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Origins
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First published September 23, 2015
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April 23, 2018
Short stories set in the worlds of 'Magic: The Gathering', that were first serialised on their website and later collected into an ebook edition.
'Origins' focuses on five planeswalkers from the CCG - Gideon Jura, Jace Beleren, Liliana Vess, Chandra Nalaar and Nissa Revane, each representing one of the in game colours (white, blue, black, red and green), before they became the planeswalkers we know today.
I love the world building and character development in each of the stories. As we learn more about each character and how they discover the spark to become a planeswalker and first travel to another plane, we also get a glimpse of each of the worlds that they came from. Each is vastly different from the next, which also helps to define their different characteristics and personalities.
The short stories are all an enjoyable read, I liked them all, as they were each very different. They are a bit of a slow burn to begin with, but once it got going, I was drawn into the story and I want to read more about these characters and the different planes.
As the Magic Stories will be featuring these principle characters in future stories that will be tied to each new expansion set, 'Magic Origins' is an ideal place to dive into the worlds and characters of 'Magic:The Gathering'.
'Origins' focuses on five planeswalkers from the CCG - Gideon Jura, Jace Beleren, Liliana Vess, Chandra Nalaar and Nissa Revane, each representing one of the in game colours (white, blue, black, red and green), before they became the planeswalkers we know today.
I love the world building and character development in each of the stories. As we learn more about each character and how they discover the spark to become a planeswalker and first travel to another plane, we also get a glimpse of each of the worlds that they came from. Each is vastly different from the next, which also helps to define their different characteristics and personalities.
The short stories are all an enjoyable read, I liked them all, as they were each very different. They are a bit of a slow burn to begin with, but once it got going, I was drawn into the story and I want to read more about these characters and the different planes.
As the Magic Stories will be featuring these principle characters in future stories that will be tied to each new expansion set, 'Magic Origins' is an ideal place to dive into the worlds and characters of 'Magic:The Gathering'.
July 27, 2017
Jace's store is not terrible. Miracles do happen I guess.
May 18, 2016
I enjoy reading Magic fiction and I have been very happy with the decision to release their material in serial form, and then combine it into a set that can often be read on a eBook reader.
The Magic Origins stories focus on five planeswalkers, one of each of the five colors (white, blue, black, red, and green). My favorite planeswalker, Chandra, is included. As indicated by the title, these are origins stories of before they became planeswalkers, and how they got their spark and traveled to another plane.
Of all the stories, I enjoyed Kytheon/Gideon's best (I understand that Kytheon was created to "translate" like Greek into the English Gideon).
This is a solid beginning set of stories for Magic.
The Magic Origins stories focus on five planeswalkers, one of each of the five colors (white, blue, black, red, and green). My favorite planeswalker, Chandra, is included. As indicated by the title, these are origins stories of before they became planeswalkers, and how they got their spark and traveled to another plane.
Of all the stories, I enjoyed Kytheon/Gideon's best (I understand that Kytheon was created to "translate" like Greek into the English Gideon).
This is a solid beginning set of stories for Magic.
April 4, 2016
Nissa's story was rushed and badly handled, and is the only thing keeping these short stories from being a full 5/5. They even managed to make Jace likable, which is a feat.
April 6, 2016
When I started reading each story in this, they were all boring and quite dull. Yet each one ended up being fairly compelling by the end of it.
May 26, 2016
Decent enough. A good grounding in the principle characters.
July 23, 2016
Each story starts slowly but halfway through the reader is rewarded for sticking around.
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