WotC New Card from "Adventures in the Forgotten Realms" Leaked: "Den of the Bugbear"

[Parmandur]

Enjoy a New Visual History for MAGIC: THE GATHERING in PLANES OF THE MULTIVERSE This Summer — GeekTyrant

Last week, Abrams ComicArts and Wizards of the Coast announced a new visual history book for fans of Magic: The Gathering . Magic: The Gathering: Planes of the Multiverse comes from Jay Annelli and will help inform fans of the popular trading card game about lore-defining events such as the

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Do you think AFR will be included in this mtg book?

Pretty certainly not, since AFR is hermetically sealed from the Magic ploy, and this art book us a Magic plot primer.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

That card is so cool... the art is on point, the framing is on point, the language is on point.... the one thing that is off is the level 17-20 is way too high for a fight with bugbears, but I forgive this!

 

[Parmandur]

That card is so cool... the art is on point, the framing is on point, the language is on point.... the one thing that is off is the level 17-20 is way too high for a fight with bugbears, but I forgive this!

It's off-point to thw degree that it feels like a joke to Troll the fans.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

That card is so cool... the art is on point, the framing is on point, the language is on point.... the one thing that is off is the level 17-20 is way too high for a fight with bugbears, but I forgive this!

aha! Unless its a teaser for a 4e-like treatment of low-level threats to create new Bugbears that cover CR 12 to CR 23!

 

[Charlaquin]

From Mark Rosewaters Blog:

"Hi Mark. For the D&D set, other than the basic lands, are there reprints in this set?

I would be floored if there were no reprints, given that Bag of Holding is already a card.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Can someone go ahead and make me this module?

This "module" is listed as part of the R series (source wikipedia).

R—Role Playing Game Association tournament modules, R1–6 were also available to RPGA members. R1–4 were later revised and abridged as I12. Mentzer initially intended the "R" series to take place in Greyhawk (on a different continent from Oerik) as part of an "Acquaria" or "Aqua-Oeridian" campaign. The original concept was to use these modules to form the basis of a new Greyhawk boxed set, although TSR never went forward with these plans and as such the modules are not officially for Greyhawk.

The series ends at R10 (so we're missing R11, someone make that too!) but this module could be a sequel to R5;

 

[Parmandur]

Can someone go ahead and make me this module?

This "module" is listed as part of the R series (source wikipedia).

R—Role Playing Game Association tournament modules, R1–6 were also available to RPGA members. R1–4 were later revised and abridged as I12. Mentzer initially intended the "R" series to take place in Greyhawk (on a different continent from Oerik) as part of an "Acquaria" or "Aqua-Oeridian" campaign. The original concept was to use these modules to form the basis of a new Greyhawk boxed set, although TSR never went forward with these plans and as such the modules are not officially for Greyhawk.

The series ends at R10 (so we're missing R11, someone make that too!) but this module could be a sequel to R5;

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I'm going to go out on a limb, and suppose that this might be R for "Rare," and we'll see a whole cycle on the Set

 

[Ibrandul]

That card is so cool... the art is on point, the framing is on point, the language is on point.... the one thing that is off is the level 17-20 is way too high for a fight with bugbears, but I forgive this!

I wonder if it's possible that "leveling up" your cards is a new mechanic in this set?

Many of the recent D&D-themed non-RPG games have tried to implement some sort of leveling up mechanic. Off the top of my head, the D&D Adventure System board games, Dragonfire, and Dice Masters all have done this. It seems like the kind of thing that attracts designers trying to give a "D&D feel" to a completely non-D&D game. (Of these, Dice Masters would be the closest analogue to the situation here with MTG, inasmuch as that's a preexisting collectible game into which the designers introduced a D&D theme for certain sets only; it was also co-designed by a former MTG designer, FWIW.)

If that's right, then "for Character Levels 17–20" might not just be meaningless flavor text; it could actually have in-game effects

 

[Urriak Uruk]

I'm going to go out on a limb, and suppose that this might be R for "Rare," and we'll see a whole cycle on the Set

Yeah I don't think too much thought went into choosing R12 (beyond maybe making sure they didn't use one that actually exists).

I dig the art though and want more cards like this. Hell, make all the cards like this!

 

[Parmandur]

Yeah I don't think too much thought went into choosing R12 (beyond maybe making sure they didn't use one that actually exists).

I dig the art though and want more cards like this. Hell, make all the cards like this!

Usually I'm not swayed by the bling cards...but this might be an exception.