Modern Horizons 2/Trivia

Modern Horizons 2

 

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Trivia

 

Maro's MH2 Teaser

Mark Rosewater gave his traditional teaser with the following hints.

First up, here are some things you can expect:

• a legendary character best known for having his name on a powerful card (that’s been banned) finally gets a legendary creature — Tourach, Dread Cantor
• a theme on only a handful of cards in Modern Horizons gets a larger presence — "mix-and-match" mechanics
• a Frog twenty-six years in the making — Jade Avenger, a riff on Chub Toad which had Bushido before the mechanic was named.
• new split cards — Road // Ruin
• a Future Sight mechanic reused for the first time — Wizardcycling (Step Through)
• a character that first appeared in a Magic novel finally becomes a legendary creature — Garth One-Eye
• a card with the number words "four" and "fourteen" — Fractured Sanity
• a fan-favorite animal character finally becomes a legendary creature — Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• a white enchantment with a trigger that investigates — Search the Premises
• a planeswalker from the past that has previously only had a legendary creature card — Dakkon, Shadow Slayer

Here are some snippets from rules text that appear in the set:

• “Whenever you cast your third spell each turn,” — Captain Ripley Vance
• “for each other Ooze you control.” — Aeve, Progenitor Ooze
• “If an ability of a <CENSORED> or another <CENSORED> you control triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.” — Harmonic Prodigy (Shaman, Wizard)
• “This ability costs 1 less to activate for each +1/+1 counter on creatures you control.” — Deepwood Denizen
• “you may sacrifice a Mountain rather than pay this spell’s mana cost.” — Mine Collapse
• “Trample over planeswalkers” — Thrasta, Tempest's Roar
• “If an Insect card was milled this way,” — Grist, the Hunger Tide
• “Protection from permanents with corruption counters on them” — Geyadrone Dihada
• “choose a number between 1 and 5. Flip that many coins.” — Yusri, Fortune's Flame
• “instead create one of each.” — Academy Manufactor

Here are some type lines from the set:

• Artifact Creature – Assembly-Worker — Academy Manufactor
• Creature – Dinosaur Illusion — Phantasmal Dreadmaw
• Creature – Dauthi Rogue — Dauthi Voidwalker
• Creature – Skeleton Shaman — Clattering Augur
• Creature – Elemental Incarnation — Grief, etc.
• Artifact Creature – Clue Myr — Parcel Myr
• Tribal Artifact – Lhurgoyf — Altar of the Goyf
• Legendary Creature – Merfolk God — Svyelun of Sea and Sky
• Legendary Creature – Snake Elf Scout — Lonis, Cryptozoologist
• Legendary Creature – Squirrel Warrior — Chatterfang, Squirrel General

Finally, here are some of the mechanics in the set

(I replaced all the letters with X's.) Each listed keyword is a different non-evergreen keyword. No promise that it will appear in the set more than once, but some do appear in number. Spaces or punctuation didn't get X's. Note: the MH1 reprints don't count as they are not officially part of the MH2 (they are numbered separately).

• xxxx (4) — Dash (Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer)
• xxxx (4) — Echo (Extruder)
• xxxx (4) — Riot (Arcbound Slasher)
• xxxxx (5) — Adapt (Knighted Myr)
• xxxxx (5) — Amass (Lazotep Chancellor)
• xxxxx (5) — Delve (Murktide Regent)
• xxxxx (5) — Evoke (Grief)
• xxxxx (5) — Storm (Spreading Insurrection)
• xxxxxx (6) — Devour (Caprichrome)
• xxxxxx (6) — Domain (Scion of Draco)
• xxxxxx (6) — Enrage (Urban Daggertooth)
• xxxxxx (6) — Escape (Tizerus Charger)
• xxxxxx (6) — Evolve (Scurry Oak)
• xxxxxx (6) — Kicker (Tourach, Dread Cantor)
• xxxxxx (6) — Morbid (Funnel-Web Recluse)
• xxxxxx (6) — Renown (Constable of the Realm)
• xxxxxx (6) — Shadow (Dauthi Voidwalker)
• xxxxxxx (7) — Bushido (Jade Avenger)
• xxxxxxx (7) — Channel (Ghost-Lit Drifter)
• xxxxxxx (7) — Cycling (Fractured Sanity)
• xxxxxxx (7) — Entwine (Unbounded Potential)
• xxxxxxx (7) — Exalted (Ignoble Hierarch)
• xxxxxxx (7) — Exploit (Loathsome Curator)
• xxxxxxx (7) — Explore (Legion Vanguard)
• xxxxxxx (7) — Imprint (Dermotaxi)
• xxxxxxx (7) — Madness (Kitchen Imp)
• xxxxxxx (7) — Modular (Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp)
• xxxxxxx (7) — Outlast (Arcus Acolyte)
• xxxxxxx (7) — Phasing (Out of Time)
• xxxxxxx (7) — Prowess (Harmonic Prodigy)
• xxxxxxx (7) — Rebound (Terramorph)
• xxxxxxx (7) — Support (Captured by Lagacs)
• xxxxxxx (7) — Surveil (Dakkon, Shadow Slayer)
• xxxxxxx (7) — Suspend (Profane Tutor)
• xxxxxxx (7) — Unearth (Priest of Fell Rites)
• xxxxxxxx (8) — Affinity (Junk Winder)
• xxxxxxxx (8) — Converge (Prismatic Ending)
• xxxxxxxx (8) — Delirium (Dragon's Rage Channeler)
• xxxxxxxx (8) — Devotion (Underworld Hermit)
• xxxxxxxx (8) — Forecast (Piercing Rays)
• xxxxxxxx (8) — Hellbent (Necromancer's Familiar)
• xxxxxxxx (8) — Landfall (Tireless Provisioner)
• xxxxxxxx (8) — Landwalk (Rishadan Dockhand; Chatterfang, Squirrel General)
• xxxxxxxx (8) — Overload (Rise and Shine)
• xxxxxxxx (8) — Scavenge (Bannerhide Krushok)
• xxxxxxxxx (9) — Aftermath (Road // Ruin)
• xxxxxxxxx (9) — Flashback (Calibrated Blast)
• xxxx-xxxxx (9) — Jump-start (Dihada's Ploy)
• xxxxxxxxx (9) — Reinforce (Break Ties)
• xxxxxxxxx (9) — Replicate (Lose Focus)
• xxxxxxxxx (9) — Threshold (Cabal Initiate)
• xxxxxxxxx (9) — Vanishing (Out of Time)
• xxxxxxxxxx (10) — Eternalize (Timeless Dragon)
• xxxxxxxxxx (10) — Metalcraft (Vedalken Infiltrator)
• xxxxxxxxxxx (11) — Investigate (Lonis, Cryptozoologist)
• xxxxxxxxxxx (11) — Landcycling (Sojourner's Companion)
• xxxxxxxxxxx (11) — Multikicker (Flametongue Yearling)
• xxxxxxxxxxx (11) — Proliferate (Urban Daggertooth)
• xxxxxxxxxxx (11) — Split second (Sudden Edict)
• xxxxxxxxxxxx (12) — Living weapon (Kaldra Compleat)
• xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (15) — "Creaturecycling" (Typecycling) (Step Through)