Spoiler season is one of the most exciting times for Magic: The Gathering players, bringing fresh reveals, unexpected reprints, and wild speculation. But with the hype comes misinformation—fake card leaks designed to mislead the community. Some fakes are easy to spot, while others are convincing enough to trick even seasoned players. Knowing how to separate real spoilers from clever forgeries can save you from disappointment and misinformation. In this guide, we’ll break down the key signs of fake spoilers so you can navigate spoiler season with confidence.

During Magic: The Gathering spoiler season, fake news and misinformation can spread quickly. Here’s how to determine if a spoiler is legitimate:

Official Sources – The best way to verify a spoiler is to see if it comes from Wizards of the Coast directly or a known partner, such as their official website, social media, or sanctioned content creators. If it’s not from an official source, be skeptical.

Look for Credible Leakers – Some community members have a track record of accurate leaks, often corroborated by multiple sources. If a spoiler appears only in obscure corners of the internet or from an unknown account, it’s more likely to be fake.

Analyze the Card Design – Fake spoilers often have design inconsistencies. Look for incorrect templating, unrealistic power levels, odd mana costs, or mechanics that don’t align with current set themes. Comparing with existing cards can help spot anomalies.

Check Image Quality – Many fake leaks use poor-quality Photoshop edits or AI-generated text, which may appear blurry, misaligned, or with incorrect fonts. Official previews usually have high-quality images with clean formatting.

Verify with the Community – MTG forums, subreddits, and content creators often discuss spoilers quickly. If a card is real, it will be widely shared and analyzed. If the reaction is mixed or skeptical, it’s worth digging deeper before believing it.

By staying critical and verifying sources, you can avoid falling for fake spoilers and focus on the real excitement of the spoiler season.

Yes, the Magic the Gathering official spoiler season is here for the upcoming Lost Caverns of Ixalan set and here we see some interesting new cards and mechanics to be introduced in various formats, among which are two of my favorites which are Standard and Pioneer.

From a typical YouTube content creator, I have also started recording my mumblings err card-by-card discussion of the new set, and seeing or ranking their playability in the constructed formats. I am not a pro-player who can thoroughly discuss it but I am basing on my knowledge of the game and some metagame & deck archetypes as reference.

I have recorded the first part of the Lost Caverns of Ixalan spoiler discussion in the video below. Enjoy!

The Brothers’ War card spoilers would either come from the community or the official reveal of Wizards of the Coast. My usual go-to website is the Reddit Thread for Magic: the Gathering TCG as they are usually the first to post these news and card spoilers for an upcoming set. Of course, other sources’ websites do the compiling of the card spoilers revealed so far.

For checking the card potential, we usually do this by associating the abilities and uses of the card in the ideal deck list. In my case, each of the card’s potential would be assessed when in actual use in the deck build. Today’s card spoiler is based on the first two notes: 1st, provide late-game gas; and 2nd, good abilities to mana sink on.

Check out Recruitment Officer and Surge Engine:

The officer is one of the best one-drops in aggro decks that can still be relevant even in the late game. That is because of its ability to “recruit” a 3-mana or less creature card from the Top four cards of your library. Checking on the current lineup of the White Aggro deck in Standard, I am pretty sure that its ability will not miss as several notable three-drops can also provide value themselves.

Surge Engine, on the other hand, benefits from a good mana sink which can be more effective in the late game. Early on, it is just a 3/2 that can trade for early aggro of opponents and also vulnerable to two-damage spot removals. That is situational of course, as there are midrange matchups wherein having this early on and unblockable and making it an early clock for three damage each turn can prove to be great threat against those decks. This is also given that Blue-based decks like tri-color Esper and Grixis can use this card as one of their late game win conditions.

Overall, both cards are amazing in their respective roles and functions in the deck. As the set continue with its card spoilers in the coming weeks, we will check what other new cards will coincide or benefit from their abilities and come up with a new synergy for the format.

That is about it for now, thanks for reading and until the next blog post.

The spoiler season for Dominaria United included a teaser list posted by Maro on his Tumblr account. The clues is a return of sort of a classic spoiler method back in the days of Inquisition Magazine published whenever there is an upcoming Magic: the Gathering set.

I have followed this Reddit thread of this updates as of August 21st, 2022 and here are the hints posted below.

FYI, the original post of the Maro clues is located here: https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/692666879432622080/maros-dominaria-united-teaser

The Streets of New Capenna is nearing its completion and maybe by this weekend, it will be complete. As I remembered, the Prerelease event for the set will on the 22nd and 23rd of the month. Wow, that is basically just days away. I guess we needed to prepare the budget for that one.

