Wizards of the Coast (WotC) has released their weekly MTG Arena update that includes details on Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate preorder bundles, card and mechanic previews, and more.
Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate Preorders Go Live Tomorrow
The Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate preorder bundles will go on sale in the MTG Arena store tomorrow. The Wyll Pack Bundle includes 50 Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate packs, 5 Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate mythic packs, 1 Wyll, Pact-Bound Duelist card, 1 Wyll, Pact-Bound Duelist depth art card style, and the Wyll, Pact-Bound Duelist sleeve.
The Lae’zel Play Bundle includes the set mastery pass, 10 levels on the mastery pass, 3 player draft tokens, 1 sealed token, 1 Lae’zel, Githyanki Warrior card, 1 Lae’zel, Githyanki Warrior depth art card style, and the Lae’zel, Githyanki Warrior sleeve. Each bundle costs $49.99 and players get the card sleeve upon preordering.
Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate will feature 81 new cards, some cards from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate, some rebalanced cards from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate for digital play, reprints from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, and more. The full set is designed for a fun draft experience and to inject more cards into Alchemy and Historic.
Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate Mechanics Previewed
Three MTG Arena-exclusive mechanics are coming in Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate. First up is specialize. Specialize allows the player to pay mana and discard a color/land type of your choice to change your card to that new card with its effects (the change depends on which color you discarded).
Take a look at Viconia, Nightsinger’s Disciple and the five specializations it can turn into depending on the color of card you discard.
Double team, the second mechanic in the set, reads: when a creature with double team attacks, if it’s not a token, conjure a duplicate of the original into your hand, and then both cards lose double team.
The third mechanic, boon, isn’t specific to Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate as it can work with cards already added to Alchemy. Boon is a way to represent delayed triggers, similar to an emblem, but once they trigger, they disappear.
Five more cards were previewed from the set. Check out Arcane Archery to see a card with boon. Gnoll Hunting Party shows off double team.
Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate is set to release on July 7. More previews will be coming soon.
Here Is Where To Find Alchemy: Horizons: Baldur’s Gate Previews
June 23
- @MTG_Arena
- @MTGArenaJP
- Alchemy Discord Channel
- Amazonian
- Deathsie
- Wizards Fan Email (Register over on the Double Masters 2022 page now!)
- Ian Adams
- JackTorrance90
- Magic: The Gathering APAC Facebook
- MTGNerdGirl
- Oh Joohyun
- Oliver Tiu
- Reggie Valk
- Roberto Castiello
- Weekly MTG
June 24
- @MTG_Arena
- Aaron Forsythe
- Alchemy Discord Channel
- Chord_o_Calls
- Donald Smith
- Jiachen Tao
- JS2
- Kaylee Rose
- rogue
- Scarlet Moth
- tska1234
- tvmovie.de
June 27
- @MTG_Arena
- @mtgjp
- Alchemy Discord Channel
- Crokeyz
- Fireshoes
- GamesHub
- Jeff Hoogland
- LadyLavinias
- MTG Korean Naver Café
- PC Gamer
- Rebell Son
- Santosvella
June 28
Chromatic Cube Launches Friday
The Chromatic Cube, a curated cube aimed at encouraging players to play as many colors as possible, returns to MTG Arena on Friday. Best-Of-One and Best-Of-Three queues will be available with an entry fee of 4,000 gold or 600 gems. The Chromatic Cube will be live from June 24-July 7.
Check out the card list for the Chromatic Cube, prizes for the events, and more here.
Event Schedule
Midweek Magic
- June 21-23: Alchemy
- June 28-30: Momir
- July 5-7: Historic Artisan
- July 12-14: Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate Bot Phantom Draft
- July 19-21: Historic Pauper
Quick Draft
- June 10-June 24: Streets of New Capenna
- June 24-July 8: Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
- July 8-22: Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- July 22-August 5: Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate
Other Events
- June 17-24: Theros Beyond Death Premier Draft
- June 24-July 7: Chromatic Cube
- July 7-29: Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate Sealed
- July 8-11: Alchemy Metagame Challenge
- July 14-18: Dragon Brawl
Premier Play Schedule
Qualifier Play-Ins
- July 16, 6 AM–June 17, 6 AM: Qualifier Play-In Best-of-One (Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate Phantom Sealed)
- July 22, 6 AM–July 23, 3 AM: Qualifier Play-In Best-of-Three (Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate Phantom Sealed)
Qualifier Weekend
Day 1 and Day 2 events close to new entries at 8 AM (UTC -7) each day.
- July 23, 6 AM–July 24, 4 PM: Qualifier Weekend
- Day 1 and Day 2: Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate Phantom Sealed
Read the original article from WotC.