Game Update Highlights
- Pre-orders for Phyrexia: All Will Be One have arrived! There are now 3 pre-orders to choose from themed around Jace, Koth, and Elesh Norn
- See our recent Weekly Announcement for more information on these pre-orders
Collected Bug Fixes
- Fixed a collation bug that could result in players getting only one card from Brothers' War in their Golden Packs
Alchemy and Historic
Rebalances
Goblin Trapfinder
"This spell costs 2 less to cast" -> "This spell costs 1 less to cast"
Like Grinning Ignus and Racketeer Boss, Goblin Trapfinder was enabling combo decks using Ominious Traveler in Alchemy and Historic. Since perpetual mana cost reduction is more likely to enable problematic combos in the future, we are making the combo harder to assemble by rebalancing Goblin Trapfinder.
Buffs
Spirits
Decks built around Brine Comber, Shipwreck Sifters, Patrician Geist, and other Midnight Hunt and Crimson Vow Spirit cards often don’t have enough mana to support casting cards for their disturb costs. These changes aim to reduce the diminishing returns of playing multiple Disturb cards and make decks built around cards like Brine Comber more competitive.
Binding Geist // Spectral Binding
2U -> 1U; 3/1 -> 2/1; Disturb 1U -> U; -2/-0 until end of turn -> -2/-0 until your next turn
Brine Comber // Brinebound Gift
1/1 -> 2/2
Devoted Grafkeeper // Departed Soulkeeper
2/1 -> 2/2; ETB mill 2 -> ETB mill 4; remove “Departed Soulkeeper can block only creatures with flying.” from back
Dorothea, Vengeful Victim // Dorothea’s Retribution
Disturb 1WU -> WU
Dreamshackle Geist
3/1 -> 3/2
Obsessive Collector
4/3 -> 4/4
Gutter Skulker // Gutter Shortcut
3U -> 2U; Disturb 3U -> 2U; back now grants +3/+0
Lantern Bearer // Lanterns’ Lift
Disturb 2U -> 1U
Mischievous Catgeist // Catlike Curiosity
Disturb 2U -> 1U; Catlike Curiosity now grants +1/+1
Patrician Geist
Spells you cast from your graveyard cost 1 less to cast -> cost U less to cast
Phantom Carriage
4UU -> 2UU
Shipwreck Sifters
“Whenever you discard a Spirit card or card with disturb...” -> “Whenever a Spirit or card with disturb is put into your graveyard from anywhere..."
Samurai
Decks built around Neon Dynasty’s Samurai cards have a hard time being keeping pace with other aggressive decks in the format since the Samurai themselves have higher mana values. We are lowering the mana values of Samurai creature spells across the board make Samurai-themed decks more competitive against other aggressive decks in Alchemy
Asari Captain
3RW -> 1RW; 4/3 -> 2/1; gains Trample
Ancestral Katana
Now grants First Strike while attacking; +2/+1 -> +2/+2; Equip 3 -> Equip 2
Akki Ronin
1R -> R; 1/3 -> 1/2; change from discarding to putting a card on the bottom of library
Eiganjo Exemplar
1W -> W; 2/1 -> 1/1
Imperial Blademaster
2/2 -> 2/3
Imperial Subduer
2W -> 1W; 3/2 -> 3/1
Peerless Samurai
2R -> 1R; 2/3 -> 2/1
Raiyuu, Storm’s Edge
3/3 -> 4/4