First SOM Cards Confirmed

by News | posted at 2010-07-23 01:17:00
tagged: MTG, Magic, Magic the Gathering, Alexander Shearer, Scars of Mirrodin, SOM, Comic Con, Sword of Body and Mind

UPDATE: forum user chibimateo pointed out the second new sword hinted at could be black and green, not simply red and white as Alexander hinted at in his original article.

ChannelFireball.com columnist Alexander Shearer, reporting on behalf of his blog GiftsUngiven.com, has confirmed the first two cards from Scars of Mirrodin at Comic Con. Here's the full text from "Sword of Body and Mind" which is to be released in From the Vault: Relics:

Sword of Body and Mind 3

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from green and from blue.

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may put a 2/2 green Wolf creature token onto the battlefield and that player puts the top ten cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Equip: 2

So what's the second card confirmed? For that check out this quote from Alexander's coverage of the Comic Con Magic panel hosted in part by lead Magic designer Mark Rosewater:

"In introducing this card, Mark mentioned that players might notice that this is a blue and green sword, and recall that Mirrodin had a black and white sword as well as a blue and red sword, so if you 'completed the pattern' (said with much hand waving) you might be able to figure out another card."

So in addition to the Sword of Body and Mind, some type of protection from red and protection from white Sword, presumably giving a bonus of +2/+2 and with two triggered abilities, has also been alluded to by Rosewater.

Shearer has full coverage of the panel, which proved so popular some had to be turned away at its doors, and photos as well. Up for discussion at the event: Elspeth Vs. Tezzeret, From the Vault: Relics, and Scars of Mirrodin.

Read the full post on GiftsUngiven.com here.

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