The Ikoria card previews are on a full scale this week and reveals have been done on various websites and Twitch channels. As for me, I am always checking on the mothership website and also on Reddit MagicTCG thread for these card spoilers and for today I am sharing a Legendary Creature card with the ability of one of the set’s new mechanic. Check out Lurrus of the Dream-Den

The mechanic Companion gains your advantage if you follow a certain deck-building rule of your chosen companion creature. You can check on the official Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths mechanics article for the detailed explanation of this mechanic. In addition to Lurrus’ Companion ability, it has an additional ability that lets you cast permanent spells with cmc 2 or less from your graveyard. This gets you to build a lot of potential and relevant permanents in a deck of your chosen format.

One deck in Standard that is worth the mention and also a personal favorite is the Black-White Auras deck. I think I posted a deck feature article before on this archetype. The important thing to note here is the card components which are almost 2/3 of the deck are permanent cards. That is composed of Creatures (Alseid of Life’s Bounty, Aphemia, the Cacophony, Hateful Eidolon) and Aura Enchantments (All that Glitters, Sentinel’s Eyes). We will come up with a full decklist on this one once the full Ikoria card spoiler is out as we might miss out on other potential cards to include.

As for other deck ideas, one comment in the Reddit threat suggested a Rat Colony deck with Packs Rats and the Piper of the Swarm. I do not if they already come up with a decklist on this.

That is a wrap for now on this Ikoria card preview. Until the next blog post.