Boards & Swords #19: Magic The Gathering Set Preview - Journey Into Nyx
It's that time again - a new Magic The Gathering set is about to release which means I spend an episode breaking down the set and talk about all of the cool things coming! Next week, we'll be back to a normal episode again - I've already got a LOT of Board Game stuff to talk about!
Links to Info:
http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/productarticle.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/journeyintonyx/productinfo
Prerelease Events
: April 26-27, 2014
Release Date
: May 2, 2014
Launch Weekend
: May 2-4, 2014
Magic Online Release
: May 12, 2014
Game Day
: May 24-25, 2014
The Cards:
165 New Cards!
Available As: Booster Packs, Fat Packs, Intro Packs
Intro Packs: Mortals of Myth (G/W), Fates Forseen (U/R), Pantheon's Power (W/B), Voracious Rage (R/B), The Wilds and the Deep (G/U)
New Features:
Constellation - Enchantments with constellation abilities represent the divine constellations that fill the night sky—and now the mortal world—of Theros. An enchantment's constellation ability triggers every time it or another enchantment enters the battlefield under your control. Most of the enchantments with constellation abilities in Journey into Nyx are enchantment creatures, but not all of them.
Strive - A spell with a strive ability lets you pump more mana into it to increase the number of targets.
Bestow, Heroic, Monstrosity are all back
God/Planeswalker Cards
Pre-Release Thoughts
Ended up picking white pack due to promo card. 2-2, with one win being a bye. Used a new method I heard from MTGyou podcast to sort out my cards. Originally went W/R, had lots of cheap creatures and some red instants. Learned after first game I had no meaty creatures and white wasn't really helping me. Switched up deck to white/green, played much better.
Closing
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