Magic: The Gathering - See Four New Cards From Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
The newest Magic set, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty is coming out soon, and it's certainly an exciting concept. It takes 2004's Kamigawa setting, which was inspired by feudal Japan, and hurtles it 1200 years into the future, into a world of neon cities and advanced technology, but one that also remains in touch with spirits and traditions.
In this set of 302 cards, a number of classic Kamigawa gameplay designs - such as Ninjutsu, Channel and double-faced cards - return, alongside the new mechanic Reconfigure, which allows creatures to equip themselves to other creatures. Similarly, the new cyber ninja Planeswalker Kaito Shizuki is joined by returning Planeswalkers Tamiyo and The Wanderer.
Today, IGN has four new cards to reveal from Neon Dynasty. The first is a Legendary Creature and Rat Ninja - Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion:
Two iterations of Nashi, plus a closer look at one of the gorgeous pieces of art.
We asked the team at Wizards of the Coast a little more about both this card specifically and the Nezumi (Kamigawa's anthropomorphic rats), as well as the theme as a whole.
"We met Nashi when he first appeared in a short story before the events of Kaladesh main set," says Daniel Holt, Senior UX Designer. "This is canonically a few years prior to the current day.
"In this older story, we learn that Nashi was born in a nezumi swamp village in rural Kamigawa, but his home was burned down and his parents slain by a malicious planeswalker named Tezzeret who believed the nezumi had a valuable artifact. Tamiyo, the Moon Sage, eventually adopts the young rat and treats him like her own child. Nashi’s fur has since grown back but has turned white where his burns used to be, giving him a unique pattern among the nezumi. Although his new family
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