Quote Originally Posted by RyuDragnier View Post
If Ajani doesn't end up back to normal or at least back in control of himself, I will be done. This man survived a solo encounter with Nicol Bolas (aka the most powerful and evil planeswalker of them all). He has been one of the faces of MtG for over a decade, I will not accept anything less than him being saved.
He flayed himself and replaced his skin with porcelain armour to emulate Elesh Norn's orthodoxy. And in the same chapter, Luxior is used on Jace and it doesn't fully work; he's in pain, phyresis is slowly going into his brain. Even if Ajani is cured with Halo, he's now literally a walking flayed body. If he gets it, depending on how they write it, it could kill him.

I think it was you who told me he was used for childrens' organizations o: And the fact that in the latest chapters Elspeth just knocks him unconscious while Tyvar outright stabs Tibalt in the heart makes me think that Wizards doesn't want Ajani to die.

But jeez... It's not just that he's a big lion boy. It's the character itself. I mean, I'm on the camp that I don't care for the Gatewatch. I don't hate them, but I also feel like they don't have much going for them anymore as characters. But past that they don't have much. Meanwhile they've been setting up Elspeth for so long. Ajani has been a huge presence in her arc, and has an unresolved past in Alara. And he's super charming too. He's such a cool character, and they're just offing him in such a daft way that completely mangles and violates his character. The Ajani they're writing is disgusting. And sure, "mind control", and it's intended to be portrayed as though this was an evil version of the character we've always known. But it's really hard to like it when it's a character you had expectations to be more heroic in the end. And not this.

Ironically I feel like I'd be enjoying this story a bit more if Ajani weren't a part of it like this.

Quote Originally Posted by Renalt View Post
I never got into Magic but my roommates love it. One of them has a Mermaid deck.
Oh jeez, Merfolk is literally one of my biggest fears in MtG Arena!! I play pretty annoying decks (I even loved Teferi Time Raveller, and the fact that I'm saying this makes MtG Arena players want to wring my neck xD), but Merfolk is legit my kryptonite!!