mtg standard card database MTGNexus Then and Now, Part 1

Today, I'll be introducing the designers from exploratory design and vision design, I'll start telling the story of how Duskmourn was mechanically created, and I'll be showing off two cool new preview cards, both with an exciting new mechanic in the set

Questing with Goofy can get you four lore points if successful (the joint highest count of all available cards), but it has two separate catches, the first being that you need to have a whopping nine ink in play to exert this card in battle

Its ward tax makes removal painful, and every counter placed on a creature either draws you a card or drains opponents for life

Still, more mana is great

Lucille only costs two mana, which allows it to hit the battlefield early

Each deck contains 13 new MTG cards, with the remaining being reprints