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It's the preview season for 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Magic The Gathering's sci-fi cyberpunk set, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, and after 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:yesterday's mammoth reveal day we're finally onto the first real day of community-led previews. And we sure did get a lot of incredible cards revealed.Today we had TheGamer's previews, the final card in a powerful and long-running cycle, some amazing hair, and a big ol' toad for the second set in a row.As usual, if any cards that aren't on this list were revealed today because of time zones, they'll aꦫppear tomorrow.
Hotshot Mechanic
ꦑ Though we saw a pilot with Kotori, the face of the blue/white Commander deck, Hotshot Mechanic is the first one we've seen in Standard since 2017's Aether Revolt. A 2/1 that can crew as if it was a 4/1 is really nice, and for just one mana it's going to speed up lots and lots of vehicle decks.
March of Otherworldly Light
Nils Hamm is one of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the most interesting artists working in Magic right now, and March of Otherworldly Light looks sublime. It's a shame the effect is underw🔯helming: you exile a creature, artifact, or enchantment with mana value X or less, and can exile white cards from your hand to reduce the amount of mana you need to pay. Though it can hit artifacts and enchantments, this is too much of a downgrade from the likes of P🍌ath to Exile and Swords to Plowshares to be reasonable.
Moonsnare Prototype
A blue Springleaf Drum that can channel to put a permanent on the top or bottom of its owner's library (of their choice) ain't bad. Springleaf Drum has the same tapping ability and is colourless, but also isn't in Standard at the moment. Archelos, Lagoon Mystic is going to love this.
Futuristic Agent (translated name TBA)
Whenever Futuristic Agent is tapped, it is a 1/1 Human Citizen that can't be blocked. You can also pay two generic and a blue to untap it. Not only is a great way to Ninjutsu in bigger creatures, the ability to untap itself at instant speed feels like it could be easily b🐲roken𓆉 open for combo potential.
Leech Gauntlet
A Reconfigure creature that gives the attached creature lifelink is great, and its Reconfigure cost of fourꦫ seem👍s very reasonable.
Nezumi Prowler (translated name TBA)
Nezumi Prowler can Ninjutsu in for one generic an🐻d one black, which is good. What's even better is that it gives lifelink and deathtouch to a creature when it enters the battlefield until the end of the turn. This is a very nasty surprise to drop on an opponent after they've already declared their blockers.
Tatsunari, Toad Rider
Big toads are awesome. If you want a card everyone loves, just make it a toad. Wizards seems to be catching on to this, as this is the second set in a row where we've had a massive toad following on from Grolnok, the Omnivore in Crimson Vow. Unfortunately, this card isn't for the toad, but for the human riding it. It does produce the toad, though, which apparently is called Keimi and can drive a new take on Sultai (blue/black/green) Enchantress with its life draining abil𝓀ity.
Assassin's Color Ink (translated name TBA)
This simple creature removal spell would generally be more expensive than something like Murder or Hero's Downfall. However, it costs oꦜne less if you control an artifact, and another one less if you control an enchantment. If you have both, this is actually cheaper than most otherꦆ options in Standard at the moment.
Junji, the Midnight Sky
The black legendary dragon of Kamigawa continues the theme of them dying for profit by forcing discardඣ and life loss on an opponent, or an easy bit of creature recursion. Junji feels like one of the best-suited to having a death trigger, as it෴ being black lets it fit in nicely with a lot of Aristocrat decks.
Malicious Malfunction (translated name TBA)
All creatures get -2/-2 until the end of the turn, and if a creature dies it is exiled instead. It's an effect we've seen a few times recently, but only c⛦osting three mana is nice.
