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Charging Badger by Raoul Vitale

What is a Badger (flavorfully)?

An aggressive, furry monster that’s only held back from being terrifying by being so small. Basically a tiny bear.

What is a Badger (mechanically)?

Any resemblance between the four badger cards is a result of small sample size. Three are green, one is red. They range from 1/1 to 3/3.

Can I make a Badger deck?

No. There’s not enough of them, there’s no badger support, and the ones that exist aren’t even good.

Is Badger a good creature type?

This is happening right now on Twitter! (Source) 

Different outlets have been mailed giant pieces of a Contraption card from Unstable, and they’re being shared and put together!! 

Artifact - Contraption (uncommon)

I think the final card is going to have an effect that counts the number of creature types among creatures its controller controls. 

Good catch on the “pti” of the “Contraption” subtype being too close to the Artifact type. There’s obviously more going on here.

It’s coming together!

“Whenever you crank Dogsnail Engine, target player gains life equal to the greatest power among creatures you control.”

That seems pretty straightforward, except for the “crank” action.

As exciting as this all is, I think I need to step away from it for a little while. Responsibility beckons, and my ADHD brain is on stimulation overload right now.

So “cranking” seems pretty to understand. You attach your Contraption to one of three cranks, and at the beginning of your upkeep you trigger the effects for all your Contraptions on Sprocket 1, 2, or 3. (Depending on which sprocket the CRANK! counter is moved to.)

But we still don’t know how Contraptions are “assembled” and put into play. They have no casting cost, so they aren’t cast, and Steamflogger Boss doesn’t let Riggers target which Contraptions they assemble, so it must be random.

At this point I suspect that as you draft or build a deck for Unstable, you also build a separate “deck” with all Contraption cards. Creatures in Unstable (such as Riggers) would have abilities on them that would cause them to “Assemble a Contraption,” which would allow the player to reveal the top card of their Contraption deck and put it on the battlefield.

Adorable shell doggo turns the wheel to power the engine!

Guess we’ll be waiting until Monday to find out how Contraptions get assembled (I still suspect a separate deck in the Command Zone) but it’s sure fun to see a genuine, official Contraption card!!

This week the Social Team received a stunning gift from 89 different fans, most of them members of the MTG community here on Tumblr. This effort was coordinated by Max (@commandtower-solring-go), from Australia.

The gift contains a lovely letter and a nice binder of cards, some have notes attached, while others are signed.

This is a wonderful reminder that not only do we work on a game that brings many people joy and meaning, but we have the honor of being part of a creative, fun and all-around awesome community. 

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.

MLLARGHBLARGH!