Magic: The Gathering Conspiracy: Take the Crown Spoilers (Full List)

Conspiracy: Take the Crown was a stunning set for fans of draft, and this historical compilation of all of the set's spoilers has a complete record of the spoiler season from 2016


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This set of Conspiracy: Take The Crown spoilers from Magic: The Gathering's big 2016 season will give you the complete day-by-day rundown of all the spoilers released and where they came from. 

If you enjoy this article we also have full spoiler run-downs for other great sets, like our Modern Masters 2017 spoilers, or our Aether Revolt spoilers. Failing that, you can check out our comprehensive guide to Magic: The Gathering to brush up on your skills and know-how. 


Conspiracy: Take the Crown Spoilers - 10th August 2016

Greetings, TechRaptor Readers and Magic: The Gathering fans! Spoiler season returns after a lengthy hiatus following the full reveal of Eldritch Moon. With players now facing down the eldritch abomination Emrakul in Standard, its time for us to focus on the multiplayer-focused, Draft-matters set Conspiracy: Take the Crown. A quick reminder; cards in Conspiracy: Take the Crown can only be played in Eternal formats (Vintage, Legacy, and Commander) and Drafts. Don't try to build a deck using these cards for Standard or Modern.

Today's Magic Story features the newest addition to the Planeswalker pantheon, Kaya. Kaya was originally introduced in last weeks Magic Story, as an assassin with a unique clientele - she kills ghosts.

Kaya, Ghost Assassin is a White/Black Planeswalker that costs two generic, one White and one Black mana to cast, and has a starting loyalty of five. Her first ability, which costs zero loyalty, is a flicker-like effect, exiling either her or one target creature from the battlefield. The card exiled by this ability returns to the battlefield under its owner's control at the start of the players next upkeep. The player that controls Kaya loses two life. It's important to note that, if the player targets Kaya using this ability, she will return to the battlefield with her original starting loyalty as per rules 306.5b and 614.1c.

Her second ability, which costs negative one loyalty, causes each opponent to lose two life and lets Kayas controller gain two life.

Her final ability, which costs negative two loyalty, causes each opponent to discard a card and lets Kayas controller draw a card.

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A second character was spoiled by today's announcement of the packaging for Conspiracy: Take the Crown. Two of the characters on the packaging have already been revealed - one is the current Queen of the High City, Marchesa. The other is is obviously Kaya, but the third has a startling resemblance to one of the Planeswalkers found in the 2014 line of Commander products - the goblin Daretti, Scrap Savant.

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Conspiracy: Take the Crown Spoilers August 15th, 2016

Our first spoiler for the day is the new monarch of Paliano, the High City - Queen Marchesa, who enlisted the help of the ghost assassin Kaya to depose the ghostly King Brago. Queen Marchesa is a 3/3 Legendary Human Assassin that costs one generic, one Red, one White, and one Black mana, and has the Deathtouch and Haste mechanics. It also makes you the monarch when it enters the battlefield (in Conspiracy drafts, the "monarch" gets to draw a card at the beginning of their end step, as well as some additional perks). If another player is the monarch, you get to put a 1/1 Black Assassin creature token with Deathtouch and Haste onto the battlefield at the beginning of your upkeep.

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Wizards of the Coast spoiled another card in this article detailing how the Conspiracy Draft process works. Custodi Peacekeeper is a 2/3 White Human Cleric which allows you to reveal it during drafting. If you reveal Custodi Peacekeeper, you take note of how many cards you've drafted this round, including Custodi Peacekeeper. By paying one White mana and tapping Custodi Peacekeeper, you can tap down a creature with power less than or equal to the highest number of cards noted by Custodi Peacekeeper.

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Some more spoilers were posted in this article on the mechanics of Conspiracy: Take the Crown (I highly recommend reading as Conspiracy: Take the Crown has some major differences from regular Magic: The Gathering games). The first card spoiled is Paliano Vanguard, a White Human Soldier which costs one generic and one White mana to cast. When you draft it, it's drafted face-up; whenever you draft another creature card, you can reveal it, take note of its creature types, and turn Paliano Vanguard face-down. Any creature cards you draft that have that noted creature type get +1/+1 in draft matches.

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Conspiracies are a unique type of card which aren't legal in any Constructed format such as Modern or Legacy; they don't count towards your forty-card deck minimum, and they begin the game in your command zone. The Conspiracy from this article is Hold the Perimeter, which gives you a 1/2 White Soldier creature token with the Defender mechanic at the beginning of your first upkeep. At the beginning of every other players first upkeep, they get a 1/1 Red Goblin creature token - the caveat is, their Goblin creature tokens can't block during combat.

