Damn, sad to hear. Everything anyone’s ever said about the guy has been nothing but compliments, and to be taken so young… Fuck cancer.

Feels like it may have been a localized issue because no one at my prerelease had any TMNT cards.

Ah I guess they updated it since Historic Brawl took over the format. I also remembered it being a smaller, standard legal deck but guess not enough people play it that way anymore

Afaik it technically still is? I just think it fell into obscurity since there wasn’t much allure to playing it over Commander, whereas the latter doesn’t exist on Arena so Brawl is the next best thing

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Maro’s Lorwyn Eclipsed Teaser

Before previews for Lorwyn Eclipsed officially begin, I thought it would be fun to do another of my Duelist-style teasers where I give tiny hints of things to come. Note that I’m only giving you partial information.

First up, here are some things you can expect:

• a planeswalker that makes Kithkin creature tokens

• kindred reprints

• some counters in the set: charge, dream, flying, first strike, indestructible, and lifelink

• another card is the Thirst for ________ series

• another card that makes something a Coward

• a card that tutors every turn

• a new card that copies triggers

• a keyword introduced in 2025 returns

• a number of Lorwyn/Shadowmoor block mechanics have cameos

• some tokens in the set: 1/1 colorless Shapeshifter, 1/1 blue/black Faerie, 2/2 black and green Elf, 3/3 green Elk, and 3/4 green Treefolk

Next, here are some rules text that will be showing up on cards:

• “As this artifact enters, choose Elemental, Elf, Faerie, Giant, Goblin, Kithkin, Merfolk, or Treefolk.”

• “where X is the difference between its power and toughness.”

• “Counter all spells your opponents control”

• “Spend only to cast spells with a mana value 4 or greater.”

• “If this is the third time this ability has resolved this turn,”

• “This creature enters with six -1/-1 counters.”

• “At the beginning of each end step, if you put a counter on a creature this turn,”

• “You may cast that card without paying its mana cost if the spell’s mana value is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.”

• “Add X {G} or X {W} where X is the number of other creatures you control.”

• “Double all damage that sources you control of the chosen type would deal.”

Here are some creature type lines from the set:

• Creature – Kithkin Ranger

• Creature – Elemental Scout

• Creature – Faerie Assassin

• Creature – Noggle Rogue

• Creature – Goblin Sorcerer

• Creature – Ouphe

• Creature – Giant Mercenary

• Creature – Treefolk Cleric

• Creature – Horse Serpent

• Legendary Creature – Elf Faerie Noble

Finally, here are some names in the set:

• Bark of Doran

• Champions of the Perfect

• Chaos Spewer

• Flitterwing Nuisance

• Gilt-Leaf’s Embrace

• Glister Bairn

• Mirrorform

• Moonglove Extractor

• Moonshadow

• Scuzzback Scrounger

Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on January 5th at 10am PT for your first deep dive into the enchanted world of Lorwyn Eclipsed.

I wonder if it was just a bad meta call or it was just the shiny new toy that didn’t live up to the hype

Good that Vivi is finally banned but between UB, the rapid fire release schedule and WotC’s repeated mismanagement of the format I still don’t have enough interest to come back to Standard

Thanks for the behind the scenes info about collector booster boxes.

Yeah, one of the worst things about UB is how much it has accelerated the product cycle. Or maybe they were always going to make this many sets and UB is actually a blessing in disguise since they’re not trying to rush out 6-7 in-universe sets each year. Either way I’ve just resigned myself to only paying attention to the UW sets and not stressing about missing anything. Granted this means I have to give up on Standard, but I sort of lost track of that anyways the past few years

Yeah, looks like another set I can skip. Can’t wait until Lorwyn!

These are just Magic cards that happen to have Play-Doh art. Way less bothersome than seeing Dwight on a card.

Yeah, one of the issues with runaway commander success is WotC dropping everything else to focus on it. And while I understand putting a lot of focus on their most profitable format, they don’t seem interested (especially as the main source of Hasbro’s profits) in products that aren’t as popular but help build the community. And I worry that letting that foundation rot is going to lead to an eventual collapse “out of nowhere”

The real nightmare was WotC’s customer service the whole time

I think even as a 1-time use tool it would be enough as a 4-of piece of land denial. There just would be fewer decks dedicated to it since you can’t use it as a wincon anymore

This one is more obviously a joke, but I’m always unsure of whether to tag satire or if that ruins the fun

I get why they did it, but I was hoping for a couple “unidentified” creatures like alien grays or a Thing-style creature to show up as aliens

Surprised it focused on Tezzeret so much given that he didn’t do much in the story

They weren’t taking any chances. Still glad though, right now it feels like it’s better to overcorrect than to not go far enough

Though I don’t think we’ve had this massive of a list in a long time, maybe this finally wakes them up to tone the power of the format down

Oh I didn’t even see the Historic changes at first, Counterspell feels like a good addition to the format

I loved running her in Esper Hero. Definitely a kill on sight. Even in Commander she can run away with a game if left around with extra tokens

The issue with Beans is that it becomes a must-play in pretty much every midrange/late game deck because of how much advantage it creates. And with it being so easy to trigger with the Overlords it’s only really being held back by Aggro being insanely overpowered right now

For reference, here are all Legendary vehicles that would be available as commanders.

The best is probably Esika’s Chariot but maybe there’s something else that could be interesting