I considered that it would maybe be some Omenpath shenanigans, but I figured I'd have some recollection of the character existing in that case. I'm still kind of lost on the purpose of this change to the setting, I guess it gives you easier ways to tell "fish out of water" stories, since most planeswalkers will be kind of used to it. I'm already overdosed on isekai stories from Japan though.
General [ECL] Lorwyn Eclipsed
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I'm getting more in line with the sensibilities of Bloomburrow or Eldraine from these, but the first round of spoilers was slightly closer to what I was hoping for. I think we're going to end up a bit far away from what made the plane charming on the first time around, but it's early and I need not be so cynical.
I thiiink the five students are Quintorius/Zimone/Maybe Dina/And You Were There!!! (for some random value of new idiots)
like I think we aren't getting Killian or Rootha? so some new faces
edit: to be clear this is a shame because Rootha, Mercurial Artist was one of the most fun retail uncommons of the last decade
edit2: not for my opponents
No one's excited by the vampire that publicly reads feminist literature but privately watches Vladimir Tate?
I like hybrids. I like triggered abilities. I like tapping my Spawns for stuff.
I don't like that this dude took a Thunder Junction choo-choo train from Hogwarts to show up in my nostalgia elf tribal set.
I also don't like the vampire heartthrob aesthetic. More Innistrad. Less Twilight. Please.
Is he purple? Is the light shining on him purple? Is this a new race of vampire? Why are his eyes uneven? Is that part of this new race?
Overall, I give it a 0/10 and I'll definitely run it.
I like hybrids. I like triggered abilities. I like tapping my Spawns for stuff.
I don't like that this dude took a Thunder Junction choo-choo train from Hogwarts to show up in my nostalgia elf tribal set.
I also don't like the vampire heartthrob aesthetic. More Innistrad. Less Twilight. Please.
Is he purple? Is the light shining on him purple? Is this a new race of vampire? Why are his eyes uneven? Is that part of this new race?
Overall, I give it a 0/10 and I'll definitely run it.
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I see someone is triggered, let me tap two untapped creatures to copy that! XD
100% agree and another advantage a well-fitting fantasy UB set has over a set where wizards has the freedom to do bs like this.
The second one - the flower he's carrying is glowing purple.
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I'm a little confused by the decision to make a bunch of Strixhaven students on a field trip (maybe) important to the set's story? My only guess is that someone on the story team went "new!Lorwyn's setting is so weird that we need some audience inserts from an easier-to-understand plane that we're about to revisit", which would be an odd lack of confidence on their part.
I am honestly convinced that someone with decision making pull thinks that players love the Omenpaths.
Not like, in the sense of "they are good to let us tell stories and not have to focus on planeswalkers", but like "the reception of this story will be better - completely regardless of all other contents - if we add an Omenpath to it".
It's all I got that can explain why they have to come up all the time! You can set something up in one plane, self-contained, before it becomes greater-Multiverse relevant, they've done it before, I'm sure they'll do it again... so why does every set right now have to have this thing happening in it?