I figured this was worthy information to post, considering everyone has thought that the five Holiday Spoilers were going to be the five Guild promos, but it turns out, they are not. If you look at the link here:
You can see easily that all of the cards mentioned for the Prerelease are going to be creatures. You can easily see the power and toughness boxes. My speculation on the actual cards is this.
Ozhov - Still looks like Treasury Thrull to me.
Dimir - Looks like a giant centipede, but we can't tell really.
Gruul - Looks like Rubblehulk.
Boros - Definitely a Flamekin, but as for the actual card, I can't tell.
Simic - Assuming it's Fathom Mage.
Well, I figured it was worth posting, so go ahead and discuss!
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The Fathom Mage alt-art looks awesome already! And the Boros thing looks kinda G.O.R.T-is.
EDIT:
Upscaled and sharpened the image:
Looks like the Dimir creature has two abilities, and the Boros creature has 3 or more. The last two abilities on him look like:
"(Cost) gains (ability) until the end of the turn."
Also, judging by the similarities in costs, it looks like the Boros card's Cmc is 6, and the Dimir one could maybe be 5? It's toughness looks like 7, but it's so hard to tell.
The Boros one can still be the Firemane Avenger, because the part of the art that is shown can be the enemy which gets hit by the helix (sure looks like that anyway).
I think only the Dimir is different as they wanted a creature as the Prerelease promo, and creatures don't get the Cipher keyword... (and they wanted to show all the guild keywords last week).
The Boros one can still be the Firemane Avenger, because the part of the art that is shown can be the enemy which gets hit by the helix (sure looks like that anyway).
I think only the Dimir is different as they wanted a creature as the Prerelease promo, and creatures don't get the Cipher keyword... (and they wanted to show all the guild keywords last week).
It is guaranteed that the Boros prelease promo is 100% not Firemane Avenger. You only need to compare the name and type line of both cards.
I wonder if this might be a better image capture / upscale than the one that is already in the thread. (See attachment)
i see the boros one as a 6CMCand 2 AA thats ends at the end of turn
and the dimir one looks like 5CMC with 2 A one of that with a mana symbol(dont can say for sure but i see a3
I'm fairly confident from that picture that the Orzhov prerelease promo is in fact the Treasury Thrull that we've already seen; it seems to me to be a Creature - Thrull, at the very least, with Extort and an ability that starts with "Whenever [...] Thrull ..."
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I believe he meant a creature that either gave all your instants and/or sorceries Cypher, or a creature that let you Cypher any instant and/or sorcery onto it.
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but you could attach the cipher unsummon onto something like invisible stalker which would be insane. I doubt that something like that would be reprinted.
The cipher unsummon and Mistblade are similar but mistblade could be blocked.
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You can see easily that all of the cards mentioned for the Prerelease are going to be creatures. You can easily see the power and toughness boxes. My speculation on the actual cards is this.
Ozhov - Still looks like Treasury Thrull to me.
Dimir - Looks like a giant centipede, but we can't tell really.
Gruul - Looks like Rubblehulk.
Boros - Definitely a Flamekin, but as for the actual card, I can't tell.
Simic - Assuming it's Fathom Mage.
Well, I figured it was worth posting, so go ahead and discuss!
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Dimir and Boros one is absolutely not the Holiday Spoiler
Awesome!
Clearly the Boros and the Dimir ones are different. It was pretty obvious that the last week ones weren't going to be the prerelease promos.
Looks like the Dimir creature has two abilities, and the Boros creature has 3 or more. The last two abilities on him look like:
"(Cost) gains (ability) until the end of the turn."
Also, judging by the similarities in costs, it looks like the Boros card's Cmc is 6, and the Dimir one could maybe be 5? It's toughness looks like 7, but it's so hard to tell.
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It looks like a Flamekin! Flamekin Zealot style.
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I still don't think Fathom Mage is sufficiently Timmy enough to be a promo, but I'm willing to be proven wrong.
I think only the Dimir is different as they wanted a creature as the Prerelease promo, and creatures don't get the Cipher keyword... (and they wanted to show all the guild keywords last week).
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It is guaranteed that the Boros prelease promo is 100% not Firemane Avenger. You only need to compare the name and type line of both cards.
i see the boros one as a 6CMCand 2 AA thats ends at the end of turn
and the dimir one looks like 5CMC with 2 A one of that with a mana symbol(dont can say for sure but i see a3
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Hopefully has something that ciphers all your spells on it, that would be crazy cool.
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Cipher Unsummon onto it? Murder? That card would be insane!
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whenever you cast a instant or sorcery spell you may pay U\B or 3 if you do that spell gains cipher
I would play mana ramp 5 color good spells if that's the case.
Really? Looks like a spider does it? Cause I totally see a horror that resembles the Dimir crest.
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I would think such a card, if printed, would warrant Mythic rarity.
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I believe he meant a creature that either gave all your instants and/or sorceries Cypher, or a creature that let you Cypher any instant and/or sorcery onto it.
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
That's just for one that Unsummons-
one that could be Encoded with any Instant or Sorcery is quite a bit more powerful (think Time Warp).
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Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
but you could attach the cipher unsummon onto something like invisible stalker which would be insane. I doubt that something like that would be reprinted.
The cipher unsummon and Mistblade are similar but mistblade could be blocked.
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