Before previews for Modern Horizons 2 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:
• a legendary character best known for having his name on a powerful card (that’s been banned) finally gets a legendary creature
• a theme on only a handful of cards in Modern Horizons gets a larger presence
• a Frog twenty-six years in the making
• new split cards
• a Future Sight mechanic reused for first time
• a character that first appeared in a Magic novel finally becomes a legendary creature
• A card with the number words “four” and “fourteen”.
• a fan favorite animal character finally becomes a legendary creature
• a white enchantment with a trigger that investigates
• a planeswalker from the past that has previously only had a legendary creature card
Here are some snippets from rules text that appear in the set:
• “Whenever you cast your third spell each turn,”
• “for each other Ooze you control.”
• “If an ability of a <CENSORED> or another <CENSORED> you control triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.”
• “This ability costs 1 less to activate for each +1/+1 counter on creatures you control.”
• “you may sacrifice a Mountain rather than pay this spell’s mana cost.”
• “Trample over planeswalkers”
• “If an Insect card was milled this way,”
• “Protection from permanents with corruption counters on them”
• “choose a number between 1 and 5. Flip that many coins.”
• “instead create one of each.”
Here are some type lines from the set:
• Artifact Creature – Assembly-Worker
• Creature – Dinosaur Illusion
• Creature – Dauthi Rogue
• Creature – Skeleton Shaman
• Creature – Elemental Incarnation
• Artifact Creature – Clue Myr
• Tribal Artifact – Lhurgoyf
• Legendary Creature – Merfolk God
• Legendary Creature – Snake Elf Scout
• Legendary Creature – Squirrel Warrior
Finally, here are some of the mechanics in the set. (I replaced all the letters with x’s.)
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I'm very excited for investigate return, was thinking we see it in Innistrad 3 (and we might) but other wise fingers crossed for a fun clue commander.
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Looking at Wizards's Banned and Restricted lists, the most likely candidate for "a legendary character best known for having his name on a powerful card (that’s been banned) finally gets a legendary creature" is, perhaps sadly, Tourach of Hymn to Tourach fame. Hymn to Tourach is banned from Pauper and is powerful enough to still see play in Legacy.
Alternately, Oko technically fits the above statement and has had a card of his banned in multiple formats...but Oko has no nostalgia trip value, so I'm cheering for Tourach.
Looking at Wizards's Banned and Restricted lists, the most likely candidate for "a legendary character best known for having his name on a powerful card (that’s been banned) finally gets a legendary creature" is, perhaps sadly, Tourach of Hymn to Tourach fame. Hymn to Tourach is banned from Pauper and is powerful enough to still see play in Legacy.
Alternately, Oko technically fits the above statement and has had a card of his banned in multiple formats...but Oko has no nostalgia trip value, so I'm cheering for Tourach.
Tocasia on Mishra's Factory also fits the bill.
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• a character that first appeared in a Magic novel finally becomes a legendary creature
Has to be Araithia "Rat" Shokta. Main character of a novel, doesn't get a card lol.
Looking at Wizards's Banned and Restricted lists, the most likely candidate for "a legendary character best known for having his name on a powerful card (that’s been banned) finally gets a legendary creature" is, perhaps sadly, Tourach of Hymn to Tourach fame. Hymn to Tourach is banned from Pauper and is powerful enough to still see play in Legacy.
Alternately, Oko technically fits the above statement and has had a card of his banned in multiple formats...but Oko has no nostalgia trip value, so I'm cheering for Tourach.
Seeing that Dakkon is in the set and guessing Korlash may be there as well.
Also happy to see "Trample over Planeswalkers" That has been needed for quite a while.
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Skeletons are supposedly taboo in Chinese culture. Why the change to introduce another skeleton?
Is that a change? It's not the most common creature type, but they've been making them pretty regularly for basically all of Magic's history. Some of the older ones had an alternate art for the Chinese language card, but I don't think they've done that in a while.
2. If i were to guess "Splice onto instant or sorcery" but could be a lot of things
3. hope its a legend but we know it's none of the known legendary ones
4. Well that's straight forward hopefully some have "fuse" (that's probably one of the Mechanic teasers since its 4 letters)
5. another future sight mechanic first time reuse so heres suspects
Absorb
Fateseal
Fortify
Frenzy
Grandeur (doubt)
Gravestorm (OH PLEASE BE THIS!)
