Guilds of Ravnica Spoiler 12-16

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Happy Monday MTG peeps,

Yesterday there was a post with several Magic: the Gathering spoilers.  These Ravnica Allegiance leaks appears to be from the same WPN store which had previously posted Guilds of Ravnica spoilers, from their promo card mail out.

It has now been out for a day, so we may as well talk about it.  Looks like the XXYY cycle is continuing, some fun alternate wind condition, a favourite reprint and possibly a rather nice inclusion in competitive standard.  Have a look -

Open House Promo
Rakdos Firewheeler, BBRR
Creature - Human Rogue, Uncommon
When Rakdos Firewheeler enters the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to target opponent and 2 damage to up to one target creature or planeswalker.
4/3

Draft Weekend Promo
Simic Ascendancy, GU
Enchantment, Rare
1GU: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Whenever one ore more +1/+1 counters are put on a creature you control, put that many growth counters on Simic Ascendancy. At the beginning of your upkeep, if Simic Ascendancy has twenty or more growth counters on it, you win the game.

Buy-a-Box Promo
The Haunt of Hightower, 4BB
Legendary Creature - Vampire, Rare
Flying, lifelink Whenever The Haunt of Hightower attacks, defending player discards a card. Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, put a +1/+1 counter on The Haunt of Hightower.
3/3

FNM Promo
Growth Spiral, GU
Instant, Common
Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

FNM Promo
Mortify, 1WB
Instant, Uncommon
Destroy target creature or enchantment.

Light the Stage, 2R
Sorcery, Uncommon
Spectacle - R Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.

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Guilds of Ravnica Spoiler 8-28

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Happy Tuesday MTG peeps,

Although official Magic: the Gathering previews are still some time away for the next set, Guilds of Ravnica, there was an unintended release of the Buy-A-Box promo earlier today on the Wizards of the Coast website.  It appears that portions of the German language Guilds of Ravnica product splash page was accidentally promoted and incorporated into the existing Dominaria product page.  

Magic: the Gathering fans were treated to booster pack images (showing Vraska, Ral Zarek, and some other unidentified character).  Also revealed was a big splashy creature intended for the Guilds of Ravnica Buy-A-Box Promo card :

Impervious Greatwurm - 7GGG 

Creature - Wurm, Mythic Rare

Convoke  (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 1 /colourless/ or one mana of that creature's color.)

Indestructible

16/16

The ultimate answer to intrigue and subtlety.
Selesyna watermark

While some MTG gaming fans may be convinced that the Convoke mechanic found on this buy-a-box promo may be returning with Guilds of Ravnica, this is certainly not a guarantee at this point until official previews start revealing other cards.
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Commander 2018 Spoilers

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Happy Monday MTG peeps,

Perhaps not so happy as we were doing so well and then, approximately six hours ago, approximately noon (Monday, July 23,  2018), Moscow time, all four Commander 2018 decks were spoiled on the Russian online social media and social networking service 'VK' (or 'CKontakte').  

Commander 2018 is scheduled to be available for sale on August 10, 2018, and although official Magic: the Gathering previews from Wizards of the Coast are currently taking place, the kitten is out of the clutch now.  As hundreds (thousands?) of MTG fans already seen these, we are posting as well.  Before we get further, if you are new to this awesome Magic: the Gathering format, here is an informative blurb -

Commander is a unique and exciting way to play multiplayer Magic, featuring lots of legendary creatures and big, game-changing spells. Your deck is built around a single legendary creature (the "commander," which can be cast multiple times), and can use only cards within that creature's color identity. A Commander deck must be exactly 100 cards, and can't contain more than one copy of any card other than basic lands, making it a fun challenge for a creative deck builder. Play in a multiplayer free-for-all and maximize your commander's strengths to make sure you're the last one standing!

Commander (2018 Edition) brings back a very special category of commanders: planeswalkers! Yep, instead of a creature, each deck is led by a powerful planeswalker and built to take full advantage of their unique abilities. Most planeswalkers can't be used as commanders, but these four have been designed specifically to fill that role, so you can battle with a true legend of the Multiverse by your side.

