With players enjoying Kaldheim on all platforms, Gavin Verhey dropped six Easter eggs from the set on today’s Good Morning Magic.
The art from Binding the Old Gods and The Three Seasons Sagas are based off hand-carved wood by the artists.
The metal horns being flashed by the mage in Annul wasn’t in the art description for the card, artist Caio Monteiro put them in and they were approved.
White’s Starnheim Unleashed, Doomskar, and Glorious Protector look awfully similar to the white rares from Avacyn Restored: Entreat the Angels, Terminus, and Restoration Angel. Dave Humpherys was the lead designer on both sets so it’s no surprise to see him going back to designs that worked.
Every card with the boast mechanic has flavor text of the character boasting except for the two rares that didn’t have room in the text box: Eradicator Valkyrie and Dragonkin Berserker.
Ascendant Spirit is based off Figure of Destiny which had another spinoff, Warden of the First Tree.
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider has brought the Phyrexian creature type back to Magic after the first appearance in Mystery Booster on Vazal, the Compleat playtest card. Verhey ended the video with a tease that more things might be coming to Magic that appeared in the special set.
