Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Mechanics and First Impressions

Andy and Anthony take a first look at Innistrad: Midnight Hunt breaking down the mechanics from a design perspective for Cube and other casual formats. They discuss the many different variations of transform mechanics, the challenges and opportunities they create for Cube designers, and how the new mechanics relate to the old.

Timestamps: 

• 6:20 — Day and Night
• 16:09 — Disturb
• 20:55 — Flashback
• 21:22 — Other transform cards and a note on the variety of DFCs in MID
• 25:06 — Coven
• 30:23 — Decayed
• 37:55 — The Adversary Cycle and I-Can’t-Believe-It’s-Not-Multikicker
• 46:37 — Minor mechanics and themes

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• Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
• Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.