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Here are the four Commander 2018 decklist names and the new Commanders ::

Exquisite Invention - Artifacts theme
• Saheeli, the Gifted ( Blue / Red ), illustrated by Ryan Pancoast

Nature's Vengeance - Lands matter theme
• Lord Windgrace ( Black / Red / Green ), illustrated by Bram Sels 

Adaptive Enchantment - Enchantments theme
• Estrid, the Masked ( Green / White / Blue ), illustrated by Johaness Voss

Subjective Reality - Top Deck theme
• Aminatou, the Fateshifter ( White / Blue / Black ), illustrated by Seb McKinnon

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M19 Leak

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Happy Monday MTG peeps,

Something rather odd had happened on or about Saturday May 5 (yes,  Cinco de Mayo) - Magic: the Gathering fan, @MoxMoonstone had cracked several Dominaria booster packs and pulled some nice cards.  These cards however, were not from the Dominaria set, but from Core 2019 ('M19'), which is not expected to be released until July the 13th.  Quite specifically, 18 commons were pulled from his packs.  

This is not the first incident where there has been mismatched contents.  Some were quite decidedly created to whet the gaming community's appetite for an upcoming set, while other times, did indeed appear to be a packaging error.  In this case, it does feel like an issue at the printing and packaging facility.  There are a number of new rather decent looking cards along with some solid reprints.

Here are the pulls now -

• Act of Treason
• Anticipate
• Cancel
• Daybreak Chaplain
• Disperse
• Dwarven Priest
• Dwindle
• Goblin Instigator
• Hostile Minotaur
• Inspired Charge
• Knight's Pledge
• Loxodon Line Breaker
• Mighty Leap
• Omenspeaker
• Onakke Ogre
• Scholar of Stars
• Sure Strike
• Tormenting Voice

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Dominaria Promos

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Happy Wednesday (again) peeps,

This is our second post for today, and likely not our last.  We do expect Wizards of the Coast to post the first of several Official Magic Story installments, penned by Martha Wells in under an hour from the time of this post.

For now we have to post about the upcoming Dominaria set - specifically the promo cards associated with it.  We have yet another spoiler and it is getting kind of tiresome.  As everyone is now talking about it, we might as well get to it.  It appears that a Spanish gaming store may have posted eight Dominaria promo cards.  Please note that these are unofficial and some things may be lost in translation to English - 

• Shanna, Sisay's Legacy, FNM Promo, illus. Magali Villeneuve
"I'm the heir of many treasures, but none as prized as the knowledge of how my ancestor lived."

• Firesong and Sunspeaker, Buy-a-Box Promo, Illus. Zoltan Boros
Hurloon's summits are never silent.

• Champion of Steel Leaf (?), Store Championship Promo, illus. Simon Dominic

• Llanowar Elves, Open House Promo, illus. Vitor Adame Minguez

• Opt, FNM Promo, illus. Tyler Jacobson
The crystal pulsated with the power of Teferi's planeswalker spark. Was what Jhoira had given them a blessing or a curse?

• Zhalfirin Void, League Promo, illus. John Avon
"The wind whispers 'Come back home', but I can't."  - Teferi

• Fade into Oblivion, PNM Promo, Illus. Bastien L. Deharme
"Your life is over, your name lost and your deeds forgotten. It is as if Mazeura had never existed." - Chainer's Torment

• Zahid, Djinn of the Lamp, Draft Weekend Promo, illus. Tyler Jacobson

"I do as I wish, insignificant mortal. However, do tell me of your wishes; I find them exceedingly entertaining."

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Dominaria Leak - Release Notes

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Happy Friday MTG Peeps,

Perhaps the biggest Magic: the Gathering news so far this year - the unfortunate / accidental leak of the Release Notes for Dominaria.  Here's what you may need to know -

Yesterday evening, Thursday 8th March, an anonymous user, logged in as 'guest' posted the full Dominaria Release Notes in Chinese to Pastebin.  This website is popular with software programmers (posting code), students, and anyone else who may wish to post simple text to retrieve at a later time.  In fact, this website is popular with some Magic: the Gathering players who post decklists for easy access later.  In this case, the community picked up on this and went to work translating.  There is also a possibility that this document was originally posted to the Hong Kong based Gamelives Magic: the Gathering community forum.

In an unprecedented move a short time later, Wizards of the Coast staffer Blake Rasmussen had posted an article about this leak and provided the official release notes.  This article is linked right here and contains a number of items of interest beyond that of the Dominaria Release Notes.

For the moment, here is a brief summary of the forward -

The Dominaria set contains 269 cards (20 basic land, 101 common, 80 uncommon, 53 rare, and 15 mythic rare) that appear in booster packs, plus 10 cards available only in Dominaria Planeswalker Decks and 1 unique promotional card (available as part of the Dominaria in-store Buy-a-Box promotion).

