Khans of Tarkir PAX Party

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Happy Saturday MTG peeps,

If you happen to be a Magic: the Gathering player (in all certainty you are as you are reading this blog), and you want to get a belly-full of Khans of Tarkir previews, then you are definitely in luck.  

In Seattle, PAX Prime has wrapped up its day and MTG fans are converging on the Shadowbox to take in the famous PAX MTG Party.  More specifically, the Khans of Tarkir party where we now have about a dozen new card awesomeness to share with you courtesy of a number of fans at the party tonight. We are already making a list for pre-order to go in to MTG Mint Card.  Anywhoos Let's have a look -

Herald of Anafenza, W
Creature - Human Soldier, Rare
Outlast 2W (2W, Tap: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.)
Whenever you activate Herald of Anafenza's outlast ability, put a 1/1 white Warrior creature token onto the battlefield.
1/2

 Jeskai Elder, 1U
Creature - Human Monk, Common
Prowess (Whenever you cast a non creature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Whenever Jeskai Elder deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
1/2

Mardu Skullhunter, 1B
Creature - Human Warrior, Common
Mardu Skullhunter enters the battlefield tapped.
Raid - When Mardu Skullhunter enters the battlefield, if you attacked with a creature this turn, target opponent discards a card.
2/1

 Necropolis Fiend, 7BB
Creature - Demon, rare
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for 1.)
Flying
X, Tap, Exile X cards from your graveyard: Target creature gets -X, -X until end of turn.
4/5

Rattleclaw Mystic, 1G
Creature - Human Shaman, Rare
Tap: Add G, U or R to your mana pool.
Morph 2 (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 3. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When Rattleclaw Mystic is turned face up, ad GUR to your mana pool
2/1

 Duneblast, 4WBG
Sorcery, Rare
Chose up to one creature. Destroy the rest.

 Narset, Enlightened Master, 3URW
Legendary Creature - Human Monk, Mythic Rare
First strike, hex proof.
Whenever Narset, Enlightened Master attacks, exile the top four cards of your library. Until end of tureen, you may cast non creature cards exiled with Narset this turn without paying their mana costs.

 Sultai Charm, BGU
Instant, Uncommon
Chose One -
• Destroy target monocolored creature.
• Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
• Draw two cards, then discard a card.

 Crackling Doom, RWB
Instant, Rare
Crackling Doom deals 2 damage to each opponent. Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures he or she controls.

Temur Ascendancy, GUR
Enchantment, Rare
Creatures you control have haste.
When a create with power 4 or greater enters the battlefield under your control., you may draw a card. 

 Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker, 3RR
Planeswalker - Sarkhan, Mythic Rare
+1 : Until end of turn, Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker becomes a legendary 4/4 Dragon creature with flying, indestructible, and haste. (He doesn't loose loyalty while he's not a planeswalker.)
-3 : Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker deals 4 damage to target creature.
-6 : You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your draw step, draw two additional card" and "At the beginning of your end step, discard your hand"

FETCHLANDS ARE BACK ! ! !
    Flooded Strand
    Polluted Delta
    Bloodstained Mire
    Wooded Foothills
    Windswept Heath

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Theros Preview Party

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Happy Saturday MTG peeps,

It is Saturday of the PAX Prime weekend and one of the hotest places to be for a Magic: the Gathering player is at the Showbox at The Market, in Seattle where the Theros Preview Party is now going on.  All images are credited to the very awesome MTGColorPie unless otherwise noted.


This post will be added upon ad-hoc so please tune in every few minutes as we check out all the new card previews.
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Elspeth, Sun's Champion, 4ww
Planeswalker - Elspeth, Mythic Rare
+1: Put three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield
-1: Destroy all creatures with power 4 or greater
-7: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +2/+2 and have flying" 

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Underworld Cerebus, 3br
Creature - Hound, Mythic Rare
Underworld Cerebus can't be blocked except by three or more creatures.
Cards in graveyards can't be the targets of spell or abilities.
When Underworld Cerebus dies, exile it and each player returns all creature cards from his or her graveyard to his or her hand.
6/6
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Nylea, God of the Hunt, 3g
Legendary Enchantment Creature — God, Mythic Rare
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to green is less than 5, Nylea isn't a creature. (Each {G} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts towards your devotion to green.)
Other creatures you control have trample.
6/6
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Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Legendary Land, Rare
T: Add 1 colorless to your mana pool.
2, T: Choose a color, Add to your mana pool an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color
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Hammer of Purphoros, 1rr
Legendary Enchantment Artifact, Rare
Creatures you control have haste.
2{R}, {T}, Sacrifice a land: Put a 3/3 colorless Golem enchantment artifact creature token onto the battlefield.
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Rageblood Shaman, 1rr
Creature - Minotaur Shaman, Rare
Trample
Other Minotaur creatures you control get +1/+1 and have trample
2/3
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Resuce from the Underworld, 4b
Instant, Uncommon
AS an additional cost to cast Rescue from the Underworld, sacrifice a create.
Choose target creature card in you graveyard. Return that card and the sacrificed card to the battlefield under you control at the beginning of your next upkeep.
Exile Rescue from the Underworld.
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Voyage's End, 1u
Instant, Common
Return target creature to its owner's hand. Scry 1.
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Commune with the Gods, 1g
Sorcery, Common
Reveal the top five cards of you library. You may put a crezature of enchantment card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.
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Read the Bones, 2b
Sorcery, common
Scry 2, then draw two cards. YOu lose 2 life.

