Magic: Party – Tarkir: Dragonstorm Preview
Blog Andrew Joseph 20 Mar , 2025 0

Looks like those nasty khan and dragon are coming Magic: Party Set, Tuckil: Dragonstorm. issued April 11, book nowDragonstorm brings players back to Tarkir's plane, with many powerful new creatures, familiar faces and fresh mechanics to shake the deck building. The Wizard unveiled the big reveal of the scene's content, and as a person owned by the precious magic, the successor to Commander Uragorn's deck, I could already tell my friends would hate what I added.
Tarkir's expectations: Dragonstorm
For those unfamiliar, Tarkir is home to five clans fighting ancient dragons. Each clan – Abzan Houses (white, black, green), Jeskai Way (blue, red, white), Mardu Horde (red, white, white, black), Sultai Brood (black, green, blue) and Temur Frontier (green, blue, blue, red) – led by Khan and defined by a unique game. Wizards have begun to reveal new mechanics that these clans will play, but more importantly, they laughed at some powerful dragons that are bound to make an impact.
To make each clan feel unique, the wizard designed it Exclusive Mechanics This won't appear outside their three-color identities. Jeskai's Flurry Rewards plays a second spell in the turn, no matter who's turn. The Sudan update has caused players to exile a specific card from the cemetery, granting various counters to surviving creatures. Mardu's mobilization created temporary creatures that disappeared at the end of the turn, enhancing their aggressive group tactics. Temur's coherence is reminiscent of flashbacks, allowing cards to be replayed from the cemetery to reduce the cost of the creature. Finally, Abuzan's lasting trigger will trigger, whenever a non-token animal dies, place +1/+1 counter and other benefits, as seen by Anafenza, Immortal Descent, who spawns 2/2 of Flying Spirit Tokens or grants to other counters.
Of course, this is Tarkir: Dragonstorm, so Dragons are getting new toys, too. Enter OMEN and see, these are two new mechanisms to expand their arsenal. Omen's features are similar to adventure cards, allowing you to cast cards into creatures or instant or witchcraft. distortion? If you cast it as a spell, it bounces it back on your deck, providing another chance to draw it later. If you play it as a creature, then the option disappears. On the other hand, triggers when you reveal the dragon from your hands or have already controlled the dragon on the battlefield. An example is Sarkhan, Dragon Asbindanthe spawns treasure when he plays and sees the trigger. Since these mechanisms are not bound to a particular clan, they can appear across multiple colors, making them particularly interesting in deck construction.
But let's be a reality – the main event here is the dragon. So far, one outstanding one is Betor, relatives (2WBG), a powerful type that triggers different effects at the end of the turn, depending on the total toughness of the creature you control. These range from drawing cards to tearing down all creatures and even forcing opponents to lose half of their lives. Betor has a basic toughness of 7, at least it can easily hit extra card triggers, and the life loss effect becomes a terrible reality in heavyweights like Utvara Hellkite or the ancient Golden Dragon.
Ugin is back, and once again becomes a colorless rambler. Ugin, Eye of the Storm (7) Promising to be a staple for the colorless deck, especially the construction of Eldrazi, thanks to his passive ability, which exils whenever you cast a colorless spell. His -11 abilities are ridiculous: search your library for any number of colorless non-earth cards, then exile them, and cast for free until the turn is over. With seven starting loyalty and +2 abilities, he can quickly reach that threshold if appropriate defenses.
Apart from Final Fantasy CrossoverTarkir: Dragonstorm is my most anticipated magic release this year. Most of the sets were still wrapped up until less than a month after it was released, but my Scion deck had been seriously upgraded. I'm hopeful about the return of legendary dragons like Atarka and Ojutai, or perhaps an exciting new five-colored dragon. Either way, Tarkir: Dragonstorm will be an explosion when it lands on April 11.
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