Wizards of the Coast launched into a week of The Brothers’ War spoilers during the official preview stream today, showcasing over a dozen Magic: The Gathering cards in the upcoming Standard-legal set.
Giant mechs and two brothers devastating the plane of Dominaria is the foundation for The Brothers’ War (BRO), scheduled to globally launch on Nov. 18. The Standard-legal set will contain a total of 287 cards, showcasing new and existing characters that were established within the original novel and Antiquities set. It is the second set within a year-long story that will end with a Multiverse war against the Phyrexians.
The official BRO preview stream showcased new and returning mechanics, from Meld—which forms giant versions of Ittania, Urza, and Mishra—to Powerstones that fuel Artifacts within the set. New booster treatments were also revealed, along with a new Teferi planeswalker card.Â
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Here’s every Brothers’ War spoiler from the official MTG preview stream on Oct. 27
Planeswalker Teferi
Teferi is the only planeswalker to get previewed so far, showing off his skills at drawing cards while being able to create spirit creature tokens. It’s possible that the other planeswalkers joining Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim within the BRO set are Saheeli Rai and Kaya.
Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim
In typical Terferi style, Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim planeswalker draws a card at no cost. The legendary time warper also pumps up the power level of his created spirit token upon his controller drawing a card.
The Melding of Urza, Mishra, and Titania
WotC has included the Meld mechanic within BRO. But instead of creating Eldrazi, the mechanic will showcase giant versions of Titania, Urza, and Mishra. To create these giant MTG cards, two different BRO cards are Melded into one, with half of the giant new card on the back side of each individual card.
Titania, MTG elemental and avatar
Titania has two cards within the BRO set: Titania, Voice of Gaea, and Titania, Gaea Incarnate.
Legendary BRO creatures
From humans to Phyrexians, The Brothers’ War doesn’t have a shortage of legendary creatures and artificers. Gix, a Phyrexian Praetor who influenced Mishra throughout the events of BRO is a powerful Mono-Black Mythic Rare. And Hurkyl, Master Wizard is a solid Blue MTG card that synergizes with non-creature spells.
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor has potential within the Commander format. The Phyrexian also has a strong activated ability that can easily end games.
Giant BRO mechs with Prototype
Prototype is a new mechanic within the BRO set. It allows players to cast horrific Artifact war machines at an alternative casting cost, which reduces the Artifact’s stats while maintaining its type and keywords.
Phyrexian Fleshgorger
Phyrexian Fleshgorger is a top-end finisher, costing seven mana. It doesn’t have Trample, but Menace and Lifelink should rank it as one of the top finishers within the BRO set.
Multiple versions of Mishra and Urza
The BRO set will contain multiple versions of the brothers Mishra and Urza throughout their history. Each MTG card is legendary, although the rarity varies.
Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa
Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa stands out as it gives all permanents Ward. The legendary human artificer also gives all Artifacts in the graveyard Unearth.
Urza, Prince of Kroog
In contrast to his brother, Urza, Prince of Kroog grants all Artifact creatures you control +2/+2. The artificer can also create copies of an Artifact you control.
Powerstones in BRO
The Powerstone is a core item within the BRO story, with each brother claiming a half. Urza took the original piece, naming it the Might stone, and gave Mishra the broken-off piece, calling it the Weak stone. Powerstone tokens within The Brothers’ War tap for one colorless mana but can only cast Artifact spells or pay for activated abilities.
Reanimating Artifacts in BRO
Graveyard shenanigans will hit new levels within the BRO set, featuring the return of Unearth. The mechanic brings back Artifact creatures and non-creatures within The Brothers’ War set but only for one turn at Sorcery speed, giving the creatures and non-creatures Haste.
Rare Dual Pain lands
The cycle of Dual-lands, often referred to as Pain lands, will be completed within BRO. Each land taps for a colorless mana or can tap for one of two colored mana at the cost of one life point.
BRO Commander Retro frames
There are two Precon Commander decks coinciding with the release of the BRO Standard-legal set. One features Mishra as the face commander and the other showcases Urza. Both commanders come in Retro card-style frames, along with the other 99 cards in the preconstructed decks.
All images via WotC.
Update Oct. 28 10:30am CT: Additional BRO card images were added following the preview stream.
Published: Oct 28, 2022 10:30 am