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PAX Innistrad Party

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Happy late Satruday MTG peeps,

Altough it is around midnight just now here where we are, things are heating up in downtown Seattle as we type. Wizards of the Coast have provided their usual presence at the PAX Prime (Penny Arcade Expo) event showcasing the latest in the Duels of the Planeswalker electronic game as well as a number of other organised events. The big event however is all the very exciting Magic the Gathering news coming from the popular downtown Seattle venue Showbox at the Market where game fans are being treated to a huge number of Innistrad previews.

Frankly, there is a lot of news and previews to discuss but for the moment, we will just provide images posted and follow up with all the coolness with a latter post including a five ability Planeswalker (Garruk), and double-sided cards - so stay tuned to MTG Realm for the latest.

Also of note - there should be many answers for us on Monday's Magic Arcana - we're hoping they'll hit the new Day / Night mechanics, transform rules and the deal with this we hear about double sided cards.
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Blazing Torch, 1
Arctifact - Equipment, Common
Equipped creature can't be blocked by Vampires or Zombies.
Equipped creature has "{T}, Sacrifice Blazing Torch: Blazing Torch deals 2 damage to target creature or player."
Equip 1

Bloodcrazed Neonate, 1r
Creature - Vampire, Common
Bloodcrazed Neonate attacks each turn if able.
Whenever Bloodcrazed Neonate deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
2/1

Bloodgift Demon, 3bb
Creature - Demon, Rare
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, target player draws a card and loses 1 life.
He relishes the devotion of his Skirsdag puppets and their belief that it will earn them immortality.
5/4

Boneyard Wurm, 1g
Creature - Wurm, Uncommon
Boneyard Wurm's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
The only thing it likes more than discovering a pit of bones is adding to it.
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Curse of the Bloody Tome, 2u
Enchantment - Aura Curse, Common
Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
After seeing his life's work drip away, the mage decided it was a good time to go crazy.

Devil's Play, xr
Sorcery, Rare
Devil's Play deals X damage to target creature or player.
Flashback X{R}{R}{R}

Diregraf Ghoul, b
Creature - Zombie, Uncommon
Diregraf Ghoul enters the battlefield tapped.
2/2

Elite Inquisitor, ww
Creature - Human Soldier, Rare
First strike, vigilance
Protection from Vampires, from Werewolves, and from Zombies.
2/2

Hollowhenge Scavenger, 3gg
Creature - Beast, Uncommon
Morbid - When Hollowhenge Scavenger enters the battlefield, if a creature died this turn, you gain 5 life.
4/5

Howlpack Alpha,
Creature - Werewolf, Rare
Other Werewolf and Wolf creatures you control get +1/+1.
At the beginning of your end step, put a 2/2 green Wolf creature token onto the battlefield.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if a player cast two or more spells last turn, transform Howlpack Alpha.
3/3

Ludevic's Abomination
Creature - Lizard Horror,Rare
Trample
13/13

Ludevic's Test Subject, 1u
Creature - Lizard, Rare
Defender
1{U}: Put a hatchling counter on Ludevic's Test Subject. Then if there are five or more hatchling counters on it, remove all of them and transform it.
0/3

Mayor of Avabruck, 1g
Creature - Human Advisor Werewolf, Rare
Other Human creatures you control get +1/+1.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Mayor of Avabruck.
1/1

Olivia Voldaren, 2br
Legendary Creature - Vampire, Mythic Rare
Flying
1{R}: Olivia Voldaren deals 1 damage to another target creature. That creature becomes a Vampire in addition to its other types. Put a +1/+1 counter on Olivia Voldaren.
3{B}{B}: Gain control of target Vampire for as long as you control Olivia Voldaren.
3/3

Screeching Bat, 2b
Creature - Bat, Uncommon
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay 2{B}{B}. If you do, transform Screeching Bat.
2/2

Skirsdag Cultist, 2rr
Creature - Human Shaman, Uncommon
{R}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Skirsdag Cultist deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
2/2

Stalking Vampire
Creature - Vampire, Uncommon
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay 2{B}{B}. If you do, transform Stalking Vampire.
Each form she takes is an exploration of the senses.
5/5

Stitched Drake, 1uu
Creature - Zombie Drake, Common
As an addition cost to cast Stitched Drake, exile a creature card from your graveyard.
Flying
3/4

Woodland Cemetery,
Land, Rare
Woodland Cemetery enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Swamp or Forest.
{T}: Add {B} or {G} to your mana pool.

























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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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