Ikoria physical release has already been pushed back.

It'll be interesting to see how the sets that R&D is currently working on get affected. Right now we see, unsurprisingly at this point, that paper events are being pushed back, but digital releases seem to be continuing as usual. That might not continue to be true if the people developing sets find it harder to be productive from home. I've already heard that remote playtesting has been challenging.

I don't think Magic is doomed or anything, but I wouldn't be surprised to see some releases over the next year pushed back or dropped entirely.

It probably wouldn't hurt for them to nuke some products on the extreme periphery. They've been flooding the shelves over the past year.

MORE CARDS

So, Godzilla cards. There are a total of 19, including 3 JP only. Right now we know...

2 Spacegodzilla
2 Godzilla
2 King Caesar
Rodan
Gigan
Mothra
Anguirus
Gidorah
Dorat
Baby Godzilla
Biollante
Destroyah
Shin Godzilla
Battra (JP)
Mechagodzilla (JP)
Moth Egg (JP)

OUTDATED: Leaving 762 unknown Godzilla monsters. Personally, I'm hoping for Biollante Huzzah!, Destroyah Huzzah!, Hedorah, and Megalon to make appearances. Battra yup, a second Mothra Sorta and/or Gidorah, andMechagodzilla Yup (or even Jet Jaguar) might be fun, though I doubt Ikoria supports an artifact kaiju.

Mecha King Ghidorah has to be one of them. Here is Mecha Godzilla:

That leaves only one. I'd love Hedorah, I think it's fairly iconic for how weird that movie was, but I wouldn't complain about Mecha King Gidorah.

Mechagodzilla's generic form, btw

Crystal Giant

Artifact Creature - Giant
At the beginning of your turn's combat, randomly choose one of the counters that aren't on crystal giant (of the 10 types of counters in this set). Put a counter of that type on Crystal Giant.
3/3

Has this one been posted yet?

no

So a couple weeks ago, MaRo posted these teasers for Ikoria: https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/6 ... ria-teaser

I thought it would be fun to go through and identify what we have and haven't seen yet.

Revealed
• Magic’s seventh Egg
Mysterious Egg

• A card with the text “four or more times this game”
Yidaro, Wandering Monster

• A card with the text “total power 10 or less”
Nethroi, Apex of Death

• Magic’s largest power/toughness granting aura.
Colossification

• A card with the text “X is the number of times this creature has mutated”
All these cards.

• Magic’s third and fourth card with “(Zero is even.)” reminder text.
Mass Extinction and Lavabrink Venturer

• Twelve different types of counters
flying, first strike, deathtouch, hexproof, lifelink, menace, reach, trample, vigilance, +1/+1, bounty, foreshadow (plus loyalty, which Mark forgot about)

• A card that says “choose a kind of counter at random”
Crystalline Giant

• Three cards with the text “different name(s)”
Eerie Ultimatum, Emergent Ultimatum, Lutri, the Spellchaser

• A card with the text “remove eight foreshadow counters”
Ominous Seas

• And a cycle that players have been asking us to make for over ten years
wedge ultimatums

• Dinosaur Turtle
Yidaro, Wandering Monster

• Demon Kraken
Gyruda, Doom of Depths

• Elemental Otter
Lutri, the Spellchaser

• Hellion Horror
Obosh, Preypiercer

• Shark Beast
Pouncing Shoreshark

• Brushwagg
Almighty Brushwagg

• Nightmare Squirrel
Helica Glider

With the reveal of Almighty Brushwagg, all of MaRo's teasers have finally been revealed! Well, we're still waiting on two ultimatums, but we know what cycle he was talking about now.

That was fun. I know these were special circumstances, but I wonder if he'll ever do this again. It used to be a regular thing, back in the day.

Since I like making lists that no one else cares about, here's the number of commanders each companion could companion up with.

Yorion, Sky Nomad: 0 (commander decks must be exactly 100 cards)
Gyruda, Doom of Depths: 56
Obosh, the Preypiercer: 63
Jegantha, the Wellspring: 24
Kaheera, the Orphanguard: 16
Lurrus of the Dream-Den: 2
Lutri, the Spellchaser: 0 (banned)
Umori, the Collector: 97 (works with any BG+ commander)
Zirda, the Dawnwaker: 31
Keruga, the Macrosage: 87

Most of these have a lot of options, but that doesn't mean they're all good options. I wouldn't recommend picking a planeswalker commander with Umori, for example.

Edit: Updated Kaheera's query because Morophon was feeling left out.

Funny that Lurrus despite having the smallest non-0 is the only one I'm really interested in actually building (with Ayli). Like if I ever had the desire to make Arahbo or Gishath, then Kaheera too I guess. Also Kaheera is technically 16, the search leaves out Morophon who is indeed always all of those types she likes.

Good point! Maybe I'll edit in a changeling clause for Morophon.

Someone on EDH-rec built Umori with every available type. The conclusion was that "Oops, all Planeswalkers" hemmed by Windgrace would be doable. At least it seemed a lot better than Pharika "Oops, all enchantments".

Once again, I'm curious to go through MaRo's teaser list and see what fulfilled each one.

• A brand new planeswalker (from a plane we’ve visited)
Basri Ket

• A card that lets you draw half of your library.
Peer into the Abyss

• A +1/+1 tribal lord for a creature type that’s never had one. (A creature type with over fifty cards already in print.)
Pack Leader

• A character with a Vanguard card and a legendary creature card gets a second of the latter.
Barrin, Tolarian Archmage

• A card with thirty-one different options.
Sublime Epiphany

• A card that gains all activated abilities of a certain subset of cards in a place it’s never done it before.
Conspicuous Snoop (although Skill Borrower already took abilities from top of library)

• A card that uses a nonevergreen named ability over twenty years old.
Teferi, Master of Time

• A card with the words “battlefield”, “cast”, “creature”, “converted mana cost”, “end of turn”, “exile”, “graveyard” and “mana cost”.
Idol of Endurance

• An aura inspired from a cycle from Urza’s Sagablock
Demonic Embrace

• A nonevergreen enchantment subtype returns
Shrine

Core 2021also has a number of fun reprints, including:

• A popular character first introduced in flavor text.
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

• A French Vanilla mythic rare.
Baneslayer Angel

• A popular aura that started as part of a cycle.
Faith's Fetters

• A card with a unique protection.
Runed Halo or Baneslayer Angel

• Two cards played in tournaments that have been reprinted over twenty times with at least five different pieces of art
Duress and Shock

• A card that’s never previously appeared in a premier set.
Rain of Revelation or Grim Tutor

• A card that’s never been reprinted before which has a 2, 3, 5 and 6 all appear on the card.
Massacre Wurm

• A Human Monk.
Jeskai Elder or Azusa, Lost but Seeking

• A card from the Time Spiraltimeshifted sheet.
Tormod's Crypt

The card hasn't been shown yet, but art confirms the "Character with a Vanguard and one previous legendary creature" is Barrin

And now that the whole set is revealed, all hints have been solved! It's funny how a few of them actually applied to multiple cards.

Containment Priest also fits the bill for "card never printed in a premier set before".