The Dominaria set becomes legal for sanctioned Constructed play on its official release date: Friday, April 27, 2018. At that time, the following card sets will be permitted in the Standard format: Kaladesh, Aether Revolt, Amonkhet, Hour of Devastation, Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, and Dominaria. Cards from Welcome Decks (and other ancillary products) with the W17 set identification code are also permitted in the Standard format.

Dominaria Story Spotlight Cards
There are many important moments in the Dominaria story, but some of the most crucial—called "story spotlights"—are shown on cards. You can read more about these events in the official Magic fiction at MTGStory.com.
Story Spotlight 1: Broken Bond
Story Spotlight 2: Final Parting
Story Spotlight 3: Settle the Score
Story Spotlight 4: In Bolas's Clutches
The story spotlight cards in this set feature a Planeswalker symbol icon in their text boxes. The icon has no effect on gameplay. The printed cards also include the mtgstory.com URL and a number indicating the sequence of the cards in the story.

New Mechanic: Saga Cards
The Dominaria set introduces a new kind of enchantment: Sagas. Each Saga tells the story of a key event from the past as it unfolds during each of your turns.  

Major Theme: Legendary Permanents
Legendary characters new and old have risen to prominence across the plane. In every Dominaria booster pack, you'll find at least one legendary creature. Beyond just creatures, the set also features a significant number of other legendary cards.

New Mechanic: Legendary Sorceries
Dominaria debuts legendary sorcery cards that capture extraordinary moments from our characters' pasts. These powerful spells can be unleashed only with the assistance of a legendary creature or planeswalker on your side of the battlefield.

New Term: Historic
If you look at this set's Saga cards, legendary cards, and artifact cards, you'll see a broad swath of Dominaria's extensive and mysterious history. Some cards celebrate the plane's storied past by rewarding you for playing these historic cards. Historic is a game term that refers to a card that has the legendary supertype, the artifact card type, or the Saga enchantment type.

Returning Keyword: Kicker
Kicker is a returning keyword that lets you pay a little more to give your spells some "oomph."

Rules Change: Damage Can't Be Redirected to Planeswalkers
Previously, you could redirect noncombat damage that a source you control would deal to an opponent, having that source instead deal that damage to one of their planeswalkers. With the release of the Dominaria set, this rule is being removed from the game. A large number of cards that dealt a certain amount of damage to "target player" are receiving errata.

Cycle: "Check Lands"
The Dominaria set features a cycle of enemy-color dual lands to help you make sure you always have the mana that you need. These cards were first printed in the Innistrad set, and their allied counterparts were recently printed in the Ixalan set.


CARD-SPECIFIC NOTES - See the Dominaria Release Notes document linked here.

LIST of cards unfortunately named in the Leak :

WHITE
Baird, Steward of Argive 
Benalish Marshal 
Charge 
Dauntless Bodyguard 
Dub 
Evra, Halcyon Witness 
Fall of the Thran 
Healing Grace 
History of Benalia 
Invoke the Divine 
Knight of Grace 
Kwende, Pride of Femeref 
Lyra Dawnbringer 
On Serra's Wings 
Seal Away 
Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle 
Triumph of Gerrard 
Urza's Ruinous Blast 
Academy Journeymage 

BLUE
Befuddle 
Blink of an Eye 
Curator's Ward 
Deep Freeze 
Blink of an Eye 
Curator's Ward 
Deep Freeze 
Homarid Explorer 
In Bolas's Clutches 
Karn's Temporal Sundering 
Merfolk Trickster 
Naban, Dean of Iteration 
Naru Meha, Master Wizard 
Precognition Field 
Sentinel of the Pearl Trident 
Tempest Djinn 
Temporal Machinations 
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive 
The Antiquities War 
The Mirari Conjecture Time of Ice 
Wizard's Retort 

BLACK
Chainer's Torment 
Dark Bargain 
Demonic Vigor 
Demonlord Belzenlok 
Drudge Sentinel 
Demonic Vigor 
Demonlord Belzenlok 
Drudge Sentinel 
Fungal Infection 
Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood 
Knight of Malice 
Lich's Mastery 
Phyrexian Scriptures 
Rat Colony 
Settle the Score 
Thallid Soothsayer 
The Eldest Reborn 
Torgaar, Famine Incarnate 
Urgoros, the Empty One 
Whisper, Blood Liturgist 

