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|[[Wikipedia:Goldilocks and the Three Bears|Goldilocks and the Three Bears]] | |[[Wikipedia:Goldilocks and the Three Bears|Goldilocks and the Three Bears]] | ||
|Everything in three. Too hot, too cold, just right. | |Everything in three. "Too hot, too cold, just right".<ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/wilds-blue-yonder-part-1|Wilds Blue Yonder, Part 1|[[Mark Rosewater]]|September 11, 2023}}</ref> | ||
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|<c>Troyan, Gutsy Explorer</c> | |rowspan="2"| <c>Troyan, Gutsy Explorer</c> | ||
|[[Wikipedia:Jack and the Beanstalk|Jack and the Beanstalk]] | |[[Wikipedia:Jack and the Beanstalk|Jack and the Beanstalk]] | ||
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|[[Wikipedia:The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs|The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs]] | |[[Wikipedia:The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs|The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs]] | ||
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== Miscellaneous== | ==Miscellaneous== | ||
*''[[Throne of Eldraine]]'' and ''[[Wilds of Eldraine]]'''s four-year gap is the shortest turnaround for a plane's full return since the 54-month gap between ''[[Innistrad]]'' and ''[[Shadows over Innistrad]]'' if one disregards the heavy use of Dominaria before 2006. The median gap for first returns is six or seven years due to the block structure, and ''Throne'' was the first post-block set (if one treats ''[[Guilds of Ravnica block]]'' as a block). | *''[[Throne of Eldraine]]'' and ''[[Wilds of Eldraine]]'''s four-year gap is the shortest turnaround for a plane's full return since the 54-month gap between ''[[Innistrad]]'' and ''[[Shadows over Innistrad]]'' if one disregards the heavy use of Dominaria before 2006. The median gap for first returns is six or seven years due to the block structure, and ''Throne'' was the first post-block set (if one treats ''[[Guilds of Ravnica block]]'' as a block). | ||
*<c>Moonshaker Cavalry</c> takes multiple design cues from <c>Craterhoof Behemoth</c>; 5MMM cost Mythic Rare creatures that give a scaling pump and evasion effect to all one's creatures. | *<c>Moonshaker Cavalry</c> takes multiple design cues from <c>Craterhoof Behemoth</c>; 5MMM cost Mythic Rare creatures that give a scaling pump and evasion effect to all one's creatures. | ||
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*{{card|The Huntsman's Redemption||WOE}} depicts the [[Chain Veil]], marking it specifically a call back to [[Garruk]]'s story in ''Throne'' rather than anything from fairy tale lore. | *{{card|The Huntsman's Redemption||WOE}} depicts the [[Chain Veil]], marking it specifically a call back to [[Garruk]]'s story in ''Throne'' rather than anything from fairy tale lore. | ||
*The art of {{card|Asinine Antics||WOE}} is a callback to ''[[Unhinged|Unhinged's]]'' [[Donkey]]-folk. | *The art of {{card|Asinine Antics||WOE}} is a callback to ''[[Unhinged|Unhinged's]]'' [[Donkey]]-folk. | ||
*<c>Stingblade Assassin</c> is the first card to be a functional reprint of a digitally [[rebalanced card]] (<c>A-Manticore</c>). | |||
*{{card|Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender||WOE}} was the top rated card in the set, based on player feedback.<ref>{{YouTubeRef|LdQvmxffjX4|Epilogue on Epilogue|creator=[[Blake Rasmussen]], [[Max McCall]], [[Zakeel Gordon]]|channel=Magic: The Gathering|date=February 13, 2024}}</ref> | |||
*<c>Throne of Eldraine</c> refers to the unreturned [[Adamant]] mechanic and is another [[Magic: The Gathering/Statistics and trivia#Sets and cards sharing names|card named after a set]]. | *<c>Throne of Eldraine</c> refers to the unreturned [[Adamant]] mechanic and is another [[Magic: The Gathering/Statistics and trivia#Sets and cards sharing names|card named after a set]]. | ||
*The art for each of the [[Mythic rare]] Virtues cycle depicts the [[uncommon]] [[Knight]] from the ''[[Throne of Eldraine|Throne of Eldraine's]]'' [[Throne of Eldraine#Cycles|Syrs]] cycle.<ref>{{TwitterRef|ChrisKMooney|1692936448302010631|title=Though the Virtues changed many times, the core concept came from vision design.|author=[[Chris Mooney]]|date=August 20, 2023}}</ref> | *The art for each of the [[Mythic rare]] Virtues cycle depicts the [[uncommon]] [[Knight]] from the ''[[Throne of Eldraine|Throne of Eldraine's]]'' [[Throne of Eldraine#Cycles|Syrs]] cycle.<ref>{{TwitterRef|ChrisKMooney|1692936448302010631|title=Though the Virtues changed many times, the core concept came from vision design.|author=[[Chris Mooney]]|date=August 20, 2023}}</ref> | ||
