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    Amonkhet, a new Plane for the next Block



    The desert oasis of Amonkhet forges warriors. You have trained your entire life for a chance to face the Trials of the Five Gods and join the elite ranks of the Worthy. Using your strength, speed, and cunning, overcome deadly challenges and rise above the competition to claim an honored place in the Afterlife!
    Set Name: Amonkhet

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    Number of Cards: 264

    Prerelease Events: April 22-23, 2017

    Release Date: April 28, 2017

    Launch Weekend: April 28-30, 2017

    Game Day: May 19-21, 2017

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    So they finally got around to an Egyptian themed set. Neat. Just hope it is a little better (Eternal wise) than just Theros 2.0.
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    Re: Amonkhet, a new Plane for the next Block

    The more interesting part about the announcement was that Nicol Bolas rules the plane instead of just sitting on his ass.

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    INB4 Damnation reprint!


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    Huh... Looks like Nicol Bolas and some other walkers get new art:
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    Nicol Bolas is among the most powerful beings in the Multiverse–don't face him alone! Much like the original Archenemy release, Archenemy: Nicol Bolas pits you and two friends against a single powerful foe where you must work together to survive–or fall to Nicol Bolas himself.

    The set contains four 60-card decks (with no new card content), four non-premium planeswalker cards with new art, and a 20-card scheme deck containing 20 all-new, unique schemes. Playable right out of the box without any additions!
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    2nd set of Amonkhet block is Hour of Devastation

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    Oh, and Modern Masters 3. Will contain reprints from Eighth Edition through M14.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barook View Post
    The more interesting part about the announcement was that Nicol Bolas rules the plane instead of just sitting on his ass.
    Possibly also a new Bolas 'Walker being printed? That will probably be in the later set though.

    The mention of Gods certainly puts the possibility of Theros style Gods returning on the table. Interesting about the mention of The Afterlife as a key point. Perhaps some kind of new Haunt mechanic or hopefully something better. Perhaps cards that have a function while Exiled?

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    I bet Elspeth comes backs. She went to the underworld in Greek world, so it seems perfect to come back from the underworld in Egyptian world... Along with super-pushed Bolas card.

    More God cards seem a shoe-in, maybe without devotion though.

    What else screams Egypt?

    Mummies?
    Pyramids?
    Chariots?
    Crocodiles?
    Shaven body hair?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Begle1 View Post
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    What else screams Egypt?
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    There are early cards that specifically reference Egypt, though I think they're all on the reserved list, and WotC has done a bunch of stuff that's very Egyptian under the aegis of 'generic fantasy'.

    Gods with animal heads (i.e. Ra, Anubis, Bastet, Set, Heqet, and so on) and the corresponding animals (hawks, frogs, jackals, shas, and cats). Sphinxes, scarabs, obelisks, pyramids, reed boats, the Nile, and snakes also come to mind. There's also the North Africa stuff which features a lot of what we'd consider to be generic desert and coastal themes.

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    Ahhh. Dragons... That most important of creatures in the Egyptian mythology.

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    The long awaited return of...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cartesian View Post
    The long awaited return of...
    Indeed, since Mummies are now Zombies and Zombies seem to be the "default" Black tribe, I think that seeing Mummies in Amonkhet is as close to a lead pipe lock as we could come up with.
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    Indeed, since Mummies are now Zombies and Zombies seem to be the "default" Black tribe, I think that seeing Mummies in Amonkhet is as close to a lead pipe lock as we could come up with.
    Shockingly few true "Mummies" in Magic. I assume, sadly, that they will all simply add to the Zombie tribe.

    Desert reprint, anyone? WRECK that Limited!

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    Shockingly few true "Mummies" in Magic. I assume, sadly, that they will all simply add to the Zombie tribe.

    Desert reprint, anyone? WRECK that Limited!
    Unless they decide to change it again, but I can't see it happen, then all this "new" tribe has no support from any older cards. We'll just have to accept our new (old) Zombie-Pharaoh overlords.
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    If Nicol Bolas isn't common, then he isn't the theme

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    Quote Originally Posted by H View Post
    Indeed, since Mummies are now Zombies and Zombies seem to be the "default" Black tribe, I think that seeing Mummies in Amonkhet is as close to a lead pipe lock as we could come up with.
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    Shockingly few true "Mummies" in Magic.
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    Egyptian mythology as theme could be great. Enough of the Alien and Technology stuff and back to good old fantasy and mythology!

    Wegde theme would be nice, since Nicol Bolas is notoriously Grixis.
    A new take on Theros-style Gods would be crazy, although Theros isn't that long ago.

    I just hope Nicol Bolas won't be just killed off with a fingersnap by the childish Gatewatch like Ulamog, Kozilek and Emrakul with spoiling the story event cards way too soon! :/

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    Re: Amonkhet, a new Plane for the next Block

    Since we know these "Masterpiece" reprints will all be themed and in every new set, I wonder what they might be for this coming block.

    Since BFZ had Lands (Zendikar-Land connection would be obvious) and now Kaladesh is Artifacts, I wonder where they will be taking it in this new set? Perhaps Creatures, a la, the tag line "the desert oasis of Amonkhet forges warriors?" Returning powerful Creatures as "elite ranks of the Worthy?"
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    Re: Amonkhet, a new Plane for the next Block

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    Since we know these "Masterpiece" reprints will all be themed and in every new set, I wonder what they might be for this coming block.

    Since BFZ had Lands (Zendikar-Land connection would be obvious) and now Kaladesh is Artifacts, I wonder where they will be taking it in this new set? Perhaps Creatures, a la, the tag line "the desert oasis of Amonkhet forges warriors?" Returning powerful Creatures as "elite ranks of the Worthy?"
    I'm gonna go with non-reserved list reprints from Arabian Nights and Mirage/Visions.
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    Re: Amonkhet, a new Plane for the next Block

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    I'm gonna go with non-reserved list reprints from Arabian Nights and Mirage/Visions.
    While flavorful, what would be any sort of a draw there? The most valuable cards in the set that aren't on the Reserve List is Erhnam Djinn and Oubliette which is fine, but Erham sees absolutely no play (and has been printed numerous, numerous times) except in Old School, while Oubliette does, but only for Pauper.

    It gets worse in Mirage, where Enlightened Tutor is the highest value non-Reserve List card, which isn't really all that exciting, but you do see the other top-deck tutors there.

    Visions doesn't get too much better, with Vampiric Tutor, Natural Order but there is a precipitous drop off after, all the way to Desertion which is pretty bad.

    I feel like we'll see a bunch of Egytpian themed reprints of Dark Confidant and others like that, although which others (maybe even Tarmogyf?) I can't think of off-hand.
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    Serendib Efreet perhaps? Wildfire Emissary? Desert?

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    While flavorful, what would be any sort of a draw there? The most valuable cards in the set that aren't on the Reserve List is Erhnam Djinn and Oubliette which is fine, but Erham sees absolutely no play (and has been printed numerous, numerous times) except in Old School, while Oubliette does, but only for Pauper.

    It gets worse in Mirage, where Enlightened Tutor is the highest value non-Reserve List card, which isn't really all that exciting, but you do see the other top-deck tutors there.

    Visions doesn't get too much better, with Vampiric Tutor, Natural Order but there is a precipitous drop off after, all the way to Desertion which is pretty bad.

    I feel like we'll see a bunch of Egytpian themed reprints of Dark Confidant and others like that, although which others (maybe even Tarmogyf?) I can't think of off-hand.

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