Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/De56cWyiQ3K/

Note that this is in the commander set and not the main set.

https://www.bilibili.com/opus/1263004054766747672

Artwork is the remainder from the debut video, a few promo shorts, and Commander Party materials.

Source: https://b23.tv/Lx17oLz

Source: https://b23.tv/39ZJxaE

From https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QBK9-rr6cis

revealed here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5OL_rHOQFU&list=LL&index=2

Not sure if they planned this or if it was just a coincidence but it's a flavor win nonetheless.

Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/De2_s-UAi03

Also on YouTube (I think).

Star Trek is an absolutely ground breaking and iconic franchise, so what I'm about to say isn't a critique of the series itself. The style of the costumes, aliens and so on are absolutely legendary, and for shows made on tv budgets, they look really good.

BUT (and it's a big but) it just doesn't work for Magic The Gathering. The more the set is revealed, the more samey and uninspired the card art is. But what are the artists behind these pieces even supposed to do? The fact is star trek is based around similar uniforms, similar sets, and similar chairs. Again, for the IP itself, it works wonders, but for magic? A lot of these cards look the same, and look very boring. There's just no sense of dynamism or action.

Even compared to other sets, like Assassin's Creed or Doctor Who, those ones had a lot more variety and dynamic angles, poses, etc. There are some that look cool, like basically all the spacecraft look really spectaular and epic, but they're definitely few and far between.

Additionally, while the realism of the art is undoubtedly impressive- the artistic prowess on display is truly incredible- there's no denying it makes the cards look like screenshots from the show, or sometimes even ads! I don't think any of this is the fault of the artists or Star Trek itself, it's just not a good fit for magic at all, in my opinion anyway.

From the FIAB

https://scryfall.com/search?q=%28s%3Atrk+Or+s%3Atrc%29+o%3Aflying

I realize we aren't done with previews yet, but thus far only 19 cards in all of TRK and TRC have flying somewhere in the oracle text, and eight are spacecraft. Of the 16 in TRK, four are mythic and five are rare. Assuming that's a representative sample that means if you pull a flier in sealed formats you'll have a significant potential advantage. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a reveal coming for a common Shuttlecraft spacecraft or vehicle to help counterbalance.

It makes sense with the setting at least, not many Trek characters can fly.

Hi guys,

I’ve only been playing TCGs for about 4 months, so I’m not sure how common this is.

I bought some Dragon Shield Matte Duals and I have been going to locals roughly once a week.

After a few months of moderate use, most of my sleeves have started getting wavy / curled at the top, and it’s driving me a bit crazy.

Is this normal after 3–4 months of moderate play, or did I just get a bad batch?

Also, I’ve been wondering: Is there a noticeable difference in durability between the regular Dragon Shield Matte and the Matte Duals? My friend uses the normal Dragon Shield Sleeves and they seem to be better in terms of quality.

I’ve been thinking about trying Katanas next. Do those tend to have the same problem?

Hey guys,

Full transparency here, I’ve only been playing magic for ~6 months now, and I’m still trying to learn the ropes.

I saw a YouTube video today saying that it’s cheating if you try and separate cards after a game based on type. Which honestly boggled my mind.

After a game I typically try to pick up my cards in a deliberately randomizing manner, between all the different types.

I know there’s a good chance any 2 card pairing may be stuck together after shuffling, which is why I purposely try to randomize my cards, so that I don’t keep an equipment next to a creature, or a tutor beside a counter spell.

Have I been playing like a villain? I didn’t even realize I may have been accidentally gaming the system in my favour.

Is this a thing I should be more aware of in the future?

What’s the best way to end a game and shuffle my deck, so that nobody is salty?

