One of the first things that Mark Rosewater mentions, is that Tarkir is a plane we have not explored yet, however, we have had a planeswalker who calls this realm home, Sarkhan Vol. The first speculation is that we'll be getting a Sarkhan Vol planeswalker in this block, whether old or new. This seems like a very easy spec as getting this excited over Sarkhan Vol is not really likely.
Mark continues to talk a bit about the plane of Tarkir, a "war-torn world ruled by warlords", a place full of dragons that Sarkhan became to worship, however, the dragons have long been extinct. Mark also gives a small background story on Sarkhan Vol in that he became a planeswalker
and started traveling the planes getting excited to see dragons on other planes since he could not find them on his home plane.
Another picture spoiled in the video shows an army gathering on top of a cliff looking outward as if ready for battle. Many flags are flown in the army possibly denoting a guild or tribe so many people are thinking that Khans of Tarkir may offer a sort of dysotopian system much like Ravnica's guilds or Alara's Shards. Representatives of WotC have mentioned that they like to space their multicolored-focused sets apart 4 years as it can lessen the excitement for them since they are so popular so the magic community seems to think that we will not be getting a multicolored set this close to Return to Ravnica. The colors in this picture are interesting however; lots of White, Black and Red which would hint towards "wedges" being used in the set, though there are also a fair mix of races(goblins, trolls, humans and the main character up front almost looks like a Leonin, the race of Ajani and Brimaz) in the picture and the different flags could be the races/tribes/factions joining forces to take down a common enemy. The other hint is the code names for the block; "Huey, Dewey and Louie" which some people seem to think that it hints again at wedges since the 3 nephews of Donald Duck who are aptly named, wear Red, Green and Blue which is another wedge...
The third big spoiler is Mark announces that the block will be in Large-Small-Large format meaning, the Fall set will be a normal large size(269 cards) that we're used to, the Winter set will be small(~155 cards) which is normal, but the Spring set will be large where the second and third sets in blocks are usually small. The last block that was structured this way was Innistrad where the Spring set, Avacyn Restored was a Large set(244 cards) being that it included many new cards and mechanics. Zendikar block followed this format as well. Mark also mentions, however, that while it's a large-small-large format, there is "a twist"... He doesn't say anything else on the matter so it's up to us to brainstorm ideas on what that could mean.
A few ideas:
- We could be visiting different planes in the same block
- It could be Large-Small-Large-Small as Lorwyn/Shadowmoor mega block did.
- We could be getting "Snow" permanents
The last and best spoiler that Mark gives us is that there will be something that the magic community has been asking them to bring back after a long absence and something that the magic community has been asking for that they've never done. So something old and something new that we've been asking for a lot... Many people have already been speculating that we'll be getting fetch lands soon so that would fill the "something old" portion. Other ideas that people have come up with are: Horsemanship, Banding, Snow lands, full art lands(like zendikar) and tribal themes.
As for the "something new" portion, the ideas are endless, though you have to think 'What would the magic community want most?', since it's something we've been asking for. The new thing could be anything and there is no shortage on ideas out there from the community so, who knows? Let me know in the comments what you think it could be! There's mention that we'll get some more information on the set at the San Diego Comic Con on July 24-27 so stay tuned!
Until then,
DannyO
WizardDen.com
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