*<c>Timber Paladin</c> was originally a [[top-down]] [[Wikipedia:Pinocchio|Pinocchio]] card that gained the [[Human]] type when enough Auras were attached to it.<ref>{{TwitterRef|ofsaintdraft|1696360855120843034|author=[[Jeremy Geist]]|title=Timber Paladin was originally a top-down Pinocchio card.|date=August 29, 2023}}</ref> | *<c>Timber Paladin</c> was originally a [[top-down]] [[Wikipedia:Pinocchio|Pinocchio]] card that gained the [[Human]] type when enough Auras were attached to it.<ref>{{TwitterRef|ofsaintdraft|1696360855120843034|author=[[Jeremy Geist]]|title=Timber Paladin was originally a top-down Pinocchio card.|date=August 29, 2023}}</ref> | ||
*As originally conceived in [[Vision Design]], all ten of the draft archetype fairytales would have connected to the main ''Wilds of Eldraine'' storyline. It quickly became apparent that this would pull the story in too many directions and over-complicate the storytelling so it was paired back to just five of the ten archetypes.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://share.transistor.fm/s/15f4a348|title=Drive to Work 1071: Wilds of Eldraine Story with Roy Graham|author=[[Mark Rosewater]] & [[Roy Graham]]|date=September 22, 2023}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 00:47, 14 February 2024
Mark Rosewater gave his traditional teaser with the following hints.[1]
First up, here are some things you can expect:
- A new type of token (at least done as a cohesive theme) — Roles: aura enchantment tokens
- A card that can activate to copy enchantments — Yenna, Redtooth Regent
- Adventures on a new permanent type — Enchantments - Virtue of Loyalty//Ardenvale Fealty; Virtue of Knowledge//Vantress Visions; Virtue of Persistence//Locthwain Scorn; Virtue of Courage//Embereth Blaze; Virtue of Strength//Garenbrig Growth
- An artifact that has two different artifact subtypes normally associated with artifact tokens — Candy Trail, a Food Clue
- A creature type from Alpha gets a draft archetype — Rat in
- Fairy tale Sagas — The Apprentice's Folly; The Princess Takes Flight; Three Blind Mice; The Witch's Vanity
- Multiple legendary Foods — Eriette's Tempting Apple; Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
- A new card with a lobotomy effect — The End
- A creature with two triggers, one for artifacts entering the battlefield and one for enchantments — Elvish Archivist
- A new mechanic that batches together three items that have been in the game since Alpha but never batched before — Bargain: artifact, enchantment, and token.
Next, here are some rules text that will be showing up on cards:
- “If a permanent entering the battlefield causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.” — Virtue of Knowledge
- “Look at the top twenty cards of your library.” — Thunderous Debut
- “It produces three times as much of that mana instead.” — Virtue of Strength
- “Sacrifice all Reflections you control.” — The Apprentice's Folly
- “Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them have all activated abilities of all creature cards exiled with CARDNAME.” — Agatha’s Soul Cauldron
- “Have base power and toughness 4/4 and flying.” — Archon of the Wild Rose
- “exile up to one other non-Fox creature” — Werefox Bodyguard
- “Land creatures you control” — Blossoming Tortoise
- “Whenever you tap an untapped creature an opponent controls,” — Hylda of the Icy Crown
- “X is 2 plus the number of cards in your graveyard that are instant cards, sorcery cards, and/or have an Adventure.” — Frantic Firebolt
Here are some creature type lines from the set:
- Creature – Mouse — Armory Mice; Cheeky House-Mouse; Pests of Honor; Raging Battle Mouse
- Creature – Rabbit Unicorn — Regal Bunnicorn
- Creature – Faerie Shapeshifter — Likeness Looter
- Creature – Elf Fox Knight — Werefox Bodyguard
- Creature – Giant Archer — Skybeast Tracker
- Creature – Plant Wurm — Beanstalk Wurm
- Creature – Elemental Raccoon — Bramble Familiar
- Legendary Creature – Rat Noble — Lord Skitter, Sewer King
- Legendary Creature – Vedalken Scout — Troyan, Gutsy Explorer
- Legendary Creature – Human Warlock Bard — Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Finally, here are some names in the set:
- Candy Grapple —
Instant - Charming Scoundrel — Creature — Human Rogue
- Food Fight — Enchantment
- Protective Parents —
Creature — Human Peasant - Scream Puff —
Creature — Horror - Stroke of Midnight — Instant
- A Tale for the Ages — Enchantment
- Three Blind Mice — Enchantment — Saga
- Three Bowls of Porridge — Artifact — Food
- Up the Beanstalk —
Enchantment
Cultural references
Cards throughout Wilds of Eldraine reference the Arthurian legend of Camelot on the one hand and Grimms' Fairy Tales on the other. Other fairy tales, not especially compiled by the Grimm brothers, are also referenced. The following is a list of specific analogs and references in cards within the set.
