#tarkir dragonstorm

[peoplegettingreallymadatcards]

[littjara-mirrorlake]

I already have an Abzan deck (Ixhel my beloved <3), but Betor honestly looks so fun to build with a mixed Witherbloom/Phyrexia theme. I've been eyeing an "ichor magic" lifepay deck for a while but didn't like that Willowdusk lacked white, and now HERE WE ARE!

[incorrect-mtg]

Ugin: Sarkhan, I have returned to Tarkir to help you settle the conflict between the clans and the dragons.

Sarkhan: Ugin! It's nice to see you- wait, if you're here, who is keeping Bolas sealed?

Ugin:

Sarkhan:

Ugin:

Sarkhan:

Ugin: Don't worry about it.

[leafdrake-haven]

Ok so I’m finally starting to read the Planeswalker Guide to Tarkir: Dragonstorm

Now maybe we’ll get some more specific stories once the actual story-stories come out but for now it looks like the rebellion is happening off screen. Which is, disappointing but also I get it that planes don’t exist in stasis. It’s been 5 years in-universe since we’ve seen Tarkir, and 2 since the invasion. It’s not like stuff isn’t going to happen. Not my favorite but depending on how it goes I can deal with it. ANYWAY

This is pretty interesting! I am not opposed to this idea. The idea that these spirit dragons were basically formed out of the core ideals of each clan is pretty neat and makes it make more sense that there happens to be big ol’ dragons that just happen to embody each clan.

The clan leaders and the spirit dragons being bound is very interesting. Are the clan leaders immortal now (or at least matching a dragon’s natural lifespan)? If a clan leader dies, does anything happen to the spirit dragon? Vice versa? If a new leader is appointed does the bond switch and would the dragon change forms? Much to ponder.

Hand-wavey so they can bring them back if needed. Almost more curious what happened to the rest of the brood dragons. Also surprised that it sounds like all the dragon lords survived the phyrexian invasion. TBH I’m still on the “Kolaghan was Compleated” train until word of god says no.

Curious about wild dragon spawning. Are they gonna be intelligent like how the brood dragons were? More like animals? Somewhere in between? Are the ones heading the call of the spirit dragons new broods modeled after them? Maybe I should just keep reading xD

[craccoonofficial]

Tarkir: Dragonstorm doesn't make any sense from a lore perspective. At least, the previewed cards don't make sense. Like, back in the last two Tarkir sets, the clans were abolished by the dragonlords. They don't exist anymore. Let's take the Abzan for example. Dromoka did a couple of things when she took over. Like the other dragonlords, she banned the old name of the clan, but most notably, she also banned the practice of necromancy by punishment of death. The spirit dragon in the Abzan commander deck reanimating stuff from your graveyard would be treason. And there are no khans anymore, the very word was outlawed by the dragons. I considered that the commander decks were from the old khans timeline, which would make sense with Zurgo as leader of the Mardu, but the Sultai, Abzan, and Temur all have different leaders than in the Khans timeline. The watermarks are the ones of the old khans, too, instead of the new dragon ones.

[imperatorcaesaraugustus]

Tarkir Map

reading the recently released planeswalker's guide for Tarkir: Dragonstorm, i was surprised at how much geographic information there was. so i made a map based on the descriptions given for various locations (with the addition of some real-world geography for the basic layout whenever it didn't contradict the information given).

[lsadf-log]

i find it wild how Aetherdrift came out on the 14th and literally a week later WotC started Tarkir Dragonstorm spoilers, like why???

[straightedgesavior434]

Greet death with sword in hand 🏳️‍⚧️

No TERFs on Mardu turf.

[dude1818]

I never expected to like the approach WotC would take with Dragonstorm, since they're obviously trying to have their cake and eat it too w.r.t. khans and dragons. But it was even more disappointing to find out that the dragonlords were wiped out off-screen years before the events of the set. This and Aetherdrift both seem to have the same issue, which is that all the meaningful story beats are being hand-waved away as backstory in order to make the set as "marketable" as possible, rather than attempting to be narratively interesting. It's the same problem Scars of Mirrodin block almost had when it positioned New Phyrexia as the first set, but Maro was smart enough back then to realize they had to show Mirrodin falling for anyone to care

[thatdesusa]

From MagicCon Chicago, previews of a Dragonstorm cycle for Tarkir Dragonstorm

The artwork on this is just stunning (☆ω☆)

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[deltagalacticdaydreamer]

Is Surrak ok?

So recently, we saw some previews of tarkir: dragonstorm, and among them, we've gotten the chance to see what the og khans are up to after the dragonlord rebellion.

narset and zurgo are back as their faction's respective leaders, and anafenza and sidsi seem to have their own roles in their factions, with anafenza having a carefully tended kin tree.

but for whatever reason, we have seen literally nothing about surrak.

Seeing as how the second half of the planeswalker's guide dropping tomorrow will preview the temur, that might change, but does anyone else find it odd that we haven't seen anything about him?

[pxper-cranes]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DEFEATED THE DRAGONLORDS OFFSCREEN WIZARDS WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!!!

[jaebird88]

All the jokes and memes and referencing being made aside, they didn’t really need to make “pick a thing you control/reveal a thing in hand” into a shorthand phrase.

[xmtgmayhemx]

2025 Magic: The Gathering Releases Overview

[taigadecorationno6]

Wotc this is the second revolution happen off screen after MoM in a row 😭😭