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The difference has to be Hasbro/distributor launch vs. general public launch. But fantastic to hear we're not going to have to wait too long; this is the set I'm most looking forward to.

@Velrun Isn't Unfinity releasing in September? Or has it been pushed back again?

Reading left to right, top to bottom, we have: Mulldrifter Eternal Witness Azorius Chancery Selesnya Sanctuary Boros Garrison Flickerwisp Gruul Turf Blood Artist Simic Growth Chamber Wall of Omens Bloodbraid Elf Which I thought was funny because I would be hard-pressed to come up with a list...

I know that MPC exists, but a) it's great to see the bounce lands getting recognized b) why didn't they just tell us that 2XM2 was going to be Cube Masters? and c) hopefully these will be as cheap as the uncommon gilded foils were for the first couple of weeks of SNC.

Even better, games are capped at 20 turns if you don't include lifegain. Which you probably should, but hey, anything to disincentivize super long games.

Wraths are supposed to enable comebacks, sure, but being able to Plague Wind for 7 while adding a chonky angel is a little bit more dramatic than resetting the board to zero.

I have not, but I'm hoping to! I'll ping you if/when that comes together.

Mmm, I love/hate the idea of chaining sacrifices together by making yet more artifacts. Maybe have it make shards to avoid that problem? The flavor would be weird, but at least these tokens wouldn't be a one-off anymore. :snappy:

I was just about to post that! But, uh, it's a 2-MV rock in the right deck that then draws you a cantrip and a game-ending effect. I think it's good enough. Also, it does a great job facilitating the "artifact + enchantment" stuff we've been getting recently.

It was good in M20, but it's slow even by that format's standards. I like how it makes it possible to encourage reanimation decks to play a grindier game than usual, but that's a tradeoff you're making if you run this. As Modin and Blacksmithy say, it can be a pretty powerful package.

Include: Sailors' Bane Patron of the Arts Gut, True Soul Zealot Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter Rescuer Chwinga Greatsword of Tyr It's rough adding two red 3s, as that's one of my tightest slots, but these are both great. Gut makes aristocrats work on his own and Patron is ETB/death triggers aplenty...

The Swashbuckler is definitely disappointing, no two ways about it, but I don't see a good way to fix it while keeping the simplicity, low spot on the mana curve, and utility without additional board presence. If it were a 1/1 for 2 that refunded you a mana when you cast it, it would be outright...

@Velrun I'm comparing the existing card with a hypothetical version of the car that is 4/4 for 6 mana with all of the other text identical to what is printed and arguing that, all else being equal, transforming that card into a 7-mana 5/6 is a net nerf. I didn't spell out the implication there...

5 power + 6 toughness = 11 stats 4 power + 4 toughness = 8 stats 11 stats / 7 mana > 8 stats / 6 mana The above isn't a perfect formula, but Blue is supposed to make crappier bodies for the cost than any other color, and it seems funny that now you get more stats per magic dollar when you're Blue.

A) this makes the green dragon look silly. B) why did they break the cycle of the dragons being 4/4 for 6 with the blue one being the most efficient?? Yeah, it's a nerf to help it not completely bully the green dragon out of his lunch money, but it's weird that the color with the least-efficient...

The red out actually looks better than the white one, tbh. 4/4 flying haste is arguably an even better stat line than it was in 1999, and 4 damage split any which way is no joke. It's overcosted, but I think it's the best out of the three we've seen.

Speaking of Tyr . . . This is good enough for my cube even if it doesn't create a body like Barbed Spike or Ancestral Blade, I think. It's mediocre on defense, but the ability to nullify a blocker makes it really hard to race, so it'll be great at breaking stalls, which equipment tends to...

The only thing I can think of when I see this card:

To round things out, Touch the Spirit Realm is my favorite by far. By dint of being a removal spell it requires the player to make far more choices than they would if they had Adeline, which is pretty one-note. I don't like tutors in general because I don't like how they slow down the game, but...