Guess I'll go ahead and take the post I've been posting everywhere else and post it here, since no one else seems to have brought up the new commander news.
Some MTGSalv forumgoers noticed that the Commander release event posters and the event page have been put up and, with it, some new info has come to light. First off, here's the poster and page:
http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/events.aspx?x=mtg/event/commander-facts
I guess the most interesting part is the new legend. Here's the text we have:
Basandra, Battle Seraph 3RW
Legendary Creature - Angel
Flying
Players can't cast spells during combat
: Target creature attacks this turn if able
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My brief thoughts are that the provoke ability is cool, but that Boros seems to actually favor combat tricks with cards like Sunforger and Fight to the Death, so the static ability feels pretty anti-synergistic.
The other interesting tidbits we have come from the achievement sheet that will be handed out on launch day. From my post on Salv:
-Looks like Join Forces is a whole new mechanic that will let other players help you pay for your spell. Really cool.
-5 of the commanders abilities are hinted at as well. Looks like the Mimeoplasm gets abilities from other creatures somehow. (making the dream combo of Experiment Kraj and Necrotic Ooze perfect for this deck, color wise, flavor wise and functionality wise)
-the mirror dude is some sort of second Kiki Jiki with the added bonus of having blue and green creatures (!!!)
-the America general gives away permanents (probably in exchange for something?)
-the cleric is associated with three tribes
-the Guru makes Saprolings.
And what is a command tower? Something that reduces the costs of legendary creatures by a certain amount of colorless mana perhaps?
Lastly, we have the names of all of the bicolored generals:
Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Basandra, Battle Seraph
Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
Nin, the Pain Artist
You'll get to pick one as a release promo (foil, oversized) on release day.
