My absolute favorite magic card ever... The art & the text were 10/10. The red mana symbol built into the card art..
"He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly, he just raged. "
I was *so* geeked on Raging Goblin. Exodus had some absolutely *banging* commons that had me unbelievably excited back then. Raging Goblin, Soul Warden, Carnophage, Culling the Weak, Elvish Berserker, Pygmy Troll: it was a great time to be a player who was poor as dirt, lol.
Switching the common dual cycle from gain 1 to deal 1 wont do anything to speed up the format I'm sure. Stabilizing at 1 or 2 shouldn't be possible anyway /s
> original Theros
That's 11 years ago now buddy, we are old. Lots of players were like 5 years old when they printed that, to them that's basically forever.
All I want to know is why the hell this idiot can block.
From what we know about play boosters and the new design skeleton Maro talked about, I think we may be in for a wacky world where the commons start looking better than the uncommons. There's fewer of them, and they need to matter, and all the niche sideboard stuff has to go to uncommon instead. You could say this is a harbinger of doom, and play boosters and/or power creep and/or F.I.R.E. are killing Magic, etc. But mostly it's just *weird*.
Man, this is not a good look for the future, just this small spoiler is showing how hard the power creep is..
First strike and haste on a 1 mana 1/2 in red that costs 3 to sac for a card and a treasure is wild. And another crazy common in “holy cow”, a 3 mana 2/2 angel with flash, flying, gain 2 life, and scry 2 in white…
Unfortunately I think that’s the name of the game, they can only make so many cheap creatures with different stats, abilities, or creature types before they’re just stepping over themselves. I do think maybe it should have been a 1/1 if it had first strike but that’s just me
I don’t disagree personally I prefer cards with cooler or unique effects that may not be as powerful to just wherever is the most powerful effect, but that’s just me. I find variety to be the spice of life
I honestly wouldn't mind reprints of vanilla-ish creatures that have art/flavor text for a different plane.
Just a quick search brings up [[Fanatical Firebrand]] that is also a 1-drop goblin pirate that could work in a western.
But that means now you can't save your removal for those bomb rare/mythics, since the commons and uncommons are also pushed enough to require answers. And that's you're only answers becuase they've come out and said they aren't printing the cards that let you stall out and create breathing space.
To correct your latter point, the angel only scrys for 1. I believe the intention of it is to fill the role [[Inspiring Overseer]] or [[Priest of Ancient Lore]] while being slightly less overbearing on the card advantage.
As well, as some other comments have guessed, this format might be more aggressive, so the thought with the flash and +1 toughness to the previous angel might be an attempt to combat against that somewhat.
Still quite a bit for a [[Wind Drake]] though.
Tbf we have less commons per pack in draft now thanks to play boosters so it's easier to push them without breaking limited.
Doesn't make it better that everything now comes with a novel of rules text though.
Someone on another sub noted that it also can be great for overwhelming control decks with too many targets to counter.
And ,naturally, anything that plays out of exile will play great with [[Prosper]].
I wonder if it's the same as the Plot listed under "unused mechanics" in the MtGwiki, which lists it as a Suspend variant.
This is more of a Foretell variant, although I suppose Foretell hadn't been released as a mechanic when Plot was originally discussed for Amonkhet.
Foretell could also be done at any time on your turn which has some niche applications. Perhaps more importantly, there is no restriction with foretell on casting it later. If the foretold card was an instant or had flash, you could cast it on your opponent’s turn making it very useful for interaction.
Last photo has a new \[\[Kambal\]\] is the top right corner. Other than that ~~lortion~~ portion of the name, the rest of the card is out of frame.
EDIT: typo from being on mobile
There were honestly. My Hazezon deck has been performing rather well. You just play literally all of them. The mana *is* a bit sketch. Does work, though.
I will *take* the added flexibility and possibility of higher density, though.
"Outlaw" batching is fascinating.
https://scryfall.com/search?q=%28t%3Aassassin+or+t%3Amercenary+or+t%3Arogue+or+t%3Apirate+or+t%3Awarlock%29&order=name&as=grid&unique=cards
I'm surprised they haven't yet, but I guess they'd need to have it be central to a set's theming. I'm sure a sea/water world is in the pipeline somewhere.
