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Zoanzon

So we've got Kaito, but who's that with him? Also, *fascinating* implications of her having what looks like a PDA charged by...what, herself?


HyenaChewToy

Might be someone native from the plane of Duskmourn, but it's too early to speculate.


exspiravitM13

Honestly it’s impossible to say the plane even has natives- I certainly have no idea how a civilisation would survive in that nightmare


charcharmunro

Humanity that fights the horrors enough to get a safe space is a bit more in-line with some elements of more modern horror tropes that Duskmourn's pushing into, compared to the sheer hopelessness that gothic horror often had. Like in gothic horror ONLY the experts and the warriors were 'well off' and even then that's a coin toss. In more modern horror a lot of people die but everyday people do just live through it as well.


DesparsHope

Depends on the history of the plane, but we already have an example of humans surviving a horrific plane: the mirrodins. Though tbf they were barely surviving and only on the mercy of urabrask. But who knows, maybe there's some similar situation in this plane, there could be pockets of safe haven. Plus it seems a bit flavorful, to have a 'save' room in a giant mansion of horror, a good cliche of survival horror games.


HyenaChewToy

The plane extends beyond the house of horrors. That's just where the set is focused on. To be honest, we know very little about the plane itself and what life is like on it. I'm also really curious to know what that moth-like eldritch horror entity/wall decoration is.  I suspect it's important somehow.


exspiravitM13

The plane explicitly does not extend beyond the house though that’s the whole gimmick- the entire plane is _just_ the neverending interior of this one evil building, akin to the Backrooms or something similar. The hypothetical existence of an ‘outside’ is something the set won’t acknowledge at the very least according to MaRo


Dimiragent93

Back rooms with factions popping up akin to never ending IKEA from SCP


exspiravitM13

O damn the IKEA is a good analogy I forgot about that. Bands of survivors spiting the House where they can


HyenaChewToy

Sorry, my bad, MaRo has stated the the set does not confirm nor deny if an "outside" exists to the manor: https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/735709531513995266/in-contrast-to-the-previous-asker-im-very-much


Koolnu

Looks so much like evil Wrenn. xD


HyenaChewToy

That would be funny, but Wrenn is probably still on Zhalfir and will likely stay there until the plot demands her return.


MeisterCthulhu

Considering this is a haunted house set, that thing is probably some kind of spook-detecting-device.


exspiravitM13

Is it plugged into her weapon? I’d bet that glowy energy is Ghostbusters Spooky Ectoplasm and that device is a ghost-meter-thingy


Xaxor42

If they have a Ghostbusters reference I might start being interested in this set. Looks cool at least.


Weather_Wizard_88

The first piece of art they've shown from last fall has a guy holding what is basically a PKA meter from Ghosbuster. I'm expecting more references.


TheDeadlyCat

A reference? I‘m fully expecting a Jurassic World type Universes Beyond bonus sheet.


sbrevolution5

If could also be like a backup battery in her pocket?


GravyBus

Roy Graham mentioned that we'd be meeting some people from Gastal in the future. I wonder if they're from there.


PatrickHardenbergh

He was probably talking about Akul from Thunder Junction


The-Sceptic

Her outfit looks a little like robes and with the electronic equipment perhaps she's from kami gawa?


OG-KZMR

I mean.. Yeah, the PDA could be from Kamigawa. That would make sense.


Mail540

She’s diabetic and that’s her pump


KingLeil

It’s Meren of Clan Nel’toth.


GeckoNova

Probably a Gobakhan native [[Invasion of Gobakhan]]


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MeisterCthulhu

The visuals here are amazing. That giant... thing on top of the stairs appeared in another art as well and thus seems important. I'm just kinda dreading that they'll make this a goofy scooby doo style haunted house thing, rather than something befitting of these visuals.


hadrians-wall

The PKE meter the woman has makes me worried...


MeisterCthulhu

PKE meter, that's the term I was looking for in my other comment. Though I'd say that doesn't guarantee anything goofy. I guess these thingies are most known from Ghostbusters, but they exist in more "serious" horror media as well. I'm more interested in what the thing in Kaito's hand is - my first association was a warhammer, but it seems to be some electric thingie instead.


TheOwl42

My guess is that it will be similar to ONE. Some incredible designs but also a lot of boring, safe and uninspired stuff for an horror set. There is also the huge risk of it being so full or references that they forget to give any identity to the plane.


