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Official D&D Greek-Themed 'Mythic Odysseys of Theros' Setting Coming In May
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<blockquote data-quote="slobster" data-source="post: 7929948" data-attributes="member: 6693711"><p>There's a SUPER NERDY reason for this, that also brings in matters of branding and IP ownership.</p><p></p><p>The basic thing is that every "official" MtG set takes place in a single multiverse setting, which includes within it a number of setting constants like planeswalkers, the nature of travelling between planes, and mana (how magic works). Bringing in a D&D setting would clash with that lore, requiring one of the two properties to retcon how planes and magic and so on work in their world. Imagine how annoyed Great Wheel fans would be if it was retconned that, nope, the Great Wheel isn't the metaphysical foundation the world works on, it is just one more world in a sea of endless worlds, and the actual foundation of reality in the realms is 5 colors of mana that just haven't been noticed by anyone up until now. Also, a bunch of previously unknown characters of godlike power (greater than the gods really because they can travel the planes and gods physically can't) now exist and are these big damn heroes that play at a level beyond anything Elminster could have ever dreamed.</p><p></p><p>I think not everyone would be happy with such a thing.</p><p></p><p>There are cards that are printed that are essentially joke cards, they are printed in silver borders so you know you can't play them in tournaments, but you can play them for fun with friends. Some cards have already been printed in silver border for D&D crossover:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://i2.wp.com/www.sageadvice.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/mtgdnd2.jpg[/URL]</p><p></p><p>There have also been tournament legal cards printed that make some oblique references to D&D without having to explicitly bring any D&D world into MtG's multiverse. Most prominently, the recently printed bag of holding:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]118903[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>So yeah, for brand identity and canon reasons, it looks unlikely that we'll get so-called "black border" D&D cards anytime soon, but we could always be surprised. And it looks likely that we will get silver border "joke" D&D cards soonish, which could be cool as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slobster, post: 7929948, member: 6693711"] There's a SUPER NERDY reason for this, that also brings in matters of branding and IP ownership. The basic thing is that every "official" MtG set takes place in a single multiverse setting, which includes within it a number of setting constants like planeswalkers, the nature of travelling between planes, and mana (how magic works). Bringing in a D&D setting would clash with that lore, requiring one of the two properties to retcon how planes and magic and so on work in their world. Imagine how annoyed Great Wheel fans would be if it was retconned that, nope, the Great Wheel isn't the metaphysical foundation the world works on, it is just one more world in a sea of endless worlds, and the actual foundation of reality in the realms is 5 colors of mana that just haven't been noticed by anyone up until now. Also, a bunch of previously unknown characters of godlike power (greater than the gods really because they can travel the planes and gods physically can't) now exist and are these big damn heroes that play at a level beyond anything Elminster could have ever dreamed. I think not everyone would be happy with such a thing. There are cards that are printed that are essentially joke cards, they are printed in silver borders so you know you can't play them in tournaments, but you can play them for fun with friends. Some cards have already been printed in silver border for D&D crossover: [URL unfurl="true"]https://i2.wp.com/www.sageadvice.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/mtgdnd2.jpg[/URL] There have also been tournament legal cards printed that make some oblique references to D&D without having to explicitly bring any D&D world into MtG's multiverse. Most prominently, the recently printed bag of holding: [ATTACH type="full" width="304px"]118903[/ATTACH] So yeah, for brand identity and canon reasons, it looks unlikely that we'll get so-called "black border" D&D cards anytime soon, but we could always be surprised. And it looks likely that we will get silver border "joke" D&D cards soonish, which could be cool as well. [/QUOTE]
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