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Not all Conspiracies begin the game face-up though, as is the case with Natural Unity, which begins the game face-down. At any time you hold priority, you can turn it face up and activate its affects. Natural Unity requires you to secretly name a creature card; once it's turned face-up, you can pay one Green mana at the beginning of combat on your turn to give that creature a +1/+1 counter. Not tricky enough for you? How about Summoner's Bond, which also begins face-down but requires you to name two completely different creature cards. Once it's face-up, anytime you cast one of the two named creature cards, you can search your deck for the other, reveal it, put it into your hand, and shuffle your library.

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Knights of the Black Rose is a 4/4 Human Knight that costs three generic, one White, and one Black mana to cast. When it enters the battlefield, you become the monarch; whenever an opponent becomes the monarch, you can two life and the new monarch loses two life if you were the monarch at the beginning of the turn.

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As mentioned above, Conspiracy: Take the Crown games are unlike any other Magic: The Gathering games, and one of the major differences is voting. Some cards require the players in the game to cast votes, which makes cards like Illusion of Choice all the better - in addition to drawing a card, you also determine how each player votes this turn. Illusion of Choice is perfect for cards like Lieutenants of the Guard, a 2/2 White Human Soldier that costs four generic and one White mana to cast. When it enters the battlefield, each player votes for "strength" or for "numbers". For each "strength" vote, it gets a +1/+1 counter, and for each "number" vote, you can put a 1/1 Human Soldier creature token onto the battlefield.

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Conspiracy: Take the Crown also introduces some new mechanics. Goad, seen on Jeering Homunculus, lets you goad target creature when Jeering Homunculus enters the battlefield. Until the beginning of your next turn, that goaded creature has to attack each combat if able to, and it has to attack a player other than you. Deputized Protestor is a 2/1 Red Human Warrior that costs two generic and one Red mana to cast; it has the Menace mechanic, and a new mechanic called Melee. Whenever Deputized Protestor attacks, it gets +1/+1 until the end of the turn for each opponent that is attacked with a creature this turn.

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Wizards of the Coast published an article detailing the history of Conspiracy, and what the focuses of Conspiracy: Take the Crown are. In that article are some more spoiler cards for us to look at, the first of which is another Conspiracy called Sovereign's Realm. It's a nasty conspiracy, as it forces you to play your deck without any basic land cards, and restricts your starting hand size to five cards. By exiling a card from your hand, you can play a basic land card from outside the game, which can be tapped for any color of mana.

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Red has been given some interesting cards for Conspiracy: Take the Crown in the form of Crown-Hunter Hierling and Besmirch. Crown-Hunter Hierling is a 4/4 Red Ogre Mercenary that costs four generic and one Red mana to cast; when it enters the battlefield, you become the monarch. However, Crown-Hunter Hierling can't attack unless the defending player is the monarch. Besmirch is the set's Threaten variant, as a Red Sorcery spell which costs one generic and two Red mana to cast. Until the end of turn, you gain control of target creature. It becomes untapped and gains Haste, and becomes goaded into attacking.

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Capital Punishment is another of those cards that requires players to take a vote. For four generic and two Black mana, players vote either for "death" or for "taxes". Each opponent sacrifices a creature for each "death" vote and each opponent discards a card for each "taxes" vote.

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Green also gets some very interesting cards to play with, in the form of Domesticated Hydra and Animus of Predation. For players who were around for the Theros block, the Monstrosity mechanic is probably a familiar friend. It makes a reappearance this set on Domesticated Hydra, a 2/2 Green Hydra that costs two generic and two Green mana to cast. It has Monstrosity X, which costs X generic and three Green mana to activate; if Domesticated Hydra isn't already monstrous, it gets X +1/+1 counters and gains Trample. Animus of Predation is a 4/4 Green Avatar that costs four generic and one Green mana to cast. When it gets drafted, it's drafted face-up; as you draft a card, you can chose to remove it from the draft face-up. That card isn't a part of your card pool, but it gives Animus of Predation any keyword mechanics it has, such as flying, hexproof, double strike, or vigilance.

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Our final few spoilers for the day all come from different sources. Aaron Forsythe, the Director of Research and Development for Magic: The Gathering, shared his spoiler earlier on Twitter. Archdemon of Paliano is a 5/4 Black Demon creature which costs two generic and two Black mana to cast. If you draft this card, it gets drafted face up, and you can't look at booster packs for the next three cards you draft - you have to draft those cards blind. After those three cards are drafted you can turn Archdemon of Paliano face-down and look at booster packs again.