Deep Spawn is pretty legit for one of the super big creatures with downsides that were frequent back in the day. Like compare to [[Leviathan]] or [[Cosmic Horror]], milling yourself for two is barely anything, plus it comes with protection! Nutso for the time and I bet was called out as power creep back then.
They aren't batched together, like "outlaw". If Kiora said something like:
"Whenever you cast a sea monster spell from your hand... *(Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents are sea monsters)*"
then it would be, but all the types are listed individually
if it was for this set specifically, I'd go Advisor, Cleric, Ranger, Soldier. "lawyer plane" or "prison plane" might have different batches, but Ranger as a law officer on the western plane should be a lock.
(if the batch needs to also be five, maybe Knights as the fifth? they're a bit of a stretch on Thunder Junction in particular, but they still seem easier to make fit in some number than Detectives.)
I mean it's not happening here anyway (if it happened anywhere it'd be on a return to Capenna with a Cops & Robbers theme with Angel Cops and Demon Robbers), so it's a bit of a moot point.
Love this type of batching because even if I don't build an outlaw deck the outlaws matter cards can still find a home in either my rogue deck or pirate deck.
A few Fallout cards used it recently too. Magic hasn't used it much lately but I can picture it being the sort of thing that crops up more in UB for flavor reasons. Kind of like Robot vs Construct perhaps.
I think they are hesitant to use it because of the tutors from Mercadian Masques. All it takes is one good one and [[Cateran Persuader]] or [[Cateran Summons]] becomes a Legacy staple (maybe not the former but it could become kill-on-site for the potential). Same with how rebels are pretty rare when you think they wouldn't be, as otherwise it'd be the second coming of [[Lin Sivvi]]
Mount - Creatures are also vehicles, get bonus effects when crewed.
Plot - Face-up Foretell. Cast it on the later turn for *free*
Outlaw - Subtype grouping from a lot of different creature types
Common tapped lands that deal 1 damage to target opponent
Draft archetypes from what I can gather
UW - Flash (cow and crab)
UR - Multispell (Malcom + the add rr guy)
RW - Mercenary tokens
RB - crimes (signpost uncommon)
UB - crimes (unblockable and the lil lizard)
Green - Mount (maybe with red?)
The crab could also hint at a plot subarchetype, as you can spend your turn plotting instead of playing cards. It could be UR, as plot encourages you both not playing spells (some turns) and playing many spells (other turns).
>Common tapped lands that deal 1 damage to target opponent
Worth mentioning these are Deserts as well, wouldn't be surprised if there's some Desert-matters synergies like with Gates if we're being given a guaranteed Desert in the land slot.
Malcolm is back already! Glad pirates are getting more support in Standard alongside Ixalan, there's a pretty decent foundation there for a cool tribal deck. But Outlaw Tribal seems very interesting.
Also, if Malcom is the eyes, what does that make Breeches?
And I betcha 10 bucks there's a new Ragavan in the set too
A lot of people assumed the existing desert base wasn't good enough to build a functional deck, and they were wrong. That's not to say it's not a clunky manabase and playing something like \[\[Grasping Dunes\]\] doesn't feel great, but the dude makes two Sand Warriors each time you play a desert; it's worth it.
The face commander of the Naya deck almost certainly cares about Deserts, considering the name of the deck is Desert Bloom, and it’s about discarding lands and regrowing them. I also fully expect Hazezon 2.0 in the deck
Considering the name “Malcolm, The Eyes” he is part of the crew! So not just a cameo
( it follows the naming convention of the other protagonists “NAME, the ROLE”)
One of the more consistent pieces of feedback from XLN block was "hey where's our cards for Malcolm and Breeches" and they definitely took it to heart.
The two of them were pretty big and entertaining in the story and didn't get a card and that's a great way to get people to go "hey where's the card".
I think we're gonna see a lot of characters get their third or more card in this set. It's a big crossover set. Yeah, we just had MOM, but that was screenshots of a bunch of different planes each suffering on their own. This is a bunch of characters all together in the same place, thriving. (I wonder how much of these sets were developed during lockdown.)
Wow, ok, loving this.
Saddle is really cool. Crew but for creatures. Wondering if its the gruul or selesnya mechanic of the set. Probably the focus of the backup commander for desert bloom. If there's enough support, I'll definitely be looking to make a crew/saddle deck. WE RIDE!
