It's true that the only real exploration of dreamstuff done in Magic before has been the faeries of Lorwyn and Shadowmoor, aside from a few one-off cards like Dream Stalker.
Personally, now that SOM has proved that planes can be revisited, I kinda want to revisit one of the old planes. Were it me, it'd be Ravnica, but the guildpact has supposedly dissolved, so I don't think it'd have that same charm that it used to do.
Kamigawa: Too unpopular; will probably never be revisited Mirrodin: Already done Mercadia: Too unpopular Ulgrotha: Too unpopular, and too similar to Innistrad Ravnica: What Juan said Alara: Probably hasn't changed much since we last saw it
I think a revisit to Zendikar might have to happen at some point, mainly because the Eldrazi storyline wasn't finished.
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
My preference would be to see Arabian Nights again. :-P
Juan: I'm not so sure; at the end of Eventide the plane was fixed to be half Lorwyn and half Shadowmoor or something like that. The Aurora no longer happens, and hence there's no need for DFCs. To the best of my knowledge, anyway.
Rabiah would be interesting, if only because I'd like to see Arabian Nights upgraded.
Juan: I'm not so sure; at the end of Eventide the plane was fixed to be half Lorwyn and half Shadowmoor or something like that. The Aurora no longer happens, and hence there's no need for DFCs. To the best of my knowledge, anyway.
We don't have to revisit it after the events of Eventide, though. Of course, under that logic, we might as well revisit Ravnica during the days of the Guildpact, or even when the Guildpact was signed and the guilds were formed.
Juan: Actually, yeah, we kinda do have to revisit it after the end of Eventide, since there's an ongoing storyline involving the Planeswalkers that I don't think they would skip for a block to revisit Lorwyn in the past. Also, wouldn't the plane in the past be exactly the same as it was when we first visited it?
Flavour's like half of the game, though. They'd never make a set that, storyline-wise, brings literally nothing new.
Point. To be honest, I just kinda don't like the planeswalker storyline that much. I like Magic's worldbuilding a lot more, and it'd be interesting to see some planes' backstory being expanded on.
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
"I think we'll probably go back to Mirrodin again at some point to see how New Phyrexia is coming along."
I think we know all about Lorwyn and Shadowmoor that we'll ever need to know; I get the impression they haven't changed very much over the years.
I was thinking more of Ravnica when I said that. I want to revisit Lorwyn and Shadowmoor more because they lend themselves to more DFCs shenanigans, like double faced lands.
I think New Phyrexia is ripe for a civil war, is all.
I don't really think using DFCs for Lorwyn/Shadowmoor would make sense, since you could have cards out from different sides of the Aurora at the same time...
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
Innistrad and Lorwyn/Shadowmoor are the only made-up planes I really like.
I don't really think using DFCs for Lorwyn/Shadowmoor would make sense, since you could have cards out from different sides of the Aurora at the same time...
I'm sure they'll find a way around that if they're really interested in going there, although Maro has said that DFCs will return, just not for a while.
They should expand on Eventide more because it had my favorite cards
Shadowmoor and Eventide have slowly grown on me as a whole. Still don't like Lorwyn/morningtide that much, though.
The Lorwyn ones are, yeah. On Shadowmoor they're much more sympathetic characters (while by contrast, everyone else (except the faeries, who were protected by Oona's magic) has turned into a bastard).
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
Mirrodin and Phyrexia are probably my least favorites. Magical cyborgs vs. evil oil is not what draws me to fantasy.
I've liked all planes and flavours in one degree or another except lorwyn, and i freely admit much of what bothers me about lorwyn is simply from a mechanical standpoint, rather than a fluff standpoint.
I like Mirrodin and Phyrexia, but I like them because I like the stories behind them and because I'm a sucker for heroes in the face of evil's might and whatnot.
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Because why would it turn into a cat
Kamigawa: Too unpopular; will probably never be revisited
Mirrodin: Already done
Mercadia: Too unpopular
Ulgrotha: Too unpopular, and too similar to Innistrad
Ravnica: What Juan said
Alara: Probably hasn't changed much since we last saw it
I think a revisit to Zendikar might have to happen at some point, mainly because the Eldrazi storyline wasn't finished.
Yeah, I'd like to see Rabiah again.
Ulamog is the only of the three Big Eldrazi I don't hate.
In fact, he inspired my Pathfinder Eidolon. Mostly the head, weird gorilla/skull/helmet combo.
Wait Yeats' gyres and Ulamog the Infinite Gyre are actually related?
I thought it was just a coincidence.
I don't remember much about what we had to read of Yeats in sophomore year other than gyres, honestly.
I am such a derp.
I think we'll probably go back to Mirrodin again at some point to see how New Phyrexia is coming along.
Yeesh, I sure hope not.
I don't really think using DFCs for Lorwyn/Shadowmoor would make sense, since you could have cards out from different sides of the Aurora at the same time...
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I want more Dual-color monsters or hybrids or whatever that AREN'T gold colored.
What, were you expecting dwarves?
Actually, I don't think I've ever seen any dwarves in MTG.
That's OK, though. I don't really like dwarves. They probably have the least character deviation of any Typical Fantasy Race.