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The second card comes to us from the Wizards Play Network; Arcane Savant is a 3/3 Blue Human Wizard that costs three generic and two Blue mana to cast. Before you start shuffling your library to begin the game, you can reveal this card and exile an Instant or Sorcery spell from your draft pool that isn't in your deck. When Arcane Savant enters the battlefield, you can copy that exiled spell and play it without paying its mana cost.

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Next up is Thorn of the Black Rose, from the official Magic: The Gathering Twitter account. Thorn of the Black Rose is a 1/3 Black Human Assassin with the Deathtouch mechanic that costs three generic and one Black mana to cast. When it enters the battlefield, you become the monarch. Also from the Magic: The Gathering Twitter is Ballot Broker, a 2/3 White Human Advisor which costs two generic and one White mana to cast.  It allows you to cast an additional vote during any voting procedures.

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The podcast Magic the Amateuring posted a spoiler card to their Twitter account today; their spoiler is the Conspiracy Assemble the Rank and Vile, which begins face-down just like Natural Unity and Summoner's Bond. Creatures that you control with the name of the card you secretly named with Assemble the Rank and Vile allow you to pay one Black mana when that card dies; if you do so, you get to put a 2/2 Black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield, tapped.

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Our final Magic: The Gathering card for the day is a reprint that players were hoping would be in Battle for Zendikar or Oath of the Gatewatch. Sadly, it didn't make either of those sets, but it did make Conspiracy: Take the Crown. That card is, of course, Inquisition of Kozilek, a Black Sorcery spell which costs one Black mana to cast. It lets you look at your opponents hand and force them to discard any nonland card that has a three-or-less converted mana cost.

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Conspiracy: Take the Crown Spoilers August 16th, 2016

The first spoiler for the day is from MTGGoldFish; their spoiler card is a reprint of Burning Wish, a staple in the Legacy Deck G/R Belcher. Burning Wish is a Red Sorcery that is cast for one generic and one Red mana and lets you grab any Sorcery card from your sideboard, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Burning Wish is then exiled.

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Next up is a card from Japanese website bigmagic; their spoiler card is Guardian of the Throne (credit for translation goes to reddit user tooMany_Monkeys). Guardian of the Throne is a 2/5 White Giant Soldier creature that costs five generic and one White mana to cast. When it enters the battlefield, you become the monarch, and any damage that would be dealt to you can instead be redirected to Guardian of the Throne.

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SeibenMTG gets their first chance to host a spoiler card this spoiler season; their card is a reprint of Phyrexian Arena, a Black Enchantment that costs one generic and two Black mana to cast. At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw one card and lose one life.

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Custodi Lich is our next card, and was posted to a private Irish Facebook group according to today's Daily Magic. This 4/2 Black Zombie Cleric costs three generic and two Black mana to cast, and when it enters the battlefield you become the monarch. Whenever you become the monarch, target player has to sacrifice a creature.

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Gerry Thompson of StarCityGames hosted an article detailing the usefulness of their spoiler card in decks like Legacy Death and Taxes. Recruiter of the Guard is a 1/1 White Human Soldier that costs two generic and one White mana to cast. When it enters the battlefield, you can search your library for a creature that has toughness of two or less, reveal it, and put it into your hand, shuffling your library afterwards.

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The European Magic: The Gathering Twitter account posted their spoiler after having a guessing contest. Hallowed Burial is a White Sorcery spell that costs three generic and two White mana to cast; it puts all creatures on the bottom of their owners' libraries.

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UK-based gaming store Warez Gaming posted their spoiler card in an article on their site. Desertion is a Blue Instant that costs three generic and two Blue mana to cast. Desertion counters target spell; if the spell countered was an artifact or creature, you can put it onto the battlefield under your control.

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The final four spoilers for the day all comes from this Wizards of the Coast article on developing Conspiracy: Take the Crown. The first two cards we'll be looking at both feature the new mechanic Melee, which gives a creature +1/+1 for each opponent you're attacking this turn. The first card to feature this is the 1/1 White Bird Wings of the Guard, which costs one generic and one White mana to cast. In addition to Melee, it also has Flying. The next card to feature Melee is Adriana, Captain of the Guard, a 4/4 Legendary Human Knight. She costs three generic, one Red, and one White mana to cast, and in addition to having Melee, gives all of your creatures Melee as well.