RED
Bloodstone Goblin 
Chandra, Bold Pyromancer 
Fight with Fire 
Firefist Adept 
Ghitu Journeymage 
Ghitu Lavarunner 
Goblin Barrage 
Goblin Chainwhirler 
Goblin Warchief 
Haphazard Bombardment 
Jaya Ballard 
Jaya's Immolating Inferno 
Keldon Overseer 
Keldon Warcaller 
Radiating Lightning 
Rampaging Cyclops 
Siege-Gang Commander 
Skizzik 
Squee, the Immortal 
The First Eruption 
The Flame of Keld Valduk, Keeper of the Flame 
Verix Bladewing 
Warcry Phoenix 
Warlord's Fury 
Wizard's Lightning 

GREEN
Ancient Animus 
Baloth Gorger 
Broken Bond 
Corrosive Ooze 
Gaea's Blessing 
Gaea's Protector 
Gift of Growth 
Grunn, the Lonely King 
Kamahl's Druidic Vow 
Llanowar Elves 
Llanowar Scout 
Marwyn, the Nurturer 
Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar 
Song of Freyalise 
Sporecrown Thallid 
Steel Leaf Champion 
Sylvan Awakening 
Territorial Allosaurus 
Thorn Elemental Verdant Force 

MULTI-COLOUR
Oath of Teferi 
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria 
Rona, Disciple of Gix 
Garna, the Bloodflame 
Grand Warlord Radha 
Hallar, the Firefletcher 
Shanna, Sisay's Legacy 
Arvad the Cursed 
Aryel, Knight of Windgrace 
Primevals' Glorious Rebirth 
Adeliz, the Cinder Wind 
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain 
Slimefoot, the Stowaway 
Firesong and Sunspeaker 
Tiana, Ship's Caretaker 
Darigaaz Reincarnated 
Jodah, Archmage Eternal 
Muldrotha, the Gravetide 

ARTIFACT
Blackblade Reforged 
Damping Sphere 
Forebear's Blade 
Helm of the Host 
Howling Golem Icy Manipulator 
Jhoira's Familiar 
Juggernaut 
Karn, Scion of Urza 
Mishra's Self-Replicator 
Mox Amber 
Navigator's Compass 
Powerstone Shard 
Shield of the Realm 
Sorcerer's Wand 
Sparring Construct 
Urza's Tome 
Voltaic Servant 

LANDS
Isolated Chapel 
Sulfur Falls 
Woodland Cemetery 
Clifftop Retreat 

Hinterland Harbor 

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Rivals of Ixalan Spoilers 11/20

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Happy Monday MTG peeps,

Something rather odd happened early this morning with the Wizards of the Coast's Brazil community Twitter.  They had posted, very likely by mistake we think, two Rivals of Ixalan cards, which releases January 19, 2018.  The post went up around 6:00 AM this morning (local EST) and was subsequently removed at around 10:00 AM.  Do not fret, we did take a screen-capture of it.

https://twitter.com/Wizards_MagicBR/status/932609237322215426

First card - the Immortal Sun, what every faction and tribe on Ixalan seems to be after at the moment.

The Immortal Sun, 6
Legendary Artifact, Mythic Rare
Players can’t activate loyalty abilities of planeswalkers.
At the beginning of your draw step, draw an additional card.
Spells you cast cost 1 (colourless) less to cast.
Creatures you control get +1/+1.

The card's flavour ties in very nicely to the artifact's ability to prevent poor Mr. Angrath from returning to his home Plane to celebrate his daughter's birthdays.  The card illustration from artist Kieran Yanner is lovely and is very close to the design of Ixalan's Binding (art from Chase Stone), which is though to act like one-way valve on the Plane of Ixalan where Planeswalkers can visit or 'check in', but never leave.  If there were ever an Infinity Stone in Magic: the Gathering, we suspect it would like like this.  Hopefully Jace, Vraska, Angrath and other Planeswalkers are able to neutralise this relic and escape.  If not, they will settle for the warm smell of colitas at Hotel California forever.

