Set News

The Marvel Super Heroes spoilers are coming in hot and heavy! Today saw the massive reveal of over 200 new Jumpstart cards for the set, including legendary heroes like Wolverine, Black Widow, and Hyperion. For those looking for a spectacular flavor win, Doctor Doom paired with the iconic card Doomsday is a villainous match made in heaven.

Mark Rosewater also chimed in on the massive IGN drop, explaining that Wizards simply had a mountain of sweet Jumpstart cards to show off and needed the real estate. Over on his blog, he confirmed that the annual "State of Design" article will now align with Magic's new set rotation schedule.

Commander Corner

For the Commander faithful, EDHREC is celebrating the anniversary of precons by looking back at the best budget upgrades hidden inside older products. If you're looking to build something spicy, they also have a fantastic guide on building Mono-Black Enchantments with Braids, Arisen Nightmare.

In the realm of game design and lore, MaRo tackled a question about cards like Stark Industries Executive, explaining that the Legend Rule makes it tough to print common legendary creatures, so sometimes named characters just have to be "implied" in the art or text. Over on Reddit, players are debating the power level of Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty in Bracket 2, while another player is desperately seeking a cutthroat deck to destroy their competitive Atraxa-playing partner.

Competitive Scene

Is Temur Elementals still the real deal in Standard? Players over on r/spikes are discussing the deck's viability and whether it's worth buying into the archetype for the current paper meta. Meanwhile, War Machine, Legacy of Iron has been spoiled, potentially adding some new iron to aggressive artifact shells.

Limited & Draft

It's your birthday! MaRo gave a fun piece of trivia for a player's birthday cube event regarding the card Colossification. He noted that the Aura was created specifically because the "giant monster" themed set needed to have the absolute largest Aura in the game's history—a real windmill slam in Limited.

Finance & Market

Despite the tidal wave of Marvel previews, the financial market is currently being dominated by a different crossover. MTGStocks reports that Hatsune Miku cards are commanding the price spikes this week rather than the newly previewed superheroes. Elsewhere, players are discussing the creeping price increases on "lower-tier" EDH staples across the secondary market.

Design & Lore

Today was a day for crediting the creative minds behind the cards. MaRo revealed that Daniel Xu was the genius behind the hilarious flavor text on Sauron, and took personal credit for the clean design of Speedball, New Warrior. He also shared some trivia on Comet, Stellar Pup from Unfinity, noting that the design was intentionally created to let a normal dog planeswalker do whatever it wants.