Opus doesn't seem particularly strong, but man is it flavorful and perfectly on point with what Prismari wants to do lore-wise.
The Emeritus seems just about as fair as anything with "Ancestral Recall" printed on it could be expected to be. It's either a 6cmc 5/5 flyer with ward that draws 3 on etb, or a 5cmc 5/5 flyer with ward that draws you 3 on a later turn (yes, the draw is potentially repeatable, but given the hoops that it takes to jump through to do so, that's like looking at the Ult ability on a PW - cool if you can do it, but nine times out of ten it's not happening).
now seeing how prepared works obviously how its gonna work is the creature has to be prepared to cast the spell stapled on to it and it because unprepared once you do, and theres ways to reload it
but tricks right away expert players immediately notice it gets prepared when it enters, so that means....flicker decks will add it and oh yea Displacer kitten can reload it by casting the the spell the creature has (in other words rookie mistake should have included "if you casted it" so you couldn't abuse with flicker)
oh and with this now i'm kind of expecting that there could be prepared creatures with time walk and Time twister (and im quite sure
and i can can foresee huge potential here for a mechanic like this as deciduous this takes the magus version of cards concept to the next level creatures that can actual cast the spells, also reminder likely not here but in future sets we could see this done with permanent spells. since copying permanents spells was introduced in zendikar rising, plus Garth One-Eye, and MH3 and bloomburrow introducing tokens with mana values included with actual card names
Once during each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand without paying its mana cost.
5/7
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Mana Sculpt1UU
Instant
Counter target spell. If you control a Wizard, add an amount of C equal to the amount of mana spent to cast that spell at the beginning of your next main phase.
Opus doesn't seem particularly strong, but man is it flavorful and perfectly on point with what Prismari wants to do lore-wise.
The Emeritus seems just about as fair as anything with "Ancestral Recall" printed on it could be expected to be. It's either a 6cmc 5/5 flyer with ward that draws 3 on etb, or a 5cmc 5/5 flyer with ward that draws you 3 on a later turn (yes, the draw is potentially repeatable, but given the hoops that it takes to jump through to do so, that's like looking at the Ult ability on a PW - cool if you can do it, but nine times out of ten it's not happening).
The only hoop you have to jump through to re-prepare the Emeritus the fair way is to attack with just above Threshold with a creature with Ward 2 mana, because darn, does that re-prepare trigger make Ancestral Recall look like Treasure Cruise, a card itself banned in Legacy and Modern.
My guess is that only a single cycle of mythics will enter prepared, the rest will require you to take action somehow. My other guess is that most if not all cards with this ability can prepare themselves - either by paying mana and tapping or by some other event occurring. Maybe we get one flashy rare/mythic with a really powerful spell but no built-in way to prepare itself.
we dont know how the card works completely but seems to let you cast a power nine card
The Emeritus seems just about as fair as anything with "Ancestral Recall" printed on it could be expected to be. It's either a 6cmc 5/5 flyer with ward that draws 3 on etb, or a 5cmc 5/5 flyer with ward that draws you 3 on a later turn (yes, the draw is potentially repeatable, but given the hoops that it takes to jump through to do so, that's like looking at the Ult ability on a PW - cool if you can do it, but nine times out of ten it's not happening).
but tricks right away expert players immediately notice it gets prepared when it enters, so that means....flicker decks will add it and oh yea Displacer kitten can reload it by casting the the spell the creature has (in other words rookie mistake should have included "if you casted it" so you couldn't abuse with flicker)
oh and with this now i'm kind of expecting that there could be prepared creatures with time walk and Time twister (and im quite sure
and i can can foresee huge potential here for a mechanic like this as deciduous this takes the magus version of cards concept to the next level creatures that can actual cast the spells, also reminder likely not here but in future sets we could see this done with permanent spells. since copying permanents spells was introduced in zendikar rising, plus Garth One-Eye, and MH3 and bloomburrow introducing tokens with mana values included with actual card names
https://imgur.com/a/IvVaBfv
Zaffai and the Tempests 5UR
Legendary Creature - Human Bard Performer
Once during each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand without paying its mana cost.
5/7
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Mana Sculpt 1UU
Instant
Counter target spell. If you control a Wizard, add an amount of C equal to the amount of mana spent to cast that spell at the beginning of your next main phase.
The only hoop you have to jump through to re-prepare the Emeritus the fair way is to attack with just above Threshold with a creature with Ward 2 mana, because darn, does that re-prepare trigger make Ancestral Recall look like Treasure Cruise, a card itself banned in Legacy and Modern.
so this is the blue one
herse a culprit list for the other 4
( it could be the "boons" Healing salve Dark ritual lightning bolt and Giant Growth)
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I'm betting Swords to Plowshares, Ancestral Recall, Demonic Tutor, Wheel of Fortune, Regrowth. Could also see Lightning Bolt for red.
Heh, nailed it.