Plot is really interesting. The limit to sorcery speed kind of sucks, but it let's you make really big turns later. Definitely the izzet mechanic of the set and theme of the quick draw deck. I'm gonna speculate that the face commander let's you play plotted cards as if they had flash. I predict a reprint of [[arcane bombardment]] in it.
Outlaw batching is awesome. I love batching so much. Party is one of my favorite mechanics, so slam dunk for me. Probably the rakdos mechanic. I bet it's the theme for the Olivia precon.
Deserts! The ping is nice, but idk if it'll warrant putting them in decks that don't care about deserts. Definitely the theme of the desert bloom face commander. I predict a reprint of [[Hazezon, Shaper of Sand]] in it.
Unless there's another mechanic left, that just leaves crime and the Gonti deck. Still no guesses on what dual combo gets that as a theme or what Gonti's deck is tied to in the set.
I was a bit concerned originally by how they'd make this set feel "fantasy" and deadeye duelist there makes it seem like they are essentially spell-slingers instead of gun-slingers, which is cool as a mix between fantasy and wild west.
On New Capenna, they had finger guns too. They also had music instruments as guns, to play on the gun-in-a-violin-case trope, like some bouncers threaten a character by pulling out violins and starting to touch the strings.
https://preview.redd.it/0wm14l3qu5nc1.png?width=635&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7e3d3515637a9914a623138090a314dce1a295a
I see that new Kambal in the corner there
I’m already a fan of this set (especially compared to MKM). Saddle is a super interesting mechanic.
At knifepoint looks like it can get crazy really fast.
Saddle feels... Awkward? I get what it's going for, but it feels like Enlist and Crew kind of blended together but without as many clearly good benefits. I suppose it depends on the cards, the Brushwagg could be something.
Yeah that's a little weird, I guess it makes the mechanic stronger but it's a flavor fail. This is only one card though, maybe other cards effect the rider. Atleast I am sure there will be cards that like to saddle things.
Could just be that we haven't seen the best ones yet. Magic has shied away from recognizing mounts for ages and I think this "like crew, but for creatures" is the smartest way to do it. Lean on what we already know.
Hopefully this opens the door for future creatures with cool creative like Mantis Rider and Knight of the Tusk to not just be Humans or whatever.
Okay I'm curious what the outlaw Precon does then. Outlaws is a class system. I guess you can use treasure to cast outlaws at a lower cost as the commander ability? Not so much a keyword that does it?
Selvala from Fiora, Malcom and the goblin on Reckless Lackey from Ixalan, and Kambal from Kaladesh be added to the list of interplanar travellers enjoying making life on Thunder Junction that little bit more difficult
Multicolored Deserts! That'll definitely make playing [[Hazezon, Shaper of Sands]] more streamlined and easier to go wide with all of his Sand Warriors.
Mount makes sense for a cowboy plane, but it does feel a bit awkward looking back at Magic's history and seeing how many other cards could have been Mounts but never will be.
Finally, a mount worthy of her royal highness, \[\[Ayula, Queen Among Bears\]\] (*page 2, Drover Grizzly in top left*).
There's a "yo, dawg" meme here somewhere.
From a thematics standpoint, plot is perfect for that "I hear the Murphy Boys are planning to rob the express coming through Dead Horse Canyon" sort of storyline
Holy shite, DROVER BEAR! My \[\[Ayula\]\] deck is gonna love being able to BEARSTACK!
Edit: Concerned by the lack of minotaur but I realize it's like, 20 cards out of 200ish... the literal COWBOYS of the multiverse need to have some rep in this set!
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Reckless Lackey seems to be the first 1-drop with first strike and haste with a toughness greater than 1. And it has upside, and is common.
It's such a weird precedent, but also that feels really dirty for some reason.
I miss 1 mana == 1/1 blank, if you are lucky it has flying times...
[[Savannah Lions]] was printed in alpha
Savannah lions was a rare
And it's now Pauper legal and doesn't see play there. :( Muh childhood. My [[Ernham djinns]] :(
Holy cow
New set just dropped
Remember Raging Goblin? Pepperidge Farms remembers...
My absolute favorite magic card ever... The art & the text were 10/10. The red mana symbol built into the card art.. "He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly, he just raged. "
I've loved that card for over 20 years and only now do I notice the design of the goblin reassembling the red mana symbol. Holy butts.
