Release Notes 6.9.0

Magic:PQ Support Team · 8 October 2024, 17:00

New Mechanics

Survival

This is an evergreen mechanic representing the visitors to the house. They are the weak and the hunted there, but they have some relevant abilities that are the reason they are still alive.

In-game Hint: “At the end of your turn, if this creature has attacked this turn, perform this card's associated Survival effect.”

Rooms

Rooms are double-faced Support Cards that represent the twisted ways in which the doors of Duskmourn can take you to unexpected places. In your hand, you may choose which side to play and, after this card has entered, you may pay its Unlock cost to access the effects of the other side.

Unlock is an evergreen ability of a Room card. Once a Room card is on the board, you may activate its Unlock ability to drain mana from your hand equal to this card’s Unlock value; when you do, this card gains the Unlocked emblem. Room cards have additional effects while the card has the Unlocked emblem.

Unlock In-game Hint: Once this card is on the board, you may activate the Unlock ability to drain mana from your hand equal to this card’s Unlock value; when you do, this card gains the Unlocked emblem. Room cards have additional effects while the card has the Unlocked emblem.

Unlocked Hint: “If this card has this emblem, perform this card’s associated Unlocked effect. When a card with the Unlocked Emblem leaves the board, It loses the Unlocked Emblem.”

Finality

If a card with a Finality Counter would leave the battlefield, it’s exiled instead.

In-Game Hint: “If this card would leave the battlefield, exile it instead.”

Impeding

Impending is an evergreen ability and numerical keyword that tracks the number of turns the card is in hand, reducing its Impending value. If this card enters the battlefield and the Impending value is not zero, the card costs less mana equal to the current Impending value, but the creature enters the battlefield with -X/-X, where X is equal to its current Impending value.

In-game Hint: “When this card enters your hand or at the beginning of your turn, if this card is in your hand and its Impending value is higher than 0 — reduce this card's cost by X until end of turn. X is 3 times this card's Impending value. Then: Reduce this card's impending value by 1. When this card is cast: If its Impending value is higher than 0 — This card gets -Y / -Y. Y is this card's Impending value.”

Manifest

As you explore Duskmourn, a shiver runs down your spine. You feel something is there - but what?

When you Manifest, a token is created and later this token will give you access to some other card. The token created by Manifest Dread is called Fright and makes you choose between two cards when its Manifest ability is activated:

Eerie

Eerie is an evergreen ability that triggers an effect every time its controller unlocks a room or when an Aura or Enchantment card enters the battlefield under that player’s control.

Please note that Eerie cares for these cards entering, not for them being played. Aura Spells do not trigger Eerie effects.

In-Game Hint: “When an Aura card or an Enchantment Creature or Enchantment Support card enters into play under your control or when you activate an Unlock ability, your cards with Eerie perform their associated Eerie effects.”

New Planeswalkers

Kaito, Bane of Nightmares

After battling against the Phyrexians, Kaito is now on Duskmourn to take back an important scroll looted from Tamiyo’s body after her demise. Also ready to find Tamiyo’s son, trapped somewhere in this new plane, the cyberninja at least can count on his comrades to succeed in his mission.

Colors: Blue, Black

Mana Bonuses at Level 60: White (-2) Blue (+5) Black (+5) Red (+2) Green (-2)

Ability 1 - Ninja Technique: Fallen Leaves (Cost 09): Surveil 3. Then: Draw a card. Create a Kaito Shadow Clone token.

Ability 2 - Ninja Technique: Winds of Change (Cost 15): Destroy target opposing creature. The first card in your hand gains 6 mana. Then: Create a Kaito Shadow Clone token.
Ability 3 - Ninja Technique: Puppy Steps (Cost 21): Your creatures get +2/+2 and gain Unblockable. Opposing creatures gain Stun Counter 1. Then: Create a Kaito Shadow Clone token.

Liliana of the Dark Realms

Member of the Gatewatch, Liliana reunited with her companions during the recent Phyrexian War. Recently, the necromancer vowed to protect Strixhaven school after playing a huge role during the Phyrexian menace to the multiverse.

Colors: Black

Mana Bonuses at Level 60: White (-1) Blue (+3) Black (+4) Red (+2) Green (+1)

Passive Ability - Syphoning the Darkness: At the beginning of your turn: If there are 2 or more Creature cards in your graveyard — gain X Mana. X is the number of Black gems on the board.
Ability 1 - Grave Corruption (Cost 06): Destroy the top 6 cards of your library. If a Creature card was destroyed this way — Convert 5 gems to Black.
Ability 2 - Dark Consumption (Cost 09): Target creature gets -X/-X. X is equal to half the number of Black gems on the board, rounded down. If that creature dies, return it to the battlefield under your control.
Ability 3 - Shadow Triumph (Cost 15): Your Black mana bonus is increased by 4. Then: If your Black mana bonus is 12 or more — Destroy all opposing cards.

New Events

Night of the Hunt

Event Type: PvP Coalition

No entry fee

Deck Restrictions: Standard

Number of nodes: 2

Planeswalkers Allowed: White, Blue or Green (Top Node), Black or Red (Bottom Node)

Duration: 46h

Charges (per node): 6

Total Charges: 12

Progression + Ranking rewards

Sometimes, survivors in the Floodpits hear their own drowning voices crying out for help. Only the ones who flee immediately live to speak of it.

As they delve deeper into the mansion, it becomes clear that every corner of that house harbors dangers. Every minute is a fight for survival where the search for a way out of that place is endless.

Special Rules

Once you choose a node, you’ll battle players who selected the other.
This event features a different event support for each player, one spawned by the player and one by the opponent.

Battle for the Crown