So in MaRo's State of Design tonight/today, he tells us this:
Some Teasers from Theros
Let me start by reminding you all that I am only giving you partial information. Everything I'm saying is true but I might be leaving a few things out.
Here are some things you can expect from Theros:
- A 3/3 with three abilities that uses fate counters
- Multiple cards with the word "nongorgon"
- A high-profile cycle of legendary permanents that are not creatures or lands
- A rare card with five words of rules text in which one of the words is "planeswalker"
- An artifact creature that appears to be a big horse made out of wood
- A 5/5 giant snake that can be cast for GG
- A multicolor Minotaur lord
- A card that could have been in Modern Masters
- A giant that brings fire to humans
- A creature with a saboteur ability (it has an effect if the creature deals combat damage to an opponent) which is one of the Power Nine
Here are a few names of cards you will see:
Anger of the Gods
Chained to the Rocks
Lost in a Labyrinth
Rescue from the Underworld
Underworld Cereberus
Witch's Eye
Finally, here are some of the creatures you're going to see (note that not all of these are creature types and is only a partial list):
Catoblepas
Chimera
Cyclops
Harpy
Hippocamp
Hundred-Handed One
Kraken
Nymph (Alseid, Dryad, Lampad, Naiad, and Oread)
Pegasus
Satyr
Siren
Triton
Notice- A card that could've been in Modern Masters, along with everything else.
In the same way you can tell someone is from the XVIII century because he is arroused by ankles, you can tell someone is from USA because he feels nipples disturbing.
I use the Duels Of The Planeswalkers layout, though I'm right-handed and keep my deck and GY to the left. I dare you to ask me how tempting it is to hold flying creatures in a floating pattern over the table.
I can't believe anyone is excited about this card. It is absolutely unplayable. I wouldn't even play her in LIMITED. Easily the worst walker printed since the green elf one. Absolutely terrible.
Few things of note:
-Technically, the reference to Modern Masters could be the future-shifted reprint
-We already know the legendary permanents are the weapons of the gods
-Fate counters have only been used on Oblivion Stone in the past. Fate also could refer to the flavor of oracles
-This should probably all go in speculation
Hmmm the saboteur with the effect of one of the power 9 has to be either time walk, timetwister or ancestral recall as the moxes and lotus produce mana, which isn't usually going to work well during the end of combat. My guess would be timetwister as something kind of similar has been done before in the form of Dragon Mage whereas draw 3 or take an extra turn would probably be a bit much unless the creature was really highly costed. That said, even repeatable timetwister is nothing to sneeze at.
Notice- A card that could've been in Modern Masters, along with everything else.
5 Words.
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Modern
Fish
Legacy
Fish
EDH
BGRProssh, Skyraider of Kher BGR
Level 1 Judge
Also, what does he mean by "high-profile"?
UWU/W BlinkUW
BMono-Black ControlB
Commander:
GWUJenaraGWU
BGeth MBCB
RGXenagosRG
WUBSharuumWUB (retired)
Modern:
xAffinityx (starting)
Standard:
Ha! That's a good one.
Edit: if the Minotaur Lord is legendary, Didgeridoo might spike even more.
Also, the legendary probably refers to the enchantment artifacts.
Issue is that it would probably be an aura, which adds 2 more words.
540 Peasant cube- Gold EditionSomething Spicyhuman creatures you control have firebreathing?
This is probably Bident of Thassa and the four others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY8h2vp5Xis
Footsteps Hulk
Ascendency Combo
Restore Balance
Ad Nauseam
EDH:
Ghave Lands
Narset Combo
Destroy Target non-gorgon creature
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=487991
My Sell List:
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?p=10893911#post10893911
-Technically, the reference to Modern Masters could be the future-shifted reprint
-We already know the legendary permanents are the weapons of the gods
-Fate counters have only been used on Oblivion Stone in the past. Fate also could refer to the flavor of oracles
-This should probably all go in speculation
As for the last teaser, I believe it will be Timetwister. It could also be Black Lotus. Ancestral Recall and Time Walk would just be way too good
EDH:
Niv-Mizzet
Legacy:
The Rack
Modern
Venser, the Sojourner Control
Power 9 timetwister on a creature?