What Could We See in Eldritch Moon?
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Posted on March 29, 2016, 1:43 a.m. by Wizno
I know this is really premature since we are just now beginning the Return to Innistrad block but I'm so hyped up by the flavor of this block, I just want to see the full scope of the story now! So my question is this: what do you think we may see come Eldritch Moon? What are a few things you would want to see?
I believe we will see some of the following:
1) A new Liliana
2) A new Tamiyo
3) Ludevic, Stitcher Geralf, and/or Ghoulcaller Gisa. The latter two getting new standard legal versions of themselves.
3.1) A new U/B Legendary Zombie which, lore-wise, will be the collaboration hinted at between Ludevic and Geralf. The hints are in Seagraf Skaab, Rise from the Tides, and Prized Amalgam.
4) The long-awaited R/G Legendary Werewolf.
We all know that Emrakul is going to pop up and ruin the block for us.
March 29, 2016 9:54 a.m.
Sceadugenga says... #6
Innocent Blood so I can have it in Modern. Holding my breath for Circular Logic
March 29, 2016 10:02 a.m.
A new tibalt, so it's not a wasted Mythic slot, like Comet Storm in MM2.
March 29, 2016 11:49 a.m.
I'm curious as to which of the SoI mechanics will be Block mechanics (seen in both SoI and EDM) and which will be Set mechanics (Just seen in SoI).
I think the DFC's, Delirium (maybe), and Skulk will be Block mechanics...
...I feel Madness, and possibly Investigate, may be set mechanics.
Wizards have stated that there is less 'room' and more 'difficulties' in developing Madness, so it would be the first on the 'chopping block' when deciding which will be set and which will be block mechanics. - It is possible that this could also see the end of Delirium in the block, as they are thematically linked, but I feel there is still a lot of room for developing Delirium.
Since SoI will supposedly have Jace discover the cause of the Madness, as well as what Nahiri is up to, there would be little if any need to continue to 'discover clues'. - Though, perhaps, he will still need to 'discover' how to stop whatever is about to happen...
I think in combatting the 'madness' and event(s), there could be some mechanic for graveyard hate... someway to combat the Madness and Delirium.
Just random thoughts really, but I think it would make sense.
March 29, 2016 noon Edited.
AndWelcomeToTheJam says... #11
When out of nowhere, comes...
GARRUK CENA
theme plays
In all seriousness though, does the threat that Nahiri, the Harbinger is...harbinging...have to be something we've all seen before? Why can't it be something new, like Tentacle Monster that Wants the End of All Things #3?
March 29, 2016 12:15 p.m.
iBleedPunk says... #13
I say that Nahiri using the Cryptoliths to twist the planes mana into one purpose is shady. Maybe she transform the moon into an Emrakul'y type creature and the plane of Innistrad will be swallowed by water, maybe Jace will finally realize he isnt as popular as he used to be, maybe Chris Rock is watching all of our comments as he sits in the back of his Infinity with that tranny. Who knows what is held in store for us C:
March 29, 2016 12:48 p.m.
falcon2427 says... #15
I want to see a new Bruna light of alabaster I would prefer that she remain blue/white with a new epic ability but I guess I could live with her being red/white as long as the new ability is consistent with the original ability in epicness
March 29, 2016 2:14 p.m.
SimonCalabuig says... #17
Maybe Gislda, bruna, and the bw angel avacyn mentioned in the MTG story that she killed
March 30, 2016 10:18 a.m.
SimonCalabuig says... #21
Nah bro, I want flashback, snapcaster mage, Liliana of the veil, and little Jace, and mindsculptor Jace in the near future!
March 30, 2016 12:25 p.m.
SimonCalabuig says... #22
I don't think any of us would mind a dual land and power 9 reprint... With a few other specific lands...
March 30, 2016 12:27 p.m.
SimonCalabuig MaRo said it's too powerful for standard :/
March 30, 2016 1:27 p.m.
