When did Deadline become a magician?

There's nothing in his description about him being an alien Harry Potter.  I knew he messed with ley lines but figured that was all from his tech.  But in his hero description on the Kickstarter, now he's bummed that "all of his magical power and Endling technology could not prevent the future" and is gearing up to use his "formidable command of mystical energy".  Not only that, but his alt doubles down on the juju by becoming a Blood Elf, sorry Blood Mage.

I guess he was a level 5 magic user all along, but I didn't get that at all while playing him.

Ley lines are generally considered magical.

He used the ley lines in his original deck.   The Scholar uses the ley lines as well and I would consider some of his stuff to be magical in nature.   

Christopher said in the last stream that his ability to mess with ley-lines did not come from his tech. Or something like that.

I know ley lines are usually considered magical, but they are also often considered just lines of power or energy, which fit with my expectation that he was an alien using tech to manipulate natural lines of energy in the Earth.

I guess everyone else knew Deadline was an alien wizard but me?  He doesn't even wear a Gandalf hat!

So it wasn't until the last couple of weeks that we had an indication of his sorcerous might?  That makes me feel less dense.

Yeah, I didn't think he was a mage until today, it just didn't surprise me.

It looks like the blood magic stuff he is using is very similar to what Gloomweaver used in his skinwalker incarnation. The markings on their chest are very similar.

But Im with Spiff. That took me by a bit of a surprise as well. His original tech was mostly tech related stuff. Nothing really indicated he had some magics  too him. I wonder to what extent those are though?

Tech and natural ability tend to work together.

For example we don't make technology to let us see, we make technology to help us see more and better.

He used the technology to further his own ability.  That's how magic works.

So, we didnt invent airplains to fly, we made them to fly better?

If you jump off a cliff, you are (technically) flying.  Just not very well at all.  

Thats not flying as much as falling with style. Kinda like Buzz Lightyear

Buzz Lightyear

Fall with Style
POWER: Buzz Lightyear Deals 1 Target 1 Melee Damage. You may Draw a Card.

What is flying but moving from point A to point B through the air?  We walk, we run, we drive, we fly.  We find better ways to get from one point to another.  Sometimes we do it to get to a place just out of our reach, other times to get to someplace we could go to more efficiently, still is essentially the same.

Back on topic - it occurred to me after reading this that we /should/ have through of Deadline as possibly being connected to magic, as both the Pandemonium Key and the Ataxia Sphere have the keyword "Relic," which is otherwise reserved for items of magical connection - Absolution, Condemnation, Apostate's various relics, stuff from Nightmists's or Gloomweaver's decks. In triple-checking this, rather to my surprise none of the Argent Adept's instruments have that keyword.

It's because Relic is used for items that have innate power. The instruments have power because of the power from the Virtuoso of the Void.

Also, la capitans ship is also a relic as I found out when it was still standing after end of days. 

Found the quote it wasn't the stream, it was here on the forum's and it was only a couple days ago

https://greaterthangames.com/comment/129671#comment-129671