Queen of Good Things, Honest
Wait a minute.
Tezzeret is a servant of Nicol Bolas. And he's apparently the Consulate's head judge. Dovin Baan is the Consulate's Minister of Inspections. That's two Planeswalkers we've seen connected to the Consulate, one of whom has direct ties to Bolas.
Baral also had some kind of strange magical ability. We didn't get to see much of what it was, but he had some kind of antimagic property he could utilize without the aid of aether.
There are some very serious questions about the Consulate in need of answers right now. They might not just be an authoritarian government. The entire organization could be a front for off-world interests. Specifically, those of a certain ancient dragon who's been looking for new and exciting ways to reestablish his godhood.
edited 6th Sep '16 12:00:33 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently liveblogging Haruhi Suzumiya and revisiting Danganronpa V3.
I can't wait to see Dovin Baan! Vedalken are criminally underrated.
I was expecting him to be UR, but we already have a UR walker in this set, sooo... UW?
edited 6th Sep '16 12:33:08 PM by Talden
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
In addition to that, WOTC has said several times now that they are trying to make the story more consistent, including having successive blocks connected to each other narratively.
And we know what (and more importantly, who) the block right after Kaladesh is going to be about...
edited 6th Sep '16 12:25:52 PM by LeChuck4
antic disposition
^^He seems very, very Azorius in the Magic story he was in.
"Doctor Who means never having to say you're kidding." - Bocaj
The Shrouded Knight
- A Laser Lock on Opponents
, featuring Aetherflux Reservoir
- Puzzle Not, featuring;
- Cogworker's Puzzleknot
- Glassblower's Puzzleknot
- Metalspinner's Puzzleknot
- Fireforger's Puzzleknot
- Woodweaver's Puzzleknot
Herald of Endless Research.
Not sure if this is the right thread to discuss storyline stuff, but...
Is anyone else super pumped to read about the reunion between Chandra and Pia? My poor feels. ;_;
This is where we discuss the story until the set comes out. Then it shifts to the spoiler-free thread very briefly, then stories for the next set start and it moves back here.
Queen of Good Things, Honest
Maybe instead of "Spoiler" and "Not Spoiler" threads, we should just have "Story" and "Card" threads. 
But yes, I'm pumped for Chandra's reunion with her mother too.
My Tumblr. Currently liveblogging Haruhi Suzumiya and revisiting Danganronpa V3.
Masterpiece Sets They're like Expeditions, but for other stuff. This one is artifacts.
Even though the chance is miniscule, I really hope I don't get run over by someone with a turn 1 mana crypt in draft. That they pulled a winning lottery ticket AND beat me with it would be too much.
You get an Expedition! You get an Expedition! Every set gets an Expedition!!
Something funny: Combustible Gearhulk is not, in fact, Combustible.
Three Swords. Two Moxens. And a Lotus.
I never pulled any expeditions, but if this is a regular thing now I should get something sooner or later.
I do kinda hope it happens in Kaladesh though, because these are fuckin' sweet.
And there will be 24 more in Aether Revolt.
Including, I'll bet, the other two Swords.
Random thought: maybe for Amonkhet they'll put in cards tied in some way to the "Trials of the Five Gods" or whatever it was.
Yeah, now we have a new game called "guess the Masterpiece theme" every time the new block is announced.
Oh, wait, since the second set in Amonkhet block is Hour of Devastation, do you think we might finally get that Damnation reprint?
edited 12th Sep '16 2:38:44 PM by Elfive
Amonkhet could be Planeswalkers, tying into the whole "The Trials are just an elaborate setup from Bolas to make latent sparks ignite and thus find potential Planeswalkers"-Theory.
edited 12th Sep '16 2:39:26 PM by LeChuck4
Do we have enough planeswalkers to even do that?
Holy shit, the art is so pretty!
Cards yes definitely, not sure about individual walkers though.
Just because Expeditions and Inventions have had upwards of 20 each time doesn't mean that the Amonkhet counterparts have to be that numerous. It could very well be 10 planeswalkers or something.
Idk, the intro deck Nissa seems decent-ish in an edh deck where you can protect it for a bit. The +3 can make it pretty resilient and the -4 isn't that bad. The Chandra, of course, is utter garbage.
edited 6th Sep '16 9:09:01 AM by ImperialSunlight
''The eternal question of reality, it still stands today.''