Aura swap
Transfigure (another one i would love to see)
6. not sure who first appeared in the novel but someone please please please please tell me Gix appeared in the Novels before the cards!
7. No idea
8. the first guess that instantly appeared in my head is Ajani he's a lion and never had a Pre-spark legendary creature card. (for hope if Dragon counts and Ugin is a dragon)
9. Sweet Clue tokens are back
10. *facepalm* Mark! I told you before don't do ones we already know about that's automaticly confirms Dakkon Blackblade is the walker he became a planeswalker in the story and he's the box art character
1. we had Second now we enter third
2. Ohohohohohoh I really hope this is when the wait ends for a Ooze tribal legend
3. YES!!! ANOTHER PANHARMONICON EFFECT! hope it involves activated abilities
4. hmmm this one is pondering one what ability would want more +1/+1 on creatures?
Legendary Naya dinosaur that tutors for another dinosaur
there might be something too this rumor now maybe Dinosaur tribal really getting another boost in modern horizons 2
3. there's only 10 dauthi in existence so that means shadow is one of the mechanic teasers
4. Being skeleton shaman is interesting because going back to where the dinosaur one came from
Black skeleton that makes copies of creatures that regenerate or something like that
shaman could Copy creatures so might be something too this rumor
5. Oh booooy! the Big rumor mentions a cycle of Elementals with a Evoke cost maybe this is one of them!
6. A myr thats a clue one wonder if a investigate can make myr tokens?
7. YAY TRIBAL TYPE IS BACK! amd its on a Lhurgoyf you know what that means Ach! Hans, Run! It's Herd of Lhurgoyf's
8. Please make the Professor Cry tears of Joy and make this Legendary merfolk a tribal and bant legend and I know who that Merfolk god is it most likely "Ula" aka "Mangeni" https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Ula
9. Sultai snake tribal?
10. Maaaaark. you did it again That particual Squirrel is on the Set booster box art!
potential mechanics
i know 2 for sure
one (4x) is "fuse" since split cards are here and a (6x) Is "shadow" since there's a "dauthi" in the set and all of them have shadow
the clue is "name on a powerful card" not "name in the name of a powerful card"
Unless we have flavour text as iconic as Ghostfire's, Lhurgoyf's, or the Scars block printing of Mindslaver's, I don't think having your name in the flavour text of a card counts as having your name on a card. Flavour text is way too easily omitted and changed, especially in this era when spotlight printings often cannot fit flavour text in (e.g. the latest printing of Lotus Cobra).
the clue is "name on a powerful card" not "name in the name of a powerful card"
Unless we have flavour text as iconic as Ghostfire's, Lhurgoyf's, or the Scars block printing of Mindslaver's, I don't think having your name in the flavour text of a card counts as having your name on a card. Flavour text is way too easily omitted and changed, especially in this era when spotlight printings often cannot fit flavour text in (e.g. the latest printing of Lotus Cobra).
Unless it's no longer banned, it's probably either Tourach or in flavor text. I agree, it would have to be fairly iconic flavor text, though. I doubt it's Quoz
Edit: I suppose I haven't considered cards that are no longer banned either. Hmm
the clue is "name on a powerful card" not "name in the name of a powerful card"
Unless we have flavour text as iconic as Ghostfire's, Lhurgoyf's, or the Scars block printing of Mindslaver's, I don't think having your name in the flavour text of a card counts as having your name on a card. Flavour text is way too easily omitted and changed, especially in this era when spotlight printings often cannot fit flavour text in (e.g. the latest printing of Lotus Cobra).
Having a name in the flavor text is exactly the kind of oblique reference I would expect from these hints.
Ward, being evergreen, is bound to show up somewhere in MH2, maybe even as ward 4, but the 4 here is the number of letters in the ability's name (to prevent confusion with the number of Xs).
