her planeswalk (potentially, it's stated nobody has any idea if the Aetherspark actually works or not, and even if it does how well - it might be a one & done for example. Though like, you can assume that it does). Has the notable features that she'll still be mechanically a creature + can have the item stolen from her.
Desparking planeswalkers into legendary creatures makes them legal commanders 💀
Aetherdrift = the rat race to power creep and maximized profits
Apparently this "Trophy Spark" has been on Avishkar since the consulate was still in power. It was considered a prized and dangerous thing. Then the new government took over, invested all their resources in Omenpaths, and threw this Trophy in as a shiny bauble that is "far less important" because "Omenpaths are the way of the future."
It's a one off magguffin and the only people who want it for more than bragging rights are Chandra and Valgavoth.
First we had one plane three sets. Then we had one plane one set. Now we have one set three planes. The tictocification of Magic is real
If i can love New Capenna, i can find myself loving this set eventually. This feels very Neo-Magic, but honestly, im not mad at it
I'm out on the current generation of M:tG art direction at the set level. Individual artists are still exceptional. I don't think I'm the target demo any more and that's ok.
Sometimes it slaps. Other times it's pandering. But at least it still slaps sometimes! Honestly on a card by card basis, it does more that it doesn't
The artwork with a small car racing around a gods statue on AKH from the planeswalker guide 2 is my exact feeling about this set: Look at the cool setting we built, so we could contruct a highway through it. Its almost a meta commentary on current magic design, although I doubt that this is intentional.
(The second thing I noticed is the "we have this race team, and its headed by [character you already know]. Why? Why can we not establish cool new characters? When did chandra learn to race on a motorcycle?)
I think the issue is not enough effort was put into the machinery to make them really stand as vehicles. Chandra's motorcycle is too simple and futuristic for Chandra, why isn't it designed for her to channel her fire into the bike for propulsion? The bike instantly feels closer to her and would likely have a more steampunk visual which has been a staple for her for years.
I mean I think the bug cars made of bug exoskeletons and kinda alive is pretty cool
@mmmbhss3468 it's an exception, not the norm with the designs.
@otterfire4712 to be fair about the lack steam punk part, chandra will not participate with her plain in this race so it make sense for her to not use a steam punk bike
@@mmmbhss3468 no where did I mention her home plane in my comment on her and her bike. To boot, steampunk is not entirely what I'd consider the aesthetic of Kaladesh, rather it's more intricate Indian fashion with a mechanical through line, hell the aether tubes and lines look like elaborate bongs. Izzet, Caperna, and some electromancers in Innistraad.
I scoffed at this set initially. But listening to your explanation and run down of the set actually makes me feel pretty good about it. Thanks guy 👍
Its looking better than I expected.
When your 1/1 dork from the hell dimension stands in front of your opponent’s gigantic war-rig that inexplicably does not have trample: WITNESS ME!!!!!
"BOOST GOD" now I need JDM goblins
The definatly feels like a Mario Kart thing here, where the big bad Valgavoth is sending his minions to go kart racing with Chandra. ALSO, reminds me of YuGiOh 5Ds. So who knows, maybe it could be good.
Please don't be gaslit by any content creators into accepting this obvious price hike. Wizards are saying "WE are not suggesting any price increases because WE only set MSRP for packs". I.e. Any price increases or shrinkflation on the box you see will be due to greedy retailers and not us.
A year ago it was $100 per booster box of 36 packs. Then they charged us 120 for a play booster box because play boosters were 'like set boosters'. Then they nerfed play boosters while steadily increasing the price to $130, $140. Now they're going to reduce the # of packs while charging you $110 and act like they didn't increase the price. A year from now, they're going to change boxes to 24 packs and charge you $100 and tell you 'we wanted to keep boxes under $100 and give everyone great value'. It's so obvious what they're doing and everyone is just going along with it as if it's nothing.
Yeah, I'm not buying it either.
That's so Wizards of the Coast, Annie!
This set very much feels like a return to the very mid to poor sets of late such as murders and outlaws and I don’t hold out much hope that it’ll be as fun as DM or as well designed as BB
Murders I can agree, was poor. But Outlaws, aside from a weak theme, was a fun set imo. It had a lot of good and fun cards that slot well into existing decks.
