From the main site ( http://magic.wizards.com/en/content/eldritch-moon ) we get a first and sneaky look at the intro packs.
Wiew the attachement for a zoomed image.
One (the left one) seems redR/blueU and one (the right one) seems whiteW/blackB, even if it seems that the promos are inverted.
At least there seems to be some kind of confirmation for a new Tamiyo card! (On the display, far right booster packs, the art looks like her, even from afar; same color palette, etc etc)
At least there seems to be some kind of confirmation for a new Tamiyo card! (On the display, far right booster packs, the art looks like her, even from afar; same color palette, etc etc)
Oh man, good eye. Yeah, her hair and face tones are pretty unmistakable. Anyway, it would be certainly disappointing if she didn't get a new planeswalker card despite having a relatively pivotal role in the story.
Also, there's almost assuredly no C in that mana cost just because only Kozilek uses colorless-only costs.
At least there seems to be some kind of confirmation for a new Tamiyo card! (On the display, far right booster packs, the art looks like her, even from afar; same color palette, etc etc)
Oh man, good eye. Yeah, her hair and face tones are pretty unmistakable. Anyway, it would be certainly disappointing if she didn't get a new planeswalker card despite having a relatively pivotal role in the story.
Also, there's almost assuredly no C in that mana cost just because only Kozilek uses colorless-only costs.
Could easily use the colorless manacost.
It was done with Kozilek but certainly not "only", and if they want to use it, Eldrazi cards certainly fit the bill.
We won't see any C mana cost, because of limited formats: it means that they need to print Wastes to support that color and I don't think they want to do it again so soon.
Normally, W comes before U in mana costs (when there are only these two colors; the pattern varies when other colors are added) so it should be xWU, not the other way around. Also, the card frame is blue, not golden.
I see some grayish mana symbol too, not UU. This is weird. I think that xUC is kinda weird, because I don't think that Emrakul creates land wastes (but we don't have the proof of the contrary) and I would think the C symbol would be before the colored symbols in mana costs, so it would be xCU (but again, we have never seen colorless-coloured cards so why not).
I think that a card with colored mana and colorless mana is not logical as far as design is concerned. A creature can't have a color and not have one, at the same time. Adding colorless mana to colored costs is just to add difficulty casting the card, which I think has nothing to do with design, thus is not a good idea. Colorless (devoid) cards with colored mana, on the contrary, made sense to me because it permits to reduce the costs of colorless cards without breaking the color pie.
Well I guess we will soon see the truth behind this low resolution picture It may actually just be a plain blue card with an xUU cost.
I always get excited for intro packs because there's always the rare chance one of them is good. It's rare, but it does happen. I'm assuming these intro packs will be the other 5 dual colors to mirror the Shadows over Innistrad intro packs. Here are my speculations:
BU - Zombies? I can only hope. UR - Ghosts and Spells RG - Wolves and Werewolves please!! If not werewolves than just give me tons of wolves. GW - Humans defend Innistrad! WB - Cultists, sacrifice.
I always get excited for intro packs because there's always the rare chance one of them is good. It's rare, but it does happen. I'm assuming these intro packs will be the other 5 dual colors to mirror the Shadows over Innistrad intro packs. Here are my speculations:
BU - Zombies? I can only hope. UR - Ghosts and Spells RG - Wolves and Werewolves please!! If not werewolves than just give me tons of wolves. GW - Humans defend Innistrad! WB - Cultists, sacrifice.
Based on the cover cards only, you might be right, except for the GW one, considering it has a treefolk for the cover card. The only part you are wrong about is that some of the intro packs focus on a keyword mechanic.
Wiew the attachement for a zoomed image.
One (the left one) seems redR/blueU and one (the right one) seems whiteW/blackB, even if it seems that the promos are inverted.
Modern: UB Zombie hunt UB - WR Boros tokens WR - BGW Treefolk tribal BGW
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The white also seems to have a colorless cost before the W, maybe a 2W.
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Oh man, good eye. Yeah, her hair and face tones are pretty unmistakable. Anyway, it would be certainly disappointing if she didn't get a new planeswalker card despite having a relatively pivotal role in the story.
Also, there's almost assuredly no C in that mana cost just because only Kozilek uses colorless-only costs.
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
Could easily use the colorless manacost.
It was done with Kozilek but certainly not "only", and if they want to use it, Eldrazi cards certainly fit the bill.
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If they did, Emrakul herself would have it.
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Normally, W comes before U in mana costs (when there are only these two colors; the pattern varies when other colors are added) so it should be xWU, not the other way around. Also, the card frame is blue, not golden.
I see some grayish mana symbol too, not UU. This is weird. I think that xUC is kinda weird, because I don't think that Emrakul creates land wastes (but we don't have the proof of the contrary) and I would think the C symbol would be before the colored symbols in mana costs, so it would be xCU (but again, we have never seen colorless-coloured cards so why not).
I think that a card with colored mana and colorless mana is not logical as far as design is concerned. A creature can't have a color and not have one, at the same time. Adding colorless mana to colored costs is just to add difficulty casting the card, which I think has nothing to do with design, thus is not a good idea. Colorless (devoid) cards with colored mana, on the contrary, made sense to me because it permits to reduce the costs of colorless cards without breaking the color pie.
Well I guess we will soon see the truth behind this low resolution picture It may actually just be a plain blue card with an xUU cost.
BU - Zombies? I can only hope.
UR - Ghosts and Spells
RG - Wolves and Werewolves please!! If not werewolves than just give me tons of wolves.
GW - Humans defend Innistrad!
WB - Cultists, sacrifice.
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Based on the cover cards only, you might be right, except for the GW one, considering it has a treefolk for the cover card. The only part you are wrong about is that some of the intro packs focus on a keyword mechanic.
Modern: UB Zombie hunt UB - WR Boros tokens WR - BGW Treefolk tribal BGW
Commander: UR Mizzix, a Storm of spells UR (Decklist)