Angelic Elspeth
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Posted on March 25, 2023, 7:32 p.m. by Icbrgr
So I just got done watching Aether Hub's latest content regarding what happened to Elspeth in March of the Machines.... personally I love it... I also wanna think that this was all possible due to Serra the Benevolent's old pre-mending planswalker magic. I think some could interpret this as being cheap/silly story writing but it kinda just works for me overall as a whole.
Although its not over yet... I think this story arch has been overall satisfying and I'm pretty pleased with it.
Does everyone think that this newfound power/transformation is permanent or just temporary for stopping the phyrexians?
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Im not a lore expert either... i certainly think Capenna is Elspeth's home plane and know it was previously attacked by the phyrexians (not sure how this happened without realmbreaker or karn but it did)... and i know Capenna has halo/angel significance but didnt know elspeth was an angel or in any other way connected to being an angel prior to her latest death.
March 26, 2023 7:45 p.m.
Not sure how true it is, but I did hear someone mention that Elspeth was Serra reincarnated, which is why she could become an archangel
March 26, 2023 7:59 p.m.
It would be neat if somehow New Capenna was a remnant of Serra's Realm that didn't sucked into the Weatherlight powerstone. Then it would make sense if Luxior, Giada's Gift contained some remaining Serra-spark. Or Serra is somehow just Elspeth's mother with some sort of spark transference - for more lazy story-writing. New Capenna used to be a governed by angels (like Serra's Realm). A lot of that conjecture would line up with Elspeth having a Serra's Realm/Serra/Serra-spark connection.
March 27, 2023 9:08 a.m.
I think thats a pretty neat take on the origins of New capenna Gleeock... i dont know if we will ever get any confirmation on that or not but i think that sounds cool.
March 27, 2023 10 a.m.
Yeah, I almost hope that we don't get any confirmation on that because sometimes less-is-more with storytelling. WoTC used to give us much less spelled out info attached to our cards & then we had to imagine or suspect the rest.
I will say it makes a lot of sense for New Capenna = Serra's Realm: - New Capenna, Noir "City of Angels" vibe, mixed with an almost magically forgotten past - Several Demons had -splash, also highly unusual - "Halo" seemed like it was basically mana, all the inhabitants of New Capenna were crazy about the dwindling supply, which makes sense if it was Serra's Plane since it originated as a plane of pure- mana - Giada, Font of Hope mechanically produces mana, storywise she is the remaining source of "Halo". - Giada disappears after Elspeth "equips" Luxior, mechanically it is a sword that interacts uniquely with planeswalkers. Visually it could possibly contain a -spark -New Capenna ran afoul a massive Phyrexian invasion, as did Serra's Realm -Angel-Elspeth now is very mechanically similar to Serra's MO, interestingly; Serra was a human planeswalker as well
TypicalTimmy says... #2
I could be wrong, but we learned in New Capenna that Elspeth was a native born there, who was captured and imprisoned by (Was it the Phyrexians?) and escaped when her spark ignited?
I didn't read the story; I only watched a few videos casually.
Anyway, wasn't it explained she is half-Angel or something? So her transcending now isn't that far off.
It is nice though to see an Angel Planeswalker.
March 26, 2023 4:33 p.m.