There are a lot of test cards that have to do with the sideboard/cards outside of game. 123456. If you've ever played the digital card game Eternal, it's heavily influenced by MTG, the sideboard is called the market and there are a lot of cards to access your market. The market is probably the best part of Eternal; it makes decks a lot more consistent and it makes a lot more decks competitive. It also just opens up a ton of design space and I bet companions are only the first step in including the sideboard a lot more in constructed Magic.
Spark seems fun, just needs more flavor. I think modified is definitely simics next keyword. And I know its not a test card, but last strike is happening as soon as they have a set with the right flavor.
If we're talking about Zendikar III, I'd think there would be a mechanic that cares about when your opponent plays a land. The only card I can think of that has a template like that would be Dirtcowl Wurm. I'm not sure if there is something remotely close to that in the Mystery Booster Playtest Cards.
One test card that caught my attention was the Nautilids which, I don't think, is a creature type. Yet.
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If we're talking about Zendikar III, I'd think there would be a mechanic that cares about when your opponent plays a land. The only card I can think of that has a template like that would be Dirtcowl Wurm. I'm not sure if there is something remotely close to that in the Mystery Booster Playtest Cards.
One test card that caught my attention was the Nautilids which, I don't think, is a creature type. Yet.
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Polluted Bonds, Shattered Angel, and Sire of Stagnation say hello as far as enemy landfall triggers are concerned. Don’t think that anything like this would be keyworded, though, as mechanics that encourage bad play for new players (don’t play land) are on shaky ground.
@Colossal Dreadmaw: didn’t even catch the phyrexian subtype. That is something I’ll be looking for.
You're in Command - I could totally see cards that replace your commander, be it a card that can't start in your deck and another card goes and gets and makes your commander (which would require partners with type booster collation) or just legends that when you play them they become your commander (or for rules reasons non-legends that become legendary and your commander when you play them)… we do have Commander Legends coming up...
Time Sidewalk/Bone Rattler/Gunk Slug - They have wanted to shuffle token cards into your library before... I think they will eventually get there... but there are a lot of problems so I expect this to stay Silver Bordered for now.
Visitor from Planet Q - I could see them making Instant a super type and replacing Flash with it... Maro has talked about it for a while.
Seasoned Weaponsmith - Attacking creatures directly is likely to happen at some point, but I would expect the reverse of this... something like "Skirmish (This creature can attack tapped creatures)".
Throat wolf/Bear with set's mechanic - I could see a keyword that lets creatures attack during a second combat each turn... only one second combat for all the creatures with that keyword...
Trascantation/Domesticatede Mammoth/Growth Charm/Waste Land - They could let cards reference other cards by name and make token copies or make other things copies of those referenced cards even if those cards aren't in the current game (or even legal for the format). They chose not to do this with the token spellshapers, but as smart phones become more a part of everything... this becomes more and more likely.
Pick your poison - I could see Modal spells that weigh things differently, but my guess is no more than 2 weights and even then its a fairly big ask.
Barry's Land - I would expect this to not be a basic land and to have the ability "Cloud is a basic land type." so it is only true if it is on the battlefield and you can't use other cards to turn things into clouds (unless this is on the battlefield), but yes, I think this is likely at some point.
(U/B) is :symbu: or :symub: and the same is true for the other 9 hybrid symbols with their two colors in for the last 2 leters of the code. ((2/B) and co are :sym2b:)
Alternatively {UB} or {2B} in [mana] tags are (U/B) or (2/B) T is :symtap: and T will give T in [mana] tags
last strike is happening as soon as they have a set with the right flavor.
