Modern Horizons 3 Previews Conclude

As of today, the official card image gallery for Modern Horizons 3 is complete and with it preview season is once again over! The early part of the week wrapped up the main set with powerful cards such as Recruiter of the Guard, Consign to Memory, and Vexing Bauble catching lots of players' attention.

The remainder of the week was focused firmly on the set's four Commander decks, utilizing a bunch of interesting and arguably underrepresented themes. Fun new cards like Copy Land, Mutated Cultist, and Tarmogoyf Nest caught a lot of players' attention, as did the multitude of awesome reprints capable of being included with a set like this.

If you'd like to check out the full Commander decklists, you can find them over here on Wizards' website. If you'd like to see a complete visual spoiler of each of the cards associated with the set, from main cards to variants to Commander, you can check out the official Card Image Gallery. Alternatively, check out the CoolStuffInc Modern Horizons 3 page where you can not only look at all the cards but pick up anything that catches your interest from the set as well.

Sights Set On Cranial Ram

Yes, this is the Pauper card. We're planning to give it a very short leash, given similarity to Cranial Plating and All That Glitters.

How long would you want to see the card be legal before we decide on if it needs a ban? Weeks? Days? A preban? Let me know! #wotcstaff pic.twitter.com/9UaeyiWbmP

— Gavin Verhey (@GavinVerhey) May 24, 2024

Last Friday, Gavin Verhey revealed that the common card from Modern Horizons 3 that's firmly on the Pauper watchlist is Cranial Ram. This extremely powerful common bears a striking similarity to both Cranial Plating and All That Glitters - both of which are banned in the format already - and many players are expecting the ban to be a "when" not an "if." The Pauper Format Panel - of which I will note I am a member of - are watching this card very closely and will determine very swiftly if and when any action needs to be taken against the card.

MTG Arena Brawl Matchmaking Figured Out?

Over the past week, numerous resources and discussions among the MTG Arena community noted something interesting. They figured out that every card on the client has a weighted point amount for the Brawl format which leads to you being put up against players who are piloting similarly weighted lists. I admit, there's a little more going on here than I'm willing to wrap my head around, but I'd recommend you check out the following links for more info if you're interested.

• Spreadsheet of card weights for Brawl (Reddit)
• Calculator for weight of Brawl decks (Reddit)
• Amy the Amazonian Discusses Brawl Matchmaking (YouTube)

Magic Online Announces Creator Showdown Series

Hot off the heels of the inception of the Magic Online Creator Program, Daybreak Games has set up the first major event under that program. The Creator Showdown Series was announced yesterday in the weekly announcements for the program. 64 players will duke it out in each of a different event on three separate days over the course of the next few months. As the weekly announcements note, you can follow the official MTGO Twitch page to follow the events as they take place.

Decklist of the Week

Four-Color Legends | OTJ Standard | 1st Place, MTG China Open

• Creatures (22)
• 1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead
• 1 Tinybones, the Pickpocket
• 1 Vial Smasher, Gleeful Grenadier
• 2 Ertai Resurrected
• 2 Titania, Voice of Gaea
• 3 Honest Rutstein
• 4 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
• 4 Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator
• 4 Slogurk, the Overslime

• Instants (5)
• 2 Cut Down
• 3 Go for the Throat

• Artifacts (4)
• 4 Relic of Legends

• Lands (29)
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1 Blooming Marsh
• 1 Deathcap Glade
• 2 Cavern of Souls
• 2 Darkslick Shores
• 2 Xander's Lounge
• 3 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 4 Otawara, Soaring City
• 4 Plaza of Heroes
• 4 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 4 Ziatora's Proving Ground

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Cut Down
• 1 Ertai Resurrected
• 1 Jace, the Perfected Mind
• 1 Liliana of the Veil
• 1 Long Goodbye
• 1 Path of Peril
• 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1 Turn the Earth
• 1 Vorinclex // The Grand Evolution
• 3 Duress
• 3 Glistening Deluge

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This past weekend saw five Regional Champions take place all over the world. Two were won by Esper Midrange, two more by Four-Color Legends (aka Slogurk), and one more was won by Azorius Control. Here, I'd like to highlight one of the two Legends lists, primarily because it was noted as having the strongest winrate of the weekend on multiple metrics. The deck is notoriously difficult to pilot, but is one that players heading to Dallas this weekend need to make sure they're prepared for. If you're looking for a challenging deck to play, this one is intense as it gets. Try it out if you dare!

Paige Smith

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