The Watcher's Deckbox

GHIRED, CONCLAVE EXILE / Magic the Gathering : Commander 2019

“Hallowed be this potpourri of sundry goods!" 

Revisited a Liliana of the Veil concept sketch I did a while back.

H.R. Giger and artworks of Dejah Thoris were my main sources of inspiration.

Always happy to hear fun stories about Un-play. And yes, I’m very proud of the design of Enter the Dungeon. Ever notice people playing Enter the Dungeon in the art of Stone-Cold Basilisk?

I remade @tumblhurgoyf with the same url:  https://tumblhurgoyf.tumblr.com/

“My criticism of the Izzet is that their impulse for learning seems too much like impulse and too little like learning.” —Trigori, Azorius senator

When I designed Intuition (in Tempest), the intent was you had to pick all different cards, but I didn’t write it clear enough and people were picking the same card. I pointed out that wasn’t what I intended, but they were enjoying the card as it was so they wouldn’t change it. Gifts Given was me redoing Intuition that way I intended it to play.

Previews for Ikoria: Lair of the Behemoths don’t start until April 2, but I’ve been getting a lot of requests from people cooped up at home that are eager for any content, so I decided to do something I used to do all the time back in my column in The Duelist. I’m going to be giving you a Maro Teaser where I give tiny hints of things to come. Note that I’m only giving you partial information.

The following can be found in Ikoria:

• Magic’s seventh Egg

• A card with the text “four or more times this game”

• A card with the text “total power 10 or less”

• Magic’s largest power/toughness granting aura.

• A card with the text “X is the number of times this creature has mutated”

• Magic’s third and fourth card with “(Zero is even.)” reminder text.

• Three cards with the text “different name(s)”

• Twelve different types of counters

• A card that says “choose a kind of counter at random”

• A card with the text “remove eight foreshadow counters”

• And a cycle that players have been asking us to make for over ten years

In addition, Ikoria has creatures with the following creature types:

• Dinosaur Turtle

• Shark Beast

• Demon Kraken

• Elemental Otter

• Brushwagg

• Hellion Horror

• and a Nightmare Squirrel (Yes, a Squirrel in a Standard-legal set!)

Hopefully, this can tide you all over until the previews begin on April 2nd. Enjoy!