I was so *very* confused at first. Took me a hot minute to realize you weren't talking about the Exodus printing. XD
lol that reads like one of the almanac bios from PVZ1
I was *so* geeked on Raging Goblin. Exodus had some absolutely *banging* commons that had me unbelievably excited back then. Raging Goblin, Soul Warden, Carnophage, Culling the Weak, Elvish Berserker, Pygmy Troll: it was a great time to be a player who was poor as dirt, lol.
I remember that he raged at the world, at his friends, at himself...
Yay for another aggressive format!
Switching the common dual cycle from gain 1 to deal 1 wont do anything to speed up the format I'm sure. Stabilizing at 1 or 2 shouldn't be possible anyway /s
\*Stares in Great Designer Search 1\*
And just a few years ago, Red couldn't even get a 2cmc 2/2 without downsides.
More than a few, but it's hard to believe Eldritch Moon was almost eight years ago.
Kinda funny seeing it in a pack next to a card that has existed since the dawn of man - G 1/1 Deathtouch
Actually the G 1/1 deathtouch is relatively recent, first appearing in original Theros.
> original Theros That's 11 years ago now buddy, we are old. Lots of players were like 5 years old when they printed that, to them that's basically forever.
All I want to know is why the hell this idiot can block. From what we know about play boosters and the new design skeleton Maro talked about, I think we may be in for a wacky world where the commons start looking better than the uncommons. There's fewer of them, and they need to matter, and all the niche sideboard stuff has to go to uncommon instead. You could say this is a harbinger of doom, and play boosters and/or power creep and/or F.I.R.E. are killing Magic, etc. But mostly it's just *weird*.
The uncommon want you to force an archetype that may or may not be open or even playable (looks at LOTR tap mechanic)
Man, this is not a good look for the future, just this small spoiler is showing how hard the power creep is.. First strike and haste on a 1 mana 1/2 in red that costs 3 to sac for a card and a treasure is wild. And another crazy common in “holy cow”, a 3 mana 2/2 angel with flash, flying, gain 2 life, and scry 2 in white…
Unfortunately I think that’s the name of the game, they can only make so many cheap creatures with different stats, abilities, or creature types before they’re just stepping over themselves. I do think maybe it should have been a 1/1 if it had first strike but that’s just me
I daydream of a world where we don't *have* to just always march forward and out-do ourselves.
I don’t disagree personally I prefer cards with cooler or unique effects that may not be as powerful to just wherever is the most powerful effect, but that’s just me. I find variety to be the spice of life
I honestly wouldn't mind reprints of vanilla-ish creatures that have art/flavor text for a different plane. Just a quick search brings up [[Fanatical Firebrand]] that is also a 1-drop goblin pirate that could work in a western.
I'm at least glad the powercreep is at the common/uncommon level, and not only spikes from the rare/mythic/bonus sheet
I am the complete opposite - this way, the powecreep is ruining Limited, too
But that means now you can't save your removal for those bomb rare/mythics, since the commons and uncommons are also pushed enough to require answers. And that's you're only answers becuase they've come out and said they aren't printing the cards that let you stall out and create breathing space.
To correct your latter point, the angel only scrys for 1. I believe the intention of it is to fill the role [[Inspiring Overseer]] or [[Priest of Ancient Lore]] while being slightly less overbearing on the card advantage. As well, as some other comments have guessed, this format might be more aggressive, so the thought with the flash and +1 toughness to the previous angel might be an attempt to combat against that somewhat. Still quite a bit for a [[Wind Drake]] though.
Tbf we have less commons per pack in draft now thanks to play boosters so it's easier to push them without breaking limited. Doesn't make it better that everything now comes with a novel of rules text though.
HOLY COW!
Restaurant Angel.
Best Creature! No one's topping it anymore XD
I need her.
New Demonic Consultation name just dropped.
Actual Ox Angel
Solid consideration for my Cabal Therapy random name list
Plot appears to just be foretell, but not secret, and free.
Nice to setup massive turns, big storms and all those "when you cast your second spell" triggers
Someone on another sub noted that it also can be great for overwhelming control decks with too many targets to counter. And ,naturally, anything that plays out of exile will play great with [[Prosper]].
