MTG Streets of New Capenna Preview: 3-Color Style
Upcoming Magic: The Gathering set Streets of New Capenna is introducing a new twist on the game's formula, emphasizing a world inspired by early 1900s New York. While the new MTG expansion will feature plenty of familiar faces like Elspeth and Ob Nixilis, it will also coat its fantasy world in art deco gangster aesthetic, providing some innovation to what's become one of tabletop gaming's most recognizable brands.
During a preview presentation, Screen Rant was shown several new Streets of New Capenna cards, including one of its planeswalkers. One of the most notable elements of the preview was just how much emphasis is being placed on the intricacies of the new MTG expansion's narrative — a lot of careful plot threads have been laid in the background of card arts, and the machinations at play behind New Capenna speak to one of Magic's oldest and most interesting worlds, Phyrexia.
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Beyond story is gameplay, however, and Magic: The Gathering appears to have brewed up a very interesting approach to Streets of New Capenna mechanics. The mechanics are tied to the five factions that control New Capenna, and each has a flavorful blend of that group's primary motives and impact on board states when actually playing MTG.
The preview demonstrated each mechanic that would be tied to a given Streets of New Capenna faction. The Obscura are a White-Blue-Black group that feature Connive as a mechanic, which allows players to draw a card, then discard a card. If they discard a nonland card, the creature gets a +1/+1 counter. The Maestros are a Blue-Black-Red faction that has Casualty, which allows players to pay an additional cost of sacrificing a creature with power
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