Summary
A lot of new artwork forMagic: The Gathering’s highly anticipated crossover withFinal Fantasywas revealed over the weekend. Among the new reveals was a two-sided One-Winged Angel and Fabled Soldier Sephiroth card, and Tetsuya Nomura has noted something about the art he created for it that has got fans' gears whirring about Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3.
The Sephiroth card revealed over the weekend is double-sided, representing the multiple forms theFinal Fantasy 7villain assumes through the original game, some of which we have already seen reimagined inRemakeandFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth. While the focus is on Sephiorth’s Jenova form for the Fabled Soldier side of the card, and then Safer Sephiroth for the One-Winged Angel on the other side, Young Sephiroth and Bizarro Sephiroth are incorporated into the combined design too.
Even though the design has been split so it can be on two sides of the same card, you may complete the one unbroken piece of artwork by stacking them on top of one another. Final Fantasy 7 character designer Tetsuya Nomura explained that you will be able to see the full design should you end up with a duplicate of the card, but it’s the note about the Safer Sephiroth design, in particular, that has caught the attention of Final Fantasy fans.
Nomura’s Comments About Sephiroth’s MTG Design Has Fans Wondering
At The Very Least, It’s Almost Certainly Our First Look At The Remake Version Of Safer Sephiroth
“There is also a reason that the design for Safer Sephiroth is different from the original game, but I unfortunately can’t share more about that,” Nomura noted. Safer Sephiroth is the antagonist’s final form in the original Final Fantasy 7, and since that game has been split into three parts for the remake, we are yet to see a modern take on that form.
That’s why Nomura’s comments have Final Fantasy fans spinning theories about why the designer isn’t able to share more. With the only project on the FF7 horizon being Part 3, and it almost certainly introducing a modern take on Sephiroth’s Safer form, it seems fittingly safe to assume that there’s something about the MTG card that would give away information about Part 3 if Nomura were to say too much.
The most notable difference between the OG Safer Sephiroth and the design created for MTG is the latter having both his arms. Those digging a little deeper who think this more than just “Hey, you mean this is how he will look in Part 3, don’t you?” have not only noted the newer Safer Sephiroth design looks more human, but that he looks a little bit like Zack, suggesting the two could combine in some way when the remake trilogy comes to a close.
