Hour of Eternity

Hour of Eternity Query

Is Hour of Eternity a break in the same line as Body Double?

It was playing into a mechanic of the set that was bending in that direction. I don’t think we’d print it in a vacuum.

Bend / Break Body Double Card Printing Hour of Eternity Mechanics

Body Double Bend Analysis

I remember you saying on an Hour of Devastation article that Hour of Eternity was a bend, since it was almost as if blue was copying creatures from your own graveyard. Is Body Double bending so much it breaks because it's referring to any player's graveyard?

Body Double is a bend, not a break.

Bend / Break Blue Body Double Creatures Hour of Devastation Hour of Eternity The Graveyard

Color Pie Analysis

"(Hour of Eternity) only worked because if(sic) a specific mechanical focus in that particular set. This wouldn’t be a blue card in most sets." Doesn't that mean - in the wider world of magic and especially when Amonkhet rotates out of Standard, that Hour of Eternity is a colour pie violation, or a break?

It’s a bend. We try not to do breaks.

Amonkhet Bend / Break Blue Colors Hour of Eternity Standard

Hour of Eternity's Color

What makes Hour of Eternity blue?

It was Eternalizing X creatures and the Eternalize mechanic was in blue. It’s a case of something that only worked because if a specific mechanical focus in that particular set. This wouldn’t be a blue card in most sets.

Blue Creatures Eternalize Hour of Eternity Mechanics

HOU Storyline Praise

Hello :) So far I've only read the Magic stories occasionally but the HOU storyline was just so compelling and well written I stayed up last night reading it through. Especially the Hour of Eternity -story was amazing. I request the applying of high 5s to the appropriate people :)

Will do.

High Fives Hour of Eternity Story / Lore

Cloning vs. Reanimating

I don't fully see the difference between cloning from the graveyard versus reanimating. Especially when Hour of Eternity actually exiles the creature card from the graveyard, which is one of the _only_ differences between Cloning and straight reanimation, your justification for Hour of Eternity being blue rings a bit hollow for me.

I’ve already said it’s a bend in blue.

Bend / Break Blue Creatures Hour of Eternity The Graveyard

Praise for Ken Troop

Can you please give Ken Troop a huge high five for "The Hour of Devastation" and "The Hour of Eternity" stories? Ken did an amazing job with both of them. I hope he keeps being entrusted with pivotal story moments.

Will do.

High Fives Hour of Devastation Hour of Eternity Story / Lore

Set Mechanics Influence

How much does set-specific mechanics influence the color pie? More specifically, would Hour of Eternity still be an acceptable bend if Eternalize and Embalm weren't in blue?

It would be an unacceptable bend if they weren’t in the block.

Bend / Break Blue Color Pie Colors Embalm Eternalize Hour of Eternity Mechanics

Color Pie Debate

Are you sure Hour of Eternity is just a bend? I can see why you say that, but I feel that it's a stretch to say it's a bend and not a break.

I’m not sure what else to say other than the color pie is something I’ve paid close attention to for a long time. Cloning dead things doesn’t undercut an inherent weakness for blue.

Bend / Break Blue Color Pie Colors Hour of Eternity

Blue Polymorphic Reanimation

Hey Mark. Firstly, I want to say that tI really like how you guys did the story spotlight cards in HOU. It felt clean, structured and actually conveyed the story flavourfully - things that I found lacking in previous sets. Secondly, is it possible ,within blue's colour pie, to do polymorphic reanimation such as Hour of Eternity in the future (reanimation but altering the creature along the way)? It seems very fitting.

It’s a bend in blue, something we’ll do when it’s a flavor slam dunk but not a norm for blue.

Bend / Break Blue Colors Creatures Flavor Hour of Eternity Story / Lore

Story Spotlight Speculation

Can I get a maybe on the 5 Story Spotlight cards for HOU being called: Hour of Revelation, Hour of Glory, Hour of Promise, Hour of Eternity and Hour of Devastation? :-)

Maybe. : )

Hour of Devastation Hour of Eternity Hour of Glory Hour of Promise Hour of Revelation Humor Story / Lore