Answers for Gavin Verhey hints
Hint #1: There is a new card that creates Sand Warrior tokens! —
Sand Scout: you make the token if a land card is put into a graveyard from anywhere
Hint #2: There is a two-drop creature that taps for two mana... with a restriction. —
Thieving Varmint: very simple The restriction was it can only be used on spells you don't own
Hint #3: There is a new card with storm! —
Elemental Eruption: making a 4/4 dragon with prowess is what it does
Hint #4: There is a card that cares specifically about Command Tower. —
Tower Winder: …. It literally tutors for
Command Tower on ETB
Hint #5: There is a card that is a sly reference to a blue rare from Odyssey block. —
Smirking Spelljacker: "Smirking
Spelljacker" its basically a Creature version of that spell too. To cast the exiled card you have to attack with the creature.
Hint #6: There is a card that does something for "each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game." —
Thunderclap Drake: when you sac it for its ability it gives the next instant and sorcery storm for commander casts
Hint #7: There is a card named
Rumbleweed —: it has the
Ghalta, Primal Hunger cost reduction ability but this time it's for lands in your graveyard but basically it's a 8/8 that has a ETB of
Overrun
Hint #8: There is an 8-mana black board sweeper. —
Heartless Conspriction: it exiles all creatures….😈 but you can cast them now and are rainbow mana
Hint #9: There is a new creatureland - meaning, a land that turns into a creatu" card]Cactus Preserve[/card]: it turns into a X/X mainland equal to the highest mana value of commanders
Hint #10: There is a card that does something, "For each mana from a Desert spent to cast this
spell" —
Cataclysmic Prospecting: "create a tapped treasure token." It's for a wrath spell that damages creatures
Hint #11: There is Magic's 13th ever monoblack "enchant land" aura. —
Discreet Retreat: makes a land tap for two mana for outlaw spells, also the first outlaw you cast each turn you basically
Phyrexian Arena trigger.
Hint #12: There is a new Ninja with Ninjutsu... and one other returning ability. —
Orochi Soul-Reaver: the other ability is *drum roll*….manifest….from a opponents library so a saboteur version of
Thieving Amalgam (and by the way it gives that to all the creatures, it's "one or more" before you get excited so one for each opponent.)
Oh by the way not the best lands but remember those Enemy Filter lands from Fallout UB? Good news each deck has them too so we have a Universe Within version of those now.
"Desert bloom" has the boros one, "Most wanted" has the Orzhov one, "Quick draw" ofcoarse has the Izzet one, and "Grand larceny" has both the Simic and Golgari ones.