7. YAY TRIBAL SUPERTYPE IS BACK!
Yay indeed. Tribal's not a supertype though, but a type:
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ok i understand the first one better now the characters name is on a card that's banned in (a) format(s)
I'm gonna do a really gonna push it a little and potential loop hole
Could phyrexian form yawgmoth be eligible for the teaser? i'm asking because Yawgmoth's Will and Yawgmoth's Bargain are banned cards and both those cards are while hes phyrexian and not Pre-phyrexian.
Another Tricky loophole could be Dark Depths With "Marit Lage" on the cards ability text and a token potentially not a official card.
second does banned cards with that characters name in the ability/flavor text on banned cards count (thus Marit lage)?
Argh!!!! I'm looking forward to this set the most of anything released/that will be released this year!!! The suspense is killing me!! I'm counting down the days until the 24th.
I THINK MAY I JUST FIGURED OUT THE LEGENDARY CHARACTER NAME ON A BANNED CARD!
Ugin!
eye of ugin is banned card and they confirmed A Flip walker Ugin was intended for M19 they ran out of time and there’s no Pre-spark creature form of Ugin before he became a spirit dragon.
and....male the teaser is specific is on it’s a “his”
I'm very excited for investigate return, was thinking we see it in Innistrad 3 (and we might) but other wise fingers crossed for a fun clue commander.
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Woah, sounds interesting.
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Alternately, Oko technically fits the above statement and has had a card of his banned in multiple formats...but Oko has no nostalgia trip value, so I'm cheering for Tourach.
Tocasia on Mishra's Factory also fits the bill.
Has to be Araithia "Rat" Shokta. Main character of a novel, doesn't get a card lol.
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But Tocasia's name isn't in the name of Mishra's Factory.
Hoping for and guessing Grandeur
Seeing that Dakkon is in the set and guessing Korlash may be there as well.
Also happy to see "Trample over Planeswalkers" That has been needed for quite a while.
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Is that a change? It's not the most common creature type, but they've been making them pretty regularly for basically all of Magic's history. Some of the older ones had an alternate art for the Chinese language card, but I don't think they've done that in a while.
Good point. However, Tocasia is a woman.
1.not sure what he means by banned so im assuming a format here's the suspects probably from either modern or commander (legacy, vintage
Commander
https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=type:legendary banned:commander
Modern
https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=type:legendary banned:modern
2. If i were to guess "Splice onto instant or sorcery" but could be a lot of things
3. hope its a legend but we know it's none of the known legendary ones
4. Well that's straight forward hopefully some have "fuse" (that's probably one of the Mechanic teasers since its 4 letters)
5. another future sight mechanic first time reuse so heres suspects
Absorb
Fateseal
Fortify
Frenzy
Grandeur (doubt)
Gravestorm (OH PLEASE BE THIS!)
Aura swap
Transfigure (another one i would love to see)
6. not sure who first appeared in the novel but someone please please please please tell me Gix appeared in the Novels before the cards!
7. No idea
8. the first guess that instantly appeared in my head is Ajani he's a lion and never had a Pre-spark legendary creature card. (for hope if Dragon counts and Ugin is a dragon)
9. Sweet Clue tokens are back
10. *facepalm* Mark! I told you before don't do ones we already know about that's automaticly confirms Dakkon Blackblade is the walker he became a planeswalker in the story and he's the box art character
1. we had Second now we enter third
2. Ohohohohohoh I really hope this is when the wait ends for a Ooze tribal legend
3. YES!!! ANOTHER PANHARMONICON EFFECT! hope it involves activated abilities
4. hmmm this one is pondering one what ability would want more +1/+1 on creatures?
5. i wonder
https://www.reddit.com/r/MTGRumors/comments/mkdcpc/mh2_rumors/
Could it be this?
it's not exiling but maybe switched to sacrificing a basic land could be a evoke cost?
6. Oh thats interesting you don't even have to attack the player if they have a walker
7. Oh boy! could this be a clue for insect tribal is coming but here's something interesting
going to thee rumor again
the walker is claimed a insect outside the battlefield so maybe for insect theme decks?
8. hope its a phyrexian since Glistening Oil is known for Corruption
9. Okaun, Eye of Chaos and Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom will be very happy if Blue or Red
10. That smells like Stax for token makers
1. and the party Continues for Assembly Workers hooray!