Covering a card-by-card discussion may become a chore to finish on a daily basis and even the first two batches I have published are not enough. Anyhow, let us just continue what cards we can present and as many as we can discuss if possible.

Let us start with Lagrella, the Magpie.

It leans to be more effective in a multiplayer EDH game but in a typical Standard match, this is a good removal and maybe a tempo effect if you have creatures that benefit from their ETB abilities and the bonus of having two +1/+1 counters on it. You will cards with ‘blink’ effects to be able to execute this.

Next up is the Green Mythic, Titan of Industry.

I initially thought of it as a good target for reanimation spells but hard-casting it is not impossible for a Mono-Green deck build. If given multiple choice answers, it has all of the above benefits written on it. Exile effects would be the only solution for its opponents.

Third, up is Structural Assault.

With the expected Vehicle-based decks as catered by Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, this card will be a good sideboard choice to wipe them including their creature crew. The five mana is reasonable as it is a good upgrade and in line with today’s board sweep cards.

Fourth on the list is Soul of Emancipation.

It is a three-colored Brokers version of the Terastodon, first printed on Worldwake. It is sort of a friendlier version as non-land permanents are only destroyed as compared to non-creatures but this route is more to benefit you as you can be more on dealing with their best creatures and giving them 3/3 Angel tokens instead. In a more perfect scenario such as having a tokens deck build, for example, your random 1/1 dudes are converted into 3/3 Flyer threats, and is a good thing to have evasion creatures in board stall matchups.

The fifth card preview is Ominous Parcel.

We always call the bomb squad if we see some suspicious bag left in a market, plaza, or any other populated area, and this card perfectly represents it. It is a mana-fix at the least and in the late game can be a good spot removal for the four-toughness threat. This would also be a good artifact recursion target if your deck build strategy is aligned to it.

The sixth card preview discussion is Crew Captain

This Human Warrior is a good card to curve for the three-drop going the aggro route but the issue is the consistency of three-colored mana by that time. This may be possible if you have a tribal deck built with a Secluded Courtyard naming Warrior.

I am wrapping up this batch with the card that is the newest addition to my list of Black-Red lands collection, Tramway Station.

Being only a Common, it is still a good way to see cards with the utility of getting your card drawn in the late game. It can slow the progress in an aggro deck but it is a small hindrance if you would want a mana-fix nonbasic and card draw later on all-in-one.

To conclude this batch of Streets of New Capenna card discussions, I will line up my topics in the coming days with some Standard deck brews with the new set. If you have missed one previously posted, you can check it here. I might also do some short guide for your first prerelease in a New Capenna theme so also stay tuned on that one.

A variety of websites and social media platforms have been releasing a barrage of spoilers from the upcoming Magic: the Gathering set Streets of New Capenna. While I try to check card-by-card on this downpour, we will also foresee some new Standard deck archetypes derived from this set & if the components are enough to complete it.

Let us start the second batch of Streets of New Capenna card spoiler reviews by checking on this uncommon Naya Legend tutor creature: Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer.

It is a 3/1 body by itself if you’d need to curve an aggro start. In the late game, it is a good mana sink for fetching the best creature to help deal with a given situation whether it is a semi-spot removal like Brutal Cathar or something to destroy a certain artifact or enchantment. In a Naya deck build, I would have three to four copies of the card if not for the 3-color mana cost. Maybe three copies are enough.

Next up, is the Shadow of Mortality.

The Netizens call it the “Fixed Death’s Shadow” as the mana cost is initially higher and would be lesser to cast of X where it is the difference of the current life total from the starting life total. The deck build goes with the same life-paying strategy in Modern, but I do not see if it is possible in the current Standard format i.e. the lack of Shocklands in the land components.

Third on this lineup is the Mythic Angel of Anguish.

The Angel of Anguish has the ability you surviving the battle with the cost of milling cards from your library. It is not then necessary for you to build a 200-card deck ala Battle of Wits. Also, a good flying hitter for five but the three toughness is a major setback with most of the burn spells catering at least three damage.

The fourth card is a Human Rogue with a fitting flavor on the card name and ability, Expert Rescuer.

Getting back a two-drop dude back to the battlefield is a good way to redevelop your board, but alas, it is not that case on this one. The returned creature is “Pacified” as long as Expert Rescuer is around. The good thing to make use of this is to return two-drops with ETB effects or passive abilities that disrupt opponents. Examples are Thalia, Meddling Mage, and Phyrexian Revoker.

