Wow most of these cards seem super cute to me and I'm really glad for it, it's a breath of fresh air and I think a lot of artwork brings back a sense of whimsy that's been really missing for a long time! I love it too.
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Never thought I’d see artwork like this in a Standard set again, this is really nice and reminds me old school artwork.
Off topic but that typo made me actually lol
This is so interesting, thinking about it now I’ve never associated the wedges or shards with themes or qualities, just individual representative cards or decks I guess.
Bant is Noble Hierarch for me, and Abzan/Junk is Seige Rhino. Esper is Raffine, Jeskai is Narset, RUG/Temur I think of RUG Delver. Grixis is Mishra or Nicol Bolas.
Sultai I still always call BUG and will forever. I always think of Shardless BUG from Legacy a while ago, and I guess this one is the exception because I think of actual bugs too.
Ah yeah you’re right I missed that, that definitely is downside, pretty decent even
Is this just a straight up 2/2 for 1 with no downside (and potential upside even)? I know Isamaru being legendary is very little downside but I don’t think this has ever existed?
Holy cow actual nonbasic hate in standard? I love this. Price of Progress is a really strong effect and I’m curious if this makes it into other formats too.
Oh yeah, I’m just being a bit tongue in cheek. I also wish they aligned the art and type a bit better with power and toughness, but with power creep that ship is long gone. This one just seemed particularly hilarious.
Is this the first Standard legal card with Threshold since Judgment?
How does a mouse have a base 3/4 stat line!? Better than this massive rhino and almost all other “veterans.” Blocks profitably against this jacked centaur veteran!
These are so nice, reminds me of the seasonal Mishra’s Factory and Urza lands from Antiquities
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal - 3BB
Legendary Creature - Bat God (Mythic)
Flying, Lifelink
Whenever Aclazotz attacks, each opponent discards a card. For each opponent who can't, you draw a card.
Whenever an opponent discards a land card, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.
When Aclazotz dies, return it to the battlefield tapped and transformed under its owner's control.
4/4
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Temple of the Dead
Land
{T}: add {B}
{2}{B}, {T}: Transform Temple of the Dead. Activate only if a player has one or fewer cards in hand and only as a sorcery.
I wanted to hit a planeswalker and the creature it created, but this notably hits Fable of the Mirror Breaker, Wedding Announcement, Gruff Triplets, and some other non-walkers.
I'm pretty sure this works under the existing rules and you can "remember" a token's creator, but not 100%.
Love that imagery. It’s any tokens too, so two… foods or treasures driving a car somehow.