Murders on the other hand had both a massive flavour fail, and very forgettable cards. The surveil lands were nice but nothing about the set interests me in the slightest.
@@boringmonkey6958I agree re the cards in outlaws, some good stuff in there. My worry is that even if there are decent cards in the set the new set will share the same weaknesses in terms of theme
I mean, if you like vehicles - THIS will probably be your favourite set.
If we don’t get a Paul Walker Planeswalker I quit
I would appreciate it if UW sets didn't get made into parodies in the future. I am not a fan of this beach epsiode - set for Magic. We are already getting so much UB crap shoved down our throats every other week that it would be a nice refresher to experience a proper 3 set cycle on a single plain with cohesive storytelling instead of these one-of joke sets.
I'm really still not sold on it at all. The last 2 years of sets have just felt like WotC trying to do their best Hearthstone impression, and I'd rather they don't.
Also, 'problematic' name or not, Kaladesh honestly just sounds way more catchy than Avishkar. Can't see too many enfranchised players actually bothering to train themselves to use the new name instead.
Minor nitpick: the reformed Consulate post-Aether Revolt was still unpopular because it didn't do enough to loosen restrictions on Aether - and were completely unprepared for the Phyrexian invasion. The current Assembly that changed the name of the plane and is trying to become a multiplanar center of culture is the result of *another* revolution. The New Culture Collective used underground street racing as a flashy recruitment tactic to entice people to join their resistance to the Consulate, which left them uniquely prepared to serve as recon scouts and search-and-rescue during the invasion. With help from some Renegades from the first revolution, they rode their wave of popularity into a new, more democratic government.
My prediction: Nissa wins the spark and absorbs it, only to find out it's Tibalt's spark. Chaos ensues.
Realistically, this is Magic story we're talking about. Of course the spark is either going to be Chandra's or Nissa's.
I just hate the fact sparks are something you can just rip from someone and anyone else can in turn use it. Sparks feel like they should be a legit part of someone. You can't just fucking 'surgically' remove or add to someone. So fucking stupid. Sparks/Planeswalkers means so fucking little when it used to be something incredibly significant.
@@TaskMaster5 We're honestly so far past that point, even. There are wormholes everywhere, so the spark barely matters. And when suddenly all dimensions became one, the only thing WotC could think to do with that is "let's have a big race." They have nothing interesting to say about a universe where all reality was suddenly turned on its head, why not give away a spark. lol
@@TaskMaster5 uhm.. I mean technically organ transplants exist. Not quite magical, but realistically feasible :')
@SWAT6809 A Planeswalker Spark isn't an organ.
7:43 I think from a farther standpoint this may be Valgavoth trying to get his own spark, possibly trying to use a spark to expand his plane out into other planes? Possibly.
maybe the gobos are just trying to get back to the Waagh. The red ones go faster!
I wonder if this will end up being a set that they do Planechase for. It feels like that could be thematic, they could also make an alt win con card that was something along the lines of getting through a full planar deck.
I like the idea, I'm just burnt on beach episodes. It just doesn't feel like we're building towards anything. We really need a new main villain.
Valgavoth?
As a newcomer who mostly plays Draft and Commander, I’m excited for this fun looking set. I honestly don’t really care about the lore, i just want fun cards.
You will eventually become invested in the lore, and there will come a day when you are piecing the entire timeline together and realize what a shame it was that WotC allowed such a cool ass story to wither into corpo cringe garbage.
Yeah, but Lorwyn and Ravnica don’t sell newcomers. Spiderman and Final Fantasy do. Aetherdrift and Duskmourn are a happy medium, a kind of “best of both worlds”. I’d be more concerned with power creep and the state Standard is in.
I am a bit warmer after showing the teams, especially the Guidelight Voyagers. The Guidelight I think could be just sci-fi, but I have hopes that there will be more of a magic twist that might make them a bit closer to droids. The first image has a digital tongue sticking out.
I know people are worried about the hats thing, but I have a fondness camp, where we can see a tongue in cheek and dedication to a theme. It could risk hitting Unset status, but I think can be saved by striking the balance of still the core of the aspects even if it might look silly at first. Kind of like the Planeswalkers tyrning into animals in Duskmourn.
