MTG Salvation

Quote from Wildfire393

I'd say Haste is the most likely for red. Yeah, they've already got the Hammer, but white took First Strike and Double Strike just seems too close to that.

I definitely agree with this.

They might even choose the cost really aggressively, something like a 2/2 for RR.

Quote from Sniffnoy

Exact wording of Colossus of Akros.

As long as Colossus of Akros is monstrous, it has trample and if any enchantment creature you control would assemble two contraptions, it assembles three contraptions and an engine instead. (It doesn't lose defender.)

Quote from Benjammn

Really? Someone may have violated an NDA/TOS to get this out and you publicly thank them? I know you are joking a little bit....but you might not want to do that in the future.

You don't sign an NDA to get a Magic Online Beta account (source: I have one). Wizards very well knew what was going to happen, and did this because they wanted people to talk about the cards over the weekend.

This is a part of WOTC's strategy, I don't think we need to blame anybody here. This is not the godbook for gods' sake.

EDIT: Sorry for the confusion. There is an NDA, however the most they can do is revoke your beta privileges. There are thousands of beta testers. When they put Theros up there for the weekend, they knew for sure that one person was going to leak the whole set. This is their marketing strategy, not anything else.

Quote from Kreamek0rn

Patrician's Scorn?

There aren't any patricians in Theros.

I also doubt they would give white a reset button.

Quote from majikian

Putrid Cyclops is thematically and mechanically possible too, no? Likewise Riddle of Lightning. I think they currently fit the number crunch too.

Quote from Silentwalker

there is also Daybreak Coronet

Thanks added these three cards to the list.
Personally, I don't think they would print Putrid Cyclops, since they stopped adding such downsides on common creatures. Daybreak Coronet might be overpowered in limited, but Riddle of Lightning is still possible.

On the other hand, they might just not want to do the whole cycle. Which leaves us with Foresee and Nessian Courser.

As we all know, Mark Rosewater said that there was going to be a future sight card (not necessarily "future sighted") in Theros.

Since we now know the duals, this leaves three six possible cards:
Daybreak Coronet
Judge Unworthy
Foresee
Putrid Cyclops
Riddle of Lightning
Nessian Courser

All of these fit the Theros theme, and the number crunch. We also have Nessian Asp in Theros, which makes Nessian Courser very likely.

Guesses, speculations?

edit: Added Putrid Cyclops, Riddle of Lightning and Daybreak Coronet. Thanks majikian and Silentwalker.

How about:

Sinkhole Geist 3BB
Creature - Something
Flying
When ~ enters the battlefield, destroy target land.
Havoc BB (You may cast this spell from your graveyard for its havoc cost. If you do, it's exiled when it enters the battlefield.)
3/3

Cavalrymen of Sunhome 1RW
Creature - Human Soldier (R)
Battalion - Whenever ~ and at least two other creatures attack, attacking creatures you control get +2/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn.
2/2

Barrin, Sorcerer of Urborg 2UU
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard Spellshaper
U,T, Discard a card: Return target creature to its owner's hand.
1UU,T, Discard a card: Counter target spell.
4UU,T, Discard a card: Return all creatures to their owners' hands.
2/2


Next: Ghitu Slinger in Innistrad/Dark Ascension

Gatekeeper of Asgaard 7
Artifact Creature - Golem (R)
Defender, First Strike
Must block if able
Whenever there are one or more creatures attacking you or a planeswalker you control, put X tokens that are copies of ~ into the battlefield, where X is the number of those attacking creatures minus the number of untapped creatures you control. Exile those tokens at end of turn. (If X is less than 0, do not put any tokens into the battlefield.)
7/7

Reiterating a few things:
- The landfall ability should say "until end of turn", and "you may". Otherwise, you can have a 0/0 creature in your graveyard and your land dies right away.
- A dual land with an extra abillity? I think that's too much, it should probably give black or colorless mana.

Also:
- Should the landfall ability say "whenever an another land ..."? With the current text, the land can turn into a creature the turn it comes into play.
- I really think that this card is a way too complicated. It will lead into very very complicated game states since you can change it into any creature in your graveyard. But that's my personal opinion. If it was up to me, I would make the card

Boneyard Swamp
Land
Comes into play tapped.
T: Add B to your mana pool.
Landfall - Whenever an another land enters the battlefield under your control, you may have Boneyard Swamp become an X/X black Horror creature until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

Yes this could be awesome with Dredge, but so is the current card.

Airtrapper 1GW
Creature - Human Soldier (U)
Vigilance
T: Tap target creature with flying.
2/2

Herald of Lightning R
Creature - Human Shaman (U)
3R, Sacrifice Herald of Lightning: Put a 4/1 red Lightning Elemental token with haste onto the battlefield.
1/1

Next:
Heart of Sanctity
Niv's Eminence
Springs of Agony

Wow, I just looked at a few cards and they seem really really good.
One comment: I think the cost for the eye should be 6.
Edit: Pearlreef mystic should be an uncommon.

I like the flavor and the mechanic. The sad thing is that the designers don't like making cards like that (with an obvious downside). It only complicates the gamestate and doesn't really help the player enjoy the game.
Something you could do is a sort of Rhystic ability: You place +1/+1 counters unless somebody pays 2 or whatever.