Well Hello There! It has been a minute hasn't it? Sorry about the prolonged hiatus from updating... So many exciting things have taken place since we last met! New Phyrexia was revealed and released, the Commander products were released, M12 slid in on its heels, and now Innistrad previews have begun! So much to cover, so little time. Let's get to it!
First, let me just say that New Phyrexia was pretty awesome. So awesome, in fact, that it took us less than one week to collect a playset of every card that it had to offer. The cycles in this set were pretty cool - the Preators, the Splicers, the Chancellors, and the Exarchs. Some of my favorites from the set are as follows:
If there was one thing that disappointed me about New Phyrexia it would be this: Wizards made multiple references to Tezzeret and Nicol Bolas in Scars and Besieged and made it clear that they were both very interested in the outcome of the war on Mirrodin, but never explained why. Bolas was not referenced once in New Phyrexia and it looks like this ended up being a dead storyline. Oh well, I suppose. I'm happy, in a way, that this is my biggest complaint.
Next up are the Commander products. I must admit I was always a fan of singleton decks because there is so much more left to chance and I feel this increases the excitement. However, leaving things up to the luck-of-the-draw is not for everyone... Regardless of your tastes, there are some pretty sick new creatures in the Commander products that you should check out if you haven't already. Let's look:
To me these cards are not only very fun and shiny, but also full of flavor and resonant with the essence of what Magic is.
We recently saw the release of the new 2012 Core Set. I must say, as much as I loved them in M11, I was surprised to see the Titans return. Also, I felt that the core set rare lands were a bit exhausted, seeing their third core set in a row. However, there were still plenty of new (and old) gems to show off.
M12 brought with it three new alternate versions of cherished Planeswalkers, two Planeswalkers new to the Core Set, the new mechanic Hexproof, the old mechanic Bloodthirst, and the new terminology "dies". All in all, nice job Wizards. Keep up the good work.
AND NOW TO THE GOOD STUFF. While we were off in Wonderland, Wizards announced the upcoming large fall set: Innistrad. And then they announced the design team, lead by Mark Rosewater and happening to include Richard Garfield, the game's creator. How excited are we? Tremendously! We haven't seen Mr. Garfield on a design team in years... not since Ravnica. This is very exciting stuff, ladies and gentlemen. We know this has to be big.
Today we leave you with some preview art from the new set. (Don't worry - next time we'll get to all the great Innistrad goodies, seeing as currently we are just at the tip of the iceberg of previews.) As always, happy collecting and speculating.
- Brasif
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