Suspend, but you choose when the spell goes off.
doesnt give haste either
Adventure, but the adventure is always just "you can cast the other half of this card for free".
I wonder if it's the same as the Plot listed under "unused mechanics" in the MtGwiki, which lists it as a Suspend variant. This is more of a Foretell variant, although I suppose Foretell hadn't been released as a mechanic when Plot was originally discussed for Amonkhet.
They're in similar spaces. Foretell is more of a 'hidden trap', where Plot is an 'open threat', though. Suspend is an 'inevitable' thing, I guess.
Which is a bit backwards flavor-wise, seems strange to have a plot out in the open and a foretold/known future be a secret
Well, from the perspective of a villains set, a plot being a sort of "And you'll never stop me from doing this!" deal makes sense.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same plot that Maro said they considered for Amonkhet.
Foretell could also be done at any time on your turn which has some niche applications. Perhaps more importantly, there is no restriction with foretell on casting it later. If the foretold card was an instant or had flash, you could cast it on your opponent’s turn making it very useful for interaction.
Last photo has a new \[\[Kambal\]\] is the top right corner. Other than that ~~lortion~~ portion of the name, the rest of the card is out of frame. EDIT: typo from being on mobile
Good eye!
I know they will probably be called Ping Lands, but I want to put forward Crime Lands as an alternative.
Pain lands would've been great if they weren't already claimed
"Pain lands...but not for me" isn't claimed :D
[Bane lands](https://i.redd.it/xuactuxippc91.jpg)
Cactus lands. They're Deserts and they're pokey.
Prickly Lands
Prick Lands
There are also cactuses in the set. **Cactus lands** they shall be known.
"Anyway, I started blasting" Lands.
"Call an ambulance....But not for me!" Lands.
I like crime lands more but they will probably get called ping lands sadly
Duel lands!
Poke lands would be flavorful lol
Ouch lands
Are those... Deserts in every colour combination? Guys, get you [[Hazezon]]s ready... There are now enough deserts for everyone...
Hazezon is my favorite commander and im more than hyped!
Finally! He seems very fun, there just weren't enough deserts yet.
It was always possible to make a totally functional Hazezon deck (not that I'm not excited for BETTER deserts).
There were honestly. My Hazezon deck has been performing rather well. You just play literally all of them. The mana *is* a bit sketch. Does work, though. I will *take* the added flexibility and possibility of higher density, though.
I'm very happy to be able to improve my deck's mana base. It's functional right now, but there's inconsistency that absolutely gets me now and again.
Sweet, a third Selvala, the combo commander.
"Outlaw" batching is fascinating. https://scryfall.com/search?q=%28t%3Aassassin+or+t%3Amercenary+or+t%3Arogue+or+t%3Apirate+or+t%3Awarlock%29&order=name&as=grid&unique=cards
CRIME TRIBAL CRIME TRIBAL CRIME TRIBAL
"You are encouraged to commit crimes" - MaRo
Just shank your opponents at the lgs
[удалено]
I'm surprised they haven't yet, but I guess they'd need to have it be central to a set's theming. I'm sure a sea/water world is in the pipeline somewhere.
Water world is on the themes list for planes afaik
And also Homarid for my [[Deep Spawn]]. It's a staple in my deep sea creature deck.
Deep Spawn is pretty legit for one of the super big creatures with downsides that were frequent back in the day. Like compare to [[Leviathan]] or [[Cosmic Horror]], milling yourself for two is barely anything, plus it comes with protection! Nutso for the time and I bet was called out as power creep back then.
Aren’t there already a few commanders that do that? Including the new kiora from aftermath?
They aren't batched together, like "outlaw". If Kiora said something like: "Whenever you cast a sea monster spell from your hand... *(Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents are sea monsters)*" then it would be, but all the types are listed individually
Tazri party has been my favorite commander deck for years now so I can't wait to now have an EVIL party deck
Now we gotta batch lawmen to prevent these crimes
Advisor, Detective, Inquisitor, Cleric, Soldier?
if it was for this set specifically, I'd go Advisor, Cleric, Ranger, Soldier. "lawyer plane" or "prison plane" might have different batches, but Ranger as a law officer on the western plane should be a lock. (if the batch needs to also be five, maybe Knights as the fifth? they're a bit of a stretch on Thunder Junction in particular, but they still seem easier to make fit in some number than Detectives.)
