Maroâs âLook Inside the Houseâ: A Duskmourn: House of Horrors Teaser
The new plane of Duskmourn is a perilous place, but if you can survive the horrors within you may come out stronger than ever. Iâve been there. Iâve seen the darkness and to that end, here are some hints of things to come â but will this information help or hinder your journey? Only time will tell. As with any good piece of horror media, youâre only receiving partial information and things are not always as they appear:Â
First up, here are some things you can expect: Â
âą A component of the set with a frame using technology first designed for an Un-set
âą A tweak on an ability word that first appeared in the third set of a block
âą Counters used in the set: +1/+1, -1/-1, finality, flying, lifelink, lore, loyalty, nest, possession, rev, stun, and time
âą The first ability word to reference âsecond main phaseâ
âą A 10/1 creature for UUU
âą A variant on a mechanic that itself was a variant on another mechanic
âą A modal three mana white mass removal spell
âą A character returns as a legendary creature that first appeared in flavor text in Alpha
âą A new ability word that cares about a card type and a (new) keyword action
âą Creature tokens: 1/1 white Toy, 1/1 white Glimmer, 2/1 white Insect, 3/1 white Spirit, 4/4 white Beast, blue token copy, X/X blue Spirit, 2/2 black Horror, 6/6 black Demon, 1/1 red Gremlin, 1/1 red Balloon, 2/2 green Spider, 1/1 black and green Insect, and 0/0 green and blue Fractal
Next, here are some rules text that will be showing up on cards:Â Â
âą âunlock a locked doorâ
âą âSearch your library for a Demon card,â
âą âwhere X is the number of creatures you control with power 2 or less.â
âą âExile any number of target instant, sorcery, and/or Tamiyo planeswalker cards from your graveyard.â
âą âThe same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that arenât on the battlefield.â
âą âYou have no maximum hand size and donât lose the game for having 0 or less life.â
âą âWhenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only a single creature you control, copy that spell.â
âą âShards you control become copies of it until the beginning of the next end step.â
âą âof creatures you control that donât have the same name as this creature.â
âą â(2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, and 31 are prime numbers.)â
Here are some creature type lines from the set:Â
âą Creature â Human Doctor
âą Creature â Kor Survivor
âą Creature â Goat
âą Creature â Shark
âą Creature â Eye
âą Creature â Fish Insect
âą Artifact Creature â Monkey Toy
âą Creature â Human Clown Berserker
âą Legendary Creature â Elder Demon
âą Legendary Creature â Rat Ninja Wizard
Finally, here are some names in the set:Â
âą Acrobatic Cheerleader
âą Donât Make a Sound
âą Exorcise
âą Friendly Ghost
âą Jump Scare
âą Letâs Play a Game
âą Meathook Massacre II
âą Orphans of the Wheat
âą Split Up
âą Unsettling Twins
Tune into Duskmournâs Debut at 2pm PT, August 31 â streaming live from PAX West â where the House will finally reveal more of its secrets.
Mark really has the 10,000 hours, and then some.
The high level vision seems pretty realized from this and early leaks. Looks like set design explored some neat new space as well.

















