In MaRo’s article today on State of Design 2013, he mentioned in the last part a few info on what to expect on the coming big set, Theros. These partial information grants us more hints about the mysteries of this Greek mythology-themed plane.
Quoting from the article, “Here are some things you can expect from Theros:
– A 3/3 with three abilities that uses fate counters
– Multiple cards with the word “nongorgon”
– A high-profile cycle of legendary permanents that are not creatures or lands
– A rare card with five words of rules text in which one of the words is “planeswalker”
– An artifact creature that appears to be a big horse made out of wood
– A 5/5 giant snake that can be cast for Green ManaGreen Mana
– A multicolor Minotaur lord
– A card that could have been in Modern Masters
– A giant that brings fire to humans
– A creature with a saboteur ability (it has an effect if the creature deals combat damage to an opponent) which is one of the Power Nine.
Here are a few names of cards you will see:
– Anger of the Gods
– Chained to the Rocks
– Lost in a Labyrinth
– Rescue from the Underworld
– Underworld Cereberus
– Witch’s Eye
Finally, here are some of the creatures you’re going to see (note that not all of these are creature types and is only a partial list):
– Catoblepas
– Chimera
– Cyclops
– Harpy
– Hippocamp
– Hundred-Handed One
– Kraken
– Nymph (Alseid, Dryad, Lampad, Naiad, and Oread)
– Pegasus
– Satyr
– Siren
– Triton