Inside R&D Hour of Devastation: The Story

Go inside the story of Hour of Devastation with the people who create the game.

[dustinseth]

For being compressed onto and delivered via game cards, their stories are pretty darn cool.

[thatonepsycho]

I always love hearing MaRo talk, and I think it's because, despite him having been in the public eye of the MtG fanbase for so long, he doesn't talk like it.


He sounds like a kid in the candy store, he's giddy about what he's talking about, beyond being the leading Designer, he sounds like he's a fan. He makes the same sort of jokes about Magic that me and my friends make.

[kalleplanka]

Is it just me or is it really satisfying when Nicol Bolas obliterates the gatewatch?

[fawkes]

Hour of Devastation's story can be summed up as follows:


The Gatewatch's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

[tantellus]

If only I could listen to the isolated music behind this

[alternate]

I'd rather have three sets to deliver the story. Two sets work mostly because the super-friend-club moves through the world with some motive while the second sets brings revelation and a finale. I prefer more focus on the world itself and that worked best with three sets per block

[KiokiYuudoku]

*Gasp*
Im first ...
Hail Nicol Bolas
Our God-Pharoh has returned !

[someguy]

It really showed Bolas’ power that he corrupts an entire world, its five gods, its culture, its mythology, to his will, and just when you think you have a handle on the thing, he shows up with THREE MORE deities, kills the other gods and ends the world.
Honestly, he should have killed off more named characters in WoTS.

[christopheranderson]

Why do I feel that Bolas is trying to undo the mending. Alara, Zendikar, Amunkhet! It's only obvious.

[Vermazing]

I wish Amonkhet was a bigger set I like the embalm/eternalize mechanic but their wasnt enough cards for say edh.

[TickPaints]

I wish I would of had one daughter so I could of named her Nicol

[Grnjster]

Why would nicol bolas destroy amonkhet when he could milk the plane for an army forever? If they were willing to accept getting killed as their reward, just say that whatever device you move the eternals with is their paradise and that you collect in batches. Repeat forever and have an infinite eternal army.

[WHISKEY-itos]

I think nicol bolas is going to become a literal god because he wants more power and immortality

[TheOriginalAspie]

ooh, and that's how planeswalking works! They can't die, so they just leave the plane and move on to the next!

[Sliverandzant]

Is it me, or the Hours Story Spotlight order follow the exact same order as the Color Interviews written by MaRo back on 2008, when Shards of Alara came out? First White (Peace, Love and Understanding/Hour of Revelation), Black (Looking Out for Number One/Hour of Glory), Green (Searching Within/Hour of Promise), Blue (Striving for Perfection/Hour of Eternity) and Red (Following your Heart/Hour of Devastation).

[blazewalker]

dang this 2 set idea for explaining a story and introducing a plain is pretty cool be a shame if idk...Wizards released one set per plane and tries to do both in the same set and it ends up feeling awful and like there wasn't enough for mechanics to really flourish or evolve...like Ikoria

[StidjenPlaysSolo]

What's the artwork in MaRo's background here? It looks awesome.

[Azninjazn]

why would he need to ravage a world that he created?

[ビッグ-ボス]

Those eyebrows..
And Mark's voice, which sucks.. Never put him in a video explaining plot, please.