SimonCalabuig says... #25
M11 standard was the golden days, it should b brought back!!!(good eldrazi, infect, Jace, the mindsculptor, the fetch lands, and then innistrad(miracle and flashback/snapcaster mage)) let's live the dream guys!!!
March 31, 2016 9:46 a.m.
SimonCalabuig says... #26
BTW I know about the reserve list, but it will have to be slightly disregarded for Eternal masters to be good, plus they just reprinted wasteland twice XD
March 31, 2016 9:51 a.m.
I don't know for sure but I recall reading somewhere that Wizards said they were going to honor the reserve list for Eternal Masters.
The question is whether or not they mean what they say.
March 31, 2016 10:08 a.m.
...The moon is a giant egg. - Turns out, there really IS a Heron in the Moon...
Nahiri hatches the egg and a giant Bird Horror eats Innistrad... no more Innistrad.
Only Planeswalkers can escape... but Jace didn't notice in time... no more Jace.
March 31, 2016 10:41 a.m.
Angelic Overseer that would rock for a human deck with Odric, Lunarch Marshal. And honestly any Human type with more abilities like First Strike, Flying (I know, hard to explain), and Lifelink.
April 4, 2016 9:35 p.m.
PistonGolem says... #30
That Bird Horror, it is a Storm Crow. NEW MYTHIC CONFIRMED...
April 4, 2016 10:50 p.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #31
I expect that Liliana and Tamiyo shall be the planeswalkers of that set, and I would very much like to see the unearth mechanic return. I really would like to see enemy-colored counterparts to the "battle lands" (i.e., Canopy Vista or Cinder Glade) from Battle for Zendikar, and, most of all, I wish to see Edgar Markov appear in person, since I have been waiting for him ever since he was first mentioned, and Ludevic would be nice, as well.
April 4, 2016 11:03 p.m.
...erm ww probably have that legendary zombie in the person of Geralf's Masterpiece.
In my humble opinion its entirely possible that we will get the evil of this block in eldritch moon.
April 5, 2016 11:11 a.m.
I think that we could finally see a standard legal version of Stitcher Geralf, Ghoulcaller Gisa, and Ludevic. I think we will see a new U/B Legendary zombie too or a new version of Grimgrin, Corpse-Born. I do think it will overall we will see zombies and werewolves continue to get additional support since SoI had a lot more of a focus on Angels, Vampires, and Humans.
April 5, 2016 11:37 p.m.
SwingingforTwo says... #34
My Wishlist:
Reintroduce Black Werewolves. This could be huge for formats such as EDH, because they could then make a R/G/B Legendary. (Or even just a damn R/G!!!) Also, I believe that the black werewolves should play as werewolves that have lost their humanity entirely, and don't transform. Huntmaster of the Fells finally gets some help.
Edgar Markov as a planeswalker or Commander.
Return of Blood Moon and new Tamiyo.
New Lands... Maybe something like sacrifice a creature, or discard 2 cards and choose the type of basic land it enters as.
Location lands that can contribute to tribals. For instance Ruins of Markov Manor. Comes in tapped. It could tap to add 1C, or tap to untap target Vampire. While it is untapped all Vampire you control get +1/+1.
Geralf and his crazy minions. I think he needs a couple Igor's to his Dr. Frankenstein.
Several new and very flavorful Angels and Demons. There should be counterparts for each of them.
Several staple cards. There are only a handful of staples in Shadows thus far, and I feel like they need to add several that are playable outside of the Shadows block.
April 21, 2016 11:17 a.m.
Tapping/Untapping target vampire would be far too overpowered with things like Lord of Lineage Flip being around in modern....
April 21, 2016 11:34 a.m.
SimonCalabuig says... #36
Blood MoonLiliana of the VeilSnapcaster MageDamnation
One to two new modern/legacy staples
You know you wouldn't mind this.
