Gatecrash Spoilers: January 1st, 2013

Hello and welcome to this first day of the new year and magic's continuing existence, we have 3 spoilers today to talk about, so let's get this underway, straight away.

Holy ghost council batman, Obzedat, Ghost Council is instantly one of my new favorite legends, 1, White, White, Black, Black and it is of course Legendary Creature, Spirit Advisor, it is a 5/5 that when it enters the battlefield, target opponent loses 2 life, and you gain 2 life, I can think of one thing right now in standard that can abuse this ability, Deadeye Navigator and his soul bond ability, but wait there's more. At the beginning of your end step, you may exile Obzedat, if you do return it to the battlefield under it's owner's control at the beginning of your next upkeep, it gains haste. I believe this will most defintely see standard play in the future, due to the fact it's a 5/5 for 5 and it hits for 2 when it enters the battlefield, pretty nice wizards.

Introducing guild leader #2 of the day, Lazav, Dimir Mastermind, he costs, Blue, Blue, Black, Black and is a 3/3 with Hexproof, he's a legendary creature of course and is a shapeshifter. He has the ability, whenever a creature card is put into a opponent's graveyard from anywhere, yes from anywhere, you may have Lazav, Dimir Mastermind become a copy of that card except it's name is still Lazav, Dimir Mastermind, it's legendary in addition to it's other types and it gains hexproof and this ability. You wanna know who this reminds me of, Sakashima the Impostor, except he does not have a return to hand cost printed on him, but the benefit is he has Hexproof honestly, which is pretty broken in itself, onto the final card of the day.

Introducing the first of the 5 key runes for the set, Dimir Keyrune, which of course costs 3 mana, adds either Blue or Black to the pool, it has the ability, pay Blue, Black, Dimir Keyrune turns into a 2/2 blue and black Horror artifact creature until end of turn and is unblockable this turn. Bashing for 2 every turn with this is going to be very nasty to be honest since it is so cheap to cast and all that neat stuff, anyways that's it for previews for today, tommorow we should get more, till then this is vergil signing off.