Is Jander Sunstar about to get a Magic Card?
Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 1:08 pm
If your nerdy Venn diagram doesn't have overlap with Magic: The Gathering, this might not be meaningful in any way.... you have been warned. To catch people up, despite the two games being owned by the same company for decades now, Magic released their first crossover set with D&D last summer, Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, and FR mainstays like Drizzt and Mordenkainen got their own cards in the game. (There had been several books going the opposite direction, with Magic IP being the source for D&D setting books, but this is the first time it went this way.) Now, in a few weeks, there's another set coming, Commander Legends - Battle for Baldur's Gate, also set in FR. (don't worry about what Commander Legends means, it would take to long to explain, and isn't relevant here.)
Anyway, the head designer of Magic runs a blog on tumblr, and gives some teasers for the upcoming set there a few weeks before any cards are revealed. He just released his teaser for the Baldur's Gate set, and one thing that's in it is a card with the type line:
"Legendary Creature – Vampire Elf Rogue"
(note: in Magic-ese, a "Legendary" Creature is a singular individual, with a name, like Volo or Tiamat. Creatures that aren't legendary are generic examples of their species, like White Dragon or Mind Flayer)
Could it be our golden boy, Jander? He did get his start on Faerun, after all. I don't know FR lore well enough to know if there's an obvious other option, so I might be getting my hopes up for nothing, but here's hoping!
Anyway, the head designer of Magic runs a blog on tumblr, and gives some teasers for the upcoming set there a few weeks before any cards are revealed. He just released his teaser for the Baldur's Gate set, and one thing that's in it is a card with the type line:
"Legendary Creature – Vampire Elf Rogue"
(note: in Magic-ese, a "Legendary" Creature is a singular individual, with a name, like Volo or Tiamat. Creatures that aren't legendary are generic examples of their species, like White Dragon or Mind Flayer)
Could it be our golden boy, Jander? He did get his start on Faerun, after all. I don't know FR lore well enough to know if there's an obvious other option, so I might be getting my hopes up for nothing, but here's hoping!