Modern Horizons MTG spoilers and reveals

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MTG Modern Horizons reveals Nether Spirit and removal cards

There's a rare Nether Spirit and several removal cards

Danny Forster

Published: May 28, 2019 04:46 pm

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Sticking with the theme of playing Moden Horizons in a draft form today, MTG revealed a bomb and several removal cards, boosting Snow permanents and the Legacy format.

Nether Spirit

Throwing some love towards Legacy Pox decks, Nether Spirit is a three mana (double black) spirit creature who returns to the battlefield if its the only card in a player’s graveyard.

Nether Spirit is only a two/two but makes up for its mana cost with its special ability. It’s also a great card to use for a sacrifice when no other cards are in the graveyard, as it’ll come right back onto the battlefield after being sacrificed.

On Thin Ice

Costing only one white mana, On Thin Ice is a removal enchantment worth considering in Snow tribal themed decks. The enchantment goes on a snow-covered land the player controls and then exiles an opponents creature.

“When On Thin Ice enters the battlefield, exile target creature an opponent controls until On Thin Ice leaves the battlefield.”

Endling

The Modern Horizons Endling is a four mana rare creature removal card with a power of three and defense of three. Its strengths, however, come from its instant mana abilities which can be triggered.

Endling has three separate instant black mana triggers and one colorless.

One black mana: Endling gains menace until end of turn.
Single black mana: Endling gains deathtouch until end of turn.
One black mana: Endling gains undying until end of turn.
One colorless mana: Endling gets plus one/minus one or minus one/plus one until end of turn.

Dead of Winter

Using Snow permanents to create a board wipe for control decks, Dead of Winter is a rare sorcery card every Snow tribal themed deck should have. It only costs three mana (one black) to cast and can potentially clear an entire board depending on the number of Snow permanents a player controls.

“All nonsnow creatures get -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of snow permanents you control.”

With art created by Zack Stella, Dead of Winter could mean a Snow tribal theme is more control-based than creature-based. Especially since only a few creatures in the Modern Horizons spoilers have been revealed.

MTG Modern Horizons is set to release on in card form on June 13. A pre-release weekend, however, is taking place from June 8 to 9. Magic Online players will have full access to Modern Horizons on June 6.

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Danny Forster

Danny has been writing for Dot Esports for over five years, first as a freelancer and now as a staff writer. He is the lead beat writer for Magic: The Gathering and Teamfight Tactics. Danny is also a solid Monopoly GO player, having beaten every main event without spending a dime. When Danny isn't writing or gaming, he's chilling by the water in Spacecoast Florida with his family and friends. He's always got a tan, because touching grass is important, and loves playing strategic digital and tabletop games. Past outlets Danny has written for include TheGamer and ScreenRant.