Next up is the Grixis sort-of-a-board wipe, Hostile Takeover.

It is a five-mana, three-color, three damage to each creature but it has a way to deal with the opponent’s best creature by making it into a 1/1. Also, making your dude a 4/4 is sure to have that one threat after the wipe. It is only the issue though if they have multiple X/4s that can survive and by this time, you’d need a more efficient mass removal.

The sixth card is the newest uncounterable spot removal for Esper, Void Rend.

Running four copies in the Esper deck build is an automatic choice because of the “nonland” term. Destroying Auras, artifacts, creatures, and Planeswalkers at instant speed sounds just too good. The mana color might be an inconvenience at times but it can be overcome by a sufficient land distribution in the deck.

Next is another tool for the Humans deck in Modern which probably will also see play in Capenna Standard, Scheming Accomplice.

At first look, it is an improved version of the Meddling Mage. Disabling a certain card may be a major delay but if it is on a creature, still you cannot prevent it from attacking. However, you can have your other cards interact with their threats such as destroying spells or exiling them with Brutal Cathar. I am looking at an Esper Humans Tribal deck with this component and given the current mana fixers in the format so stay tuned for a deck tech video on this one.

That is a wrap for now on the second batch of Streets of New Capenna Card Previews, until the next blog post.

The Streets of New Capenna is coming this April 29^th and what I am most excited about aside from the flavor and the mechanics is to try out the new cards in the Stanard format. There are now a few relevant Standard tournaments scheduled in the local setting and also online and we are looking forward to what will be the impact of this upcoming set.

For today, we will go with the card analysis of each spoilers that started Thursday last week. If you have been checking on some of the Magic: the Gathering card spoilers website, there have been a whole batch of new cards revealed and some has been quite interesting in the combination of the card name, flavor, and what it does in the gameplay. This may not be officially the first since we had already discussed the two family charms in an older blog post.

For this batch, we will begin with the card Arcane Bombardment. This Red Mythic enchantment goes with a six mana but it will be worth it if it sticks on the board.

Izzet Spells is the automatic Standard deck build and while it may took the long game in most the matchups, this card is  fit for the job. At that time, the graveyard is likely filled with the cards that were cast the previous turns and the likes of burn spells and card draws are good spells to copy and recast. The only drawback is probably having it at random and you won’t know what you’d hit. In which case, you adjust the deck build for composing more of a utility spells such as Commands for example. I’d assume this might not be a hit right away in Standard but its EDH potential is highly considered.

Next up is Corpse Examiner, the Maestro’s utility three-drop creature.

A 3/3 body for three with ETB ability is worth it but the only requirement is a target creature card from the graveyard. Exiling it is then needed for the other “Ponder” ability to resolve.  Flavor-wise, it fits really well with the card name and its ability. Much more is its worth in the late game, removing opponents’ recurring creatures from their yard.

The third on this batch is  Cut the Profits, a Black card draw at the cost of life with the chance of double casting it.

For two Black and X, you can get to play it at the least at turn four for two cards and two life.  The Casualty option is good to fit in a deck with cards like Meathook Massacre and other ways to gain life to recoup the life loss effect of the card. This will favor more if you have creatures that have Dies trigger effect. In the deck build, two copies may be enough as this requires more mana to be efficient and the life loss may be situational as it can be a drawback in certain board state.

Next up is Green’s version of a “Treasure” utility card. Check out Courier’s Briefcase.

It gets you a 1/1 Green White Citizen creature token and later on lets you ramp or fix your mana cost in a three-color deck, for example. The draw three cards ability will mostly not happen in a common deck setup but if you have ways in the deck to recur casting artifacts from your graveyard (i.e. Second Sunrise) then this is a good inclusion. I am expecting this to be a staple component of Green-based midrange decks in Standard.

This next card is probably the newest version of a creature tutor Artifact. It is called the Evolving Door.

Forum users called it as “color pod” because of the creatures gauged according to the colors of its mana cost. Basing on the popular Birthing Pod, it virtually has the same mana cost if the Phyrexian mana is paid. Its ability’s efficiency relies on the deck build that support at least three colors. With the family theme in Capenna, it is highly to support the ability with more creature card options. Casting the card, however, is not free and so by the time you activate its ability, you make sure that you have enough mana fix to be able to resolve casting the tutored card.

