Between dungeons and dice rolling, this might be one of the biggest shakeups to the game since Throne of Eldraine's Adventure mechanic, and the impact a Dragons-matters subtheme will have on formats like Commander is intriguing. While I think some of the deeper cuts (I had to Google what Icingdeath was) might be lost on me, I'm still really interested in the weird amalgamation of tabletop RPG and trading card game this set has going on. Starting June 29, a new mechanic or element from the set is going to be revealed each day through Magic the Gathering's official channels, alongside the usual content creator spoiler season that begins next week.Īs mentioned, I've never played D&D, though I've always really wanted to. What is revealed here isn't all of what is set to come in Adventures in the Forgotten Realms. As someone who has never played D&D, even I recognised what these were meant to be evoking the second they were revealed, however there is almost definitely going to be some controversy over how out-of-universe they look. With the flat colors and nostalgic art, they look like nothing MTG has ever had before. This is a cycle of ten lands, one of which being Evolving Wilds and the rest being unannounced, brand new ones, that are styled after the original D&D module book covers. The second treatment is one of the weirdest we've seen yet: Module Lands. Retro frames, Showcase frames, extended art, art cards and etched foil all came from Project Booster Fun, and Adventures in the Forgotten Realms is set to expand on this even more.Įvolving Wilds is one of 10 'Module Lands' Wizards of the Coast Project Booster Fun was the name given to the numerous different art treatments given to cards, starting with Throne of Eldraine. It is said that there will be around 30 of these creature stat block cards, among the 81 total art cards available in set boosters. These can be used as real game pieces in roleplaying sessions, showing the table what they're fighting, while also serving as a good primer for the DM on that creature's abilities and stats. In Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, there is a chance for some of these art cards to depict a creature on one side, and have a full D&D statistic block on the other. Ever since Zendikar Rising, Set Boosters have come with an art card that is not a legal game piece, but still nice to collect. Wizards of the CoastĪnother cool thing for D&D players will be found in Set Boosters. Some art cards in Set boosters will include stat blocks on the back for Dungeons & Dragons players. The set is focused specifically on the setting of the Forgotten Realms, rather than the wider D&D universes, and securing the rights to characters from the likes of Critical Role was said to be unfeasible. The set is discrete from the ongoing MTG continuity, with no characters from it appearing in Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, and no plans for characters from the Forgotten Realms to join the wider Magic multiverse any time soon.Īnother thing that will not be referenced in Adventures in the Forgotten Realms are any Actual Play series, such as Critical Role. Speaking of Planeswalkers, Wizards was also clear on that a character having a Planeswalker card (of which there are five, one being Ellywick and another Lolth) does not mean they are a Planeswalker in terms of Magic's story. For instance, Ellywick Tumblestrum is a green Planeswalker who leans heavily into D&D's Bard archetype. This means that, while the likes of Drizzt Do'Urden appear, there are also some brand new, original characters that are representative of what the Forgotten Realms is about. Instead, its goal is to put across the themes, characters and atmosphere of the world.Įllywick Tumblestrum, an original character for Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Wizards of the Coast One thing Wizards of the Coast were very clear on is that Adventures in the Forgotten Realms is not meant to be set at a specific point in time or show specific events from its long history. While MTG players will care about Venturing and Dragon tribal matters, D&D players will care far more about the world being depicted, and what elements of their favorite game have made their way over to MTG. Wizards didn’t elaborate on this, and certainly didn’t show any cards with it included, but Mark Rosewater later teased that "something only seen previously in Un-sets comes to black border", more than likely talking about dice. Dice rolling has been considered for sets in the past, however it has only been a real thing in the Un-parody sets, like Unstable and Unsanctioned, which are often used as test-beds for mechanics before they're introduced to the main game itself. One mechanic that was mentioned in passing during the presentation, and not expanded on at all, was dice rolling. Was Pippa, Duchess of Dice from Unsanctioned a precursor to Forgotten Realms? Wizards of the Coast
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