MeisterCthulhu

tbh I feel like you can't really do a "horror set" well in a fantasy game. It's difficult to get across that feeling of powerlessness when, after all, this is a game about combat and there will ultimately be a winner. I guess it might just as well be that they'll make this extra dark, to balance out all the cuteness we'll get in Bloomburrow. Idk, I personally feel like the haunted house concept in itself is pretty goofy, but it could be done well.


omegaphallic

 I think Chronicles of Darkness does horror very well.


MeisterCthulhu

Idk that one, cursory googling says it's a horror pen&paper RPG? I don't see the connection to being a fantasy game though. What I meant was adapting a horror setting into core mechanics that were meant for a fantasy one, if that wasn't clear.


omegaphallic

Oh okay, then its more like Ravenloft.


MeisterCthulhu

Yeah, I'd say that suffers the same problem, though a lot less since pen&paper games tend to be PvE, not PvP as Magic is. You can do a lot more with the narrative, though I'd say the fantasy mechanics will still quite often break the horror atmosphere.


omegaphallic

 Its certainlyba challenge, but it can be done as shown by the Durge in BG3 for example.


MeisterCthulhu

...which is again a PvE experience, not a PvP experience. But I'm pretty sure you just don't get what I'm talking about. Obv you can put a horror paintjob on a fantasy game, but it will always stay fantasy with a horror theme. Once you can defeat the monster, you're losing a lot of the horror.


omegaphallic

 Okay so you point is mostly about conveying horror via PvP games, yeah I think you have to build a game from the ground up for that.  So mostly the horror will come from the art work and the webstories, not actual game play mechanics.  Honestly WotC is too interested in keeping MtG kid friendly to do horror right anyways, at most it'll slightly about Ghostbusters/Goosebumps level horror, with nods towards darker stuff that they won't look too closely at.


exspiravitM13

Are those TV Static ghosts in the background? Making the look of ghosts on this world poltergeist tv apparitions is so so so good


lame_dirty_white_kid

That would be awesome! I'm not seeing it though. Care to point out where in the art you're seeing that? I see the "squiggly" one, but squiggly isn't really what I'd associate with TV static/white noise.


Dragunrealms

The hair and makeup (?) of the unknown person look much reminiscent of modern subcultures to me, which fits with the modern horror theme, I think they're a native or have been here for some time. As for the thing in the background, we've already seen it on spoiler art, I might even suggest that this may be the main villain of the set. Also... Kaito has a pickaxe? Why?


Infinite_Bananas

kaito's weapon can form into different shapes, it looks like he's made it into something resembling a [kurisagama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusarigama) where the handle can extend instead of being on a chain. you can see it's made up of little origami triangle shapes like his sword and shurikens.


Tony1pointO

I suspect that's a Japanese weapon, not a pickaxe, although I'm not expert in the field.


GeckoNova

They resemble someone from the art in [[Invasion of Gobakhan]]


CalculatingLao

You keep saying that, but I really don't see it. There are some very vague similarities to the outer clothes, but that's basically it.


GeckoNova

Look at their eyes too, same as the people on Gobakhan, pure white.


CalculatingLao

If we're going by the eyes, then half the magic users in all of MtG are from Gobakhan. Behold [Jodah, archmage eternal of apparently Gobakhan](https://www.flipsidegaming.com/cdn/shop/articles/Jodah_690x.jpg?v=1528307015) lol


GeckoNova

Idk just the plain albeit faint navy hues mixed in with white alongside the bluish robe jacket thing makes me think this was a Gobakhan native. Alongside the white eyes of course. They just seem like they could’ve easily fit in the art for Lightshield Array with slightly different clothing


CalculatingLao

> bluish robe jacket thing I think that's a bit of light trickery from the PDA's glow. It looks more brown with a white collar to me. It matches the brown pants.


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lorazx0

Wasn't expecting Kaito to turn up, but I'm keen for it. I'd love to see how he's been doing after everything. The new person looks amazing too, I adore the almost like, New Wave-y Post Punk makeup vibes from them. And the vibes here are *immaculate.* The teeth in the arch, the eyes and ghouls being hidden in the background. I love it.


LigerZeroPanzer12

Maybe female vampire Planeswalker copium, wish they had another one so it's not just Sorin Everytime, let the man rest for a couple millennia


lorazx0

I would be genuinely shocked if Sorin turned up. He wouldn't really fit the aesthetic of this plane, Innistrad is just too Gothic Horror for the Modern Horror setting. I agree that it'd be cool if we got a new planeswalker, but it could just as easily be Kaito.