2. *rubs mits* Please be a good card for Gishath, Sun's Avatar it would be nice to go more supo....HOLD ON A SECOND!
https://www.reddit.com/r/MTGRumors/comments/nbrq9p/modern_horizons_2_rumorleak/
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there might be something too this rumor now maybe Dinosaur tribal really getting another boost in modern horizons 2
3. there's only 10 dauthi in existence so that means shadow is one of the mechanic teasers
4. Being skeleton shaman is interesting because going back to where the dinosaur one came from
shaman could Copy creatures so might be something too this rumor
5. Oh booooy! the Big rumor mentions a cycle of Elementals with a Evoke cost maybe this is one of them!
6. A myr thats a clue one wonder if a investigate can make myr tokens?
7. YAY TRIBAL TYPE IS BACK! amd its on a Lhurgoyf you know what that means Ach! Hans, Run! It's Herd of Lhurgoyf's
8. Please make the Professor Cry tears of Joy and make this Legendary merfolk a tribal and bant legend and I know who that Merfolk god is it most likely "Ula" aka "Mangeni"
https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Ula
9. Sultai snake tribal?
10. Maaaaark. you did it again That particual Squirrel is on the Set booster box art!
potential mechanics
i know 2 for sure
one (4x) is "fuse" since split cards are here and a (6x) Is "shadow" since there's a "dauthi" in the set and all of them have shadow
Unless we have flavour text as iconic as Ghostfire's, Lhurgoyf's, or the Scars block printing of Mindslaver's, I don't think having your name in the flavour text of a card counts as having your name on a card. Flavour text is way too easily omitted and changed, especially in this era when spotlight printings often cannot fit flavour text in (e.g. the latest printing of Lotus Cobra).
Unless it's no longer banned, it's probably either Tourach or in flavor text. I agree, it would have to be fairly iconic flavor text, though. I doubt it's Quoz
Edit: I suppose I haven't considered cards that are no longer banned either. Hmm
Having a name in the flavor text is exactly the kind of oblique reference I would expect from these hints.
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Ward, being evergreen, is bound to show up somewhere in MH2, maybe even as ward 4, but the 4 here is the number of letters in the ability's name (to prevent confusion with the number of Xs).
Yay indeed. Tribal's not a supertype though, but a type:
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All must be one
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Afari is the only one that seems at all likely to me, but Tourach still seems more likely as he's quite a bit more famous.
I'm gonna do a really gonna push it a little and potential loop hole
Could phyrexian form yawgmoth be eligible for the teaser? i'm asking because Yawgmoth's Will and Yawgmoth's Bargain are banned cards and both those cards are while hes phyrexian and not Pre-phyrexian.
Another Tricky loophole could be Dark Depths With "Marit Lage" on the cards ability text and a token potentially not a official card.
second does banned cards with that characters name in the ability/flavor text on banned cards count (thus Marit lage)?
but going back to reality
Quoz from Amulet of Quoz
Tourach from Hymn to Tourach
But to go beyond wacky how bout the owner of sensei's divining top
Isn't that just sensei as in, a teacher, not a person named Sensei?
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I THINK MAY I JUST FIGURED OUT THE LEGENDARY CHARACTER NAME ON A BANNED CARD!
Ugin!
eye of ugin is banned card and they confirmed A Flip walker Ugin was intended for M19 they ran out of time and there’s no Pre-spark creature form of Ugin before he became a spirit dragon.
and....male the teaser is specific is on it’s a “his”
Well did a quick search, and aside of Tocasia and Tourach we could maybe guess:
Marit Lage this time as a legendary creature card instead of a Token. (think this is very likely)
Vy Covalt, Mirran resistance
Quoz (very unlikely but its wotc, also we never heard of a quoz that maybe isn't even a character)
Sarnvax, Gitaxian sective
Javad Nasrin, Ondu relic hunter (pauper) (also he appears in other cards as well https://scryfall.com/search?q=ft:"Javad Nasrin"&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name)
Future Sight Mechanic: C'mon Gravestorm! (I'd be down for Facepalm...I mean Fateseal).
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