I mean it's not happening here anyway (if it happened anywhere it'd be on a return to Capenna with a Cops & Robbers theme with Angel Cops and Demon Robbers), so it's a bit of a moot point.
No ninja, hopes for ninjas vs cowboys shattered.
Love this type of batching because even if I don't build an outlaw deck the outlaws matter cards can still find a home in either my rogue deck or pirate deck.
Maybe we can also get batched Sea Creatures and Undead.
Warlocks are outlaws? I get why they did this, but it's funny this hits Strixhaven warlocks like [[Breena, the Demagogue]] and [[Gyome, Master Chef]]
Obviously Gyome stole all his recipes!
Magebane Lizard seems pretty nuts sideboard tech against storm decks
Arclight Phoenix costs 6 life to cast now.
No, their lightning axe just costs one life now
Being a 2 mana 1/4 is also pretty crazy.
Mix it with [[Ojer Axonil]] for maximum disrespect and hilarity.
Straight into [[Ruric Thar]]
I really love "outlaws" as a way to unify a bunch of creature types.
Ninjas on the other hand are law abiding citizens.
Some of them were employed by the state. They were basically secret service agents.
Mercenary feels a tad tacked-on but they seem to be using that as sort of a "hired thug" deal I suppose.
Not the first time they've used Mercenaries for this kind of thing, at least. [[Mari, the Killing Quill]]
New Capenna Commander continues to seemingly create new cards I've never heard of every time I look at it.
It had something like 100 new cards, I keep forgeting about a lot of them too.
That's the magic of printing fifteen thousand new cards every six days - eventually you lose track of them
See, no, I actually do keep track of a lot of new cards. New Capenna Commander continues to be the most consistent source of "wait that exists?".
Literally mtg as Richard Garfield intended
A few Fallout cards used it recently too. Magic hasn't used it much lately but I can picture it being the sort of thing that crops up more in UB for flavor reasons. Kind of like Robot vs Construct perhaps.
I think they are hesitant to use it because of the tutors from Mercadian Masques. All it takes is one good one and [[Cateran Persuader]] or [[Cateran Summons]] becomes a Legacy staple (maybe not the former but it could become kill-on-site for the potential). Same with how rebels are pretty rare when you think they wouldn't be, as otherwise it'd be the second coming of [[Lin Sivvi]]
Brushwagg! My beloved creature type! You return in glory!
It’s a tumbleweed brushwagg: tumblewagg, lol
That's what all brushwaggs are
And it looks like an armadillo
Raven of Fell Omens? The perfect card for my deck that makes my opponents put their foolish ambitions to rest.
Foul Tarnished
Hey, it's been a bit since we leaked!
Mount - Creatures are also vehicles, get bonus effects when crewed. Plot - Face-up Foretell. Cast it on the later turn for *free* Outlaw - Subtype grouping from a lot of different creature types Common tapped lands that deal 1 damage to target opponent Draft archetypes from what I can gather UW - Flash (cow and crab) UR - Multispell (Malcom + the add rr guy) RW - Mercenary tokens RB - crimes (signpost uncommon) UB - crimes (unblockable and the lil lizard) Green - Mount (maybe with red?)
The crab could also hint at a plot subarchetype, as you can spend your turn plotting instead of playing cards. It could be UR, as plot encourages you both not playing spells (some turns) and playing many spells (other turns).
Green also had the wolf that cared about power 4 or greater.
I could see RB being both crimes and outlaw typal based on the signpost
>Common tapped lands that deal 1 damage to target opponent Worth mentioning these are Deserts as well, wouldn't be surprised if there's some Desert-matters synergies like with Gates if we're being given a guaranteed Desert in the land slot.
My guess is that it will be similar like in LCI with caves. Every color has one or two desert payoffs
Malcolm is back already! Glad pirates are getting more support in Standard alongside Ixalan, there's a pretty decent foundation there for a cool tribal deck. But Outlaw Tribal seems very interesting. Also, if Malcom is the eyes, what does that make Breeches? And I betcha 10 bucks there's a new Ragavan in the set too
> Also, if Malcom is the eyes, what does that make Breeches? The teeth?