The last for this batch of Streets of New Capenna card spoiler discussion is the not-so-lucky dude who saw a crime but could not report it to the authorities right away. The card is Unlucky Witness.

At first glance, this is automatically Rakdos sacrifice’s new fodder target. Letting you cast more of one of the top two cards of your library when it dies get an advantage and much more if you used it for cards like Deadly Dispute. The phrase “play” means that you play a land if one of them are available from the top two cards. Unlucky Witness can trade early on for other X/1s if the matchup gets aggressive, or can just chump-block big creatures in the late game. The Rakdos or Mardu Sacrifice deck can get this upgrade and maybe replace a few one-drops to give the deck more variance in its gameplay.

That is a wrap for this batch. For the next one, I will try to do a video discussion of the cards to make it more interactive-looking as possible. I will also try to be more clear and precise in my voice. Maybe gargle some Bactidol before the recording. Lol.

Until the next blog post.

Hello again readers, today’s blog post is about the two-card previews from the upcoming Magic: the Gathering set Streets of New Capenna Card and these are the Brokers Charm & Riveteers Charm. We will check its application on the current Standard metagame if it will become a relevant component in the future. This will also be compared with the percentage of usage of the charms back in Shards of Alara Standard. 

Brokers Charm

Brokers Charm or the previously known Bant Charm in Shards of Alara and it is nice to see some new card effects in comparison to the nature of the family it is color-aligned to. Brokers Charm in my rating has two-out-of-three good effects. The “Destroy Enchantment” effect is efficient today in the Standard metagame of Enchantment Creatures and Auras while Draw Two Cards makes it still relevant in the late game for drawing more gas from the deck. The semi-pump and damage of your creature’s power are somewhat leaning to your deck build to have a huge late-game creature threat. Sure you can try to curve out well with the three colors but the early turns are usually composed of casting mana dudes and land ramps in this scenario. 

We can expect the likes of Rhox War Monk creatures that can be cast as early as turn three, and then use the charm to kill off the opponent’s creature. Just as what we have practiced on the deck building of the Bant decks in Shards of Alara Standard, we have the usual turn-one mana creatures into more mana ramp or the War Monk. In the Broker’s version, it might be the same as I am not hoping for a new version of a one-mana Green mana producer and maybe just a two-drop with more options rather than producing mana. We shall see in the coming weeks. 

Riveteers Charm

Jund or the Riveteers has this newest version of their Charm spell in the three modal effects of the card. In comparison to the old school Jund Charm, the importance of these effects is applied by the level of need. The old version is more of a mass removal by its usage at that time, killing off random X/1s and X/2s whereas the current is a spot removal where an opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the highest converted mana cost.

The second ability is sort of a delayed draw 3 cards and more of a late-game gas as you would need more mana to cast the exiled cards. That is also depending on the deck builds, if it is leaning toward a lower mana curve than that of a midrange deck with big threats in the late game. The exile graveyard effect is a utility effect and is rarely used unless the metagame will lean more on the graveside strategy. 

Its quantity of inclusion in a Riveteers deck is probably between two-three, based on the discussion of the card effects mentioned above. A max of three if the deck’s average mana cost is around two to three if assuming the use of the card draw effect in the late game will be optimized. 

Overall, the impact of the Charms in the three-color deck built in Capenna Standard will be relevant as to how it was utilized in the Shards of Alara Standard days. Comparing the two, I’d go with the Riveteers Charm as a personal bias because Jund colors are my favorite. That is a wrap for now, until the next blog post on Capenna card previews. 

With the Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty full card spoilers already published in various Magic: the Gathering websites, we now check on which of the cards can become a candidate in the Standard format. This is in the terms of usability, adaptability, and variance in the setup of the deck build. I am starting with Green as it is one of the deck’s colors where I was successful in my record as a professional Magic: the Gathering player.

I see the Magic: the Gathering set’s mechanics fit well in an interesting way, not only with Green but also with other colors, but we will stick with that one for now. The newest Boseiju land is an auto-inclusion for the categories mentioned so I would not delve further into discussing it.

Let us begin, shall we?

First up is Careful Cultivation.

Casting Auras on your dudes is one way to get them modified, and this card is a good choice to add to the list. When you have nothing to do on your second turn, you can just Channel at end of turn of your opponent, to create a mana dude and then you can use it to ramp to a Chariot or Oddity for example.

It’s Channel ability is a ramp spell which may be costly at three-mana but given that it will relevant in the late game as a 6/5 Trampler then it gets my merit.

