Innistrad Day and Night

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Happy Thursday MTG peeps,

We are still another week out from official Innistrad previews on the mothership but we do have a very interesting spoiler to share. First, let's have a look at a recent image of the Innistrad prerelease poster which was placed on the FaceBook page of gaming store Parence.com . . .


Yep - art here features that new Garruk Planeswalker which Magic the Gathering players have been speculating over for quite some time. The important piece is the pre-release card to the lower left . . .


The card reads as follows -

Les autres créatures Loup garou et Loup que vous contrôlez gagnent +?/+?.
Au début de votre étape de fin, mettez sur le champ de bataille un jeton de créature 2/2 verte Loup.
Au début de chaque entretien, si un joueur a lancé au moins deux sorts au tour précédent, transformez l’Alpha hurlemeute.

Which, with translation reads as follows -

(Night) Howlpack Alpha
Creature - Werewolf (Rare)
Other Werewolf and Wolf creatures you control get +1/+1.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a 2/2 green Wolf creature token onto the battlefield.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if a player cast at least two spells during the previous turn, sacrifice Howlpack Alpha.
3/3

Before we get to far ahead of ourselves, we should briefly review an image directed to retailers to encourage sales -


(Day) Mayor of Avabruck - 1G
Creature - Human Advisor Werewolf (Rare)
? Unknown text ?, (3/3)
1/1

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Now for some silver bullets :

• We have word that Ryan Pancoast did illustrate both these arts.
• Mayor of Avabruck appears as 193A/264 while Howlpack Alpha reads as 193B/264.
• There are clear indications of Sun and Moon (or day and night) game mechanics.
• Howlpack Alpha does not appear to have a casting cost, we think that it enters the game when Mayor of Avabruck's abilities are activated or triggered.
  

Wow.
Just wow.
That's a lot to take in and speculate on. Please remember that all this should still be considered rumour until official previews begin, but until that time, pipe in below with your speculations.
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And now a word about jumping on this upcoming set - we're suggesting getting in your pre-orders ahead of the official release on September 30th next month. Check out the excellent prices at MTG Mint Card here.
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