[Gatecrash] 5 additional new 1/7/13 spoilers

[Thrillho]

From around the webs:
Boros Keyrune 3
Artifact
t: Add W or R to your mana pool.
WR: ~ becomes a 1/1 RW Soldier creature with double strike until end of turn.

Crocanura 2G
Creature -- Crocodile Frog
Reach
Evolve
1/3

AKA one of the Designer Challenge 2 Evolve cards with a streamlined Evolve keyword (the original had Evolve when a creature with flying ETB).

Dimir Charm UB
Instant
Choose one – Counter target sorcery spell; or destroy target creature with power 2 or less; or look at the top three cards of target player’s library, then put one back and the rest into that player’s graveyard.

Urban Evolution 3UG
Sorcery U
Draw three cards. You may play an additional land this turn.

[Checkbox]

what is that jap card please and thank you

[Yannaria]

Dimir Charm
Envelope, Mini Smother, and a Mini Impulse. I approve.

[Thrillho]

I have very mixed feelings about Dimir Charm.
Swat hits a respectable number of creatures, even if many of those creatures have additional value you're not offsetting entirely by killing the dude (Snapcaster, Auger, Huntmaster) and that it can be countered by Selesnaya Charm.

Envelop doesn't seem very well positioned right now since the primary Sorcery of Standard is uncounterable (Supreme Verdict), and many of the other commonly played ones have Flashback (all of the ones in the various Unburial Rites decks). It does counter the flashback rites that your opponent will mill away, though, which is a fairly respectable advantage.

The last ability is a lot more complicated. It doesn't actually draw the card, so it's use as a small Impulse or Forbidden Alchemy is sort of moot, but it fuels Snapcaster as a worse Thought Scour that has two other modes, and you can win the lottery by Portenting your opponent. It does not put as
many cards into your graveyard as Mulch or its analogs do, so it's unlikely to have a place in Chronic Flooding-style decks.

I feel like it doesn't shine as brightly as Azorius or Selesnaya Charms, but it's probably just below both in terms of constructed permeability... but how many "three marginal effects on one card" cards do you possibly need for a control deck when Azorius Charm effectively fills that role?

[Kaitscralt]

I like the Clans card and expect it to see play.

[Thrillho]

I like the Clans card and expect it to see play.

Thank you.

There are many redundant creatures in Standard right now and creature decks -- especially of the RG-inclusive type -- are pretty good. 2-mana instant random creature tutor means it's slightly worse than Eldamri's Call and essentially a random, creature-only Gifts Ungiven (or a merger of Gifts and Intuition but still only for creatures).

I expect it to see Standard play and think it's very likely to see Modern play.

[Kaitscralt]

Could you link the text for Boxcock, I am a busboy

[Pendulum]

I think just the fact that you can get Snapcaster and 2 efficient beaters will give people an excuse to test a RUG deck with the Clans card.

Edit- Skaab Ruinator and Thragtusk?

[Kaitscralt]

Signal the Clans {R}{G} Rare
Instant
Search your library for three creature cards and reveal them. If you searched for three cards with different names, choose one at random and put it into your hand. Shuffle the rest into your library.

[iamabadman]

i like that there is a crocodile frog creature, because lol crocofrog.

[Pendulum]

Signal the Clans {R}{G} Rare
Instant
Search your library for three creature cards and reveal them. If you searched for three cards with different names, choose one at random and put it into your hand. Shuffle the rest into your library.

Oh, son of a bitch. That's it, I'm learning Japanese.

[Kaitscralt]

It's still a really powerful card. Shuffling back up allows you to keep finding the same singletons over and over again.

[iamabadman]

CROCOFROG