During today’s WeeklyMTG Stream, Wizards of the Coast gave the fans a little sneak peak at some upcoming Magic products and cards! They announced this a couple days ago, but we weren’t entirely sure about what we were going to see. We will primarily talk about the products and show off some of the cards that they revealed on stream!
Warhammer 40K
First off, we’ll talk Warhammer 40,000. This is a major crossover for Magic. As was stated beforehand, this product will come in the form of 4 Commander decks. Now WotC is doing something a bit different this time around with these. Rather than just 4 normal commander decks, we’re getting the option of 8! Each of these decks will come in a normal version, and a Collector’s Edition version. That version will be entirely foiled out, and will feature a new foiling process called “Surge Foil”.
While that’s pretty cool, what’s cooler is the cards that were previewed for these decks, so let’s look at them.
So first up, we have Abaddon the Despoiler. This warrior is a cascade commander, and in a similar vein to Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, they will be utilizing Keywords to denote abilities.
Next up we have Blood for the Blood God! This is a super expensive instant, but gets cheaper for each creature that has died. This pairs well with the colors that this deck is in. If you can cast it, you discard your hand, Draw 8 new cards, and then deal 8 to each opponent.
The next card that we have is Vanguard Suppressor. This is featuring a new mechanic, “Squad”. This is effectively Multikicker, but then you create tokens equal to the number of times you paid the Squad cost.
The last card that was shown for this set is
Fabricate
Fabricate
Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
. This is a promo for the product and won’t come in the commander decks themselves. This can only be obtained by heading to your Local Game Store on launch day.
Love Your LGS
Speaking of your local game store, the “Love your LGS” campaigns are back! Starting July 1st, WPN stores will have a special promo for you if you spend $50 or more on Magic products.
The promo is a retro frame
Sol Ring
Sol Ring
{T}: Add {C}{C}.
but with the modern day art. To go along with this, also starting in July 2022, Store Championships are returning! Here are the promos for those events
Just for showing up, you’ll get the promo
Flame Slash
Flame Slash
Flame Slash deals 4 damage to target creature.
. If you make the top 8, you’ll get this stellar
Archmage’s Charm
Archmage’s Charm
Choose one —
• Counter target spell.
• Target player draws two cards.
• Gain control of target nonland permanent with mana value 1 or less.
, and if you win, you get the grand daddy of them all. Finally, Wizards brought back the Textless treatment for
Dark Confidant
Dark Confidant
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.
. These are all super sweet, so head out to your LGS to try your hand at winning these awesome cards.
Double Masters 2022
Now, let’s look at Double Masters 2022. If you’re familiar with the previous Double Masters set, then this one will look familiar. It has the same pack content, with double the rares / mythics, but with new cards. We were given a look at some of the cards that are going to be in the set, and they’re pretty sweet!
The 3 cards that were shown off are
Liliana, the Last Hope
Liliana, the Last Hope
+1: Up to one target creature gets -2/-1 until your next turn.
−2: Mill two cards, then you may return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
−7: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your end step, create X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens, where X is two plus the number of Zombies you control."
with some gorgeous new art,
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
When you cast this spell, draw four cards.
Annihilator 4 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices four permanents of their choice.)
When Kozilek is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles their graveyard into their library.
, and a much needed reprint of
Wrenn and Six
Wrenn and Six
+1: Return up to one target land card from your graveyard to your hand.
−1: Wrenn and Six deals 1 damage to any target.
−7: You get an emblem with "Instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard have retrace." (You may cast instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying their other costs.)
. Each of these has a normal, borderless, and a foil etched version of the card.
We were also shown some promos that will be coming if you participate in a Double Masters 2022 Preview Event!
The two promos that we have here are
Weathered Wayfarer
Weathered Wayfarer
{W}, {T}: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if an opponent controls more lands than you.
and
Bring to Light
Bring to Light
Converge — Search your library for a creature, instant, or sorcery card with mana value less than or equal to the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell, exile that card, then shuffle. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost.
both with some beautiful art as well.
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Dominaria United
The last thing of note in the stream is there was some talk about Dominaria United. It’s a bit early for WotC to show off any cards, but we do have a new piece of art to show. One thing that is cool here is that this set is part 1 of a multi-set story, so we’ll see the story here develop more in the future.
My guess is that this is not the Karn planeswalker artwork, but some other spell, but good to see the big guy nonetheless. Also starting with Dominaria United, Jumpstart boosters will be coming with each premier set. Jumpstart boosters each have a random theme assigned to them, and they’re meant to be a limited experience. Very cool to see this popular product making a more regular appearance.
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Beyond
That’s all the products that we’ve seen today, but Wizards did give us a little look into the future with the remainder of 2022 – 2023 release calendar.
While we don’t have set names yet, we see the code names for each of the sets coming up. We will have to wait until August 18th for the reveal of this timeline at a new event called Wizards Presents. For more information about all that was covered in today’s stream, check out the DailyMTG Article here.
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