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Throne Warden is a 2/2 White Human Soldier that costs one generic and one White mana to cast. At the beginning of your end step, if you're the monarch, you put a +1/+1 counter on Throne Warden.

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Our final spoiler for the day is the Conspiracy Hired Heist, which starts the game face-down and requires you to secretly name a creature card. Whenever that creature deals combat damage, you get to draw a card.

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Conspiracy: Take the Crown Spoilers - August 17th, 2016

Our first spoiler for the day is from the Japanese Magic: The Gathering Twitter account; their spoiler is the Blue Sorcery spell Confiscate Riches (credit for translation goes to reddit user osieorb18); Confiscate Riches costs seven generic and two Blue mana to cast, and each player (starting with yourself) votes for either "Time" or "Money". For every vote for "Time", you get to take an extra turn, and for every vote for "Money", you get control of target permanent an opponent controls. It then exiles itself to avoid people replaying it a bunch with tricks easily.

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Up next is a reprint of a card last seen in Conflux and Planechase (2012) - Exotic Orchard. Courtesy of The Mana Source, Exotic Orchard is a land that can be tapped to produce mana of any color that your opponent's lands could produce (so if your opponent only has Plains, it can only produce White mana, but if they have a Steam Vents it can produce Blue or Red mana).

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Today's Magic Story provides us with Conspiracy: Take the Crowns second Planeswalker, Daretti, who had been rumored to appear in this set as early as last week. Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast costs one generic, one Black, and one Red mana to cast, and has a starting loyalty of three. His first ability, his +1, gives you a 1/1/ colorless Construct with the Defender mechanic. His second ability, his -1, gives you the option to sacrifice an artifact. If you do so, you can destroy another target creature or artifact. Daretti's final ability, his -6, lets you make three copies of target artifact that is either in a graveyard or on the battlefield.

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Card market TCGPlayer also shared their spoiler card in an article on one mana card draw engines; Serum Visions is a Blue Sorcery that costs one Blue mana, and lets you draw one card, and then Scry the top two cards of your deck.

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Our next spoiler card is the Legendary Elf Advisor Leovold, from a Wizards of the Coast article detailing how he works and the thought process behind creating him. Leovold , Emissary of Trest is a 3/3 creature that costs one Black, one Green, and one Blue mana to cast; your opponents can't draw more than one card per turn. Whenever you, or a permanent you control, becomes the target of an ability or spell an opponent controls, you may draw a card.

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Magic: The Gathering celebrity player Luis Scott-Vargas offers his spoiler card in a Channel Fireball article; Sanctum Prelate is a 2/2 Human Cleric that costs one generic and two White mana to cast. When it enters the battlefield, you choose a number. Your opponent can't cast non-creature spells that have a converted mana cost equal to the number you chose.

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Podcast The Command Zone shares their spoiler card on their podcast website, as well as on YouTube; their spoiler is a reprint of Burgeoning, which was last seen in Stronghold. Burgeoning is a Green Enchantment that costs a single Green mana to cast. Whenever an opponent plays a land, you can put a land from your hand onto the battlefield.

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Tolarian Community College shares a very interesting Equipment card on their channel; Spy Kit is an artifact that costs two generic mana, has an equip cost of two generic mana, and gives the creature it's equipped to a +1/+1 boost. However, that creature also has the names of all non-legendary creature cards in addition to its own name

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Our next card is a reprint of Wild Pair from Planar Chaos, courtesy of Japanese website hareruyamtg.com; Wild Pair is a Green Enchantment that costs four generic and two Green mana to cast. Whenever you cast a creature from your hand to the battlefield, you can search your deck for a creature that has the exact same power and toughness and put it onto the battlefield, shuffling your deck afterwards.

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Blake Rasmussen, Editor-in-Chief of DailyMTG.com, shares another reprint on his Twitter account, this time of Gatecrash's Duskmantle Seer. Duskmantle Seer is a 4/4 Vampire Seer which costs two generic, one Blue, and one Black mana to cast. It has the Flying mechanic, and on the beginning of your upkeep every player reveals the top card of their library, and loses life equal to that card's converted mana cost. They then put that card in their hand. Another writer for DailyMTG.com, Bruce Richard, shares a new Conspiracy card on his Twitter account. The Conspiracy Weight Advantage has creatures you control deal combat damage based on their toughness, not on their power.

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Wizards Play Network, which spoiled Arcane Savant on Monday, shares another card on their app. Entourage of Trest is a 4/4 Elf Soldier which costs four generic and one Green mana to cast. When it enters the battlefield, you become the monarch, and as long as you're the monarch Entourage of Trest can block an additional creature each combat.

