Eathouria
Lore:
Eathouria is a plane where thoughts and dreams shape reality. The plane consists of an endless sky filled with floating islands, each with a drastically different size, appearance, and environment from the others.
(Art credit to Julie Dillon, an amazingly talented artist who has done a few mtg card arts before and was one of my main art inspirations for finding art that captures the feel of Eathouria as a plane.)
Sentient beings on the plane can use passionate enough emotions, thoughts, and dreams to shape the land of the plane as they wish in ways that would be seen as godly on other planes, a process called dreamscaping. This has allowed the plane to flourish with a wide variety of life and environments, unlike any seen on other planes.
As for the story of the set, on Eathouria, nightmares have always been a dangerous and powerful force. On a plane where any thought can be brought into reality with enough effort, a nightmare can manifest itself and terrorize its unintentional creator in horrible ways. However, a nightmare's lifespan is typically short since they come about usually unintentionally and thus aren't as stable as an intentional feat of dreamscaping when created. While nightmares have always been a natural and relatively normal occurrence, recently the plane has been suffering from a new breed of nightmares. These nightmares are lasting and warp the plane in unnatural, eldritch ways (they aren't eldrazi, I'm just using eldritch as an adjective). Many of eathouria's citizens have fallen into eternal rest, plagued by these terrors, and the plane is beginning to turn dark. Somnium, a spirit planeswalker from Theros who has made Eathouria his adopted home, seeing this, realizes his world is in trouble and needs help discovering and stopping whatever has caused this new breed of nightmares.
This help comes in the form of Nissa Ravane, an Elf planeswalker and member of the Gatewatch. After her defeat at the hands of Nicol Bolas on Amonkhet, she planeswalked away nearly dead. Upon waking, she found herself on Eathouria and being cared for by Somnium, who had recognized the Elf from a previous meeting with her and the rest of the gatewatch back when he first planeswalked. After Nissa was nursed back to health, she found her ability to connect with planes resulted in her being a very gifted dreamscaper, rivaling that of Somnium, who is largely considered to be one of the most powerful dreamscapers on the plane. Seeing her talent, Somnium enlists her to help with finding the source of these nightmares.
Details:
-Is a large set and part of a two set block (henceforth known as Eathouria Block).
-Has 249 cards ( 101 commons, 80 uncommons, 53 rares, 15 mythic rares)
-Features the following mechanics:
o Envision [cost] (You may cast this face up card from exile for its envision cost.)
o Fantasize--If you own seven or more cards in exile, [effect].
o Terrorize [Cost] ([Cost], Put this card from exile into your graveyard: This card terrorizes target creature. Terrorize only as a sorcery.)
o Horizon--...if you own a/[number] or more face up land cards in exile, [effect]. OR ...for each face up land card you own in exile...
Points of Interest:
-Mechanically the set has a very heavy focus on self-exile, representing dreaming, thinking, and imagination. (Note: I realize this is something Wizard's would virtually never tackle for an entire set, so I wanted to try my hand at it.)
-Every single rare and mythic rare card is a full art card.
-Includes 5 "Abstract" cards that exile themselves when they die and cast a powerful spell from Magic's history.
Archetype Showcase As with most sets nowadays, Eathouria uses the ten two-color guild pairings as the basis for its Archetypes.
| Colors | Archetype | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Illusion Tribal | A lot of Illusion creatures in the set use Envision to synergize with one another. Assemble them into a synergystic tribal deck. Signpost Uncommon: Mistcaller | |
| Self-Exile Value | An archetype that intends to draw the best cards from its two respective colors to create a deck with an overall high card quality. Signpost Uncommon: Corrupted Hopebringer | |
| Fantasize Aggro | A fast fantasize deck that wants to go-wide to get around any early defenses the opponent might try to set up. Signpost Uncommon: Dreamforge Expert | |
| Fantasize Midrange | This archetype doesn't particularly have a preference as to what cards are in exile or how they got there, just that there are seven or more at any given time to enable its primary mechanic. Signpost Uncommon: Cobbleworks Dreamer | |
| Terrorize Control | Uses the Terrorize mechanic and self-exile effects to control your opponent with abilities and removal spells. Signpost Uncommon: Sire of Manipulation | |
| Envision Value | The Envision archetype that likes to use the effect the most. This archetype looks for a wide swath of envison spells and cheap ways to get them into exile to maximize value and card advantage. Signpost Uncommon: Embers of the Dreamforge | |
| Horizion Ramp | Use blue's efficient exile effects to get lands into exile, then benefit by being able to meet increasingly large horizon thresholds while casting ahead-of-curve spells. Signpost Uncommon: Paradise Keeper | |
| Terrorize Aggro | A deck that wants to win fast and at all costs with a particular mechanical focus on terrorize effects. Signpost Uncommon: Snarlhound | |
| Exile Junkyard | Wants to use all exile mechanics available to it to create a more unpredictable play style that utilizes these various exile mechanics. Signpost Uncommon: Titan of the Undergrowth | |
| Horizon Stompy | An aggressive deck that relies heavily on exiling lands to trigger Horizon effects, keeping your cards consistently ahead of curve, beating the opponent in sheer value. Signpost Uncommon: Abstract Elemental |
Version 2.9.3
Change log:
- Changed Ashiok, Bane of Eathouria.
Version 2.9.2
This update didn't change any cards.
Version 2.9.1
This update didn't change any cards.
Version 2.9
Change log:
- Added Fear's Guide.
- Added Caller of Visions.
- Added Nissa's Ascension.
- Added Somnium's Support.
- Added Nightmare.
- Removed Nightamre.
- Removed Spiritual Summoner.
- Removed Nissa’s Ascension.
- Removed Fear’s Guide.
- Removed Somnium’s Support.
- Changed Maddening Descent.
- Changed Dreamfire Vortex.
- Changed Crossdream Connection.
- Changed Horrific Carnage.
- Changed Thoughtwoods Beckoner.
- Changed Anabelle, Radiant Regent.
- Changed Ana, Artisan of Sentiments.
- Changed Ashiok, Bane of Eathouria.
- Changed Kaya of the Lost Lineage.
- Changed Nissa, Prodigious Dreamsculptor.
- Changed Somnium, Visionary of Dreams.
Version 2.8
Change log:
- Added Illusion.
- Added Nightamre.
- Changed Thoughtwoods Mystic.