Before previews for The Brothers’ War officially begin, I thought it would be fun to do another of my Duelist-style teasers where I give tiny hints of things to come. Note that I’m only giving you partial information.
First up, here are some things you can expect:
• over ten legendary Human Artificers
• another card with “end the turn”
• a command with X in its mana cost
• a spell that mimics an element of the effect of a creature that was originally printed with the picture of a World Champion on it
• a Teferi with a new way to gain loyalty counters
• equipment with “Equip Soldier”
• a new Onulet
• protection from everything returns
• a white creature that taps to let you and an opponent draw a card
• one colored artifact
Next, here are some rules text that will be showing up on cards:
• “create a tapped Powerstone token for each other creature you control.”
• “Put a +1/+1 counter on target Assembly-Worker you control.”
• “Whenever one or more creatures with mana value 3 or less enter the battlefield under your control,”
• “Permanents you control have ‘Ward – Sacrifice a permanent.’”
• “Whenever you cast an artifact spell with mana value 6 or greater,”
• “For each card type among noncreature spells you’ve cast this turn,”
• “Create a tapped 3/3 colorless Zombie artifact creature token.”
• “Look at the cards in each pile, then turn a pile of your choice face up.”
• “gains your choice of flying, vigilance, deathtouch, or haste.”
• “Whenever you cast a Beast or Bird creature spell,”
Finally, here are some creature type lines in the set:
• Artifact Creature – Ape
• Creature – Mole Horror
• Artifact Creature – Phyrexian Wurm
• Creature – Phyrexian Human Assassin
• Creature – Minotaur Barbarian
• Creature – Elf Druid Soldier
• Creature – Human Artificer Scout
• Legendary Creature – Human Wizard Advisor
• Legendary Creature – Elf Druid Scout
• Legendary Creature – Human Artificer Advisor
For the answers to these puzzles and so much more, tune in to the official Magic YouTube channel or twitch.tv/Magic at 9 a.m. PT/noon ET *October 27* to watch the debut video for The Brothers’ War. We’ll kick off previews leading into an amazing weekend with the World Championship (airing on Twitch.tv/magic Friday-Sunday) and Magic 30.
EDIT: Mark had some typos, but they're now fixed here.
I had a few small errors in my teaser today, which I cleaned up:
• the effect based on a World champ card is technically an element of the effect
• it's Assembly-Worker not Artifact-Worker
• the 3/3 Zombie is a artifact *creature* token
Before you cheer I don't think it’s wurmcoil engine it’s in the retro artifact list (note: could be wrong since aven mindcensor was in both the masterpiece and offical set of amonkhet)
Do we think it's a typo/mistake that he said "zombie artifact token" without the word "creature" in it? Or will these be non-creature artifacts with p/t like vehicles, that somehow get activated into creatures when another condition is met?
I think the card that mimics a world champion could be a white "discard" sorcery that does an elite spellbinder thing, and seems like the most likely given the other ones available.
While profane command does already exist, I feel like the X command will be new. I think we are getting three new commands - one for Mishra, Urza, and Titania, just like those will be the three mythic meld legends.
I do think Wurmcoil Engine is a very real possibility for the phyrexian wurm card. Would be sweet.
"a spell that mimics the effect of a creature that was originally printed with the picture of a World Champion on it" mostly sounds like Elite Spellbinder, although I guess it could be a world champion who's also on an Invitational card.
The problem with defining this format by what is "fun" is that everyone seems to define fun as what they don't lose to. If you keep losing to easily answered cards, that means you should improve your deck. If you don't want to improve your deck, then you should come to peace with the idea that you are going to lose because you chose to not interact with better strategies.
6 and up artifacts. Hmm, could we have Mishra-Tron lands coming?
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The "one colored artifact" likely can be explained by having them have effects that you need to pay colored mana for like Surge Engine is just a 2 mana 3/2 with defender unless you have blue.
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The "one colored artifact" likely can be explained by having them have effects that you need to pay colored mana for like Surge Engine is just a 2 mana 3/2 with defender unless you have blue.
For "a command with X in its mana cost", remember that an existing command fits this: Profane Command.
