Kaladesh Previews 8-02

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Happy Friday (afternoon) MTG peeps,

The floodgates have opened and new content is spilling out from the Wizards of the Coast panels at PAX West in Seattle, where the next Magic: the Gathering set, Kaladesh, is the order of the day.  We're quite certain that all the Friday Night Magic players at OMG! Games here in Barrie, Ontario will be yattering about nothing else.

We've attempted to keep up with all the previews over at our sister site MTG Realm on Tumblr but that is a pretty Herculean task.  Here is a more organised summary of all the cards previewed so far today -

Aetherstorm Roc
Aetherworks Marvel
Architect of the Untamed
Depala, Pilot Exemplar
Furious Reprisal
Gonti, Lord of Luxury
Ovalchase Dragster
Propeller Pioneer
Propeller Pioneer
Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
Saheeli Rai
Sky Skiff
Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
Speedway Fanatic
Start Your Engines
Whirlermaker

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Kaladesh Mechanics Preview

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Happy Friday (afternoon) MTG peeps,

The floodgates have opened and new content is spilling out from the Wizards of the Coast panels at PAX West in Seattle, where the next Magic: the Gathering set, Kaladesh, is the order of the day.  We're quite certain that all the Friday Night Magic players at OMG! Games here in Barrie, Ontario will be yattering about nothing else.

We've attempted to keep up with all the previews over at our sister site MTG Realm on Tumblr but that is a pretty Herculean task.  Here is a more organised summary -

First - the Kaladesh trailer -

The new themes / keyword abilities / mechanics next -

'Energy'
Energy. You get (E), which is an energy counter. Energy counters persist on you until removed/spent.

'Fabricate'
Fabricate N (When this creature enters the battlefield, put N +1/+1 counters on it or create N colorless Servo artifact creature tokens.)

'Vehicles'
Vehicles: Crew N (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power N: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)

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Kaladesh Spoilers 9-02

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Happy Friday MTG peeps,

We are heading into the Labour Day long weekend here in Canada-Land and there has been an un-ending stream of vacationers rolling northbound (which started yesterday) on Highway 400 through Barrie on the way to cottages in Muskoka or further.  MTG Realm will be headed north as well, but only to the north end of the city to OMG! Games, to play at the Friday Night Magic event tonight.  

Meanwhile, about 4,200 kilometers (~2,600 miles) east of us, the stage is set for PAX West in Seattle, where Wizards of the Coast is preparing perhaps one the their most ambitious shows yet.  Jimmy Wong (The Command Zone) and Maria Bartholdi (Magic the Amateuring) have posted to the Wizards YouTube channel a brief glimpse of what to expect at PAX.  Apparently, Maria is hoping for a cycle of Legendary Artifacts - Saheeli's Cutlery.  

Here on MTG Realm, we expect to be providing a series of posts over the course of today and the weekend with content previewed from PAX.  Today on the mothersite, we should be getting the next two loci, 'Notable Citizens' and 'Inventions' unlocked, but for now, we need to show you a new Kaladesh card - the Inventor's Fair which was posted on the Kaladesh Story page.

Inventor's Fair

Legendary Land, Rare

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more artifacts, you gain 1 life.

Tap: Add C to your mana pool.


4, Sacrifice Inventor's Fair: Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library. Activate this ability only if you control 3 or more artifacts.

You will note that the copyright info line also includes the notation "Story Spotlight 1/5", and we could not be more excited.   For standard, this may be a decent card depending upon what decent  artifacts may be printed for Kaladesh.  For Commander, this card will be turning heads as a powerful addition to pretty much any build with powerful artifacts.  
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MTG Tumblr Tuesday

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Happy Tuesday MTG peeps,

The cargo ship from PAX Prime containing a metric ton of Battle for Zendikar previews dumped all over the internets over the last 72 hours.  It's been crazy attempting to digest all that was seen and heard, so for now, we are turning to our sister site MTG Realm on Tumblr in an attempt to keep pace with the maelstrom of content that Wizards of the Coast is spinning out to Magic: the Gathering fans -

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August 30, 2015

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Magic: the Gathering - BFZ Art Dump 3 of 3

From the Battle for Zendikar Preview Show at PAX - Hosted by Ashly Burch and Wil Wheaton, WotC staffers Doug Beyer and Mark Rosewater introduce the world to the upcoming MTG set, Battle for Zendikar.

