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Titan Rising

Relevant information:

Set 2/2 of Hellbound Block

Shortname: TRS

Planned # of cards: 288

# of Mythic Rares: 16

# of Planeswalkers: 2 -Vinar Adian -Malun, Tajuru Lifeweaver

Spoilers begin February 2nd

Titans change everything.

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Titan Rising spoilers begin February 2nd.

Hellbound goes fully spoiled February 1st.

Prepare.

[damnyoumodoshuffler]

With Titan Rising and the new Discovery set in the works, there is no Hellbound spoiler today.

Final spoilers for Hellbound should begin next week, and end with the entirety of the set being unveiled next Friday. And hopefully in January, some preliminary Titan Rising spoilers will be shown!

Stay tuned!

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Hellbound Spoilers - Ritunn Outcast

Thalia eat your heart out. Cycling, flashback, transform, normal spells and abilities... Make everything cost more!

This is 100% a hatebear designed for multiple formats, and kept just fair by making it WW instead of 1W. Double white is very hard to play in Legacy (see Council's Judgment for a good example) which keeps this from badly damaging the meta.

There are definitely some far-reaching implications with this, though. It makes Stoneforge Mystic cost 2W for both halves. Snapcaster costs an extra 2 to get that spell out of your graveyard. Young Pyromancer costs 3 and all its tokens cost more. It even makes planeswalker loyalty abilities cost mana, shutting down superfriends and hurting control even harder.

In the end, though, it's just a 2/1, and thus very easy to kill. It's definitely one to be afraid of, though!

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This coming week on HLB spoilers will be story centric. I'll be introducing Gathest, Tharsa's companion, as they travel to find the ancient mage Garidexias, who saved Dghesa from the original Eldrazi attack millenia ago, and cover the basic overview of the events that ensue from their travels.

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Tharsa, Creative Genius, Part 4 - Starting Loyalty

Tharsa is a planeswalker who wields both red and blue magic. Her specialties range across the spectrum, from calculated arcanums and elaborate illusions to wild, destructive firestorms and colossal waterspouts. 

Part four is here! With her starting loyalty unveiled, all that's left is Tharsa's mana cost. Despite that, you now have a pretty good take on what resolving her will do - she can draw you three cards right away, or tick up to four and build to an impressive emblem in only a few turns. She even survives lightning bolt - a quality that you may find relevant.

In addition, her +1's wording has been fixed to make sense. It might need another tweak, since I'm not sure if I have to specify 'that card' or not in the uncounterability clause.

What are your predictions for her mana cost? That goes up tomorrow!