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Tetzimoc, Death Incarnate, 4BB
Legendary Creature - Dinosaur Avatar, Rare
Deathtouch
B, Reveal Tetzimoc from your hand: Put a prey counter on target creature. Only activate this ability during your turn.
When Tetzimoc enters the battlefield destroy each creature with a prey counter on it.
6/6

Artist Zack Stella created a wonderful piece here.  Tetzimoc "Spike', Death Incarnate is able to start handing out 'prey counters' while building the mana to cast it.  This reminds me of the 'Black Spot' in  Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island - we almost think that this may have been a Pirate (Brazen Coalition) card early in development.
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Catching up with one transform card earlier is Storm the Vault // Vault of Catlacan.  The card art from Victor Adame Minguez shows what appears to be Pirates taking down an elemental guardian and hitting pay-dirt in the form of a vault full of treature.  Speaking of the Treasure Tokens the vault may generate, we need to re-visit Aether Revolt's 'alternate win condition' in Mechanized Production, and see if we can create the right condition for a win condition.

Storm the Vault, 2UR
Legendary Enchantment, Rare
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a colorless Treasure artifact token with "T, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool."
At the beginning of your end step, if you control five or more artifacts, transform Storm the Vault.

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Vault of Catlacan
Legendary Land
(Transforms from Storm the Vault.)
T: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.
T: Add U to your mana pool for each artifact you control.


Swimming in coins proved harder than they'd hoped, but dancing was a jingling delight.

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Big Ixalan Leak 6-15

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Happy Thursday (again) MTG peeps,

EDIT - Full sheet of Ixan foil cards spoiled, which is kinda sad.  A sporadic few unofficial spoilers are fun and whet the appetite of the Magic: the Gathering community, but the full sheet is not cool. :(
Go to Reddit MTG TCG post linked over here if you want to see it.

We had already posted to the MTG Realm today (here is the earlier post on a number of Hour of Devastation art pieces).  In this post we have to talk about the MASSIVE Ixalan leak that occurred today.  

The leak is in the form of what appears to be 2 images of uncut Magic: the Gathering card sheets which suggest to us that these to photos may have been taken at a printing contractor that Wizards of the Coast use.  

The images were posted to the Reddit MTG / TCG subreddit thread by two different user names - Enterowlett and Hrafi.  At this point in time, there is no reason to doubt that the cards featured in the images may be illegitimate / fake.  As always, we are urging readers to only rely upon official previews at the Wizards of the Coast site.

Images are not the best but this is the best that we can make out - 

Land Reprints -
Sunpetal Grove
Dragonskull Summit

Drowned Catacomb


Arcane Adaptation, 2U
Enchantment
As Arcane Adaptation enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.
Creatures you control are the chosen type in addition to their other types. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.

Ashes of the Abhorrent, 1W
Enchantment
Player's cant cast spells from graveyards or activate abilities from graveyards.
whenever a creature dies gain 1 life.

Bishop of Rebirth, 3WW
Creature Vampire Cleric
Vigilance
Whenever Bishop of Rebirth attacks, you may return target creature card with coverted mana cost 3 or less from your graveyard to the battle field
3/4

Bloodstained Paladin ?, 3B
Creature Vampire Knight ?
Flash
Bloodstained Paladin ? enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each creature that died this turn
3/4

Captain Lannery Storm 2R
Legendary Creature - Human Pirate
Haste
Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a colorless Treasure artifact token with "Tap, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool."
Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
2/2

Daring Saboteur
Creature - Human Pirate
2U: Daring Saboteur can't be blocked this turn.
Whenever Daring Saboteur deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Dhunge? Scavanger ?, G
Creature - Dinosaur
Whenever ?? Scavanger enters the battlefield or attacks you may exile target card for  a graveyard? If a creature card is exiled this way you gain 2 life if a noncreature card is exiled this way scavanger gets +1/+1 until end of turn
3/2

Dreamcaller Siren, 2UU
Creature - Siren Pirate
Flash
Flying
Can only block creatures with flying
When Dreamcaller siren enters the battlefield, if you control anothe rpirate, tap up to two nonland permanents
3/3

Deeproot champion, 1G
Creature Merfolk Shaman
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on deeproot champion
1/1

Emperor's Vanguard ?,G
Creature - ??
Something about combat damage... reveal something? otherwise put a +1/+1 counter) darn camera flare

Goring Ceratops, 5WW
Creature - Dinosaur
Double Strike
Whenever Goring Ceratops attacks other creatures you control gain double strike until end of turn

Hostage Taker, 2UB
Creature Human Pirate
When Hostage taker enters the battlefield exile target artifact or creature until hostage taker leaves the battlefield. You may cast that card as long as it reamins exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast that spell.
2/3

Rowdy Crew, 3RR
Creature - something ? Pirate
Trample
When Rowdy Crew enters the battlefield draw 3 cards, then discard 2 cards at random. If two cards discarded this way share a type, Rowdy Crew gets two +1/+1 counters.
3/3

Something Raider, 2B
Creature Orc Pirate
Raid - At the begining of your end step if you attacked with a creature this turn. reveal the top card of your library and put that card in your hand, you lose life equal to that cards cmc.
?/?

