Let's start with the big bomb of the day, Deathpact Angel, which costs 3, White, Black, Black and when she dies you get a 1/1 white and black cleric that basically allows you to sacrifice it and return Deathpact Angel from the battlefield for Angel's converted mana cost, the angel itself is a 5/5 flying beatstick for 6 which is pretty balanced, did i mention she's mythic?
Why hello equipment form of Rings of Brighthearth, seriously this is great to see to be quite honest, it's called Illusionst Bracers and it costs 2 to play, 3 to equip and it's rare, but whenever a ability of a equipped creature is activate, if it is not a mana ability, copy it and you get to choose new targets for the copy, not bad wizards, not bad.
Tin Street Market is basically similar form to how they printed a bunch of auras that enchant lands, but this one basically does another one of those precious Merfolk Looter effects, it's nice but for 5 mana, i'm not paying for a looter effect outside of limited here.
Of course we got another mechanic preview set of cards, starting with Zhur-Taa Swine, a 5 drop 5/4 that has blood rush, for 1, red and green discard it and target attacking creature gets +5/+4 until end of turn, not bad to be honest, a fair and decent blood rush common for the set.
Gateway Shade is similar to what we saw the last set, except this time specific cards gain bonuses from tapping gates, instead of having gates present on the battlefield, it should be noted only 1 of these abilites can be used at one given time.
Speaking of gate cards, the guild gates are essentially back as well, for the 5 guilds of this set, the preview being Orzhov Guildgate this time for this cycle.
Basilica Guards is a 1/4 defender with the orzhov mechanic of Extort for a mere 3 mana at the common rarity, so expect to see this once or twice per draft passed around, it's a decent body with a decent cost.
Gridlock is something that looks super funny to play, but it has the target word in it meaning if it has Hexproof they won't be effected. but it's still pretty decent.
Drakewing Krasis is a 3/1 flying trample body for 3 that feels very Simic Sky Swallower esque this time around, but it's nice to have a 3/1 body to be decently costed.
And we got the usual fair for mechanic and card types returning, Hybrid cards are confirmed for this set, along with the remaining of the mechanic based cards, overall a great start to the spoiler season for official previews if you ask me, until tommorow this is vergil signing off.
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