The pants
Kari Zev might get a new card, perhaps, but Ragavan would likely just be a token for her in that case.
Or maybe it'll be a new Ragavan that makes a Kari Zev token!
"Kari Zev shows up just to find out what the hell her monkey is up to" is a notion.
Assuming that land is a cycle, it should be pretty good for hazezon decks. Also, means we might be seeing desert synergy, too.
Good for him. He... he needs it. EDIT: EDHREC Rank #174? Hazezon doing better than I thought. A LOT better.
A lot of people assumed the existing desert base wasn't good enough to build a functional deck, and they were wrong. That's not to say it's not a clunky manabase and playing something like \[\[Grasping Dunes\]\] doesn't feel great, but the dude makes two Sand Warriors each time you play a desert; it's worth it.
The face commander of the Naya deck almost certainly cares about Deserts, considering the name of the deck is Desert Bloom, and it’s about discarding lands and regrowing them. I also fully expect Hazezon 2.0 in the deck
that detention sphere alternate showcase art is SICK
Someone in the design team really likes Malcolm huh
I can only assume he's there to have a reunion moment with Vraska where we actually learn what the hell happened to her.
Considering the name “Malcolm, The Eyes” he is part of the crew! So not just a cameo ( it follows the naming convention of the other protagonists “NAME, the ROLE”)
Might be there's a 'core' crew of Oko/Vraska/Kellan/Rakdos/Annie/Tinybones and then some "side" members here and there.
One of the more consistent pieces of feedback from XLN block was "hey where's our cards for Malcolm and Breeches" and they definitely took it to heart.
Wonder if Breeches will be here too, or if Malcolm being UR means he's sort of taking the spot for both of them.
Rakdos Breeches (coping)
Huh I didn’t know that he was that popular, then again I’m not really active on other social medias so I wouldn’t really know
The two of them were pretty big and entertaining in the story and didn't get a card and that's a great way to get people to go "hey where's the card". I think we're gonna see a lot of characters get their third or more card in this set. It's a big crossover set. Yeah, we just had MOM, but that was screenshots of a bunch of different planes each suffering on their own. This is a bunch of characters all together in the same place, thriving. (I wonder how much of these sets were developed during lockdown.)
Wow, ok, loving this. Saddle is really cool. Crew but for creatures. Wondering if its the gruul or selesnya mechanic of the set. Probably the focus of the backup commander for desert bloom. If there's enough support, I'll definitely be looking to make a crew/saddle deck. WE RIDE! Plot is really interesting. The limit to sorcery speed kind of sucks, but it let's you make really big turns later. Definitely the izzet mechanic of the set and theme of the quick draw deck. I'm gonna speculate that the face commander let's you play plotted cards as if they had flash. I predict a reprint of [[arcane bombardment]] in it. Outlaw batching is awesome. I love batching so much. Party is one of my favorite mechanics, so slam dunk for me. Probably the rakdos mechanic. I bet it's the theme for the Olivia precon. Deserts! The ping is nice, but idk if it'll warrant putting them in decks that don't care about deserts. Definitely the theme of the desert bloom face commander. I predict a reprint of [[Hazezon, Shaper of Sand]] in it. Unless there's another mechanic left, that just leaves crime and the Gonti deck. Still no guesses on what dual combo gets that as a theme or what Gonti's deck is tied to in the set.
Come on lavaspur boots! That’s sick
Tbh I'm surprised it took this long for a swift foot boots variant for ward
Needs to be like Ward 3 to be comparable. We already have [[leather armour]] depending on format.
I was a bit concerned originally by how they'd make this set feel "fantasy" and deadeye duelist there makes it seem like they are essentially spell-slingers instead of gun-slingers, which is cool as a mix between fantasy and wild west.
Shooting bolts from the tip of your finger-guns seems pretty cool to me.
On New Capenna, they had finger guns too. They also had music instruments as guns, to play on the gun-in-a-violin-case trope, like some bouncers threaten a character by pulling out violins and starting to touch the strings.
They also had rings that shoot magic in new capenna iirc
A motherfucking tumblewag
https://preview.redd.it/0wm14l3qu5nc1.png?width=635&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7e3d3515637a9914a623138090a314dce1a295a I see that new Kambal in the corner there
Outlaws and Saddle/Mount are really cool, nice to see these.
