#kaladesh

[poisonhemlocke]

yknow what, screw it. kaladeshi miku.

background is inventors’ fair by jonas de ro!

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Chandra by Santi Bosch

[wielderofmysteries]

Magic Story moment of the day:

Jace Beleren, the Living Guildpact (age 25) being told by Lavinia, his secretary, to eat his vegetables and then Dovin Baan immediately clocking him as a bullied child.

[sylvan-librarian]

[incorrect-mtg]

Flavor Text Highlights - Kaladesh

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Cool - Padeem, Consul of Innovation

“Impress me.”

Cool - The Module Cycle

Design leads to progress.

Progress leads to inspiration.

Inspiration leads to design.

Funny - Weaponcraft Enthusiast

“No, I don’t believe they have the proper permits for those, but I’m not going to be the one to ask.” —Caru, Consulate warden

Emotional - Live Fast and Die Young

“When you have the chance, take it. Laugh, sing, dance. Don’t allow the night to end.”

“When the time comes, let go. Nothing lasts forever.”

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Verdurous Gearhulk

Artist: Jaime Jones TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[revanezendikar]

Happy Pride Month ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Saheeli x Huatli💙💚

(My second favorite MTG couple 😍)

[archenarrow]

Having incoherent thoughts about aetherborn again

No coherent thoughts, just thinking about aetherborne again.

For those unfamiliar, one of the planes in Magic the Gathering is Kaladesh, a world of invention. This is fueled by aether, a magical fuel source harvested from the atmosphere. Something seemingly unique to Kaladesh is the aetherborn, people who seem to manifest spontaneously from the aether. They lack most biological processes or needs, but are very short lived, ranging from a few months to three years in lifespan. And, every aetherborn is aware of exactly how much time they have left before their lifespan runs out.

Some aetherborn are "gifted", able to siphon the life of others to extend their own, but this is very rare. A gifted aetherborn could theoretically live forever, but they don't get much time from draining someone to death all things considered. So even an aetherborn who went full vampire, living on the deaths of others, never has much of a buffer.

Anyway, most aetherborn live their lives as fast as possible, reckless behavior driven by the exact awareness of how little time they have left.

Anyway, there are lots of things that could be done with this and my brain keeps briefly bouncing off of them but not making anything coherent so now I'm just rambling again.

I need to steal the concept for more sci-fi/fantasy writing at some point.

[danco110]

“You were right, Chandra, flamethrowers did improve the design! Oh, is something wrong?”

“Er, well, it’s just your…cat?”

Saheeli Rai stifled a small laugh as she watched Chandra linger anxiously in the doorway connecting her workshop to the den where she was sitting. In the middle of the room stood a white-furred felidar. The cat stared down the pyromancer with a defensive growl, clearly advising her to keep her distance. Chandra gladly obliged.

Saheeli smiled. “Oh, yes. I must apologize. He doesn’t like strangers very much.”

“I noticed.”

“Well, even so, are you just going to stand there all afternoon?”

“Maybe so! Look, cats almost always like me. Mother Luti said it had something to do with my fire magic keeping me warm but…er, regardless! Cats like me.”

“Okay?”

“Well, the cats that don’t like me, they tend to not like anyone. Like, *violently* dislike.”

“Don’t be ridiculous. He wouldn’t do anything to you…probably.”

“‘Probably’!” Chandra exclaimed.

“Yes, probably! I’m no biologist, you know.” Saheeli suppressed a sigh. “Well, I see this visit probably won’t be lasting to afternoon tea. How about, let’s reconvene some other time?”

“Yeah, that sounds…”

Chandra trailed off. Her face fell as she eyed the only exit - across the room from her, and guarded by the felidar. The cat seemed to know this, and began to meow loudly. Swallowing her pride, Chandra began to bargain with the cat:

“If…if you don’t let me out, I can’t leave you alone.”

Chandra took one nervous step into the room. The felidar’s growl in response started at a low pitch and quickly shifted high as it lunged forward, driving the pyromancer back towards the workshop.

“Okay! Okay! I’m sorry!”

Finally, Saheeli rose, trying desperately not to laugh as she restrained her pet.

[“MRRROOWWWW!”

“There’s no need to yell!”

Scene: player 1 pulls off the copycat combo on player 2, while swinging a few extra felidars at their Chandra to cast Insult//Injury.]

[jasper-the-menace]

A quick summary of the MTG cookbook that dropped yesterday:

Ravnica: Krenko got hired by Jace to gather one recipe from each of the ten guilds.

Dominaria: Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar travels Dominaria looking for cool mortal fare for her new cookbook.

Eldraine: Storytelling with the Kenriths, Garruk, and Oko involved.

Innistrad: Tibalt being a little slut who is getting in the middle of everything.

Kaldheim: Tyvar preparing a feast for the valkyries to impress them. Also Toski helps.

Kamigawa: Recipes left by Tamiyo to her family, complete with stories that go with them.

Theros: Xenagos starts daydreaming about a new planeswalker pantheon.

Zendikar: Bruse Tarl driving his herds all over Zendikar and picking up meals from everywhere.

Kaladesh: Chandra reminiscing on her life on Kaladesh, featuring Saheeli and Huatli.

Ixalan: The culinary adventures of Vraska and Jace while they were looking for the Immortal Sun.

[reuxben]

Here’s our MTGinktober for “Guidebook,” starring Chandra, Acolyte of Flame; チャンドラ・ナラー; Shichifukujin Dragon; and Deb Thomas! As you can see, this is a scan of an inking of a drawing of a sculpture of a card of a portrait of a real person..

Click this post’s Source link for this piece’s Making-Of.

More MTGinktober here.

Daily art updates on Instagram, Twitter, and Bluesky.

Reuxben

[elspeth-tirel]

you know i know popular hc is that chandra is not smart but what if she like. is dumb but only by kaladesh standards of "smart is making a new invention heretofore unknown to physics" and gatewatch just never realized because chandra always assumed when they said they were smart that they were at that level

[mallowdraws]

it was my friend @jeinu's birthday recently so i drew his character Biho from an old tabletop game we played together!

Biho is a wonderful lad who would give you soup to go with your ibuprofen so you don't take meds on an empty stomach.

[sylvan-librarian]

Yahenni when they realize their new Gatewatch friends have all seen some shit:

[thirdtofifth]

Walking Ballista Large construct, unaligned Armor Class 17 (natural armor) Hit Points 59 (7d10 + 21) Speed 30 ft. Str 18, Dex 16, Con 17, Int 3, Wis 11, Cha 7 Damage Immunities poison, psychic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks that aren't adamantine Condition Immunities charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, stunned Senses darkvision 60 ft. passive Perception 10 Languages - Challenge 5 (1800 XP) Aether Surge (1/Day). As a bonus action, the walking ballista regains 10 hit points, and gains advantage on its next attack roll made before the end of its turn. Actions Multiattack. The walking ballista makes two ballista bolt attacks or two arm blade attacks. Arm Blade. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8+4) slashing damage. Ballista Bolt. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (3d10+3) piercing damage. Bolt Volley (Recharge 6). The walking ballista makes three Ballista Bolt attacks, each against a different target.

This aether-powered construct fires ballista bolts from its middle, and hacks down any creatures who get too close with its arm-blades. It lacks much intelligence on its own to follow anything but basic instructions, but knows to active its Aether Surge when circumstances become desperate. 

Another Magic: the Gathering card brought to life as a D&D 5e monster.

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Fabrication Module

Inspiration leads to design.

Artist: Aaron Miller TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link