Ixalan Spoilers
Spoilers, Rumors, and Speculation forum
Posted on June 16, 2017, 2:50 p.m. by clayperce
Hi everyone!
We've been chatting about Ixalan here for a while, but on 21 Aug Wizards got into the act with four promo cards (and some upcoming tokens):
And then on 28 Aug they posted a BUNCH more:
- Mechanics and some new cards are here: Ixalan Mechanics
AllMost of the previously-leaked cards are here: Behind the Scenes with the Alleged Ixalan Card Theft
So let's talk Ixalan!
@Qolorful: derp. Not sure what I was thinking lol.
September 12, 2017 7:13 a.m.
Trove of temptation could be fun in a (casual) Zedruu the Greathearted deck.
September 12, 2017 10:15 a.m.
The Trove is honestly... really good in Zedruu, especially if your running Zed as a super political deck.
Someone pisses you off on a game with several more aggressive decks? Attach that to them.
Someone needs mana badly and you need help surviving?Attach that to them.
September 12, 2017 10:42 a.m.
The only problem is that it provides a good thing and a bad thing, so in a lot of situations you don't want to use it.
September 12, 2017 10:47 a.m.
chaosumbreon87 says... #7
wait so zedruu with Solitary Confinement and trove? seems decent
September 12, 2017 11:04 a.m.
chaosumbreon87 says... #9
captivating crew is not just a limited bomb. combos really well with combat celebrant and neheb
September 12, 2017 11:10 a.m.
chaosumbreon87 says... #10
wait misread it. thought it was another zealous. NVM ignore comment 659
September 12, 2017 11:12 a.m.
Yep, steal the other crews' crew member, then when you got what info want out of them, fling them back at the opposing ship in the form of cannon fire.
September 12, 2017 11:38 a.m.
RazortoothMtg says... #13
I lik the idea of sacrificing treasure tokens to Makeshift Munitions, simply so I can imagine pirates shooting gold out of their cannons at eachother.
September 12, 2017 12:28 p.m.
So they finally released a better pic of Dire Fleet Ravager, and it's completely tech for Inalla, Archmage Ritualist. Like I definitely would say that all the decks from C17 got some tech in Ixalan other than the dragon deck.
September 12, 2017 12:53 p.m.
TezzeretofCarmot21 says... #15
Ya, Dire Fleet Ravager looks really painful.
September 12, 2017 4:09 p.m.
TezzeretofCarmot21 says... #16
And he looks happy. Of course, cause "orcs of the Dire Fleet are downright jovial." If you got the pun, you get a metaphysical cookie.
September 12, 2017 4:12 p.m.
Love the raiders' wake, always trying to work more discard mischief
September 12, 2017 11:14 p.m.
Nath of the Gilt-Leaf players are going to love Raider's Wake. And I'm going to hate playing against it.
September 12, 2017 11:49 p.m.
Also Ant Queen+Training Grounds+Ruthless Knave=infinite creature etb triggers. For the Sultai jank fans.
September 13, 2017 12:04 a.m.
Rigging Runner
Creature - Goblin Pirate
First strike
Raid- Rigging Runner enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it if you attacked with a creature this turn.
September 13, 2017 1:09 a.m.
Any idea when the Jace PW deck cards will be added?
September 13, 2017 1:59 a.m.
TezzeretofCarmot21 says... #24
It's been a week since the last Ixalan story. When do you think the next story is?
September 13, 2017 7:12 a.m.
TezzeretofCarmot21,
Wizards normally posts new Magic Stories on Wednesdays at 8:00am Pacific time.
I recommend keeping an eye on the Lore forum ... AgentGreen almost always starts a thread there whenever a new one pops up.
September 13, 2017 8:12 a.m. Edited.
AgentGreen says... #26
Hey clayperce. I got back into magic because of the lore; and the fact that sets like this makes me smile.
Usually WoTC brings their story up around 11 Eastern, so check there or check here when I will post the link (I will eventually get that URL tag to work on external sites)
September 13, 2017 8:53 a.m.
I love the flavor text on that sword point diplomacy card.
September 13, 2017 10:13 a.m.
Field of Ruin
Land
: Add to your mana pool.
, , sacrifice Field of Ruin: Destroy target nonbasic land your opponent controls, each player may search his or her library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle his or her library.
September 13, 2017 10:56 a.m.
That's a weird ghost quarter.. like.. it isn't necessarily a bad card, but it's weird
September 13, 2017 10:58 a.m.
Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor says... #30
Wow, Field of Ruin is a fantastic EDH political card. Not only does it Ghost Quarter an oppressive land, but it provides a bonus for everyone else, making them more likely to help you in the future. Plus you don't short yourself on mana like you do with Ghost Quarter, Strip Mine, etc.
Also...the land enters the battlefield UNTAPPED, which is big IMO. You could even use it to ramp another player who is 1 mana short of playing a response (i.e. removal spell) to a board-wide threat. I am a big fan of this card.
The traditional land destruction lands are still better, but this is an interesting alternative.
September 13, 2017 11:19 a.m.
It'll work well in hug decks probably, or maybe as a piece in Gitrog decks.
September 13, 2017 11:21 a.m.
Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor says... #32
More Dino-ramp:
Going by the flavor text, does this mean we get a green one as well (maybe at rare)? We already have Otepec Huntmaster in red at uncommon. I think it is pretty great that they are spreading out the dino-cost reduction over multiple creatures so each dino-archetype gets supported.
September 13, 2017 11:24 a.m.
I feel the flavor on this one is wrong. "will do anything to get one," except attack lol. Should have been mercenaries that get paid to attack.
September 13, 2017 11:38 a.m.
TezzeretofCarmot21, the next story is on magic' s facebook page.
September 13, 2017 12:51 p.m.
Welp looks like we will be getting a Minotaur planeswalker after all.
September 13, 2017 12:55 p.m.
LittleBlueHero says... #37
The art from the story leads me to believe we may see a non-planeswalker version of Angrath in this set. Horizontal as it is.
Then maybe the walker version in the follow up?
September 13, 2017 1:05 p.m.
AgentGreen says... #38
windlnk Will it be in this set or the next
Also, calling the colors as
September 13, 2017 1:05 p.m.
AgentGreen says... #39
LittleBlueHero I think he will be a straight up walker, he hinted that he is already a planeswalker, just stuck on the plane. His spark is still active, he just can't leave
September 13, 2017 1:07 p.m.
I think Mark Rosewater said there were only 3 planeswalkers in the Ixalan set. It's getting pretty close to the full spoiler, so if we don't Angrath spoiled today or tomorrow, it would be really unlikely that we get him in the set. If the Altazan packaging is reflective of Rivals of Ixalan, I think Angrath will show up in Rivals of Ixalan as a planeswalker, with Ajani coming in as . That would give the block an even distribution of colors among planeswalkers.
September 13, 2017 1:11 p.m.
Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor says... #41
Ryjo - He will likely show up in Rivals of Ixalan as we already have our 3 planeswalkers in Jace, Vraska, and Huatli.
However, today's magic story gives us an idea of what he looks like and he is indeed a Minotaur.
September 13, 2017 2:08 p.m.
BrandonJamesCAC says... #42
This artwork leaves a lot to be desired.
Half of these cards look like Disney-Pixar Funko Pop! Figures.
September 13, 2017 3:21 p.m.
hmmm... looks like the city she saw in the story had some sort of kaladesh influence... not sure if that was intentional or if the artists are running out of ideas for designs. I hope it's on purpose
September 13, 2017 3:27 p.m.
AgentGreen says... #44
Qolorful It was on purpose....because if you read there's a line that suggested that something "sparked" inside her. The rule is when a Walker spark ignites; they planeswalk. She happened to appear in Kaladesh as her first planeswalk, much like Samaut ended up in Theros as her first planeswalk
September 13, 2017 6:59 p.m.
Alright just making sure that was the case, thanks for affirming that. I wasn't sure if it was kaladesh, or the golden city was based on kaladesh technology, or if they were just not doing a good job
September 13, 2017 7:03 p.m.
Like me, have you been wondering about all those Vampire cards with "Pay X life ..."?
Well, we finally got the payoff:
September 13, 2017 9:26 p.m. Edited.
I love it!!! EDH fun at its finest. I'm getting a foil copy of this!
September 13, 2017 9:36 p.m.
LittleBlueHero says... #49
Redoubled Volley 1RR Sorcery
Redoubled Volley deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
Raid - 3RR: Return Redoubled Volley from your graveyard to your hand. Activate this ability only if you attacked with a creature this turn.
Qolorful says... #1
If you counter a 3 mana spell you only get 3 back instead of 5. Meanwhile if you counter a 8 mana spell you just earned 3 extra mana
September 12, 2017 6:51 a.m.