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MaRo's Tarkir: Dragonstorm Teaser

Mark Rosewater gave his traditional teaser with the following hints.

First up, here are some things you can expect:

• A cycle of Dragonstorm enchantments Teeming Dragonstorm (), Roiling Dragonstorm (), Corroding Dragonstorm (), Breaching Dragonstorm (), Encroaching Dragonstorm ()
• Two planeswalkers — Elspeth, Storm Slayer, Ugin, Eye of the Storms
• Some counters in the set: decayed(Rot-Curse Rakshasa), lifelink, and time
• A card that can tutor for one of two other cards — Dragonstorm Forecaster (Dragonstorm Globe or Boulderborn Dragon)
• A legendary enchantment — The Sibsig Ceremony
• A Hydra that uses a clan mechanic
• A common archetype theme gets an ability word — Flurry
• An instant that generates five effects
• Dragons get a new typal enchantment based on a popular Zombie one — Dracogenesis (based on Rooftop Storm)
• A new instant and sorcery subtype — Omen

Here are snippets of rules text you’ll see:

• “Whenever you cast a Turtle spell, untap this creature.”
• “As long as there are three or more different kinds of counters among creatures you control,”
• “You may cast it without paying its mana cost if that spell’s mana value is 8 or less.” — Breaching Dragonstorm
• “If you put +1/+1 counters on five Dragons this way, you win the game.” — Call the Spirit Dragons
• “Whenever a creature you control enters, if you cast it, destroy that creature” — The Sibsig Ceremony
• “At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you’ve case both a creature spell and a noncreature spell this turn,” — Eshki Dragonclaw
• “Then if creatures you control have total toughness 20 or greater,” — Betor, Kin to All
• “During your end step, Warrior tokens you control have ‘This token can’t be sacrificed.’” — Zurgo, Thunder's Decree
• “Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may search your library for a card named <CARDNAME>, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.” — Tempest Hawk
• "Spells you cast have delve." — Teval, Arbiter of Virtue

Here are some creature type lines from the set:

• Creature – Dog Monk — Equilibrium Adept
• Creature – Elephant Druid — Dusyat Earthcarver
• Creature – Yeti — Summit Intimidator
• Creature – Djinn Cleric — Severance Priest
• Creature – Zombie Advisor
• Creature – Kirin
• Creature – Snake Shapeshifter — Naga Fleshcrafter
• Artifact Creature – Chimera — Embermouth Sentinel
• Artifact Creature – Ape Snake — Jade-Cast Sentinel
• Legendary Creature – Zombie Snake Warlock — Sidisi, Regent of the Mire

Finally, here are some names in the set:

• All-Out Assault
• Cruel Truths
• Desperate Measures
• Dragonologist
• Hundred-Battle Veteran
• Lightfoot Technique
• Rescue Leopard
• Seize Opportunity
• Stillness in Motion
• War Effort

Miscellaneous

• Before retiring in 2024, Erik Lauer achieved his bucket list goal of leading a vision design team with Tarkir: Dragonstorm. Due to his previous experience as development lead for Khans of Tarkir block, Design felt that the return to Tarkir was the perfect opportunity for him.