April 21, 2016 12:01 p.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #37
How likely is is that the )unearth_ mechanic shall return in Eldritch Moon? I do believe that Innistrad is the perfect plane on which that ability could appear, and the second each set of a block typically introduces new abilities.
April 24, 2016 10:45 p.m.
Milester856 says... #38
Emrakul, the Eldritched Moon. Calling the wild card.
April 28, 2016 1:22 a.m.
genericaura says... #40
WotC said the only reason they didn't have a legendary werewolf last time was because they couldn't figure out the rules for it but since then they've made flip-tastic Archangel Avacyn Flip and the Origins Planeswalkers. Don't worry. The wolf will come.
May 2, 2016 1:25 p.m.
PistonGolem says... #41
I thought they said that they were going to add one, but they added Arlinn instead due to the need for color balance amongst the walkers. The rules would be simple, no spells = transform, 2 spells = transform.
May 2, 2016 1:58 p.m.
Slickest_man_on_earth says... #42
My guess 5-6 mechanics for the set, half returning and half new. I'll guess there will be two new mechanics in Naya and Jund colors, and one new mechanic that covers all colors. Skulk probably returning in Esper, Transform returns for sure. One mechanic might return in two or three cards like Landfall did in Oath.
May 16, 2016 8:07 p.m.
OffTheWalls says... #44
I would very much like to see a new Tibalt.. more than anything really. If my options were a 1 night stand with Scarlet Johanson or print a new Tibalt, I'd choose Tibalt... because nobody would believe the scarlet Johanson part even if it did happen..
June 2, 2016 5:26 p.m.
PistonGolem says... #45
That moment when I accidentally read that first as "have a one night stand with Scarlet Johanson or a new Tibalt".
I would like a new Tibalt but I would hope he is 
. It would be cool because he could make tons of devil tokens and hopefully still be a 2 drop walker. But I don't know, he didn't really show up in the story at all.
Also, I have a bad feeling that we are not going to get everything we want in the next set. We went into SOI with high hopes for a lot of stuff, and pretty much the only thing that I can say will be a priority for WotC is dat Legendary Werewolf. I hope that they ramp up the flavor on this one and give us some good cards. But we can't all get everything. Liliana of the Veil would be broken in standard.
June 2, 2016 7:44 p.m.
Darthseniar92 - I think your priorities are mixed up if having a one night stand with Scarlet Johansson is only worth it if people believe you...
...besides, no one would believe a new Tibalt is good anyway; no matter what's printed on the card.
June 3, 2016 7:52 a.m.
Why would you ever choose Magic over Scarlet Johansson...
What in the world...
June 3, 2016 9:11 a.m.
PistonGolem says... #48
I just realized... What if Nahiri already did her thing? Forcing Sorin to kill Avacyn is already something that "makes Innistrad weep" and "makes Sorin weep" (Structural Distortion). Maybe she just made the crypto-liths to contort mana to force Sorin to kill Avacyn, that's it. But then this mana contortion went out of control, and eventually contorted the moon, hence Eldritch Moon. Definition of Eldritch: Weird or ghostly. So either the moon gets screwed up, or the spirit tribe actually does something meaningful.
June 3, 2016 12:42 p.m.
OffTheWalls says... #49
a new tibalt could be very good. Example: +1 get 2 1/1 devil tokens, -2 draw 2 cards unless your opponent takes 3 damage, -5 get an emblem with "whenever you would draw a card you may instead draw 2 cards. If you do, discard a card."
Call him Tibalt, the Vexer.
June 3, 2016 1:46 p.m.
Who the heck is Scarlet Johansson?
I think we will see spirit support because it was discreetly hinted at more than once. Also because they suck right now.
Bobbbyyy says... #2
My wishlist:
a Smallpox reprint for madness and flavour.
Some explanation for tentacles, clue clues, corruption that does not involve emrakul but I cant see it happening without a major cop out.
some better werewolf tribal support
March 29, 2016 7:08 a.m.