I think last strike will happen sooner or later, but I think it might require a shift in Rules Manager or a fair amount of time. Maro has tried to do it and only put it into Silver Bordered because he 'gave up the fight'. But I agree it would be nice to see extra beefy green and black creatures with last strike, black spells that grant last strike to opponent's creatures, and white creatures with triple strike of some kind (or even a regular and last strike double strike variant)
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(U/B) is :symbu: or :symub: and the same is true for the other 9 hybrid symbols with their two colors in for the last 2 leters of the code. ((2/B) and co are :sym2b:)
Alternatively {UB} or {2B} in [mana] tags are (U/B) or (2/B) T is :symtap: and T will give T in [mana] tags
Ral's Vanguard = Companion mechanic
Ruff, Underdog Champ = hound errata’d to dog
Enchantmentize = One With the Stars
Recycla-bird = Keyword counters
Truth or Dare = Mill getting keyworded
What else might become a reality in the future?
Also, this: Waste Land and maybe a cycle of new land creatures or a new cycle of duals using one of these abilities. Here's another land mechanic: Plane-Merge Elf.
There are a lot of test cards that have to do with the sideboard/cards outside of game. 1 2 3 4 5 6. If you've ever played the digital card game Eternal, it's heavily influenced by MTG, the sideboard is called the market and there are a lot of cards to access your market. The market is probably the best part of Eternal; it makes decks a lot more consistent and it makes a lot more decks competitive. It also just opens up a ton of design space and I bet companions are only the first step in including the sideboard a lot more in constructed Magic.
Spark seems fun, just needs more flavor. I think modified is definitely simics next keyword. And I know its not a test card, but last strike is happening as soon as they have a set with the right flavor.
One test card that caught my attention was the Nautilids which, I don't think, is a creature type. Yet.
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Polluted Bonds, Shattered Angel, and Sire of Stagnation say hello as far as enemy landfall triggers are concerned. Don’t think that anything like this would be keyworded, though, as mechanics that encourage bad play for new players (don’t play land) are on shaky ground.
@Colossal Dreadmaw: didn’t even catch the phyrexian subtype. That is something I’ll be looking for.
Time Sidewalk/Bone Rattler/Gunk Slug - They have wanted to shuffle token cards into your library before... I think they will eventually get there... but there are a lot of problems so I expect this to stay Silver Bordered for now.
Visitor from Planet Q - I could see them making Instant a super type and replacing Flash with it... Maro has talked about it for a while.
Seasoned Weaponsmith - Attacking creatures directly is likely to happen at some point, but I would expect the reverse of this... something like "Skirmish (This creature can attack tapped creatures)".
Throat wolf/Bear with set's mechanic - I could see a keyword that lets creatures attack during a second combat each turn... only one second combat for all the creatures with that keyword...
Trascantation/Domesticatede Mammoth/Growth Charm/Waste Land - They could let cards reference other cards by name and make token copies or make other things copies of those referenced cards even if those cards aren't in the current game (or even legal for the format). They chose not to do this with the token spellshapers, but as smart phones become more a part of everything... this becomes more and more likely.
Pick your poison - I could see Modal spells that weigh things differently, but my guess is no more than 2 weights and even then its a fairly big ask.
Barry's Land - I would expect this to not be a basic land and to have the ability "Cloud is a basic land type." so it is only true if it is on the battlefield and you can't use other cards to turn things into clouds (unless this is on the battlefield), but yes, I think this is likely at some point.
Alternatively {UB} or {2B} in [mana] tags are (U/B) or (2/B)
T is :symtap: and T will give T in [mana] tags
Alternatively {UB} or {2B} in [mana] tags are (U/B) or (2/B)
T is :symtap: and T will give T in [mana] tags
if the leak of kaldheim is correct
https://scryfall.com/card/cmb1/85/vazal-the-compleat
vazal, the compleat is next with the creature typing
vazal, the compleat is the next one confirmed with phyrexian typing
I wonder if anything from the test cards could see in strixhaven
What I can only think of is
priority avenger
Underdark Beholder (maybe D&D]
Animate spell
Edit: ofcoarse since kasmina is likely to appear in strixhaven and her goals we could see something like
Blood poet
And personal decoy (the duck)