Magic The Gathering's Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Previews - Day Two Roundup
It's the preview season for Magic The Gathering's sci-fi cyberpunk set, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, and after yesterday's mammoth reveal day we're finally onto the first real day of community-led previews. And we sure did get a lot of incredible cards revealed.
Today we had TheGamer's previews, the final card in a powerful and long-running cycle, some amazing hair, and a big ol' toad for the second set in a row.
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As usual, if any cards that aren't on this list were revealed today because of time zones, they'll appear tomorrow.
Though we saw a pilot with Kotori, the face of the blue/white Commander deck, Hotshot Mechanic is the first one we've seen in Standard since 2017's Aether Revolt. A 2/1 that can crew as if it was a 4/1 is really nice, and for just one mana it's going to speed up lots and lots of vehicle decks.
Nils Hamm is one of the most interesting artists working in Magic right now, and March of Otherworldly Light looks sublime. It's a shame the effect is underwhelming: you exile a creature, artifact, or enchantment with mana value X or less, and can exile white cards from your hand to reduce the amount of mana you need to pay. Though it can hit artifacts and enchantments, this is too much of a downgrade from the likes of Path to Exile and Swords to Plowshares to be reasonable.
A blue Springleaf Drum that can channel to put a permanent on the top or bottom of its owner's library (of their choice) ain't bad. Springleaf Drum has the same tapping ability and is colourless, but also isn't in Standard at the moment. Archelos, Lagoon Mystic is going to love this.
Whenever Futuristic Agent is tapped, it is a 1/1 Human Citizen that can't be
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