Parmandur
Book-Friend, he/him
Yeah, I'm taking this with a huge grain of salt, though the new to old balance isn't so bad: 4.5 returning Settings, 3.5 new Settings (depends on how you look at Shandalar, which is complicated).Interesting leak... I'm a little doubtful how accurate it is, as it seems to be heavily weighted towards revisiting old planes, instead of the current pattern of alternating between entirely new ones, and revisiting old. The amount of revisiting planes here makes me feel this is more conjecture.
That said, the Kamigawa one is the most likely to be legit. Several domains were registered with Kamigawa in the name, and there was a public survey that even showed off some Japanese-themed concept art.
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Possible New Magic Set Name Uncovered
Domain name for Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty created on Monday.articles.starcitygames.com
Anyway, a Kamigawa setting for D&D could actually be in the cards there. I still find the Rabiah scale useful, as it at least gives insight to Mark Rosewater's thought process, but he doesn't represent the entirety of MtG development.
Given the presence of three longshot fan requests (Kamigawa, Shandalar, & Lorwyn), it's either super fake OR the Magic team decided to throw doen the gauntlet and choose Settings precisely because they were improbable.