Cool Stuff on Blogatog

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

Blogatog has a lot of odd stuff but a lot of the stuff is not that important. I thought maybe we should have a thread bringing important updates from the Blog so that we could get the info. If this works out I was thinking about making one for DailyMTG.

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

growingthreat asked: So Kiora is conspicuously missing from Theros. Seems like she would be right at home there with her love of leviathans and giant monsters. Should we give up hope at seeing her?

Never give up hope. I'm not saying it's Theros block, but I promise you that you will get to see her one day.

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

Don't underestimate Heroic:

lovewhatyouvebecome asked: You've mentioned that Heroic is being underestimated, that is was an important ability that came up a lot during testing. We've only seen 87 cards in the set so far (and that's including basic lands). Is it safe to assume that some of the cards that have not been spoiled will make Heroic a better ability?

Are there some heroic enablers other than auras? Absolutely.

[EvACiDe]

Lmao that's an awesome name, blogatog

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

Interesting response that makes me wonder:

uwcontrol asked: About the Scrylands: Will we see them in RtR colors...? We need the complete cycle

MaRo: I wouldn't worry we won't complete the cycle.

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

That's Magic, thinking ahead as usual:


sublaughable asked: Was it nice coincidence that you Returned to Ravnica right before Theros, given that the original Ravnica had an enchantment subtheme? Or was that intentional?

I like to say nothing is a coincidence.

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

Sarkan in Theros?


talinthas asked: Planeswalkers are a super limited resource for you guys, so why are you making so many one and done planeswalkers? X guy could have easily been a rebranded Sarkhan Vol, for instance.

Wait until we tell the story before declaring he could have just been Sarkhan Vol.

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

Dodging questions about the Minor Theros Gods


alexcm4297 asked: Will the 10 minor gods in Born of Gods and Journey into Nyx be mythic rare or rare?

Yes. : )

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

Planeswalkers with four Abilities


alexcm4297 asked: Why was Jace, the Mind Sculptor banned just for having 4 abilities? I understand that it gives the player more options but it wasn't an overpowered card. Will we ever see planeswalkers with more (or less) than three abilities or is it locked in at 3?

Jace was banned for being overpowered. Having four abilities might have contributed to that but he was not banned for having four abilities meaning other planeswalkers in the future could have them if we wanted them to.

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

No Tri-Color in Theros :(


meatloaf-of-darkness asked: Is there any chance that 3-color could show up in Theros?

There is always a chance but as the set does not have much of a multicolor focus, I'll be honest it isn't a large chance.

[MementoMori]

Interesting response that makes me wonder:

uwcontrol asked: About the Scrylands: Will we see them in RtR colors...? We need the complete cycle

MaRo: I wouldn't worry we won't complete the cycle.

In the article revealing the first five, Sam Stoddard wrote directly that all 10 lands exist, but they released these five first to make up for the RtR shocks having more time in standard last year. The other five will come out in the next two sets, either spread out or all in one.

[Avnger345]

Sarkan in Theros?


talinthas asked: Planeswalkers are a super limited resource for you guys, so why are you making so many one and done planeswalkers? X guy could have easily been a rebranded Sarkhan Vol, for instance.

Wait until we tell the story before declaring he could have just been Sarkhan Vol.

Xenagos will be like it this year..  I bet he turns into another planeswalker this block.

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

Sarkan in Theros?


talinthas asked: Planeswalkers are a super limited resource for you guys, so why are you making so many one and done planeswalkers? X guy could have easily been a rebranded Sarkhan Vol, for instance.

Wait until we tell the story before declaring he could have just been Sarkhan Vol.

Xenagos will be like it this year..  I bet he turns into another planeswalker this block.

Or is he implying that Sarkhan Vol will be in Theros by saying Xeganos couldn't have been Sarkhan?

[Ace]

^^^ this

[Coffee Vampire]

Th latter. Sarkan wouldn't fit in the set because the greek flavor doesn't go with that.