Bloodlines (Magic: The Gathering: Artifacts Cycle, Bk. IV) [Mass Market Paperback]

Loren L. Coleman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1999

Blood has been spilled. Battle lines have been drawn.

Time is getting short as Tolaria races to find the one who will wield the power of the Legacy. Deep in the inner circle, the dark lord Yawgmoth sends out an edict: Kill Urza Planeswalker.

From the bloodlines of the Benalish plains, a hero is born.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 343 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (August 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786913800
• ISBN-13: 978-0786913800
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,667 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for background anyway, December 4, 1999

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Craig - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bloodlines (Magic: The Gathering: Artifacts Cycle, Bk. IV) (Mass Market Paperback)

While I've been following the series avidly, I was a little disappointed in Bloodlines. The storytelling wasn't up to par on this particular installment - The Brothers' War and Time Streams were both excellent reads, but that should probably be expected when a different author writes each new installment of the series. While Bloodlines did a fairly good job of tying everything together and finishing the detailed history of Urza's struggle against Phyrexia, the events in the book didn't have as much coherence as in the past - they stayed separate, never came together to form an overarching story.

For those who felt the story was left incomplete - it was! The history of the Urza-Phyrexia war has been told, but the battle continues in the novels "Rath and Storm" and "Mercadian Masques." The Artifacts Cycle is a story in itself, but it is also the background for the current events described in these books.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What Happen to the ending?, June 14, 2000

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G. Walton (Chicago, Il. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bloodlines (Magic: The Gathering: Artifacts Cycle, Bk. IV) (Mass Market Paperback)

I liked this book, but for it to be the last book in a series the ending disappointed me. The story was good but the book ends with nothing resolved. I guess they just wanted to let this books storyline leave room for other books to branch off from. Personally I wish that this book could have at least had an ending to Urza's fight.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent addition, May 3, 2005

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Joker (TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bloodlines (Magic: The Gathering: Artifacts Cycle, Bk. IV) (Mass Market Paperback)

I liked the story for what it was, but the continuity seemed to be a little off from the previous books and the Bloodlines idea seems little stupid. Even if you are a planeswalker with lots of time on your hands, why would you create a weapon based on generations of humans? I just don't get it. But, in the end, we do get many of the characters that populate the MTG universe and turnout good stories. So at the very least it is good back ground info.