where is she ?
>>46094842
Chilling with Urza and Yawgmoth
>>46094878
>>46094842
Pic related
>>46094842
At the bottom of a giant lake on Innistrad. No joke.
>>46096209
I don't get it.
>>46096241
Jace is on a trail, leading him slowly but surely to this shipwreck shrine/summoning circle in the sea or lake or whatever it is.
>>46096525
He's putting the pieces together to finally confront whatever it is. I think it's Emrakul for a number of reasons.
>>46094842
Innistrad.
>>46096548
Emrakul disappears mysteriously from Zendikar. Innistrad suddenly becomes twisted and contorted in disturbing ways, and it's inhabitants are suffering from mutations and "eldritch" things. Emrakul us the titan of mutation and corruption. Nahiri is either under her control, just like Avacyn, or Nahiri is actuslly ape shit mad and going to destroy Innistrad for Sorin's absence when she called to him for help. Look at the art. It very much resembles tentacles and corruption.
>>46096601
Eldritch. Cthulhu mythos. Shadows over Innistrad. Shadows over Innsmouth. The closest things in mtg lore are Eldrazi, since the creator said himself he based them off of eldritch cthulhu mythos.
>>46096653
I think Emrakul is right there, either at the bottom of the sea/lake, or she's in the Blind Eternities, and Nahiri is going to summon her to Innistrad using that shrine/portal thing to get revenge.
>>46096525
>nephalia drownyard
>lake
>>46096689
Nahiri's last ability is basically putting a huge creature from somewhere into reality.
>>46096692
We don't know how big Innistrad is. Could be a lot smaller than other planes, which would make "seas" almost like "lakes". But thanks for pointing out your own douchery. Go back to /b/, friend.
>>46096729
Also, harbinger. Harbinger of Emrakul.
>>46094842
Not in SOI. They've revealed card 001 and it's a white enchantment. Colourless non-artifacts would come before any white cards.
>>46097189
Or maybe it's randomly shoved in there between white and red cards so it's an actual surprise.
>>46097342
Or maybe she finishes the ritualnext set after Sorin fails to kill her and needs the superfriends to save his sorry ass
>>46094842
I liked it better when we didn't use gendered pronouns for unfathomable reality warping unthinking horrors.
It's practically called shadow over innismouth, emrakul is Cthulhu.
>Emrakul is """"""""Lovecraftian"""""""""""
If Emrakul really was Lovecraftian, then the very act of her appearing on Zendikar should have driven everyone insane in an hour and then killed everyone the next. The fact that they were even sealed away means wizards failed in creating a Lovecraft based monster
>>46098475
Wizards and other magic folk can fight back in the Lovecraft mythos. Notably Randolph Carter foiling Nyalarthotep's plans in the Dreamquest.
>>46098569
Also the university guys in Dunwich Horror.
>>46096601
>Emrakul has a monopoly on spooky tentacles
In addition, emra-chan doesn't drive people insane, that's kozilek's job. Emrakul forces them into servitude.
It would be cool to see a new Titan, along with Emrakul. Maybe there are a large number of titans just floating around in the Blind Eternities. Then because of this fact, the planeswalkers have to find a way to lock the Blind Eternities up so that nothing can escape it.
I dunno. Just a thought.
>>46098718
If the Blind Eternities were locked, then they couldn't Planeswalk.
>>46098569
>>46098595
That's pretty lame, why bother emphasizing the greatness and unfathomable nature of them if you're going to have their plans get stopped by people
>>46098735
>Jace accidentally saves MTG by erasing himself and the other Avengers from the storyline
All hail our new king.
>>46098735
I meant lock the Eldrazi in the BE, but still be able to use it as a pathway to other planes.
I also have a feeling Ugin is going step in at some point, shake his head in disapproval of these children who think they're powerful planeswalkers, and then do something incredibly drastic that with alter the mtg story immensely.
>>46098755
Not all of Lovecraft's horrors were unfathomable.
Some of them were disturbingly relatable, like Polaris. Others, while not relatable, were easy to comprehend.
