Avacyn Restored trailer

Avacyn Restored Trailer - Liliana saving Innistrad?

Save this shiny rock... or save the lives of your fellow warriors!

Wizards of the Coast has just released the Avacyn Restored trailer on YouTube.

And now, to the trailer proper:

Impressions

The video is pretty epic, as is the music score. Of course, I agree that lately the word epic has been trivialized, but epic in its original sense, can refer to a people's struggle, and that is what we see in this video, a final struggle of a people against the relentless forces of darkness.

The video features phtoto animations made ​​from Magic cards illustrations, as has become the norm. To see Liliana the necromancer-muse so "alive" is always a treat, but I must confess that her "voice" was not a good choice, as well as the voice of Sorin Markov in the previous video, Dark Ascension, and unlike Garruk's voice for the Innistrad video, which was quite adequate.

To our Liliana, she who exudes youth and lust, was given an "old" and tired voice , but maybe that was deliberate, since, the fans know, Liliana is not the young girl she appears to be, but in fact an old witch in a beautiful and young body, who traded her soul for eternal youth. Moreover, the consequences of this deal are the very reason for this video.

Did notice that the story told in the video emulates the ultimate ability of the card Liliana of The Veil? "Save this shiny rock... or save the lives of your fellow warriors!"

In conclusion, more of Liliana is always good, even when it is not so good. Oh, and I still don't buy the fact that Sorin was able to create an all-powerful angel .... But, what the hell ...


And speaking of relentless: Garruk is also missing in this story ...

A Gift from Liliana

Liliana comes to new year's eve, bringing along not spirits from beyond, but the very spirit of Christmas.

Nothing more appropriate, since, at least in this humble blog, the dark mage definitely established herself as the medieval fantasy muse of the year, among many others. And now she comes to reclaim the title, with the blessings of her talented portraitist, Steve Argyle.

Congratulations, Steve, you sure knew how to translate the whole mix of beauty, magic and mischief involving our muse.

In 2012, we look forward to discover what lies behind the veil of Liliana, and we count on you to capture and reproduce this moment.

Liliana Vess in flesh and blood - cosplay in good taste

Liliana Vess in Flesh and Blood

 

Yes, you read that right: the muse of grown men Magic players (myself included) in flesh and blood!

In the video below you will see a Liliana Vess cosplay. The cosplayer is NinaLaNoir, pseudonym of Ashley Regimbal-Kung. You can see the girl's profile and portfolio page on artists community site DeviantArt and see more of her work.

What is interesting about NinaLaNoir cosplay is that she does justice to the beauty of Liliana. Not to mention that the material she uses for the costume is of excellent quality, and very well done. Confess, you have always dreamed what would it be like if we had a real life Liliana, and NinaLaNoir just made your dream come true. In fact, we are very lucky to have someone like her to cosplay our favorite planeswalker. Lots of fatty, acne-ridden girls cosplaying around... (No offense to fatty acne-ridden cosplayers around).

Well, enjoy Liliana in all her necromantic glory!

Innistrad Trailer - Garruk Relentless vs Liliana of the Veil

Innistrad Trailer - Garruk Relentless vs Liliana of the Veil

Another awesome Magic the Gathering video, this time for Innistrad. As other previous promotional videos, the video is made of animated art found in the very cards of the set. But this is a technique that the developers seem to be improving with each set released. Animations in this trailer seem more natural than those of the Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 video (note that we are not referring to the CG animation, which is another thing).

The Wildspeaker

The biggest asset of this video, however, is in the Garruk voice-over. Garruk is apparently the most popular planeswalker, according to the polls we've done in our humble but ever-growing blog. Garruk's voice is exactly how I always imagined, a deep voice, here combined with a practical discourse, quite suitable for a man who does not waste his time in a roundabout way of words and goes straight to the point.

Wizards channel on YouTube where the video is officially hosted does note not inform the voice actor for Garruk, but some speculate it may be the same actor who voiced Arthas in Warcraft 3 or CT Carson, who voiced Kratos in God of War. If you know who actually is the voice of Garruk, please let us know in the comments. Personally, I think the voice very similar to the Barbarian of Diablo II (David Thomas).

The Hunter and the Veil



For those who are lost in Garruk's narrative, read the webcomic The Hunter and the Veil to keep updated about what is going on between Garruk and Liliana. Ok, with this video we are aware of the reasons for Garruk dropping by Innistrad, but what is Liliana doing there? Certainly not only because of her fondness for zombies (something that Innistrad has in spades)?

Our sexy dark witch is just after her soul, that she sold to some demons (actually four demons) in exchange for power and eternal youth. At least one of these demons, Griselbrand, is in Innistrad. Or at least was, since the demon mysteriously disappeared together with Innistrad protector, the archangel Avacyn. Liliana, with the power of the Veil at her disposal, wants her soul back and is after the fiend, and has the green brute, Garruk in her wake. That is, what we have here is a hunt with powerful predators chasing each other. It is as if the entire top of the food chain decided to hunt each other through the plans.

We eagerly await the unfolding of this hunt in the upcoming Innistrad set, Dark Ascension, together with another promotional video of the same quality we see here- perhaps with Garruk yielding to his dark side?