Oracle en-Vec

Legendary Status Update

New • 25 Aug 2019 • Asked by fiddlewheel-blog1 • 24 Comments

Oracle En-Vec always stood out to me as a Legendary "that could have been", as it is a very story important character. How likely will we see in the future a errata where certain creatures that really should be Legendary (including Nephilim cough cough) being redone so? I think it would be easy-ish with a simple reprinting of some of them in a package much like Gideon's spellbook, giving them also a foiling if need be and MAYBE alternative art.

Note that the story was referring to the current Oracle en-Vec, but it was a role filled by many individuals over time.
Art Card Printing Creatures Errata Nephilim Oracle en-Vec Reprints Spellbook Story / Lore

Italics in Card Titles

New • 29 Apr 2016 • Asked by bladecassandra • 41 Comments

Any chance to see another card with an italicized name, Like Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII? Or was it a one-time stunt to use a flavor text as card title?

In Tempest block, we visited the plane of Rath. There were three kinds of creatures, the Kor, the Vec and the Dal. If you belonged to one of them and were accepted by the group you were “en-” that group (for example the Oracle en-Vec). If you were ostracized by then, you were “il-” that group (for example Vhati il-Dal). The “en-” and “il-” were always italicized, even in card titles.
Creatures Flavor Kor Oracle en-Vec Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII Tempest Vhati il-Dal

Oracle en-Vec Query

New • 26 Apr 2012 • Asked by mandramas • 2 Comments

Why Oracle en-Vec was not a Legend?

mandramas is asking about a card from the set Tempest (my first lead design and the one where I was very involved with the story). The reason is that the Oracle en-Vec was not a person but a position. When one died, a new person (usually a woman I believe) would take the role.
Oracle en-Vec Story / Lore Tempest

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