More data is now out on The Brothers’ War Magic set. Wizards of the Coast has already shared some details about how this set shall be dealing with its prerelease, which has stoked curiosity on this extremely anticipated set. This is due partly to the titular struggle being one of the iconic within the lore of the sport, with solely its fallout being visited within the early set of Antiquities.

What was revealed for The Brothers’ War Magic set?

This new data of The Brothers’ War comes from an official submit on Wizards’ web site. First, art work for the units’ fullart fundamental lands was proven off, illustrating the huge struggle machines that fought throughout the land. These “mech fundamental lands” as they’re known as shall be in all Draft, Set, and Collector boosters.

Next, the submit confirmed artwork of the brothers of The Brothers’ War. Both Urza and Mishra will seem in a number of variations all through the set. For instance, Urza was proven not simply as a Legendary Creature however as a Planeswalker as nicely.

Notably, Urza’s Planeswalker card does verify that Meld shall be returning in The Brothers’ War Magic set. Meld, first launched in Eldritch Moon, is represented by a pair of double-sided playing cards. When the necessities are met on these two playing cards, they’re flipped, revealing two halves of a single card that acts as a single everlasting. In a fast Q&A on Mark Rosewater’s weblog, he confirmed that Urza shall be simply one in every of three Meld pairs on this new set. Presumably one of many others shall be his brother Mishra, who we are going to study extra about on the Thirtieth-anniversary stream on October Thirtieth.

The submit continued by showcasing two new Commander decks coming with The Brothers’ War. Since time journey is a part of the story for this set, each single card in these decks will characteristic the retro body therapy. This will embody reprints, that means some playing cards shall be getting the retro therapy for the primary time, in addition to lands. In addition to this retro therapy, the variations of Urza and Mishra on this deck may even get extra fashionable prolonged artwork frames. These variants may be present in Collector Boosters.

This retro throwback continues in The Brothers’ War with Retro Frame Artifacts. Classic artifact playing cards like Ivory Tower and Lodestone Golem shall be represented on this retro body and shall be represented with its personal set image. Each of those playing cards may even have alternate artwork variants the place they may have retro schematic mock-ups. These playing cards may be present in Draft, Set, and Collector Boosters, functioning very like the Mystical archive did in Strixhaven, with one per pack.

Serialized playing cards may even make a debut on particular variations of the schematic artwork with retro frames. These could have a particular double-rainbow foiling, and there be 500 copies of every, with the quantity printed on the artwork for every card. These will solely be distributed in Collector Boosters.

Finally, Wizards of the Coast gave a couple of extra incentives to these attending a The Brothers’ War prerelease occasion. In addition to sure collaborating retailers freely giving one in every of 4 playing cards celebrating Magic’s Thirtieth Anniversary, there shall be a Buy-A-Box promo model of Mishra’s Foundry out there whereas provides final. Certain bundles may even embody further promo playing cards, reminiscent of Queen Kayla bin-Kroog.

 Magic: The Gathering Transformers Cards

Finally, The Brothers’ War shall be getting Transformers promotional playing cards. Announced at Hasbro Pulse Con, and additional shared by a tweet by the official MTG account, all The Brothers’ War Bundles in addition to Set and Collector Boosters you’ll get six legendary creatures primarily based on iconic Autobots and Decepticons like Starscream and Optimus Prime. Each card is double-sided, one for the character’s robotic and car mode respectively. In addition, there’s an opportunity the playing cards will both be in a standard body or a Shattered Glass variant, aka the Mirror Universe of Transformers the place the hero and villain roles are reversed. These playing cards are formally a part of Magic’s Universes Beyond sequence.

The Brothers’ War prerelease occasion begins November 11.