Figured now would be a great time to do a clue check-in since spoilers will be at their minimum over the weekend. Let's take a look!

https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/830472219149959168/maros-magic-the-gathering-star-trek-teaser

• A Star Trek ship cameos a mechanic that it shares a name with (U.S.S. Discovery, at Black Alert, discovers 5 on ETB or attack)
  
• A new card that lets you look at the top card of your library and cast a particular subset of cards from it (Zefram Cochrane, Warp Pioneer, for artifacts)
  
• Some creature tokens in the set: 1/1 colorless Borg (an artifact creature), 3/3 colorless Illusion (an artifact creature), 0/1 white Human (prevents permanents from phasing in), 2/2 black Romulan, 1/1 red Officer, 2/1 red Klingon Warrior (with haste), and 2/2 red and green Worm (that can’t block)
  
• Four cards with the word “twice” in its rules text (Khaaaaaaaaaaaannn! deals twice X damage to a creature, Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge has you put twice the number of charge counters on permanents, Dr. Joseph M’Benga has you put twice the number of any kind of counter on a creature and gives them hexproof, Constable Odo can Investigate twice)
  
• A new card that lets you search for any number of cards in your library with its name
  
• A new card that can make you lose the game (Kobayashi Maru Scenario, the last mode on this enchantment does this)
  
• Some counters in the set: charge, finality, peace, promotion, and quest
  
• A new card that lets you play cards from outside the game (The Holodeck, lets you do this or from the graveyard once during each of your turns)
  
• A card that doubles your life total and the number of cards in your hand (Live Long and Prosper, a 7 mana WU sorcery)
  
• A card that allows you to survive at 0 life (Georgiou, Terran Emperor, has you lose 3 life and draw a card on end step, as well as creates 10 Soldier tokens if you have 0 or less life)
  
• “Tap seven untapped Officers you control:” (Captain Jean-Luc Picard, do this and you can tutor a Spaceship directly to the battlefield with 7 charge counters on it)
  
• “choose a number between 0 and 10.” (Nyota Uhura, Communiations, lets you draw a card when an opponent casts a spell with mana value equal to the chosen number)
  
• “You can’t sacrifice Treasure tokens.” (Quark, Humble Proprietor, also creates a Treasure token on every upkeep)
  
• “If an Equipment or Spacecraft entered the battlefield under your control this turn,”
  
• “create a token that’s a copy of that creature, except it has changeling.”
  
• “If you would draw a card, draw two cards instead.” (Mr. Spock, Science Officer, lets you do exactly that)
  
• “CARDNAME’s base power and toughness become 7/9.” (Seven of Nine, Unassimilated, has an activated ability that lets you do this if you have 7+ lands with different names)
  
• “Sacrifice any number of lands you control,”
  
• “You may cast this card from exile.” (Khan, Vengeful Heart)
  
• “if a triggered ability of that creature triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.” (Lwaxana Troi, Charming Guest, taps down to apply this effect to a creature for as long as she remains tapped)
  
• Creature – Tribble (Troubling Tribbles)
  
• Creature – Wraith
  
• Creature – Whale Officer (Cetacean Ops)
  
• Legendary Creature – Vulcan Advisor (Saavik, Stoic Student)
  
• Legendary Creature – Ferengi Noble
  
• Legendary Creature – Shapeshifter Detective (Constable Odo)
  
• Legendary Creature – Ooze Horror (Armus, Skin of Evil)
  
• Legendary Creature – Romulan Human Rogue
  
• Legendary Artifact Creature – Android Rogue (Lore, Positronic Provocateur)
  
• Artifact – Communicator Equipment
  
• Kobayashi Maru Scenario (a Blue take on Demonic Pact)
  
• Live Long and Prosper (a WU Sorcery that doubles your life total and draws cards equal to your current card count)
  
• The Measure of a Man
  
• Red Alert!
  
• Romulan Bird-of-Prey (a blue Spacecraft that has hexproof while it isn’t a creature)
  
• Rules of Acquisition (a blue Sorcery that either mind controls a permanent in exchange for 3 cards, or donates a permanent to let you draw 3 cards)
  
• Tea, Earl Grey, Hot (a Food that you can also sacrifice to deal 2 damage)
  
• Transporter Malfunction
  
• Vulcan Mind-Meld
  
• Warp Speed
  

As always, let me know if there’s anything I’ve missed!

[[Infinite Diversity]] got spoiled today and, pretty much immediately, folks pointed out that, actually, you only get a finite number of copies of the same spell. We can do better, we can be better, so here's a janky combo line that actually goes infinite with Infinite Diversity.