Fairy tales
Other references
Miscellaneous
- Throne of Eldraine and Wilds of Eldraine's four-year gap is the shortest turnaround for a plane's full return since the 54-month gap between Innistrad and Shadows over Innistrad if one disregards the heavy use of Dominaria before 2006. The median gap for first returns is six or seven years due to the block structure, and Throne was the first post-block set (if one treats Guilds of Ravnica block as a block).
- Moonshaker Cavalry takes multiple design cues from Craterhoof Behemoth; 5MMM cost Mythic Rare creatures that give a scaling pump and evasion effect to all one's creatures.
- Questing Druid // Seek the Beast creature card with an adventure is a callback to the iconic Questing Beast from the original Throne of Eldraine. Mechanically, it's a combination of Quirion Dryad and Reckless Impulse.
- Spell Stutter refers to Spellstutter Sprite, exchanging mana value scaling for mana tax scaling. Both are two-mana counterspells that scale with the number of Faeries controlled. Similarly, Dream Spoilers is a near-reprint of Dreamspoiler Witches with a slight change in templating.
- The Huntsman's Redemption depicts the Chain Veil, marking it specifically a call back to Garruk's story in Throne rather than anything from fairy tale lore.
- The art of Asinine Antics is a callback to Unhinged's Donkey-folk.
- Stingblade Assassin is the first card to be a functional reprint of a digitally rebalanced card (A-Manticore).
- Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender was the top rated card in the set, based on player feedback.[9]
- Throne of Eldraine refers to the unreturned Adamant mechanic and is another card named after a set.
- The art for each of the Mythic rare Virtues cycle depicts the uncommon Knight from the Throne of Eldraine's Syrs cycle.[10]
- Timber Paladin was originally a top-down Pinocchio card that gained the Human type when enough Auras were attached to it.[11]
- As originally conceived in Vision Design, all ten of the draft archetype fairytales would have connected to the main Wilds of Eldraine storyline. It quickly became apparent that this would pull the story in too many directions and over-complicate the storytelling so it was paired back to just five of the ten archetypes.[12]
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (August 7, 2023). "Maro’s Teaser for Wilds of Eldraine". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Jason Engle (August 18, 2023). "Agatha's Champion, for MTG Wilds of Eldraine. The big bad wolf of the story, her cursed thrall and dark guardian.". Twitter.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (September 10, 2023). "Did you guys choose not to include the Princess and the Frog for Eldraine for a reason or was there just no room?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Jeremy Geist (August 26, 2023). "Liberated Livestock is a reference to The Town Musicians of Bremen.". Twitter.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (September 11, 2023). "Wilds Blue Yonder, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Chris Mooney (August 18, 2023). "While WOE is mostly focused on fairy tales, we did want to make sure we hit a few Arthurian references we didn't get last time.". Twitter.
- ↑ Merlin Sickness. TV Tropes. Retrieved on September 4, 2023.
- ↑ Chris Mooney (August 23, 2023). "The Green Knight is one of the few Arthurian legends players asked us for after Throne of Eldraine.". Twitter.
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen, Max McCall, Zakeel Gordon (February 13, 2024). "Epilogue on Epilogue (Video)". Magic: The Gathering. YouTube.
- ↑ Chris Mooney (August 20, 2023). "Though the Virtues changed many times, the core concept came from vision design.". Twitter.
- ↑ Jeremy Geist (August 29, 2023). "Timber Paladin was originally a top-down Pinocchio card.". Twitter.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater & Roy Graham (September 22, 2023). "Drive to Work 1071: Wilds of Eldraine Story with Roy Graham"