Before previews for Zendikar Rising 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 white creature that can make an opponent lose the game simply by attacking them no matter how much life they have
This could be as simple as Proliferate on attack (even without infect in the set that would permit in magic...)
Something that lets you swap life totals with the player it attacks (or forces such a swap) would be more interesting.
Edit: Angel of Destiny though it has to survive combat... so its a bit of a cheat.
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• A multicolor creature that lets you repeatedly reanimate permanents out of your opponent’s graveyard for no mana
Nothing too special here to speculate on, but interesting, most of these type of cards animate from your own graveyard only.
Edit: Zareth San, the Trickster
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• Three creatures with five creature types
fitting 5 types on a type line is rough... Ally is almost certainly one (it is short, and it often appears with many other types, and is a Zendikar creature type) I look forward to the Elder Kor Ninja Wall Ally (of doom).
• Lands that come with a choice you’ve never had before
There is a rumor that we get transform lands that you can pick which side they enter on...
Edit: Riverglide Pathway and we did... this could also be Emeria, Shattered Skyclave, we haven't ever had the choice of paying 3 life...
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• Targeted enchantment removal in black
its going to offer an out... "Target opponent sacrifices target enchantment they control unless they discard a card"
I like black getting enchantment removal...
Edit: Feed the Swarm actual hard targeted enchantment removal in black... well done.
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• A red/white creature with a line of rules text that starts with “Whenever” and ends with “draw a card”
for maximum cheekiness "Whenever ~ attacks, defending player may draw a card." on a 1RW cost 6/6
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• A card with three different activated abilities that all copy something
a step up from Mirrorpool? cool.
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Here are snippets of rules text, you’ll see:
• “three plus”
could be an attack trigger on a white creature that looks like second sunrise... thus fulfilling the first clue... really not enough here to speculate.
Leaving this next section here to be complete, but nothing really to say about any of them... nice to have some but nothing crazy.
Edit: Omnath, Locus of Creation
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And finally, here are some creature type lines you’ll see:
(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
And as for the mono bird cards my tin foil hat is it’s a trick question and it’s used for a cycle of 4 color legendaries
Yeah, if it's not Omnath's cost (4 color non-black) then there is likely a 4 color legend cycle (which includes Omnath) where the non-green member is an artifact with (2/W)(2/U)(2/B)(2/R) for a cost.
Uses on different cards would demand a cycle of 5, for only 4 to appear it must be on a single card (okay it is remotely possible that there are 4 green cards each with a different twobrid cost on them and green gets left out (I say green because Zendikar is more green then any other color, on Mirrodin I would say blue, on innistrad black, etc).
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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
This could be as simple as Proliferate on attack (even without infect in the set that would permit in magic...)
Something that lets you swap life totals with the player it attacks (or forces such a swap) would be more interesting.
Edit: Angel of Destiny though it has to survive combat... so its a bit of a cheat.
Nothing too special here to speculate on, but interesting, most of these type of cards animate from your own graveyard only.
Edit: Zareth San, the Trickster
fitting 5 types on a type line is rough... Ally is almost certainly one (it is short, and it often appears with many other types, and is a Zendikar creature type) I look forward to the Elder Kor Ninja Wall Ally (of doom).
Edit: Tajuru paragon we can expect 3 Paragons
Artifact Tempered Steel? Common Cause? Elementals? Could be cheeky and give all humans +2/+2...
My guess is Tokens.
Not a lot to speculate on here
Edit: Cascade Seer Scry X, X is your party
I hope these are more Abyssal Persecutor and less Myr Superion... maybe thats just me.
Edit: Sea Gate Colossus is the 3 cost 7/5
The question here is which color gets left out? My guess is this is Omnath and black gets left out. But I could see it be the cost of an artifact and green gets left out.
https://scryfall.com/search?q=mana:{2/w} or mana:{2/u} or mana:{2/b} or mana:{2/r} or mana:{2/g}&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name
Edit: Tazri, Beacon of Unity
There is a rumor that we get transform lands that you can pick which side they enter on...
Edit: Riverglide Pathway and we did... this could also be Emeria, Shattered Skyclave, we haven't ever had the choice of paying 3 life...
its going to offer an out... "Target opponent sacrifices target enchantment they control unless they discard a card"
I like black getting enchantment removal...
Edit: Feed the Swarm actual hard targeted enchantment removal in black... well done.
for maximum cheekiness "Whenever ~ attacks, defending player may draw a card." on a 1RW cost 6/6
a step up from Mirrorpool? cool.
my guess is a Kindle type card (aka Accumulated Knowledge Goblin Gathering)
My guess is something of a cross between Genesis Wave and Seasons Past
"Whenever this attacks set the defending player's life total X where X is equal to 20 minus their current life total."
Would be the white creature that can kill by attacking, and the X for something new...
My guess is more Pyrophobia and less Boldwyr Intimidator
Braid of Fire with Mana Burn stapled on at the end of the turn?
Turn to Slag but with that instead of the 5...
Edit: Nahiri, Heir of the Ancients
could be an attack trigger on a white creature that looks like second sunrise... thus fulfilling the first clue... really not enough here to speculate.
Leaving this next section here to be complete, but nothing really to say about any of them... nice to have some but nothing crazy.
Edit: Omnath, Locus of Creation
Alternatively {UB} or {2B} in [mana] tags are (U/B) or (2/B)
T is :symtap: and T will give T in [mana] tags
And as for the mono bird cards my tin foil hat is it’s a trick question and it’s used for a cycle of 4 color legendaries
Uses on different cards would demand a cycle of 5, for only 4 to appear it must be on a single card (okay it is remotely possible that there are 4 green cards each with a different twobrid cost on them and green gets left out (I say green because Zendikar is more green then any other color, on Mirrodin I would say blue, on innistrad black, etc).
Alternatively {UB} or {2B} in [mana] tags are (U/B) or (2/B)
T is :symtap: and T will give T in [mana] tags
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