>>46098790
Please let this happen. Please.
I don't know if this card is directly referencing the Blind Eternities or if it's just sort of cryptic, bit it has me thinking that someone is going to see something unfathomable, and I think it is related to the BE.
Also, I can't tell who the figure is in the picture.
>>46098718
You have to pass through the blind eternities to get between planes. Its the space between planes. You cant really lock it up. You could maybe lock up individual planes but there are possibly an infinite number of them.
>Jace gets the superfriends and duplicates the OGW
>Emrakul destroys or severely fucks up a beloved plane
Pick your poison
>>46098475
Incorrect,
'Lovecraftian' horror is the existential dread entailed in finding yourself in measure against such creatures. Not merely because they 'warp reality' 'corrupt flesh' 'drive you insane' or are 'big scary monsters'. They don't even really warp reality at all.
WE are the small insignificant ants unable to see the real working of the universe because its not 'our' rational understandable universe at all.
We can inconvenience them perhaps, but in the fullness of time they will prevail.
That is what causes the insanity and breakdowns. Coming to understand you are nothing, not insanity check lol.
>>46098925
>Twilight: the Plane
>beloved
>>46098988
>twilight the plane
Yeah and eldrazi are just giant jellyfish
With all the talk about the silver moon being brought up in the lore and the mtg storyline, I think this song is very fitting for this set.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuZ1f__QXlA
>>46096767
>I didn't play during the first Innistrad
>>46099032
The Eldrazi are shitty pop culture "Lovecraftian" big tentacle monsters with no depth as villains and are about as interesting as a large storm.
ssdkljsd jhsd ds test
>>46099071
meh, I like em
>>46099165
They are quite literally an inter-dimensional natural disaster.
This is the MTG equivalent of Storm Chasers.
>>46099066
>incorrect assumptions
It's big, but we have no idea how big it is compared to other planes, just like any other place. Holy crap, if you want to argue about miniscule facts then take it to another board.
>>46096792
I'd let that thing annihilator 6 me if you know what I mean
>>46098475
Oh shit son, look who hasn't actually read any of the Lovemeistros work.
Cthulhu does get briefly summoned in his own story. He kills a couple sailors, but 2 get away on foot in the C-man's home city. Then they ram him with their boat and he goes back to sleep.
The people that saw him sure as fuck went insane, and a few artists had nightmares for a couple days, but that's it. Him showing up briefly is not a world destroying event, only a few very curious people even know about it.
>>46099211
Same.
I'm willing to bet they're going to give her flying, trample, and some (hopefully) cool ability. We will see.
>>46099217
A fairly significant number of people all over the world went insane.
Also, the stars weren't right. That's why he was able to be killed. Moreover, there's never any confirmation that it was actually Cthulhu himself.
>>46099189
Well, if you equivocate 'Natural Disaster' to mean whatever is convenient for the argument sure.
>>46096792
Emrakul is cute! CUTE!
She's definitely in or around Innistrad
>>46099282
The only thing that seems weird is that Emrakul is specifically mentioned to only be able to twist living flesh, yet there are a bunch of lamp spiders.
>>46094842
Depending on the time, she could be in one place-or several.
>>46099282
>tfw didn't notice that tiny tentacle
thanks anon
>>46099282
Glad to see the tradition of drawing innistrad humans so they look like they're taking a really hard shit is alive and well
>>46098903
>white hair
>black clothes
probably Sorin
>>46098903
probably just references to innistrad's hell
they wouldn't make the blind eternities so "normal"
>>46099340
It's just some guy.
>>46099294
It's Innistrad, it could be completely unrelated
I'd like to imagine Jace or Tamiyo freaking out about something like that during their investigation and some Innistrad person just being like "Oh they always do that"
>>46099413
>My god, the Eldrazi are even corrupting lamps
>No no, they're just possessed by demons. Completely normal thing.
>>46099409
Looks like the dark souls pyromancer.
>>46099294
Which is something Nahiri can do, and she is working for Emmy.
>>46099468
If she's doing anything, it's directing Emrakul. She's not working for it.
