Mark Rosewater gave his traditional teaser with the following hints.[1][2][3]
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
- 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[4]
- 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.” —
- “you may sacrifice a Mountain rather than pay this spell’s mana cost.” —
- “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 —
- 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)
- xxxxx (5) — Amass (Lazotep Minister)
- xxxxx (5) — Evoke (Grief)
- xxxxx (5) — Storm (Spreading Insurrection)
- xxxxx (5) —
- xxxxx (5) —
- xxxxxx (6) — Devour (Caprichrome)
- xxxxxx (6) — Domain (Scion of Draco)
- xxxxxx (6) — Enrage (Urban Daggertooth)
- xxxxxx (6) — Evolve (Scurry Oak)
- xxxxxx (6) — Kicker (Tourach, Dread Cantor)
- xxxxxx (6) — Morbid (Template:Funnel-Web Recluse)
- xxxxxx (6) — Renown (Constable of the Realm)
- xxxxxx (6) — Shadow (Dauthi Voidwalker)
- xxxxxx (6) —
- xxxxxxx (7) — Bushido (Jade Avenger)
- xxxxxxx (7) — Channel (Ghost-Lit Errant)
- xxxxxxx (7) — Cycling (Fractured Sanity)
- xxxxxxx (7) — Exalted (Ignoble Hierarch)
- xxxxxxx (7) — Explore (Legion's 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) — Surveil (Dakkon, Shadow Slayer)
- xxxxxxx (7) — Suspend (Profane Tutor)
- xxxxxxx (7) — Unearth (Priest of Fell Rites)
- xxxxxxx (7) —
- xxxxxxx (7) —
- xxxxxxx (7) —
- xxxxxxxx (8) — Affinity (Junk Winder)
- xxxxxxxx (8) — Converge (Prismatic Ending)
- xxxxxxxx (8) — Delirium (Dragon's Rage Channeler)
- xxxxxxxx (8) — Devotion (Underworld Hermit)
- 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) —
- xxxxxxxxx (9) — Aftermath (Road // Ruin)
- xxxxxxxxx (9) — Flashback (Calibrated Blast)
- xxxx-xxxxx (9) — Jump-start
- xxxxxxxxx (9) — Reinforce (Break Ties)
- xxxxxxxxx (9) — Replicate (Lose Focus)
- xxxxxxxxx (9) — Vanishing (Out of Time)
- xxxxxxxxx (9) —
- xxxxxxxxxx (10) — Eternalize (Timeless Dragon)
- xxxxxxxxxx (10) — Metalcraft (Vedalken Infiltrator)
- xxxxxxxxxxx (11) — Investigate (Lonis, Cryptozoologist)
- xxxxxxxxxxx (11) — Multikicker (Flametongue Yearling)
- xxxxxxxxxxx (11) — Proliferate (Urban Daggertooth)
- xxxxxxxxxxx (11) —
- xxxxxxxxxxx (11) —
- xxxxxxxxxxxx (12) — Living weapon (Kaldra Compleat)
- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (15) —
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 18, 2020). "Maro's Modern Horizons 2 Teaser". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 18, 2020). "Do the xxxx's include spaces in the character count?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 18, 2020). "Sorry, I need to clarify my question a bit.". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Ethan Fleischer (May 25, 2021). "Garth One-Eye". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.