Magic: The Gathering Head Designer Teases More Kaldheim Card Details

The Week of Metal sneak peek for the upcoming Norse mythology-inspired Magic: The Gathering set, Kaldheim, continues today with the release of the official teaser, and now Magic head designer Mark Rosewater has teased more card details before the full previews officially begin on January 7.

Over on his Blogatog, Rosewater shared a list of partial details of what to expect from Kaldheim.

Credit: Wizards of the Coast

Here are things you can expect from Kaldheim:

• a five-color legendary enchantment

• 2{B} for a 6/6 with deathtouch

• a card that allows you to kill someone with poison

• A card with a {W}{W}{U}{U}{B}{B}{R}{R}{G}{G},{T} activation

• a card that lets you use a creature's toughness to perform an action normally using a creature's power

• numerous new noncreature tokens

• a card that can make a token that's a copy of target permanent for no mana

• a black creature that can copy other creatures

• the introduction of a creature type that players have been wanting for years

• a card with three activation costs, one that's only ever used once before and the other two have never been used before

Here are some snippets of rules text you'll see:

• "protection from God creatures"

• "Sacrifice five Treasures:"

• "if three or more creatures died this turn"

• "Choose 1, 2, or 3 at random."

• "except for Giants, Wizards, and lands"

• "you may search your library and/or graveyard for a Rune card"

• "As long as you control three or more legendary creatures"

• "X is the number of Vehicles you control plus the number of Equipment you control"

• "As long as you have at least 7 life more than your starting life total"

• "create X of those tokens instead"

And finally, here are some creature type lines you'll see:

• Angel Warrior

• Zombie Rogue

• Dwarf Cleric

• Horse Spirit

• Vampire Dragon

• Legendary Creature – Wolf

• Legendary Creature – Bird Spirit

• Legendary Creature – Giant Wizard

• Legendary Creature – Demon Berserker

• Legendary Creature – Squirrel

From what we've learned from the Week of Metal sneak peek this week and Rosewater's teaser, we know that Kaldheim will feature Sagas, tribal themes, Vehicles, legendary Equipments, MDFC cards that have Equipment on the back side, gods, and a Standard-legal legendary squirrel.

Looks like Kaldheim will not introduce a lot of new mechanics but it has a lot of exciting things to offer.

Kaldheim is set to release on February 5, 2021 for tabletop, and Jan. 28 on Magic Arena and Magic Online. Check out where to find all the Kaldheim previews here.