Land destruction is an old Magic: the Gathering deck strategy and the spells that do this usually cost at least 3-mana, except for an old Alpha and Beta card Sinkhole. This is the lone Sorcery card that destroys any land without questions asked or any drawbacks. That said, I am glad to see a similar version in the upcoming Modern Horizons 2 set that is of the same color, same mana cost, and the same card type, but with a bonus.

Check out the card Break the Ice.

The card’s only condition is that the target land should be Snow subtype or could produce colorless mana. The first thing that comes to mind about those lands in Modern are the Tron lands: Urza’s Tower, Urza’s Powerplant and Urza’s Mine. They are popularly used in the metagame in Tron ramp decks and this card will surely slowdown their progress. What is worse is when the Overload cost is paid which is a one-sided Armageddon. Not only the Tron lands that could be hit but also the Pain lands, Filter Lands, and of course some random decks utilizing Snow lands.

Will this become a staple in Black-based decks? I am not pretty sure. Surely the metagame will be affected by the new set but how these cards can upgrade the current top tier decks will be seen once the next Modern tournament online or in paper will be held. Modern deck techs of course will be discussed in various Magic: the Gathering websites but on actual gameplay will show its efficiency.

That is a wrap for now on this Modern Horizons 2 card feature. The complete spoiler is now up at the mothership site which you can check here.

Until then, thanks for reading.

While I still get to feel the cards from the recent Magic: the Gathering sets Time Spiral Remastered and Strixhaven, Wizards of the Coast announced the start of previews of the Modern Horizons 2 set. Wow, I just barely digest the info of the newly released sets and here we are seeing new and reprinted cards for the Modern format.

The Daily MTG news mothership website published an article as to where to find the Modern Horizon 2 previews. There is a list of sites posted along with the dates of publication of the card previews. You can initially check the Card Image Gallery here as to the already previewed cards such as the enemy fetchlands, Counterspell, and Brainstone. The card previews start May 20^th on the Weekly MTG segment on Twitch Magic channel account.

What cards to expect reprint or a new and improved version of an existing card for Modern? We shall see in the coming days so stay tuned to the listed websites and also on the mothership Magic: the Gathering site.