Eventide Orb

Happy Monday everyone!
Stay tuned tomorrow for additional Eventide Art spoilers.

The Orb of Insight for soon-to-be-release Eventide set is now up on the Wizards site. If you are new to this, the Orb application is a recurrent feature that is available prior to a set's release which allows the user to type in a word (or number). The Orb then informs you how many times that word appears on (each of the 180) Eventide set of cards. Although you are able to enter numbers and mana abbreviations to try and figure out mana costs and activation costs (including hybrid mana), the Orb does not does not search / count flavor text.


Here are the results of a few limited searches -

Card Types :
ARTIFACT = 12 / CREATURE = 225 / ENCHANTMENT = 18 / EQUIPMENT = 1 / INSTANT = 21 / LAND = 23 / SORCERY = 23

From a look at the creature / tribe numbers, it appears that Elves took a big hit here. Not far behind them are Goblins and 'Cinders'. Making a bit of a come-back are Treefolk.
Some new critters to make an appearance are 'Hatchlings' and 'Gwyllions'.

Creatures/Tribes
CINDER = 5 / DRUID = 2 / ELEMENTAL = 24 / ELF = 4 / FAERIE = 5 / GIANT = 10 / GOBLIN = 7 / GWYLLION = 5 / HAG = 12 / HATCHLING = 22 / KITHKIN = 16 / MERFOLK = 9 / OUPHE = 2 / SCARECROW = 7 / TREEFOLK = 6 / WARRIOR = 13 / WIZARD = 11



From a review of the mechanics and abilities, it appears that persist and wither will be a large part of the flavour of this set (as expected). What is unexpected however is the number returned when the Orb was queried for 'flying'. Ensure that you do not trade away your cards with reach folks!

Mechanics/Abilities
DESTROY = 10 / FLASH = 1 / FLYING = 32 / HASTE = 7 / LIFELINK = 4 / PERSIST = 11 / REACH = 1 / REGENERATE = 3 / SACRIFICE = 9 / SHROUD = 4 / TAP = 6 / TRAMPLE = 9 / UNTAP = 21 / VIGILANCE = 1 / WITHER = 13



Power/Toughness:
1/1 = 27 / 1/2 = 4 / 1/3 = 3 / 2/3 = 5
2/1 = 11 / 2/2 = 24 / 2/3 = 3
3/1 = 1 / 3/2 = 2 / 3/3 = 13 / 3/4 = 2
4/4 = 12 / 4/5 = 2
5/5 = 3 / 6/6 = 6 / 10/10 = 1

Stay tuned for more folks,
Until next time, Happy & Safe Gaming.