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August 30, 2015

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#MTG : #MTGBRZ Zendikar Art Book

The Art of Magic: the Gathering®: Zendikar Hardcover – to be released on January 5, 2016
Danger and adventure await in these pages, lavishly illustrated with the award-winning art of Magic: The Gathering™!  Announced during PAX Seattle - pics from PAX with Doug Beyer and Preview Party host Ashly Burch.  Cameo from Graham Stark of Loading Ready Run (sorry - cropped that guy out).
Hundreds of pages of breathtaking artwork collected together for the first time!
In The Art of Magic: The Gathering: Zendikar, you will experience the danger and beauty of Zendikar like never before. This lavishly illustrated, hardcover book features the award-winning art of Magic: The Gathering, and gives you an insider’s look at the secrets of Zendikar — its peoples, continents, and creatures.
Hardcover : $39.99
Amazon Linky over here.   :) ~

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September 01, 2015

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Magic: the Gathering - #MTGBFZ #MTGOGW Planeswalkers

Planeswalkers for Battle for Zendikar / Oath of the Gatewatch
POWER RANGERS ASSEMBLE ! ! ~ 

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September 01, 2015

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Magic: the Gathering - Oath of the Gatewatch

Set 2 of 2 in the Battle for Zendikar block
Prerelease: January 16–January 17, 2016
Release Date: January 22
Launch Weekend: January 22–January 24, 2016
Game Day: February 6, 2016
Hashtag that Shizzle - #MTGOGW ~

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September 01, 2015

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Magic: the Gathering - Battle for Zendikar Packaging
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/arcana/battle-zendikar-packaging-2015-09-01

Products / Contents / MSRP > 

Booster Pack : $4
✓ 15 randomly inserted cards per booster pack
        (1 rare / mythic rare, 3 uncommon, 10 commons, 1 land)

Booster Box : ~$100
✓ 36 Booster Packs
Intro Pack : $15
• Ready-to-play 60-card deck featuring a foil premium card
• 2 Battle for Zendikar 15-card booster packs
• Strategy Insert
• Magic learn-to-play guide

Fat Pack : $40
• 9 Battle for Zendikar 15-card booster packs
• 1 card box
• Player’s Guide with complete visual encyclopedia for Battle for Zendikar
• 80-card basic land pack
• 1 learn-to-play insert
• 1 Spindown Life Counter
• 2 deck boxes

Event Deck : $20
• Ready-to-play 60-card deck
• 15-card Sideboard
• Spindown life counter
• Strategy insert
• Deck Box

PreRelease Pack : $25
• 6 Battle for Zendikar booster packs
• 1 randomized, date-stamped, premium promo card
• 1 Spindown Life Counter
• 1 deckbuilding advice insert

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PAX Eldrazi

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Happy Friday MTG peeps,

As it is Friday, we'll be heading down to our fav local gaming store, OMG! Games, here in Barrie, Ontario (by Georgian College in the City's north end) to try our hand at a few odd 'n' interesting home-brews - namely Izzet Heroic.  We hope to have a report next week as to how this decklist did against the local game.

Anywhoos, as we have no cash whatsoever, we will not be able to attend the MTG community's premier event of the year, PAX Prime 2015 in Seattle - but - through the wondrous miracle of the interweb, it will feel like we are (almost) there.  If you are like us, stay tuned to www.battleforzendikar.com for coverage of all things MTG at PAX this year.

As many had anticipated, there is a very strong Eldrazi theme to the festivities there - 

Like that huge Eldrazi creating chaos outside of the Annex - 

Righto - on to some Battle for Zendikar spoilers ! !  The first one comes to us as a proper spoiler, apparently from a Target supplier.

Hero of Goma Fada, 4W
Creature - Human Knight Ally, Rare
Rally — Whenever Hero of Goma Fada or another Ally enters the battlefield under your control, creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
"They seek to break us. Let us show them our strength!"

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. . . . And the second one - a proper preview card from Wizards of the Coast.  Yep - Landfall is Back !

Guardian of Tazeem, 3UU
Creature - Sphinx, Rare
Flying
Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, tap target creature an opponent controls. If that land is an Island, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
illus. Zack Stella # 78/274
C&D SRC

4/5

Stay tuned to MTG Realm here on Blogger as well as Tumblr as we will update you on the latest Battle for Zendikar (and Commander 2015 hopefully) spoilers 'n' previews coming out of PAX this weekend.
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