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Our final spoiler for the day comes to us from the European Magic: The Gathering Twitter account; their spoiler is the Human Rogue Mutant Keeper of Keys. This creature 4/4 costs three generic and two Blue mana to cast, and when it enters the battlefield you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you're the monarch, then creatures you control can't be blocked during combat this turn.

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Conspiracy: Take the Crown Spoilers - August 18th, 2016

The first spoiler for the day is from last nights episode by webcast Magicmics, and is a reprint of Dragonlair Spider, last seen in Planechase (2012) and Commander's Arsenal. Dragonlair Spider is a 5/6 Spider that costs two generic, two Red, and two Green mana to cast, and has the Reach mechanic (can block creatures with Flying). Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you get to put a 1/1 Green Insect Creature Token onto the battlefield.

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The Limited format-focused podcast Limited Resources has two spoilers for today, the first of which is Illusionary Informant, a 1/3 Bird Illusion that is cast for one generic and one Blue mana. When you draft Illusionary Informant, you draft it face-up; during the draft, you can turn it face down and get to look at the next card an opponent of your choice would draft. Limited Resources' second card is Spire Phantasm, a 3/2 Gargoyle Illusion that costs two generic and two Blue mana to cast and has the Flying mechanic. When you draft Spire Phantasm, you reveal it, and the next time a player drafts a card from that booster pack, you guess the card. The player then reveals that card. During the game, when you cast Spire Phantasm, you can draw a card if you guessed the card a player drafted correctly.

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Next up is the Magic: The Gathering reddit sub-forum's official spoiler card, a reprint of a card last seen in Alpha, Beta, Unlimited, and From the Vault: Exiled, Berserk. Berserk is an Instant spell which costs one Green mana to cast, and has to be cast before combat damage is assigned. Target creature gets +X/+0, where X is that creatures power. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy that creature if it attacked this turn.

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Kelly Digges, Creative Writer for Magic: The Gathering, shared her spoiler card today on Twitter. Garbage Fire is a Red Instant spell which costs two generic and one Red mana to cast; when you draft it, you reveal it and take notes of how many cards you've drafted this round including Garbage Fire. Garbage Fire deals damage equal to the highest number of cards you noted for Garbage Fire.

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Another employee of Wizards of the Coast, Shawn Main, shared the Red Elemental Chimera Volatile Chimera on his Twitter account today. Volatile Chimera is a 3/2 creature which costs two generic and one Red mana; before you begin shuffling your deck, reveal Volatile Chimera and exile three or more creatures that you drafted but aren't in your deck. By paying one generic and one Red mana, you can reveal at random one of those cards and have Volatile Chimera become a copy of that card (retaining this ability as well).

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Up next is Subterranean Tremors, shared by Magic: The Gathering Head Designer Mark Rosewater. Subterranean Tremors is a Red Sorcery spell which costs X generic mana and one Red mana; Subterranean Tremors deals X damage to all creatures without Flying. If you paid four mana for the X cost, you destroy all artifacts, and if the X cost was eight mana, you put an 8/8 Red Lizard Creature Token onto the battlefield.

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The final two spoiler cards for the day are from Wizards of the Coast articles. The first spoiler card is Skyline Despot, a 5/5 Red Dragon with Flying which costs five generic and two Red mana to cast. When it enters the battlefield, you become the monarch; at the beginning of your upkeep, if you're the monarch, you put a 5/5 Red Dragon Creature Token with Flying onto the battlefield. The second spoiler card is Grenzo, Havoc Raiser, a 2/2 Red Legendary Goblin Rogue. Grenzo costs two Red mana to cast and has two abilities that you can chose from when a creature you controls deals combat damage to an opponent. The first ability lets you Goad target creature the opponent you dealt damage to controls (Goad forces an opponents creature to attack each combat if able to and attacks any player other than you if able to). The second ability exiles the top card of the opponent you dealt damage to; until the end of turn, you can cast that spell and spend mana of any color to cast it.

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Conspiracy: Take the Crown Spoilers - August 19th, 2016

Our first spoiler for the day is one of the most iconic cards in Magic: The Gathering history. Birds of Paradise (spoiler courtesy of Top Level Podcast) is a 0/1 Bird which can be cast for one Green mana. It, naturally, has the Flying mechanic and can be tapped to add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

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Our next card was shared on the Magic: The Gathering Asian-Pacific Facebook page; Regal Behemoth is a 5/5 Lizard which costs four generic and two Green mana to cast. It has the Trample mechanic, and when it enters the battlefield you become the monarch. While you're the monarch, whenever you tap a land to add mana to your mana pool, you can add an additional mana of any color as well.