I dont care what people say, it's incrediblty frustrating and hard to enjoy magic when... HALF the sets are universes beyond, and then when we DO get an "in unniverse" set, it's something silly like fedoras or motorcycles. AND THEN when we do get a proper feels like old magic set it's just a return to an old problematic set like tarkir or lorwyn, beloved, but problematic. AND THEN LORWYN GETS PUSHED BACK FOR MORE UNIVERSE BEYOND!!!!!!!
Ya, I'm kind of done caring.....
Im in waiting mode, just playing with what I have, slowly blinging the decks I love, and buying the singles of cards I want and Faeries to add to my Decks/Collection 🧚. In Lorwyn I'll buy at least a Collector box and after that I'll resume my "not buying sealed product if UB or dumb set" stance.
@@SSolemn I'm with you there. I aint buying anything until we get some lorwyn, although right now I'm on an indefinite hiatus due to having to quit my toxic LGS.
So that's also saving me a ton of money currently!
"They're a colonial power now, but its ok because there was a revolution, and governments after revolutions in history have always been filled with exclusively good people, so it's good people colonization!"
Despite my complaints about mtg current card effect designs and not really playing anymore, i actually love the fact that a plane took advantage of the portals to make a racetrack. I love these kind of crazy sport/racing plots in shows and movie, mainly the animated REDLINE movie where its a multi planet death race. Crazy environments, crazy cars, and dumb fun overall
Speaking from midway through spoilers, this was a set that, when it was announced, I was very mid on it. Being now able to see how some of it is executed, I really like where they are going with the set.
Aetherdrift accomplishes a number of things well from a theming standpoint. It allows the team to handle multiple planes that are liked, but aren't necessarily ready for a complete revisit. It feels like a good world-building setup to check on how multiple worlds are dealing with the impact of the Omenpaths. It also does a great job setting up faction identities in a fun way, which is something I haven't quite enjoyed from any of the sets since the end of Phyrexia.
On a gameplay level, it gives a lot of love to vehicles/mounts, which have been underutilized and need a set like this to get more fleshed out. There's already a few that have caught my eye for fitting into certain decks I have for various purposes. Some of the mechanics are a bit hit and miss, though. Start Your Engines is at risk of being a mostly flavor mechanic that doesn't do much due to the ironically slow rate, since most of the effects requiring Max Speed to do anything. Exhaust is nice, because it allows for more powerful one time effects, but for MtG players who are used to being able to abuse effects constantly, it might be a tough pill to swallow unless you think of it like Monsterous.
Overall, I think the set is a flavor win, with a decent number of interesting cards if you aren't super onboard with the theme.
I’m here for anything motorcycle related.
I hope this set sells so bad that they take a big step back from "fun themes".
They took a hit with Karlov Manor already, but considering the amount of time required to create each set it may take a couple of years to correct course anyway.
CaRd GaMeS oN mOtOrCyCLeS!
Let's play card games Yusei
Standing completely still
On
The
Ground
_Yusei wakes up_
It's Sparky, from Arena!
36 was sadly the ideal size for drafting with my friend group.
The set itself is a bit meh, most sets have been beach episodes this past year anyways. Bloomburrow and Foundations are the only mainline 2024 sets I've really enjoyed the vibe of, so one more beach episode hardly matters, not sure if I care for the implication of a fucking racetrack running through multiple planes.
Print a proxy cube.
i really hope (hoped if its already set in stone) that they call the set "Avishkar: Aetherdrift" and not just Aetherdrift. There is gonna be a bell curve in people how long it takes people to learn the new name, and making Aetherdrift a subtitle will really help in pushing that curve closer to 0.
Makes me think of pod racing
At this rate the next set will be a tournament where all the planeswalkers come together to fight shadow versions of each other in an ultimate fighting tournament.
Mario is there
Really this setting screamed a visit to the plane of Vrynn to me. With all their mage-rings and technology that looks like a phantastic mix with Kaladesh/Avishkar. But, alas, you cannot have it all.
The issue for me isn't the reduced size of the box, cause I was one of those not happy of having the minimum price of a box at 160€ here in France when sets were 125-135 and draft 105-115 ; technically now it goes back to where set boxes were.