So two 4/5s for five mana, not bad right? You can have one of them Vigilance so it can still block for defense and the other one with Trample so it can get past chump blockers. Aside from mass removal spells, this is hard to deal with if you are also an aggro deck.

Kura, the Boundless Sky
A Mythic Dragon Spirit will surely get into my list, though its only drawback is it is a 4/4 only. To be able to replace itself with an X/X Spirit that gets bigger for each land you control and played is by itself a finisher in the late game. Also, the ability in searching for Channel lands is an added bonus.

Another instant Green ‘removal’ spell that can also deal with Planeswalkers is automatically considered in Green or Gruul Aggro decks. It sure is situational but you just need to beef up your team for it to be effective which is just natural for Green.

This is more of a sideboard card against control decks as it can at times return two of your best creatures, given that one of them has an enchantment subtype.

Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
This Legendary Snake’s channel ability is a good late-game mana sink that fits in Gruul or Bant Ramp deck build strategy. At a two-drop, it can fend off random 2/1s & 1/1s as well as let you ramp and get to choose the right land from the top four cards of your library.

Spring-Leaf Avenger
While it is unusual for Green on the Ninjutsu ability, having this in an aggro would not hurt. You get a chance to deal six damage and return an enchantment or creature from your yard for only four mana costs.

Jugan Defends the Temple
This is an interesting Green Mythic Saga that does a lot of things. Having one mana dude at first is okay, getting two of your best creatures +1/+1 counters each is better. Having a 2/2 Flyer with a good mana sink in the late game looks to be fine though it is a win more ability & depending on what other creatures you have added to your list.

Last but not least is Weaver of Harmony.

It is a built-around lord for enchantment creatures in which the set is predominantly having. You can build it on Green-White as it looks to be more supported than the other color combinations. If you’d risk enough for mana fixing, a three-colors deck build would also be fine.

This is a wrap for now, in the next few days I will discuss the other of my favorite colors, Red and Black so just stay tuned for those. Also, I might be posting some Standard deck techs on this blog and on my Youtube channel within the week. Thanks for reading.

This Sunday afternoon, I made a recorded video while checking on the card spoilers on one website about the upcoming Magic: the Gathering Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty set. This is to check on which cards have the potential to be used as components of tier 1 decks in Standard after Kamigawa is added.

Also, I might be publishing later on some Standard deck techs using the set’s mechanics and adding some spicy cards into it so stay tuned for that one. The hint of the idea so far is I like those cards that give you options that are best used in certain situations. I am also noting some Vehicle artifacts with potential for aggro and midrange deck build.

I might start posting this within this week so I’d suggest you guys follow this blog for updates.

Here below is the Youtube video of the card spoilers from the set.

P.S. If you are into unboxing Magic: the Gathering products such as booster packs, you can my recent video upload on that here.

Happy Chinese New Year 2022! It is the Year of the Tiger and in Chinese culture, the tiger is the symbol of bravery, wisdom, and strength. I do hope you guys enjoy and are celebrating this occasion and also welcoming the month of February. This also means that we are just weeks away from the release of the Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty which will be out this February 18th and so as we continue checking on some of the card spoilers published online.

If you have missed the Batch One blog post, you can check it here. We start on the second batch today with this interesting card named Satsuki, the Living Lore.

With the prevalence of Saga in the upcoming set, I will not be surprised if they will have a full Enchantment Saga deck strategy with a playset of Satsuki in the list. This is no problem as the Legendary rule will just trigger her die ability. She can hasten those Saga that flips to creatures while also being able to recur them from your graveyard.

Next up is Reality Heist.

The first line simply reads as Affinity for Artifacts and digging two artifact cards from the Top seven of your library would mean value for combo decks to dig their components. Standard might come up with a dedicated artifact deck but having this Instant is just going to be a support card as most of the cards are in fair mana costs, meaning no free cards to lessen the heist’s total cost.

This is a useful Green “next-level-pump” card meaning it can also increase lore counters on one of your Saga and also pump your enchantment creatures. The second effect may require more mana to execute but the good thing about Green is their nature of having mana dudes to generate this.

A cheap Rakdos Saga that can sweep tokens with ease and also deals with graveyard shenanigans is a good two-for-one value already and the flip creature side gives you a possibility to actually make them lose the game. Summing up all of the damage plus the +1/+1 counters every turn seems already enough to bring the opponent’s life to zero and that is sort of a win more scenario. Dealing 10 or more damage in a single turn may require some sort of a pump spell or a double-damage effect.

