Kamigawa

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

I believe that biologists think of it as more pipe than electric.

[Fellfrosch]

That's probably best. I doubt there's much of a market for pieces of robot rabbits. Bionic bunnies, though, are another thing altogether.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

yeah, clockwork/steam driven rabbits are more chic these days.

[Prometheus]

Two days until the Prerelease of Betrayers of Kamigawa. Ninja coming along with the rest of the band this time...looks like a blast, and I think I've already found my most-sought-after rare for the set.

I should have a Prerelease Tactics article up again tomorrow afternoon for anyone who's interested.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

reference: http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=960

It's up. go forth and win one for TWG with my ninja!

[Prometheus]

Changes in the spoiler since the posting of my article (not my fault):

* Day of Destiny is a rare, not a common...big surprise.
* Psychic Spear has a casting cost of B. That one is going to be good.

And...that's about all. There are still tons of cards that have an unknown rarity, and so I can't say that they are commons to complete my article. A real bummer...maybe Wizards is getting better at locking down on card information? (Not that it didn't stop mtgnews.com from getting all 165 cards in some form of reliability.)

[Fellfrosch]

In a good white deck, Hundred-Talon Strike is one of the best defensive instants I've seen in a while--when you splice it, you can actually cast it for free by tapping the creature you'res casting it on. (As long as you wait until after blockers are declared, a blocker deals damage whether it's tapped or not.)

It occurs to me that Champions black has some excellent commons with Fear--this could make ninjas pretty easy to sneak through. More of a draft strategy than sealed deck, but I thought I'd throw it out there.

Also, is it just me or does this set have a ton of cycles? I counted at least five, and that seems high to me. Maybe I'm remembering wrong.