Theros World-Building Panel

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Happy Sunday MTG peeps,

In this post, we will be adding onto all the amazing Magic: the Gathering goodness so far this weekend, all part of PAX Prime in Seattle.  The fall set, Theros will be out in game stores 27 September but Wizards has used PAX to unveil teasers and previews all weekend long.  In this post, we'll be providing coverage on the Theros World-Building Panel

• Sunday, September 1, 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Kraken Theater
• Streamed via Twitch.tv’s PAX Stream
• Moderator: Magic Art Director Jeremy Jarvis
• Panelists: Doug Beyer, Jenna Helland, Richard Whitters and Jennifer MeyenBECOME A HERO! A pantheon of all-powerful gods rules over the plane of Theros. Krakens, minotaurs and other monsters of myth threaten the safety of walled cities. Heroes rise to battle, bolstered by their devotion to the gods. The newest Magic set Theros, lands in stores in just a few weeks, and Hero’s Path, the epic block-long play experience, begins at the Prerelease. Come to the Magic: The Gathering panel and learn how the award-winning worldbuilders and designers created a new world, a new card set and new play experiences inspired by ancient Greek mythology.
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The Panel also revealed the above image indicating that this is to be the new Stayr Planeswalker in Theros - which is very interesting indeed as this may not be the first time we've seen him - he was also featured in the next set's (Born of the Gods) mini-site.  Looks like the fella went nuclear and became one of the gods of Theros.

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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 Prime THS Previews

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Happy Friday MTG peeps,

Quick post regarding a Theros preview at PAX Prime, Seattle.  We will be posting new Magic: the Gathering goodness in a somewhat ad-hoc manner within this post and will have a more formal post after the Theros Preview Party Saturday evening and yet another one from the Theros World Building Panel on Sunday at PAX Prime.

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Saturday afternoon PAX spoilers - 

Cavern Lampad, 3b
Enchantment Creature - Nymph
Bestow 5b (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creatue again if it's not attached to a creature.)
Intimidate
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has intimidate.

Akroan Crusdaer, r
Creature - Human Soldier
Heroic - Whenever you caset a spell that targets Akroan Crusader, put a 1/1 red Soldier creature token with haste onto the battlefield
An Akroan soldier's worth is measured by the number of swords raised by his battle cry.
1/1
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Could not find the details on this one here but thanks to whoever posted it to Imgur.

Gift of Immortality, 2W
Enchantment - Aura, Rare
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. Return Gift of Immoratlity to the battlefield attached to that creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Reverent Hunter, 2G
Creature - Human Archer, Rare
When Reverent Hunter enters the battlefield, put +1/+1 counters on it equal to your devotion to green.
1/1 

Like we said, stay tuned for updates
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Theros Teasers

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Happy Monday MTG peeps,

This coming Labor Day long weekend traditionally marks the end of summer vacation and the start of the academic year for most here in North America.  It may also be a fashion faux pas to wear white.  Also of note - look for MTG Mint Card to be running an end of Summer Sale very soon.  To the folks here at MTG Realm, this weekend delivers perhaps one of the most exciting times of the year to be a Magic: the Gathering player.  For the past few years, Wizards of the Coast has kicked off the official 'spoiler season' of the MTG large fall set using the PAX Prime convention held in Seattle.  In addition to a number of Magic Tournaments as well as the Community Cup tournament over the course of the weekend there are two particular events which is certain to garner the attention of almost every MTG gamer.

Theros Preview Party - Saturday 30 August 2013 from 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. at the Showbox at The Market.  This is an exclusive themed party where a number of new Theros cards will be previewed.  As this is a Greek mythology themed set, we fully expect someone to show up to the party in a toga (or more precisely a himation / chiton).

Theros World Building Panel - Sunday 1 September 2013 from 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. at the Kraken Theater part of the PAX Prime venue.  This is where Wizards of the Coast staffers present and respond to questions about the setting / flavor of the new block.

In today's post on the mothersite, MaRo provided some very cool Theros teasers to whet your appetite for the upcoming set - Here are some things you can expect from Theros:
• A 3/3 with three abilities that uses fate counters
• Multiple cards with the word "non-gorgon"
• A high-profile cycle of legendary permanents that are not creatures or lands
• A rare card with five words of rules text in which one of the words is "planeswalker"
• An artifact creature that appears to be a big horse made out of wood
• A 5/5 giant snake that can be cast for gg
• A multicolor Minotaur lord
• A card that could have been in Modern Masters
• A giant that brings fire to humans
• A creature with a saboteur ability (it has an effect if the creature deals combat damage to an opponent) which is one of the Power Nine
 

MaRo also dropped a few card names you'll see in Theros.  Since we here at MTG Realm have some very limited knowledge of ancient greek mythology, we've added references to the 'real myths' in brackets where appropriate.
• Anger of the Gods
• Chained to the Rocks (a Prometheus reference?)
• Lost in a Labyrinth (a Theseus reference?)
• Rescue from the Underworld (a Orpheus and Eurydice reference)
• Underworld Cereberus (Cerberus guarded the entrance to Hades)
• Witch's Eye (Graeae, stygian witches and sisters to the Gorgons who all shared one eye)

MaRo also dropped some of the creature types you're going to see in Theros:
• Catoblepas (perhaps a bull-like creature with a hog's head)
• Chimera (multi-headed monster)
• Cyclops (one-eyed giants)
• Harpy (human / bird hybrid)
• Hippocamp (sea-goat)
• Hundred-Handed One (nothing said about it's fifty heads?)
• Kraken (giant many-armed sea monster)
• Nymph (Alseid, Dryad, Lampad, Naiad, and Oread)
• Pegasus (horse-fly_
• Satyr (bearded Man-Goat)
• Siren (pleasant voices, killer headache)
• Triton (human-fish hybrid)
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