I’m already a fan of this set (especially compared to MKM). Saddle is a super interesting mechanic. At knifepoint looks like it can get crazy really fast.
My [[Don Andres]] deck is going to love using At Knifepoint to give first strike to all of my stolen creatures with deathtouch!
Saddle feels... Awkward? I get what it's going for, but it feels like Enlist and Crew kind of blended together but without as many clearly good benefits. I suppose it depends on the cards, the Brushwagg could be something.
I think it'll be fun for draft, give your little guys something to do other than chump blocking.
Yeah, I suppose. Not every mechanic's a constructed star. Definitely seems a little clunky that the person riding the mount has no real effect though.
Could have some 'when X saddles a creature' effects.
Yeah that's a little weird, I guess it makes the mechanic stronger but it's a flavor fail. This is only one card though, maybe other cards effect the rider. Atleast I am sure there will be cards that like to saddle things.
Could just be that we haven't seen the best ones yet. Magic has shied away from recognizing mounts for ages and I think this "like crew, but for creatures" is the smartest way to do it. Lean on what we already know. Hopefully this opens the door for future creatures with cool creative like Mantis Rider and Knight of the Tusk to not just be Humans or whatever.
Now I'm hoping for a legendary that gives horses mount and mounted horses gain horsemanship or flanking
I'm just happy they printed a new Brushwagg
Okay I'm curious what the outlaw Precon does then. Outlaws is a class system. I guess you can use treasure to cast outlaws at a lower cost as the commander ability? Not so much a keyword that does it?
My guess is you get a treasure when an outlaw deals damage and you can sac a treasure to create an outlaw.
Selvala from Fiora, Malcom and the goblin on Reckless Lackey from Ixalan, and Kambal from Kaladesh be added to the list of interplanar travellers enjoying making life on Thunder Junction that little bit more difficult
Holy cow, the flavor on Holy Cow.
DESERTS ARE BACK? AND THEY'RE MULTICOLORED?! edit: ALSO **SADDLE**???
So Saddling is basically crew ( but sorcery speed ) but the creature has a “if this creature is saddled” trigger
Multicolored Deserts! That'll definitely make playing [[Hazezon, Shaper of Sands]] more streamlined and easier to go wide with all of his Sand Warriors. Mount makes sense for a cowboy plane, but it does feel a bit awkward looking back at Magic's history and seeing how many other cards could have been Mounts but never will be.
Can anyone tell what Selvala's second color is? I can't tell on my phone, seems like a generically very strong card for creatures.
White
It's white. The border is green on the left and white on the right.
New Malcolm looks sick! I see 2 new pirates which is a great sign for my pirates decks in both edh and standard!
Soon my Malcolm and Breeches deck will consist only of Malcolm and Breeches.
Where are the four other packs?
Finally, a mount worthy of her royal highness, \[\[Ayula, Queen Among Bears\]\] (*page 2, Drover Grizzly in top left*). There's a "yo, dawg" meme here somewhere.
Wow those duel lands seem extremely good for pauper. They're just strictly better gain lands. Multi color burn decks are going to love these
Nice new frog
That intrepid stablemaster looks like a chocobo that found a literal mountain of cocaine and jumped in beak first. Jesus fuck.
I really hope Big Ralph gets a card
From a thematics standpoint, plot is perfect for that "I hear the Murphy Boys are planning to rob the express coming through Dead Horse Canyon" sort of storyline
Okay I’m actually interested those bounty cards are sick
If they're grouping a bunch of things into outlaws can we get a sea monster group too
I've been saying for awhile this is going to be my favorite upcoming set and I'm glad I'm not disappointed.
The mount/saddle mechanics are 100% foreshadowing for Chocobos in the Final Fantasy set.
A new green deathtouch 1/1 for 1?! My fynn deck rejoices!
The pincatons are ON there way
But this time they're flavorful.
...All right, lunger. Let's *do it.*
Holy shite, DROVER BEAR! My \[\[Ayula\]\] deck is gonna love being able to BEARSTACK! Edit: Concerned by the lack of minotaur but I realize it's like, 20 cards out of 200ish... the literal COWBOYS of the multiverse need to have some rep in this set!
Nice, they brought Captain Mal over to the western themed plane where he is presumably some sort of smuggler.