>>46099239
Imagine if you will the following:
Emrakul, the Multiverse Asunder
13
Flying, Hexproof
When you cast ~CARDNAME, exile all non-Eldrazi permanents
Whenever Emrakul deals combat damage to a player, take an extra turn after this one.
15/15
>>46099282
please not be emrakul
>>46098903
>dark dreams
>>46097412
Sorry, but the Eldrazi already had gendered pronouns because of the deities they inspired. Kosi and Ula are male, Emeria female.
>>46099487
I personally love it, but there's no way MaRo would have the balls to make something that crazy.
>>46098670
>people HONESTLY think Wizards would bring back a literal who like Larit Mage
>people HONESTLY think Wizards won't be the most predictable fucks ever and it won't just be Emrakul going ooga booga over Innistrad
>>46099487
>13
>Win the game
Uh-huh
>>46099071
Eldrazi originally were much more interesting
They were retconed to be le moustache twirling spaghetti monsters so the Avengers can travel to wherever they are and defeat them using teamwork and friendship
>>46099487
>Whenever Emrakul deals combat damage to a player, take an extra turn after this one
I want you to think about this. It'd never end!
>>46099699
making innistrad great again
So guys, guys. In Innistrad silver can be used to imprison things "inside" it, case in point the Helvault, and on Innistrad all silver comes from the moon. If the next set is Eldritch Moon, and the shape of Avacyn's collar has warped into the Heron on the moon, then what could be trapped there?
>>46099714
Ok, what about 8<><><><><>?
They key problem with the current Eldrazi, and their defeat, is that it wasn't properly explained/illustrated. Any story with a group of super heroes defeating a villain has a fairly basic arc. Heroes get together, heroes get beaten by villain, heroes break apart, heroes get back together, heroes defeat villain.
This is normally fine, and we'd all accept it if it was explained well enough. The problem isn't that the super friends won, or even how they won, it was that it didn't feel like they worked towards it or it that it had precedent. Every time a hero defeats a villain that previously seemed extremely powerful, it's just because the writer is making it that way.
>>46099800
No. Unless the card literally says "You win the game" or "Opponent loses the game" they won't print something that has that effect.
>>46099736
>Eldrazi originally were much more interesting
they were always boring as fuck
>>46099778
A bigger thing than Emrakul that Nahiri wakes up on accident
>>46099595
No, they didn't always. Doug decided gendered pronouns based on perceptions of old gods made sense later. Originally they were literally just considered forces of nature.
>>46099435
>Oh no, the Eldrazi are eating people's brains!
>Mmm, no. Just a brain leech. Nasty buggers, but they taste really good fried. Want some?
>>46099699
>Implying Wizards isn't going to hold off on Emrakul's re-emergence for years
>Implying a Marit Lage refresh wouldn't be fucking amazing
>Implying the references to Coldsnap don't imply Marit Lage
>>46099947
>bigger thing than Emrakul
>>46100017
What if instead of a token, we get a transformable land?
>>46100073
OH WAITplease imagine the demon picture, I am on mobile
>>46099487
Mass land destruction/exiling isn't something done in modern magic. They purposely avoided annihilator in BFZ block because it was miserable to play against, so anything arguable more powerful wouldn't get printed.
>>46100114
Ah fuck, forgot about that thing.
>>46099778
The Five Legged Shrew?
>>46100073
I would prefer an actual Marit Lage card.
>>46099778
The OG horror from the cosmos.
>>46099316
I really hope it's WotC being clever enough to hide this foreshadowing in the card arts consciously.
>>46099409
Holy shit that looks good when you view it in full size.
I wonder how often artists actually consider the thumbnail version of the stuff they draw?
>>46100237
if they reprint this I'll die
>>46099778
Whatever the fuck this thing is
>>46099994
I'm sorry anon, but your theory doesn't hold muchMarit.>>46100017
If Emrakul's already on innistrad why doesn't she show up and start eating? Where are her spawn at least? I really doubt that an Eldrazi can hide, or would care about subtlety.
