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<blockquote data-quote="Parmandur" data-source="post: 8002316" data-attributes="member: 6780330"><p>These can be backed up with cards pretty easily, and I pointed this out with examples at the time, but I'll forbear for now:</p><p></p><p>1. Red Mana Subclasses</p><p>2. Blue Mana Subclasses</p><p>3. White Mana Subclasses</p><p>4. Cleric is pretty clearly related to one or two of the gods of Theros and is Black Mana, Druid is Red Mana and probably linkable to one of the gods of Theros, True Naming in Magic is related to Blue Mana and Merfolk (prominent in Theros!)</p><p>5. Rune use is in M:tG, swarm magic use is Green Mana, and the Revived Rogue was clearly meant to be one of The Returned in Theros (notice that the Phantom moves the Subclass away from the Theran themes of returning from Nyx hidden in the original UA)</p><p></p><p>The timing is also key here, the five articles from September and October were in the perfect spot to test for publication in Theros. Dollars to donuts, these were all Theros tests. Most didn't make it, and they probably expected that, so no I don't think they were expecting to publish 12 options in Theros (though they could have). They just wanted to see what people wanted, and get that in.</p><p></p><p>I agree the 2020 tests look like Planescape, but by the same token the September-October tests looked like Magic the Gathering at the time, and so it turned out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Parmandur, post: 8002316, member: 6780330"] These can be backed up with cards pretty easily, and I pointed this out with examples at the time, but I'll forbear for now: 1. Red Mana Subclasses 2. Blue Mana Subclasses 3. White Mana Subclasses 4. Cleric is pretty clearly related to one or two of the gods of Theros and is Black Mana, Druid is Red Mana and probably linkable to one of the gods of Theros, True Naming in Magic is related to Blue Mana and Merfolk (prominent in Theros!) 5. Rune use is in M:tG, swarm magic use is Green Mana, and the Revived Rogue was clearly meant to be one of The Returned in Theros (notice that the Phantom moves the Subclass away from the Theran themes of returning from Nyx hidden in the original UA) The timing is also key here, the five articles from September and October were in the perfect spot to test for publication in Theros. Dollars to donuts, these were all Theros tests. Most didn't make it, and they probably expected that, so no I don't think they were expecting to publish 12 options in Theros (though they could have). They just wanted to see what people wanted, and get that in. I agree the 2020 tests look like Planescape, but by the same token the September-October tests looked like Magic the Gathering at the time, and so it turned out. [/QUOTE]
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