The Brothers' War/Trivia
Mark Rosewater gave his traditional teaser with the following hints.[1]
First up, here are some things you can expect:
- over ten legendary Human Artificers — Feldon, Ronom Excavator, Mishra, Excavation Prodigy, Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa, Mishra, Claimed by Gix, Urza, Powerstone Prodigy, Urza, Prince of Kroog and Urza, Lord Protector
- another card with “end the turn” —
- a command with X in its mana cost —
- a spell that mimics the effect of a creature that was originally printed with the picture of a World Champion on it —
- a Teferi with a new way to gain loyalty counters — Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim (when you draw a card)
- equipment with “Equip Soldier” —
- a new Onulet —
- protection from everything returns —
- a white creature that taps to let you and an opponent draw a card —
- one colored artifact — (other artifacts have Prototype)
Here are snippets of rules text, you’ll see:
- “create a tapped Powerstone token for each other creature you control.” —
- “Put a +1/+1 counter on target Assembly-Worker you control.” —
- “Whenever one or more creatures with mana value 3 or less enter the battlefield under your control,” —
- “Permanents you control have ‘Ward – Sacrifice a permanent.’” — Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa
- “Whenever you cast an artifact spell with mana value 6 or greater,” —
- “For each card type among noncreature spells you’ve cast this turn,” — Hurkyl, Master Wizard
- “Create a tapped 3/3 colorless Zombie artifact creature token.” —
- “Look at the cards in each pile, then turn a pile of your choice face up.” —
- “gains your choice of flying, vigilance, deathtouch, or haste.” —
- “Whenever you cast a Beast or Bird creature spell,” —
And finally, here are some creature type lines you’ll see:
- Artifact Creature – Ape —
- Creature – Mole Horror —
- Artifact Creature – Phyrexian Wurm — Phyrexian Fleshgorger
- Creature – Phyrexian Human Assassin —
- Creature – Minotaur Barbarian —
- Creature – Elf Druid Soldier —
- Creature – Human Artificer Scout —
- Legendary Creature – Human Wizard Advisor — Hurkyl, Master Wizard
- Legendary Creature – Elf Druid Scout —
- Legendary Creature – Human Artificer Advisor —
Callbacks
Other
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (October 24, 2022). "Maro’s The Brothers’ War Teaser". Blogatog. Tumblr.