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Wizards of the Coast, of course, shares their spoiler card in an article on their main site; their card is Selvala, Heart of the Wilds, a 2/3 Legendary Elf Scout. Selvala costs one generic and two Green mana to cost, and by paying one Green mana and tapping it you can add X mana in any combination of colors to your mana pool, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control. In addition, whenever another creature enters the battlefield, its controller can draw a card if that creatures power is creature than every other creatures.

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Splitting Slime was a spoiler card revealed by Magic: The Gathering website Manaleak.com, and is a 3/3 Green Ooze Creature which can be cast for three generic and two Green mana. By paying four generic and two Green mana, you can activate its Monstrosity ability, which gives it three +1/+1 counters. When Splitting Slime becomes monstrous, you get to put a copy of it onto the battlefield, only this copy doesn't have the Monstrous ability, nor does it have the +1/+1 counters from activating the originals Monstrosity ability.

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In an article about developing complexity, Wizards of the Coast spoils Stunt Double, a 0/0 Blue Shapeshifter with a casting cost of three generic and one Blue mana. It has the Flash mechanic, allowing it too be cast at Instant spell speed, and when it enters the battlefield it becomes a copy of any creature that's on the battlefield.

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Elaine Chase, Senior Director for Global Brand Strategy and Marketing for Magic: The Gathering, shared a spoiler on her Twitter account. Palace Sentinels is a 2/4 Human Soldier which costs three generic and one White mana to cast; when it enters the battlefield, you become the monarch.

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The Wizards Play Network app again shares a spoiler card with us, this time the Conspiracy Incendiary Dissent, which begins the game face-down and requires you to secretly name a card. Creatures with the name you chose have an additional ability; by paying one Red mana, you can give that creature +1/+0 until the end of turn.

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Rounding out our spoilers from Wizards of the Coast, the European Twitter account shared the second Mythic-rarity Conspiracy today, Hymn of the Wilds. You can't cast Instants or Sorceries, but the first Creature spell you cast each turn costs one generic mana less.

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Our final spoiler for the day is from the podcast Gathering Magic; the bring us Caller of the Untamed, a 2/4 Elf Shaman which can be cast for three generic and one Green mana. Before you begin shuffling your deck to start the game, reveal Caller of the Untamed and exile a creature card that you drafted, but isn't in your deck. By paying X generic mana (where X is the converted mana cost of the exiled creature), you can put a copy of that exiled card onto the battlefield.

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The full Conspiracy: Take the Crown spoiler will be available Monday, although as the Games Laboratory pre-pre-release event is happening this weekend, we'll likely see the full set spoiled before then.


Final Analysis

Today, the full spoiler list for Conspiracy: Take the Crown was posted by Wizards of the Coast, completing where we left off on Friday. If you happened to catch coverage of any of the special preview draft events held by Games Laboratory and other local game stores, then you already know the majority of the cards that were spoiled in today's full listing.

While we can't go over all of the spoilers from today in detail, we will discuss a few interesting new cards, as well as some notable reprints.

One of the best received reprints is Show and Tell,  part of the titular Legacy Sneak Show deck, as well as Legacy OmniTell. When Sneak Attack appeared in spoilers for Eternal Masters, many players anticipated seeing Show and Tell and were disappointed when it didn't make the cut. In both decks, Show and Tell is used to cheat either a large creature like Emrakul, the Aeons Torn or Progenitus, or an expensive Enchantment like Omniscience into play.

Another interesting reprint is Ghostly Prison, which sees play in the Prison deck Modern Pillow Fort. Cards like Ghostly Prison are used to keep opponents from either making full use of attackers, or from preventing them from using combat tricks/counter spells. In a multiplayer-focused format like Conspiracy: Take the Crown, having even a single copy of Ghostly Prison on the battlefield allows you to control the flow of the game; multiple copies completely lock your opponents out.

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Regicide is an interesting destruction spell that, depending on what colors the players on your left and right chose, can either be amazingly effective or completely useless as a destruction spell (while still giving information about what colors those players are drafting). If you have a multitude of monarch-matters cards, Throne of the High City can be an effective mana-sink during the late game to make the most of them. Finally, if you have a large number of Creature cards with the same converted mana cost in your deck, you could make use of the conspiracy Emissary's Ploy to fix your mana and make them easier to cast.

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