General (SNC) Streets of New Capenna Previews

[TrainmasterGT]

Last charm! This one is good as well, featuring Card Draw and Removal.

I think the Charms as compared to other Cubeworthy 3c cards I've played a lot go like:

Riviteers Charm>Siege Rhino>Brokers Charm>Obscura Charm>Mantis Rider>Maestro's Cham>Sidisi, Brood Tyrant>>>>Cabaretti Charm.

Obviously, the exact power level of these cards varies by format, this is just how I think they stack up in general in my experience.

 

[Jason Waddell]

I love multicolor charms.

 

[landofMordor]

hey parker

hi jason

 

[TrainmasterGT]

I'm a bit disappointed by the card but I love the art!

 

[TrainmasterGT]

hey parker

hi jason

jason, parker:

Creaturefall! Mini Tarmogoyf? Please and thank you. Not sure my specific Cube needs this card, but I like the design.

 

[TrainmasterGT]

The child of Kroxa and Jace, Mirror Mage. Is this card good? I want it to be. Definitely a decent reason to be Rakdos.

 

[MilesOfficial]

I'm a bit disappointed by the card but I love the art!

it's the curse of a magic player that the cards that have 3 differentiate 10/10 pieces of art aren't interesting enough to want to cube with

 

[TrainmasterGT]

Oh hey they gave Viv a good card in this set! Not that her previous iterations were bad, this one just seems cool.

 

[LadyMapi]

Podwalker Vivien? Interesting.

Gala Greeters looks like a card I need to make room for in the Capitalism Cube. Hot damn.

 

[sigh]

WTF is a "shield counter"?

 

[TrainmasterGT]

WTF is a "shield counter"?

Basically a single-use indestructible counter.

 

[TrainmasterGT]

Oh this card is probably also good or something...

Oh how far we've come...
(Also seriously how is Seacoast Drake better than Young Pyromancer??)

 

[Zoss]

Elspeth is ramp in white!!



She has the potential to be okay, depending on how good a shield counter winds up being. I suspect a return of Proliferate in the near future.

 

[inscho]

Oh this card is probably also good or something...

Oh how far we've come...
(Also seriously how is Seacoast Drake better than Young Pyromancer??)

Sheesh! whenever a* player? That’s wild

Important to note that it’s a mandatory effect

 

[LadyMapi]

Given that we've seen a few Treasure-producing cards (well, one treasure-maker and one actual Treasure) in Green, I hope we get a few Treasure cards in non-Rakdos colors.

 

[LadyMapi]

Look at this absolute lad. for what is effectively Heat Shimmer + end-step Thrill of Possibility seems pretty solid.

 

[blacksmithy]

so far the chain lightning and the double spell birb are on my list but the rest is lookin pretty standard playable i guess

 

[Chris Taylor]

I'm the kind of person that will try and probably enjoy Urabrask

Also:

I'm Batman

 

[Jason Waddell]

The child of Kroxa and Jace, Mirror Mage. Is this card good? I want it to be. Definitely a decent reason to be Rakdos.

I don't even watch Marvel, but this is Thanos no?

 

[Chris Taylor]

I guess he's purple, but like
-Wings
-No Chin
-Three Piece Suit (?)

 

[LadyMapi]

I'm the kind of person that will try and probably enjoy Urabrask

Urabrask feels like the kind of card that's actually better than it looks.

 

[Rusje]

Look at this absolute lad. for what is effectively Heat Shimmer + end-step Thrill of Possibility seems pretty solid.

Am I the only one which is irked by the abuse of keywords? This set has so many keywords which could be great if they show up on many cards. If they do not, it seems like a waste of mental memory.

 

[TrainmasterGT]

I don't even watch Marvel, but this is Thanos no?

Not really, Thanos is closer to Nicol Bolas. This is closer to a guy named Kingpin.

 

[TrainmasterGT]

Am I the only one which is irked by the abuse of keywords? This set has so many keywords which could be great if they show up on many cards. If they do not, it seems like a waste of mental memory.

This set borrows much of it's structure from Khans of Tarkir, which had about 10 cards with each unique faction keyword. However, each set in the Khans block also had roughly 30 Morph (or morph-adjacent) cards which Streets of New Capenna won't have. Each unique mechanic that appeared in the Khans block had 20 cards each, provided they appeared in two sets. My guess is that this set will have between 12 and 20 cards with each unique keyword since there is no Morph in New Capenna and Hideaway only appears on 5 cards in the main set. There will also be some number of cards with the family mechanics in the commander decks, such as Anhelo, the Painter giving spells casualty.

I don't know if 12-20 cards (plus commander stuff) constitutes as an "abuse" in your view, but there should be enough cards each that keywording made sense over spelling it out, at least in the vacuum of this set.

 

[ravnic]

So far, I haven't seen anything tempting me to put it into my cube, and I won't add any traditional 3-color cards, but I really like the mechanics!

Connive is a loot variant, that actually adds power. Probably good for myself to be forced to actually win a game and not just accumulate value

Casualty could be interesting, especially on generally useful spells in black and red.

Blitz is another cool tool for aggro and sacrifice, if they manage to deliver some elegant but strong designs.

Alliance aka creaturefall is obviously good, works with tokens, blink etc., although it feels a bit "cheap" for a faction mechanic.

Shield counters smell like future evergreen maybe. I mean, ward does a good job of being a finally balanced shroud variant, but shields also seem like a nice way to give an expensive threat some staying power without making it impossible to interact with it.