Ariel with Wizardden.com back again and my have the last couple days have been stock full of spoilers. Surely even more will be out by the time we start tonight's tournament. As it stands we have just under half of the set spoiled with the rest presumably coming between now and Sunday. Kicking off today is the last two commands, both are great for their low costs.
Next up are the new rares and mythics I believe will see the most play in constructed. First up are the low cost aggressive rares that could revive the low curve devotion decks that we used to see a little less that a year ago.
Next up are the cards that got me thinking about a new archetype: Dragon Tempo. Haven of the Spirit Dragon gives the color consistency needed and even a late game play if your hand runs low. The spells that receive a boost if you have a dragon in hand or in play along with all the powerful mid to low cost dragons could very well be the new Timmy thing to do.
These ones I'm sure will be talked about a lot, but will likely see very little Standard or Modern play. Commune with Lava may get something banned or banned itself. I say this because it looks amazing for Storm decks. This may be a bit hasty, but given recent decisions by WoTC it's possible. Next up is Damnable Pact which seems good at first glance, but honestly what deck do you run it in? Mirror Mockery and Myth Realized seem silly if you can get them going but who is really going to let you get away with that?
These new big dumb spells seem like good control finishers, but are best played in commander.
Lastly are the two that are so close to being amazing but are missing something small yet important. Assault Formation doesn't change the opponent's creature's damage output. Pitiless Horde is not a warrior.
Next up is the cycle of mana rocks replacing the banners in our limited play. These seem absolutely great in limited play.
These are the last of the megamorph dragons. Though I am not a fan of the cycle the blue one seem quite good in limited play.
Similar to the 2014 hate cycle we are getting a new hate cycle. Each one hates on the two other colors of it's Khans clan. Rending Volley will no doubt see modern play.
All of these artifacts will likely see some limited play, but the order I have I placed them is the order I would draft them in.
Not to be confused with artifacts we do have an actual colorless card in the set. So far Ugin, the Spirit Dragon and the eldrazi cards are the only other truly colorless nonland cards. Side note these are actually before white cards when sorting by collector's number.
These all stand a good chance to be played in constructed. Duress would be an auto include if the format wasn't so dominated by creatures now days, either way rejoice in getting an awesome new art.
These seem good as well, but may not compete with everything else we have to pick from when building our decks.
Defender, flying
As an additional cost to cast Orator of Ojutai, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand.
When Orator of Ojutai enters the battlefield, if you revealed a Dragon card or controlled a Dragon as you cast Orator of Ojutai, draw a card.
Wrapping up our coverage today are these three. Silkwrap might see some sideboard play. Sarkhan's Triumph could be okay in that tempo list I mentioned earlier or perhaps in control to get the benefits of the dragon spells without running too many dragons. Wandering Tombshell could make it's way into turtle tribal.
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