We've got another load of spoilers today for MTG's next expansion, Theros: Beyond Death (THB). Tomorrow is the last day of scheduled reveals and the set releases for MTG Arena on January 16. Which card will be the next auto-include for your favorite color? Be sure and visit the MTG Arena website, download the client, and play for free.
Card revealed by After Office TTV
They posted a lore card, but I don't have the exact translation. This should be pretty close though.
Klothys is tied to the Underworld and cannot persecute those who manage to escape. But instead, sends agents of destiny to ensure that events happen as they should. Its agents use the Klothys thread to achieve their goals.
Cards revealed by DailyMTG
These cards are all part of the Elspeth and Ashiok Planeswalker decks that will be available for purchase.
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Card revealed by Good Luck High Five
Card revealed by Magic Noobz
This translation has not been confirmed yet.
Nightmare Shepherd
2BB
Enchantment Creature - Demon
Flying
Whenever another creature you control other than a token dies you can exile it. If you do, create a token that is a copy of that creature, except it's a 1/1 and a Nightmare in addition to its other types.
Cards revealed by Mein-MMO-de
This translation has not been confirmed yet.
Loathsome Chimera
2G
Creature - Chimera
Escape - 4G, Exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You can cast this card from your graveyard for its Escape cost.)
Loathsome Chimera escapes with a +1/+1 counter on it.
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Omen of the Dead
B
Enchantment
Flash
When Omen of the Dead comes into play, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
2B, Sacrifice Omen of the Dead: Scry 2.
Cards revealed by Rock Paper Shotgun
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Card revealed by The Command Zone
Cards revealed by MTG LATAM
Mystic Revocation
G
Instant
Put target enchantment on the bottom of its owner's library.
Card revealed by Wizards Magic
Card revealed by MTG Arena
Card revealed by WotC Newsletter
Cards revealed by MTG
Here are some cards that were either released late or missed initially.
Comments
Destiny Spinner isn't too exciting, but a nice card to have in your sideboard just in case you fight against a blue deck.
Shadow Spear is a pretty neat equipment. Being able to give anything lifelink and trample is a pretty cool ability to have, especially when you can play it in any color. Note that you don't have to equip it to a creature to make your opponent's cards lose hexproof. This card will for sure be played somewhere, and it will be pretty impactful if you can get it on the right creature.
Heliod's Pilgrim is super cool. Being able to tutor an enchantment means that you can get that extra buff on your creatures to win, or it means you can grab that "exile target permanent" card to get rid of a threat. Enchantments can do just about anything, so being able to tutor an enchantment will be useful.
Nightmare Shepherd is interesting. For one, he exiles the minions when they die so you won't be able to use any graveyard interactions, also, making the creatures 1/1 means that you would only want to resurrect them for their ability. This is an interesting build-around and I am excited to see what people come up with.
Loathsome Chimera is just a pack filler. It isn't a bad card for limited just as a sticky creature, but it doesn't really do anything so it won't be played in any constructed format.
Omen of the Dead isn't bad, bringing back a creature from the graveyard to your hand is worth 1 mana and this also has flash and the ability to scry later. Plus it is an enchantment if your deck cares about that. I am not sure if the card is impactful enough to make you want to play it unless your deck cares about enchantments, but this isn't a bad card.
Favored of Iroas doesn't look to promising. 3 mana 2/2 is pretty weak, and I don't think you will be able to stick an enchantment consistently every turn to get benefit. I think you would rather play creatures that don't rely on you having to play a specific card to be good.
Heroes of the Revel also doesn't look too good. 5 mana is a bit much to be playing this type of card. The deck that this would go in wants to be fast and steamroll their opponent without having to wait until at least turn 5 to start moving.
Bronzehide Lion looks like a very good card. it is a 2 mana 3/3 that has the ability to gain indestructible. Then when it dies you can give another creature you control the ability to gain indestructible. This is a very powerful early game creature that will help you get ahead of the board.
Thassa's Intervention is interesting, but not good enough for its mana cost. The first ability doesn't look too good, compare it to Drawn from Dreams, playing this at 4 mana would only let you look at the top 2 cards. And the second ability also isn't good when compared to any other counterspell. Usually countering a spell costs 3, casting this at 3 mana wouldn't be enough most of the time.
Nyxbloom Ancient is a little hard to evaluate. I feel like this card will either end up being way too slow at 7 mana and it will never be played except for in some weird jank decks, or it will be very powerful in a super heavy ramp deck that will cause you to have effectively infinite mana. This card has potential, but I am not sure exactly how it will work out.
Mystic Revocation isn't a bad sideboard card, putting it on the bottom of their library is probably the most efficient way to get rid of it except for exiling it. This card may end up being too narrow for it to be good, but there is probably a deck out there that wants this as a tech option for their sideboard.
Agonizing Remorse will probably end up being played the exact same amount as any other 1/2 mana black discard card. We have seen multiple variations of "target opponent reveals their hand choose target X/Y from it and they discard it" and they have all seen niche play in a hand full of decks. It all kind of depends on the meta.
Triumphant Surge is a bad card. For 4 mana you are killing a single creature, and there are restrictions on what you can kill. Gaining 3 life is not nearly enough of an upside for you to want to play this terrible card.
Elspeth's Nightmare is interesting, 3 mana is way too much to be destroying a small creature, or making your opponent discard a single card, but when you can do all of that in one card it becomes much better. I don't think this card will be super powerful or game breaking or anything close to it, and it will probably be neglected in favor of better removal cards, but it is not a bad card. If nothing else it can be used in draft.
Gravebreaker Lamia is pretty cool. 5 mana for a 4/4 lifelink is okay, but also being able to tutor something in your graveyard is quite useful. Having lifelink is pretty big on a 4/4 creature, and the last ability isn't bad either. This card probably won't be super OP, but I am glad that it exists.
Careless Celebrant will probably be played in red aggro decks in the same way Viashino Pyromancer was. It doesn't trigger when it enters, but you can also hit creatures which is important to scare away blockers. This is a solid 2 drop and I am sure it will be used in a plethora of aggro decks.