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Mirrodin Besieged Visual Spoiler #2 (Green 2/2)

Another set of green spells from Mirrodin Besieged. Check out the visual spoilers below:

Mirrodin Besieged Visual Spoiler #2 (Green 1/2)

More Mirrodin Besieged visual spoilers, this set with five green spells. Check them out below. For the red set, click here and here for part II.

Mirrodin Besieged Visual Spoilers #1

Mirrodin Besieged is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set scheduled to be released February 4, 2011. It is the second set of the Scars of Mirrodin block. This block will mark the return to the plane of Mirrodin, that was last visited in the Mirrodin block that concluded in 2004. The interim tagline for the set is "Steel Yourself for War." The Mirrodin Besieged Prereleases will be held on January 29–30, 2011. These will be different from other prereleases in that there will be special Mirrodin Besieged boosters that will be only available for the prerelease. These boosters will be composed exclusively of cards from either the Mirran or the Phyrexian faction. A player will have to choose one of these sides upon entering the prerelease and will receive corresponding boosters.

Check out these Mirrodin Besieged visual spoilers:

via MTG Salvation

Scars of Mirrodin: Magic Online Release Events

Yes, Scars of Mirrodin is out now. I had no time to cover it properly, but here's some information on the Magic Online release. Yes, Scars of Mirrodin is coming online as well.

Here's the official info:

Scars of Mirrodin goes on sale in the Magic Online Store on Monday, October 18 at 9:00 AM PDT (16:00 UTC). Scars of Mirrodin becomes legal in ALL constructed formats following the October 13 downtime.

All appropriate Standard format Daily Events, Premier Events, Weekend Challenges, and Queues will switch to Scars of Mirrodin prize payouts after the scheduled downtime on Wednesday, October 20.

Scars of Mirrodin Release Events begin after the downtime Wednesday, October 20 and will consist of 5 parts:

• Scars of Mirrodin Booster Draft Queues
• Scars of Mirrodin 16-player Swiss Sealed Flights
• Scars of Mirrodin 64-Player "Top 8" Premier Drafts (beginning October 22)
• Scars of Mirrodin "Top 8" Swiss Sealed Events (beginning October 22)
• Scars of Mirrodin Release Events Championship (November 6)

Read more on Wizard's official site.

Scars of Mirrodin: Complete Card List

So, this is the ultimate Scars of Mirrodin spoiler list. Click here to see all cards. This is it people, the set is coming very soon.

Scars of Mirrodin Visual Spoilers: Nasty Artifacts (Part II)

Another part of Scars of Mirrodin Artifact cards:

Scars of Mirrodin Visual Spoilers: Nasty Artifacts (Part I)

Rare Artifact cards from Scars of Mirrodin:

via MTG Salvation

Scars of Mirrodin Planeswalker: Venser, the Sojourner

The other Scars of Mirrodin planeswalker, besides Koth and the new Elspeth. Venser, the Sojourner might be a good addition to control decks. Or it might be quite unplayable. It's early to say.

Scars of Mirrodin Visual Spoilers: A Kind of Blue

Three new blue spells from Scars of Mirrodin. They look nice, especially Thrummingbird, but I'm not sure about all this proliferate thing. I guess the best is yet to come, so expect more visual spoilers soon.

Scars of Mirrodin Visual Spoilers: Attack of the Myr

More Scars of Mirrodin visual spoilers. This time we present you the new Myr creatures, some of them reprint from the original Mirrodin.

Scars of Mirrodin prerelease card: Wurmcoil Engine?

A mythic rare, Wurmcoil Engine, has leaked and it looks like it's the Scars of Mirrodin prerelease card.

Artifact Creature - Wurm

Deathtouch, Lifelink

When Wurmcoil Engine is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a 3/3 colorless Wurm artifact creature token with deathtouch and a 3/3 colorless Wurm artifact creature token with lifelink onto the battlefield.

Two more Scars of Mirrodin visual spoilers

Two more Scars of Mirrodin cards leaked out. Kemba's Skyguard and Contagion Clasp. The second one introduces the new mechanic, 'Proliferate'.

Nice artwork.

First Scars of Mirrodin Spoiler

Unfortunately, I barely have time to update Auntie's Hovel as I want, but there's always time to post news on upcoming MTG stuff, especially Scars of Mirrodin. For more info on SoM, click here.

Here it is. Memoricide.

via MTG Salvation

Scars of Mirrodin: Intro packs, boosters and fat pack look

See how the intro packs, boosters and the fat packs looks like in Scars of Mirrodin. Eye candy, isn't it? Expect spoilers soon.

Intro packs

And again... Intro packs

Fat pack

Boosters

Some additional info:

Set Name: Scars of Mirrodin
Three-Letter Abbreviation: SOM
Block: Set 1 of 3 in the Scars of Mirrodin Block
Number of Cards: 249
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Prerelease Tournaments: September 25-26, 2010
Launch Parties October: 1-3, 2010
Previews start on magicthegathering.com: September 6, 2010

Archenemy Details and Rules

Archenemy is the name of the new Magic: The Gathering variant. It was announced couple of months ago and we almost got no details until now. I got an e-mail from Wizards with the following link and content. Let's see what it says:

"We told you about its unique "One vs. Many" game play, allowing you to face off against as many of your friends as your kitchen table can hold. We told you about the four different game packs, each with a 60-card Magic deck and a 20-card deck of oversized cards, and we even showed you the themes of the four decks. What we haven't yet done, because we're cagey like that, is tell you what exactly these oversized cards are, and how they'll help you with the daunting task of taking out a team of opposing Planeswalkers. Now that we're closer to the release, it's time to pull back the curtain!"

If you want to read more details, rules and see some cool card art, check out this link. Looks interesting, I must say, but I'm not sure how players will embrace it. The pack will cost $19.99 and it's going to be released on June 18, this year.

October 2010: Scars of Mirrodin

The new Magic: The Gathering block is coming in October 2010, when Shards of Alara rotates out of Standard. The set, codenamed "Light" is revealed to be Scars of Mirrodin. The logo and expansion symbol are known.

There will be 249 cards, including lands. The release date is October 1st, 2010.
It's good to see that Wizards are re-visiting old planes like Mirrodin. It was an outstanding plane, making the Artifacts stronger than ever. I just hope they will be re-visiting good old planes in the future. Can't wait for this one.

Rise of the Eldrazi prerelease card: Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

Here's the prerelease card for Rise of the Eldrazi. It's Emrakul, the Aeons Torn a.k.a. The Crappiest Card I've Ever Seen. Thank you Wizards, for making this outstanding crap.