Raiyuu’s “Exalted” effect to one of your Samurai or Warrior gets you another Combat phase which you can then attack with all your creatures. He can basically initiate an alpha strike with that bonus phase. The challenge here is on how you can protect him or your first critter to stay alive before the Declaration of Attackers step. Of course, White is given to have some spells that get your creatures Indestructible until end of turn.

Naomi, Pillar of Order is a good token source with the condition of only having an artifact and an enchantment on the battlefield. This would not be much of a problem since the set supports enchantment and artifact creatures.

I would have expected much of the Blue Land’s Channel ability but an uncounterable bounce spell can be worked around with. This is ideal if you have Saga and creatures that have flipped from a Saga enchantment where you can just bounce them back to reuse their abilities again. The four mana-cost ain’t much of a drawback also as most control decks would likely have enough mana already in the late game for its use.

A Flashy tempo Vehicle that is easy to crew may have a slot most aggro decks in Standard. Tapping their greatest creatures at end of their turn gets you an opening to attack and deal a whole batch of damage on your next combat phase. At its least use, you can just poke in two damage in the air as you continue developing your board.

A two-drop 1/1 with Double Strike pseudo-acts like a 2/2 on its pure form. With a few pump spells, it can just deal a huge amount of damage. Having it late game is also not a disadvantage as you can just use Reconfigure to attach it to your best creature on the board.

Wrapping up part two with a short video explaining the Kamigawa Neon Dynasty mechanic, Modified.

The Magic: the Gathering cards spoilers for the upcoming Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty is arriving in bulk from various websites and online platforms and I have not gotten to able to scan through all of them. The latest posts on the MagicTCG Reddit thread is what I am currently working on and the good thing is I was able to check on what and how the online community assesses the card based on the value in various formats of the game. As for this blog post, I will start with having a batch of the card spoilers which are randomly timed on the dates of their posting online, and just add a few short discussions after it.

First on this list is Generous Visitor.  

The possibilities of the Auras or Enchantress deck strategy are plausible with the inclusion of this card. It might not be the same as the Enchantment creatures of Theros but there are notable cards that can support a Selesnya-color Standard deck with Saga Enchantments added on it.

As mentioned of the Enchantress strategy, we can also consider these Shrine creatures as a way to trigger Generous Visitor and also the cost lessened by Jukai Naturalist. Its only drawback is its Legendary type which maybe having three copies of this and three of that of Green will not really hurt the mana curve.

This is the newest version of a nonbasic ‘tribal’ land with Cavern of Souls as its cousin. What I liked about this is not only the mana fix but also paying for ability activation such as Ninjutsu which is very relevant even if your deck build is on Dimir. This is a four-of auto inclusion in the expected Rogue Ninja Tribal deck. I might come up with a Standard decklist for it soon.

This is a good two-drop with the Lifelink ability that is relevant life-swing if left unchecked early on. In the late game, you can use its Reconfigure ability to give your best threat Lifelink which is good enough to outrace them especially other aggro decks that may have chump blockers to nullify damage. It is also an Artifact so it can somewhat help similar triggers and can cost one mana less by the Mechanaut.

This Saga turns into an Enchantment Creature after the third lore and its first two triggers are quite situational which is good. Pump your dude for added damage? Sure. Kill of an opponent’s mana creature? Okay. Nothing to do on an empty board? Gain 2 life. Its creature-flip version is somewhat unusual for Black in creating Black mana for use only on Instants and Sorcery spells. Maybe it can help you cast something like Blood in the Snow late game, I dunno. Still a 2/3 so an added board presence for your attackers.

This Invoke cycle for Black is quite interesting because it can in a way deal with an enchantment in which the color has no ways to do it before. Sure it is conditional but the drawback is a card and 2 life loss so many opponents will most likely just sacrifice their enchantment. Its probable disadvantage is the many Enchantment creatures in Kamigawa which can become fodder if the situation permits.

Completing the four Kodama directions err Tree locations, this version is probably the cheapest in mana cost. Its ability though is leaned towards the Modified creatures in the set which gets you a basic land ramp for combat damage dealt. Gruul or Bant Midrange may become a thing in Kamigawa Standard so having this on the 3rd drop is essential.

This wraps up the first batch of Kamigawa Neon Dynasty card spoiler short discussions. I am quite exhausted finishing this after a short bike ride early this evening so just stay tuned for Batch 2.

Until the next blog post.

P.S. Here is the link to my Youtube Channel on my recent MTG booster cracking.