If it's narrowed to that point, Elite Spellbinder's the only one that makes sense. "Target attacking knight gets +1/+0" seems pretty unlikely (and boring), as does Abjure for Wizards.
It's also definitely not a Profane Command reprint. Bring back fear to awkwardly complete a cycle of "So-and-so's Commands" with a different name format?
Do we think it's a typo/mistake that he said "zombie artifact token" without the word "creature" in it? Or will these be non-creature artifacts with p/t like vehicles, that somehow get activated into creatures when another condition is met?
For "a command with X in its mana cost", remember that an existing command fits this: Profane Command.
If it's narrowed to that point, Elite Spellbinder's the only one that makes sense. "Target attacking knight gets +1/+0" seems pretty unlikely (and boring), as does Abjure for Wizards.
It's also definitely not a Profane Command reprint. Bring back fear to awkwardly complete a cycle of "So-and-so's Commands" with a different name format?
To go further if there’s a instant and sorcery of the player card form of abilities it’s not correct
And bob snappy and sadbot aren't world champions
I think elite is the only possible answer unless the knights ability is actually thr second one and it’s reworded to “until end of (the next) turn”
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And we finally have long-sought characters outside of those already known (Ashnod, Tawnos, Hurkyl) as cards in this set. Tocasia and Drafna I'm looking at you! I wonder if we'll get Kristina of the Woods as part of the Titans if they go that route in this story. So nice to see this happening.
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It's also definitely not a Profane Command reprint. Bring back fear to awkwardly complete a cycle of "So-and-so's Commands" with a different name format?
We'll get Urza's, Mishra's and (maybe? don't recall anymore whether it was spceulation or an actual name associated with an art revealed) Titania's Command. Any of them can have X in the mana cost and maybe the cycle goes beyond these three. Nothing really too exciting.
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Planar Chaos was not a mistake neither was it random. You might want to look at it again.
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Elite Spellbinder was also something they had said they wanted to test out for white and far as I'm aware people seem to like the idea of white having "delayed discard" effects.
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This one interests me greatly as I play a lot of creature decks with 3 cmc or less. Hope its in white, green or colorless.
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Yes, I know, probably not the card Maro means, but for someone who always likes to be tricky with technicalities it's poor form if Mishra's melded version is actually the second. For shame, Maro.
Yes, I know, probably not the card Maro means, but for someone who always likes to be tricky with technicalities it's poor form if Mishra's melded version is actually the second. For shame, Maro.
Maybe he isn't counting that because the previous meld cards don't work in constructed.
I have been waiting so long for a Gix card, it can be pretty awful and I'll still play it in tournaments; but my shot in the dark is that the
Yes, I know, probably not the card Maro means, but for someone who always likes to be tricky with technicalities it's poor form if Mishra's melded version is actually the second. For shame, Maro.
Maybe he isn't counting that because the previous meld cards don't work in constructed.
I have been waiting so long for a Gix card, it can be pretty awful and I'll still play it in tournaments; but my shot in the dark is that the
Ward — Sacrifice a permanent
is Gix-related.
Honestly, that Ward ability is strong enough that I half-expect it to appear on melded Titania… or to be an emblem.
I look at the teasers here’s the culprits that could lead to Gix
another card with “end the turn”
protection from everything returns (He’s the second most powerful phyrexian)
“Whenever one or more creatures with mana value 3 or less enter the battlefield under your control,”
“Permanents you control have ‘Ward – Sacrifice a permanent.’”
“For each card type among noncreature spells you’ve cast this turn,”
In order
1. Gix could be dimir or grixis and those colors are good for “end turn” stuff
2. He’s the second most powerful phyrexian of all time (so powerful just before his death he was just a hair away from killing planeswalker Urza)
3. He’s a praetor so he could get a ability similar to the other 5 praetors for this case “under an opponents control”
4. Similar to #2 and he could have a system to protect himself plus that ward is pretty black even though it could be the meld of Titania
5. Same as #3 but it’s now “an opponent cast this turn” for the other half.
• “create a tapped Powerstone token for each other creature you control.”
I am also personally stoked for this one. I was hoping to crank up the powerstone count before Ultimating Karn. Good times ahead.
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EDIT: Mark had some typos, but they're now fixed here.
