Definitely a huge overlap but mostly just because these are classic and great tropes from English-language literature. I doubt Dune was a major inspiration for WOT.

Aes Sedai - Bene - Moirai/Weird Sisters Moiraine is literally named after the Moirai

Paul/Rand are regular chosen ones with the foreign savior theme of Lawrence/Heart of Darkness added on for good measure

Power creep and all but I genuinely doubt this will see any play in the formats it’s legal in. It’s miles behind Ragavan on its own and the archetype this fits in is go wide aggro, which loses to the exact board wipes that deal perfectly with this army in a can type card. Playing three of these by turn two and pumping out three extra bodies EOT can win a game of modern but that is not always going to happen.

Yes it looks like it would but it will still never tap for 2.

This is actually cool to see. I definitely noticed the basics used in the Analyst matchups but didn’t keep track of the others. Those Euro promos have got to be some of my favorite basics

I recommend pothos as well. Snake plant or some other can be as easy but I just like how leafy a pothos can be.

Another BFO! Why does it seem like every fish owl is named after something starting with B?

Yeah this caught me off guard too now we’re getting dev diaries for EUV. Must be different teams

Nice write up! Dwarves are cool. Rock and stone to the bone! Were you inspired by the Minotaur set review person?

These data are used for lots of stuff, including guaranteeing rights for protected classes, which in the US includes race.

For example, you could use this info to prove that a redistricting is racist and illegal by showing that it unfairly groups areas of certain ethnicities into one district. Without official census data that includes race, anti-discrimination legislation would be harder to enforce in the courts.

These are some excellent photos. Thanks for posting!

Actually pretty wild. This is only the second unconditional black wrath printed for 5 mana or less. And it even has upside. There is arguably better black mass removal but this is simple and should have a lot of demand in Commander at least.

Yeah I was referring to the Hammerskull. It can block all it wants and attack normally a lot of the time. Even the drawback is minor for how absurd those stats are.

Absolutely love that they are adding to the hunted cycle. Those cards are sweet! This feels like it could have been more powerful, now that green is getting 3 mana 6/6s with barely any downside. Also there’s that existing black 6/4, Heavy something

When they release the Mole God! (Maro’s teaser said there is a Mole God in this set)

Love the flavor. When it turns out your friend was a sword in a trenchcoat the whole time

I for one am pretty into them making various versions of Evolving Wilds going forward. I always like seeing the new version of Threaten each set and this might become similar.

This doesn’t seem accurate at all. The census itself doesn’t display this info, is it from their website? Race is self reported so I don’t get why a origin map is relevant. Also, the US census does not consider hispanic/Latino to be a racial category. Folks who select that option for ethnicity are ALSO asked to select race seperately.

Yeah that seems right to me too. Source is the census, where Hispanic is an Ethnicity, so unless they excluded White Hispanics for some questionable reason I can’t imagine this being accurate.

There are definitely themes in ATLA based on Indian cultures, such as the name of the show itself, but most of the characters are more based on East and Southeast Asian cultures. Dunno why things ended up that way. Lots of the characters are lighter skinned like the actors but Katara and Sokka are definitely exceptions. Both actors are indigenous North American but their animated versions were much darker. As a fan of the show, I think the actors seem like good choices so far but I can see it being seen as lightwashing for sure. Having more South Asian looking characters would feel very normal in-universe so they could do that in later seasons.

The Thursday Murder Club. Very delightful writing