>>46100328
I don't think she had spawn
>>46100466
>>46096653
>this card
OH MY GOD. I WANT FOUR.
>>46100170
I would die of laughter, so I hope this doesn't happen.
>>46100328
>I really doubt that an Eldrazi can hide, or would care about subtlety.
>He's never heard of Kozilek
>>46100672
>Kozilek
didn't help him when he got raped to death by chandre and elf hitler
>>46100762
It won't help Emrakul, either.
>>46099516
I really want Marit Lage back. Preferably with an actual card this time. Going straight to an Eldrazi right after dealing with a bunch of Eldrazi would be asinine. Gotta build up to the big confrontation of Emrakul or the whole story of BFZ and OGW was pointless.
>yfw carmen sandiego stole emrakul
>>46100972
It would be asinine, so I don't thnknit will be Emmy,
But in not sure it with be Marit either,
>>46101392
I'm hopeful it'll be Marit Lage but we'll have to wait and see.
>>46099071
>about as interesting as a large storm.
>doesn't find a large storm interesting
Get a load of this guy.
>>46100301
Look, it's a whatever-the-fuck-this-thing-is!
>>46101572
Ach Hans, run! It's the Whatever-the-fuck-this-thing-is!
>>46099778
Kaguya?
So do you think "Thing In the Ice" is a possible throwback to Marit Lage, or just coincidence with the ice counters? I find it strange how similar she is to the Eldrazi.
>>46102593
Honestly I'd be alright with Marit Lage or Emrakul...or both.[spoiler /]
>>46102515
but she's in gensokyo~!
>>46096792
>tfw no ulamog gf to get enthralled and drained of mana by
>>46102593
That plus the land that turns into a fat demon is a pretty clear call back. I think it's a red herring though. I hope so anyways.
>>46098988
You put some effort in, I guess.
Have a (You)
>>46094842
She'll be in the second set
>>46094842
A great big pile of fuck by the looks of it
>>46103459
>insulting my planefu
them's fightin words
Lorwyn, she's wiping it out of existence.
>>46102653
Its both, eldrazi conscrption yo.
>>46100170
With a voice like whispering thunder!
>>46102593
>>46102653
It's a horror themed set. Thing in the Ice is just a reference to The Thing. It looks like your typical blue kraken or leviathan you find on every other plane
>>46099250
Just wait until humanity gains the ability to destroy stars!
>>46098982
It's like finding out your whole race is protected by a mentally unstable mana construct made by a powerful being to protect his race. The realization you are nothing but cattle and there is nothing you can do about it.
>>46099409
That's Jenrik, the Astronomer, who studies the moon along with Tamiyo.
>>46099435
>>46099413
>"Holy shit, the vampire kids are sprouting extra eyes and faces!"
>"Oh, no, they were liked that when they were turned two hundred years ago. It runs in their family."
>>46100237
This is one of the two cards that got me interested in magic when I saw it in an Inquest issue
The other is a card called Sneak Attack
>>46102653
>tfw no hot Emmy on Marit lesbian horror action
>>46107394
>reference to The Thing
I wish they could do it better. There's no real way to capture the mystery though, is there? Still, there's gotta be something.
Maybe something along the lines of a creature that has Deathtouch and "when a creature dealt damage by The Thing dies The Thing gains its creature types, then put +1/+1 counters on The Thing equal to the creature's toughness
X, remove X +1/+1 from The Thing: Put a copy of The Thing on the battlefield with base power and toughness X
>>46105004
>Emrakul shows up on Lorwyn
>Residents intentionally trigger the Great Aurora
>Emrakul's physical extension gets caught in it, somehow affecting the entire entity.
>Emmy is a benevolent horror from beyond that creates new planes and seeds them with life now.
>>46107394
If it was a reference to the thing than wouldn't it have a clone effect?