If so, great standard needs those. Titan of industry all the time is boring
here’s probably 8 of them (others could be wizards rather than artificers)
For a 9th it will be Feldon since we’re getting loran
let me know if I missed any but here’s the culprits I know of.
looks like I get a “called it!” moment Which was Valient Veteran was a plant for brothers war and brothers war will have solider tribal
For reference so might need to be sac'd and has a better effect
ONLY ONE!!!
wizards this is dangerous dangerous territory (OG mirrodin and colorless ones in kaladesh)
anyway that one colored artifact is probably this
……holy crap……it can get itself too.
The token literally on the alter
That could be a reboot of Urza's avenger
uh-oh…that means Krosan Warchief or/and Kangee, Aerie Keeper are gonna spike in price
Before you cheer I don't think it’s wurmcoil engine it’s in the retro artifact list (note: could be wrong since aven mindcensor was in both the masterpiece and offical set of amonkhet)
For "a command with X in its mana cost", remember that an existing command fits this: Profane Command.
I think the card that mimics a world champion could be a white "discard" sorcery that does an elite spellbinder thing, and seems like the most likely given the other ones available.
While profane command does already exist, I feel like the X command will be new. I think we are getting three new commands - one for Mishra, Urza, and Titania, just like those will be the three mythic meld legends.
I do think Wurmcoil Engine is a very real possibility for the phyrexian wurm card. Would be sweet.
Oh no, they'll spike from 15 cents and $1.50 to 50 cents and $3! Better get them while they're still affordable!
6 and up artifacts. Hmm, could we have Mishra-Tron lands coming?
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yep that what maro is saying
https://at.tumblr.com/markrosewater/only-one-colored-artifact-in-the-whole-set/dpnh2mpchxvo
So quite a bit of those colorless artifact have the WUBRG symbols in the card for abilities.
If it's narrowed to that point, Elite Spellbinder's the only one that makes sense. "Target attacking knight gets +1/+0" seems pretty unlikely (and boring), as does Abjure for Wizards.
It's also definitely not a Profane Command reprint. Bring back fear to awkwardly complete a cycle of "So-and-so's Commands" with a different name format?
To go further if there’s a instant and sorcery of the player card form of abilities it’s not correct
And bob snappy and sadbot aren't world champions
I think elite is the only possible answer unless the knights ability is actually thr second one and it’s reworded to “until end of (the next) turn”
And we finally have long-sought characters outside of those already known (Ashnod, Tawnos, Hurkyl) as cards in this set. Tocasia and Drafna I'm looking at you! I wonder if we'll get Kristina of the Woods as part of the Titans if they go that route in this story. So nice to see this happening.
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We'll get Urza's, Mishra's and (maybe? don't recall anymore whether it was spceulation or an actual name associated with an art revealed) Titania's Command. Any of them can have X in the mana cost and maybe the cycle goes beyond these three. Nothing really too exciting.
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its 6 from Mishra and Urza
the meld side of Mishra is a”phyrexian artificer” not having the human type.
This one interests me greatly as I play a lot of creature decks with 3 cmc or less. Hope its in white, green or colorless.
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Yes, I know, probably not the card Maro means, but for someone who always likes to be tricky with technicalities it's poor form if Mishra's melded version is actually the second. For shame, Maro.
Maybe he isn't counting that because the previous meld cards don't work in constructed.
I have been waiting so long for a Gix card, it can be pretty awful and I'll still play it in tournaments; but my shot in the dark is that the
is Gix-related.
Honestly, that Ward ability is strong enough that I half-expect it to appear on melded Titania… or to be an emblem.
In order
1. Gix could be dimir or grixis and those colors are good for “end turn” stuff
2. He’s the second most powerful phyrexian of all time (so powerful just before his death he was just a hair away from killing planeswalker Urza)
3. He’s a praetor so he could get a ability similar to the other 5 praetors for this case “under an opponents control”
4. Similar to #2 and he could have a system to protect himself plus that ward is pretty black even though it could be the meld of Titania
5. Same as #3 but it’s now “an opponent cast this turn” for the other half.
I am also personally stoked for this one. I was hoping to crank up the powerstone count before Ultimating Karn. Good times ahead.
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