The issue is that Play boosters have less value than sets : when we had the list there was a fifth chance of having a rare per box, now only 4 and the odds are way less than in sets, not to mention the joke of special guests that not only are so scarce but on top of that most of them are uncommons or commons artificially upgraded to the mythic rarity and so the odds to pull a good one are even rarer.
So they just merged sets and draft into one with less value than the former sets, which were the type of boxes I was mostly going for. I used to pull 6-8 mythics in set boxes with 30 packs, it's only been 5-6 max in play boxes so far and I've got quite a few of them.
In the end it's just a price increase for less value, with a fake excuse of it being draftable AND having value like sets, when the reason those of us buying set boxes was to get more value and less bulk, which doesn't happen in play boxes.
At least when there was draft + set boxes we had the choice, now it's just forced price increase with less value...
Looks like a Hasbo Toy UB set
This almost reminds me of the hot wheel world race movies from the early 2000s, which brings some nostalgia I guess. Not really magic-ish, but it's more palatable than other themes I could think of
It's like Mario Kart meets Fortnite, but it's still a turn based card game. I wonder if anyone is gonna make a "racing" format to go with it, and what that would look like?
EDIT: I also find it interesting to see how some of the returning planes are recovering after WotC, essentially, blew them up.
MTG 5Ds is looking great
i personally feel like this could have maybe been the end of a story line (like how MOM was) instead of a starting point. allowing stories to develop and having this at the end could have been something players may be excited for especially since sets are jumping from plane to plane now
I wanna see what the equipment planeswalker does!
Comet is a more serious character than anything we will see in aetherdrift.
CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES
Screw the rules, Wizards got your money.
We better get a new version of my favorite character, greasefang
Everything feels shoehorned in. Its like, who tf were most of these before there was an interplanar race set? More than half of the teams come from places we don't know of.
EDIT: By "shoehorned", I mean, where were these planes and people in thunder junction or any other sets? Why only now do we see any hint of them?
Yes. That's what happens when the multiverse opens up - you meet new people and see new places. I dont understand the criticism here.
@PleasantKenobi None of the previous sets had this kind of interconnectedness. We never saw any new plane influences in other sets, only already known planes interacting. It's jarring to see all of a sudden new planes connected when previously it was only old ones
@@PleasantKenobi surely you can see how ridiculous that is. It’s a core flaw to an interconnected multiverse. The ability to introduce no characters and factions always existed without the ridiculous omen path stuff. However, when each plane had its own story it never brought up questions like “why weren’t these guys referenced at all in the phyrexian invasion” or “why weren’t these guys interested in the cache of thunder junction.” They clearly already existed within the multiverse so why didn’t we get even the slightest hint of them during key multiverse events? It makes no sense for continuity.
TND, TJD, TTD, DNB
Man, the idea team must've really loved the old Wacky Races cartoon series
The art reminds me of Canto Bight.
And now you, too, have to remember that that exists.
Bold prediction:
You will be able to fling a turtle of some kind to destroy a vehicle.
Less bold prediction:
There will be a Take the Lead mechanic similar to initiative; giving you something if you are 'winning the race'. I hope its not boring or annoying to track.
Least bold prediction:
The Goblin Admech is gonna be sweet.
When magic had motorcycles and hearthstone has starships, we have really fallen as a civilization
The thumbnail leads me to believe that a Queen Atom must've escaped some Calcium. Looks like we've got a full scale Helvetica Scenario on our hands.
I like the wacky themes. This one in particular hits home with me as someone who grew up with Hot Wheels World Race/Acceleracers
This is like DuskMourn, Thunder Junction, and Clue. It’s basically Universes Beyond, without being called that. I don’t enjoy this. But there you go.
Okay, why does a mummy need a helmet? They already scooped the brains out.
I mean, I'd imagine a sapient undead with a hollow head would appreciate not having it cave in during a crash...
@@trevorjamieson8892 Fair. They've already lost enough.
One disappointment I see, if we were to have a wavky races set, is that there is more than one unknown plane being "referenced". It would have been cool if the majority of competitors were from pre-existing planes (with only one foreshadowing a future plane) and seeing each plane own version of vehicles.