Sorcerous Spyglass, 2
Artifact
As Sorcerous Spyglass enters the battlefield, look at an opponent's hand, then choose any card name.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.

Tixhanxa (?), Voice of Thunder ?, UG
Legendary creature merfolk
Tixhanxa (?) power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand
you have no maximum hand size
when Tixhanxa (?) enters the battlefield draw a card for each creature you control
X/X

Vanquisher's Banner, 5
Artifact
As Vanquisher's Banner enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.
Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.
Whenever you cast a creature spell of the chosen type, draw a card.

Vraska's Contempt, 2BB
Instant
Exile target creatre or planeswalker
you gain 2 life

Partial Cards

? ?GG 
creature - dinosaur
Smuggle? -- Whenever ?? is something draw a card?
4/4

G... F... Ravager 3BB
Creature Orc Pirate Wizard Menace?(or new keyword), deathtouch
When GFR enters the battlefield each player loses a third of their life rounded up.
4/4

** ? ** 5BB
Sorcery
exile up to five target creature cards from graveyards. An opponent seperates those cards into two piles. Put all cards from the pile of your choice onto the battlefield under your control and the rest into their owners' graveyards.

Green Enchantment ?G
Enchantment
Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls you may draw a card.

Regisaur Alpha 3RG --- You Control have haste
??
4/4

Jace planeswalker ? 
"Jace, [something] Castaway".
..two tokens that are copies of Jace, XXX Castaway, except they're...

Name ?, 4UUU
Target player draws seven cards.

Flavor text - mention of Kumena

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Hour of Devastation Promos

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EDIT - MORE MTG HOU ADDED BELOW

Happy Wednesday MTG peeps,

We have for you today, several Hour of Devastation spoilers, specifically Magic: the Gathering promo cards for the upcoming set.  These had been released into the wild internets yesterday by Three Kingdoms Games, located not very far from us in Markham, Ontario.  We are certain that the kit they received very early from Wizards from Wizards of the Coast will be the subject of a telephone call / email they will receive today from Wizards.

Anywhoos, since (almost) everyone is now talking about them, we shall too.  Posted to the Three Kingdoms Games are the following Hour of Devastation promo cards one could expect during the upcoming events.

Draft Weekend Promo

Ramunap Excavator, 2G
Creature - Naga Cleric, Rare
You may play land cards from your Graveyard.
2/3
"This world was once so much more that the confines of Naktamun."
129/199, illustrated by Joe Slucher

Buy-A-Box Promo

Wildfire Eternal, 3R
Creature - Zombie Jackal Cleric, Rare
Afflict 4 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, defending player loses 4 life).
Whenever Wildfire Eternal attacks and isn't blocked, you may cast an instant or sorcery from your hand without paying its mana cost.
1/4
109/199, illustrated by Yongjae Choi

Game Day Promos

Abrade, 1R
Instant, Uncommon
Choose one -
• Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature.
• Destroy target artifact.
083/199, illustrated by Florian de Gesincourt

Adorned Pouncer,1W
Creature - Cat, Rare
Double strike
Eternalize 3WW (no reminder text)
1/1

002/199, illustrated by Kev Walker


Some brief notes -

• Ramunap Excavator - yeah! Reanimator decklists may be enjoying a proper resurgence again.  Perhaps there is room for a Black / Green Zombie build.

• Wildfire Eternal - That is a pretty full type line there.  Afflict looks to be a new mechanic and the Zombie / Jackal / Cleric provides a compelling reason to always block this thing when it goes into the red zone.

• Abrade - love this uncommon - great mana cost with two decent options.  This may be the new go-to spell against creature-heavy lists.

• Adorned Pouncer - Kitteh Tribal !  No idea that Eternalize may be fut for five mana, we are expecting something spicey.

EDIT - ADDITIONAL CONTENT

Planeswalker Deck Revealed on the mothersite

Previewed over on the Wizards of the Coast site

Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver, 5UBR
Planeswalker - Bolas, Mythic Rare
+3 Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent or discards a card
-3 Destroy target creature. Draw a card.
-11 Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver deals 7 damage to each opponent. You draw 7 cards.


Starting Loyalty Unknown, illustrated by Svetlin Velinov
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