Mark Rosewater gave his traditional teaser with the following hints.[1]
First up, here are some things you can expect:
- A white creature that can make an opponent lose the game simply by attacking them no matter how much life they have — Angel of Destiny
- A multicolor creature that lets you repeatedly reanimate permanents out of your opponent’s graveyard for no mana — Zareth San, the Trickster
- Three creatures with five creature types — Tajuru Paragon, Veteran Adventurer, and Stonework Packbeast
- An artifact granting +2/+2 to a subset of creatures that first appeared in Alpha — colorless creatures (Forsaken Monument)
- X being used for a variable it's never been used for before — party size (e.g. Cascade Seer)
- A 6/6 artifact creature that costs 3 and a 7/5 artifact creature that can cost 3 — Relic Golem and Sea-Gate Colossus
- The return of four mana symbols that have each only ever been used on two cards before — two-brid mana (Tazri, Beacon of Unity)
- Lands that come with a choice you've never had before — Pathway lands and in general all modal double-faced cards have on land side in Zendikar Rising
- Targeted enchantment removal in black — Feed the Swarm
- A red/white creature with a line of rules text that starts with "Whenever" and ends with "draw a card" — Akiri, Fearless Voyager
- A card with three different activated abilities that all copy something — Lithoform Engine
Here are snippets of rules text, you’ll see:
- "three plus" — Skyclave Plunder
- "different converted mana cost X or less" — Agadeem's Awakening
- "equal to 20 minus" — Scourge of the Skyclaves
- "Cowards can't block Warriors" — Kargan Intimidator
- "don't lose unspent red mana" — Leyline Tyrant
- "twice the number of Equipment" — Nahiri, Heir of the Ancients
- "If it's the third time" — Omnath, Locus of Creation
And finally, here are some creature type lines you’ll see:
- Mouse — Canyon Jerboa
- Leviathan Crab — Charix, the Raging Isle
- Shapeshifter Rogue — Glasspool Mimic
- Demon Cleric — Taborax, Hope's Demise
- Wurm Horror — Dreadwurm
- Hydra Horror — Grakmaw, Skyclave Ravager
- Cat Horror — Skyclave Shadowcat
- Angel Wizard — Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (August 27, 2020). "Maro's Zendikar Rising Teaser". Blogatog. Tumblr.