Dusty said: All will be one.
James13 said: It's unclear to me if "we" are Phyrexian in this event. It seems like the last two battles are the player crushing the allied forces opposing us.Either way, I do love these events. Looking forward to the next two!
Thuran said: Screw Phyrexia, I just get the warm fuzzies seeing the real Gerrard again! Especially after all these references in Dominaria.I would seriously pay top dollar if they ever implemented the actual Invasion set in this, easily my favorite block of all time! "Don't mourn for me, this is my destiny"- Gerrard Capashen
MTG_Mage said: My absolute favorite set in MTG by farrrrr is New Phyrexia. Note that I have been playing paper magic since the beginning. I was a kid when it came out and got into MTG just as/right before Revised (3rd edition) started hitting the shelves (April 1994). The trailer for New Phyrexia is SUPER AWESOME!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdDXMG9jvwgMy second fav set is a recent one, hour of devastation, and the trailer for that is also super awesome!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eHx-tBtgYs
FindingHeart8 said: Dusty said: All will be one. I fight for the suns, the surface, and everything in between.
MTG_Mage said: The New Phyrexia pre-release was really special for me too. Like all long time players, I took a few long breaks in the 25 years mtg has been out, but the reason for one of the breaks was because how broken and unbalanced the Mirrodin set was when it came out. I am a casual player and a good play group is the most important part about the game, and this set literally caused tension in my fun playgroup to the point that we all took a few year break from the game. That was very disappointing. Even hardcore players had a tough time with that set as it was a complete design failure seeing that they had to ban/restrict more cards from that block, in both standard and vintage, than in any other set in mtg history! Any bans at all is a design issue, but more than 2 or 3 cards in a block is very bad. Storywise, my fav mtg villains were winning the epic war against my least fav plane in mtg, mirrodin, and it was an absolute crushing victory. So needless to say, I was very happy to see my least fav plane utterly destroyed, never to be returned to again Yawgmoth was the most evil and powerful supervillian that has been introduced in mtg, and he destroyed MANY planes, including the home plane of magic: Dominaria. While the invasion wasnt successful, it was truly epic to see all the heroes you became attached to over the years be destroyed at the hands of the phyrexians. Those first 8 years seem like forever as a kid, and at that time, magic only had one long story arch that peaked in apocalypse in 2001, then the phyrexian influence continued through into the next several blocks until they decided to make it a multiverse. However the most special thing that happened at the New Phyrexia pre-release was not just that while playing I kicked butt and pulled two Karn Liberated planeswalkers (they are like $100 each)! but was that as I left the event I discovered that someone broke into my car and stole all my casual decks, which there was like 25 of them (roughly half of my decks)...man that sucked as that was a lot of money and 17 years of collecting. Fortunately I had all the decks written down in an excel spread sheet so I knew exactly what was stolen. So ya, I will never forget that set.
Dusty said: FindingHeart8 said:I do appreciate the tragic twist on the mtg storyline, where the good guys don't always win. The Mirran's fought admirably, the Praetors were interesting, powerful and scary, and it was shortly followed by my favorite mtg world ever made, Kamigawa Hey, good to hear Kamigawa getting some love! Some great art design, especially with the spirits; cool abilities, I've certainly had fun Ninjustuing Ninja of the Deep Hours or Ink Eyes, Splice is neat, and Soulshift was certainly good in limited (Kamigawa 2 should feature Splice onto Instant and Soulshift Elf!); and flip cards, whilst hella ugly, are conceptually no different from Transform cards, and we all know how much people love those. Plus, Tamiyo's home plane
FindingHeart8 said:I do appreciate the tragic twist on the mtg storyline, where the good guys don't always win. The Mirran's fought admirably, the Praetors were interesting, powerful and scary, and it was shortly followed by my favorite mtg world ever made, Kamigawa
Thuran said: Dusty said: FindingHeart8 said:I do appreciate the tragic twist on the mtg storyline, where the good guys don't always win. The Mirran's fought admirably, the Praetors were interesting, powerful and scary, and it was shortly followed by my favorite mtg world ever made, Kamigawa Hey, good to hear Kamigawa getting some love! Some great art design, especially with the spirits; cool abilities, I've certainly had fun Ninjustuing Ninja of the Deep Hours or Ink Eyes, Splice is neat, and Soulshift was certainly good in limited (Kamigawa 2 should feature Splice onto Instant and Soulshift Elf!); and flip cards, whilst hella ugly, are conceptually no different from Transform cards, and we all know how much people love those. Plus, Tamiyo's home plane Maro mentioned around the time of SOI that the next Kamigawa block is in developement.Of course, they might have scrapped it since then, but it was being worked on!