D&D (2024) Wizards Presents show on August 18th! Update: WotC announces guests and time.

[Ralif Redhammer]

No idea what the triangle-head is, but the woman appears to be an older version of the Planeswalker Chandra (though I don't know that much about Magic, so for all I know it's actually someone named Gretchen or Blanche).

hmmmm....what is the white-triangle-headed creature? Or the old lady with the red clothes?

The art looks pretty good but I dont remember seeing those in recent books.

I'm excited to see what gets announced. I'm hoping it's a firm date on the Dragonlance release. But also, that puts an end date on the DCC RPG campaign I'm running, since I plan on running Dragonlance next.

 

[Parmandur]

So, in the past, the Magic team has in Late August laid out their product plan for the next calendar year. Currently, we only know about Magic the Gathering products through December, aside from vague teases, and those products through December were announced last Auugust along with the earlier 2022 Magic products. So, at this show we should expect to hear all about what Magic is doing in 2023.

This is big because 2023 is the 30th anniversary of MtG, and they are doing parts 3 and 4 of a multiset major story. D&D tie in products seem likely as part of that.

Other than Dragonlance, possibly a Msgic D&D book in the next year, and any media stuff, not sure what we will hear about here on the D&D front. Maybe early details on the 2024 plans, maybe whatever book or books have been getting UA recently.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

hmmmm....what is the white-triangle-headed creature? Or the old lady with the red clothes?

The art looks pretty good but I dont remember seeing those in recent books.

They're MtG characters. IIRC that's Elesh Norn, a pyromancer lady whose name I forget, and then Ajani Goldmane in the background.

Obviously the other side is a beholder, Drizzt, and Boo the Miniature Giant Space Hamster.

Edit: The pyromancer is Jaya Ballard, Chandra's teacher. That's why she looks somewhat unfamiliar, @Ralif Redhammer.

 

[Scribe]

If this site isn't aware of who the MTG characters are, any hope for main stream recognition should be approaching 0.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

If this site isn't aware of who the MTG characters are, any hope for main stream recognition should be approaching 0.

Lots of people here don't play Magic.

 

[Nightfly]

Yes, all three characters on the right are all "planeswalkers" from Magic: The Gathering. That suggests yet another D&D/MTG crossover.

 

[Scribe]

Lots of people here don't play Magic.

Indeed, but in the Venn diagram of those who are engaged with Wizards (and we are) and those who are not, I would bet more of us would at least be familiar with mtg at a superficial level.

 

[darjr]

I don’t even know how many cards are in a magic deck.

 

[TwoSix]

I hope we'll see something lighthearted and whimsical, not something gritty.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Indeed, but in the Venn diagram of those who are engaged with Wizards (and we are) and those who are not, I would bet more of us would at least be familiar with mtg at a superficial level.

I pay no attention to Magic at all. It's a very different thing than D&D.