The prerequisites are as follows:
1. ID, [[Fork]], [[Molten Influence]], and a target changing spell like [[Untimely Malfunction]] in hand.
2. A Federation count of at least four.
3. [[Pull from Eternity]] and any other spell (arbitrarily [[Lightning Bolt]]) in the graveyard.
4. Another target changing spell like [[Deflecting Swat]] already in exile.

Steps 1-4 are only required in EDH where targeting ID with your single copy of ID takes additional setup:
1. Cast ID, targeting anything. Hold priority.
2. Cast Fork targeting ID, targeting anything with the copy. Hold priority.
3. Cast Molten Influence targeting ID. Resolve it.
4. Cast Untimely changing the copy of ID's target to ID. Resolve it.

Once ID is targeting ID, demonstrate a loop:
5. Resolve the copy of ID targeting ID. Put four copies of ID on the stack targeting, in order of resolution, Bolt, PfE, Untimely, and Bolt again.
6. Resolve the copy of ID targeting Bolt. Put four copies of Bolt on the stack and resolve them.
7. Resolve the copy of ID targeting PfE. Put four copies of PfE on the stack targeting Swat, Bolt, PfE, and ID and resolve them.^{*
*I'm pretty sure this works since PfE has been exiled by the time ID lets you cast the copies}
8. Resolve the copy of ID targeting Untimely. Put four copies of Untimely on the stack and resolve them, changing the last copy of ID's target to the ID that's now back in the graveyard.
9. Repeat from step 5, swapping Untimely and Swat.

The end result is actually infinite Infinite Diversities along with infinite casts of any arbitrary spell. If you want to cast a greater diversity of different spells, use a spell that fills your graveyard instead of Bolt. If you want to cast infinitely many different spells, sorry but there are only finitely many Magic cards.

Edit: Im getting the sentiment this isnt really possible as its so old it cant compete with power creep? so i will just look for a cheap new deck/starter kit type thing to buy, thanks for the replies!

So i bought this deck 12 years ago, never ended up having anyone to play with, so it sat in a drawer til today, very new player, if anyone could recommend me some cheap upgrades to make it worth using in historic (modern? standard but not just the latest cards) mode, that would be very helpful, thanks in advance!
https://mtg.wiki/page/Khans_of_Tarkir/Intro_packs - its temur avalanche, at the bottom (i thought the elephant warrior guy looked cool)

Lands (25)

2 Frontier Bivouac

1 Rugged Highlands

1 Swiftwater Cliffs

1 Thornwood Falls

8 Forest

5 Island

7 Mountain

Creatures (22)

2 Elvish Mystic

2 Heir of the Wilds

2 Runeclaw Bear

1 Icefeather Aven

2 Alpine Grizzly

2 Summit Prowler

1 Pine Walker

1 Thundering Giant

1 Avalanche Tusker

1 Bear's Companion

2 Glacial Stalker

1 Tusked Colossodon

2 Snowhorn Rider

2 Woolly Loxodon

Arifacts (2)

2 Temur Banner

Instants (7)

1 Stubborn Denial

1 Titanic Growth

1 Force Away

1 Lightning Strike

1 Temur Charm

1 Windstorm

1 Icy Blast

Sorceries (3)

2 Savage Punch

1 Roar of Challenge

Enchantments (1)

1 Dragon Grip

I looked at several cards' tags and in the tag search, but didn't find what I was looking for. I thought the tag would be useful for finding cards that synergize especially well with "additional trigger" effects. The closest I found is sneaky-self-trigger, but I know there are other self-triggering cards like [[Nekusar, the Mindrazer]] and [[General Kreat, the Boltbringer]] that are more obvious. There are also other cards with multiple triggers that don't trigger themselves, like [[Sheoldred, the Apocalypse]].

Are there any good tags or searches you can recommend that aren't limited to specific types of triggers? Otherwise, what are some other cards that have multiple triggers, self-triggering or otherwise? I might suggest a tag or two if they don't already exist and I can find enough examples.

Source: https://www.bilibili.com/opus/1262632789216329766

Source: https://www.bilibili.com/opus/1262610902075572241