>>46109556
Well, they have extra eyes, and that was never really Emrakul's thing. Surely this is the work of some other non-Eldrazi force, right guys? Surely Wizards will throw us a curve ball and hit us with a cool blast from the past like Marit Lage, right? I mean, Emrakul isn't the only one with tentacles and plane shattering powers, right guys? Wizards wouldn't settle for the most obvious fucking big bad to throw at the plane and act like the fuckery occurring from her presence is some big spooky mystery, especially so considering that we just dealt with a bunch of Eldrazi bullshit and they've already grown old, right?
Right?
Iknew from the start it was going to be Emrakul's fat ass over Innestrad and I'm still disappointed.
I'm hoping it's not Emrakul because we need a new threat before resolving that one quickly. Once Emrakul's down it's back to Bolas or off to a new plane and that's just limiting options.
Hitting up Emrakul immediately after misses 3 key points of drama:
1. loses the gravitas of her leaving Zendikar to begin with. There's no threat if she turns up immediately on the very next plane you go to. Ugin's whole ominous "they must not leave this plane" shtick is lobbed out the window.
2. It removes the entire reason Jace was going to Innistrad, to find Sorin to learn how to locate Emrakul. If he just goes to Innistrad and finds Emrakul, then finding Sorin was a pointless endeavor.
3. It's goddamn lazy to just do another Eldrazi block right after another. Repetition is bad.
>>46110092
>'m hoping it's not Emrakul because we need a new threat before resolving that one quickly.
Anon, you're missing the big picture. Emrakul gets defeated here on Innistrad and is forced to flee to Phyrexia for the next Mirrodin United block, where she's easily converted having already been weakened and becomes part of Innestrad's invasion forces in the following Invasion of Ravnica block! We get Eldrazi in 4 blocks running! AREN'T YOU EXCITED TO PLAY NEW AND EXCITING ELDRAZI(ARTIFACT ELDRAZI, CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE IT?!) AND REVISIT ALL YOUR FAVORITE PLANES?!
>>46110261
>Innestrad's
New Phyrexia's*. I'm so excited for I can't even keep the planes we'll keep returning to straight!
>>46110289
I honestly think we are going to have a return to Theros before New Phyrexia.
With the Phyrexians being such an integral part of Elspeth's story, it would be criminal to wrap up the threat of New Phyrexia without getting her back from the Underworld first.
>>46110302
>return to Theros
What would the plot be? Elspeth taking over and running shit? Gods vs Gods again? Ajani succeeds in spreading his euphoric enlightenment to the population?
>>46110547
Well last we saw Dack Fayden he was sneaking into Theros' underworld.
I'm thinking something where Dack Fayden runs in to Elspeth in the Underworld and they help each other to escape. Along the way they find Xenagos down there and realize it will take their combined efforts to get free and retain their souls.
Ajani would get the B plot with an above ground rebellion against the Gods.
Ready made name for one of the sets: Apotheosis.
>>46110547
Ajani spreads enlightenment, causing elspeth to ascend to godhood. Dack is about to get fucked up by ashiok in the underworld when god elspeth swoops in to reattach his soul firmly to his body so he can leave theros. Xenagos becomes the new god of the dead and turns jund as repayment for trying to shake up the pantheon and helping elspeth.
>>46110573
I love it so far. How does it end?
If it's going where I think, brilliant name.
>>46110623
>Elspeth is Theros Jesus
>Converting an entire plane from Polytheism to Waifuism in a single block
Fund it. Now if only she can find a way to weaponize her Godhood and take it with her to other planes to fight Phyrexia.
>>46110629
Well, according to the Theros novels the Gods derive their power from the faith their believers have in them. So with Apotheosis they would abandon the old gods who would be desperate in trying to retain as many followers as they could. This could to lead in to them bleeding into other colors or receiving cards depicting them as mortal.
In the follow up set you could establish a protagonist like Ajani or Elspeth taking their place, becoming the new God of Theros. After all, people need something to believe in. Who else if not the martyr that saved them from the wild revels of Xenagos or her "prophet," Ajani? Hell, the seeds for something like that are already planted with Ajani wandering Theros telling people how Heliod and the other gods dicked over Elspeth.
>>46110665
Love it. Especially Ajani being her prophet. She's the one character I can actually see being deserving of godhood as well.