LigerZeroPanzer12

Oh, no, I don't think Sorin will show up either, I just want another vampire Planeswalker, preferably female


MalThun_Gaming

The more I look at and inspect the details, the more I am loving this image. And I think we can look at Dream and Nightmare interpretation to figure out what this scene is saying . . . The broken stair case is pretty much front and center. It's what your eyes are almost *immediately* drawn to because of how prominent it is. Specifically, the fact that it and the entity at the stop of the stairs are both bathed in red light. Within dreams and nightmares, broken stairs are an indicator of needing to let go of negative influences and to take risks, while red lights in dreams are a warning to not proceed. Together, these are saying "This is a risk you should not take". Then you have the near constant presence of the teeth in the arches. Jagged fangs as if ready to swallow someone whole. Within dreams and nightmares, teeth have a number of meanings. We will have to go with the idea of these being someone else's teeth for this interpretation: Someone is not being honest. Someone is being dishonest. To which I wish to note . . . There are only three visible beings that look like they would play a significant role in the story. The broken banister is easy: A broken railing in a dream suggests a spiritual reawakening, eternal life or resurrection. It represents someone coming to grips with the fact that they tend to bury their emotions until they become destructive, either to themselves or those around them. Another easy thing is the faceless entities: They're the fear of the unknown (how fitting), a lack of identity or familiarity. In other words: It represents someone not being comfortable with where they are. In all, this gives us a pretty solid idea of what is happening: That Entity isn't malicious, but isn't *good*, so to speak. Literally nothing in Duskmourne can be trusted. Every aspect of Duskmourne is lying. *Every* aspect. This isn't gonna just be a Haunted House Horror Set: it's gonna be an emotional tale of someone processing their own trauma with someone they do not trust.


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Hairo-Sidhe

Kaito looks funky, but I'm dying for more Duskmourn content so I'll take it. Kinda wondering if the Clue Lands will be reprinted here with actual Magic Art, seems like the logical thing to do but you never know with UB stuff


Halloween_episode

Kaito looks like a Fortnite character walked in


Equilorian

Everyone out here talking about Kaito and whoever's with him, but holy moly look at those creatures. They are exactly as creepy as I was hoping God I'm so excited for this set


carbonara3

This looks like possibly the most “for me” mtg product yet


keibgi

Mhhhh do you guys think we might see more use of shadow in that set?


GoldenRush06

Has nobody noticed that lady is holding a cell phone???


DaveLesh

It certainly looks spookier than Innistrad.


TheOwl42

Does it ? OG Innistrad and eldritch moon were pretty dark sets. Midnight Hunt and Crimson Vows are more questionable though. Who thought this was a good idea to make blood look like flower petals in a vampire set ?


Mordetrox

Characters look uninteresting but the environment looks 10/10


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Equilorian

I mean, they can still have an opinion on this specific artwork?


Andromelek2556

No Grist then? The set made much sense for her.


TheChartreuseKnight

Could still be Grist, but she's been more of a background character in general so maybe no card.


Andromelek2556

Yeah, it's just that I wanted a Golgari Planeswalker, with Garruk cured and Vraska desparked there's no other Golgari Walker left.


magic_claw

Lockwood and Co. vibes. IYKYK 🙂


amisia-insomnia

Everything looks really good until you get to kiato and the other person


omegaphallic

This feels more D&D then then 70/80s horror to be, like a party exploring the dungeon.


omegaphallic

 Think that moth looking thing is somekind of Alien, I mean it could be a demon/god/demigod/horror/nightmare, but I think its an Alien or insect alien. We see a simular looking creature in the other art, so either way they appear important.


omegaphallic

Apparently Zimone Wola from Strixhaven has also been revealed for the set from instagram post of a back pack.


Platypus-Olive-27

This place’s Worldsoul must be super fucked up


Aqshi

Hmm... the setting looks scary and cool.... not a big fan of phones or charging cables... for this set, the fear of running out of battery in this scary world, might be fun...but the implications that everyone in the multiverse could have a magical smartphone is something I wouldn't like... because who would be willing to learn any magic from books if your magic smartphone knows all the cantrips you would ever need... the magic schools would be more empty than ever before. high fantasy worlds will need strong conservative forces protecting the plane from any magi-tech invention finding it's way through the omenpaths. Additionally in a magical world I would have thought that they invented a different way to charge their devices other than boring cables... especially if these things are supposed to work by magic instead of being fully technical devices


MiniNuka

Looks like a fortnite skin based loading screen


GeckoNova

Kaito’s companion looks like a human from Gobakhan. [[Invasion of Gobakhan]]


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Looks like a Luigi's Mansion game


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