It's probably Nico Bolas's spark. That could be how he comes back to the story front as a bad guy again since he's just in a planer prison right now and no one knows he's alive besides his brother. Plus he had a pretty heavy hand with tarkir history and we are revisiting their next year. If you turn the image of the aether spark upside-down down it actually looks like Bolas's horns with the gem in the middle.
Bros face is speechless…
Magic has already turned into the TCG equivalent of Funko Pops, I just hope we get some cool cards.
1:48 damn its almost like if you have to wait 2 years for feedbak on a change that you should make changes slower. Like maybe do one stupid fucking dog shit set, and then wait for it to come out and see what people think as opposed to just sending it and doing 3 or more years of them
Nobody is accusing wotc of being well run or consumer friendly.
It looks like Magic is going through the card games on motorcycles phase that Yugioh did a while back
It's a bit weird feeling, but I think this sort of setting actually works decently well with it being a one-and-done set instead of a 2 or 3 set block. It's a race, so it's supposed to be fast-paced.
In terms of hopeful game mechanics, I'm pumped for new vehicle stuff. Also, hopefully a flavorful alternate wincon.
Card games on motorcycles?
I'm definitely skipping this Tokyo Drift set.
I think it’s pointless changing the name (call me the worst person you know). Been 8 years and no one complained. Only because they have now told us it’s offensive people r being offended. They should’ve kept quiet. The same people are mad about “tribal”. Just like DND players being offended by dark elves by being racist themselves and comparing them to black people. And the same with half elves. Ridiculous. 4:32
Other examples of “offensive” things to new players. Players think orcs represent Asian people (which in itself is racist), Ashnodd story being completely changed even tho it’s a feminists wet dream as she was a leader in a male dominated society but the fact that the society was even male dominated in the first place was offensive enough… what a joke. A Female artist was kicked off of making art (one of the best mtg artists) because she followed right wing accounts on twitter. Plenty of stories… Justice Geddes compared rich mythological creatures to Jews saying that if they are represented as rich with big noses then it is antisemitic… if a card has cleavage on it and you are offended then it needs to be covered, if you find half naked men in a hot tub offensive then you must be homophobic. (I find no cardboard attractive, however it is a terrible double standard)
I think it's odd it took 8 years to figure it out. Surely they would have known earlier?
@@williamdrum9899 u would think so, yes 😂
Peacewalker Colossus go vroom
Mayhem Devil has always been my favorite MTG racer
Teams from various planes somehow travel to this race location to participate in a multi planar race in hopes of winning a spark that will allow them to travel to other planes?
This is like the whole thing with Yu-GI-Oh going full-on 5D's motorcycle rides or something
Except 5D's was revolutionary & far ahead of its time
This would have made an incredible unset with a strong wacky races theme. Valgavoth's team could have been the equivalent of dastardly and muttley.
And if they had licensed scooby doo for a duskmourne secret lair the way they SHOULD have done it would have been easier to license wacky races for this one
Forge and Fire is selling 30-boxes for 110, 100 with coupon code. So approximately $3.65 or $3.35 a pack for prerder.
I assume that's going to be more like $4+ per pack if you buy in bulk post-release, maybe $120 a box?.
I think there's not a lot of excitement for this set, which will keep prices in check, but they might push closer to MSRP for Tarkir or Final Fantasy.
I mean it's my two favourite plains with some absolutely stunning art already, I just wish it was like a massive inventors fair or something rather than a race...
I think Valgavoth will become the main Villian after his team gets the spark and next year we will see a Duskmourn invasion set when he tries to take over another plane.
I hope so, I think Valgavoth is wicked.
Done battling. Quit Magic. Loving Flesh and Blood
Oooh i get to crack out an aged meme for aether drift
CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLESSS
Creatively bankrupt set. Now if one of the commander decks from the set was vehicle themed, I would be happy; with the inclusion of additional vehicles in the overall set. I want to play magic to cast magic spells not to open a portal and have a million vehicles run over the opposing magi. Weak.
I really hope the person leading creative during this period 2 years ago is out of the loop.
Aren’t both the decks vehicle themed?